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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-01

RIVERS ASD FORESTS. Many rivers
have totally disappeared or have been
reduced to mere streams by an IRA
tiopaI and heinons telling Of the for
ests. In the northeast Of Germany
the Narp and Gold rivers exist ONLY
IN name. The classic lands of auti-
guity are rich in sad lessons of defor-
cstation. The springs and brooks OF
Palestine are dry, and the fruitful
ness of the land has Disappeared
The Jordan is four feet lower than IL
was IN the New Testament DAYS
Greecs and Spain suffer TO this day
severely from the effects OF. destroy
ing their forests. Many parts Of the
Kingdom of Wurtemberg have been
rendered almost barren by the Telling
of the trees. In Hungary the period
ieally returning drought is universal
Is attributed To the determination Of
the forest. We attribute the present
unfrEitfulness Of Asia Minor and
Greece to the destruction OF the
woods; stcppes, ruins and tombs
have taken the place of what was the
highest culture. Sardinia and Sicily
were once the eranaries of Italy, but
have long since lost the fruitfulness
4Gl4r@ VI y AAAG tAAAAaNAAA NfCtAos CAA TIT
other hand, man can improve the con-
dition OF the land in which he lives,
more slowly indeed, but equally as
certainly, by cultivating and preserV-
ing the forests. In earlier years re-
liable authorities have told us that in
the Delta of Upper Egypt there was
only live or six days of rain in the
year, but that since tho time when
Mehemet Ali caused some 10000, 600
of trees to be planted, the number Of
days of rain in the year has increased
TO forty-fiye or forly-six. The Sucz
canal has produced remarkable re-
suits. Ismalia Is built on what was
sandy desert, but, since the ground
has become saturated with canal wa
ter, trees, bushes and plants have
sprung up like magic, and with the
Of the vegetation the
climate has changed. Four or five
years ago rain was unknown IN those
regions, while from May, 1868, to
May, 1869, fourteen days OF rain were
recorded, and one such rain storm
hat the natives looked upon it as
event.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-01

IHE SHAKERS The spirit OF rev.
olutiOn has seized upon the gentle
Shakers, and threatens to make havoc
Of their precept and practice. Dur
lng and after the war they recruited
their numbers from widows and or
phanS, and those whom battle had i'm
Poverished, but now their resources
are at an end, and some of their colo
MES are threatened with extinction.
As rule, new converts do not STAY
with them longer than four or five
years. Then the iron hand OF re-
straint grows too severe and they ilv
back to the world and its temptations.
How can it be otherwise? In their
families the domestic ties are un-
known, marriage is banished and lit
tie children are made to ape the grayi-
ty OF their elders. There are no TOYS
and picture books ia Shaker land, no
freside games aud frolics, no court
ship, marriage. nothing but the grim.
severe doctrine of self-abncgation.
Hence 1t has come to pass that some
of the colonies are thinking seriously
OF Introducing marriage rs q new ele-
ment of union in their warfare with
the world. OF course it viii pro-
duce a change Ill their line of doctri-
nal defense, but they viii not b the
first religious body that has accolnmo-
dated itself to circumstances. And
other innovations may follow. Amar-
ried Shakeress may even rebel against
coal-scuttle bonuets and white caps,
and may compel her husband to ac.
cept the situation and surrender at
discretion.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-01

only Sixty thousand tickets will be sold and
one-half OF these are iateudcd for the European
Market, thus leaving only 30, 600 for sale IN the
United states where lOl, 800 were disposed Ot
for the Third Concert. The tickets are divided
INTO ten coupons or parts and have ON their
back the scheme with full explanation of the
mode of drawing.
At this Concert which win be the Srandest
musical display ever witnessed in this country
..1s,ftf tf...Ig rFfttt NJ
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-01

The LIFE OF MAN.-HOw graphl-
cally the varied aspects of the leaf
picture the various seasons of man s
life The tenderness of its budding
and blooming in spring, when that
rich. golden-grecu glints on it that
comes only once year, represents
the bright beauty and innocence of
youth, when every sunrise brings its
fresh, glad hopes, and every night its
holy, trustful calm. The dark green
nes, and lush vigor of the summer
leaf portray the strength and self
reliance of manhood while its fading
hues on the trees, and its rustling
heaps on the ground typify the decay
and feebieness of old age, and that
strange, mysterious passing away
which is the doom of every mortal
The autumn leaf is gorgeous in color,
but il lacks the balmy scent and the
dewy freshness of hopeful spring life
is rich and bright in its meridian
splcndor; deep are the hues Of ma
turity. aud noble is the beauty of sue
cess but who would not give it all
for the tender sweetness and promise
of life's morning hours? Happy they
who keep the child's heart warm and
soft over the sad experiences of old
age, whose life declines as these last
September days go ont with the rich
tints of autumn and the blue, sunny
skies Of June.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-01

Coming to visit us.' cried Mrs.
Brewster IN accents OF tragic despair,
as she elevated her two hands in the
air and rolled her eyes heaveuward.
Coming TO visit us,' echoed Nj
randa, her daughter. MAMA, neverI
Read the letter for yourself, said
Mrs. Brewster.
And Miranda, taking the epistle
giagerly between her finger and
thumb read:
DEAE CoUsIS:-Bu5iEess bringing
me to New York about the middle Of
June, I shall visit you, if agreeable,
at that tine.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-01
PUNIN LIBRARY
OF
KENTUCKY.
1900 CASH GIFTS $l.5OO,O0O
EV,Iy Fifth Ticket Draws q Gift.
&25O.OOO fo1. $50.
"WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER sra, 1N7s.

The Fourth Grand Gin Concert authroiz ell
by special act of the Legislature for the bcRe-
take place In Public Library Hall at Louisville,
kcnlucaN.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-01
Reported by L. W. uayuc,. E.q
DALI 49, N-,-,rr

Reported by L. W. uayuc,. E.q
No. bellows ". Norton.
Defendant was agent Of p.ghtin
and one knight; was instructed by
Knight to pay the PLAINTIFF 5 note ont
OF his funds III defendants hands,
upoa certain conditions, j. C., that No
interest or exchange was required,
and defendant so Informed the plain
tiff: but he did not accept the offer by
drawing on defendant as directed
knight could withdraw hrs instruc-
tiOus 10 defendant to pay the note NJ
any time before ne had, undcr the di-
reetions of the plaintiff and for him,
actually appropriated Knights money
to the payment of the note. STORY
Eu. 1851
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-01

'HartIy Stokingtou's name on the
hotel register said Hiss Miranda
Brewster, Mamma, If that isn't the
luckiest combination of circum-
stances. Why he's q millionaire. and
lust returned from the East. Let US
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-01
MCFARLAND, Judge


No. >. Martin V. hIlbourn.
Martin was Aliens surety on hi.
rappeaI bouJi from a magistrate, the
condition of which was, that Allen
should prosecute his appeal will
effect, otherwise comply with and per.
form the Judgment of the Court In
the Circuit Court, Allen filed his plea
in bankruptcy which was found in
his favor.
l. Martin never was liable Oh the
debt with Allen, in amy character. -
The appeal vacated the judgment,
Allen prosecuted his appeal with
effect, and Martin was no longer La
ble on his bond. z Bush, 344.l
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-01

No. City of Memphis vs.. Schade.
Appeal from Recorder of Memphis
TO Law Court, by defendant. The
Court also gave Judgment against
him, but reduced the fine from SO to
so.
1. The Court is To try the case upon
the evidence taken before the Record
er.
=. L to try it Just as the Recorder
did. and must therefore have the
same jurisdiction and discretion, and
could change the amount.
,. Case reversed, however, and
Judgment rendered for SO here, the
lowest penalty prescribed by the ordi-
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27
Three Dreadful Boiler Explosions.

It is seldom we have such series Of
horrors at one time as is presented in
the papers in one day. At Pittsburg a
battery of four boilers exploded, in one
of the largest iron mills Of the West,
causing the death of seven employees
and the wounding and burning of thir-
ty others. The force of this explosion
must have been terrific, destroying the
buildings, burying the unfortunate
workmen, and causing death and de-
struction on every hand. Eight hun
dred workmen we're engaged in the
works at the time. At Conshohocken,
some thirteen miles from Philadelphia,
about one hundred men were engaged
in nm extensive iron foundry, when the
main boiler burst, killing eight men
and manning and scalding thirteen in
addition, several of the latter not being
expected to recover. At Syracuse also
we have to record q casualty similar in
character to the two above mentioned,
though somewhat less severe. In each
case the victims were horribly mutila-
ted, being almost beyond Identification.
1t is stated that few moments before
the disasters the general indications Of
the boiler attachments were that there
was no danger of the catastrophes that
followed.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27
German Infantry Tactics.

An English journal publishes the
following summary of an imperial de-
cree making important notifications in
the tactics of the German infantry;
Henceforth, unless in exceptional
cases, the German infantry will mostly
always be formed in skirmishing order.
Infantry captains will be mounted on
horseback, as it is evident they would
not be able to pass over the ground oc-
cupied by their companies with suffici-
ent swiftness on foot. The first rank
(or third of the company being thrown
out as skirmishers, the second will be
similarly ranged at distance of two
hundred PAGES (schritte) behind, ready
to fill up the blanks that may be made
in front. The rest Of the company will
be two hundred metres further back.
BY this arrangement it is calculated
that the destructive effects of modern
projectiles will be greatly diminished.
The rapidity of fire possible in the case
of soldiers ranged in diminishing order
four or five metres distance from each
other will enable them to produce
greater results than if they were acting
in compact bodies. The new Mauser
rifle, with which the German troops gre
to be armed, is said to be weapon Of
extremely destructive powers, capable
of beingf red twenty-six times permin-
ute, and marking with great accuracyat
distance of 1000 metres.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27
Effect of Bathing.

Drs. Jamin and De Laures, in on ac-
count of some experiments made by
them upon the loss of weight expert
enced by the human body in bath, re-
mark that, under ordinary conditions, q
man of good constitution will consume
about 1000 grams of food in the course
of day, of which 1900 grams are ex-
creted, while the remaining 2500 grams
are consumed in the course of twenty
four hours, either by the lungs or by
the skin, being loss of about 100
grams per hour. This loss, however, is
not uniform, as it amounts to about l25
grams after dinner, diminishing until
the following msrning, when it is only
so grams between six and seven o'clock,
and increasing again after breakfast. In
exercising under hot sun it sometimes
amounts to as much as $40 grams per
hour.
When the body is immersed in bath
there is certain temperature at which
the weight is maintained unchanged;
this, however, increasing when the tenn
perature is lowered, and diminishing
very rapidly as the water becomes more
and more heated. Before taking the
bath 80 grams may be lost by respira-
ton, and 60 by perspiration; but dur
ing the hour after it the conditions are
different: much less loss will take
place, and sometimes none at all; inf
deed, occasionally there may be asight
increase of weight. AS, however, the
quantity of water exhaled can not be
less than before taking the bath--and,
indeed, should be greater, in conse-
quence of the humidity Of the epider-
mis-the diminution or loss of weight,
it is thought, cannot but be the result
of single cause, namely, a diminution
in the amount of carbonic acid expired.
But these conclusions are not to be con-
sidered as established, and further in
vestigations are to be made by the gen
tlemen named.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27
Horrors Of the Steerage.

During the trial OF ship captain in
New York on the charge of cruelty to
his passengers, August May stated that
he was passenger on board the Argo-
naut. For the last five weeks of the
voyage the passengers had not been
supplied with water the passengers
were driven to the necessity of catching
bthe water, which they kept in bot
ties the coffee was very salt and bitter ;
said the Captain assaulted several OF
the passengers knew Taposkie, the
man who was lost overheard most OF
the men were obliged to work on the
deck, and some in the kitchen ; on the
deck the passengers were forced to
work as sailors they did not object,
thinking in consequence that they
would get more to eat, but this hope
was not realized ; several times the wit.
ness and his companions complained Of
being hungry and asked for food from
the officers, but they were beaten and
knocked about the deck and did not get
any. Henry House had seen the Cap
tain on many occasions under the in
fiuence of liquor. John Schroeder tes-
titled to having seen Taposkie--whose
wife and child were passengers-.-wash.
ed from the deck, and at the time he
was engaged hauling at a rope. Mary
Anne Taposkie, who had child in her
arms, said her husband had been car
ried off by wave on Friday six weeks,
while working on the deck he was
forced to work at the pumps after her
husband had been drowned the Captain
sent for her and asked her where he
was the only way she knew of what
happened was through the sailors at
the time she was so overcome as not to
remember all the circumstances the
Captain did not say anything when he
was told of her husbands having been
drowned two weeks after the accident
the Captain sent woman to her stating
that he wanted to see her, but he did
not offer.-any coincidence her husband
was compelled to hoist the sails and
work at the pumps; never got enough
to eat, and the coffee given in the morn
ings was almost water; pure water was
preferred to tea got very little water,
and many time it was refused when
asked for; there was no doctor on
board !; she did not get any extra food
for her child; got no money from the
Captain after her husband was drown
ed she did not get enough nourishment
for her child, and it cried continually.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27

THE SUCCESSFUL PHYsICIAN.-Dr. j.
Walker is achieving an eminent distinc-
ton as benefactor of his species. Some
stigmatize all patent medicines with the
odious epithet of quackery. But DIR.
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR B1TTERs
have the endorsement of the medical
profession. The editor can conscien-
tiously and cordially recommed the
medicine, because he knows he has
found great benefit from its use. For
nearly twenty years he has suffered
from arrangement of the stomach. And
though the disease has become chronic,
he has already obtained great relief from
this remedy. A physician left at death
large volume, carefully sealed, and sup
posed to contain, fund Of medical
knowledge. On being opened, it was
found to contain only this simple ad-
vice: "Keep your head cool, your feet
warm and your bowels open" But
there is whole volume in this maxim.
VINEGAR B1rTERs act rs a mild cathartic,
leaving the system in healthy condi-
tisn. r. 81. Mcdonald, IN experienced
druggist, associated with DIR. Walker,
is a man Of thorough integrity and
practical knowledge of the art of COM
pounding medicine. They have val
liable medicine, and they know how to
bring it to the knowledge of the public
by judicious advertising. We are hap
py to give them our hearty endorse
ment, and bid them God-speed in re-
lieving the ills to which flesh is heir
Lockwood Unionist, December 20, 1870.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27
How They Live In Sweden.

The houses are warm, being built of
strong, thick walls, generally of brick,
with high stone foundations. They
are small, commonly of one story, and
meant for but one family. They are
not so very simple, but they are simply
furnished, there often being, especially
in the northern part, where the dwell
lings are frequently of logs, and COW
cred with turf or snow, no more than
one room in the house; and in that only
the coarsest homemade furniture. The
sleeping-room (there is rarely more than
one), is provided with ranges Of beds in
tiers, one above the other, the women
generally sleeping below, and the men
above. You rarely see any carpet, but
the floors are sprinkled with clean
white sand, which dries up moisture,
gives off no dust, and may easily be re-
moved. Sometimes the floors, as in
Germany, are painted, or of wood mo-
sale; though this luxury, except in
large mansions, is very rarely indulged
in. Occasionally the best rooms will
have q little carpet, butnever more than
two strips, which cross each other in
tne centre.
The land is generally good, and four
fifths of the people subsist by agricul-
ture. Great quantities of wheat, rye
and barley are raised, the stubble-felds
being now seen stretching out in every
direction. Much of this grain is ex-
ported to Germany and Great Britain.
Large droves of cattle, sheep, geese and
ducks may also be seen in the fields,
though the stock is far inferior to that
of Denmark, where it is a real pleasure
to see the magnificent droves in their
pastures. The cattle and poultry are
commonly kept in the same field, the
ducks and geese being around theponds
while the sheep and COWS are scattered
through the meadows, a shepherd-boy
commonly sleeping in some fence-cor-
ner. In the evening these focks are
all driven to the barnyard, where they
present a lively scene for few hours
after sunset. I spent little time at
the country residence of large land
owner in this neighborhood, where the
noise of ducks and geese in his barn.
yard was like perpetual horse-fddle
serenade.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27
A Singular Case.

A case having but few known paral-
lels in medical practice is just now puz-
zling the faculty in the vicinity of Ell
mira, N. Y, and forming subject for
universal comment. The circumstance
attending it are as follows
Nearly three years ago Mr.. r. A.
Hall, then q resident of Elmira, was
rendered unconscious by striking his
head against beam in his barn. He
speedily recovered and no serious con-
sequences resulted from the injury up
to within the past few days. Shortly
after the accident Mr.. Hall engaged in
the mercantile business in Scranton,
Pa, and removed thither with his fam
lily. One day last week he was obliged
to leave his store and 60 home, owing
to severe and peculiar pain in his
head. After reaching his residence he
was taken with violent spasms, which
continued at short intervals until ten
o'clock at night, when they left him,
and he sank into quiet sleep, resting
well all night. Upon awaking in the
msrning, his actions were 30 singular
that it was long time before his friends
could explain the cause. 1t was finally
discovered that his memory, from the
date OF the accident in Elmira, was en-
tirely gone. Everything that had oc-
CURED during the past three years, and
during that time many important events
had transpired in his life, was as blank
to him as if he had been in q swoon for
all that time. He recognized his wife
and others he had known before the
accident, but two ci !dren that were born
during the past three years were entire
strangers to him. His oldest child,
five years old, he remembered only as
she was when but two. His mind SEEM
ed weak, and his friends hoped that
with the return of his usual good health
his memory would be restored. In a
day or two, however, both his mental
and physical vigor returned, but the
singular gap in his memory remained.
His partner in business, Mr.. Pratt, Mr.
Hall had known for years. Mr.. Pratt,
at the time of the injury to Mr.. Halls
head, was principal of school at Dan
vile, Pa, and Mr.. Hall remembers him
only as that. He entered the latter's
room a day or so after he was taken
sick, and Mr.. Hall was very much sur
prised to see him, and asked about his
school and friends in Danville. Mr..
Hall could hardly be brought to believe
his present position, buthe finally saw it
could not be otherwise. Every effort has
been made by his family, by bringing
up old associations, the death of friends
and relatives and important events in
his life for the past three years, to
awaken some sign of recollection OF that
time, but in vain. He was greatly sur
prised to hear that he had been doing
business in Scranton for two years, and
in drive through that city q day or
two since he recognized none Of the
business firms with whom he has had
dealings during that time. He is now
in this city, visiting old scenes and
friends, in hopes that he may fix his
mind on something which will lead it
back over the three years that are blank
to him and result in entirely restoring
his memory.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27
Death I'm New York CITY.

Buried amid the dry and apparently
uninteresting arithmetical details of
the Bureau Of Vital Statistics, says a
New York journal, lie sundry facts of
very startling significance, which are
too generally disregarded by the easy
going New Yorker, who prefers to think
only of the surface indications of COM
mercial and social prosperity in his IA
vored metropolis, leaving the unple as
ant substrata of disease and death to
the officials whom he pays to look after
thsm. The first and most obvious of
these facts is that, despite the natural
advantages enjoyed by New York, its
last years death-rate Calculated on the
basis of the census of 1870 was 34.64
per 1000 of population, considerably
larger permillage than is found in any
save the most notoriously unhealthy
cities of the Old World; the second,
that nearly $4,000 deaths occurred from
easily prerentible diseases. When half
dozen lives are lost by the fall of a
burning building, or half score by the
explosion of boiler, we loudly insist
that they whose negligence has indi'
rectly led to the mischance should be
called to account; but we are apt tc
overlook the more direct responsibility
which must attach somewhere for these
thousands of victims slain every year.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-27
The Northern Seas.

Nothing can be more surprising and
beautiful than the singular clearness of
the waters of the northern seas. AS we
passed slowly over the surface, the bot
tom, which was here in general of white
sand, was clearly visible from twenty to
twenty-five fathoms. During the whole
course of the tour I made, nothing ap-
peared to me so extraordinary as the
immense recesses of the ocean, unruf-
fed by the slightest breeze, the gentle
splashing Of the oars scarcely disturb
ing it, Where the bottom was sandy,
the different kinds of esterise, echmi,
and even the smallest shells, appeared,
at the greatest depth, conspicuous to
the eye; and the water seemed, in some
measure, to have megnifying power,
by enlarging the objects like a tele-
scope, and bringing them seemingly
nearer. Though moving on level
surface, il seemed almost as if we were
ascending the height under us, and
when we passed over its summit, which
rose in appearance to within O few feet
of our boat, and came again to the de-
scent, which on this side was suddenly
perpendicular, and overlooking watery
gulf, as we passed gently over the point
of it it seemed almost rs If we had
thrown ourselves down the precipice-
the illusion, from the clearness OF the
deep, producing a sudden start.