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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-05
HAMILTON BowEs.

The following is given as a truthful
statement of the subsequent proceed
ings" in sMiehigan . divorce case; THE
vito chopped a good wagon to pieces,
entirely ruining il; split open $50 snp
troughs, and burned up 10000 shingles
which her husband had mades The lat
ter, not to be outdone, smashed up a
stove. and took off a trunk which the
wife claims had money Of hers in it, and
She has nov got him into jail on charge
Of larceny, and is monarch of all she sur
veys, which, at present, ism t much.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-05

Brownsville accommodation leaves at 40
pm. daily. except Sunday.
The train leaving Memphis at % pm. runs
daily. The 4a-m. train does not run on sun
day. Both trains run through 10 Louisville
without change. Elegant sleeping cars run
through on the LIS IN. train from Memphis
10 Louisville. connecting at houlsville nIth
through cars to Philadelphia. Cleveland But
falo and New York. without change. only
one change from Louisville to Baltimore,
Washington City and Boston. Berths and
slaterooms. IN throgsh, , esMTs can ss, es enEAEep
j. Z. BOYD, Superintendent,
J.s. cPrFp. Ticket Agent. WI
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-05
6

The prices are within reach Of every
one. Machines are made to suit all
tastes and circumstances, and the plain
est in finish will work as well as the most
costly.
Full and thorough instructions given
at the house of the customer at any time,
free of charge, and the utmost pains
taken to render complete satisfaction.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-05

-Four citizens Of Chillicothe, Ohio,
have meyer stopped shaking long enough
10 die, though they are over hundred
years old. The pressure of fever and
ague is ninety-6ve pounds to the square
inch there.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-05

lis simplicity renders its movements
so easy that child can work it. 1t is
almost noiseless in operation, and for
speed and rapidity Of motion excels all
Others, as has been demonstrated thon-
sand times by competition.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-05

1t possesses the very great advantage
Of carrying the work in the natural way
from left to right-whieh enables the
operator to handle the work more readily
and to sit upright; while machines which
carry the work from the operatorrcquire
an inclination of the body forward (detri-
mental to healthy and are hard and tire
some TO use.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-05
BOOTS AND SHOES.
CHANGE OF BUSINESS.
MOS ES LEVY,
No. 200 Main 81. Men

Nc -VV HF'H" - "F"E.s
INTENDS FOR THE FUTURE TO KEEP
l on!v Clothing ht for any gentleman 70 wear.
No more trashy siop goods! Only one price.
and that at the lowest living ngure. 3oy
mirht come in and buy. and the same price
for him as for any experienced buyer. Please
give HIM a trial.
Gentlemen szs ssys' Clothing Of Every
Description, Boots. Shoes and Hats
Dry Goods. and ladies' and gentlemen's wear
generally. at the lowest prices. H-A
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-05

It is an instrument of great versatility
in its operations. 1t will hem, fell braid,
cord gather, tuck more beautifully than
any other machine in use without bast-
ing or any preparation of the work.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-05
ANNOUNCEMENTS.


W. d. Lumpkin is candidate for the Legis-
lature from Shelby county; subject TO the
action of the Democratic Convention. ll52-"
F1Oater. aA
We are authorized to announce CAPTAIN
JAMES NJ. HARRIS as a candidate for
Fleater for the counties of Shelby. Fayette
and Upton; subject to the Democratic Con-
vention.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-05
Wheeler 4 Wilson s
N e w
SILENTLY WORKING
Sewing Machine!
rs SUPERIOR
FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: (:
For THE FOLLOWING REASONS: /:

Its yearly sales are larger than those
Of all other Sewing Machines combined.
This fact alone is the surest test Of its
merit and superiority.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-11-25
4 Skulking Soldier Cared.

L remember the apparent painful
condition of a soldier whose right leg
was drawn up at an angle from The
knee the result of rheumatism, he
insisted. He was Known to be q
skulker, and several sugeons had eX-
amined the limb and found no ap-
pearance of contraction of the mus
cles but all their efforts to pull it
into shape were usless. Some of
them becoming convinced by the
stubbOrncss of the member, insisted
that it could not be fixed, and advised
the mans discharge.
DR.. II. however, had seen much of
Il same difficulty III hospitals, and
put III practice a mode of treatment
which he had successfully tried in
several cases. The man, by his di-
rectiOn, was brought over to the
division hospital and confronted by
the surgeon and two assistants with
their sleeves rolled up.
'I understand perfectly we'll the
nature of your difficulty, my man.
said the doctor. at is a species of
sciatica, and [ can cure it by cautcr-
izatiOn."
"What's that" the victim asked,
in distrustful wonder.
"Cauterization! Oh, that's merely
burning a blister from tie hip to the
heel with white-hot iron. It's sure
to cure. Get on that table"
"I-I don't want to-" the shirk
stammered, his face turning whittier
| that the doctors irons and his teeth
cLattering. EYOu shan't do IL; it
won't do me bit Of good"
Mount that table, or I'll have you
| tied to il" was the stern command
and the pc y wretch obeyed with
grOans, not yet quite certain that this
extreme measure was really to be
/ resorted to.
''Strip that leg! Steward, bring in
! those irons - =
They came kissing hot from the fire
and the miserable creature on the
table shrieked: "Doctori you amt q
going to burn me with those things
be you ?"
81 am that--from hip to heel,D "re.
piled the doctor, cody, taking one oi
the ugly instruments in his hand and
approaching the table.
"You shan't do it, Let goi NY
legs well, I tell you" the MAJ
/ screamed; and tearing away from
those who held him, he jumped MIN
bly, 10 the floor and ran cut of the
hospital with two as straight legs a!
/ there were in the whole army. HI
returned to duty the next day, and
was effectudlly cured of his malinger
ing gpropensities.--LtpPiRcOtt's Aag
! 0zEne.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-11-25
" MOTHER's FOOL"

Z" "'Tis plain enough to see," said a farmer,
wife, H.f s-.
These boys will make their marks in life;
They were never made to handle hoe,
And at once to college ought to go.
There's Fred, he's. little better than fool,
But John and Henry must go to school,"
Well, really. wife, 'quOth farmer Brown,
As he sat his mug Of cider down, .".
Fred. does more work in q day for me
Than both his brothers do in three.
Book larnin' viii never plant ones corn,
Nor hoe potatoes sure's you're born,
Nor mend a rod of broken fence;
For my part give me common sense"
But his wife was bound the roost to rule,
And John and Henry were sent to school,
While Fred, of course was left behind,
Because his mother said he had no mind.
Five years at school the students spent;
Then into business each one went.
John learnt to play the flute and fiddle,
And parted his hair, of course, in the middle;
While his brother looked rather higher than
he,
And hung out sign, H. Brown, NJ. D."
Meanwhile at home their brother Fred.
Had taken notion into his head;
But he quietly trimmed his apple trees,
And Weeded onions and planted peas,
Mhlle some way either by hook or crook,
He managed to read full many a book,
Until at last his father said
de was getting " book-larntn' in his head I;
" But for all that" added Farmer Brown,
" He's the smartest boy there is in town."
The war broke out, and Captain Fred,
A hundred men to battle led.
And when in strife he gained renOwn,
Went marching home as Captain Brown.
But he went to work on the farm again,
And planted corn and sowed his grain,
be shtngled the barn and mended the fence,
Till people declared he had common sense.
Now common sense was very rare,
And the State House needed q portion there.
So the 80 family Ounce" moved into town,
And the people called him Governor Brown.
And his brothers who went to the city school
Came home to live with " mothers 1oOl."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-11-25
SUNDRIES.

Seven counties in Kansas work coal
mines.
Vermont has q man with a Gear
seven feet long.
Base ball has killed twenty-five e per-
sons during the past season.
Louisville has q child only five
months old that can talk and walk.
The dregs of Petroleum oil are now
used i'll the making of spruce gum.
1t is estimated that $4,000 Jews are
serving in the German armies.
1t is said there is no church choir in
the world free from jealousy.
Alabama has a town of 500 people
where there is no lawyer, doctor, or
tailor.
The MOrmOns predict Il civil war be-
tween them and the United States
within year.
Paris ladies now wear the same style
of hat that was worn one hundred and
fiveyears ago.
One-half the children of England do
not go to school. Thirty per cent. of
the English army cannot read or write.
A New Orleans broker, awakening
from nap the other day, found that
notes and drafts to make a kite of.
1t now appears that the "bone-sweat-
ers " 70 longer sell the fat from dead
horses to sOap-bOilers, because the
cheap butter-makers offer better prices
for it.
A queer temperance pledge was cir
culated in Russia. It bound the sign
er to abstain from brandy till brandy
! cla hc oF Il f~,To III oh
Barbecue is derived from the French
phrase de 6GTJe q queue, which means
from snOut to tail, and is equivalent to
"the whole hog"
A little boy hearing his father speak
about the war in progress in Europe
said, (Which had you rather belong
/ to, father, an engine company or bat.
/ tle?"
A bridge at Denver, Cal, sports thi:
notice: " No vehicle drawn by more
than one animal is allowed to eros:
this bridge in opposite directions at the
same time"
Beecher writes: "TobaccO is the on,
best remedy for all stings of insects
Wet it so that the juice shall start, anS
place il on the place stung and in Ont
moment you are all right again"
A white man in oneOf the bar-room
of Atlanta, the other day, offered &
pay for quart of whiskey if a negr
present would drink it. The offer Wa
accepted, and the darkey is now a col
Ored angel.
The German armies uss field tele
graphs very extensively. They are G
three kinds-hying, provisional an
permanent. The first consists of wire
surrounded with gutta percha, whie
are payed out on level ground. III
second are wires Of iron, used in hill
and wooden districts, and affixed {
pegs on trees. The third are construt
ted in the ordinary n amer by a ds
partment especially intrusted with til
duty.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-11-25

A. R. Craig, in his q Book of the
Hands, or Modern Palmistry," brings
/ together a large amount of amusing
gossip, without saying how much Of it
/ he believes. He fOunds his story upon
I the system of fD,Arpentiguy and Des-
I barolles the celebrated French ehirO-
mancers. From them are taken into
detail the rules for interpreting all the
knots and hOllOWs, lines and furrows
/ that occur in vaTiOns hands; and he
who studies them Alright viii be able to
tell fortunes and read characters at any
rate as wisely as any wandering gipsey.
! Without much study he NAV be, In a
superficial way, q palmist. Thus,
If the palm of the hand be long, and
the fingers well prOportioned, etc, not
soft, but rather hard, it denotes the
person to be ingenious, but ehangeable,
and given to theft and vice.
If the hand ae hollow and solid, ana
well knit in the Joints, it predicts long
life, but if overthwarted then it denotes
short life.
Observe the finger OF Mercury-that
is the little finger, if the end Of it eX-
ceeds the joint of the ring finger, such
a man will rule in. his own house; and
his wife will be pleasing and obedient
to him but if it be short, and does not
reach the joint, he will have a shrew,
AMI she Will wear the bTeeches.
Broad nails show the person to be
bashful, fearful, but of gentle nature.
Narrow nails denote the person to be
inclined to mischief, and to do injury
to his neighbOrs.
Long nails show a person to be good
natured but distrustful, and loving re-
cOnciliatiOn rather than differences.
Oblique nails signify deceit and want
of courage.
Little round nails denote obstinate
anger and hatred.
If they be crooked. at the extremity,
they show pride and fierceness.
Round nails show a choleric person,
yet soon recOnciled, honest; a lover of
secret sciences.
Fieshy nails denote tue person to be
mild i'll temper and lazy.
Pale and black nails show the person
to be very deceitful to their neighbOrs
and subject to many diseases.
Red and marked nails signify n chOl.
eric and martial nature, given to cruel
ty, and as many little marks as there
are speak so many evil desires.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-11-25


The editor Of the New York o.
seFref. in "The Tour Around the
World gives the following descrip-
ton ofthe difficulties OF beOk-making
in China
s'One of the first places that / vis-
lied on reaching Shanghai, was the
Mission Press Of the Presbyterian
Church Of the United States-s wise
~ founded institution. which has
been doing q great work. It is the
most extensive printing establishment
Ia China, and has been sending its
light into Japan as well. Tic great
work Of DIR. Hepburn, Of Yokohama
his quartO Japanese Dicticnary-wa
printed al this press; and during the
last year, the third edition, 2,400
copies, Of another Japanese DictfOna-
ay, the first two editions Of which
were printed at Yeddo, has been
printed. It is a type fouHdery IS
well as printing house, and, with
Judicious and liberal management, it
may be made as Important engine for
good In time to come SIS ib has been
III the past. During the year 1868,
., 200, 600 pages were printed ct this
press ard in the present year the
whole of the New Testament and of
the Pilgrims Progress have been ~ad-
nEirably eleetrotyped. have before
me copy OF the Pilgrims PROGRESS
in Chinese, illustrated with engrav-
ingS and drawings executed there,
and also q copy of the Peep of Day, in
Chinese, from the same press.
"On entering this extensive pritity
ing establishment, / was confront Il
with series Of amphithe8teFs, ia the
interior of each OF which stood COM
positOr; and l saw at q glance the
immensity of the work which every
one who learns to read or speak or
print the Chinese language has to
encounter. Each one of these anl-
pitheaters was what printers call
case, containing, not twenty-six let
ters as in English printing Offices, but
more than six thousand different
characters of types, and with the com-
binatiOn that are made, more than
thirteen thousand. / do not much
wonder that the Chinese adhere TO
their old method of engraving every
thing on wood that they print, for l
should be very 10th TO attempt to
hunt mp many letters or words out
of the six thousand boxes that saw
before me. And yet this mode of
printing is a great Improvement on 8
the old"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-11-25
THE WEEPING SKY.
The Rain Falls for Five Days, Im Clear
Weather, Om n Group of Graves, and
Nowhere Else.

For several days there have been
mysterious and vague rumors of a
most remarkable
METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENON
out at the Catholic graveyard on
Stone street, above the Three Mile
Creek. tits asserted by those who
say they have seen it, that for the last
five days a gentle shower has fallen
continuously on the lot of the Le-
mOine family, i'll which are buried
Mr.. Victor Lemoine and many others
of his family. With view of getting
at the facts of this most extraordinary
affair, " no had last night an inter-
view with Mr.. Louis B. Lemoine,
employed at Asa HOlt's, q son of the
deceased Victor Lemoine, who died
i'll 1851, who related the following
STARTLING PARTICULARS.
"Having heard that it was reported
that it had been raining for several
days on the enclosed ground which
forms my family burying ground in
the Catholic buring ground, on Stone
street, above the Three Mile Creek, |
drove out there last evening to satisfy
myself, and 10 nay intense astonish-
ment | saw that
4 COLUMN OF RAIN
was coming down without ceasimg,
which although haidly powerful
enough to lay the dust was enough
to wet the bands or any article, and
at times it rained quite hard. The
volume of rain fell inside of the en-
closure and nowhere else, as the
weather was and ha3 been, bright and
clear all the time
DURING THE FIVE DAYS
the rain has been falling on these
graves. There are thirteen of my
family buried in the lot of ground up
on which it has been raining. My
mother, brother and sister visited the
spot yesterday and the day before to
satisfy themselves about the truth
of this matter, and declare that they.
too, saw this wonderful phenomenon.
1t has also been
SEEN BY OVER TWO HUNDRED PERSONS.
81 took friend with me when l
visited the spot, who also saw the
rain falling as described. Mr.. John
ROsset, the keeper of the cemetery,
told me that the rain had commenced
falling in heavy drops about five days
ago. L am willing to take my oath as
to the truth ofthis statement"
so INCREDIBLE.
did this extraordinary affair seem,
that those who saw il several days
ago, refrained from stating or ass ,rt-
ing what they had seen, tor fear that
not only their veracity, but their sani-
ty would be questioned, and it was
only until q number of gentlemen of
the first respectability had seen and
reported the result of their personal
observations, any credence was at
tached TO the truth of the matter.
Take it altogether, it is certainly the
most astounding and miraculous at
mOspheric wonder that has ever been
witnessed in this part of the world,
and will doubtless afford abundant
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
! research and observation, not only
among scientific men, but among all
classes. There are so many who
vouch for the truth of Mr.. Lemoine's
statement, and his character for We
racity is such, that there can no long.
er be any dOub; of the fact that it has
been raining for. the past five days on
the graves of his kindred.-4Uo4iEt
Register.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-11-25
LIFE.
BY EDGAR A. PoE.

LOi us gala night
Within the lonesome latter yeats!
An angel thrOug, bewinged, bedight
IA walls, and droWned in tears,
Sit in q theatre, 10 see
A play of hopes and fears,
While the orchestra breathes ntfulIy
The music of the spheres.
Mines, in the form of God ON high,
Mutter and humble low,
Aud hither and thither ny;
Mere puppets they, who come and 20
At bidding OF vast tOrmless things
That shift thesceHery to and fTO, .F
FlappiDg frouf out cir condor wings
Invisible woe!
That motley dramal Oh, be sure
1t shall not be forgot!
With its phantom chased fOreveFnlOre
By q crowd that sieze it not,
Through a circle that ever Feturncth ia
To the sslf-sanae spot;
And much OF madness and more OF s1n
And horror the soul 81 the plot.
But see, amid the mimic FOut
a crawling shape intrudei
4 blood red thing that writhes from out
The scenic solitude!
. 1t WF1thes it writhes with mortal pangs
The mines become Its food,
And the seraphs sob at vermin fangs
In human gore imbued.
Out-out are the lights-ott all!
And over each Quivering form,
The curtain, funeral pail,
Comes down with the rush of q storm,
And the angels, all pallid and wan
Uprising, unVatltng, affirm
That the play is the tragedy Man."
And its hero the conqueror Worn.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-11-25
Sayings BY Josh BlllIngs.

If yirtu did not SO often manage
tcw make herself repulsive, vice
would not be halfso attraktive.
If men are honest they will tell that
their suckcess in life IL more ov a
wonder tew them, than If il tew va.
When we are more anxus tew please
than tew be pleazed, then we are in
good arnest.
Love IL like the meazles; we kant
have il but Onst, and the later i'm life
we hav it the tuffer it goes with us.
l think the heft OE people take as
mutch eumfeTt in Dragging ov their
misfortunes, az they do Ov their good
Lux.
lie who duz good thing sekretly,
steals a march on heaven.
Hunting after health il like hunting
after fleSs, the more VA hunt them, the
more they flea
10 il q safer thing enEy time, to fol-
low a mans advice, than his example.
It don't show COED judgment 10 be
I suTprized at ennything III this world,
for there is nothing more certain than
uncertainty. q,
The man who kant find emmy virtew
| In the human heart, haz probably
given us faithful sinopsiss ov his
. Wn.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-11-25
HUMORs OF THE DAY.


Rully-boarding house beef.
The lady with ''a single purpose" is
an old maid.
The man who had "just got his
hand in" was pickpOcket. ID
Dyeing for love-ColOring your
moustache to please q woman.
The man who was supposed to
shave gone up" has 'Come down
handsomely"
Fashionable women are like the
conventional schOOlmistress - they
believe in the switch.
She that marries a man because he
is good match, must be surprised if
he turns out a lucifer.
When did Noah go into The wine
business? lie made port about forty
days after the deluge began.
Talk as you will of the Sovereignty
of the white race" there are 10 SOW
crcigns like the yellow ones.
Simpkins says it is the privilege Ot
hoops 10 surround the loVeliest Of all
things, among which are girls and
whisky. a-ssa
'IenBy," said his maiden aunt,
"yOu should eat the barley that is i'm
your soup, or you'll never get a man."
Lenny, looking up innOccntly, in-
quired, 'Is that what You eat it for,
aunty :"
The Sweetest of Strains-Trvihg to
lift pretty heavy girl on horse.
The advantage of being a chimney
sweep is that his calling ''soOts" him.
A drunken man, having vomited
into basket containing gOslings,
warming by the fireplace, exclaimed
in CONSERVATION: "My God, wife,
when did swaller them things 2"
Punch says that in some parts of
England the water is so hard that
skating on it is kept up all through
the summer.
1t is so hilly in some parts of New
Hampshire that the people look up
the chimney to see when the cows are
coming home.
A young lady being asked by rich
bachelor, eff not yourself, who would
you rather be ?" replied swcetIy and
mOdestly, "Yours truly"
"Time hangs heavy on my hands,"
as the son said when he became the
pOssessOr of his fathers large old
fashioned silver watch.
A youth in HarrisioD county, Iud.,
voted a half-sheet of note-paper, with
a lock of vinegar cOlored hair cUrled
within, instead of the regular ticket,
at the last election.
A medical student says he has never
been able to discover the bone 0f con.
tenticn, and desires to know whether
it is not situated very near the jaw
bone.
"John," said poverty stickem man
10 his son, "l've made my will to-
day." "Ah!" replied Join. "You
were liberal to me, no doubt" "Yes,
John came down handsome. Pve
willed you the whole State of Vir-
ginia--tO make a living in, with the
privilege of going elsewhere if you
can do better"
"WHERE's your wife, John 2" asked
a rural mother, of her son, who had
been to the city.
Il haint got any,"
"Why, YOU wrote IT'S how youS
going to marry a rich New York
lady"
$50 l was, but just as we were
about TO be made one, a policeman
come In and took the gal off for STEAL
ing; and l wouldn't try to marry an
other New York lady, if she was
worth her weight in gold"