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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For the LegisIature.
INSURANCE.
MASONIC MUTUAL
Life Assurance Association
OF MEMPHIS, TENN.
OFFICE. NO. o UNION STREET.


First Question. much. per an1num will
il cost man of thirty-five to insure his life in
Answcr~sls4 @ for a IS, 900 policy.
Second Question-How much will II cost IN
the Masonic Mutual Assurance Association Of
Answor-About $3.50, payable at intervals,
(See table Of standard authorities at our office)
Third Question: this difference for the
same risk?
citation only calls for enough in initiation fees
Uhe interest upon which will finally pay work
ing expenses), and the 81 at death to pay losses.
I'd. If there are no deaths, no tax.
Fourth Question-How can you afford 10 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 divi-
dends out of your own money paid IN premiums
Fifth Question--Is policy of insurance upon
the Mutual plan the same in all respects, save
Answer-After the Association has issued
$500 policies, and is kept 70 that standard II
you are taxed only at the death of members
while in the old mode You are taxed whether
losses or not and that in advance,
Sixth Question-Will a policy. holder in thii
Association receiye dlyidendr o,;on wh;.t
may accrue from forfeiture and surplus lntere1
Seventh Question--How are your funds In
vested?
Answer-Under directlon OF tne rihhhc'
Committee, on unincumbered real estate, val
ued at twice the amount of the investment, Of
undoubted city. aeceptance. y
Eighth Question-Does the Association pm,
TO the heirs of the policy holder two dollars TO
each enrolled member who has heretofore pait
ali assessments, should any member fail Il
pay on last assessmentY q.
Answer-Ies; as the Association holds in il
permanent fund paid in by initiation fee, al
amount in excess Of any amount 1t viii be a
one time called upon to pay on the death Of |
member. %
We insure from Is to 80 years. 32-5I
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How a Dog Committed suIeido.

Everybody knows the monotony o.
enormous gooseberries and three-heade'
calves with which some of our country
newspapers I'll their pages. Frenci
Journalists are more original. The Me
smorial de la Loire, for example, pub
IIishes an extraordinary story of th'
suicide of a poor old dog who wa
driven to this climax of despair by th'
.desertion of his master:
was walking, says the correspondent
/ Of that Journal, By the banks Of thu
'Loire. when | perceived a dog, some
thing Of a setter, trotiing up and dow
. bv the waters edge. he went and cam
with uneven steps, sometimes hasteninl
( his movements, sometimes stoppinl
F short as if he were pondering SOM
weighty matter His proceedings rod Aes
my curiosity, and coucealing myself be
blind some young trees, l determined I,
watch him. The dog, who wasold, thin
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MEMPHIS TENNESSEE THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3 1870

Dr. Lincoln says that the amount o.
thrown into General Kilpat
|rck's system by the operation, il con
centrated, would transform a piece Of
the hardest kind of coal the size of q
marble intoa coal Of fire.
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The French Provisional Government 4
commencing TO discover the cause 0
much Of the French army's misfortune
and are taking steps TO enforce the mos
rigid discipline. This is laying the ak
70 the root in time.
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Plans, prohles and Specifications may be ex'
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The Company reserves the right TO reject any
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The favorable character Of this work recon.
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The VICTORY

By continuing the powders, the write
assures the reader that perfect success
land glorious victory are attainable. In
desire for drink win be completely eradi
Gated, and its return viii not be hkel,
Ito occur.
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STATE OF WISCONSIN, 90
CorNTy oF MITWAuKFE. os'

], James Hickcox, Clerk Of
Nv. II. Farnham, whose name
thereof, n Notary Public in and
,oaths for general purposes; and
wv. Ii. Farnham, and verify bell
In testimony whereof, l hav,
|day Of July. 1870.
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CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS.
Drunkenne,s is NOT IncurabIe

Putnam's Monthly, for August, dis
5cusses the question of inebriety with
practical originality. We subjoin some
3of the Suggestions:
THE BEGINNING.
There is no "tapering off with the
adevil.
Either he has got you, or he has moi
1got you.
The first part Of the medical treat
ment in this physical disease requires
Z the immediate removal of the patient
1from all disturbing influences, of what
lever nature.
There must be no noisy children about
3no quarreling women, no scandalmon'
gers pouring out their distilled venom tc
liar upon his nerves and disturb his
Spirit. He must have absolute quiei
J and repose.
But to obtain this, there need not bt
recourse to an asylum.
There is none so poor, who is worthy
( to be saved, who has not q friend.
Let him, then, reach some friend, trus
and confde in him, and obtain the re
{quireJ shelter, rest and attendance for
flew days.
Having then gained this temporary asy
dlum, we will say that he drinks his usua
( allowance of liquor, and retires to bet
in his usual condition of inebriety.
4 THE PRESCRIPTION.
4 He has taken care, in his steadie
3moments, to provide himself with twelv'
atwenty- grain powders of bromide of pc
4tassium, which he will get at a first-clas
zdrugstore on presenting the following
zprescription, which he can either obtail
'sfrom a physician or write for himself
HUT it is best to submit it to physician
4before presenting it;
PRESCRIPTION.
q r. Potassii Bromici, 3 j.
Il sigma. vi. Pulv.
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4sTATE OF WISCUNbIN, a.
A COUNTY OF MILWAUKEE. 30
John II. Van Dyke, Presiden
7Life Insurance Company, Of Mil
land say that the foregoing is a FL
ipany; that the said Insurance c
,sand Dollars of actual cash asset
bonds and mortgages of real esta
flor which the same is mortgaged
ssurance Company.
'cuhscrihed and sworn To before Z
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CrYoF LEAvENy
Kansas being duly s eeTrany
Of
described
.and belief, A. MOORE, Secretary
Subscribed and to before me this 18th day JONES Public
STATE
90
do
ehe
eandp
PENNBBAkER Comptroller d
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DLANTATIoN AND CROP MORTGAGES
il for sale in quantities TO suit, a thn onos.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-03
ENGLAND.
Earl Granville on the Policy aud Course of
nt nd

Earl Granville on the Policy and Course of
England.
In the House of Lords, on July 1S, Earl Gran
Vile, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the
course of his response to the inquiries of Earl
Russell, said:-
1t is too true that yesterday evening the de-
claration of war was forwarded from France to
Berlin-a fact that will illnecessitate an immediate
proclamation of neutrality on our part. / am
happy to say that a fortnight ago our relations
with France, Spain and Prussia were OF the most
friendly character. During the last ten days
we have used to them the strongest language
compatible with their dignity and our self
respect; and l am happy to think that that Ian
guage has not affected those friendly relations.
Whatever may be the habit of free discussion
in this country, am quite sure your lordships
will think that her Majesty's government are
bound to maintain that dignfed and calm atti-
tude which will best enable us to maintain our
rights as neutrals, to behave with perfect justice
and impartiality to all concerned, and finally,
when these clouds give signs of disappearance,
to act with most effect for the purpose of restor
ing peace. (Cheers.)
Hir. Gladstone Getting Ready for "Contin-
On the same evening, Mr.. Gladstone, in
answer to questions put to him in the House of
Commons, said-
With regard to the question whether, in ac-
cordance with the recommendations of the
Royal Commission of 1868, iG is our intention at
once TO introduce a measure to amend the exist
ing law, and to strengthen the hands of the eX-
isting government in order better to enforce its
observation, we have taken into our considera-
tion the recommendations of the Royal Com
mission of 1865 and without pledging the gov
eminent to precise terms it is our intention to
introduce a measure for the more complete full
fment of the obligations that may be considered
to attach 10 us in whatever contingency may
ARISE under the law of nations with regard to
ships departing from our ports
Parliament Urged To ReIicence.
The London Times urges that, taking the war
as fact, and looking TO the future rather than
the past, it will be wise for Parliament at least
to keep itself free from any appearance OF taking
a side. 1t may be impossible for individuals TO
refrain from sympathy with one combatant or
the other. But, so far as men OF position, who
either are or may be ministers, commit them
selves to partisanshlp, SO far will the influence
of England be weakened when the time for its
exercise comes.
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QuievraiD, Oman, and Mouscron. In this
movement of troops, and in placing them
upon a war footing, Belgium, we are con-
vinced, has but one object in view-absoutely
to insure her own neutrality. We con-
gratulate her upon it, but King Leopold and
his newly-chosen ministers must not forget that
this neutrality must be energetically and equally
means of defense against both sides should be
absolutely identical. We, for our part do not
believe the reports which attribute to the Bel
gian crown or ministry any word or act showing
that they have inclinations which a neutral
country ought not allow to appear, or even to
entertain. AS sovereign of a nation whose
foreign sympathies are still more widely various
than their opinions upon domestic politics, the
Kings duty in the first place, and his interest in
the second, must enjoin him to a strict and alb
solute neutrality, so that neither his subjects
nor neighboriDg nations should be able even to
infer the sentiments of the King or his family.
Preparing n for the Worst.H
The Independence Beige contains the following
announcement
The concentration of the troops of certain
garrisons on Antwerp is certain The Belgian
Government is taking other measures which the
situation enjoins. These steps are the result of
the new law as to the organization of the army
and the service prepared by the War and Public
Works Department for mobilizing aud concen-
trating troops in case of need. Great as is the
reserve which we have determined to maintain
under these circumstances, we think that we
may state that two corps ddrr1ee are about to
be formed one of two and the other of three
divisions, and that one of them will be under
the command of Lieutenant-Ge General Baron
Chazal We believe, also, that everything is
ready to summon to the standards, if necessary,
the three classes of militia.
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ria, the most powerful of the three South Ger
man States, is covered by Baden and Grand
Ducal Hesse; but the Bavarian Palatinate is on
the left bank of the Rhine, between the Rhine
province of Prussia and the river, and
lies open to France, except as it may be
considered to be protected by the fortress of
Landau. The governments of these two
States give an undubitable proof of their sin
cerity when they join Prussia in the defense of
the common cause; for, besides pledging their
exertions to their ally, they expose their
countries to the brunt of the attack. Baden has
lost no time in responding to the French sum-
mons: she replies by blowing up her end of the
fine railway bridge which at this point forms a
communication between France and Germany.
When Baden was a member of the late Ger.
manic Confederation Rastadt was the fortress
on which its defense rested, and Kehl, although
it had been fortified by Vauban, and formerly
stood some memorable sieges, was dsmantled.
The alliance of Bavaria, Wurtemberg, and
Baden with Prussia at once increases by
100000 the population which was previously
committed with all its resources to the prosecu-
tion of the war with France. 1t gives to the
King of Prussia the command of armies num-
bering 269, 600, of whom it is not rash to assume
that $4,000 or 10000 are already under arms.
1t adds Rastadt and Landau to the number of
fortresses opposed to the French advance, and,
lastly, it extends the theatre of war.
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ROME.
The Preliminaries of the Recent Evacuation
The Papal Government Gives It's Assent.

The Prelminaries of the Recent Evacuation
The Papal government Gives It's Assent.
The Roman correspondent of the ALgenleine
Zeitung says that the French ambassador, NJ. de
BanL evile, has handed to Cardinal Antonelli
note from his Government relative to the occu
patton of Civita Vecchia by French troops.
In this note the French Government states
that it has been urgently requested by Italy and
other powers to put an end to the French occu-
patton of Rome, and that before giving def
mite answer to those demands the Duke de
Gramont thinks it necessary first to consult the
Holy See, as the most interested party, on the
subject. He therefore invites Cardinal Auto
nelli openly to state whether there is any ground
for fearing attacks on the integrity of the Papal
territories in the event of withdrawal of the
French troops, in order that France may be
enabled to take an accurate view of the situa-
ton, and regulate her policy in pending ques-
tions accordingly To this Cardinal Antonelli
replied that complete peace now reigns in all
parts of the Papal States, and that the Papal
Government has force at its disposal which is
more than sufficient both to prevent any dis
turbance of public peace in the interior of the
country. and to repel all attempts at Garbaldian
or Mazzinian invasions from without. The Car
dinal concludes by observing that although, if
the Papal territory were attacked either by
regular troops or by volunteers, directly or in
directly supported by the Italian Government,
they could be easily disposed of by the Papal
militia, such campaign could not fail to dis
object of the French occupation. The Cardinal
hopes that no such event will occur, even if
France were to withdraw her troops, and that
no serious danger to the peace of the Papal
States and the security of the Holy Father is to
be apprehended
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RECONSIDERATION.
The London "Tmes" Upon the Death of the
French hlinister.

The London ''Times'' Upon the Death of the
French Minister.
An editorial article in the London Times on
the suicide of VI. Prevost-Paradol has this final
paragraph
ave have spoken of NJ. Paradol as he was-a
prominent power in the politics and literature of
France; but we cannot deny ourselves the privilege
Of recording more personal relations with him.
We may far depart from the custom which
happily distinguishes English Journalism as to
acknowledge that the powerful criticisms on French
politics from "a Partisan correspondent, which
appeared at weekly intervals in our columns
until few months since, were contributed by NJ.
Paradol. 1t is not for us to dllate on the
merits Of style and the force OF thought
which adorned essays still fresh in the
memories OF our readers. They showed his singular
mastery OF our language, and that knowledge OF our
institutions which enabled him to illustrate his judg-
mens the affairs OF his country by references
to ourselves. His gifts and graces, his natural
energy, and his acquired treasures OF knowledge and
thought are now lost, and lost under circumstances
that must ever perplex aud sadden US. Suddenly,
in the full pentitude OF his powers when yet at the
threshold OF lfe having barely accomplished forty
years, he has taken himself away from us. We can
not but mourn such catastrophe whatever judg-
ment we may be compelled to pass on the act that
produced it-if, indeed, M. Paradol were master of
his reason at the moment when he terminated his
earthly existence"
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FROM THE PACIFIC COAST.
Printers Strike.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3. - The principal
newspapers on this coast, with the exception of
the Morning Call and Bulletin of this city, and
the book and job offices, have temporarily
acceded to the demands of the striking printers
for an advance from sixty to seventy-five cents
per thousand ems. The Morning CAL and But
letia have telegraphed East for workmen, and
in the meanwhile are struggling along, having
firmly resolved not to accede to any of the prin-
ters demands
The Fur Trade.
The steamer Alexander has arrived here from
Sitka with 81, 600 fur skins.
General Davis had been on O visit to the
islandsof st. Paul and st. George to investigate
the reported maladministraton in those islands.
1t is said that he found matters in terrible con-
dition, through collision of the Government
agents and Hutchinson, Coyle 81 Co. The seals
killed are not restricted to the number allowed
by law, Other malpractices and the restrictions
on the sales of liquors and ammunition have
driven the Sitka Indians to the English posts for
trade.
Fresh Gold Discoveries.
Gold in paying quantities has been discovered
in the river Henry.
Volcanic Eruption.
The volcano on Nanivock Island is in a state
of active eruption.
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BELGIUM.
The Question of Neutraiity-A Warning from


The Question of Neutraiity-A Warning from
France.
Several of the Paris papers contain articles
casting doubts upon the neutrality of Belgium
in the approaching conflict, and among these
journals is the semi -ofiicial Patrie which says
While negotiations were pending between
France and Prussia, Belgium, Influenced by a
natural anxiety for the observance of her neu-
trality, adopted certain measures of defensive
character. Since all hope of continued peace
has been lost these preparations have become
more strongly marked. Movements of troops
have begun; the Belgian army, which amounts
on paper to 60, 600 men, considerable force TOR
a neutral State, has been placed upon a war
footing. Forces have been massed at Antwerp,
and il is even asserted that detachments of en-
gineers are posted along the French frontier q.