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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03
THE NUMBER NINE.

The most romantic Of all numbers is
figure niue, because it can't be multiplied
away Or got rid of anyhow Whatever
you do, it is as sure to turn up again as
was the body of Eugene Aram's victim.
One remarkable property of this figure
(said to have been first d.scivelcd bv w
Green, who died in 1894) is, that all
through the mLltiplication-table the pro-
duct of nine comes to nine. Multiply by
what you like and it gives the same re
suit. Begin with twice nine, 19 add the
digits together, and 1 and s make nine
Three times nine are 81; and 3 aud Z
make 8. So it goes on, up to eleven times
nine, which gives 80. Very good-add
the digits 9and Care 18, and 1 and are
nine. Going on to any extent, it is i'm
possible to get rid offgure nine. Take a
couple of instances at random. Three
hundred and thirty-nine times nine are
1851 add up the figures and they give
nine. Five thousand and seventy. one
times nine are 45639; the sum of these
digits is 27 and and 7 are nine.
NJ de Maivan found out another oueer
thing about this number namely, that il
you take any row of figures, and, revers-
ing their order, make subtraction SUM
Of it, the total is sure TO be nine. For ex-
ample:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03
PRINTERS JOKES.

A correspondent of the Morning Star says
Among The delights of newspaper cores
pondents is the inevitable and remediless fun
compositors make for one thousand miles
behind his back. Shun as rock the unusual
word. You can't write it SO plain that o
compositor will fail to mistake it for some
word his is used to- and so turn your counsel
to foolishness. Likewise any original or piq-
uant turn of phrase. The proof-reader will
kindly correct that for you. Especially be-
ware of 'goaks,' at the expense of the spell
ipg-book. Printers are some on orthogra-
ply, and will surely spell you down If you
try any of your nonsense on them. It is my
custom to IN. B.-Compositor, follow copy,
particularly when wrong An allusion new
to the printer, be conscientiously reduces to
semi-lntelligible form. / compare the right
and left motion of a near sighted reader to a
weaver horse. Unused to horse talk, the
good typist rendered 1t, with great elegance,
"a weaver's poise.' I said something was
worth going far to see. He corrected let
ter for me, and obligingly ind icatcd by quo
tation marks that the archaism going for to
see was of intention, not ignorance. Hav-
ing occasion to mention severely "a losel
ltemist,' the fellow slipped through my fin.
gers in the innocent character of a local
itemist.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03

FLIES AND DrSEAsE.-Flies are uncom-
Portable visitors in summer. especially in
a sick room. 1t has been found that they
are harmful also, and may be agents in
spreading contagious diseases. A Ger
man professor, in Vienna, made an ex-
pertinent to test the truth of this theory.
Finding the flies very numerous on the
faces of his smallpox patients, he put
some glycerine in saucer TO entangle
the flies. Many of them were caught by
the glutinous matter, and soolithe glyce-
rine was filled with strange cells like
those on the smallpox patients. The in
ference was inevitableszthat the flies COM
municated the infectious matter to the
glycerine, and could carry contagion to
other houses. Tt will be new argument
to keep all sick-rooms free from these in
sects. a Way
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03
WRITING FOR A LIVING.

81
A Chicago reporter has some good
thoughts on this topic, which we are
pleased TO see going the rounds of til {
papers. lie says it is reported that the
publishers OF the Atlantic Monthly have
offered Bret Harte twelve thousand dol
lars for twelve articles-a thousand dol
lars paper for the year to como. He
does not believe it, Dor does any bady
else who knows what is paid to contrib~
utors to magazines. To first class writ
ers, Emerson, Lowell, and Holmes, two
hundred and fifty dollars an article may
be paid, and even one hundred dollars is
considered first1c class pay. Now, three
articles year is all first class writer
can hope toget into any one magazine,
and these will not average more than
eighty dollars, or two hundred and fort V
dollars paid by one magazine to oae con-
tributor per year, and that contributor a
first class writer. Now, there are bu
eight or ten monthlivs in the country, in
to which popular writer might manage
to get twelve TO fifteen articles. "a year,
and realize, at eighty dollars an. article,
some twelve hundred dollars a year from
his pen! If this be the case with the first
writers IN the country, what becomes of
all the scribbling small-fry that are try
ing to make living with their pens !
Write, gentle ladies, one and all /; but let
| it be under some other inspiration than
that OF hoping thereby to furnish your
wardrobss or make your bread. IF you
have competency, writing may furnish
solace for hours of leisure, Cor fill up sou
aspirations for doing good but if yor
have to work for a living, wash, bake
brew, and sew, tailor it, milliner it, clerk
it, or anything it, except literary hack it
and let your occasional writing be knit
ting work to the soldier, surer, and regu
larly gazing avocation. Pen-money ma,
suffice for pin-money; but it will not d.
10 trust it for the staples of existence
Nothing chills genuine Inspiration hk
cash and routine. Mark Twain, til
greatest humorist of the day, tried to b
funny by the month, to spin Jokes by th
yard, to re-Vamp old witticisms and il
/ TT = -
a page, and made desperate failure of i
Fancy is confounded by the clatter {
cog-wheels, and highest human inventio
cannot be harnessed in mill-norse trace
and urged to'a mill-borse round, Will
out becoming as stupid as che mill-hors
: himself, the chiefest emblem of stupidit
and dullness.-LGdies' Repository for o.
, t0ber. Psi "oa. @p.aa
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03
The Master is come, and "calleth

The Master is come, and "calleth for
thee" Not for your pastor, or the dea-
cons, or some gifted member of your
Church, but. "for thee" No matter who
yen are, or how limited your sphere, it
is you he calls for. No lack of.-glfts can
excuse you. If God calls you, it is simply
to do what you..can, however little that
may be. Jesus said of Mary, "She hath
done eobat she could" The poor woman
who cast into the treasury two mites, did
all that she could, and Jesus commended
her.-LGdSes' Repository.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03

Caleb Sherier, wealthy farmer, living
in Ossawatomic township, Kansas, in a
fit Of insanity produced by family diff
culties, murdered hisdaughter, Mrs. Wal
lace, and dangerously wounded his wife,
and son-in-law, Wallace. The latter, in
defense of himself, struck Sherier, caus-
ing instant death. The wounds received
by Mrs. Sherier and Wallace are pro-
&c. Nl
nounced fatal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03
WAITING FOR PAPA.

We have put away-t the playthings,
Cleaned the trinkets from the floor,
Mamie's doll is in its cradle,
My old horse behind the door:
With our tidy hands and faces
All impatiently we wait
For the sound of Papa's coming,
And his footstep at the gate.
I.
Little ones, when all the lustre
Ofyour locks shall change to snow,
When the light shall all be faded
From those eyes that sparkle SO,
May you lay your every idol,
All earth's playthings gladly by,
And as fondly greet our Father
When he eometh in the sky.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03
Take SOIL
Reverse figures 1905
336f=18. 81 1 e. So

The same result is obtained if you raise
the numbers so changed to their squares
or cubes. Starting with So, begin the
sum over again. By reversing the dicits,
we get 26, which subtracted from 60
leaves SO, or 1860. The squares of 26
and SO are, respectively, 679 and 1914.
Subtract one from the other, and YOU oet
3l68-19, and 1853 So with the cubes
of 26 and sc, which are 1876 and 238329.
Subtracted, they leave 220742-18, and
1853 20. Chambers Journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03
FULL OFFICIAL VOTE OF MAINE FOR +
CONGEESSM EN-. a .Irg..

The full official vote for members OF Con-
gress Of the several dist lets of Maine at the
late election, compared with the vote inilS6S,
is as follows:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03

Too much care sometimes publishes itself,
like the old lady, landing from the steamer
in shower OF rain. who covered her new
bonnet so completely with. her gown, that
she missed her footing the plank and feI
into the river.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03

Ii is MOI what people eat, but what they
digest, that makes them strong. 1t is not
what they gain, but what they save. that
makes them fch. It's not what they read,
but what they remember, that makes them
learned. $3.50 49,. s. ..l.,,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03

That peace is an evil peace that doth shut
truth out of doors. If peace and truth can
not go together, truth is to be preferred, and
rather to be chosen for companion than
peace. -TiIinghaSt.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03
THE MANIFEST MAN.

BIZ G. W. BUNGAY.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03

Mrs. Gubbins says her husband is like a
tallow candle, because he always will smoke
when he is going out.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03

Inc complete census returns of the United
states show The total population to be
os55S 81, ofwhich 10, 493, sos are males and
1900, 800 females .......sr =
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-12-04

The horse epidemic has spread
itself all over the country. BY
reason of disabled and sick
horses, oxen for moving freight
are being extensively used in
the cities, two thousand yokes
being worked on the streets of
Cincinnati. During the last 80
days about two thousand horses
have died in the city of New
York, and a corresponding num-
Der in Brooklyn and Jersey City.
From every quarter comes the
news Of its ravages. Street car
lines are being stopped, stage
lines coming to stand-still, OK
press companies using oxen for
the transportation of their freight
to and from the railroads, &c.
1t seems to be a curse that will
visit the whole nation. Veterin-
ary surgeons are passing learned
opinions in regard to it, but al
most all agree that it is epidemic
in its character, the contagion
being carried in the atmosphere,
against which there can be no
protection, II will spread, no
matter how secluded the animals
are kept.
It was hoped this county
would escape the epidemic, but
within the last few days, it has
made its appearance in many
stables in town and the country
surrounding. From inability to
obtain reliable data, we refrain
from publishing any of the par
ticulaps.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-12-04

We learn from the Gallipolis
Journal that the Eagle Furnace
property in Vinton county has
been leased to L. G. Damarin of
Portsmouth. The lease was sign
ed on the 25th of last month
and tho lessee has immediate
possession. The lease is for one
year with the privilege of two
more, if the company in the
meantime do not sell, and the
rental is four thousand dollars,
or 100 tons of pig metal at $40
per ton, at the option of the les
sors, for the first year, $4,000 or
200 tons ofmetal, at$30 per ton,
for each of the two succeeding
years. The lessee has the use
only of the furnace and the ore,
and is to cut no timber. Mr..
Damarin puts the works in re-
pair at his own costs. We un-
derstand the Furnace will 60
into blast as soon as the neces-
sary preliminary arrangements
can be perfected.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-12-04
REMOVAL!
DRUGS! DRUos!!

o. +. GUNNrNo has just removed
from tho sold Brick Corner" his
splendid assortment Of Drugs, Med
icines. Oils, Paints, Books, Station
cry, &c, 10 his NEW ROOM
IN Wills New Building, one door
west of Gilman, Ward 4 Co.'S Store,
on Main Street, where he will be
pleased to meet all his old custom
ers, and as many more as chose to
give him their patronage.
His New Room is really the finest
in Southern Ohio; is being visited
by everybody; and his supply o
Drugs, Wines, Oils, Toilets, and the
like equal to any other establishment
in the country. Al
He fills prescriptions, and can ac-
commodate all customers atreason-
able rates. If you want to see
the finest Drug Store, drop
in and examine this one.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-12-04
The Best Place.

The choicest lot of Groceries,
Queensware, Glassware, Notions,
&C., can be had at DAVIS DUNoAN's
Store, in Zaleski, at all times.
Corn, oats, potatoes and produce
Of every description taken in ex~
change for goods, at his store,
In connection with his store he
has u Saddle and Harness shop, and
will repair anything in that line on
short notice and at low figures.
Go and see him. If
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-12-04
Y. M. O. A. Entertainment.

The second semi-annual meet
ing of the Macarthur Young
Mems Christian Association on
Wednesday evening Of last week
was we'll attended. "The Sbci-
ETY. Address, delivered by Elder
H. A. PALLIsTER, contained many
sound arguments in favor of
mental and physical culture
The essay, Stability of charac-
ter" by JOSEPH S. HUM, was
we'll rendered. The oration,
"The advancement of the age"
by LIE DEs MARTIN, was handled
in happy style. The debate, on
the question, "That the doctrine
of election and predestination is
fully taught by the Bible," in
which RICHARD CRAIG took the
affirmative, and ROBERT SAGE the
negative, was very entertaining
and applauded frequently, "Se-
lect reading" by O. 7. CUNNING,
consisted Of an argument of a
western lawyer in a murder
trial, and reflected much credit
upon his initiative powers. The
Paper-"0ur Offering" read by
JOHN @. PUGH, contained many
pungent points against indiyid-
uals in this community. The
Grafton, "a plea for humanity, .
was ably delivered by John 7.
FOREMAN.
We had almost omitted to
mention that the music was most
excellllent The organiste, Miss
MAMIE MALoNE, acquitted her.
self in a most creditable manner.
In the Ballad, "The Bridge"
Misses MALONE and FRENCH gave
evidence Of unusual vocal pow
ers. The performance Of the
choir was good. +
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-12-04


The weather prophets are at
it again. One says the winter
is to be an open one, because
the muskrats have not broken
ground for their winter resi-
dences, Another says the win
ter will be very long and cold
one, because the beavers are
constructing their dams, and the
caterpillars are winding up their
cocoons preparatory to severe
freezing. Where is the man
who always can tell by the
thickness of the husks on ears
of corn, how severe the winter
is to be ? And then, where is
the oldest inhabitant, in whose
Judgment SO much confidence is
placed?
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-12-04

LIST Of letters remaining In
the Post-ofice, Macarthur, Ohio,
December LIST, 1872:
Mrs. Sarah Ann Axtell Mrs.
Wiley Clark; e. g. Dixon, 2;
Miss Emma Galbreath; Miss
Alice Graham; Miss Bette Hale
A. Hunt;. Wm H, Hawley; G,
B. Reynolds; James White; /; Mr..
Louis Ballauf
JOHN N. MCLAUGHLIN, p. M.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-12-04
On Sunday. the 18th of N,

On Sunday, the 18th of No
vember, st. Mary's Catholic
Church, about four miles north
west Of Wilkesville, this county,
was burned to the ground. Some
gentleman, whom, we could not
learn, went early and made fires
in the stoves. Leaving the
Church, he went to a house
near by, and was sitting talking
with the family. Hearing a
sound, as the cracking of burn
ing wood, he looked out, only to
see the church wrapped in flames.
Nothing was saved, except a few
pieces of furniture. The loss is
estimated at from $2,500 to
$4,000. No insurance.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-12-04


No PILL in the world ever had anything like
the circulation OF Ayers Pills. Throughout
these states, Mexico, and the Central American
republic, down the slopes lf !he Andes, and
across the pampas of South America, In negro
villages, mid the fervid wilds of Africa, thro'-
out the jungles of India, and the steppes of in
terror Asia, over the continent of Australia,
and the islands of the Pacific, these Pills are
everywhere known and used as family reme-
dies for diseases. With distant nations, their
wonderful cures attract more attention than
they do at home; for the sentiment of wonder
takes far deeper hold on their minds than the
results Of higher scientific skill with us. The
amount consumed requires seventy-flve thou
sand doses day to supply it. An inspection of
the manufactory showed lis how this enormous
demand is made aud sustained. Added to the
consummate skill of their composition, Is an
extreme care in their manufacture, which at
once'securcs the most perfect material aud their
most accurate combination. The consequence Is
q power and certainty in controlling disease
which other remedies noVer attaincdr-[ Balti-
more Courier.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-12-04

No Person can talxo these Bitters accord
ing TO directions, and remain long unwel provided
their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison other
means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point
Of repair
Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Headache, Pain
zness, Sour Eruetations Of the Stomach, Bad Taste
in the Mouth, Bilious, Attacks, Palpi,atlon Of the
Heart, Inflammation Of the Lungs Pain in the regions
Of the Kidneys and hundred other painful symptoms,
are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. In these complaints
it has equal, and bottle will prove Letter guar
antee OF its merits than lengthy advertisement.
For Female Complaints, in young or old.
married sugle, at the dawn Of womanhood, or the
turn Of life these Tonic Bitters display so decided an
influence that marked improvement is soon percep-
,ible.
For Innammntory and Chronic Ieheu-
mntism and Gout, Bilious Remitient and Inter-
mittent Fevefs Diseases Of the Blood, Liver Kidneys
and Bladder, these ltiers have equal. Such Dis
eases are caused BY Vitated Blood which is generally
produced by arrangement of the Digestive Organs
They are q Gentle PurgatiVe as well as
n Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit Of acting
as powerful agent in relieving Congestion or lnaam-
nation Of the Liver and Vscera Organs aud in BiouA
Diseases.
For Skin Diseases, Eruptons letter Salt
Rheum, Botches, Spots Pimples, Pusules, Bois, Car
bunces Ring-worms, Scad- Head, Sore Eyes, Ery-
sipelas Itch Scurfs Dscoloratons Of the S)n Humors
and Diseases of ie Skim of whatever name nature
literally dug up and carried out of the system in
short time by the Of these Btters
Grateful Thousands proclaim VINEGAR BIT.
the most wonderful Invgorant that ever sustained
the sinking system.
I WALKER, Prop'r. ". III. MCDONALD g CO.,
Druggists and Gen. Agis., San Francisco, Call.
and cor. OF Washington and Charlton Sts, New York.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-12-04
How to Go West.


This is an enquiry WHICH every
one should have trathfulty answer
cd before he starts on his journey,
and little care taken in examina-
ton of Routes will in many cases
save much trouble, time and money.
The 81. B: & w. Route" running
from Indianapolis through Bloom
ingto to Burlington, has achieved a
splendid reputation 10 the last two
years as the leading Passenger
Route to the West. At Burlington
it connects with the great Burling.
ton Route which runs direct thro'
Southern Iowa tp Nebraska and
Kansrs, with close connections to
California and the Territories; and
passengers starting from Vinton
County, on their way westward,
can not do better than to take the
I. B. d w. and Burlington Route.
This line has published a pamph-
let entitled "HoW "a 80 West" !"
which contains much valuable ipfop-
nation; u large correct map Of the
Great West, which can be obtained
free of charge by addressing the
General Passenger Agen D, & NJ. r.
R Burlington, Iowa.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-12-04
------------------------
A Trial of Fifty Years.

The New York Observer has
passed through the ordeal, and
starts out anew on the second fifty
years with q larger list of readers
and more. numerous friends than
ever. Such steady course Of pros
perity is unexampled, and inspires
confidence. We heartily rejoice in
the great success Of a paper which
has always advocated those sound
principles that underlie tho fonnda,
tions of society and good govern
ment. Orthodox in the truest
sense both in Church and State, its
influence is always good. We see
its publishers propose to give to
every subscmher for le7a an appro-
priately en,belished jubilee Year.
Book. Those who subscribe will
have no cause to regret the step, SO
year, Sidney e. Morse 4 Co.,
81 Park Row. New York.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-12-04

The preservation of the teeth is
a. matter of the primest Importance.
Especially ought young persons APP
preciate the force of this fact
Have your teeth examined, and if
need be, have them properly cared
for before toothache drives you to
regret your neglect. Apply no,O to
DR.. N. J. BowERs, Macarthur
Dec. AIT.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-12-04

Gro. w. JOHNSON, of jackson,
will open a writing school at the
school house sometime during
the coming week; provided he
can obtain twenty-five pupils.
Those desiring to attend can give
their names to HENRY PAYNE, G.
W. HOLLAND or HORACE REDD.
Terms, So.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-12-04
Are You Going West I?

Ifso, take our advice, andpurchase yourtlck-
cts over the OLD reliable AMI popular Missouri
Pacific Railroad which Is, positively, the only
Line that runsthree Daily Express Trains from
St. Louis 10 Kansas City, and the West and II
positively tina only Line wll0hruns Pullman's
Palace Sleepers and bay Coaches tespeccialy
for movers) equipped with Millers Safety Plat
form and the patent steam Brake, from St. Louis
to Kansas City, Fort Scott, Parsons, Lawrence,
Leavenworth, Atchison, st. Joseph, Nebraska,
City Council bluffs and Omaha, without changel
Por informant ion In regard TO Time Tables, rates
Colorado, Texas or California, call on or address
5. H. Thomson, Agent Missouri Pacific X. X. Col
umbris, Ohio; or, Il. A. Ford, General Passenger
Agnet, st. Louis, Mo-
No trouble to answer questions
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-12-04
TO CONSUMPTIVES.

The advertiser, having been permanently
cured of thatdread disease, Consumption, by a
is anxious to make known to
his fellowsnn'erers the means OF cure. To all
who desire 1t, he will send a copy Of the pre-
scrption used, Gree Of charge). with the, direc-
tions forpi eparing and using the same which
they will find sure CURE Poa CONSUMPTION
ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS &C. Parties wishing the
will please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
l06Penn st williamsburRh.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-12-04

CHArpED HANDS, face, rough skin, pImples,
ringworm, salt-rheum, and other cutanoous
affections cured, and the skin made soft and
smooth, by using the Juniper Tar Soap, made
by Caswell, Hazara \ Co., New York. Be cer-
tain to get the Juniper Tar Soap, as there are
many worthless limitations made with common
TAR. Dcc4-1Qw