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Arizona weekly miner., 1875-11-12

BACKWARD, PIs BAcKwARp.-Backward, pin backward my skirts in their flight make me small again, just for tonight; am so weary, and my skirts are so long, sweeping the pavenents as walk along, gathering dirt from out of the street. looked at by ev- cry one that meet; mother, dear mother. know I'm a fright, pin back my skirts, moth CT, pin 'em back tight.
 Mother, dear mother, the days are % warm, and I'm tired of this dress have on ; ir is so clumsy and don't lit me right, pin 1t back, mother, pin it back tight, now I'm ready, don't look sweet smiling on all happen to meet. I'm in the fashion, so that is all right, pin back my skirts, mother, pin 'em back tight.
 Mother, dear mother, know it's sin, to wear dresses that show off one's limbs, but what is poor girl going to do, if the world wears 'em too, it is only those who are thin that are afraid to show of form chat is not we'll made; you may laugh, but you know that I'm right; pin back my skirts mother, pin 'em back tight.
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The % Miner.
By-and-By.

There's little mischiefmaker
 That is stealing half our bliss, sketcbing pictures in dream iaso That are never seen ip this Dashing from the fps the pleasures Of the present while we sigh; Ton may know that mischief-maker, For bis name Is By-and-By. He is sitting by your heArthstooe With his sly, bewitching glance, Whispering of the coming morro" AS the social hours advance; Lettering mid our calm reflections, Hiding forms of beauty nigh; He's a smooth, deceifful fellow,
 This enehanter, By-and-By. You may know him by his winning, By his careless, sportiye air; By his siy, ob,rusive presence
 That Is straying everywhere DE the trophies that he gathers
 Where bis sombre victims, lie, For a bold, determined fellow
 Is this eonsneror, By-and-by. When the calls Of duty haunt us, And the present seems to be All the time that ever mortais
 Snatch from dark eternity, Then . fairy hand seems pAiniisS
 Pictures on painted sky, For 6 cunning little artist
 Is this fairy, By-and-By. l.nss .>a pr u the uind Is siChinC. aBy-and-By,n the heart replies, Out the phantom just above H
 Ere se grasp it ever flies. Lis. not to the idle charmer,
 6corp the very specious lie Oh, do not believe or trust in
 That deeeiver, By-and-By.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-11-12

was she, Cousin Sally billiard told my wife she mought go. Well, Cousin Sally Dallard tien axed me if Nose be moutn't go. told Cousin Sally Dillard that Nose he was fore man of the crap, and the crap was smartiy in the grass. but howsomever, ss 1t was she, Cousin Sally billiard, Nose he mought go. So they goes on together, Nose, my wife and Cousin Sally billiard, and they come to the big swamp, and it was up, ss was { telling you, but being as how there was log across the big swamp, Cousin Sally Dil- lard and Nose, like gentle folks, they walk ed the log, but my wife. like drafted tool, tucked up her clothes and waded right through-cotched cold, and has had the rheumatiz ever since-and tsass al Enox about tbe fght.
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Y ' NC M E. N

Who may be suffering from the effect of youthful ssl
 lies indi>creos. will de well avail themselves
 of this ;he greatest boon laid Rf the altar of su
 fering humanity. Dn. SPiNAEy will guarantee ,o hr frit tJ0o for every of seminal weakness p-
 disease of any kind or character which he under takes and fails to cure. He vould therefore say n
 the unfortunate sUfsrsr who may read this notice that you tresding upon dangerous ground vbes you longer desy in seeking the proper remedy for your complaint You may be in fhe frst stage re-
 member you approaching ihe lssi. If ysu are boriering upon the lssr and suffering al
 of its I'll effects remember that if you persist in pro
 c-zstinafon. the tine must when the most skill ful physician render you assistance when the
 door of hOpe is closed ssins' you; when angel of mercy can bring you re lief. In has the Doc
 failed of Then lei sot despair woFk upes
 yapr iInsziustcn but avail yourself of the beneficial
 results of his treatment bsore your beyosd the
 reach of nedir al skin. beSsre grim death hures you a prmsfurs grave Full course of trsatnsst S25o0. Send money by Post Ofsee order or Expres Call Address. DR. A. R. SPlEEEI,
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Arizona weekly miner., 1875-11-12

NapA To these who sorering from tAs s1en h SUIu us and irdsscIetio1s of youth nervous veal early decay less of manhood, &e. will send n. eeipe thai will you FREE or CHARGE The sfsst remedy discovered by missionary in & uih AnsnsA Send .eli addressed envelope tO the REV. JosErH INNAN. Station D. Bible House New York City. susfae
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N o TlCE

U. & LAxp OFfIcE ,
 PRESCOTT, A. T., Nov. 5, 1873 1drard C. Dssoh.sh asd Henry 4 Esstzan: By Comnissioness letter. dated Oct 7 1875 Home s,ead enuy No l2 of Edward C. Donohuzh for of aod | ct W l. section ls township r \, R 3 W; and pre-emption deciaafiou No. .-3 af H.ayv a Lassnsn sor N [ of section ls township F N. R3w se hed Tor cancellation subject aa appeal within so days fc4h the date hereof
 sos'dso wM N. KELLY, Register
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Cured at Home
JUST ISSUED.-THE 200th EDITIOH
 VI A N H O o D,

Revised and corrected by the author E. de F. csrss N D., Sc, &c.
 Medical Essay on the cause and of prsussuv decline in showing how health is lost and bow V- gained IL gives clear yboT<is of the impednsan > marriage the treatment Of and physical debility exhausted yitalfy and all o;her diseases ayp<rsuis9 thereo the results of twenty year successful prse,es
 OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
 CURTIS ON 'NANHocp"-There is member of soel e;y by whom this book will no; be found useful vhsshsr he be Pareni precePtor or elergynan-tL London Tina CURTIS ON MANHOOD. This book should be read by the young for insirue-ion by the afflicted fr resf vii injare one--t Medical Times and Gszetts.
 Price-One Dollar. by mail exrress Aidrrss sAs author, DR CURTIS 52o Sufier Street F. O. Bax aa1 San Francisco, Cal sepl7yi
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Tuesday. November 3OIh, ls7o'
Information Wanted.

P-r,ous knowing es ,he -hsrsasoua ef sn.; s..;,s an will ccafer a favor en the und<ngns3 g DAyIs. sf Prescott. Arzora ID
 Pfeeeos-. Augus, q. ls1A
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-11-12
Pay Your Taxes.

Tax psyen notified ths; fhe annual Territofs sss Cagnty TsI is due and payable ;s ns si ny cn @ . and that all taxes. including Poll Taxes. nss te pes or before the 18th day of December. le7S A.. All who fail 10 pay by ihai time will ss pus spSs Delinquent List ED. F. BOWELS, snen1
 and ex-oeseio TsI Collector fsvafn 1o, Prescott Oct Is lS75 oe-%N
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-11-12
ESTRAY NOTICE.

Came to my ranch, in Walnut Grove. one dark bay horse known as the William Louhaus horse on or abou, the 2d day of September 1875 The owner s requested to prove property pay charges aed take him away
 ALLEN CCLLUNBER- Walnut Grove Nov. s 1876. VI
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-12-15
ROSTER
OF Commissioned omeer- at Fort d.
A. Russell. w. II.

A. Russell. w. II.
j.. j. REYNOLDS, Colonel Bird Cavity,
CommandHg.
Major John V. Dubois, 3rd Cavalry
j Johnson, LIST Lieut. and Auju-
taut, 3rd Cavalry.
George \ Drew, LIST Lieut. and Regi-
mental QuarteTmaster.
John + Randolph, Surgeon, U S 4
w r. Brandt, a A Surgeon
J Haskell, Capt 23rd Infantry
w a Cherry, ID Lieut. 23I Infantry
Arson Mills Capt Sd Cavalry
Alex Moore, Capt. Sd Cavalry
n Suturius, Capt 81 Cavalry
Win HawIey, Capt Sd Cavalry
Joseph Lawson, LIST Lieut. Sd Cavalry
a G Paul, lst Lieut. Sd Cavalry
Chns Morton, 81 Lieut. 3d Cavalry
w w Robinson, 2d Lieut. 3D. Cavalry
ii r Lemley, 2d Lieut. 81 Cavalry
Bainbridge Reynolds, ID Lieut. Sd
Cavalry
CHEYENNE DEPOT.
Capt Jas Gillis, Assistant Quarter
master, USA Depot Or Master
Capt y X Long. Cummissary of Sub
sistence, u y
Capt George X Brady, 23rd Infantry
Louis RStille, I~t Lieut. BIRD Infantry
w a Bnulton, 81 Lieut. - Infantry
DIR Holt, n a Surgeon, USA
cHEYENNE.
Major T. II. STANTON, Psymaster
U Army.
Charles Bostwick, Storekeeper.
FORT LARAMIE.
Lieut. Col L. p. Bradley, 9th Infan
try, commanding Post and District
OF Black Hills.
LIST Lieut.. Leonard Hay, Adjutant 9th
Infantry, Act. Asst. Adjt. General.
LIST Lieut.. Alfred Morton, 9th Infun.
try, Post Qu-arternaster.
LIST Lieut.. james Regain, 9th Infantry,
A a CS
DR.. a. Hartsuff, Asst. Surgeon Z. s..
Army.
Capt Edwin Pollock, 9th Infantry.
Capt A. ). Burt, 9th Infantry.
Capt Jas Egan, 2nd Cavalry,
Capt Henry + Noyps, 2nd Cavalry
4 Hall, LIST Lieut. 2nd Cavalry
+ w Kingsbury, I'd Lieut. 2d Cavalry
J n Allison, 2d LieuG 81 Cavalry
T. + Norris, 81 Lieut. OH Infantry
II b Burrows, Capt 9Th Infantry
w w Rogers, LIST Lieut. 9th Infantry
Samuel MuusOu, Capt 9th Infantry
Il IL Caprun, LIST Lieut. 9th Infantry
G NJ Rockefeller, ID Lieut. oh Unity
CANT RoBrSsoS.
William II Jnrd N, Captain OH Infantry, com.
ma ding Co. A. 9Th Infantry and Posi-.
Jesse NJ. Ice. lst Iieutenant 9th Infantry, A.. A.
Q NJ aud A C.S
F. Menrs. Crptsin OH iufantv. commsnd'r "a. l..
Jas. Mcb. stembel, and Lieutenant. 9tn Infantry,
Co. 1.
WIN. d. Pease. let Lieutenant 9th Infantry. com
handing Co. ID.
Jno. A. Ba'dWin. end Lieutenant 9Th Infantry,
Co. ID. Post Adjutant.
George r.. Griffith, let Lieutenant 9th Infantry,
Co. A.
Cnpt. NJ J. Fitzgerald, gth inrantry-sick.
Gerald II rszell capt 81 Cavalry.
O-car Et ing, 1t liz u. 3 Cavalry.
Z h Mum, Assistant SURGEON,
RED cLo.-D GENcY-SEBR KA.
]. J. Savillc L s Indian Agent.
Martin Gibbons, hiet clerk.
sheridan NJ. Bratney, Commission Click.
Splrrun r. SNOW, Agency Physician.
George Knox, Postmaster.
TRADERS.
!. W. Dear.
+. Gates.
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OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE

," Happy Relief for Young Wen from ,he
effects of Errors aud Abuser in early life. Man,
hood restored lmpedImenIs to Marriage ra-
moved New method of treatment. New and
remarkable remedies Books and Circular
sent free, IN sealed envelopes. Address, HOW.
ph's, Pa.-sn Institution having q high reput.-
tatlon for honorable conduct and proSsay{orsf
Eklil. fsnSH
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BOOTS AND SHOES.
STEPHEN BON, 18th street
q. l.. THOMPSON, I7h street.
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BAKERIES.

UNDERWOOD 4 MCGREGOR.
Enterprise IL kerry
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BANKS.
FIRST NATIONAL 1NI rec
STEBBINS, WILBOR & 90,
FesqL on streGt
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~BLACKsMITHING.& &C.
H. HAAS, Themes street
J. NEALON, Tho1Ies street
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BILLIARDS.
JAMES BRENNAN, I6H street
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CHEYENNE

CHEYENNE:
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
ATTORNEYS.
D. MCLAUGHLIN, Ferguson street.
BANKS.
FIRST NATIONAL Iahs rec
STEBBINS, WILBOR & GO,
FeagL on street.
BAKERIES.
UNDERWOOD 4 MCGREGOR,
Enterprise B kerry
BILLIARDS.
BRENNAN, I6h street
BLACKsMITHING.& &C.
II. HAAS, 7Homes street
J. NEALON, ThOnIes street
BOOTS AND SHOES.
STEPHEN BON, l6th street
G. L. THOMPSON, I7h street.
LEATHER & FINDINGS.
STEPHEN BON, l6h street.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
G. L. HOLT, PoSt-o6fce Building
CLOTHING.
B.. HELLMAN, 18Th street
MARKS < MYER, Eddy street
CONFECTIONERY AND SODA
WATER.
5. II. WOODS, Eddy street
DRY GOODS.
MARKS d MYERS, Eddy street
ERUIrS AND VEGETABLES.
). IL. WOOD. Eddg street
w. L. COAKLEY, I6h stree,
FURNITURE.
CONVERSE & WARREN, l6th 81
GROCERIES.
f. II. LEIBEY. 18Th street
PEASE * TAYLOR, Ferguson &.
|. &. WHIPPLE, Ferguson street
UNDERWOOD & MCGREGOR,
Enterprise Bakery.
+. NAGLE, Ferguson street
GUNS, &C.
FREUND & BRO. Eddy street
HARDWARE.
4 s MHWWTESIKkAAHS,'r fsrgV sS't street
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
AMERICAN HOUSE, 1871 street
OVERS HOTEL, Eddy street
EAGLE HOTEL, I'm street
ENGLISH HOUSE, 1871 street
RAILROAD HOUSE l.. II. Depot
PLAN FERS HOUSE, 10th Street
JEWELRY AND WATCHES.
JOSLIN & PARK, 16th street
D. MILLER, I7th street
SETTER, MARSH & CO, i6th 81.
LIVERY STABLES.
w. NJ. WARD, 1871 street
R. c. MAYNARD, 18th Street
q. W. SMELL, 1871 Street
BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS.
]. CORKlSH d CO., Tth-st.
DA VISION & HAWES, 18Th street
LIQUORS.
E .NAGLE. 17H street
l.. MURRlN, I'm Street
MEATS AND VEGETABLES
f. LANDAU, l7th street
PAINTERS.
OVREN & ANDERSON,
Ferguson street
j. f. FUTILE, Hill street
PHYSICIANS.
DIR. ~. J.. IOGG, Eddy street
REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
CORLETT & STEVENS,
ferguson street
HAhNAFIN & RYAN,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Wines Liquors and Cigars,
Ferguson street,
T,,-o Joou, .a.4I IL ~
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LEATHER & FINDINGS.
SEEPHEN BON, l6th street.
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BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
Gil. HOLT, PoSt-oFice Building
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
ATTORNEYS
BANKS

D. M~CLAUGHLIN, Ferguson street
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CAMP HERIDAv-NERRAsK,.

CAMP NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
ing.
HAYDEN Delaney. Cd Lieut. 9th Infantry, Post
QuRr,crmhsIcr
DR. Wood. Assistant Surgeon, [. $. A. and Post
Surgeon.
c. V. Pcrtys, A.. A. Surgeon-PoSt Surgeon.
W. L. Holman, 1st Lieutenant 9Th infantry, com.
manding Co. X,
SPOTTED TAIL AGENcY-NEBRAsKA.
Major E. A. Howard, II. s. Indian Agent.
g. II. Jewc;t, Trader.
FoRT F~ETTERNAN.
Major Alex Chambers. 4th Infantry, COM
manding companies {, F and ], 18th Infantry,
and A, ID Cavary. -
capt. h X. Dewees, ID cavalry.
Capt M Coates, 4th infantry.
capt Z. NJ. Coares. 18th infantry.
Capt. Saml. p. Ferris, 18th infantry.
Capt. John Lambe de Laubenfels, 4th in
fantry.
LIST lieut.. @. Iuhn, 4th infantry.
it Lieut.. j. w. Bubb. 4th Infantry.
ID Lieut.. ". +. r ,hinson. 18th infantry.
list Lieut.. NJ. +. O'lirien, I'd cavalry.
I'd Lieut.. u. c. Pearson, I'll cavalry.
Capt. !. X. Gibson, Assistant Surgeon.
U. S. A, Post surgeon.
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ERUIrS AND VEGETABLES.
). IL. WOOD. E6hdg street
w. L. COAKLET, l6th stresi
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COMMERCIAL JOB PRINTING

Neatly, cheaply and expeditiOusl execute CArds
OF EVERY shape and kind, Biii Hcadr. Leti"r and
Note headings. Blanks 81 every kind. Posters.
etc., printed on short order. Having a new lot
OF Type and Presses. we can do handsome work
At low prices
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DRY GOODS.
MARKS d MYERS, Eddy street
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CONFECTIONERY AND SODA
WATER.
). II. WOODS, Eddy street
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FURNITURE.
CONVERSE q WARREN, 10Th 81
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CLOTHING.
B.. HELLMAN, 18Th street
MARKS * MYER, Eddy street
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GROCERIES.
f. II. LEIBEY. 18Th street
PEASE & TAYLOR, Ferguson S.
|. &. WHIPPLE, Ferguson street
UNDERWOOD & MCGREGOR,
Enterprise Bakery.
f. NAGLE, Ferguson street
GUNS, &C.
FREUND & BRO. Eddy street
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-06-04
INDIAN SLAVERY.
New York Times.

All the talk now going on has lit le
significance except to show that the
solemnity of dealing with these Indians
as though they possessed any nights,
as tribes or individuals, is the most
evident farce, ending, however, we are
sorry to say, often in the ugliest
tragedy. The United States make the
trade, or treaty, or whatever the
result of the negotiation Is called, and
the Indian, as a matter of course, is
obliged TO assent to it; if persuasion or
management does not secure his ap-
prevail, what practically amounts to
force, or what In law is known as
duress, is resorted to. They have Just
the same freedom Of choice, in fact,
that a slave has; that is, none at all.
The United States are the master,
while the Indian, powerless as an indie
pendent power, has not for his defense
the protection of the constitution or
the rights Of citizen. He is not a
foreigner; he is not regarded as
a citizen; he only holds that
nondescript relation which, for want of a
better name we suppose, has been call
ed the ward Of the nation" IN
happily for the poor ward our guardian
ship has been one from whose absolute
power there has been no escape, and
from which there has been no appeal
except to a public opinion that,has gen.
orally slept quietly while the Indians
were robbed and exasperated to savage
violence, and has then found a moment
of wakefulness sufficient to curse the
savage who stands IN the way of the
march Of white civilization.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-06-04
WILSON EXPLAINS HIMSELF.
Chicago Times


Mr.. Vice President Wilson is spend
ing few days in this city. To a re-
porter Of The Times he yesterday I'M
bosomed himself as to the purpose OF
his recent visit to the South. 1t was
dictated by twofold purpose, being
undertaken for the benefit Of his
health and for the purpose Of obtain
ing some data for the third volume of
his history Of the slave power in Amer
lea. He visited the late John G.
Breckenridge to procure facts for his
work that he alone possessed. Those
who have attributed his trip to politi-
cal motives have grossly maligned him.
He has no political purpose to subserve
by such trip.
Unfortunately, Mr.. Wilson had not
read Mr.. Grants third term pronun-
ciamentc, and was therefore unable to
express an opinion upon it. He stated,
however, that he had expressed his
views on the third term question very
freely some months ago, and had been
subjected to a good deal Of severe and
unjust criticism on that account. FOI
that reason he begged to be excused
from any further expression on the
subject.
Mir. Wilson appears TO be unnecessa-
rily sensitive to public criticism. A
man who has been in public life as long
as he, should be accustomedt to that sort
of thing by this time. He has, OF
course, committed errors, for which he
was justly the subject of criticism; but
if he has been uujustlY censured he
should feel superior to it.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-06-04
ALERT PIKE.

Albert Pike, the walking cyciopedIa
who used to edit the Memphis Appeal
is now attorney for the Choctaws Of
the Indian Territory. He claims those
Indians have a patent for their lands
which cannot be infringed so long as
they comply with their obligations, ex-
cept by virtual invasion. Therefore
the granting Of lands to railroad COM
panies, beyond the mere right Of way,
as done by Secretary Delauo, he de-
nounces as "fHbustering." He has
his own, notions, also, about the proper
mode of conducting Indian warfare,
and is reported by an interviewer from
the st. Louis Times as saying: Il can
take 1000 Cherokees and whip any
wild nation of Indians on the plains.
When JEFF Davis sent me up there at
the beginning Of the war, sent out a
plug of tobacco, tied around with RIB
bon, which they call wampum, and a
bullet, saying to the Comanches: you
can take whichever you like. If you
want the tobacco, come in AMI make a
treaty. If you don't, 1 have a thou
sand Cherokees here with whom mean
to clean you out. They came in. The
United States Government could prof
itably employ Choctaws, Chickasaws,
and Creeks to manage all the wild In
dams Of the plains. Every time Sherl-
dan kills an Indian it costs $4,000"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-06-04
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.

FroI' II. =. hedZle, NJ. D., IN ad-
dressing the graduating class of the
Medical Department Of Michigan Uni
versity. not long since, thus recognized
the claims Of what he calls Preventive
Medicine on the profession: ''The
race demand Of the profession not
only to repair the ravages Of disease,
but to save them from its power. Fol-
low the phalanx of human life as it
marches on, and see how fast its ranks
are depleted by deserters, till we ar
rive at three.s score years, only to find
body guard left. Admit that there are
liked climatic conditions unfavorable to
long life, and that accident and IN
ayoidable conditions destroy a certain
per cent; pass over the victims whom
human foresight and prudence could
not save, and what a fearful host
still remain, cut off In their vigor
and prime by preventable causes.
See consumption, like the lowering
wings Of the angel of death, over
shadOwing the races; cholera and vel
low fever sweeping over the land, and
sowing the earth thick with graves; in
temperance sending body and soul to
the demons hell; typhus and typhoid
gathering the sheaves of the harvest of
death; consider these and a score be.
sides, and then tell me if there is no
work to be done in the fields of pre-
ventive medicine" Lift up your eyes
and look on the fields, for they are
white already to harvest. The God of
nature expects man, as he becomes
more enlightened, to study more care
fully and observe more faithfully
the laws of nature. The black
death, cholera, typhus, scurvy, ETC., are
as truly the penalties of vio-
lated sanitary laws as is
death by submersion in water.
If one places the head of a young cat
or dog some minutes under water, it is
pretty sure to die, and from an obvious
cause. Probably over nine-tenths of
all human deaths under twenty years
Of age are preventable, and ought to be
prevented. Contagious of all kinds
are propagated, instead of being
stamped out. Medical men are power
less in this matter without the public
cooperation so necessary to isolate and
destroy ali germs of pestilence. The
citizens Of this city and State should
not forget their cholera experience
two years ago, and neglect
sanitary precautions this summer.
Science has made sensible progress
since the summer Of 1873, and our pre-
ventive measures should be more eff !
fective and our health officers more
vigilant. There should he as few
places as possible where contagion Of
any kind can multiply its organic !
poison. Disinfectants should be freely
used if decomposng substances can
not be promptly removed. Dry, pull !
verified clay is an excellent absorbent, |
and if more used in dealing with night !
soil It would greatly promote the public |
health. Sickness can never be pre-
vented or much abated until sanitary
laws are appreciated and enforced. |
Many are too nice Or too lazy to live in
this world to enjoy good health.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-06-04
DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A


Mr.. Eben Smith, of BridgetOn, Me-, was
bitten by a cat nearly SIX months ago, and
died, it is said, from its effects on the 18th
ult. The circumstances, as related BY the
local paper, are these: "Mr. Smith under
took to kill a cat for a neighbOr, and was
about to swing the animal by the hind
leg, so as to bring her head down on a
block, when she seized his hand and bit il
severely. He tore her of, dispatched her,
and resumed his lab0rs. Soon, however,
ervsipelatous Inflammation resulted, which,
despite medical skill, extended gradu-
ally up his arm to the shoulder, ac-
companied with severe pain. This
was followed by a general eruption over his
body, involving the mucous membrane Of
the head and stomach; Assesses formed in
his leg, which, during his sickness dis
charged some eighty gallons puTulent mat
ter; the bones of his hand and leg became
diseased; internal abcesses formed; his
constitution broke down, and he continued
to grow more and more feeble until Thurs
day night, the 18th inst, precisely twenty
two weeks from the day he was taken down,
when his sufferings were relieved by death.
Through that long period he never left his
ROOM"