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5uerial Nntlres.

w lido HEREBY INFORM ALL PER
SONS who have left GUNS or PISTOLS at my
shop for repair will please col for them on or De-
fore the 1st OF July, otherwise the same VIII Dc
sold 10 pay expenses. CHARLES RUSSELL,
mayl6.3* NO. 'Zl hlnH sNlee1.
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@r CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.-CON-
SIGNEES by Norwegian Bark DRAUPNER are
herahy notidod that ahn has TuIs nav haan on
tered under the Five.Day Act. Goods not Per-
mtted at the expiration Of that time will be sent
TO Customhouse Stores. RAVENEL co.
mayl1-5
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TLEGANT AND RELIABLE PREPAR.
H ATOMS.

IL
IT. R. WARNER 4 CO.,
OF PHILADELPHIA,
Offer the following assortment OF Elegant Pre-.
paratlons, now used by Physicians everywhere.
Send for Price List to DR.. b. BAER, Charleston:
Iron and Iodoform Pills, Q powerful Alternative
and Tonic
Comp. Phosphorus Pills, for Impotence, Loss Of
Nerve Power, &c.
Elixir Clnchonla Oalisaya
Elixir Pyrophosphate OF Iron
Elixir CslIsaya, Iron and Bismuth
Elixir Ualisaya, Ferrated
Elixir Calisaya, Iron and Strychnia
Elixir Pepsln, Bismuth and strcyhnia
Elixir Valerianate OF Ammonia
Wine OF Pepsln
Bitter Wine Of Iron
Wine Of Wild Cherry
Ferrated Wine OF Wild Cherry
Comp. Syrup OF Phosphates Tor Chemical Food
syrup OF Hypophosphltes uor Consumption, Bron.
chitis, &c3
Lozenges uf Pepsn and Iron
Licorice Lozenges, cotaining Vanilla Tolu, &C..
Elixir TaraXacum Comp This is O new and Valu.
able combination or the medicinal properties
OF the DandeiOn, Wild Cherry and Gentlan,
associated with Anomalies. 1t is very
agreeable and efficient remedy. Aside from
It's medicinal virtues 1t is u'elul as Venlcle
and for masking the bitter taste or Qalnlne.
Elixir Gentlan and Iron
Elixir Bromide OF Potassium.
Syrup PhOBph. Qulnine, Iron and Strychnia. (Alt-
ken's SYRUP for Debility and Nervous Pros
tratIon, Indigestion, Ohlorosis, &c.
Elk. Valerianate OF Strychnia
Elk. Phosph. Quinine Iron and Strychnia (of the
greatest service where there Is 8 tendency to
Par8lyssl
Beef, Wine and Iron. an elegant combination,
especially servlceable In cases Of children and
delicate ladies.
In addition to the above, W. R. Warner 90.
manufacture a full line OF Fluid Extracts and
sugar-,'oated Pills, all OF which are to be had at
Manufacturers Prices. OF
DIR. 81. BAER, No. 131 Meeting street,
mch23Dg4H8moa Charleston, s, O.
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@ TO INCREASE AND THICKEN
The growth OF the Hair, use HALLS VEG GETABLE
SICILIAN HAIR REVIEWER. Nothing better
known to science. mayl1-thstu3
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ns- THE CHARLESTON CHARITA
BILE ASSOCIATION, for the Benefit OF the Free
School Funa-Oalclal Rattle Numbers:
GLASS No. tO3-MoRNING.
47-29- l-39-TG--74- -27-4G-23--25-
CLASS No. 5e4-EvENIkG.
53-d3-3S- -l3-G6--34-G3-2S--dO
AS witness our hands at Charleston this 18th
day Of May, 1872.
FEM PECK,
JAMES GILLILAND,
may18 Sworn Commissioners.
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% TAKE AYERS SARSAPARILLA
to purify the blood and purge out the humors,
pimples, bUils and sores which are merely EN-.
blems OF the rottenness within. may y.llthstu3
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@- E L GINS

GB u u U I n y
PHAN TOM.
The best Beautlaer OF the Complexion In The Mar
ket. Ladies' try 1t, you will ind 1t 3d. Sample
Packages Of THIS NEW AND BEAUTIFUL FACE Pow
DER, free by all druggists. DOWIE, NOISE 4
DAVIS, Wholesale Agents, Charleston, 8. O.
may8-mthslB
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may18

@- THE FINEST LACES ARE
washed without injury by the DOLLAR RE.
WARD SOAP.n DOwIE, NOISE Il DAVIS,
Aents, Charleston, S. C.
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Drnas, Qhemirals, 6r.
RUGS AND MEDICINE S,
WHOLEsALE AND RETAIL.

DR.. u. BAER, No. Is1 MEETING STREET,
CHARLESTON, 8. O.,
Invites attention to the following Preparations
OF his own Manufacture:
THE CELEBRATED GERMAN SOOTHING
CORDIAL, FOR INFANTS TEETHING.
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r OST, A BROWN ALPACA UMBREL-
IL La, with On iron stick and bamboo handle.
The fuder Will be rewarded on leaving the same
at this Office. may7
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uants.

VTTANTED, A WOMAN TO COOK AND
w Wash. Recommendations required. Ap.
ply in Amherst street, one door from Nassau.
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lost IN QUEEN, NEAR RUTLEDGE
IL otraat. or 10 Kutledgc atreet. o pair OF Gold
SLEEVE BUfrON,. reward will be given II
left nc TIE NEWS ONCE. mayl3
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Epst a1r1 Gon1h.

STRAYED ON TUESDAY NIGHT, 14Tu
y instant, from No. III King street, large
Back Newfoundland DOG. reward Will De
given ior his delivery 10 P. MELOHERS, No. 2l7
King stI Get. maYlo'iN
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CHo1CE WINES, BRANDIEs, GINS, .&cs
A fine lot Of PURE RYE WHISTLES, Brandles,
ALSO, .tgrs, .lts -5ssr
Some Of that fine OLD CORN WHISKEY, at
81 IS per gallon. And full supply OF low grade
Whlskey always on hand. .ft;.J.z.f
For sale by D. FITZ GIBBON.
N. W. corner King and Cannon streets.
All goods delivered free. may1e-lmo
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-09-11
floating populacc has nothing to suffer

floating populacc has nothing to suffer
from ill legislation. The evil consc-
quences of universal suffrage the
world hes seen in the miserably man.
aged affairs Of South Carolina Her
present condition is a disgrace to
civilization. The General Govern
ment has not only our politics but
our prosperity to look after. With a
wise administration at Washington
not only reform, but redemption could
be restored to this broad expanse of
ruin and corruption. IT'S folly to
suppose that Universal Suffrage, So
cial Equality and Freeloveism can
run rampant as at present. They
must be gratifed, or else the ship of
State sink to rise no more. The
American Eagle must flop his wings
and die. The blackLird Gem
blematical) must demand recognition
from the proud nations of the world.
NEXT WEEK.
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Notice
TO
Tax Payers

to hear complaints and to equalize the
valuation of real and personal property,
money and credits, according to the
provisions of Section 6S, page 3s, Gen
eral Statutes, to wit:
"Sec. 6S. There shall be an annual
County Board forthe equalization of the
real and personal property, moneys and
credits in each County, exclusive OF the
City of Charleston, to be composed Of
the County Commissioners, County Au-
ditor and County Treasurer, who shail
meet for that purpose at the Auditors
Office in each County, on the second
Monday of September annually. SAID
Board shall have the power to hear com,
plants, and to equalize the valuation OF
all real and personal property, moneys
and credits within the Comfy, and
shall be governed by the rules prescrl-
bed in the siXty-tifth Section OF this
Chapter, for the government OF County
Boards for the equalization OF real pro-
perty: Provided, That said Board shall
not reduce the value of the real property
of the County below the aggregate val
ue thereof, as fixed by the State Board
of EQUALIZATION, nor below its aggregate
value on the Duplicate of the preceding
wear, to which shall be added the value
of all new entries and new structures,
over the value of those destroyed, as
returned by the County Auditor for the
current year.
All persons interested will give their
at the time and place afore-
said.
T. b. MILFORD,
County Auditor.
Can't Q 1919 011t
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OFFICIAL.
The State Of South Carolina.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
COLUMBIA, August 18th, 1872.
n N pursuance of Section three (3) OF
u an Act of the General Assembly,
approved March 1, 1870, entitled "An
Act providing for the general elections,
and the manner of conducting the
same" / do hereby appoint the follow
ing as Commissioners of Election 70:
their respective counties:
Abbeville-J. Hollinshead, Alexan-
der Bowie, George Nichols.
Aiken-C. d. Hayne, Charles Ed
mondston, Samuel Spencer.
Anderson-John r. Cochran, Thomas
J. Webb, Samuel Johnson.
Beaufort-R. Fl. Gleaves, w. J. Vir-
dier, E, J. Ravenah.
Barnwell-W. A.. Nerland, w. j.
Nixon, B. w. Middleton.
Charleston--Wm. Rollin, e. P. Wall,
Geo. J. Cunningham.
Chester-David Hemphill, John l..
West, John Lilly.
Chesterfield-R. J. Donaldson, T. L.
Weston, G. w. Brewer.
Clarendon-E. Il. Dickson, Fl. L. Ben
bow, Cyfax Middleton.
Colleton-George +. Mcintyre, James
Maxwell, J. j. Klein.
Darlington-Jonathan Wright, P. G.
Fludd, John Lunney.
Edgefeld-D. l.. Turuer, David Har.
ris, John III. McDevitt.
Fairfield-Henry Jacobs, Sterling
Martin, Pleasant Adams.
Georgetown-Henry F. Herriott
James Murrell, T.. G.. Rainey.
Greenville- Charles Hopkins, Joshua
Priest, VIM. Lenderman.
Horry-C. L. Johnson, Alva Ensor
Henry Jones!
Kershaw-J, F. Sutherland, A. Rey.
nolds, Frank Carter.
Iancaster-Wm McKenna, John O.
Cousart, Robert McLain..
Laurens-Joseph Crews, Y. P. J. Ow
ems, John Evans. -
Iexington-Charles Hutto, George W
Wingwood, James Rawl.
Marion-C. Smith, r. Vampill, B. II
Mariboro-C. r. Stubs, J. L. Easter
ling, Daniel G. Odom.
Newberry-H. b. Scott, Jesse Smith
William Summer.
Oconee-L. B. Johnson, johnson
Wright, Charles Jennins.
Orangeburg-T. X. Sasportas, George
|Boliver, James p. Mays.
Pickens-Jeremiah Looper, Doci
Owens, A. NJ. Folger.
Richiand-A. L.. Solomon, Caesar
Lowndes, Esop Goodson.
spartanburg-G. A. Settler, Basset
Weaver, r. +. Bates. :.
Sumter-William e. Johnson, Benja
min Lawson, j. N. Corbett. 81
Union-H. H. D. Byron, NJ. G. Long
Wiiliamsburg-M, J. Hirsch, w. w
York.. L. Watson, John Martin
James X. Wagoner. ,,..,,,,,
ROBERT X. SCOTT,
August %, 1872, 20 Governor
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New Advertisements.

We direct attention to the following g
new advertisements:
Executors Sale-N A McBee, Alex
McBec.
Fertilizers-A NJ Aiken.
Attention-DuPre 4 Smith,
Fresh Arrivals-DuPre 4 Smith.
Shcriff's Sale-Henry S Cason,
Sheriff.
153 Acres of land Of A 0 Watson
H S Cason, Sheriff.
400 Acres Of land of f Il Mounce,
sold by the Sheriff,
Citation-C W Gufin, Judge of
Probate.
Land for Sale-Mrs Ellen Parker.
O'Connor Lot-W II Parker.
Carbolic Acid Disintectant-Lee &
Parker.
Iron Founders-Goldsmith & Kind.
Erskine College,
Our Annua.-Jas W Fowler q Co.
Change of Svedule.
A Card-L W Jordan.
Tin, Tin-H W Lawson & Co.
Auction-Julius G.. Smith.
Noticc-R Jones.
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Gentlemen

HDUY your Shirts in the Fall of the
IT'D year, and then the next Summer
they will not be too heavy for your COM
fort.
Have them made to order and then
you are sure of getting a well fitting
garment.
Nothing contributes more to the gem
teel appearance of q, man than nice
fitting shirt, and it is almost impossible
to get perfect fit when it is made at
home.
Mr.. L. w. WHITE will leave for
NEW YORK in few days, and will
carefully attend to any orders for shirts
entrusted to him.
Call at the Store of WHITE BROTH
ERS and have your measure taken, and
thereby secure perfect fit. You can
get any style you wish, and plaits OF any
width, and made for studs, eyelets or
buttons in bosom.
The shirts are made Of the very best
New York Mills Long Cloth, and the
best quality of Linen in bosom and on
their cuffs, and will last eighteen
months constant wearing. .
Satisfaction guaranteed in fit, style
and quality. We have furnished shirts
to several gentlemen and have invaria-
bly given satisfaction. Try them once,
and you will always buy them.
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DEArHs.-We regret to learn of
the following deaths in the vicinity of
during the past two
weeks-Mrs. Hewins; Mr.. r. r.
Bruce, son of Mr.. JAS Bruce; Mrs.
Calvin Pressly; and Mr.. r. n. Groves,
IL.
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sag Mr. A. B. Hamblin has just
returned from Kentucky, with a fine
drove of horses and mules. Those
needing, (that is, horses and having
the needful, Chat is, money! will
have an opportunity to supply them
selves.
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H- The health Of our town has
been remarkably good this season,
and we have been entirely free from
cpidemics. In some sections Of our
District, thills and fever have been
prevailing; owing as the Doctors say
to the wot Summer.
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w A. NJ. Aiken, of Greenwood.
advertises full supply of Stouo and
Wando Fertilizers. Read his acros-
tic, and then test his Fertilizers.
Now is tho time to use them for the
Fall crops.
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RELIG1oUs.-Divine service may De
expected in Trinity Church, .Abbe-
vile, on Friday evening, Sept. 13, be-
ginning at s o'clock. Rev. P. +.
Stevens will make an appeal in behalf
eff the Advancement Society.
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THoRoUGH BRED.-All lovers of
fine stock give their attention to tho
advertisement Of Mr.. Julius G. Smith,
of Greenville, which appears in an
other column.
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Consignees.

The following persons have packages
in the Express office:
CT Haskell, T B Milford, F c Du-
Pre-, Link & Belot, e F Power, G E
Bruce, r. Jones, D Jordan, NJ P Cow
an, w S Richardson.
z. V. HAMMOND,
Agent.
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grades would bring IS.
BALTIMORE, September 0. = Cotton
firm-middling %; receipts 81 balesj
exports 50 sales l95-Saturday evening
80 ;stock 276.
CHARLESTON, September 9.-Cotton
easier-middling 194; low middling 10;
good ordinary 1s@ls4; receipts 939
bales; exports 1854 sales 20; stock
$3.50.
AUGUSTA, September 0. = Cotton
nominal = middling 19l; receipts 3GO
bales; sales 4l0.
NEW YORK, September 9.-Noon.-
Cotton heavy-uplands %; Orleans 223 :.
sales ATS bales. Gold steady, at 1851
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Chatsworth Female Institute.
No. 1SS Frankti, Institute,
BALTIMORE, MD.

mMISS A. e. HASSON, Principal,
lVm MRS. G.. E. ENGELBRECHT, 7,
formerly Of Belle Haven Institute, Co
lumbia, S. CO. Vice-Principal:
This school will reopen SEPTEM-
Der 16. The building and grounds are
spacious, location high and healthy,
course of study extensive, and instruc-
ton thorough.
Both the Principal and Vice-Principal
have had much experience in educating
and training the young. The entire eX-
pense per annum of a boarding pupil,
including English tuition, one other
language and Vocal Music, $3.50. Music,
Languages and other extras moderate.
For circulars address the Principal.
Sept. 2, 1872, 2l-2t
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SOAP STONE.

Just think of it, man 80 years old
by paying s17.55 yearly can secure
$4,000 worth of Insurance in the
Universal"
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AnBEv1LLE, Sept. II, 1872.
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taVor-the colorcd man voting against
him-would not the world condemn
him? Would not this act Of the COL
ored man disfranchise him in a few
years? Reform in the General Gov
! ernment is needed as badly as it is in
8 South Carolina. This The intelligent
whites and blacks well know, but are
their efforts tending in that direction?
We unhesitatingly assert that the
black man is yet assisting with all
that in him lies, to bankrupt the
Union. 'Tis beyond doubt his vote
will crush South Carolina. The State
is virtually now without honor or
credit. IT'S madness to suppose that
in the event Of F. J. Moses election
fthe State government can possibly
exist. If the Radical ticket is elected
: the State will be remanded into terri
tory and officers appointed by the
General Government. Suppose the
State is remanded into territory be-
cause Of Ethe ineompetency of the
blacks to govern themselves, how can
this provisional government ever be
relieved? We answer, by an amend
ment to the Constitution. We deny
the right Of any man TO vote unless
he has a property and educational
qualification. With this amendment
to the Constitution the property
holders can then have their legiti-
mate and effective suffrage. The
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Sept. 8, 1872, Gilt
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The above are prices at wholesale rates.
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Charleston Markets.
REPORTED BY
CRAWLEY s. DEHON,
Cotton Factors, North atlantic Wharf.

Charleston, S. c., Sept. 8, 1872.
Cnrr0N-I .0W middlinr lS3
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-07-04
Influence of Flowers.

Flowers exert a wonderfully soften
ing, refining, and elevating influence
upon the character. There are few who
are not susceptible to it, in favorable
circumstances. The model farmer of
olden times, who hegrudged his wife or
daughter bit of land to beautify, who
denounced all blossoms which resulted
in no marketable fruit as useless and
plowed up the bright pinks and mari
golds with ruthless hand, has passed
away, we trust, or at most but few of
the species remain. 1t is becoming
more and more the pleasant fashion, not
only in towns and villages, but in Sc
cluded rural homes where the plain
farmers family toll hard, for the child
rem to have little plots of ground where
they may raise flowers to charm the eye,
If parents only realized the educating
power of plants, and how keeply most
children enjoy Watching the growth and
development of vegetable life, they
would foster the desire they so often ex-
press "to have a garden OF their own"
Now, in the early spring-time, let at
least few seeds ana roots be obtained
let bit of the yard, or, if this is not pos
sible, some fower-pots, be devoted to the
amusement and instruction of the little
folks. 1t will not merely keep them out
of mischief to have some pleasant occu-
patton in the open air, it will be health.
giving and mind and heart improving
Don't forget the flower seeds
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Stained Glass.

One of the prominent industries of
Munich is staining glass, of which the
method is told as follows:
"They who sit in the light of so many
brilliant windows little know, perhaps,
how much labor goes to the making of
them. They are first designed, then
stained in bits; their colors are burned
in separately-first the blue, then the
red-and each requires three successive
heatings in the oven. They must then
be pierced into whole, with leadings
connecting the pieces, then swung into
a large window frame to be examined.
If any defect be discovered, the part or
parts must be burned again in an oven,
and then the whole must be burned to-
gether. The scene in the Glasmalarei is
remarkable enough. Here is man en-
gagged upon martyrs toes, while in
another room the eyes of the same saint
cast upon you their last look of despair
as they are showed into furnace heated
sevenfold-just as if Herr Fortner, who
now presides, I believe, We're another
Diocletian. A week later you will see
the martyr, purified by his ordeal, smil-
ing down a whole rainbow upon the
workmen in their shirt sleeves, in an
apartment full of chalk, old planks, coke,
and all kinds Of odds and ends. These
fellows are no respecters of persons
either. Gods and saints, st. Georges
dragon and the chamois destined for
some noblemans huntingdon, are cast
together into the oven and shine togeth-
er along the walls"
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RIDGWAY, Pa. THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1872.

had regained its feet, and galloped off,
but soon showed signs of distress, and
had, consequently, TO bo abandoned by
the fugitives as well as the pistol and
spear of their unfortunate companion,
as the two horsemen who brought up
the rear, were kept busy firing into us,
which they did, believe, less for the
sake Of returning the compliment than
for the purpose of endeavoring to keep
us at bay, SO as to facilitate the rescue
of their companion in distress. They
fired, however, too high and their bullets
whi8zed harmlessly over our heads.
As by this time our horses, which had
had considerably longer race than
those of the Bedouins, began to show
signs of distress, and as, moreover, the
ground had become rougher and rougher
the more we advanced, we gave up the
chase, and directed our attentions to the
wounded horse, which was caught, and
proved not to be seriously disabled by a
rifle ball.
After hating about half an hour on
the field of battle, in order to allow our
horses to regain their breath, we return
ed with our trophies to camp, accom-
panied by the two Arab servants, who
were quite dumbfounded at our unex-
pected protection and interference, at
the very moment when the highwaymen
had fired two pistol-shots over the heads
of their victims, as they were wont to do,
in order to frighten them out of their
wits.
need scarcely add that Casseba was
thence forward no longer an unsafe To-
cality for travellers.
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Chance in Gambling.

Closely connected with the theory
about the range of possibility in the
matter of chance combinations, is the
theory of the maturity of the chances
the most elementary of the theories on
probabilities" 1t might safely be term
ed the most mischievous of gambling
superstitions. AS an illustration of the
application of this theory, we may cite
the case of an Englishman, once well
known at foreign gambling tables, who
had based system on generalization
of this theory. In point of fact the
theory asserts that when there has been
a run in favor of any particular event,
the chances in favor of the event are re-
duced, and, therefore, necessarily, the
chances in favor of other events are in
creased. Now our Englishman watched
the play at the roulette table for two
full hours, carefully noting the numbers
which came up during that time. Then,
eschewing those numbers which had
come up oftenest, he staked his money
on those which had come up very sell
dom or not at all. Here was an infalli-
BILE system, according to "the most ele-
mentary of the theories of probability"
The tendency of chance results to right
themselves, so that events equally likely
in the first instance will occur an equal
number of times in the long run, was
called into action to enrich our gambler
and to ruin the unlucky bankers. Be it
noted, in passing, that events do thus
right themselves, though this circum-
stance does not operate quite as the
gambler supposed, and cannot be trust
ed to put penny into any ones pocket.
The system was tried, however, and in
stead of reasoning respecting its sound
ness, we may content ourselves with re-
cording the result. On the first day
eur Englishman won more than e700 in
single hour. "His exultation was
boundless. He thought he had really
discovered the philosophers stone,' Off
he went to his bankers, and transmitted
the greater portion of his winnings to
London. The next day he played and
lost fifty pounds; and the following day
he achieved the same result, and had to
write to town for remittances. In fine
in week he had lost all the money he
won at first, with the exception of fifty
pounds, which he reserved to take him
home; and, being thoroughly convinced
of the exceeding fickleness of fortune
he has never staked sixpence since
and does all in his power to dissuade
Others from playing."-The COrnhW,