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A Man-Wolf,

Rev. DR.. Butler, the well-known Meth
odist missionary who established the
mission of that church in India in 1856,
recently returned to this country. He
makes the following statement of re-
markabIe case
In 1859 British soldier, while bear
ing dispatch from one magistrate to
another in the kingdom of Dude, passed
an unfrequented ravine where he saw a
pack of wolves, and with them human
being, evidently one of their company.
Immediately turning back he reported
the circumstance to the magistrate for
whom he was travelling. The latter
forthwith mustered number of coolies
and went to the place. The pack of
wolves fled short distance, and sought
refuge in sort of cave or den. Begin
ming to dig, the party soon discovered
the feet of the wild man, and, drawing
him forth, succeeded in binding and
carrying him to town. DR.. Butler has
seen him often since, ar 4 says be is evil
IDENTIFY man, and at the time Of his
capture apparently about twenty-four
years of age. t
The captured creature at first violently
resisted the attempt to put clothing upon
him, but after while ceased to tear the
garment He is now kept by gentle
man in the city of Thabje Vampore,
some eight hundred miles west of Cal
cutta. When first taken he was unwilling
to eat anything but raw meat, and has
never been able to speak or make any
approximation to knowledge of the
alphabet If any one looks earnestly or
sharply at him, he expresses his annoy
ance by halfuttered grunt, Immediately
turning away and settling on his
launches in a corner of the room, or
lies down. He eats his food off the
ground, and although evid .ntly human
being, is in habits wolf, with the in
stincts of that beast
This is certainly an anomalous fact in
natural history, although 1t is said that
four. similar cases are known to have oc-
Cured in India, presenting the same
general facts.
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Beechsr on Writing Novels.

N. OOT. DyTdCube
Talking of works and story making, a
conversation took place between friend
of mine who made books and Mr. Beecher
regarding Norwood" which is al
together characteristic of the good dom
inie. What possessed you to write a
novel, Mr.. Beecher2 " II can't tell you
precisely. l have always refused to do
that thing, but Bonner weuld not give
me moments peace until had prom
ised was influenced by two conside-
rations, the price and time. l have some
things to say which may not be said in
the pulpit
"And that is the idea, is itP l have
never observed that you hesitated much
if you wanted to say anything in the
pulpit. u1 s15I
people think so, and it is mistake !;
and since | commenced to write this
book have had any number of them to
come TO me and declare that ought not
to write novel. 1t was not ministerial,
and oil of that; but when those good folk
begin to tie me down, | am disposed to
fight. If / choose to write novel, |
will but how that thing has bothered
me.
II am glad Of it--you well know now
what us poor wretches have to suffer who
make business of it.
ut is all very well for you who have
nothing else to do, replied Mr.. Beecher,
with lugubrious expression of counte'
nance But you write two sermons a
week and deliver them, and try novel
writing at the same time"
1" No, l thank you, one of these occu-
pations 10 enough for me, said my
friend. "But how are you writing it, in
numbers, or IS it all finished ?"
81 am sending it in numbers"
"Then you are making big mistake.
If you are not careful you will have
printers devil chasing you about hunt
ing for copy, and then heaven help
you. l tell you to finish the book first
and get it off your hands; you will make
q better thing and save yourself a tre-
mendous bother. Don't send it in small
lots
AZ will, said Beecher defantly.
"You must not beg of you, for the
sake of the artistic construction of the
story, 10 make one job il. y - 2 I -
Look here, G." said the dominic,
al have written that book all through
once from beginning to end, and then
was so disgusted with the thing that !
was bluer thaH ever was before in all
my life. Oh, but was despoRdent
"I appreciate the feeling" replied my
sympathizing friend, " | have been there,
but what did you do2
"I got mad and saucy, ! pitched all |
had written into the waste basket and
commenced fresh, and wrote just what ]
thought, and now / don't care fig
whether people like It or moi"
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Muscular Development Of womsn.

The ladies' Of Warwick, England, have
organized q Boating Club, and propose
hereafter to compete with the sterner sex
up the picturesque and classic Avon.
There Is no reason why the English
women, who are fond Of the chase, and
delight in fishing and pedestrian tours,
and other out door exrcise, should not
aspire to a skillful use Of the oar We
shall not be surprised, therefore, to see
them generally taking like ducks to the
water, and, in time, challenging the
world for a wherrY race or regatta con-
test
It's matter of congratulation that
the out door sports which impart robust
constitutions and ruddy countenances to
the gentler sex of England, are becoming
yearly more popular among our Ameri-.
can women. The effeminate customs OF
other years are giving way to fondness
for horsemanship, skating, croquet, etc, \,
and, as result. we witness decided
Improvement in the constitutions OF our
women. They are becoming more and
more convinced that physical delicacv,
enervation, effeminancy, asd hot-house
drawing room confinement do not impart
genuine beauty and attraction TO them.
They are learning that pretty face IS,
in mans estimation, no compensation
for O frail constitution and numberless
doctors bills
We have strong, active men, and we
want strong, active women, who are not
always complaining of excessive fatigue,
and lack of vitality; woman who do not
keep a running account with physicians.
and have to be "patched up" and dosed
year in and year out; women who are
not afraid to shoulder responsibility, and
bear their share of life's burdens; women,
in short, who are fitted by physical as
we'll as mental training and development
to become what their Maker intended
them TO be--helpmates for man. gg
And to this end it is to be hoped that
the spirit of reform will continue to grow
and prevail among them. Those who
exercise an influence in molding and
shaping the customs of society should
foster and develop this spirit The man
ayers Of female educational institutes
should initiate the example now being
set by the New England colleges, and
provide liberal means for physical train
ing and development. Preachers and
teachers have it in their power to achieve
a vast amount of good to humanity in
this respect Said an eminent Methodist
divine of this city not long since: " IT.
could have my way, l would have a ten
pin alley attached to every church in the
country, where boys and girls might de-
velop themselves physically during week
days, and thus become the better pre-
pared to receive spiritual training on the
Sabbath"
J This suggestion will strike most peo.
pie as being decidedly novel, to say the
least. 1t however reveals an appreeia-
ton of the Importance Of devoting more
attention to physical culture and deyel-
opmeut, which we should be glad to find
prevailing generally among educators
and molders of public opinion.-[ NJ z.
Com Adp.
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More About the JEFF. Davis Disguise.
The Portland Argits publishes the fol-

luz otbi"hu h'J"o PuDN'"NS NNN 'N'
lowing:
am no admirer Of JEFF. Davis; l am
Yankee, between Saccarappa and
Gorham Corner, am full Of Yankee
prejudices, but / think il wicked TO lie
oven about him, or for that matter,
about the devil.
l was with the party that captured
JEFF Davis-saw the whole transaction
from its beginning. now say, and
hope that you will publish 1t, that Jeifer-
son Davis did not have on at the time
he was taken any garment such as is
worn by women. He did have over his
shoulders waterproof article OF cloth
ing, something like Havelock. :" II
was not in the least concealed. He
wore hat, and did not carry pail Of
water on his head, nor carry o pail,
bucket nor kettle in any way.
To the best of my recollection, he car
ried nothing whatever in his hands. His
wife did not tell any person that her
husband might hurt somebody If he got
exasperated. She behaved like lady,
and he as a gentleman, though mani.
festly he was chagrined at being taken
into custody. Our soldiers behaved like
gentlemen, as they were, and our officers
like honorable, brave men; and the
foolish stories that went the rounds of
the day telling how wolfshly he de-
ported himself, we're all false. | know
what am writing about. / saw Jeffer-
son Davis many times while he was stay.
ing in Portland several years ago, and |
think that was the first one who recog-
nized him at the time Of his arrest.
When it was knewn that be was GER
tainly taken, some newspaper CORES
pondent--I knew his name at the time
fabricated the story about the disguise in
an old woman dress / heard the whole
matter talked over as good joke, and
the officers, who knew better, never took
the trouble to deny it Perhaps they
thought that the Confederate President
deserved all the contempt that could be
put upon him. / think so too, only |
would never perpetrate falsehood that
by any means would become history.
And further, l would never SANDER a
woman who has shown so much devotion
as Mrs. Davis has to her husband, no
matter how wicked he is or may have
been.
defy any person to find a single Off
Ger or soldier who was present at the
capture of jeff. Davis, who will say upon
honor that he was disguised in woman's
clothes, or that his wife acted in any
way unladylike or undignified on that
occasion. / 60 for trying him for his
crimes, and if he is found guilty punish.
ing him. But would not lie about him
when the truth will certainly make it
bad enough. JAMES FL. Parker.
Eilburnville, Pa, May 9, 1867.
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A Novel Sight.
The Downieville, California, Adpoedte
of April 9Th says: ..

The Downieville, California, AdUoeats
Of April 9Th says;
One day this week we we're called to
witness novel sight During the night
previous IL had showed In this vicinity to
the depth Of two or three inches, but as
the air became warmer, the showing
ceased, and turned into drizEhng rain.
Upon the top Of the snow was seen thou
sands Of angle.worms. crawling around
in every direction. We thought at first
that they came from the ground beneath
the new snow, bnt were convinced such
was not the case, because we found them
in places where the old snow was three
feet deep, and almost as hard as ice
yet upon this old snow they we're as
thick as on the boards, stones and earth
from which the new snow had melted.
Many theories were advanced on this
novelty, but the most credible is that
they came down with the rain from the
clouds, whittier they had been attracted
by the rays Of the sun-
In the faliof 1861 We saw the. sane
phenomenon in Grass Valley, and the
National mentioned the fact, but was
laughed At By the press Of the State, and
the editor told that ss bad snakes in his
boots. But we know that the editor was
all right, and that he did see wsrms,
although be could give no reason Why
they we're there,unless they we're absorbed
10 particles By the sun and formed and
greu in The clouds. n b. rainrd down
upon the earth again.
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IA DOMESTIC DRAMA.
A Bogus General and Runaway
Wife.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer, 15.l
Quite an animated scene took place
yesterday afternoon at a downtown
hotel, the name of which, as we'll as the
principal actors in the little drama, we
suppress through prudential motives,
On Friday last, gentleman and lady
arrived at the hotel and engaged suite
of roems, registering their names as
General BIS and lady. bem.,
The air of the gentleman being de.
cidedly military, and, on the whole, very
diStingUe, and the lady having all the
outward bearing of one of the ton, they
we're treated to the greatest considera-
ton, and all their orders anticipated by
the most assiduous of pGtes
Every day they went out carriage
riding, visiting our many suburban To-
calities of beauty, and adorning with
their stately presence the auditoriums of
our places of amusement each evening
They dispensed gifts to the servants with
the most lavish prodigality, and up until
yesterday at noon, their popularity was
in the zenith.
At that hour, however, a blight came
upon their happiness in the shape of an
excited gentleman, who stalked up to the
fastidious clerk, inquired, in accents al
most unintelligible by hasty articulation,
" if fellow styling himself General
B-s, with fair oomplexioned woman,
was stopping thereg ,..av'.
The, clerk glanced askanee at the
travel stained garb of his interrogstor,
and answered that the parties inquired
for could be found in room Nol3, second
floor The stranger was about to bound
up the wooden stairway, when those
for whom he was in search came down
arm in arm, laughing and chatting in
lively and joyous manner apsu1
As the woman's eyes fell on the new
conner she turned pale, and, dropping the
arm of her companion, attempted to
rush up the stairs again. Her steps were
soon arrested, however, by the former,
who demanded, in lou6 voice, to know
where she was going. The military man
grew very indignant at this seeming
rudeness, and demanded to know what
it all meant His nerves, if at all sensi-
tive, were doubtless shocked by the
reply, 1t means, sir, that this is my
wife, and if you don't leave d"d quick
I'll blow the top of your head off The
lady screamed, the husband looked
wrathful, and the bogus General hastened
to his room, gathered up his valuables
and deeamped, leaving the guilty wife
and injured husband to reach concilia-
ton by whatever road they might deem
most expedient.
/ The unfortunate twain left for their
home in Hancock county, West Virginia,
shortly after, the husband promising to
forgive his better half for their children's
sake, they being ignorant Of their moth
er's guilty fight rE
1t appears the parties are all very
respectfully connected, and at the time
the woman was seduced she was on
visit to some friends in Stsubenville,
Ohio, where she met and became enam-
ored Of the rsputed General From what
information we have in our possession,
we are led to believe that the scoundrel
who has thus tampered with the honor
Of family is sharper who has no claim
whatever to the title he assumed.
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Well Put.

In answer to the attack Of the New
York Commercial Advertiser and the
Erening Post, the New York Tribune
makes the following well put reply:
"If it is right to take Jefferson Davis,
citizen, and imprison him two years,
without judge or jury, why not citizen
Thurlow Weed, or citizen VIM. Cullen
Bryant But it is popularly believed
that Mr.. Davis is a traitor, and that, as
traitor, he should long ago have been
hanged. Well, it is also popularity be-
lieved that if Mr.. Thurlow Weed had
his deserts he would long ago have been
in Sing Sing. We have no legal knowl-
edge of the fact. Mr. Weed has never
been arrested nor tried, nor has even an
indictment been found. He is at liberty,
and so long as he is not legally accused
we shall insist that he remain, at liberty,
and, if necessary, we shall find twenty
bondsmen who will answer for his
security until tried. The principle is
the same whether it applies to Davis or
Weed, or citizen Dermot, arrested for
assault and battery. The law has no
prejudices-the Constitution no 'pOpu-
lar punishments.
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EE. FRIDAY EVENING. MAY 81, 1867.

the former locked up in her room, and
soon after taken to Paris. Here she
remained with her mother till she was
eighteen, when she was introduced into
society. Her beauty and fortune at
tracted many visitors, but she repelled
all their advances. She had, at long
intervals, kept up correspondence
with the youthful husband from whom
she had been separated and not long
since, when she landed in New York,
the first person on whom her eyes
lighted was the Benedick aforesaid,
grown more manly and handsome, and
eager to embrace his wife. The parents
no longer opposed their reunion.
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Romance Among the Upper Ten"

The New York correspondent Of the
Rochester Union relates the following;
A romantic instance Of faithful love
has occurred in q prominent family re-
siding on Fifth avenue. Some years
since, the youthful daughter-only four
teen-vas courted in childish fashion
BY gentleman Of seventeen, and went
clandesiinely with him to get married.
The parents learned what was going on,
arrived at the church just as the cere-
mony was eonelRdes, and carried of
sssefaiiy iihv bride ana bridegroom.
The latter was marched Of TO school;
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ASSETS. JULY |. 1896.
Loss BY Portland Fire. July ltE
UlHE total amount covered by the Etpa Poll.


i cies on property destroyed or damaged i,
$206, ,S54. on which salvage will be about five
per cent. Our total loss will not vary much
from 100000, and was promptly adjusted and
paid. This sum is five per cent, upon the Com
pany's assets, figure but slightly exceeding
our Government and State taxes paid last year.
or proportion equal to $1,000 loss for COM
pany Of $4,000 assets.
The necessity for insurance and the value OF
wealthy, strong corporations is forcibly IL
lustrated by this FIRE. Several weak insurance
companies are destroyed. Portland has a
population Of 35. .000-was handsomely built,
mostly fine brick or stone structures-protected
and screened with UPWARD of 5000 shade trees
bounded on three sides by water-indeed,
literally, almost rising from the Ocean--and
with steam FIRE department-yet il has $10,-
OOO, 900 of property consumed in a few hours
upon holiday when its people are least Oc,u-
pied-from the very insignificant cause of
contemplate frecraeker.
Remember the trihing origin of fires that
sweep away in n few hours the earnings oi
years. Consider your best interest and give the
Htna Agent a call if you need proper insur-
ance security. Pay fair rate of premium for
a good and genuine article, and with these
lights and experiences before you, procure
your Insurance with shrewd Judgment.
Applicat tions for insurance promptly attended
TO by Ii. A. LITTBETON & CO., AE'u
1896 No. p Madison street.
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A POOR Ruls that Donlt work Both WAY.


Last year a widow lady and her
daughter, doing brisk millinery busi-
ness on one Of oar leading thoroughfAres,
returned a very handsome income to one
Of the Assessors. The other day the
daughter, q neat bit Of femininitY,
called at the same Office with the income
report for the present year. The report
was neatly made out, perfect in form,
bat showed that the millinery business
had not paid indeed there was a dead
loss Of $500 The lady gave in the
return and sat down. The Assessor and
his clerks kept on with their business.
After long wait she timidly asked Il
she "should get il nov, or would it be
necessary to call again 2 ltf in
quired the Assessor, l don't under
sfanl -. IVA ==:a - "ssii5 ssiiiT5
$500 the Government owes ma
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ers Of the
l SOUTHERN ASYLUM.
After the first Drawing others will occur each
month, All Agents for the sale of Tickets
must give bond and security.
Persons who would dispose Of good lands, nj
lew cash rates, should address Gen. FRANK
@. ARMSTRONG, Memphis. Tenn.
All property must be assessed by disinterested
parties. II not done, will not be included in
any scheme, and will be stricken from this.
At each Drawing the quantity and value of
lands distributed are equalized to the number
Managers of the corporation can hold no
Tickets.
Ten per cont. Of its profits. under the oath of
the President and Managers. must go TO the con-
strnetion and maintenance Of the Asylum for
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.
The profits OF the company consist in the diff
ference between the cash and time valuations
ofproperty, as provided in their charter.
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REUBEN DALEY,
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER
No. $50 second street

A. Depositionr in Admiralty cases taken in
s'a'''-i'='''' '''' . -''''' '''''' ''- 55-iii
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/" THE ABERDEEN EXAMINER ("

TsTHE ONLY DAILY PAPER BETWEEN
Columbus, Miss, and Memphis, and affords
through its advertising columns unsurpassed
facilities for communication between the mer-
chants of the Bluff City and the merchants
and planters of the interior. ~
Its proprietors having bought out the
SUNNY SOUTH OFFICE,
and merged the material and subscription lists
of the two papers into ono, feel no hesitancy in
claiming that no journal in Mississippi is bet
ter calculated to win trade for its advertising
pauons than the EXAMINER. ta
anI S. A, JONAS x Co,
72-eod Publishers and Proprietors.
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Attachment suit.

Before P. n. H5'g5ie1 g 5, :. p a. D. "A"' d
TT APPEARING, BY AFFIDAVIT IN
this cause, tnat the defendant Daniel b.
Lindsay, is nonresident of the State of Ten
nessee, il is therefore ordered that the said de-
fendant make his appearance at my 9ihce IN
the eitv of Memphis. Shelby county, Tennes-
sec. en- or before the 5th day of June, 1857, then
and there to plead, answer or demur to plain
tiffs' complaint. or the same viii be taken Tor
confessed and set for hearing exparte; and
that a copy Of this order be published for four
consecutivo weeks in the Memphis PUBLIC
LEDGER. - ,,,,,.-,,,y,,,
oaw57- 81 L. u. HELM hlOh, y. 7.
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BOWERS & SPARKS, Publishers
Edited by j. II, SPARKS. sIc
Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

rs PUBLISHED WEEKLY, IN 0NEa,0F
| the leading towns of Arkansas, at W % per
year, and offers to merchants Of Mcaphis great
facilities for advertising. 1t has an extensive
Circulation, and is read in nearly every county
in the State. and in the Indian country west:
and is the ONLY PAPER published in Pine
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REAL ESTATE LOTTERY.
GRAND LOTTERY SCHEME!
Lands, Stocks, Town Lotsl
Regular Monthly Drawings at Her
ann nando, Miss.
The First on June 18th.
JTTIETsN ASYLUM.

rTHE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROP
Il erty, will be distributed among Ticket hold
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l. w. Allen We. nj. q. Caycc ana ~ 4. Ale1s
before VIM. S. Walton, Esq., J. =. " Madi-
sou street.
DFFENDANT. R. p. ALLEN BEING A
hon-rcsidont OF the State q tennessee =
Ic-sbv notifed that an attachment has been
issued, hh property attached ~ rarniihment
and he is required to appear ~ ny olhce in
Memphil. on the 9th day. ef June, lseL and
defend bis cause. or y VIII oe heard eN pare
sTbis srder 10 be published once a week FOR
fonr weeks in the PUHLfc LEDgER.
WM. s. WALTON, j. p.
A G Vrrruur. Atty for PITT laW-tc
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PHI. HEINRICH, J.P.

TN THE CHANcERY COURT OF. MEM.
| phis, Tenn: The First National Bank, oi
Momphis- and John w. Leftwich vs. Edward
WynaeTse. n appearing from affidavit in this
cause that the defendant, Edward Mynderse,
is resident Of the state Of New York, and q
nop-resiaant Of the State OF Tennessee, n =
his appearance herein, at the Court House m
the city Of Memphis. on or before the hrst
Monday in July, 1867. and plead. answer or
demur 10 the petition filed herciL, or the same
Tor hearing exparte. and that a copy Of this or
der be published once a week for four success
sive weeks in the PuBLJo LEDcEE, newspa-
per published in the ciiy " Memp1is'
By BENZ. COLEMAN. y. c. and NJ;
RoBr. HurcHINsoS. Sol. for pl 'hs. oaW-ss
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