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Observation.

No line can be drawn between common
knowledge of things and scientific knowl
edge. not between common reasoning and
scientific reasoning. In strictness all ac-
curate knowledge is science, and all exact
reasoning is scientific reasoning. The
method of observation and experiment
in which such great results are obtained
in science is identically the same as that
which is employed by every one every
day of his life, but refined and rendered
precise. If a child acquires new toy,
he observes its characters and expert
ments upon its properties, and we are
all constantly making observations and
experiments upon one thing or another.
But those who have never tried to OBJ
serve accurately, viii be surprised to find
how difficult a business it is. There is
not one person in q hundred who can de-
scribe the cOmmOnest occurrence with
even an approach to accuracy. That is
to say. either he viii omit something
which did occur and which is of import
ance, or he will imply or suggest the oc-
currence of something which he did not
actually observe, but which he uncon-
sciously infers must have happened.
When two truthful witnesses contradict
one another in q court of justice, 1t usually
turns out that one or the other, or some
times both, are confounding their infer
ences from what they saw with that
which they actually saw. A swears that
B picked his pocket. 1t turns out that
all that A knows is that he felt hand in
his pocket when B was close to him, and
that b was not the thief, but O, whom he
did not observe. Unframed observers
mix up together their differences from
what they see with that which they act
ually see in the most wonderful way, and
even experienced and careful observers
are in constant danger of falling into the
same error. Scientific observation is
such as is at once full, precise and free
from unconscious inference.-PrOfeSsOr
HlLTZeL
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A striking Resemblance.

We once told a story of two Shakers
down East who so nearly resembled one
another in certain characteristics. Here
is another somewhat like unto it-a story
of two brothers, who were lawyers, and
practicing In the same town-which is
certainly worth telling:
A certain gentleman requiring legal as
sistance had been recommended to one
of the two brothers, but had forgotten
the Christian name of him he sought; so
he called at the Office of the one first
found and asked for Mr.. Podger.
'HThat Is my name, sir.
''But there are two of youof that name
here in town"
eyes"
'FWell, I wish to consult the Mr.. Pod
ger-excuse me for the aAusiOn-whO
wears a wig"
''We both wear wigs, SIR"
"Well, the man L seek was divorced
from his wife not long ago."
'"There you hit us both again, sir.
''The man to whom / was recon-
mended has been accused of forgery,
though, trust, unjustly"
''Ihere we are again, my dear sir. We
have both had that gentle insinuation
laid at our doors"
''Well, upon my word, you two brothers
bear a striking resemblance. But guess
have it now. The one [ am after is in
the habit of occasionally drinking to ex-
cess sometimes to intOxication.
''My dear man, that little vice is, I'M
fortunately, Characteristic of the pair of
us, and [ doubt if our best friends could
tell you which was the worst. F."
''Wen, you are amatchedpa certainly.
But tell me-" continued the visitor,
(which of the twain it was that took
the poor debtors oath a few months
ago?"
'Ha, ha, we were both in that mud
die. I was on Bob's paper and he was
on mine"
'In mercy's namer' cried the appli-
cant, desperately, twill you tell me which
of the two is the most sensible man?'
''Ah, there you touch bottom, my
friend. Poor Bob, I can't stretch the
truth, even to serve a brother. If you
want the more sensible one of the two [
L must acknowledge the corn.
I'm the man. TERRY (lQi8s.) Enter
91riSo
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Counting All of Them.

'I don't want to make any trouble,
but there is one man In this city who
ought to be gibbetedr" began a blunt
spoken woman of forty-fve as she stood
before the officials of the police station.
When they inquired the particulars she
handed out letter and said:
"Observe the envelope. That letter
is addressed to me. You will see that
writer calls me his jessamine, and he
wants me to set an early day for the
weddingT'
When the Captain had finished the
letter, she was ready with another, add
ing:
''And this is addressed to my daugh-
ter Lucretia. You will see that he calls
her his rosy angel, and he says he can't
live if she doesn't marry him. It's the
same man"
So it was, and his letter was as ten
der as O spring chicken. That finished,
she handed out third, with the re-
mark:
"This is directed to my daughter
Helen. It's the very same man, and IN
it he calls her his pansy, and says he
dreams Of her."
''Why, he seemed to love the whole
family" remarked the Captain.
CHATS just it. I'm widow with two
daughters, and he was counting US all at
once and engaged to three of us at the
same time. Oh, what wretches there
are in this world!'
''Yes, indeed. It's lucky you found
him out. -
eyes, it is. fl hadn't he might have
married the whole caboodle of us. II
Lucretia hadn't opened one Of my let
tiers, and if 1 hadn't searched the girls
pockets while they were asleep, we'd
have thought him an innocent lamb.
'And do you want him arrested"
"No, L guess not, but / want this
matter to go into the papers as warn
ing to other women. just think of his
sitting up with me Sunday night, Lucre-
tia on Wednesday night, and Helen on
Friday night, and calling each one of us
his climbing rosel Oh, sir, the women
ought to know what deceiving animal
man ISL
eyes, he's pretty tough"
cit has learned me lesson, she said
as she was ready to go. "The next man
that comes sparkling around my house
has got to come right out and say which
he's after. If it's the girls 1 won say
nothing, and if it's me it won't do 'em
bit of good to slam things around and
twit me of burying two husbandsr'
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General Joseph f. JOhnstOn's
Gard.


Washington, d. c., December IL
General Johnston has printed the
following card in regard to the late
interview with him about the appro-
priation OF confederate gold by jeff.
Davis:
To the Editor Of the Philadclphia Press:
DEAR SIR was greatly annoyed
by reading an article in your paper
OF the 18th instant headed General
Johnston's Narrative" and signed
''F. A. B." This article is evidently
based on conversation which l did
not take to be an interview. In that
conversation, therefore, q good deal
was said which nothing could in
duce me to say for publication,
notably what relates to confederate
treasure, ats, Greensboro. Besides,
this narrative is inaccurate, so much
so that l will not undertake TO cor
rect, and contains letters which not
only did not come from me, but
which have not been in my posses
sion for years; so l beg you to pub
fish this, to relieve me OF the re-
sponsibility for narration. Most
respectfully, j. f. JOHNSTON.
Washington, d c., Dec. 20, 1881.
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Ia isr uiug its prospectus inr I.s,
Appeal has lUl enc promise IN =, ,h'
vi hi l., determination 10 ,,.,,''Ne
as ,hsrSrts ard rant in the t.,.. .''''H
~ Nu'crirEh rrv spap-rS Tho
j. noH regarded ~ one g. u- ..N
don, "i the south. Is his-mr ~. ''-
past tortl -"n~ years t. The Me-, 'e
the development OF southern u..'! OF
>nuthrrrrp. lilies, suulhcrr. in.i,,,,, t'l
southern Literature, and it, s,.,,,,.'. .''
and sims will hc the same in ,I.. .''l's
The paper y III continue 10 lr %. ''''s'
slant reflex OF the most rviNlle f,,.ri.
genee ohtainahle from all Iaits .r 't
world II viii remain iuheNibly l.' ,ue
ocfatic, but its spxce will be uI,i,l.. w
voted Ia news, the interest of s.,., Ng-
ture, trade, commerce usuil,..-',....'-
internal improvements, the I.,.l ~
meut OF southern resources ,,5
branches OF industry. While gr,..,. ~''
the alert for the latp.t iutr,Ii.,.,- ~"
will avoid the mere ecn-lrip,.f
will never pander TO vi,iaf,d
The Appeal Is specially devoted D.. ..
Interests OF Tennessee and N.uia..
great commercial emporium. u..4
use lis best abilities To rrppn,,. D.. y, ,'
IL realizes that the future cmp,r.,,. ....
country lies in The .Outh and vlfI.1
To combine The political AMI hu,far..r
fHtiOus 90 These i've >rrtion- D.. ir.I..s.
the legislation ol Congress ' o. lr.,r'.'
iig the vigation at The Ht.,...,,i
river ami is 'rinutaIics %"
Terms: Daily one }r.r, SlDoo.
Weekly, 81 90. Address all comru,t
cations 10 GALLhWAY Il kEATING
Memphis, tennessee
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Purity of Water-SOme Interesting


Some very instructive remarks were
made recently by Prof Huxley, during
the criticism of paper by DIR. Tidy, on
water for dietetic purposes. DR.. Tidy's
paper, Prof Huxley thought, contained
a good deal of what might be called ''bio-
logical turbidity," and he would, there
fore, endeavor to act as filter, and state
only what were demonstrate facts. Dis
ease caused by what people, not wisely,
call germs, such as splenic fever, pig
typhoid, etc., are caused invariably by
bodies of thenature Of bacteria, and these
bodies could be cultivated through twenty
or thirty generations, and then, when
given to the OK or the pig, would invari-
ably give rise to the characteristic dis
ease. We have no reason even to i'm
agine that any body capable Of causing
disease by such means could be anything
but g. body having the nature of bac-
terium. Now, bacteria are Just as much
plants as mushrooms or cabbage or the
Wellingtonia gigantea, 50 that we know
under what conditions bacteria can live
and what they will do. Bacteria can be
sown, and will thrive In Pasteur's solu.
ton just as cress or mustard in the soil;
and Prof. Roscoe, an eminent chemist,
thinks it doubtful whether there was any
huONu ulttIlOu 10 aSCGTIiiln WnCI0eG II q
drop of this solution were placed in gal
lon of water its constituents could be es-
timated. Every cubic inch of such
water would contain $4,000 to 100 900
bacteria, and one drop of it would be ca
pable of exciting putrefactive fermenta-
ton in any substance capable of under
going that fermentation. The human
body may be considered as such a sub
stance, and We may conceive of a water
containing such organisms which may be
as pure as can be, as regards chemical
analysis, and yet be, as regards the hu-
man body, rs deadly as prussic acid. 81
am aware" continued Prof. Huxley,
''that this is a terrible conclusion, but it
is true, and if the public are guided by
they may often be led astray.
The real value of q determination of the
quantity of organic impurity in a water is
that by it q shrewd notion can be OBJ
tanned as to what has had access to that
water. If it be proved that sewage has
been mixed with it, there is a very great
chance that the excreta of some diseased
person may be there also. On the other
hand, water may be chemically gross, yet
do harm to no one, the great danger
being IN the diseased germs"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-29

THE Office door was opened and imme-
diately shut without attracting Smith
sons attention; but, when this was done
again and again and again, you could
SEQ by the rose hue in his face that he
hail finally noticed it. The next time
the door opened, the small boy who
opened it was surprised by the warm
embrace that Smithson bestowed ON him.
What do you mean, you young ras-
cal cried Smithson, punctuating his
remarks by vigorous shakings of the
small boy aforesaid ''What do YOU
mean by meddling with my door ?" al
only did what you wanted me to do, :"
whimperingly replied the boy. "What
wanted You to do !" shrieked Smith
son, with n shake that threatened to
make butter Of the lad. eyes, sir /;
You stuck up Please shut the door,
and, You know, 1 couldn't shut it with
out first opening it, could 70" It was
well that the last shake of Smith
sons was so violent that he lost his hold
of the boy. There is no knowing what
might have been the consequences.
Boston Transcript.
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4 Tower of Silence.

The vitality of an ancient religion was
lately illustrated at Bombay by tho dedi-
cation Of new tower Of silence. one OF
those horrible edifices in which p1ra.es
expose their dead for the vultures, who
crown its towers, to eat the dccayi.E re-
mains. The dedication exercises were
held in secret, and the tablet placed on
the tower, apparently in EEgii~'i. am
nomccs that the use of the toner IS -
stricted to "those only VIII Ir.f .. tr"
.Zoroastian religion. BY INN. ,~.Hl
custom. as horrible as it is rem = Idle.
the tower must first be used on '.h
Of a y,ry young child, and its .'.-
liml.- ag,' the first to be exposed 500.
eyu. BE-. stars-and the yultures.
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Living i'm New York, 1874.

A LITTLE boy, years old, having Of
ten been told it was wrong to ask for
anything at table, was down at dessert.
After patiently waiting for some time
without being noticed, he exclaimed,
" Mamma, please, may L have an orange,
if I don't ask for it?" eyes, dear, p"
was the reply. But, after a considerable
interval, the little fellow, not getting
his orange, again addressed his mother
with, "Please, mamma, Tn not asking
for an orange" This time he was duly
rewarded.
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A $50 90 biblical Reward.

The publishers of Rutledge's Month
ly In the prize puzzle department of
their Monthly for January offer the fol-
lowing easy way for some one TO make
$1,000: To the person telling us how
many times the word Moses is used in
the New Testament Scriptures mot the
New ReviSlon) by Jan. 10Th, 1852, we
will give 5000 in gold As a prize. The
money will be forwarded to the winner
January 10th, 1852. Those who try Tor
the prize must send 20 cents with their
answer, for which they will receive the
February number OF the Monthly, in
which will be published the name and
address OF the winner OF the prize, with
the correct answer thereto. Cut this
Iut, IL may be worth 500 90 to you. Adj
Easton, Pa. W." p""S :
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Claims.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 90
The Senate Committee on Claims
has recently taken a new departure
in the method OF adjudicating
claims, which it is understood Is
the result of determination recent
ly reached to dispose Of pending
southern claims as rapidly as posi-
bic consistent with justice. The
new method Is 10 consult by CORES
pondence with the prominent men
of the section from which the claim
comes as to responsibility and
worth, Instead of, as heretofore, de
pending entirely upon the testimO
ny Of persons connected with the
case, TO establish or disprove its
validity. Since the opening of the
present session of congress a large
mum Der of letters have been writ
ten TO parties of prominence in the
south, asking for Information con
corning claims before the committee.
Reeds Tonic disagreeable to the taste
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Gilt Edge Tonic is excellent for Ladies.

Philadelphia Times: Keifer is the
bosses candidate. Boss Arthur
was for him, and so was Boss Cam
eron and Boss Conkling and all the
subsidiary bosses down through the
list. A week ago he was pooh
poohed as a candidate without the
shadow of a chance, and he was pre-
sumed to be out of the question
largely because he is an Ohio man.
Keifer, however, seems to have I'M
derstood himself, and within thirty
six hours of the caucus, when the
bosses got down to work, and at
the moment when all attention was
concentrated upon Kasson and His
cock, the Ohio candidate was forced
far in the advance in the race. The
selection is an unqualified triumph
of the bosses.
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Love that GIorifies the Humblest Man

/ Love lIdI AuG IL
There is nothing in the world so sad
as human nature, and the tears cOmeinto
my eyes now as l think of the pitiful
story Tom told me as he smoked his
after-supper pipe last night. The other
day Just before [ came home, Tom had
occasion to go over the lake. On his
way back, and when the train stopped at
the bay, he noticed man getting into
the car in front of him with a little baby
lying in his arms. The baby seemed
young, and the man hushed it in his arms
with q gentle, rocking motion, bending
over now and then to kiss the little white
face. After the train got under way the
conductor came to Tom and said: Come
with me; want to show you the saddest.
strangest sight you over saw IN your life,
and ne led the way iuto the next car.
"Do you see that man over there?"
said he, and there sat the man whom
Tom had noticed with the babe His
precious little bundle lay quiet on the
seat IN front of him, and, as these other
two men watched, heleaned over, looked
long and earnestly in the little flower
face, and then kissed the frail finger-tips
he held so gently in his hand. - That
baby's dead" said the conductor &" It
died this mOrningat the bay. He couldn't
bear to put it in coffin, because then It
would have to go without him in the bag
gage-car, and so he is just carrying It
home to New Orleans In his arms. And
the cor ratified on; the boy called tho
stale slices of sponge-cake and his Cigars
through the train; the passengers
laughed, and smoked, and fought the
andhe stricken to the heart
core, sat there quiet and unhoodiug,
over his dead child, kissing the
fingers that would never again softly
clasp his, looking down upon the s,iiita
lids that had closed over the bright eyes
as the petals of a sensitive flower close ai
over its delicate Leart-and
the world was nothing to him.-C4htcr-
inc Cote ia NeIU orleans Times.
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when StoneMan jackson Prared Most.

A quaint story of StonewaIl Jackson's
devotion is related by ex-Confederate
Chaplain ]. w. Jones. 1t was on the
march to Culpepper Court House that
the Generals negro servant Jim told
some officers who were inquiring about
Stonewall's habits: Yes, the General
Is a great man for praying at all times.
But when 1 see him get up great many
times IN the night TO pray, then 1 know
there is going to be something to pay !;
and l go straight and pack his haver-
sack, because know he will call for it
IN the mornin'.
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A Hawk Steals a Hat.

A few days ago, as a son of Mr.. Mich
olas No1rish, of Nassagaweya, was pass
ing through the woods on his farm, he
noticed hawk lowering around near
him. Thinking nothing about the mat
ter, he walked on, when all at once, and
before he had time to make any defense,
the bird dived down and caught his hat
in its claws and carried it aloft. When
the bird got about the height of the trees
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The Guiteau trial still drags
along. The assassin gets more
petulcnt and outragerously abusive
at times. Public opinion seems to
ebb and flow as to his sanity. Reed,
a Chicago lawyer, assists in the
defense.
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General Toombs adds to his pre-
vious comments on the Johnston
interview the characteristic one
81 will stake my life on the honesty
of Mr.. Davis, and if / am mistaken,
/ will give him a receipt in full for
GeOrgia's part of the fund, and pay
every man in the state at par who
claims a dime"
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Poor Scoville is doing his best,
but the insanity plea is melting
away very rapidly before the rebut-
ting testimony. Guiteau is doing
as much as anybody to prove til at
he is a scoundrel Of the deepest tint
and criminal Of extraordinary de
praYity.- G.. j.
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Mr.. Jacob Leaman of the
Luxembourg Press has been to
Ohio after immigrants. He has
been working very hard for a year
or two and his work is telling con
siderably in bringing working PEG
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YirRinia PnIifics.

A prominent politician, long res
ident in Virginia and thoroughly
acquainted with Gen. Malone, gives
it as his opinion that the repubIi-
cans will make a great mistake if
they imagine that the results of the
Virginia election will bring the Vir-
ginia senator into close party com
munion with them. He says that
General Malone will still keep on
the edge of the republican party,
and act with that party as he has
since his admission to the senate,
but that it will be on his own terms
entirely, and that his quasi indepen
dent attitude will be preserved to
the last He says Mahone's ambi
ton and audacity rise to the height
of genius; that his ambition is to
control an independent party which
shall not only dominate Virginia,
but be potent factor in national
politics. The two Virginia read
justers in the house, he says, are de
voted to General Malone, and in
full accord with his plans and ideas.
They, like him, will not enter the
republican caucus, but whenever
their votes are necessary to or de
sired by the republicans, they will
be furnished on terms to be agreed
upon. This gentleman says the
campaign in Virginia was managed
on the part Of the readjusters with
the consummate skill, and that Col
onel Cameron, their candidate for
governor, is not excelled by any
man in the state for incisive force
and political sagacity. He says
that thousands of white voters, who
would otherwise have voted for
Daniel, remained away from the
polls, as they wanted to see the debt
scaled down, and were willing that
the colored voters get the credit or
the obloquy, as it may be consid
cred, Of doing it.
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A sCHoo1BoY spelled decimal and
pronounced it dismal. "What do you
mean by calling that dismal? exclaimed
the teacher. "'Cause it is" answered
the boy. cts dismal fractions. All
fractions are dismal. There isn't bit
of fun in any of EN-