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A Writing Machine.

1t seems little curious to receive the
frat news Of a great American invention
from the other side Of the Atlantic. But
we find in our English exchanges q no
tice Of a writing machine invented by q
Mr.. Pratt, Of Alabama, exhibited before
the Society Of Arts in London, which
promises to relieve the weary fingers Of
editors and other like craftsmen. 1t has
keys like piano, corresponding, 1t may
be presumed, TO the letters Of the alpha
bet, and motions OF the keys make
impressions on carbOnized paper, which
is adjusted and changed by other con
trivances in the machine. 1t is said by
those who have witnessed its operations
to work well and to perform easily double
the labor Of the most rapid penman.
We fear that the machine will need a
long drill, ike the piano, before ene can
become an adept in its use, otherwise its
cheapness (only fifteen dollnrs) may
bring it into general use-ProUideHce
Journal
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

I6T James P. Fiekling, negro can
didste for Congress in the first district
of Alabama, makes use of the following
language in his public address:
The franchise has been conferred upon
my race, either as matter Of right, or
for the purpose Of using us as instru-
ments to carry out the sckemes of the
Radical party, and oppose the white
people of the South. ] do not believe 1t
was bestowed in love, or upon consider.
ations Of right; and the means employed
to control our action verifies this con-
clusion. They know that We are in the
alphabet Of letters, and their object is to
take advantage Of our general ignorance
and universal creduliiy; and by pander-
ing to our evil passions, and the vices
incidht to ignorance among all races,
theF expect 20 ALLEVIATE us from the only
true friends We have on the habitable
globe, and array Us in political aud
deadly strife against our former masters
and protectors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18
Italian Horse Racing.

Horse racing in Italy is accomplished
without any riders The animals are
started from an inclosure by attendants
in waiting. An apparatus is attached
to them composed of long reins running
round the body and connected in the
center of the body by a stable girth, and
the ends flap as the horse gallops. To
these ends moderately pointed spurs are
attached, and as the animal increases
his fight, these become more and more
troublesome. Some of our Italian citi-
zens propose to introduce this system in
New York. A track is to be purchased
on Long Island, walled, Of course, to
prevent the horse running off.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

a6g% 1t is singular fact that men
should be so fond of looking at pictures,
when they pass by the originals of them
every day, without notice. The Peter
son Brothers, Of Philadelphia, fully un'
derstand this, and announce as forth
coming the letters from Europe of For
ney, editor Of the Press, Philadelphia,
embellished with steel engraved por'
trait of the author. As the work will
never ba read on account Of the value Of
its contents, they think to sell it by ad'
ding a portrait of the Dead Duck. Let
sus have the picture without the prosy &C
compartment. We have no doubt ii
would sell just as well.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18
The Marquesas Islands - Cannibalism
Story Of Native Kanaka Missionary,

The Marquesas Islands - Cannibalism =
Story OF a Native Kanaka Missionary,
Some time in June, Mr.. Kaukau, a
native of the Sandwich Islands, who has
been for two years a missionary in the
Marquesas Islands, gave an interesting
account of those islands, in o sermon
preached at Honolulu, Of which the fol-
lowing is an extract, substantially:
The state of society is represented
as most deplorable, presenting almost
insnperahle obstacles to the work Of
the missionary Every little valley has
its one or more independent. chiefs,
petty kings, who are constantly at war,
either among themselves or with those Of
the next valley adjoining, and the horri.
BILE practice Of fcannibalism is still carried
on whenever an opportunity occurs Mr..
Kaukau was once present at one OF these
orgies, where q man and woman were
devoured who had been slain in a raid
on neighboring vale. His description
Of the scene was thrilling, while it in
spired feelings of horror and disgust. 1t
seems that the strong stomached ancient
and white-headed savages ate their por-
tions raw, while fire was built, at which
the younger men roasted their select
pieces. They were Hospitality inclined
for they offered the missionary a share
in the revolving feast He said, how
ever, that the odor from the broiling hu-
man flesh was peculiarly "ala, " or sa-
worry. In this he but corroborates the
statements of other travellers who have
visited cannibal tribes. The Marque.
sans are not idolaters, but, like the FL
jams, worship the spirits Of their ances-
tors. The tabu system is very intricate
and bears particularly heavy upon the
women, who, as is the case invariably
among uncivilized people, are kept in a
very degraded condition. They cannot
90 in canoe, nor enter certain kind
of house, and particular articles of food
are strictly interdicted. Other customs
in regard to the government Of females
at certain periods, like those of the
Israelites under the Mosaic dispensation,
are strictly observed-as we're the same
among the ancient Hswaiiaus. Alto
gether, these people are represented as
cruel, sensual, bold and outspoken hea-
thens of the worst stamp-worse, it would
seem, in all these evil characteristics
than the Inhabitants of any of the hume
rous groups in the Pacific.
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Dying.

There is dignity about that going away
alone, we call dying-that wrapping the
mantle of Immortality about us; that
putting aside with pale hand azure
curtains that are drawn aronnd this cra-
die of world; that venturing away from
home for the first time in our lives for
we are not dead-there is nothing dead
to speak OF, and we only go off seeing
foreign countries not laid down on the
map we know abeut
There must be lovely lands somewhere
starward, for none ever return that go
thither, and we much doubt if any would
| if they cnnld.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

/ do not know that there is any form
of bedstead, from the four.posters to the
French, which may not be found de-
scribed by writer's or represented by
works of art. Ulysses manufactured
one for himself of olive wood, inlaid with
gold and ivory. The bed rested some.
times on boards laid across the frame,
on thongs of ox.hide stretched over one
another, or on a netting of cord. Plato
speaks of bedsteads made of solid silver (;
Athepmus described them as made of
ivory and embossed with beautifully
wrought figures; and Lucisn has them
yeneered with Indian tortoise shell, in
laid with gold In Thessaly beds were
stuffed with fine grass. According to
Athcnmus eAeminate gentlemen some
times slept on beds ofsponge. Fashion
able people in Athens slept under cover
lets Of dressed peacock skins, with the
feathers on. Clearchus, the author Of a
treatise on sleep, describes the bed of a
Paphian prince in such way that one
can hardly keep his eyes open while
reading it. "Over the soft mattresses,
supported by silverfooted bedstead,
was flung o short grained Sardian car
pet of the most expensive kind. A COW
erlet of downy texture succeeded, and
upon this was cast a costly counterpano
Of Amorgtian purple, Cushions, variega-
ted with the richest purple, supported his
head, while two soft Dorian pillows, of
pale pink, gently raised his feet.
One of the greatest improvements in
troduced by the Greeks into the art of
sleeping was the practice of undressing
before going to bed-a thing unheard Of
until hit upon by their inventive genius
Bed coverings were often perlumed, but
embroidered with figures of animals and
men. The luxury of laziness was cele-
brated by Ephippus:
How del ght
To roll upon the dainty coyerlets,
breathing the perfume of the rose, and
stepped in tears of fmyrrh !"
Theocritus speaks Of
Carpets of purple. softer far than sleep,
Woven in Milesian looms"
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BeAY An island is forming with great
rapidity in the reach of the Mississippi
river, near the point above Natchez. The
water is very shoal upon it, and the dis.
coloration is plainly seen from the bluff
near the Marine hospital.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

Heap The Lexington (Ark) GaSette
says: We are sorry to learn from Capt.
Peter Everett, that very fatal disease
has broken out among the mules on the
plantations in Arkansas, which threat
ems to be very serious if some stop is not
put to its spread. Some planters have
lost as many as thirty or forty within a
day or two, and no remedy has yet been
found to cure those attacked
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ray" Lizzie Euphemia Pocahontas
Spotted Tail, daughter of the distin-
guished Spotted Tail of the aboriginal
persuasion, is receiving her education,
with piano and other accompauiments
at Omaha. So says a correspondent.
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paT Major Pierce, who led the military
mob that recently sacked the Office of the
Constitutional Eagle, at Camden, Ark,
has been ordered under arrest by Gen.
Ord, and will be tried by court martial.
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s@" The total annual value of the
gold and silver manufactures in France
is set down at Sr9, l2S,OOO. The number
of manufactures is 1850, and 20,5OO per.
sons find employment in the trade.
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aeA- The Richmond Dispatch says;
" George Fayette Washington, citizen
ofFrederick county, Va, died last week,
aged seventy.eight years. He was born
at Mount Vernon in 1890, was son of
Colonel George A. Washington, and a
ward of General George Washington.
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n@. The New York Board of Emigra-
ton has now been organized twenty
years, during which time nearly four
million emigrants have landed at that
port and been cared for
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B9- Patrick Dean, a soldier of the
garrison Of Columbus, Miss, was shot
dead in a qnarrel last Saturday by q
comrade named Hamlin. They had been
good friends previously.
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B@. A story is told of bright little
girl, who, attending Sunday school for
the first time, was asked Who went
into the lions den p The little one
appearing puzzled, and not answering,
the teacher commenced spelling to
awaken the child recollection I'D an. "
~ can tell now," exclaimed the three
year old, all smiles, ait was Dan Rice "
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fl0" A New Haven paper says min
inster of twenty years standing in
that city, has been obliged to abandon
his pulpit and go to work as carpenter,
in order to earn enough to support his
FAMILY
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BB" An exchange notices the fact that
base ball talk is getting as full of slang
as that of the prize ring: DAISY cut
ters," "sky scrapers, mullins" for
example. Gobbled the huckleberry "
is the last version for taking it on the
Au
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

re- A three story passenger coach is
run on one of the European railroads
The ground floor is for the first class, the
next above for the second, while the
third class have to climb to the highest
stO,v
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peA- A little girl, about ten years of
age, was killed at Columbus, KY, on
Friday last, by stone thrown at her by
schoolmate with whom she had guar
relied.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

RS~ The Harrisburg ark Journal
says; "It is pity but the postmasters
at Memphis, Little Rock and Napoleon
could learn that mail matter for the
counties of Cross, Poinsett, Craighead
and Green, in this State, can only reach
its destination by being sent to Helena"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

RA- A large cotton -mouthed snake
was killed in Hickman, KY, last week,
which contained thirty-seven young
snakes in its stomach, each a foot in
lenrth
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nFA, The Huntsville (Ala.) Mdepen.

B@. The Huntsville (Ala.) hdepen,
dent says: There are three negro men
now working on the corporation of
Huntsville who have thus been engaged
for thirtyfve years. The corporation
bought originally twelve, at or near
Richmond, Va, and these three are all
that now remain in the employ of the
o;t, -
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

s@~ That portion of Pennsylvania
purchased from the Indians in l7i9, for
the sum of $500, embraced all the middle
and southern coal fields. A bad bargain
on the part Of the Indians.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

T1~It is said that Napoleon scratched
out the name of Paul de Kock from the
list Of persons recommended for the
Cross of the Legion of Honor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

Ba~ The newest and most costly
full dresses consist of crystal drops on
tulle, with mother.ofpearl ornaments
looking like opal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

n@. An exchange says at first the dis
sipated resort to wine to stimulate their
wit, and in the end have to resort to their
wits to procure their wine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

nsa- The Plttsburg Post, one Of the
staunchest friends of conservatism in
Pennsylvania, completed its twenty fifth
year on the 10Th.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

Bas~ A New Orleans paper predicts
that corn will be selling, soon, in Wood
county, Texas, for twenty-five cents per
bushel
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

SA- The Democracy of New York
city fred salute Of one hundred guns
upon receipt of the news of the Califor-
MIA election.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

E0s@ Miss Adelaide c. Hayes, Jersey
City school teacher, has been held for
trial, charged with numerically beating
a child.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

Idr The loss by fire in Cincinnati on
Saturday night is estimated at half a
million dollars. The amount of insur-
ance is not yet ascertsined.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

R@Y Sixty newspapers were represen-
ted at the recent McCoole and Jones
prize fight.
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s@-The poet Percival is buried in the
wilds Of Wisconsin without stone over
his grave.
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BA- Visitors to the Exposition, which
closes in few weeks, are leaving Paris
by the thousands.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

16~ Jerusalem is connected with Eu.
rope by two lines of telegraph.
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B6~ There is negro child at Hatfield,
Mass, only nine years old, who weighs
over two hundred pounds
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I@~ On an average FIVE children are
run over by the horse cars in New York
every week
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1H" The corner stone Of new Pres
byterian church edifce was laid at Little
Rock on Thursday last.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

E4@ A Detroit paper says General
Rousseau is the handsomest man in the
United States Senate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-18

S6r Eugene Cassidy and j. P. Heg are
talked of in California for Senators.
They are both old line Democrats.
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nay Assistant Attorney General
Brinckley il at the Springs in Virginia.
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R3-It ia now regarded as fixed fact
that McCoole will fight CobuTn.
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MEDICAL.
REDUCTION IN PRICE
OLA
Standard IHemedy !!

Standard Remedy!
IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SCARCITY
i Of money, and In order to place II within
the reach Of all. We have reduced tho prise Of
KING OF CHILLS
To tho low price Of ONE DOLLAR per Bottle.
pound ever introduced for the permanent
eradication Of all forms Of Chills, Intermittent,
Remittent and Bilious Feyer9. Neuralgia.
Dumb Chills. Sun Pain, and all those malarions
country, IL Is put up in large bottles. with
plnip directions, Is pleasant TO the taste, and
does not Affect the head, oars or nerves.
WHAT 1T CAN DO.
II cleanies the Stomach. arouses the Liver,
opens the Bowels, and carries of all Bilious
Matter. efloctng quick and permanent cures.
RADICALS
Who have not become accimated, and arc con-
stantly troubled with Chill or Fever. who are
bilious and full Of Aches, and feel an indispo-
this truly valuable Medicinal Compound, which
is prepared by Physicians Of Twenty Years ex-
perience in this malarioua country.
CONSERVATIVES
Who have no time 10 lose, fooling with various
mixtures Of tho day, and who have no money
to throw away, could not do better than 70
spend One Dollar for the KING OF OHiLLS
and be cured Of all forms Of Chills, Fever, Etc.
Its tasto is pleasant, and 1t never affect the
head or ears.
MECHANICS OF MEMPHIS,
Your timo is money, and why do you continue
with the Chills, Fovers, etc., losing so much Of
your precious time whom remedy Is 50 near at
hand and so cheap. Our remedy builds up the
system, placing II upon good foundation,
remOdels-by purging tho system Of all flaws,
and places you on foot with sound timber.
Send and procure one bottle, and be perma-
nently cured. Price only One Dollar.
FARMERS AND PLANTERS
Visiting the city would greatly consult their own
interest By purchasing a supply Of this never
saved by curing the Ohills Immediately. and
this medicine uproots tho disease and so
destroys the cause that II will not return, as it
does when cured with quiuino.
MERCHANTS AND CLERKS,
Why will you lose so many golden moments OF
your life, In shaking and complaining OF chilly
sensations, Fevers, Headaches pains in tho
Bones and Joints, Lassitude, Biliousness. etc.,
when the Insignificant sum Of One Dollar will
speedily restore you TO health, vigor and buoy
ancy7 II is pleasant to the taste. produces no
roaring or buzzing in the head, no ringing Of
tho cars, but acts quickly and eifectually. After
using one bottle you will have no other in your
house.
MOTHERS AND FATHERS
Who have pale, swarthy. puny, and sickly
children. having little or no appetite, imperfect
digestion, inactive liver, indisposition to play,
but are cross. peovish and drooplng about, with
slight fevers sometime during the day, can be
effsctually restored to the bloom Of health, by
giving small doses Of tho King Of Chills four or
Dromegoole & Co.'s KING OF CHILLs. Price
81 90. Sold by all Druggists. ]. p. DROM-
GooLI 4 Co., PrOprietors. .39l Main street.
Memphis
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An OPEN DECLARATION or WAR!

r,,UE UNDERSIGNED KNOWING THAT
he is right, and feeling unwilling 10 surren-
der Withouta
General EnGaEeInent !!
has declared WAR against tho many diseases
ID 10 skin. The valuable prouerties Of his
san constitute A SOVEREIGN REMEDY
shsf h well known 70 many of the citizens
ri fhis placr: and which should be better
trowr. Tcndcring HIS thanks 70 his former
rrsfoncrs for their pdironage, he takes this
method. therefore, 20 solicit a continuance OF
he samc frcm the public generally.
cato NrGrnsET aud there yoEl find
inc fnsst soar and the cheapest kind;
iie rure 10 come and that very s0sn,
0r dirt and flth wull be your doom
g. For salo By al respectable Druggists and
49, c. p. McGIMsEY.
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and che measures n husbands love by the inte-
rest he evincos in her welfare while she is sick
Now. if you wish to retain in tact your wife's
love and affection undiminshed, and desire
that she regain her health and former beauty,
you should. by all means procure one bottle sf
ENGLISH EEMALE BITTERS,
A compound that Is actually restoring health
to moro sickly females than all other remedies
combined. 1t only proposes to cure those
Uterine Complaints peculiar TO the female sex.
1t Is Endorsed by the medical profession all
over the country. as it is no secret nor patont,
and ehects cures bona fdS cures after1all other
means fail.
OLD AND YOUNG FEMALES
Have long needed medicine that would rslieye
them of nll those Female Complaints and
Irregularities which prove so troublesome all
over the Southern country, and they can now
confidently rely upon the curative powers OF tho
English Female Biters. 1t arouses. restores
and regulates. lis cures are rapid and porma-
nent. If troubled with painful suppressed or
irregular Menstruation, Mysteries. Lcucorrhoea
or Whites, Falling of the Womb, liberation of
the Womb, Chorosis, and all those symptoms
which follow. this medicine will relieve you.
THAT YOUNG GIRL,
Whose bloom has departed from her cheeks;
whose eye has lost its lustre; whose intellect
has lost its brightness; whose oountennnoe
betokens gloom and despair; who is pao, ema-
cated, feeble, lfoess, repulsive with palpita-
ton OF the heart. swimming of the head, cold
ieet nnd nnnus, can Do restored 70 perfect health
and beauty by using the English Female
Bittors.
MARRIED LADIES,
As you vaue your life, and health, and per
sOnal charms; as you are now troubled with
somo complaint peculiar to your sex as you
have been under treatment of some physician
without benefit; rs you have nearly concluded
that your case cannot be reached lot us insist.
letus urge you to y aside your fears and pre-
judices, in regard TO advertised remedies, for
enc time in your life, and try one single bottle
Of English Female Bitters.
We are well aware that many persons snub
at the idea OF using an article that is adver-
tised, and we know Of many snubbing individ-
uals in this community, and if they had their
way, many OF them would snub all you sickly
females in your graves. Cannota worthy medi-
cine be adverised2 Send Immediately, and
procure bottle of this powerful Uterine and
General Tonic. and regain your health, strength
and color. Sold by all Druggists.
j. p. DR0MG0oLE a CO., Proprietors,
39l Main street. Memnhis.
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MOTHERS AND FATHERS
YOUR WIFE

Possesses charms In proportion to her health,
and che measures n husbands love by the inte-
rest he evincos in her welfare while she is sick
Now. if you wish to retain in tact your wife's
love and affection undiminished, and desire
that she regain her health and former beauty,
you should, by all means procure one bottle 81
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CONSERVATIVES

Who have no time TO lose, fooling with various
mixtures of the day. and who have no money
to throw away, could not do better than 70
spend One Dollar for the KING OF OHiLLS
Its tasto is pleasant, and 1t never affect tho
hand or ears
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DOUsH Il CUNNINGHAM, BLACK
IL smithing and Wagon-making, cor. Mon
roe and DesOtO streets
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Visiting the city would greatly consult their own
interest by purchasing a supply of this never
failing King Of Chilli. Much time can be
this medicine uproots tho disease and so
destroys the cause that II will not return. as it
does when cured with quiuine.