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commissioners Notice.

Commissioners Notice.
THE undersigned. having been appointed by tho
m.ssiOners % receive and decide upon all claims
o. ainst the estate OF Joseph II. Lord, late Of Lam.
erick, In sad county, deceased, represented inso-
vent aud Elk months ffvm Tire arst Tuesday Of bep-
tember being allowed kr the presentation ofclaims
aynlnst said estate NO hereby givo notios that No
shall meet 0r the purposes Aforesaid at the HOUSE.
OF Ivory Webbsr, IN said Limerick, on Thursday,
tho 9Th day 81 November. $50, and February q,
1871, ut two o'clock r. n on each OF sald days.
80 OLIVER q. HASTY,
WILLIAM HANCOCK.
Limerick, October n, 1870, 3wtjs
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State Of Maine.
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An exchange ef malls shall hereafter take plsos
between the tnItrd RATES of America and the Re-
public of salvador ny The ordinary routes. cf CON.
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and Panama, and between Ban RraDcisco end Pima
ma, and the government q Salvador 70 b q The
expense Of the rsnsportatiou thereof between Psn-
ANA and salvador.
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Jnpan and the Jnpnnese.-

A street called the Tekodia is the
Broadway Of Yeddo 1t is twenty miles
long, and very much crowded. But there
is vast difference in the appearance Of
the two thoroughfares. There are no
vehicles in use in Japan, and the pave
ments extend from one side of the street
to the other. No provision is made for
the passage of carriages, omnibuses and
wagons, for there are none in existence,
and persons on foot take possession OF
the whole highway. The entire metrop-
oils is built of wood, and one dwelling is
a representation of all.
A japanese house, at the first glance,
resembles a child's toy house on large
scale. The floor is raised about two feet
above the earth, and there is a covered
porch in front, resting upon the bare
ground. After entering the porch you
step up into the house, always leaving
your shoes behind you. 1t is considered
a very great breach of propriety to enter
dwelling without removing one boots.
As they wear only sandals, covered with
leathern thong, which they can shuttle
on or off in an instant, this custom is of
but little moment to the natives, but for
eigners find it a very troublesome one.
The porch answers as depository for
shoes, and, in passing house, the mum
Der of visitors may be known by count
ing the number Of pairs Of sandals on the
porch.
When the walls of house are up it
consists Of but one large room, which is
then cut up by partitions, which are
nothing more than sliding screens that
close up into each other, in fashion
that admits Of one apartment being di-
vided into dozen distinct ones instantly.
There are no chimneys attached to the
houses, and they contain no beds, chairs,
or tables. The floors are covered with a
series Of clean bamboo mats OF cushions,
each six feet by three, and nicely bound
with red or blue tape. They are stuffed
with light wood or moss, and are soft
and yielding to pressure as the heaviest
Brussels velvet. These mats fit in with
each other as regularly as the squares on
chess board, and the whole floor is kept
as clean and is busted as often as the
mahogany sideboard in the house Of a
Dutch burgher. No feck Of dirt is ever
allowed to rest upon the polished surface
Of the mating, and to step upon it with
pair Of boots would be a greater insult
than to make a footstool of a seven hun
dred dollar piano. The family sit upon
the mating all day, with their legs bent
under them in a shape that would give
any foreigner incurable paralysis in ff-
teen minutes, and they sleep upon it at
night. A Japanese pillow Is a curiosity
in lie way. II is nothing but a rocker Of
cradle. broad enough TO stand alone,
with semi-circular depression on the
upper side The Japanese lie full length
on the door. place not their head but
their neck in the crescent-shaped hollow
OF the upper side Of the pillow, aud rock
themselves asleep in . few minutes.
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REMARKABLE FIGHT.
A BOwie-Knife Tournament-BOth
COmbatants Killed.
Lowell kansas Cor. N. Y. Herald.l

Lowell lhansasl Cor. N d. L Herald.l
DR.. V. c. Lawrence, of Vacuna, Col
orado, recently of Philadelphia, has just
arrived here and furnished me the fol
lowing details Of one Of those bloody
tragedies enacted nowhere else than on
the borders:
On Tuesday election day) Joe and
Charley Bigger (brothers), Gus Norton
and Tom jackson, who had been driving
herd Of cattle into Missouri, passed
through here on their return home, in
Northern Texas. The men were all
Young, well mounted and armed, and
each possessed Of considerable money!
the proceeds of the sale of their cattle.
They stopped some two hours in this
place, and | had long conversation
with them. On Wednesday afternoon
they camped on the banks Of a small
stream in the Indian Territory, about
forty miles from here, and after stalking
out their horses and while cooking their
supper, sat down to a game Ofcards. They
had hardly commenced their game when
Orestes Watrous, (known as Cock-Eyed
Wat,l Theo. Allison aud Dick Bradford.
noted New Orleans gamblers, rode into
the camp. These gamblers were on a
Wofessicnal tour from Fort Scott, and
were bound for Buxton Springs and Kan
sas City. The new comers we're gladly
welcomed and invited to camp with the
herders, whichinyitatiO was quickly &C
eepted.
The sun being some two hours high. it
was suggested that there was plenty Of
time 70 have a social game or two Of
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cnn woman Keen n secret.

The Nineteenth Century, a periodical
published in Charleston, thus treats this
much mooted point:
Men say women can't keep a secret.
It's Just the reverse-women can, men
can't. Women carry with them secrets
that would kill any man. Woman never
tells; man always does. Woman suffers
and dies; man blabs and lives. Man
cannot keep a secret; woman cannot
make it known. What is sport to the
man is death to the woman. Adam was
a sneak. Eve would have kept the ap-
pie a secret. Be ye faithful. Who ever
heard woman talk about her lover :
fascos2 Everybody has heard a man
gossip. Man delights in telling Of his
illicit eonquests; woman would cut her
tongue out first. Men are coarse in their
club-room talk; women refined in their
parlor conversation. Who ever heard Of
woman telling Of her lovers2 Who has
not listened to the dissipation Of men2
Men boast, women don't Women never
tell tales out Of school; men are always
blabbing. So down with another old
adage. Woman can keep q secret, and
her ability to do so is proved by the con-
duct Of a 81. John New Brunswick girl,
who did not tell her lover she was worth
four millions in her own right until after
her marriage.
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lead his "dog-soldiers" on the war path,
BY this time it was more than evident
that on horseback the soldiers were no
match for the redskins Many of them
had never been opposed to Indians
before, many were raw recruits, and
their horses became SO dreadfully fright
ened at the yells and the smell of the
savages as to be quite unmanageable.
So Captain Barnitz gave the order to
dismount.
When the dismounted cavalry began
to pour well directed volley from their
Spencers, the Indians for the first time
wavered and began to retire. For two
hours Captain Barnitz waited with his
thinned ranks for another advance OF
the. Indians, but they prudently held
back and, after prolonged consulta-
ton, retired slowly with their dead and
wounded beyond the hills to paint their
faces black and lament the death of one
of the brayest leaders of their inhuman
race.
! have seen in days gone by sights
horrible and gory-death in all its forms
of agony and distortion-but never did
| feel the sickening sensation, the giddy,
fainting feeling that came over me when
| saw our dead, dying and wounded after
this Indian fight. A handful of men, to
be sure, but with enough wounds upon
them to have slain company if evenly
distributed. The bugler was stripped
naked, and five arrows driven through him,
while his skull was literally smashed TO
atoms. Another soldier was shot with
four bullets and three arrows, his scalp
was torn off and his brains knocked out
A third was riddled with balls and ar
rows; but they did not succeed in getting
his scalp, although, like the other two,
he was stripped naked. James Douglas,
a Scotchman, was shot through the body
with arrows, and his left arm was hacked
to pieces. He was brave fellow, and
breathed out his life in the arms Of his
comrades. Another man, named Welsh,
was killed, but all subsequent search
failed to discover his remains. Sergeant
Wylyams lay dead beside his horse; and
as the fearful picture first met my gaze,
| was horror-stricken. Horse and rider
were stripped bare Of trappings and
while around them the trampled,
ground showed the desper-
alton of the struggle.
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INSURANCE.
MASONIC MUTUAL
Life Assurance Association,
OF MEMPHIS. TENN.
OFFICE: NO. o UNION STREET.

First Question--How much per annum will
it cost a man of thirty-fve to insure his life in
the old modeY
Answer-sl34 for a IS, 900 policy.
Second Question-HOw much will it cost in
the Masonic Mutual Assurance Association of
/ Memphis?
Answer-About sS7 50, payable at intervals.
(See table of standard authorities at oiiice.)
Third Question-Why this difference for the
same risk?
| Answer-lst. Because by this plan the Asso-
| citation only calls for enough in initiation fees
! (the interest upon which will finally pay work
ing expenses), and the S2 at death to pay losses.
ID. If there are no deaths. no tax.
! Fourth QuestiOn-How can you afford to in
sure so much less than the old mode.
Answer-Because we do not charge enough
/ in advance to pay you one-half back In diyi-
I dends out Of your OWN money paid in premiums
Fifth Question Is policy insurance upon
the Mutual plan the same in all respects, save
as to charges?
$500 policies. and is kept to that standard in
numbers, there is no difference, except that
you are taxed only at the death of a member
while in the old mode you are taxed whether
losses or not. and that in advance.
Sixth Question-Will policy holder in this
Association receive a dividendl
Answer-Yes; from all accumulation which
may accrue from forfeiture and surplus interest
Seventh Question-How are your funds in
vested?
Answer-Under direction Of the Finance
Committee, on unincumbered real estate, val
ued at twice the amount of the investment, or
undoubted city acceptance.
Eighth QuestiOn-Does the Association pay
to the heirs Of the policy two dollars for
each enrolled member who has heretofore paid
all assessments, should any member fail to
pay on last assessment?
Answer-Yes; as the Association holds in its
permanent fund, paid in by initiation fee, an
amount in excess of any amount it will be at
one time called upon to pay on the death of
member.
We insure from Is to 80 years 32-t
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INDIGNANT CADETS.
How the Recent Court Martial De
cisfOn was Received Mt West Point

WEST PoINT, November Is.
The greatest excitement that has re-
lieved the usual routine Of military
monotony at this post, since the battle
with dipper weapons between cadet j
W. Wilson and (colored) cadet j. w.
Smith, occurred to-day when the news
was received of the War Department {
action on the verdict of the recently,
convened general court-martial. Had
the accused been sentenced to be led
out and shot, public astonishment could
scarcely have been greater. The gene
raj expectation was that if Smith es-
capped dismissal, he would be severely
reprimanded, and no one was prepared
to hear such decision as has been
made. Tie cadets are almost all indig-
nant and disappointed. 1t does not
seem that they desire to injure the ac-
cqsed, nor to glory in his punishment;
but they assert that he has been guilty
Of prevarication and inconsistency
that his cadet honor is sullied and that,
black or white, as he may be-while
in a cadet uniform, he is identified
with the corps and institution, And
that now he is released from all
penalty and responsibility for the
past, and in degree promoted to the
rank of q martyr to color and race, be-
fore his sympathizers in the nation at
large, they are mortified beyond mea-
sure. Every one in the vicinity of the
court-martial was convinced that, with
the single exception of General How
ard, the court intended to place pen
atty, equal to the gravity of the olIense,
against Smiths name. The cadets feel
that Smith has not been justified, and
they, as a body, have been wronged.
The sentiment against Smith is more
unanimously bitter and intense than
ever The previous adopted resolution
to taboo any in the corps who affiliated
in any way with Smith will be more
rigidly observed. Should anotifer COLI
sion occur, it is plain that the result
would be more serious than before. Had
he been reprimanded, and his action de-
clared guilty, the feeling of prejudice
would be greatly Modified. With one or
two exceptions the officers, although
they dare not say so, share the same
feeling with the cadets.
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p. S.-All goods packed. shipped and dely-
cred in city free of charge. 1853
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James Russell, Of Sutton, n. a, som
mitted suicide Monday afternoon By
hanging himself in his barn. A piece Of
paper was found on which he had written;
q came into the world in 1900; have
lived seventy years and seen the ma
chine. but don't understand IT, I came
into the world BY the neck, aud Il they
will accept me viii 20 out By the neck. 7
Il is thought he was insane.
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Monuments. Tonbs. Head and Fool Stones,
Nantes, Vases. Counter and Table Iops. Fur
niture slabs. etc, Of the best Italian and
American Marble. 81 Northern prices. l1i
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BUSINESS Hovsss.
/, ,ANK-FIRsT NATIONAL OF MEMPHIS.
II. s. Davis, Pres't; Newton Ford, v. p.

DANK-FIRSTN NATIONAL OF MEMPHIS.
ID II. S. Davis. Pres't; Newton Ford. v. p.
BOWMAN, @. H., MACHINIST AND
ID Scale Factor. 202h Main street. Special
attention given TO repairing scales. - ~
NITY BANK, NEW BANK BUILDING.
Il. @. Kirk. Cashier; j. A. Hayes, Jr.. Asst.
OtAR0LINA LIFE ms. CO., 42MADI5QN
" st. j. Davis. Pres't; W. r. Boyle. seo'y.
nICKINS0N, WILLIAMS * co., COTTON
~ Factors, 2l0 Fisnt street.
T,MAi0Ns a SON, BOOKS, STATIONERY.
II Magazines. etc.. 10 Jefferson and 63 Beal.
L,ISHER, AMIS & co., ,MARBLE-W0RKS
IL and Drain Pipe, cor. Adams and Second.
GOEPEL. LEOPOLD, AGENT. DEALER
VI In Organs and Knabc's Pianos, 80 Main.
HEINRICH, P. II. BRO. C0NFEC-
III tions, Groceries. Liquors, etc., "a Main.
NTcC0MBS. KELLAR a. BYRNES, HARD
Nl ward Cutlery, ETC., 3221s and 324 Main.
ORGILL BROS. 4 CO., HARDWARE, CUT
" lery. Agricultural Implements. Sl2 Front.
CTEAM DYERS & CLEANERS
y Hanson a Walker Qate Hunt 4 Hanson).
246 Second street.
UTHITMoRE, E., STEAM JOB PRINTER,
wv 13 Madison street.
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LOUISVILLE ROUTE.
Winter Schedule.
Takes Effect November 81, 1870.

Brownsville and Nashville train leaves daily
at 4:5 pm.
DaiIy through train TO Nashville and Chat
tanooea without change Of cars. Leave at
4.30 p.m.a arrive in Nashville at 5 Am,
ChattanOoGh at 7;l0 p.m.. next day.
The train leaving Memphis at As ,. m. runs
daily. The is am. train does not run on Sun
day. Both trains run through TO Louisville
without change. Elegant sleeping cars run
Through on the 1 As pm. train from Memphis
10 Louisville. connecting at Louisville with
through cars 20 Philadelphia, Cleveland, Buff
falo and New York, without change Only
one change from Louisville to Baltimore,
Washington City and Boston. Befths and
staterooms. in through cars. can be engaged
Al the Ticket once. BIZ Main street.
r. BOYD, Superintendent.
Jas. SPKED. Ticket Aren't. 9-62-t
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LUMBER
LuMRERI IuMRERl

WARD ESTABLTsHED IN 1877. n
II connection win our large AMI vel -
lecicd stock 81 Dry Lnmber. ~ have oarraa-
mill in The hary Yard. With a caracIiy n 1l.
Lafh maehines-keep boa n1ufl and hand
nab ehin1icai iramIrr arH uinana|In
luuhcr kept On hand IfrTIrI il-r- fEfr| 1|I
klntfi Witt nd y leIIp. fIne. lTfrIU Al
rourh and drfrE1d I0arF. rl1H AL +. II|I.
Ienrlrr. Ped Cedar tr1rr raIf.
lari fu1f n Naah|Frfnn =. nearrI9aT
i1da1s-i n. \. a ,. W. C0CHnfE.
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MEMPHIS AND NASHVILLE
SHORT LINE.
Memphis and Louisville, and Nash
VILE and NOrthwest'n railroads.
Via M c IA e N ri e .
Two Passenger Trains Daily.
40 Miles Shorter than via Decatur
20 10 Nashville.
Shortest. Best. Quickest Route.

The only route by which passengers are not
compelled to change cars.
Sleeping cars run directly through to Nash
vile only by this route.
Baggage and passenger cars run through to
Nashville and Chattanooga on the passenger
train leaving Memphis at 4 80 pm.
Save time. distance, and the delays and
troubles incident to changing cars at unseas-
enable hours. ~
p8y- Get your tickets at 2371a Main street, or
at Depot, head Of Main street. Take tne
through sleeper or a seat in one Of the through
passenger cars of this line. Advise your
neighbors, friends. and the travelling public to
take the Short Line, via Mckenzie, going to
or returning from Nashville. Chattanooga,
Knoxville, Bristol. Lynchburg, Atlanta,
Rome, Augusta. Macon, Savannah and
j. W. THOMAS, General Sup't.
W. l.. DANLEY,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
W. II. LANDS,
Passenger Ag't N. and N. * w. r. r.
JAMES SPEED. Ticket Ag't,
67-t 2371S Main street.