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A Startling Theory.

We hate to be ciphered out of exis-
tence, even to confirm the infaliibility
OF science, and sometimes blindly pre-
fer to believe that figures will lie. Now
Is good time to use our negative Gre
dulity. Al phonse Ademar,a celebrated
mathematician, starts theory that the
earth is covered by deluge once in
10000 years, on the following calcula-
tons During the cycle one pole of the
earth enjoys seven days more sunshine
than the other, and at present we have
seven more days in the Northern hemi-
sphere than the Southern, which means
two hundred years of freezing at one
pole against two hundred years of melt
ing at the other. The effect of this is
to form such an immense mass Of ice at
the less favored end of the globe as to
change the form of the planet and dis.
place its gravity for a league or so. This
displacement draws to the ice-bound
regions almost all the seas and oceans,
and eventually causes change in the
oscillation Of the earth, 50 Us 10 reverse
the order of things and bring the great
er power Of the sun upon the frozen
region. Then suddenly, as the pent-up
waters in an Alpine valley burst their
barriers and destroy village, so this
gigantic polar glacier by its disruption
overwhelms hemisphere. As proof Of
this theory, he points to the effects of
| the last or Noah's flood, and reckoning
from the accepted date of that, the next
will be upon us in the year 1854 A. ID.
We are not personally interested, of
course, unless it should occur about re-
surrecton time, but we are supposed to
have a little consideration for our de-
scendants.-Sprinafeld Republican.
DECAYING TEETH MODERN DISEASE
DR.. Beddoc alleged, at the recent session
of the British Association, that there
was great increase exhibited in moderi
times in the degeneracy of the human
tooth. Professor Turner corroboratec
this allegation, stating that large mum
Der of ancient British crania--skulls-
had been examined by him, and it Wa
most interesting to compare the theetl
i'm the skulls of modcrns. He hardl.
ever found decayed teeth in one OF thos
ancient craniums whereas, he scnrcci
ever found the skull of an adult moderl
in which some of the teeth were no
decayed, while IL considerable humble
lost their teeth altogether, and tina
, whatever advantages civilization Nigh
, bring, it did not improve the conditio
of the teeth. Now what can be the res
cause of this! l. it that the race
absolutely decaying, or do our habit
5 contribute in some peculiar way toinjul
T the teeth? Has smoking or tea or cofi
= y drinking had anything to do with tt
4 decay of the teeth.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-11-10

Tell us not, in idle jingle, marriage
is an empty dream for the girl ~ dead
that single, and things are not what
they seem. Life is real, life lie earnest,
single blessedness flo " Man thou art,
to man returneth," has been spoken of
the rib. Not enjoyment and not sorrow
is our destined end or way, but 10 act
that each tomorrow finds us nearer
marriage.day. Life ID long, and youth
is heeting, and our hearts, slough light
and gay, still like pleasant drums are
beating wedding marches all the day.
In the worlds broad fields. of bottle, in
the bivouac of life, be nee like dumb,
driven cattle-be u heroine--a wife
Trust no future, howe'er pleasant let
the dead past bury its dead :. act-act
i'll the living present, hoping for a
spouse ahead. Lives Of married folks
remind US we can i've OUR lives as well
and, departing, leave behind us such
examples as will tell'-sucln examples
that another, wasting time in idle sport
iorlorn, unmarried brother seeing
shall take heart and court. Let US
then, be up and doing. with heart OF
triumph set still continuing, still pun
suing, and each one hus band get.
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AEtic Expeditions.


The open Polar Sea reported by the
Atlantic cable as having been discovered
10y che of the German exploring expe-
ditiOns, has directed attention to the
different aompsnies. Of scientific men
now employed IN the ardrous work of
reaching the highest parallel of north
latitude. 1t appears that at the present.
time there are seven expeditions en-
gaged In Artic research-two from Ger.
many, ander the command Of Rosen.
bhal and Payer respectively /; one from
Sweden, consisting of two government
vessels Of war; one from Scotland
under Lannon'S one from England.
under Leigh Smith; enc from France,
fitted out by Octave. Pavy, and the
United States expedition, under Captain
Hall The discovery Of the open Polar
Sea by the German expedition brings
to recollection the second Artic explo-
ration of DR.. +. X. Kane, ard his
perilous overland journey to s. point
! from which he saw, in the inaccessible
distance, the antrozen waters Of the
circum-polar ocean. This discovery OF
DIR. Kane, although credited by many
persons, was not accepted as an incon-
trovertible fact. The accuracy Of his
observations has, however, been estab,
lished by the recent report from the
German expedition.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-11-10

Farce has spent $4,000 in lawsuits
against the infringers on his pencil,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-11-10

A NUMEROUS gang of gypsies have
taken up their abode near Augusta, Ga
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-11-10
Yhn Lace Merchants Dog.

Who would imagine that dog had
been made as serviceable as clerk,
and thus rolled up for his master up
ward c(, n hundred thousand crowns
And yet this happened some years ago
One OF those industrious beings de-
iermined, in extreme poverty, to engage
in trade He preferred that Of mer-
chandise which occupied the least space
and was calculated to Weld the greatest
profit. He borrowed o. small sum of
money from a friend, and, repairing TO
Flanders, he there bought piece OF
lace, which, without any danger, he
smuggled into France IA the following
manner
He trained an active spaniel to his
purpose. lie caused him first to be
shaved, and procured Cor him the skin
same shape. he then volled the lace
Ground the body of the dog, and pat
over this the garment of another ami
NAL so adroitly that it was impossible
to dicover the trick. Fhe lace being
thus arranged III his canine band-box
he would say to his obedieMt messenger,
Forward, my friendl" At these words
The, dog would start and pass boldly
through the gates of MaiMes or Valen-
Ciennes, IN the very face of the vig;lant
officers placed there TO prevent SNUG.
Cling. Having passed the bounds, he
would wait for h;s- master at little dis
.ence in the open copatry. Then. they
mutually caressed and feasted, ard the
merchant deposited his parcels in places
of security, renewing his adventures as
necessity required.
Such was the success Of the srnuggler
that in FIVE or six. years he arlassed q
handsome tortnne and kept his coach.
But envy pu1sues the prosperous. A
mischievous reighhOp betrayed the lace
merchant, and, notwithstanding the eli.
forts of the latter DO disguise his dag,
he was tracked, watched and detected.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-11-10

The official income of the viceroy OF
Egypt is $50 100000.
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Foreign.

AMONG the curious phenomena noticed in
boring the Mont Gents tunnel was that
scarcely drop of water was to be found
Water to drink for the workmen had all the
| time to be brought from without The
London correspondent of the New York
! World hints pretty plainly that the death of
! Queen Victoria at no very dstaat mon ent
is dreaded......Th King Of Siam will free
two million of chattels on next New Years
day.
IT is stated that the defaulting revenue
collector, Bailey, of New York, is living in
Montevideo in affiuence, and apparently on
friendly terms with the American Minister
there.......A disastrous fire was in progress
at Darmstadt on the oath. The arsenal was
in danger and the troops had evacuated
RUSSIA is said to be arming herself swiftly
and powerfully at every point Immense
supplies of machinery, steam boilers and
wire rigging have been sent to the southern
ports Cronstadt is being strengthened,
and engineers are laying out new lines of
defense in various quarters. Meanwhile
the army is undergoing the most rigid and
incessant drilling Another colliery ex-
plosion took place on Thursday afternoon at
the Seahan mine, near Newcastle. Thir-
ty-three men were in the pit at the time,
none Of whom have been reached. There
is scarcely hope of saving a single life.
LETTERS have been received from ex-Com-
missioner Capron, dated at Yeddo, announc-
ing the safe arrival of himself and Profs.
Antdsell and Pcarce, and their Inaugural
ton as officials under the Japanese govern
ment They were rendered grand BANQUET
and assigned quarters in a palace.....An
extensive military establishment is to be
formed at Rouen. 1t viii! comprise a school
of artillery and arsenal within the CITY, and
camp and series of forts outside.
IT is announced that the French Govern
ernment owes the Swiss Confedel alton
100000 francs for the maintenance of Bour-
baki's army in Switzerland .. The Governor
Of the Portuguese colony at Goa, on the west
coset Of India, has teegraphed to the home
government that revolt is threatened, ask
ing assistance"...C Cardinal Antonelli is re-
ported seriously i'll.
IT is thought that the Assembly will re-
move the sessions from Versailles to Paris
during the winter, on account of the cold
weather Advices from Buenos Ayres say
that there is frghtful prevalence in that
country of small pox. During the past
summer $4,000 deaths from yellow fever
have occurred in Buenos Ayres, and 30 900
deaths in the Province Of Corrientes......
Gen. Robert Anderson, the hero Of Fort
Sumter, died at Nice, France, on the 26th of
October, aged o.
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A HEAD wind-A sneeze.
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~ us.Qs City, Tenn, on Saturday night,
vhi,e the passengers Of train on the Mo-
bile and Ohio railroad were at supper, three
men jumped on the engine and ran the
train back two miles, while two others en-
tered the express car, robbed the express
safe Of about 81 900 and escaped.
THEY are firing cannon and burning tar
through the streets OF vicksburg. to purify
the air against the advances OF cyclic"
lack."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-17
A Doomed Enterprise

The Suez Canal is filling up with
sand. This news sounds like the
dcath-knell Of the grandest monumcn,
Of human enterprise and skill and pa
tiencc. The shifting sands Of the DIES.
ert, says our dispatch will be the de.
struction Of the canal. 1.-THE announce.
ment proves true, the hundred million
dollars which the cutting Of the isthmus
cost whoever computed in figures its
cost in human sweat and bloody has
been sunk in shifting sand indeed. If
the accumulation Of sand alreads
threatens to impede navigation, there
will be no such thing as a Suez Canal
in n few years hence. The company
which carried out the enterprise seems
to be anxious to get rid of the canal at
anything like a reasonable or partial
return of its outlay. For this purpose
the company has asked the Khedive to
take it off its hands by purchase. The
Khedive, who encouraged the work
when in course oil construction, seems,
according TO our cabls report, to have
given it up as a losing speculation and
although the proposition is supported
by all the authority which a Sultan to
his vassal may convey, the Khedive
has refused to have anything more to
do with the enterprise.-New York
Herald.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-17
Mr.. stephens and the Louisville
,COurier-J Journal.

The Chicago Post Of a recent date
contained the following business-like
announcement:
"Whereas, 1t having been stated that
Aleck Stephens, the late Vice of the
late Confederacy, had gained nine
pounds since be had been editor; ard
whereas, the Courier Journal said he
must have been weighed with one OF
his editorials in his pocket: and
whereas. Aleck has retorted that, if the
Courier journal man had been weighed
with one of his editorials in bis pocket,
he, the aforesaid Courier-Journal man,
would go up like a balloon +; therefore,
Resolved, that in this round the first
blood should be and is hereby awarded
to the said Aieck, the said late Vice OF
the said late Confederacy."
This the Courier Journal copies, and
then adds as follows:
"The handkerchief upon which was
wiped the blood from the dislocated
nose of the Courier.Journa has been
forwarded to Mr.. Stephens by express
Mr.. Stephens acknowledges the re-
ceipt of the handkerchief thusly:
"The handkerchief hos arrived, and,
upon examination, it is found to pre-
sent the appearance Of having had q
twenty-four-pound beet wrapped in it
No one would have thought the blow
would have made his nose swell So"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-17
The Next Legislature.

The next Legislature will assemble
on the LIST Of October, which day will
witness the Inauguration Of the Cover
nor-clect, Gen. John c. Brown. The
Legislature will be composed Of one
hundred and nine members, eighty.
four Representatives and twenty five
Senators, who are, for the most part,
able men, good and ne. Ofthe mum
Der thcr" are nearly one hundred Dem
Ocrats, which make the body Onc of
singular unanimity, in SO far as meas
ures Of State policy are concerned.
The present executive officers, Ed. T.
pcnncbakcr, Comptroller. Dr. William
Morrow, Treasurer, and Thomas ii.
Butler, Secretary ofStatc, continue in.
.umbcnts of the office Of which they so
worthi!y fill until the 18th of January,
1878. The Legislature, under the
Constitutional provision, can remain
in s~cssion but scventy-tive days,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-17
Massachusetts, Organ Oh thu
''Thieving Carpet-Baggers."

The Springfield Republican (Rad.,)
is one of the Oldest and ablest papers
in Massachusetts, and though of the
intense truly loyal stripe, seems to
have occasional spasms OF virtue and
~veracity. In a late issue it has a few
words to say of "the thieving carpet.
baggers," as Mr.. Greedy calls them.
Says the Republican:
"Mr. Greedy never spoke a trucr OF
more timely word in his life than when
he denounced the carpet. baggers to
the people Of New York city. They
are doing more harm to the country
to day than the locust or caterpillar, or
any other kindred pest, They are
teaching the less intelligent and dis
eliminating SoutLerners to despise and
hate the Northern people more heartily
than ever; they are debauching the
freedmen; they ale bringing disgrace
upon the great Republican party and
upon the national government. That
their rapacity is Unsuitable, and that
they steal every penny they can lay
their hands on, are comparatively
trivial counts in the indictment against
,hcm. Yet this constant plundering is
a very serious matter to the communi.
ties which are plundered 1t means
increased Indebtedness and heavier tax.
alton. One specimen job has just come
to our notice. The Mississippi public
schools were lately supplied with 1000
desks at 81 per desk. Market price
$3.50; carpet, baggers' profit $4,000.
This is a very small affair, to be sure,
when compared with the wholesale
stealing in South Carolina, but it illus.
trates how the thing is done. tits Just
such rascality that is making the name
of Republican u stencil in the Southern
States, and bringing suspicion and en-,
nifty upon honest immigrants, And
matters will not mend much so long as
needy and greedy adventures are ap-
pointed to responsible Federal offices,
and fellowshipped by Northern Re-
publicans on the floor of Congress"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-17
The first session Of the national Com

The first session Of the national Com.
mercial Convention will he held at Bal
timore, commencing on September %,
1871. Arrangements are already being
made to secure a large and influential
representation. The subjects to be
brought up for discussion are of the
most important character. affecting the
happiness and prosperity Of the whole
country, its finances, the system of
taxation, civil service reform, educa-
ton, with all branches Of trade, CON
nerce and manufacturers.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-17

A machine has recently been perfect
ed in London, with which a writer,
using a pen in the usual manner, can,
at the same time, produce a duplicate
SO small as to be invisible to the naked
eye, yet so distinct that a microscope
will reveal every line and dot. A most
useful application Of the apparatus
will be for the prevention of forgery,
as private marks can be made on notes
and securities, legible under micro
scope power, but which no imitator
COULD see or ever suspect the presence
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-17
Women and Wine.

A writer in Scribner's Monthly uses
the following strong language, which
will be responded to by the women who
have suffered all over the land. OF the
worst foes that women has ever had to
encounter wine stands at the head.
The appetite for strong drink in man
has spoiled the lives Of more women or
ruined more hopes for them, brought
to them. more shame, sorrow and hard
ship-than any other evil in their lives.
The country numbers tens of thous
ands-nay, hundreds ofthousands-of
women who are widows to day. and sit
in hopeless weeds because their hus-
bands have been slain by strong drink.
There are hundreds of thousands of
homes scattered all over the land in
which women live lives of torture,
going through all the changes Of suf
fering that lie between the extremes of
fear and despair, because those whom
they love, love wine better than they
do the women they have sworn to love.
There are women by thousands who
dread to hear at the door the step
that once thrilled them with pleasure,
because that step has learned to reel
under the influence of the seductive
poison. There are women grooming
with pain, while we write these words,
from bruises and brutalities inflicted
by husbands made mad by drink.
There can be no exaggeration in any
statement made in regard to this mat
ter, because no human..imagination can
create anything worse than the truth,
and no pen is capable of p%ortraying
the truth. The sorrows and horrors
of u wife with a drunken son, are as
zeal the realization of hell as a be
reached in this world, at least. The
shame, the Indignation, the sorrow the
sense of disgrace for herself and her
children, the poverty--not unfit equent'
ly the beggary--tle fear and the fact
Of violence, the lingering, life long
struggle and despair Of countless
women with drunken husbands, are
enough to make all women curse wine
and engage united to oppose it every
where as the worst enemy of their sex.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-17

perhaps, when no other man could,
and If we carry Ohio it will insnre the
election Of q democratic President,
True, party-linos here are closely
drawn, and many men think Mr.. Pen
dlcton a little too democratic, and
want such q man as Chase, but then
Mr.. P's personal influence is very
great. lie is spoken Of in connection
with the Senatorship, and it is to be
feared that his friends will make the
obtainment Of n democratic Legisla.
turc preferable to carrying the State
for the Presidential candidate. The
Radicals are alarmed at the projects Of
their party. They have no man but
Grant, and they must nominate him.
And yet, many leading Radicals are
deserving him. They say he is smask-
ing the Republican party in Louisiana
as electually as he did in Missouri.
And they are disguised with his ncpo,
tism, and, just here ! am tempted to
drop an opinion that Charles Sumner
had a two fold object in view when he
refused to accept the gold medal ten
dercd him by the lIaytians. Grant
would not have refused it, whether the
Constitution said presents should be
received or not received by the Chief
Magistrate. This may seem a little
matter, but really it was q hard hit at
Grant, and a sort Of bid on the part Of
Summer for the nomination as Repub.
lican candidate. He knows how Grant
has outraged common decency, rs well
as the Constitution, by receiving all
sorts OF presents, and brides. too. for
aught | know, and Sumner is making
capital for himself of OF Grants de
merits.
But must close, promising q letter
from Baltimore or New York. pro-
vidcd, always, that the predictions of
certain ones about the cholera do not
come true and bring my journey to an
untimely end. They say the pestilence
fly has already made its appearance in
the latter city, and iJ is said to be the
precursor Of this awful contagion, and
other contagious also. But as l am n
clearly man, and temperate in the
highest degree, l hope to escape the
evil. But it is hot enough for cholera,
Radcalism, Rascality, or any other
dreadful thing, and | am afraid the fly
is I%ortentous. S.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-17

The town authorities of Fayetteville
properly request all citizens who have
outside cellar doors to throw them
open during the day, so that the warm
sunshine may dry the cellar. They
advise. also, that lime be used as q
disinfectant, by being strewn around
in outhouses and other localities where
decayed vegetation would produce i'm
pure air.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-17

Mr.. S. N. Casanova, a Cuban gentle
man farming in Fauquier county, Va,
informs the L%ynchburg Republican
that he has a plan on foot, and, he be-
~lieves, in process of successful termi.
nation, for "the Introduction of a con.
siderable number of Cuban families in
to Fauquier county. The proposed
immigrants are, for the most part. of
the best social class of that island.
The Cubans, according to Mr.. Casano-
va, are tired living under the bane of
Spanish despotism. They have money,
industry, and, what is perhaps equally
important, they are not divided from
US by political gaps nor differences OF
political faith"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-17

The Springfield Ills. Register says
"To travel over the State at this sea
son, a stranger would come to the con-
clusion that Illinois is one immense
cornfield. There is as much again
breadth of corn planted this year as
usual, the crop looks fine, and, if moth
ing unusual happens, the biggest corn
crop ever raised any where will ripen
on the prairles Of Illinois the coming
fall"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-17
Gen Logan and the Presidenc!

The New York correspondent Oit1
New Orleans Republican, writes as ''
lows:
Among the young fellows ambitions
Of Presidential honors is Gen. Logsn
We know he expects to run. for We
met him a few days since al.thr Fifth
Avenue, and when we asked him TD0
was his candidate he couldn't think li
anybody. He was III a complete qua1.
Diary.
"How about Grant, General We
asked.
swell Grant--why, Grant has hd
one term in the White House, and 10
inclined to think as Mr.. Greely does
"Wouldn't Sumner run wcll?'
"No; Sumner is too old. Besides
Grant would kill him with antl-Of1"
influence"
"How about Chaser
.'Oh, be died in '6S. Hes w!
dead"
"Conkling 2"
Hes too id peacocky; too n'nN
people hate him personally -,
"Aln't Fentona strong mani ,
swell, yes; Fenton is strong an'
oily, too. He'd make a better "",
wick than king. Then ConkIing SCp,a
run himself out Of his patent iea'It. u.
shoes to kick him, even if it hurt u'
foot more than his colleague.
And so he went on through Ool'aA.
Blaine, Butler, up and down the Saua,
of the Senate and House, but Logan
not think Of a man-no' ho' Ua ~,
who would be able to lead US o w
tory in 1872.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-17

A pedler, speaking Of the villianous
whisky they have out in Colorado, says
that after taking two drinks of it he
stole his own goods and hid them in
the woods, and for his life can't re.
member where lie put them.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-17

A Giles county correspondent of the
Banner writes that the crop prospects
in Giles are splendid. We have been
very fortunate IN having frequent show.
ers of rain. The corn crop will be the
since 1860.