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Making Haste to be- Rich.

The dreadful domestic tragedy which
has Just occurred IN Philadelph phia4Athe.
murder by an insane husband Of his wife
and two children, and his subsequent sui
cide-is full Of warning to a large class Of
men who believe themselves to be pecu-
liaTly exempt ptfremintelectusl iHfrmities,
Mr. Blackstone, the unfortunate gentle.
manfwho destroyed himself and family.
had investedhis capital ina business which
wasreally prosperous and profitable; but
by the dishonesty Of an n'aocountaTt, % con.
siderable amount Of cash had been EN-,
bezzed. There was no deficiency which
the resources of the partnership were not
ample to meet but the theftand loss of SO
large q sum ev eTthreVv the mind Of Nj.
Blackstone, until ip hiamadness hesought
with perverted tenderness to save those
whowere dear to him from want BY con
signing them to the tomb. The motive,
If aman in his condition can be said to
havea motive, was undoubtedly creditable
TO the bestieel lings Of his nature but the
original delusion was d mistaken notion,
melancholy and morbid over estimate Of
The yalueand Importance of money. This
delusion has at all times been d fruitful
source ofinsanity It has flllea the brains
of5lqualid alchemists with dreams at
once 3 pleasure and q pain it has be,
guiled the halGClad and ha1f-fed mi
ser into q c0ntentment with na.
kedness and an indifference to hun.
geri 1t has destroyed the Sweet
estnatural relations and changed brothers
TO oenemies; it has caused those who were
atarst ingenuousto to become badly subtle
and full of dissmulaton h Il has proved
toostro ong for const itutional benevol lence,
and has made Tho hand close and gripping
which nature meant shouldbe generously
open il has developed new forms 81
felony and led men into peculiar aud ire
sisible temptations II las provoked dis.
graceful breaches 0f the most sacred
Trusts and the cruel spoliasion Of the wild.
oRand the fatherlessj and for more than
amoietyof all the pain and misery n
this grosning eobeitls either directly b
indirectly responsible But avarice car
hardly becondder at this time as . dis
tngulshing mark of the money maker
4 Generalyif ha gains have been great
his expenditures have kept pace With
them, and he has been enxio1a to pro
claim BY luxiflous orteutalion th6 COLDER
iavors which have been bestowed upox
/ him But il q easy 70 seethat this pro
/ hmion onlg addato Ills ecger appetite bj
increasing tho demand upon his ehecl
book 20 beglqi1 contents the lnisee G
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Strange Svmpatiy,

PRooHAsKA, the eminent Psychologist,
used to mention in oneof his lectures
how, travelling ia Bavaria, he put up at a
small inn at Tetschen Brod, where, being
weather bound, he passed his days in
writing Not liking the meager accom-.
mediation of a little village inn, he begged
that at least they would provide him with
aeomfortable arm chair. After some de-
Jay a large, high-backed, old leatheTn
throne was placed in his room, with many
iniunCtions 10 treat it carefully he well
coined, the annexation with delight, and
at once proceeded to avail himself Of its
comforts. Scarcely, however, had he been
seated in It half an hour, when he was
seized with pain In the back Of the neck,
which extended gradually down the spine.
These pains left him after he went TO bed,
and returned when he resumed his place
in the chair next morning Sometimes
they came systematically, and forced him
to cry out sometimes they began slightly
and then increased in severity, gradually
engaging one nervous center after another
and causing intense suffering Butall the
symptoms would slowly subside on re-
moval from the chair, instantaneous
ly returHing when he went back to
It. There was scarcelya form Of neural
gia he did not experience. The facial
nerves were constantly the seat of suffer
ing, and his sciatic agonies were terrible.
He examined the chair carefully and
thoroughly. He rippid open the leather
covering, and he investigated the hair
stufing beneath. he tested the vsrnish
on the wood and, in fact, left nothing
undone. that might throw light on the
curious influence of evil this antique
piece Of furniture possessed, but to no
purpose. Nothing came Of all his perquij
sition, and nc was driven to seek il the
history of the chair could afford any ex-
,planation, of these phenomena. To his
aGnazemert he learned that his landlady
had borrowed the chair from a doctor in
the village He had used 1t for years in
his study and III it some hundreds of
patients had undergone the various oper-
ations. of surgery. The well-worn arms,
showing where agonized hands bad
graspsd ebhYulsively, the patched leather
attested the violence which had attended
these struggles I bought the vicious
old seat, and had it hacked up before my
eyes, and the fragments thrown, into the
Elbe," said the Professor, but the lesson
it taught me ! have never forgotten. =
st PguL's Magrsine. .d I'm
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Why DO Not Our Teeth Last Our Life.
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THAT they are made as perfect, If the
right naterials are furnished, there can
not be doubt,
But are the necessary elements fuf-
nished to children as they are the young
Of the other snimals2 And DO we not
subject our teeth to deleterious influences
from which animals that obey their natu.
raj instincts are exempt2 sd
The forming young Of other animals,
while dependent on the mother, get Lime,
and phosphorus, and potash, and silex,
and all the other elements Of which the
teeth are composed, from the blood Of
milk of the mother and she gets them
from the food which nature provides con-
tanning these elements in their natural
proportions.
But where can the child in its forming
state get those necessary elements, whose
mother lives principally on starch, and
butter, aud sugar, neither Of which con
tains a particle Of lime, phosphorus, potash
or silexf Nature performs no miracles.
She makes teeth as sglass is smadei by COM
bining the elements which compose them
according 10 her own chemical principles
And this illustration is more foTolble be-
CAUSE the composition Of the enamel Of
the teeth and Of glass Is very nearly iden-
teal both at least requiring the coinbl-
nation of slick with some alkaline princis
pie, a6
II, then, tho mother Of an unborn or
nursing infant lives on white bread and
butter, pastry and confectionery, which
contain no slick, and very little Of the
other elements which compose the teeth,
nothing short of 4 miracle can give her d
child with good teeth, and especially with
teeth we'll onameled,
Bubwhat article Of food will make good
teeth Good milk viii make good teeth
for itmakes them lor calves Good meat
will make good teeth, forit makes them
fof lions md wolves Good vegetables
sud fruit VIII make good teeth, for they
make them for Monkeys
Good corn, oats, barley wheat rye and
indeed, every thing chat grows, will make
good teeth, II eaten in Their natural state
mo elements being taken out for every
one og than does make teeth lor horges
tceF{s Hheep, or sons olheg aniuat Hul
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ern' Yotary ofPlutus. This is hota feel
ing which is confined to Wall street, nor
does il Influence those alone who stir the
foundations Of the M arket by large trans
actions, ia mans sphere be mar
row one, within that sphere he wish.
es TO be thought successful; and he
looks eagerly forward from the twilight of
small things to the broad MONDAY of un.
limited opulehce Such passions are CON
.tagious, and are shared by most of those
who buy and sell. Pecuniary losses be-
come the worst Of misf6rtunes; he who
owes and cannot pay is the vilest of crimi
nails rivals in trade are hated, and, If pos
'sible, crushed, until society seems TO be
4held together only by the cohesive power
of mutual loss and gain. Here and there
Is n man who is driven from his eauani
nifty BY the prospect Of insolvency, and
is half mad because he aspromised what
he cannot perform; but failure TO most is
distasteful because II viii entaiIa diminu-
ton ofimp mportanceand imply want of conn
mereial talent. A third or fourth place
in the race may content the majority, but
10 be wholly distaneed is intolerable In
one Of Mr., Irving's earliest but most ex-
iquisite sketches there is the story of q
merchant who was oyertaken by bsnk7
ruptcy, and whose principal thought was
oe the diseemfofts and privations which
his yOungand lovely wife would be forced,
IN consequence Of his reverses, to suffer.
It is hardlynecessar to remind the read.
er of the delightful moral Of the tale--of
the cheerful aeQ1iesence of an amiable
and loving woman in misfortune, Of
the summer light which her pres
ence difused throughout the new
and humble home. "a. If men
would but remember how many excellent
pleasures, how many elevated pursuits,
how manyof the Worthiest ends, arequite
independent of mere material wealth If
they would but consider the ambitions
which best become .nlra better nature /; II
theywould think how truth, and love,
and constaIcY and selfsacridce are often.
est the most beautifully developed in an
atmqsphere of poverty; if they. would
but reflect that no bankruptcy can deprive
them Of the charms ofnature, of the graf.
iflcatlons Of study, of the happiness Of
home, they might be less esger in the pur
suit Of wealth, and less inoonsolable fol
theloss ogtit, But we have forgotten tht
better half of helesson which Dr. Franklin
taught us. Weare willing enough tothriv,
luxuriantly, but we are not willing to en-
joYmodeTately 1t is safe to say that nom
Of the adnonitions of that fine old man
which are oftenest quoted in defense 0
acquisition, referred to enormous aggrega
E-tions Of private wealth such as In ou
day have become almost too common 70
notice. Happy Is he who can hit upol
the happy medium; who can fairly deeid
for himself The relative value of differen
schemes Of life; and who can be conten
with poverty II it be his portion, or wis
| in the use Of wealth should it be Vouch
safed TO him7NelO York Iri6uas
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starch, sugar, lard, or butter win not make
good teeth. You tried them all with vour
ohild's first teeth, and failed and your
neighbors have tried them, and indeed al
Christendom has tried them, and the
result is that a man or woman at forty
with good, sound teeth isa very Tare 6x.
ception. .Dr.lA. [. U Bell0aos.
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Weheard old oceans sIillnn roar, flBM
And billows rolling nigh,
The sun had set, and where his rays "a e
Had left arosy glow, ''''t
Just where the twilight met the day,
The new moon hung her bow.
The white winged ships sailed bravelpby,l
The ocean breeze blew free--'l f l
Athousand stars were in the sky, y .-3 ?
thousand on the sea.
You talked to me Of ma And lovo,
s fouryoice was soil ardiOw;
The STARRY eyes that shOne above,
Looked down with gentle glow
Ana others wandered by the sea- 1~F~
Wand heard its sullen moan;
only heard It sing to me ~, esft
low and gladsome tone.
All, happy dream too bright to last Z s.
Too soon the moments lew-
On rosy wings they glded past,
heWhile talkedwith you. stsl
Ia. ButnOw walk the shore alone
g hear the moaning sea; -
IL has no more joyous tone,
No hopeful voice for me. ,F ..s.5 He. .a-l..s
The stars above restill as true, n
The crescent moon az bright, & n
The sea-breezs soft, as when, with you,
walked the shore that night
BbtnOw their charms, alas have flown,
I only hear the roar
OF oceans voice; alOne, alone,
Alone, walk the shore, -
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A pIsgnsted PoIIticIan.


, In 1912 there was in the City ofNew
York quack doctor named peaseo wso
spared neither money nor pains TO bTin g
his medicines before the publlC-uo adver-
tising dodge was left untried. Atthis
time the DoTr Rebellion psbroke out,
causing great excitement thrOue hodt the
country IN Philadelphia lived oldSam
Huyston, d violent politician, vWhoadvo-
Gated pacific measuresto endthS REBELLION,
prophesied dire calamities II any other
means were adopted, and expended much
.high-howh eloqu6s1ce Ia trying % convert
others to his opinion. One emornmp. as
he and some friends were standf ngO On his
office steps, conversing on tho alEimp or.
tant topic the newspaper arrived, and
quite a number Of persons gathe red round
Il hear tho news. EaiI0 ssid Old
sam; hjust as | told you, 1issen, fellow
citizens and he began toread inGloud
voice, with extravagant gesturea
"THE Dom REBELLloNl RI8d1
blood n BLOOD I'll Must thIs thing beY
Must brother slaughter brother and our
fair country be desolated hya civil war;
Il there no remedyg Yeb, theEe ID one
use PsGsgs CELEBRATED Ciatdfh S5spFiD
Sam stopped short, and d loo x Of blank
astoniahment overapread his { ace which
soon gave placs TO one Of immeraHe disgust,
Curse II be shouted, lhrOWing tho
paper on the ground and shmHoine on II,
Then shaking his fst &C The crowd, he
rushed into his Office and Stunned The
door, amid d perfect roar q las1 1ghteT. Y
a.. Il. a...1fI5 n.g.4G.
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RyMA.R EEFgS
VINO is Y They Say Ihear 90 much aboutY
Ia really like 10 find this person out.
ldo not understand ab0ut " They sayNit4 v,&F
Come, tell me who, and what he Is, / pray.
S,frhessay that bIr What,shis,name will drink,
nut tlata Ms bnsiess, not Whey saws vi think
Ana that he lives beyond bis means, and SO
fhey Say =" thinks everybody ought to know.
And there isMrs. such.a-one sho goes
Eo 8u me pic-nics, parties, halls and showlBs :
ana spends her time upon the street each day
When duty calls her home, SO says "They say.n
And then before you get chance 70 rest,i "a (
fhey Say" has talked Of You, and none the best;
has told your neighbors what you cat and drink
And how You dress, and allyou do, or think
How nAny timess week > yog scrub your A0ort,
And black your stove, and wash your Rltehen
doors;
. How often, and Just where you 20 each day,
And what you buy, and how yo1 ever pay.
Now, II have thing to say TO YOU'VE
Ill tell you so myself and you may do
The same by me it is coward's way,
To tell lie and chargeit to q Ihdy sayn e Z
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va ON TIE SHORE up
BY IN. Az.
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q q FAIE OF IOYtfb, ntaI btIsIOIl ing
land, were taking q walk, when some
slight disagreement arose between them,
and the young man walked hastily away.
The young woman soon went in search Of
him, and found that he had climbed a tree
and hanged himself by his handkerchief.
Nobody was near the spot and the girl
at once climbed the tree to cut her lover
down, but she had no knife with her, and
the only way by which she could effect
her object was By biting through the
knotted handkerchief This, with some
difficulty, she succeeded in doing, and the
youth fell on the ground insenaible he
was taken to hospital, and il was con-
sidered doubtful whether he would re-
f,nvar
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-11

differently must be treated TO vile abuse
and vulgar epithet, while argument and
common sense are driven from the
massive intellect which is so deeply
engaged in forging such god-like thunder
bolts. Compare your productions with
those OF assuming leaders, and see
whether the industry and skill requisite
to fashion, from heel to top, the trim
built steamship, that mocks the winds
aud waves in its onward course across
the seas, is not more indicative Of dis
cipline and intelligence than the puffy
paragraphs of the mere word artifcer
whether the brains that conceive ard the
hands that form the innumerable articles
so essential to the common veal are not
of more benefit to society than the work.
man of the scissors and paste pot, crib
bling and clipping other mems thoughts,
often making them ridiculous by attempt
ing to make them his own2 You have
nothing to lose by the comparison but if
you should come to the conclusion that
You are not as we'll entitled to respect
and consideration in the affairs of Gov
eminent, to have an equal right in the
selection of the public servants, to be az
we'll protected in your rights as any in
the land, then you will continue the dupes
of designing demagogues and scheming
partisans. You are not q whit behind
them in intelligence, while in industry
and usefulness you are ahead. The only
point in which you may not appear to ad
vantage is outside show; but whenever any
of you entertain the idea of I'D be but.
terhy," you have but to hunt conidihg
tailor, then repay his confidence by strut.
ting off and never stopping until you get
through the Court of Bankruptcy, when
you can ease your conscience by appear
ing as one of the gayest insects Of the
hour. Remember, l do not recommend
you to "follow the leader" and pay
court to either Juno, Jove or Mars, or
even Bankruptcy; but just attend to your
work, and that will most benefit you.
You are too much in earnest to play the |
courtier with success, too we'll acquainted
with the stern realities of life, and have
too often manfullly overcome them to
descend to the position of mere hutter-
ers around any man, or set of men,
whose absorbing thought is to live by
their wits. Let such never again use you,
and your position will soon be as profit
able as it is honorable. COLD CHIsEL.
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THE PROPOSED TRADE BETWEEN
MEXICO AND THE UNITED
STATES.

The Mexican government has gotten
into a financial difficulty, and appeals
for money in a most piteous strain. The
frequent revolutions for the last hundred
years or more in this God-forsaken
country have left the people poor and
bankrupted the treasury ofthe State. That
the Government may get temporary re-
lief from present embarrassmenis, Pfesi-
dent Juarsz has proposed to trade o
portion Of the territory Of the Republic
TO the gnited States for small loan in
grsenbacks We can't say what Presi-
dent Grant will do in the matter, but
hope he may make better bargain than
did the former administration in the pur-
chase Of Alaska.
The territory now offered BY the Mexi-
can President Is that portion Of the coun-
try known as Lover California. and also
includes the port Of Gusysmaa. ThepsniH-
sular Of California, from what We have
heard, is in a volcanic state perpetually.
It's soil is sterile, and the country desu-
tute Of water. being heated BY sUbier-
rsuean Gre. There is Also range Of The
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-11
THE NEW DEMOCRATIC TICKET

All have doubtless read an account
Of the action Of the Democratic Conven-
ton ON last Saturday. The gentlemen
selected to run before this people are
sneb as every one can endorse without
hesitation. The universal feeling among
the friends of the Democracy ia, that the
Convention acted wisely in the selection
os their candidates. There was no dis
tinctiou made between Northerners and
Southerners in the choice of men. The
only question asked, was the aspirant
man of competent legal attainments, and
was he regarded by all as gentleman OF
undoubted integrity, The endorse
ment by the friends Of each aud
every candidate whose name appears on
the ticket at our masthead was sach as
10 convince convention of intelligent
citizens of the wisdom of choice so
commendable. There are some people
so professionally weak aud obtuse that 1t
is impossible to drive an idea into their
voolleu heads. We allude to Radicals,
who cannot observe the clear and obvious
distinction between carpet-bsgger and
a Northern gentleman. Every one South
knows that class of men we denominate
by the opprobrious epithet of carpet
hagger. IL is not the honest Northerner
Who comes South with the intention OF
settling permanently and investing
his earnings 10 some way amorg
the people that will tend to build up and
enhance the prosperity of the land from
which we all draw our sustenance. The
Nortberner, or asy other class Of men,
come from where they may, who in easa'
est propose to constitute part of our soci.
ETY. for the purpose of contributing mite
to the general welfare and the building up
of the waste places Of the South, shall at a !
times receive the warm hand Of greeting,
and shall be invited, when competent, to
sit 10 the high places of justice. The
carpei-baggers are the vullnres who prey
upon the body of our country. and after
they have sucked their ell Of our
rich blood they return to their
New England homes. where they may
spend their ill-gotten fortunes. He
it is we term carpet-bagEer who has
no reputation at home and comes Sodth
in a hunt after Office, regardless of the
rights of the men who cleared the lands
and made the country what it is By their
industry and frugality. The carpet'bag-
ger is also a man who associates with
negroes that be may be able to take adj
vantage Of their ignorance and ride on
the wave of tumult and passion into
office. These creatures are curse to
any country that they may go to. Little
use have they for any country, as Judge
Hunter says, unless by staying they may
hold and enjoy all the fat places, aud
thereby enrich themselves and pluuder
the people. These are nothing more than
political jayhawkers, who live of the
community by robbery.
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BY Ell E G. R A P Fl
LATEST TO NOON TO-DAY.
NEW YORK.

New YORK, May lit is reported
that the revenue authorities have re.
ceived orders to post cutter 10 watch
the movements Of suspicious vessels in
Esst river, 10 prevent filibusters leaving
by the He'll Gate exit, and another cut
ter in the lower bay to guard the Sandy
Hook exit. The former vessel took its
station last night off the foot of Tenth
street, in the vicinity Of he pier where
the suspected vessel, Quaker City, is
moorsd, All vessels attempting to leave
this port at night will be overhauled, de.
tanned and their cargoes and papers ex.
amined.
A Washington dispatch says it is
thought that the infamous proclamation
issued on the All of April by Count Val
mazella, the Spanish Commander in the
Eastern Department of Cuba, will, if
carried out, lead to trouble between
Spain and the United States Tia proc.
lamalion is regarded "a Official circles
here &c ana or the most infamous ever
issued by commander having preten-
sions to civilization, as there are many
American citizens in that part Of Caba.
1t is feared that sp indlscriminate execu-
ton Of the proclamation may result in
the shooting OF some of them. Should
any American citizen be shot under the
decree, our Government will be prompt
in furnishing the outrage; and it is under
stood that instructions TO this effect have
been sent TO Admiral Hoff since the
proclamation was issued.
Another Washington dispatch says
that gentleman, who arrived there to-
day direct from London, and who 10 we'll
acquainted with the leading statesmen
thera, asserts that Sir Henry Lytton
Bulwer had given notice that he would
on the evening Of May llth, call up the
Alabama claims treaty In the House Of
Commons He said that it was Sir
Henry's intention to speak at some
length, eriticising the action Of the
British Ministry, aud also to take excep.
tiona TO the course Of Mr.. Seward in pre-
oipitsting action on this subject after the
American people had condemned the
johnson administration at the ballot box,
District Attorney Garvin 10 prose.
cutting a case 10 the general sessions yes
lsrday, took OCCASION to say that il the
nan who saw the Rogers murder and
said "Jim don't do it." would come for
ward and tell who committed the deed,
be should have full immunity from pun
shment.
The public reception Of Warren and
Costello by their friends takes place on
Friday syen.GE at The Cooper Institute,
In irol on the Fashion Course to-day
between Lady Thorn and American Girl,
mile heats to wagon, for $1,000, Thorn
voa three straight heats in 2:3O. 2:27, and
229 The Girl was lame and broke in
each haat