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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-09

A JAPANESE husband can get di-
vorce if a wife disobeys his mother
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-23

pose this to diminish the chances only
at ten to one.
Count six and answer, 100000, OOO,-
900.
1t is true the man might improve in
his aim, but the cat would improve
equally in his lodging.
Now, suppose Adam to have thrown,
on on average, 500 per day. This is a
liberal estimate when we make no al
lowance for Sundays, d" bums,n mend
ing his breaches, blowing up Eve, etc.,
he would have job of 1856, 220 years.
AT present the cat would be 1-186th
dead; or, suppose the weapons to con-
tain one square foot of inch pine and
SIX eight-penny nails. The lumber,
third clear, would cost S26 per 1000
feet, or So, 200, 100000. And the nails,
10, 400, 100000 pounds at three cents
per pound, would cost 1852, 100000.
These figures are startling. If ever
a tom-cat is killed it is by special in
PREVENTION of Divine Providence.-In-
dianapoHS Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-23
Killing a Cat.

1t requires ten well-directed blows
with an ordinary boot-jack to kill the
average cat, and, at the distance of a
foot, the chances are ten to one that you
miss the cat. If you don't believe it.,
try it. Secure the cat by string one
foot long, so as to give the cat plenty of
play, and after a weeks practice you
will consider this scant estimate for
the cat Therefore, at distance of one
foot it will require 100 boot-jacks.
But your chances of killing the cat
decreases as the square of the distance
increases. This is an axiom in natural
philosophy and a fundamental truth of
Technology. Therefore, at distance of
ten feet it will require 10000.
Again, the force of the projectile de-
creases as the square of the distance in
creases. len squares equal 100: TO-
600 100, 100000, equals number of
bootjacks on this count.
But then the darkness of night in
creases the chances of fair hit ten to
one. Hence, at night it will require 10,-
100000 bootjacks.
Fourthly, the tom-cat being black,
decreases the chances twenty to one,
according to the well-known rule of
optics. Fourth count, 200,000,000.
At this stage of our solution we will
leave the domain of science, and draw
a couple of logical differences.
First, after man has hurled 200,-
100000 boot-jacks, he will be old, as
we shall hereafter show, and very fee
BILE. We have no means of knowing
how much his projecting force would
decrease, or his aim fail. But at very
fair allowance the chances from these
two causes would decrease the ratio
of 100 to l. Count fifth, 10000, 000,-
900.
1t is true that 20,000,00O,00O boot
jacks thrown round promiscuously
might afford the cat almost invincible
shelter, but to save paper we will sup
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-23
An Improvement on Tea ChromOs.

The desire to have something
. thrown in" with every purchase, a
desire apparently very prevalent among
the intelligent classes of humanity,
leads to some comical results in trade.
Multitudes of people have cheerfully
paid two dollars and half for paper
they didn't want for the sake of getting
titty-cent chrome. And to Judge from
the windows of uptown tea and coffee
shops and corner groceries, the Gift
a ten-cent picture or chance to win
pair of ugly vases is a much more pow
erful attraction to small buyers than
superior goods or moderate prices. The
absurdity of expecting shop keepers to
give away something for nothing, even
when that something is intrinsically
worthless, does not seem to appear to
the customers of such prize giving
shops. They always have something
thrown in, and that insures a good bar
gain.
The practice began, we believe. in
England, where it is still profitable
dodge" The only drawback seems
to be that people ultimately get their
houses fully stocked with pictures and
other trumpery, and then they want
something more substantial. This has
led a Glasgow house to introduce
new system" which consists in Civ
ing each buyer OF tea the sugar to
sweeten it " tor nothing" at the rate
of four pounds of sugar for one pound
of tea. How much more than the cost
of the sugar they add to the price of
the tea they prudently refrain from
telling. Not to be outdone, a Swansea
tea company offer to give on certain
days a hat worth five shillings with
every pound of tea, or if the purchaser
prefers, q splendid silk necktie.
This is much better than chromos.
even if the hat is not work of art; and
doubtless the tea is Just as bad in the
new system as in the old.
1t is one of the misfortunes of people
of narrow means that they have to buy
the necessaries of life in small quanti-
ties, the ratio of profit to the seller usu-
ally increasing with every diminution
of the size of the package. Yet it is
safe to say that most people pay far
more for their limited purchases than
they might, were their buying more in
diligently done. Indeed a frequent
cause of poverty is the inability to turn
thrifty the proceeds of industry. They
never learn the lesson that while it is
pleasant to think that the sugar is
. thrown i'm with the tea, they are sure
to have to pay for it, perhaps doubly.
-Scientjfc american.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-23
Interesting Statistics.

Mississippi takes the lead among the
cotton-growing States.
California produces more than one
half of the native wines.
Kentucky grows more than half the
hemp of our country.
Ohio. and Indiana produce each one
eighth of sorghum molasses. q.
Illinois takes the lead in the oat crop
-43, 7S9, 5S1 out of the total 2S2, 1O7, 159
bushels.
New York raises one-fifth of the Ma
tional supply of peas and beans.
New York is the largest cultivator of
buckwheat, raising 1904, $50 out of a
total of 1921, 721 bushels.
Pennsylvania supplies one fifth of the
whole potato crop. North Carolina
produces more sweet potatoes than any
other State.
California produces the largest barley
crop, or s, 1913, 400 out of a total of 20
our native silk cocoons.
South Carolina supplies nearly half
the rice produced in the country.
Georgia is next, or 100000 pounds
ahead of Louisiana. Nearly all the
rice comes from these three States.
Louisiana contributes nearly all the
sugar and molasses from cane, and
Vermont nearly one-third of the sugar
OF beet, while New York produces
one-fourth the sugar from maple
Iowa produces the largest Spring
wheat crop of any State, the production
of the United States being 112, $40, 533
bushels, and that of Iowa 20, 7O7,312
bushels, while Wisconsin ranks next,
with "a, 375, 1875 bushels.
New York produces more than one
fifth of the hay crop, or nearly twice as
much as Pennsylvania, which furnishes
the next largest figure in that line.
New York furnishes, also, more than
two-thirds of the hop crop of the coun-
try.
Ohio raises the most Winter wheat.
27,625, 759 of the 175, 1876, 1893 bushels
produced in the United States, and also
more than half the flax produced in the
country. The wool yield of the State
is one-tifth that of the United States
and double that of California.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-23
The Natives OF Afghanistan.

The Afghans are, of course, Moham-
medans. There are a few Hindoos
scattered through Cabul, who live thus
far out of Hindostan for the sake of
business, which thrives under them,
and they get rich, and are often Liable
to be despoiled by the Afghan authori-
ties. mentioned the Jewish features
of the man who invited us into the
Khyber Pass, and this popularity of
physical appearance is connected with
one of the most curious questions
relative to the Afghans, which is their
traditions of an Israelitish descent.
They even call themselves the "Bani
Israel" or children of Israel, and,
according to their own histories, are
descended from Saul, the King of
Israel. In addition to this they have
many traditions which are common to
Jews. They even talk of their nation
as having once possessed the Ark of the
Covenant, made of Shemshed wood,
and that it came from Adam in Para
disc. They carried it into battle with
them, and when it went before them
with rushing sound they knew that
victory was certain. The curious point
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-23

since. There he goes now! Hear him ?
I'll have to go up and sit on him. Have
to do it two hours every day by order
of the directors. But if l ever get hold
of Blazer I'll wiring his neck. Pm not
employed here as a kind of paper
weight to hold down paupers with fits,
hanged if | amr'
Then the steward flew upstairs, and
| withdrew. 1t is to be feared that the
death-rate will suddenly increase at
Perkiomen, where DR.. Blazer has gone
to practice.-Mar Adeler, IN N. Y.
Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-23

HOLOCAUST" is a solid old word
and we wouldn't say anything against
it for the world, but it does seem that it
stares fellow in the face all the time
nowadays. Webster and Worcester
and the others of them tell us plainly
that the word comes from the Greek
otOS (whole) and kaustatS (burnt), mean
ing "all burnt up" or something like
that. Now, whenever any drowning
accident, railroad disaster, homicide
case or big rain-storm is heard of at
the New York Herald Office that holo-
caust'' is stuffed into the headline,
with the blacklist of black letters to
make it stand out The other day,
when 600 or 700 persons were drowned
in the Thames, out came the Herald s
holocaust" Here is a Minnesota pa
per describing the yellow fever business
as holocaust, and here Texas paper
speaking of an Indian raid as 1.-THE hol-
ocaust of the plains" They will get so
after while that they must throw
around holocaust every time cow
has calf.-PailadeiphiG Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-23

-Forty-seven failures were reported
in New York City during the month of
October, in which the aggregate liza
bilities amount to $3,213,5l2. This is
an increase of seventeen in number
over the record of the previous month,
but the gross liabilities are 81, 1O0,0OO
less. Compared with the month of
October last year there is a decrease in
number of twenty-three and decrease
in the total liabilities of 100000.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-23

JoHAN BAPTIST BUCHER, Swiss
emigrant just arrived at New York,
has been cheated out of his expected
bride, after paying her passage from
her native Alps, as she backed out of
her promise to marry him on their
arrival, although he promised to give
her 1O,700 francs he has inherited from
his father.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-23

ANOTHER one of those things that no
fellow can find out is, why mans
wife thinks he cares nothing for pre-
serves and other choice dainties save
when she has " company for supper.
-N0rriStOlOn Herald.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-21

Mr.. Edwin Seguin, the well-known opera
singer, had narrow escape from drowning
on Thursday last. Mr.. Seeuin and his
charming and accomplished wife are taking
their vacation at Point Pleasant, few miles
below Sea Grit. on the Jersey coast, where
they have been accustomed 10 pass the sum-
nier for several years past. On Thursday
at the usual bathing hour Mr.. Seguin. who
is an expert swimmer, ventured out con-
siderable distance from the shore, friend
accompanying him. Suddenly they were
overwhelmed by great wave, and when 1t
receded tue undertoW was so strong That
Mr.. Seguin found himself helpless. lie had
thrown himself upon his back. hoping thus
to ride the bilow, but his strength Was IN
equal to the task. His critical position was
observed at once, and great CONSERVATION
among the bathers ensued. The ropes were
promptly brought out, and Mr.. Seguln, by
their help. reached the shore. BY this time
he was inSensible. DR.. A. d. Hail, OF Phll-
adelpha, who was fortunately present, sue
ceeded in restoring him to consciousness,
and he is now none the worse for his adYen-
ture. Mr.. Seguin's rescue was the subject
Of warm congratulations on the part OF the
whole summer colony at Point Pleasant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seguin are rs popular WIN
the freauenters of this seaside resort as
with the greater public to whom they are
known upon the operate stage.-Ph1sa0el-
phiG Telegraph.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-21
AUCTION sALES..-FuinrcD Day.
BY Frank.J. sampson,
peal Estate Agent, Aucaeneer. and Notary Public,
M. 121 Huii street, Manchester, Va.

DUBLIe AUCTION SALE o 1ts 4; A
large NUMBER OF VAcANT LOTS u; IN
HOYIANiJ,S AND SNELLlNGS ADDITlON IO
THE CRY OF MAECHESTER.IAsl a ne ,feq9 9s.
M the ownera, and by virtue OF decree OF me III
cult Court Of Chesterfield county entered ~ the may
term. 1873, of Avis &c. o. lasting aamai
tor will sell, on the premises, on aSDAaa1'
August 90. 1873, commencing NJ oSioc6 a, *; Il,
the following VALUABLE VACANT LUIS Us
above: rocATED
RITII, DING LOTS 10 HosIapo's adGllon-louii
fronting on Bainbridge street III rty ieeet eaG, ao
four fronting on Holland street thirty icet tnc' run
ming bscE about 1872 feet TO fifteen loot aiieS
Second. Also, EIGHTEEN LOTS IN said araii sse
fronting from tweniy-seyen and hnii 20 I'LL, 10
each on Harsrovc street, with depth Oh aoon' h'@
feet. -, .x..,,, faat In Smell
1tnu,. adsfllion. on PovlIatar street, ahd near 1e
rn.Idpnce of Mrs. jane Baird. tt., ,,., .,,+
Fourth About TEN LOTS In said adailioI t ,,
ING nartly on Bainbr1use street and partly Oh
! anan street ,,,-,,,o hr,,,,;po lots and
,rrite investors in real csiatr and persons WlsnIS
"a huv GOOD building lots to attend this sale as an
d'rected to close Them out, for the most par 10 Tue
highest bidder. az, ,,,,,noo ar fonr and
NJ ohf months for negotiable noeS secured ny oeruU
ir1Ist upon the property, and 10 carry in1pct
| day of sale. f.o' On ntonner
| MI 21-eodtdS Au-..O1G--
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-21

BUnp-SToNEs FROM OREGOS.-The Port
land Oregonian says: "s. Lewis, OF Sweet
Home Valley, Linn county, some time ago
discovered a denosit of burr-stone on BAD
peter mountain, prominent landmark
near the valley, and having taken some OF
the stone out sent it to San FRANCISCO 1or IN
snection. 1t was tested by Wagner, the
milestone manufacturer Of that place, and
be writes that it is fully equal to the French
stones which he imports for use in his manu-
factory. Dir. Wagner is considerably inter-
ested in the discovery. and Immediately
sent.up word for 5000 pounds to be taken
out, SO that he could manufacture pair OF
stones from it, and thus give it better test.
'rhis is now nearly ready forshipment. The
importance of this discovery will be realized
when it is known that all burr-stones are
now imported from other countries. Nj.
.p,erous substitutes are found in the United
States, but all are inieriertothe French"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-21
e. 3. -, :, n IA Nnx.My bow,


Same years ago the late Horace Mann. the
,aminent educator. delivered an address ut
iha onening Of some reformatory .fnstitt-
tton for boys, during which he remarked
that M only one boy was saved from rum
II would nav FOR alt the cost, and care, anu
labor OF establishing such On institution as
that. After the exercises bad closed, IN
private conversations, gentleman ralifed
Mr.. Mann upon his statement, and sara 10
6 Did you not coior that little when you
said that all that expense and labor Wouiu
he repaid II It only saved one boy
aEot II It was my boy" was the solemn
and convincing reply.
An. there is wonderful vaiue ioouI !.
aMy boy." Other boys may be rude ana
| ros,eh: other boys may be reckless anu
wild: other boys may seem to require ihoie
mains and labor than they VIII ever fepas,,
other boys may he left to drift uncarea loI
to the ruin which il go near az haha, Du1
q NV boy''-it were worth inc toH Oh !,
| lifetime and the lavish wealth 81 "oIia
to save him from temporal ana eternal Tdih.
We would go the world around 10 saFe ! nl..t
Srorn ncriI. and would bless every hand that
| ras Stretched cut to give him help or vel
some. And vet every poor, wandering, out,
i EAST homeless tnan il one whom some Ionu
/ mother called " Ny boy" Every lost wo-
man. sunken in the depths OF SIN, wa
| somebody's daughter ia her days OF ealiu.
;sh innocence. To-day somebody son -
hungry outcast, pressed to the we're y,
crime and sin. Today somebody's daagh-
i ter is q weary, helpless wanderer, urHet ~
necessity into the paths that lead TO deatn.
Shall we shrink from labor, shall we hes'-
fate at cost, when the work before US Is Tue
salvation OF souls Eotif III My boy
no not IL we have the lore Of Him who gave
his lie to save the ost.--7he Copeaso'
| J3ooyie i-r.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-21

C.1JroRNIA,S A RTEsIAN WELLs.-Ihe San
francisco call says: sit is surprising Waat
nm amount OF information has been drawn
ol,s within the past few months relative 10
ortesian wells. Wherever they have been
SUNK, with but few exceptions, from Que
extremity of the State to the other, tnen
success mas been complete. lndeed' Ii -
now concluded that the underlying strata
hold vast quantities of water, enough "
make the State, if properly utilized, tertlle
ia an extent now scarcely Imagined. III
Sonoma county, which is one OF the pest
watered and richest districts OF the otate'
the pcople are talking about wells as Il
means OF increasing the productiVenoss OF
their faruns.'' The Petaluma Courier or Il
recent date gives an account OF the nrsI
efforts at artesian-well boring IN that county,
The paper says: c:.,,
The first well was bored by Kent d Smith,
in 1856. It is covered oW:by Io"he
buildine, on Main street, and Is ABOUT s'A'y
feet from the creek. They bored one nun
dred and tbirty-four feet, ana STRUCK
stream of excellent water. Ihey put IN d
siX-irich pipe. and the water moved over
tho ton. and has continued to flow over ever
.ince, Subsequently Mallory bored All ar
tesiun well lust in the rear Of the old Cen
t,y,l Mills and on the bank Of the creek: He
went down seventy feet and struck stream
Of good, soft water, which came up within
eipht feet of the surface, and furnished an
abundant supply for all purposes until the
nine became rusted and let in all the sur
face water from the creek. E. Barnes sunk
n we'll in East Fetaluma about two hundred
fest, but owing to the mismanasement OF
the plpe the surface water leaked in, and
ovont,,ally H. was abandoned.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-21

GENTLE WoNAS's WAYs-[F From the iBuf-
ialo Cypress -Mls. Anna Hopper drove
into Paterson, N. j., the other day., ;and
leaving her team few moments the anssaals
ran away. They tipped over various
wagons and did considerable damage. Airs;
HOPPER at last caught them, and jumped
Into the wagon. Robert Dougherty. whose
wagon had been injured, seized the horses
by the bits, and said they should not SO 1n
until Mrs. hopper had paid him for DIS
losses. The lady spoke no werd, but stsieS
both the horses and Mr.. Dousherty WE'D
the whip. The gentleman held 10 the DIS.
and was dragged half block, the lady De-
Iahoring him and the horses I'D the way.
Finally he was obliged to let ge, and MIS- ! J;
Hopper drove of syith flying eolors,' and
amid the cheers OF the crowd NOW man
would not have done this. "a man would have
hesitated and talked and finally paid what
ever bills brought against him. And yet
they say that women do not know how to
transact business and are never prompt to
70 act In emergencies. Ab, fellow-citizens!
how we have inisiudged these so.calIed lee,
Die creatures. 80 n &tsz's%s
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-21
Z Yse.,,,,. bis ;srss,.
rf,or,,sn dcneo 81 The chnalotte obsesver.l

rf,orrrspor,dc OF the Charlotte Observer 81
In nv travels d few days ago In Anson!
county Imes with an old gentleman g cltl.
gen ar this State, and now living Ia Kscn.s
uaond county, who relates the following
very interesting incidents OF his lie
LIST, He was In She funeral PROCESSION
when Generai Washington was burie {,
Cd. Was a pait-bearer at the Iuhera' "a
General Andrew Jackson.
Sd. Was a waiter at the marriage OF een'
eral Stonewall Jackson's wife's fatner.
4th, Accompanied General Laiayette
through the State when be was mere.
9Th. Spent day with Danlei WEBSTER III
Richmond on one occaslon:
9Th. Also, one with Washington Irwin.
7tt. Was the founder OF the old fayette-
vile Observer. a.,
9Th. Listened to his son ,(now ofae OF the
most distinguished lawyers in the lanq),
who made speech TO =Lafayette "heh liz
was only i've years old.
I. 9Th. Was baptized by the first superin-
tendendent of the North Carolina Unlpef-
sity before it was college.
10th. Was acquainted with the first grad
uate, Hinton Gaines -
nth. Knew the fir st graduate OF Wes'
Point.
l2tl. Kept the post-ofiice in fayetteYlHe
forty years In succession.
1874. Is near ninety years Old; :
AtA. Never was intoxicated but once IL
/ his life.
1sth, Retains his hearing we'll.
18th. Feels himself now near tue gate ~
death, but has well-groupded nope o.
immortality and eternal life. - -.
Can any one who reads this ten D us
napee Respectfully, y. r. %.
The gentleman alluded to above Is COZ
onei John McRae, the father OF the emihehl
lawyer and orator, Duncan Is. Nckae. anC
who has other sons OF prominence. an o.
| the above remarkable statements aDout n!Li
are true, and much might be aaded IN
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-21

THE CULTIVATION OF WoINEs.-The Mil
,waEkee Sentinel sayss about as sensible
as,tse bounty OF $4,000 for a steam road
wagon is the provision giving ,areward OF
50 FOR the scalp Of every wolf killed in this
State. Added to this Is q like sum paid by
different counties, the whole sum footing
up about $4,000 annually paid lin this di-
Eeetion. The whole system, instead OF a
boupty fer killing wolves, is really I'm in
eentive to their culture, and bids fair to
soon become one of the large Hsms lin the
tax levy. III would be wise plaE to reFeal
the law by which bounties are paid by the
State and counties. II wolves are trouble
some they will de killed OF, and il there NJ
no hennty to make their increase matter
Of prSSt they Will soon vanish IRON dhe
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