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Year: 1873

An American Dentist living in Yo-
kahama, sends to the Dental Cosmos
an account of the Japanese habits in
regard TO their teeth. He says that
as the young women have very fine
teeth, it is remarkable that they should
keep mp the practice OF blacking them
after marriage. The japanese, as a
race, possess good teeth, but they lose
them very carly in life.


"Their tooth brushes consist of
tough wood, pounded at one end to
loosen the fibrcs. They resemble paint
brushes, and owing TO their shape it
is impossible to get ono behind the
teeth. As might be expected there is
an accumulation of tartar which fire.
quently draws the teeth of old people.
Thoir process of manufacturing false
teeth is very crude. The plates are
made OF wood, and the teeth consist
of tacks driven up from under the
side. A piece of wax is heated and
pressed into the roof of the mouth
1t is then taken out and hardened by
putting IT, into GOLD .-o,a- Ann.ha-
piece Of heated wax is applied to the
impression, and, after being pressed
into shape, is hardened. A piece of
wood is then roughly cut into the de-
sired form, and the model, having been
smeared with red paint, is applied to
it. Where thoy touch each other a
mark is left by the paint. This is cut
away till they touch evenly all over.
Sharks teeth, bits of ivory or stone,
for teeth, are set into the wood and
retained in position by being strung
on a thread, which is secured on each
end by peg driven into tho hole
where the thread makes its exit from
the base. Iron or copper tacks are
driven into the ridge to serve for mas
ticating purposes, tho unequal wear of
the wood and metal keeping up the
desired roughness. Their full sets an
swer admirably for the masticatication
of food, but, as they do not improve
the looks, they are worn but little for
ornament. The ordinary service of
set Of tooth is about FIVE years, but
they frequently last much longer
All full upper sets are retained by at
mosphcric pressure. This principal is
coeval with tho art. In Japan, don
tistry exists only as a mechanical
trade, and tho status Of those who
practice il is not very high. II is, in
fact, graded with carpentors-their
word hddyikfsaa meaning tooth-car-
penter."
Year: 1873

A Yankee musical critic thus speaks
of a prima-donra: Sho bad, and we
suppose still retains, magnificent
voice for fog whistle. It's Compass
Is perfectly surprising. Sbo would
shake the chandelier with wild whoop
that made every man instinctivcly feel
for his scalp, and follow IL up with q
roar that would shame double bass
Year: 1873

REMEDY FOR oUr--This remedy is
simply alum. Take knife or CRATER and
shave or CRATE OF. in small particles,
about a teaspoonrul of alum, mix it with
about twice the quantity Of sugar or hon.
sy to make it palatablc, and administer
as quickly as possible. The doses should
be separated at intervals Of fifteen min.
utes, until the phlegm is cut and cast off
This will give almost immediate relief
The patient should also bathe his feet in
hot water and apply cloths wet in cold
water to the throat and chest, changing
as often as they get warm,
Year: 1873

e. Cotton is coming in quite freely and is
dipped Via Clarksville and railroad at once.
|tton will not remain ted up this ycar wait
)g for boats. We are glad Of it and trust it
| III make money more plenty.
Year: 1873

|tB- The united religious service OF the
fesbyterian and Methodist Churches, was
|ntinuca at the Presbyterian Church during
of last week, and will be carried on dur


X this week at the Methodist Church. A
(od deal Of interest is manifested and the
urch crowded every night.
Year: 1873

Attention is directed to the advertisement
of the above celebrated Gin, in our paper. 1t
is highly recommended by AL who have tried
it. Call and see the Gin at ID. G. WILLIAMS.
Store.
Year: 1873

We arc In continual receipt Of large and frosh hd-
dtions to stock and purchasers assured they
c4n always find a full and complete assortment
which, we offer low for cash. June '13tf
Year: 1873

The GrangcYs' movement IS spread
ing very rapidly throughout the South
and new oranges are organized every
day. In Virginia there are so far
Only three oranges. This does not
result from any objections on the
pa,t of the people of that State to the
order, but from the want Of influence
by the persons selected t" a.art the
movement. 1t 10 understood that the
matter will soon be taken up by ipAu.
cntial Virginians who served in th G
Confederate army and it is probable
that tho order will soon be potent
influence in the Old Dominion. The
farmers there arc as nnprosperous az
their brethren in the West.
Year: 1873

condition Of the people Of Louisiana,
who are substantially in u state Of an
archy, make it tho duty Of Congress
to act in tho premises; therefore your
committee recommend the adoption OF
the following resolutions;


Ioesolred, That there Is no State gov
ernment at present existing In the
State Of Louisiana.


Resolved, That neither John Ray,
nor w. l.. McMillen, is entitled to a
seat in the United States Senate, neith-
or having been elected by the Legisla-
ture Of the State Of Louisiana.


The following is portion Of the
majority report on Louisiana matters,
not summarized above:


Its purpose is to show that the va
1idity Of the kellogg Government was
not established by the decision of the
Supreme Court of Louisiana offered to
Mr.. Morton's minority report. The
only question to be settled by this
suit was whether Morgan the relator
or Kennard the defendant was entitled
to hold the Office Of Associate Justice Of
the Supreme Court, in place OF Howe,
resigned. And the idea that in dispos-
ing OF this single question the court
had any authority or Jurisdiction to
determine between Gov. Warlnoth ana
Pinchback, neither OF whom was u
party the cause, which Of them was on
titled to exercise tho Office Of Governor,
and between two and three hundred
persons, the Kellogg Legislature and
as many more the N1cEnery Legisla-
turc, not one Of whom was n party to
the suit, which OF the rival bodies was
authorized to exercise the legislative
power Of that State, is too preposterous
Il proposition to require serious rein-
tation. The utmost that can be claimed
for this decision is that the court recog-
nizes the kellogg Government as tho
government tle .ft<cto, which may be
conceded without touching tho ques-
ton, whether it has been published by
a regular election, or set up and pub
lishcd by the usurpation Of tho indi-
viduals composing it, sustained by tho
military forces OF the United States.
Tho question we arc considering is not
II judicial one, and no judicial court can
determine it. Tho question Is political
In its character, and, so far as tho Uni
ted States have to deal with it, must
bo determined by the political depart
mcnt of this Government. We must,
therefore, investigate tho facts, and no
decision of any branch OF IL pretended
State Government can stop us in this
inquiry.
Year: 1873

A Nevada lawyer has had as a c. ent a man
accused of murder, and that the principal
witness in his favor being his wife, who was
incapacitated from giving testimony by rea-
son OF her relation to him, he got the murder
trial postponed, brought suit Tor divorce in her
behalf and secured il, and then triumphantly
placed her on the stand to secure the acquittal
of her husband. DenOuement, and nappy
marriage.
Year: 1873

Grants visit to Colorados


He will be the first President 81 sHe
Unltd States to stand on Colorado soil while
holding the Office of Chief Magistrate and
and to look upon and perhaps ascend the
cloud capped and snow crowned Rocky
snountains In no part of the great nation
has the President truer or better friends
than IN this remote section, and We know
he will be welcomed among US with genu-
ire heartiness which will be gratifying even
to one whose position accustOms him to the
homage of the people,
Year: 1873




Captain Jack the chief Of the Moaocs
and author Of the viIlainous pl,-, is %
full-Dloodcd Modoc Of about 80 years Of
age though he looks much older. lie
has n good head, though like all lndians
the forward is low and retrcating. lis
complexion i. dark being - lark bright
copper color, and his eyes are black. full
and piercing. His hair is long, hanging
down to the shoulders, and hi, face Is en-
tirely destitute of beard. His mouth Is
large, and its shape indicates tirnness
and determination, though it by no
means denotes cruelty and ba,eness-
traits which Captain Jack seems TO pos
sess above all others. In manner he /,
cool, self possessed and very di@Biiied. He
insists upon being treated with the great
est respect by all with whom he comes
in contact, and the chief ruler of forty
million of people could not be greater
stickler for official etiquette than Is this
same miserable savage. He never smiles
His gle ting of his visitors Oh e occa-
caSion of the visit referred to was a
splendid exhibition Of Indifference and
haughtincss, notwithstanding at the
time he was so ill, he could not stand
up. Before this act of treachery he
was believed to be the soul of honor
Settlers III the neighborhood who had
many dealings with him, said that they
never knew Captain Jack to do mean
or base act, nor would he knowingly
permit any member Of his band to do
one. If any Of the ranchmen ever
complained of any act Of petulatlon OF
other annoyance, Jack was sure to visit
punishment upon the head Of the often
der. He was elected chief Of the
tribe two or three years ago. He was
the last man in the tribe who it would be
thought could be guilty or so base an
act-an act entirely, out of keeping with
his past character
Year: 1873

The President has signed the bill to
encourage the growth of timber, on the
Western prairies. 1t provides that any
person who shall plant and protect, and
keep in a healthy growing condition for
ten years, forty acres of timber trees
thereon, not being more than twelve
feet apart each way, on any quarter see
ton of any public lands of the United
States, shall be entitled to a patent OF
the whole of said quarter section at the
end of the ten years. on making proof
of the fact by not less than two credita-
be witnesses. The bill further provides
that each and every person who under
the prc-emption and homestead laws,
having a homestead, and who at the
the third year of his or her residence
thereon shall have under cultivation an
acre of timber trees thereon, not more
than twelve feet apart each way,
and in good thrifty condition, for each
and every one hundred and sixty acres
of homestead shall on the proof of two
creditable witnesses, receive patent Tor
the said homestead, and that none OF
lands shall become liable for the salts
faction of any debt or debts contracted
before.
Year: 1873

husband in the Argentine Republic. She
was doomed to disappointment, but she
found Bob Moore, and Bob showed her
the picture which be had received from
the hands of Dick Dingle himself, but
he did not tell her the whole story. In
fact, it is uncertain what Bob did say 10
the beautiful woman who had come 50
far to find husband and failed, but it
is quite certain that those two got mar
ricd in very short time, and now live
in good style in Cordova City, Argen-
tine Republic. a real blonde is quite a
variety down there, and she makes a
sensation when she rides out every
evening on beautiful palfrey. 1t is,
perhaps, just as well as it has fallen out.
These two singular couples are too far
apart to ever interfere with each others
happiness, and are much better satisfied
as they are than as they were. And
thus ends our romance Of Petroleum
Centre.
Year: 1873

WHAT BEFELL AN INDIsCREET Doc
A couple of dogs were having dispute
on the opposite side of slat fence on
high street, the other morning, when
one Of them, letting his valor get the
better of his discretion, plunged his
head through the Stats in the hope of
nipping his antagonist. That was
where he made the mistake; the head
went through nicely, but would not pull
back. The other pup, seeing his foe
was in chancery, leisurely commenced
eating up the front part of his head and
ears. There was Emusic in the air.
about that time, and the yelping
brought the juvenile owner to the res
cue. He took in the situation at once,
and freezing on to that dogs tail and
bracing against the fence, he pulled his
level best. For a moment it was doubt
full which would give way first, the tail,
the head, OF the picket; but, with final
surge, the boy brought away the pup
minus the biggest part of both ears
The first jump that that dog made when
loose was something over twenty 1eet,
and with one continuous wall OF grie1
he disappeared around the corner;


bridgeport Press.
Year: 1873

Ohlo's virtue has come to the surface
in new place. She has just set her
sister states an example by passing lot.
terry law whose enforcement will speed
ny check the operations Of the policy,
dealers, aud have made splendid for.
tunes from popular credulity. But the
recently enacted prohibitions promise to
make their business less profitable and
more hazzardous in the Buckeye State
than in any other in the Union. The
statute is comprehensive and leaves out Of
the account piOus, humane or scientific
purposes, which have been held suffic-
lent to excuse anything. In fact the law
has the better prospects of being car
RED out for the reason that a premi-
um is offered by it to the person
who makes successful complaint, while
the penalties are not SO light that
still profitable business can be carried
on where fine and costs are frequent.--
This law seems 20 be a rather bold re-
buke Of neighbor kentucky just across
the river, whose finest buildings, state
library and religious institutions TO
large extent, have been established and
10 tsred BY the very means stigmatized
by Ohio as a crime. -Bostoa Post.


LUCKY MFH.-There are thousands Of
persons who believe ia luck. They are
generally unfortunate themselves, or as
they call it unlucky. They feel them
selves sinking and see their neigh.
b5rs rising all through luck. They
ere born 1nlucky, aud believing this,
they make no particular effort to stem
the tide which sets against them, and


50 drift into hopeful failure. They


watch the successful man to see what
/ this mythical Goddess Of Fortune be-
slows upcn him, but fail to note the
IN junt of labor which he renders to Sc
cure the goldens blessings Of the god
dess. Succes. TO their ewes is nothing
but luck. Energy, ambition, resolution
are worthless, unless the lucky star
shines upon their possesSor. Ii these
idle dreamer. would seek for the true
cause Of success, they would find it in
hard work, patient application, steady
uncOmproInising labor. There is no
such thing as luck. \ happy combine
ton of circumstances, brought about


nine times out of ten by mans own in
dustrv, is too often mistaken for good
! luCh' some HlSh gEoN TlCH; eNtl lhLIS
they touch seems to turn intOsgold; but,
if we watch these men closely we shall
find that it needs more than touch to
secure gold. We shall find them to be
as class, men of good judgment, sa-
gacious, untiring in their labors, deserv-
ing success by the persistency with which
they follow it up. Wealth never comes


to the idler Misdirectcd energy may


fail to secure it, but if it comes at all, it


must he deserved or won by some special


effort If the young man just facing


the world desires to be successful, he


must make up his mind that he is the


master of his own fortune; that good


luck is nothing more than the results of
his own labor, the natural reward of


honest and patient toll. Examine the
lives OF successful men. and not a drone


can be found among them. They won


success because they deserved it, and


deserved it because they worked hard to
! nhtci II ..
Year: 1873

The Board Of Health adopted an important
resolution, last evening Where the contractor is
the culpable party for the non-removal OF gar
bsge, it proposes to deal summarily with him,
and says 1t will rigidly enforce the resolution il
sustained by public sentiment Let it be sus-
Year: 1873

The "Half-Al Aldermen" Become "Rilcy"


About Murphy-Where II He s-Clancy


Wants the Scalps of tho Skulkcrs.


That extraordinary special meeting of the Board
OF Assistant Aldermen the call Tor which Assistant
Alderman Jerry Murphy signed after being per-
mitted TO select Thursday as the day, did not take
place yesterday. Ten of the members got together
and waited for half an hour ior an eleventh, who
should have been the recalcitrant Jerry. The
standing query about the City Hall is "where is
Murphy ?" and 1t was revived yesterday for the
especial reason that though Jerry had sgnifled
his intention to be present he did not turn up.
On Monday last two OF the Aldermen, imme-
diately AFTER Jerry signed the call, assured the
HERALD reporter that Jerry did not mean to attend
on Thursday, and the result proves that they knew
what they were talking about. Some half dozen
members were l0unging about the corridors, loal-
ing In the Clerks rooms and lodging Ill and out Of
the Mayors ONCE yesterday, while their colleagues
were waiting up stairs. When 1t became apparent
that they were alike shirking their duties and the
question OF approval or diSapprOval OF the action
OF the Clerk In making certain removals and ap-
pointments OF attaches OF the Board, the Clerk
called


Assistant Alderman CLANCY then rose from his


seat ana addressing the Clerk Presidens M Wade
weeks we have been trying to have meeting Of
the Board, and on account OF the absence OF GER
tam members, who have wifully remained outside
the room, we have failed thus far; and this not
withstanding the fact that these very members
have been on every occasion, they are now, ap-
parently within earshot OF my voice. At the


same time the lobby OF the chamber has
been crowded with numbers OF citizens
who are here with complaints In reference
to corporation ordinances and other public mat
ters. These members are willing enough to draw
their salaries at the COmptrolers office. but they
are not willing to attend to the duties they


have assumed. l trust, Mr.. Clerk that you win


take 1t upon yourself to notify the absenees shat


1t IS their duty to attend the meeting OF this Board


which Is to take place next Monday II that is not
sufficient to bring them here I suggest that the


Corporation Counsel be conferred with to ascer-


tain whether he cannot take the necessary steps
have the seats OF these members declared


vacant. | contend that here,. as IN the


to be performed and salary paid Tor
its performance, members who perslstenty and
wiliuy evade and shirk their duty are In con-
tempt, and liable to be treated as in contempt
cases. These gentlemen, when they were IN ma
jority, were always ready to assemble here to
carry through their objects and schemes; but now
that they feel that they are about to be minority


they wiliully absent themselves; and suggest
that some means be employed to compel their at
tendance so that the public business shall not
suffer-


The Clerk then announced that he would see that
| the absentees were notified, and the BOARD was
| then declared adjourned until Monday next.
Year: 1873

az once, on his arrival here, was arrested on


twenty-five civil suits. A long litigation then
arose as to the rightfulness OF these arrests and
after taking some twenty-six hundred pages OF
testimony Judge Fancher held that he was not
brought here Tor public but private ends, and
tnat those who took part in this perversion
OF the extradition treaties could gain nothing
by it, and that the orders of arrest must
be set ASIDE. Mr.. Charles w. Brooke,
on behalf OF Lagrave, made an appli-
cation to Judge Daniels, in three OF the cases. to
also set aside the service OF summons ON the same
grounds as those stated by Judge Fancner in his
opinion. The motion was opposed on behalf of
Duden freres on an affidavit that their only part
In the matter was contributing money to bring
Lagraye hack to answer the demands OF pub
lie Justice, and not for their private suits. Mr.
Brooke undertook to refer to the OF testimony
taken on the previous proceeding, but objection
being taken that 1t had not been served on the
plaintiffs attorney, the Court held tnat he must
serve copy at least OF such parts as he deemed
essential to this notion and to give time for that
postponed the motion to the second Monday in
september
Year: 1873

Tho demand has about absorbed q
crop of American cotton this year close
on to 4,0O0, 900 bales and nj good prices,
and there is no reason to suppose that
the supply for tho coming year will be
materially increased. There is rs much
probability of a decrease as there is Of
substantial addition to the worlds pro.
duct for 1854.
Year: 1873

Let us take the Gaze of house bad
ly infested with rats, says the Rural
Mao Yorker. How shall we get rid
of them OF course if they come
from some public sewer or other colo
oay, tho supply is probably unlimited,
and the first thing must be to cut of
the access Of all outsiders. But il we
are troubled by none but natives, il
will not require much skill to capture
every one OF lbem-old, cunning fel-
lows and all. In the first place, then,
we must resolve to take time TO il and
capture the whole lot, and to this end
no attempt must bo made to capture
single animals, since this will tend to
make them suspicious and will put the
old ones on their guard, Then pro-
vide large box or barrel place in it
a quantity of old carpet, brush, &c,
and also some food, such as meal, her
ring, cheese, &c. Bore two-inch
hole in the side of the box, and leave
it for some days. The rats will soon
find it out and frequent it. First a
young one will 20 in and have good
feed and come out oil right; the old
ones, seeing that he is not hurt, they,
too, will go in, and in short time
every rat about the premises will fre-
Quent it. When this occurs, see that
il is well supplied with food and ar
range over the hole block having
Corresponding aperture cut in it but
having also series Of wires stuck
around the hole and pointing inward,
Just as they are arranged in a com
mon wire trap. Every rat will so in
as before and not one can get out
Various methods may be adopted for
killing them. If you are sportsman
you can let them ont one at a time
and shoot them or kill them with ter
riers. A few slips Of sulphured pa
per thrust through the hole and
burned, is, however, very simple
plan and will give most effectual
duietus. We have known a case IN
which sixty-sevcn rats were caught
at one time in box arranged rs des-
cribed. In this instance the premises
were eflectually cleared of the vermin.