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! open, and others making. France has
constructed 400 miles in Algeria, and the
| Psehs OF Egypt owns $50 miles in opera
ton scroes the Egyptian desert. In the
| United States, where the first sod Of the
| Baltimore and Ohio Railway was cut ia
July, 1882, after the success Of the Stock
ton and Darlington line, and more than
| two years before the Liverpool and Man
chester line was opened, there were 35.-
600 miles at work in 1864, and l5, GOO
| more under construction. When the
Pacific Railroad Is completed " it viii be
possible % we are assured, " to make the
journey from England to Hong Kong,
via New York, In little more than
month";" This would have sounded like
wild and fanciful assertion 8 few years
ago, but its truth is undoubteG now.
When Stephenson ventursd to hint TO
the present Lord Brcugbsm, then one of
bis counsel, that he believed be could
run his locomotive at twenty miles an
hour, be was answered that II he
did not moderate bis views he wouId
inevitably damn the whois thing and
be himself be regarded as a maniac,
flt Only fer Bedlam." The QHcrterlU
RsvieI0, in an article friendly to rail way
ism, riGieuled the idea Of travelling on
any line at more rapid rate than eight
or nine miles an hour. When the Liv-
erpool and Manchester railway act was
before the House Of Common in 1925,
Mr.. Stanley (tke present Earl of Derby
moved that it be read that day six
months, 30 imaginary did the plan sp-
pssr to him. DR.. Lsrdner, who subse-
quently wrote an article in the Edin-
burgh ReUiel0, to prove that ocean steam
navigation was utterly impraetiesble,
declared that If railway locomotives
were driven at speed greater than six
or seven miles is the hour the wheels
would merely spin on their sxles, and
the carrisges would stand stock STILL"
A government official improved on this,
emphatieally declaring that if there ever
should be railway travel at such q high
rate Of speed as seven miles an hour, he
@ would eat q stewed engine wheel for
his breakfast" But now, from England
to China, in month, via New York and
San Francisco, is considered as q proxi-
mate achievement, not alone by scien-
tifc men, but by the public at large
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STOLEN.

HORSE sTOLES.-On last Tuesday night,
Il about II O'Clock, 4 ON my loI, my ridlng
HORSE. followed him as far Ss Holly Springs
and LaGrsRge. The thief offered him for sale
IN both the livery stables al Holly Springs. /
ax1 Inclined to think be viii make f,sr the Me-
bay, t7x hands high. very broad across the
nlps, little larger on the left hip than the
right, left hind fOot white, broad at forehead
walks ana trOts well, aud a No. loper, very
Ekort body for 8 hsrse OF his sizs on the loft
GbOuder IS q brand u and J. P. under Il, and
]. p. on the leH hip; saddle and harness
nErks around his girth, scar on one OF his
SLkles, don't recoliect which maee little
Uorn BY collar. I VIII give fifty bollars for
fhe recovery OF the horse er any Information
20 that VII get him again, or one Hundred
Dollars Tor tae thief and horse
FL. BOYDT.
Eardfs. Mis-. October 1853. oc6 I'm
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BoARDTEC.

BOARDING HOUSE FOR RENT AND FUR
ID EIrURE FOR FALE--Tbe house is eligibly
situated near the center OF the city, and at low
everything neces- -sry for q boarding house.
The house has sixty boarders at present. Par
ties wishing 10 purchase inquire al this once.
oc22 IWH
DDA DARDING--A Gentleman and Lady car
ID have a good front room furnished and
board, at fss Second street. A few Day Bearders
Will be taken. tOcZe IW7l henry LAIRD.
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FoR SALE.
WANTS.

VTANTED TO RENT.-A EoOse suitable sor
w q Boarding House and Bar-rOOm; must
be centrally located. Best reference g1yen.
Auply to o. PReJNSHAGEN.
oczi lw l57 washington street
1UANTED TO REST A Nice Dwelling
w House centrally iocsted, with not less than
ten or twelve rooms. ADDRESS B.. al this
ofnoe. oc2O U
NTKD-To rent, . Residence convenient
W 20 buziness, somewhere between E2-
SANnEs and Vance streets, and not more than
two or thres squares from Main, contaiEiag
aboEt I've or six rooms besides servants room.
Address loci II JOdS AINsLIE.
"ANTsD TO Exc sASGs..-I have tract
w OF Sc Acres OF Land, twelve miles from
Dover, the county town OF stewart county.
TsRnessss, which desire - exchange fof city
Sropsrty. {. P. NEJMASS, Attorney,
eau 80 second stree, AemphiE
VITAETHD-By a competent man, a situation
w as Book-Eeeper o. salesman Cotton
and Grocery house preferred. The applicant
kaE been engaged in business in Memphis for
eEslve years. The best Of city and country re-
asTenees gwen. Address T, care J. h. Eeating,
AFPEAB Office sell
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CIRCULAR NOTICE

We take this methOd of informing friends and The pub
lie that have resumed business since September lS last
at old stand No. 28 MaIn street. Of Adams Gppo
site the WOFSham House. where shall heretofore
tnue te keep constantly large stock Of DRY GOODS sT
ING, BOOTS, SE0gS HATS LADIES' AND CENTS FURNISHING
GOODS NOTIONS, etc. all Of which Oer at very slight
advance On New York cost
New GOOds received daily from tho Eastern markets. and Stock
will be fauRd as large
Soliciting early cGs from
generally remain Yours
M. KRAUS 81 CO.,
No. 28 Main L Adams. ODDOsite WoFshsm
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NOTICE.

WE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE LIBE-
CASH ADVANCES OK sHIPKEETs
- Cotton 70 cur correspondents in New Or
beans, La.
MARTIN WALT & CO.,
Memphis Sep. 2e. 1885 Tlml sze Front st
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SOLICITOR IN BANKRUPTCY,
Rooms 8 & g Knieksrbocker Building.
lS MADISON STREET. MEMPHIS, TENN
50 especial attention gwen 70 Internal Rev
en- ue and Admiralty cases maA
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PIKE, ADAMS & PIKE.
AttOrneyS. Solicitors 6 PrOctors

A TTEND 20 eases IA the 6iferspt Courts sit
"a ting at Memphis, and in the river couRties
81 Arksnsak
81 The senior partner viii hereafter espe-
etally attend 70 cases IN the Supreme Court Of
TeDnessee, and IN the supreme Court and
Court Of Claims Of the United States at WASH
ipEton, being OF the nrzn OF PIKE & JOHN
son, OF thai city.
once In the MADAM VINCENT BLOCK,
corner OF Court and Second streets.
ALBEIT PIKE EOEERT ". JoBNsoS.
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NOTICES.
NOTICE,

UyHERK viii be meeting of the Inoorpora-
i tors and stockbOldsrE or The MeViphis,
Eolly Springs, OkRlcna and Selma Railroad,
Al OkRious a. on MONDAY. November 9Th, for
ehs purpose ef organization. A prompt and
euil Ettendanee Is expected.
osiO \. 3. FORREST, President pro TEN.
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Notice.
Notice.

THAvE good EIGETY saw PRATT GIN,
i which l will sell cheap. refer 20 Messrs.
Gslbneath, Stewart 4 Co.
as Il 4. WRIGHT,
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Y HAvE ts,> beautiful and wen improved
Il Plantations - Lea county, Ca, within
enc OF me best rafIfoads n The State, Snd a
fne Lot and comn odious Dvei.lng In the city
which viii gladly sell OF eEehanEs Ior otheI
property, nearer 70 me-
apis A. WRIGHT.
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LAWYERS.

MARLAkD L. PERKINS,
Attorney at Law
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81 90 Preasesuns

NOR THE LARGEST EAR OF CORN DE.
H. P. BATES q CO.,
Commission Merchants,
aus sm No. 25e Front street.
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PIKE & JOHNSON.
Attorneys, OOInsellOrS & Solicitors
WARRINGTON. d e.

TTNHIs arm viii practice IN the United ststes
Supreme Court and Court OF Gains, and
viii attend 10 the recov cry Of debts. aCconuta
and claims sEainst the GoEerenaeft oT Endf-
Viduais. and 70 bEEiEeas 1esOro Congrezs or IN
the Departments.
Tne senior member OF the firm Qsfe OF the
Memphis Appesil has long been known IN tl1e
highest courts OF the country and the junior
has had large oxperIance IN dspartnn sutal and
ether business duTiDg many yesTa OF pu bic
ssrvios in the House and Senate. They offer
their best ard faithful services 10 these who
may need them jy5-sepl01y
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ITEMS OF ALL SORTS.

Rosa Bonheur is sixty I've years old.
-Gustsve Dore is Illustrating COoper's
novels for Tours publishing house.
Liverpool, owing to the iberality of
the people, will erect new gallery of
arf at 3 nflst OF f10 nll
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THE Ex KING OF NAPLES.

This * monarch, GIspite all bis ef-
forts, has 80 far been wholly unsuecess-
fui IN getting up any reaction in his IA
voF in the Eeapolitsn States; and he
has, moreover, lately received very de-
eided snub from Austria, his former ally.
He asked permission to make his home
in the Austrian dominioDs, bat Won
Beust replied that Austria could not give
shelter to any more agitators; and so
the poor young king THAT was) will have
still to keep his official residence in Rome.
How ne and his family must hate Victor
Emmanuel!
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The dethronement Of the Qusen of
Spain adds another to the list Of European
sovereigns who, by the course of recent
events, have been obliged to descend
rather hurriedly from their high posi-
tions. More kingly heads have fallen in
the lsst twenty years than in centuries
before. Luckily for the monarchs in
question, that the falling of heads has
been figurstive rather than literal.
Charles l. and Louis XVI. are probably
the last kings in civilized lands who will
be marched tn the seAfTold
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-15
Dissatisfaction of the Boys with
Farming.

AMONG the reasons for dissatisfaction
with farm life, is the fact that parents fail to
interest their sons in the farm and its sur
roundiDgs. Young people often wish to
have things look well about the buildings,
with snug little flower garden, etc. But
if they attempt to put things to rights they
are called off to the potato field in a manner
that indicates that attention to these home
matters is a waste of time and that time
spent about these Improvements is fooled
away
Isit strange that we get tired of drilling
on corn and potatoes, potatoes and corn all
the season? And when the produce is all
sold in the fall what share or interest have
we in the proceeds? When the boys visit
the city or village with empty pockets, and
see what other boys have, is it a wonder
that they determine to leave the farm as
soon as possible.
When farmers will endeavor to encour-
age their sons by giving them some per-
sonal interest in their business as co-part-
ners, or otherwise, as merchants do their
faithful clerks, and allow them the occa-
sional use of horse and carriage, and some
spending money, think they will have
less occasion to mourn over the uneasiness
Of the boys, and will find their sons more
willing to remain upon the old homestead
and cheer their declining age Adopt this
course and there will be less oilers in our
cities and villages-Cor " f. Farmer.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-15
To Cure Hens of Setting.

| TAKE two pieces of 2 by A scantling,
about five feet long, lay them fiat on the
ground two feet apart, and nail strips of
lath across from one to the other, about
two inches apart. On the under side,
near one end of this grating, / nail a
board to form a shelf for food and water.
Then, whitewashing it all over, place it
against the side of a fence or clubhouse,
about two feet from the ground, and in
vert an ordinary shoe case over it, first
whitewashing it. l confine my broody
hens in this place from three to six days,
and have never failed to cure the most in
veterate setter in week. l much prefer
this plan to the many cruel methods usual
ly resOrted to.
Spanish eggs should never be put under
a heavy hen. Last year put thirteen un-
der a large Brahma, and she broke every
one of them. The shells are so thin that
they will only bear the weight of light
hen. | find it most economical to put
from nine to eleven eggs under small or
moderately sized biddy. Dealers who sell
Spanish eggs would do well to caution
their customers against putting them I'M
der heavy hens, and save them the morti-
fication and disappointment of having
them broken during the process of incu-
bation.-C0r. Country Gentleman.
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turned into clean pasture, and not sheared
until the weather is too warm for flannel
jackets.
To shear sheep well requires practice
and patience. "
To have the sheep quiet, keep him in an
easy position; to cut the wool easily and
even, let the surface over which the shears
are passing be kept rounded out, and the
skin drawn smooth.
My way is, to set the sheep on his hind
quarters upon the floor, with mis- back to-
wards the shearer While in this position,
the brisket, belly, and edges of the flank and
thighs are shcared. Then the operator
kneels on one knee, lays the sleeps neck
over the other knee, and shears it carefully
on the left side, up to the head. He then
stands upon his feet, bends the Sleeps head
to the right side, and shears the fore leg and
left side around to within one or two clips
of the back bone, and so on to the thigh.
The sheep is then laid on the broadslde, the
hind leg extended with the shearers left
hand, and the wool clipped from that and
the bullock. The knee of the shearer LAID
over the sleeps neck keeps him quiet. The
wool left while going down the back, is cut
with clips lengthwise along the spine. The
sheep is then set up again and the other side
finished in like manner. All tag locks,
burs, etc, should be removed before shear
ing, and the floor be swept frequently to
keep straw or dirt from the wool-Amert,
can Stock J0uru0l
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tainly did intend to do little business on
my own account, at your expense, when l
TOOK my place with you in the same car
rage; and now you must be aware OF the
numberess opportunities had of taking
every farthing you were possessed Of if l
was so inclined. But, no; very soon
saw you had no money to spare, and to
spoil such as you, monsieur would be
worse than sacrifice. Above all, you
charmed me with your conversation and
adventures; you made me happy; was
again gentleman, and you treated me as
one. 1t recalled to my remembrance the
brighter period ofmy life-the time when
was free from crime-thc spoiled child
of a doting mother, who denied her dar-
ling nothing that wealth could purchase
And more, monsieur, having told you
something of my sad, evcntful life, | am
sure you will grant one favor Please re-
tire into the adjoining Dom, for just five
minutes, while pack up the few things
have, and be off.
On my return, instead of my travelling
companionI found missionasre from
the Messagerie Imperiale Steam Packet of
fee, who had been sent for my luggage
and to say that, owing to telegraphic
message just received from Paris, the
steamer would sail in less than quarter of
an hour. Having no time to lose hur-
ried ON board, and when in the act of
placing piece of money in the hand of
my conductor, a peculiar look and a deep
drawn sigh told me at a glance whom l
had before me; but so completely trans
formed in appearance as to defy the pos
sibility of recognition. | had merely a
moment to say, Goo on the stage; that is
your true vocation. Do not forget this !;
there is my card-write and let me know
if l can be of any service to you"
On all my travels, in my intercourse
with my fellow creatures, whether civil
lied or semi-barbarian, l never met with
one, however vicious, who had not some
thing good in his nature, if you happened
to strike the right chord. The high-born,
titled roue, who up to this time had been
celebrated only for crime, all at once
vanished from the world as if he never had
been. In short, he adopted the counsel l
had given him, changed his name, and is
now one of the most popular actors of
the day, as much respected for his virtues
as he is admired for his talents by every
man of his acquaintance.
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wear on two sides only A painter can
usually paint better with brush of an
oval form than with round brush
When selecting brushes, see that the
handles are not loose, and that the hair
does not come out. Brushes are liable
to burst loose from the binding when they
are bound with cord, unless the cord is
well painted Therefore, whether they are
bound with cord or wire they should have
two coats of paint applied to the binding
before they are used.
Before using paint-brushes or white
wash brushes they should be placed with
the hair end up and some good varnish
poured down against the butt end of the
handle, which will spread among the hair
and become so hard in few days that the
hair and handle will be so united as to
prevent the bursting of the brush or she'd
ding of hair. By turning few spoonfuls
Of good varnish into whitewash brush,
and by giving the leather band a good oil
ing, its durability will be increased some
times more than one-half.-N Y. Times.
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lantic States, during che Indian Summer,
come from region. entirely across the
continent. These minute atoms, examined
by the microscope, are found to belong to
vegetable organisms which are only pro-
duced on the plains at the base of the
Rocky Mountains, and the atoms are
waited hither through some wonderful
meteorological agency.
A NURSE girl in Galena, Illinois, has in
vented a new baby-jumper, which she put
in practical operation one day recently.
Her charge (an infant of tender age) grow
ing fretful, she tied it to sheet, let 1t out
of the window, three stories from the
ground, and amused it by raising it up
and down. The neighbors made the in
ventress haul in her model, and the dis
tracted mother, impervious to the extenuat-
ing claims of science, hustled the girl out
of the house.
DEATH, to the Christian" says John
Foster, 'is not what it has often been called,
Paying the debt of Nature No, it is not
paying a debt; it is rather like bringing a
note to the bank, to obtain solid gold in ex-
change for it. In this case you bring cum
brous body which is worth nothing and
which you wOul not wish to retain long
you lay it down, and receive for it from the
eternal treasure-house, liberty, victory,
knowledge, rapture"
A LYRIc-
=" Alas how easily things go wrong
sigh too much, or a kiss too long,
And there follows mist and weeping rain,
And life is never the same again.
d" Alas hardly things go right
IT'S hard to watch in a summer night,
For the sigh will come, and the kiss will stay,
And the summer night is winter day
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-15
The Teeth of Horse as an Indication
Of Age.

AT five years of age a horse has forty
teeth - twenty four molar or jaw teeth
twelve incisors or front teeth, between the
molars and incisors.
At birth only two nippers or middle in
cisors appear.
At year old, the incsors are all visible
on the first or milk set
Before three years the permanent nip
pers have come through.
At four years old, the permanent dividers
next to the nippers are cut
AT five the mouth is perfect, the second
set of teeth having been completed
At six, the hollow under the upper, called
the mark, has disappeared from the nippers
and diminished in the dividers.
At seven, the mark has disappeared from
the dividers, and the next teeth OF corners
are level, though showing the mark.
AT eight, the mark has gone from the
corners, and the horse is said to be aged.
After this time indeed good authorities
say that after five years the age of the
horse can only be conjectured But the
teeth gradually change their form, the in
cisors becoming round oval and triangu-
lar.-Ana. Stock Journal.
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How to Use Corn Cob Meal.

/ HAVE noticed quite a number of arti-
Giles upon cob meal. AS a general thing
it appears to be regarded as rather worth
less or not worth enough to pay for grind
ing. | am cob-meal feeder, and have
been for seven years, but should not use
it unless thought it profitable Some of
my neighbors laugh at me for thinking it
pays, but tell them that the condition of
my cows and the milk they produce are the
arguments that satisfy my mind. With a
family of seven, we have made this win
ter some twenty pounds of butter more
than we have used, from two cows, that
are coming in this spring. They have
had no meal except the cob meal, and
they look well, though they have been
obliged to eat some coarse fodder, as | am
short of good hay.
My manner of feeding it is this For
two cows about five quarts are put into a
pail, to which sufficient boiling water is
added to thoroughly scald it. 1t is allowed
to remain in the pail until morning, when
it is turned into the swill-tub, where the
sour milk and dish-water is kept, and
stirred together it is then ready to feed.
Now, if any one is disposed to try cob
meal on my recommendation, 1 hope they
will read what you said in speaking of the
exposure of orchards "Half of the con-
| troversies and half of the misunderstood
| ings between men arise from not under
standing what each other means by the
| words they use," because believe that the
same remark is applicable to our agricul-
tural experiments The directions given
are not understood, or not fully carried out.
In my opinion, cob meal has got its bad
name from the improper manner in which
it has been used If given dry, or stirred
up in cold water, / should expect to find
| it "didnt pay" = Cor. Now England
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Painting Buildings and Farm Imple.
mentS.

FARMERS should learn how to paint
their buildings, tools and farm implements
in neat and workmanlike manner; and
they may just as we'll do all their own
painting and vanishing as to pay some
painter twice as much as it is actually
worth to perform a given job. In the
Spring, and during warm days in Winter,
and at any other season of the year, if a
farmer has only little instruction in pre-
pairing paint and putting it on, he, and
those in his employ, may do all the paint
ing, when they could do nothing else
which could be of much account.
Farmers are quite apt to think that it
requires vast amount of wisdom and
skill to prepare paint and put it on, and
some painters like to make them think
that it is far better to pay very exorbi-
tant price to a painter to have an imple-
ment painted than to undertake to do it
themselves, and then fail. But there is TO
danger of failing in ordinary painting.
Suppose the first, or even the second coat
of paint be little too thick or too thin
when it is put en-, after it is on it will
preserve the timber just as well-which is
the chief object in painting-and no one
VIII care, to know, SO far as "looks are
concerned, after the implement has been
used twice, whether a novice or an expo
rienced workman painted it.
Common paint brushes are made of the
brlstles and coarse hair of swine. The lorg
hrlstles are assorted with no little care and
judgement and placed by themselves,
ana those of corresponding length are
put IN another place. They are then
tb out, Strengthened, and fastened to
hue handles; For ordinary painting, those
,h LING the longest hair are preferable, and
those brushes that are of an oval form ore
preferable to round ones. When the han
I uleS are round, ii is best to flatten them .
NIUE so tnat the brush in painting will