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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-21
FOR SALE.
RAILROAD.
RAILROAD;
MISSISSIPPI & TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
Change of Time

ON AND AFTER SUNDAY. NOV. %. 1870.
" until further notice. trains viii run as
follows:
SEw OELEASs MAIL-Leaves daily a l2;D
nm. making direct connection for New Or
leans. Vicksburg, and all points South.
ExFREss TRAx-Leayes daily az ~ pm.
making direct connection for ColeeFiile.
Of Grenada On Mississippi Central railroad.
FnFIGHr TnAN-Leavcs daily Sundays ex-
cepted) AZ $50 am.
Trains arrive at Memphis az follow;
New Orleans Mail..---..-.--..-..--z.1Qp pm.
ENUrcss........ ...-....t.l ~ A.ihs
frcifht...--.-...---.. --.----------.-4 10 p-Nl-
For information or tickets apply at Z71z
Main street. or al the depot.
A. s. LINERM0RE, Ger ] Sup,t.
C.. 0AkLEY, 0en'l Ticket AE.t. oa-li
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No Cure, No Pay. - FoRREsr's JUMPER
TAR--For Coughs, Group. Whooping- Cough,
Asthma. Bronchitis. Sore Throat. Splitting of
Blood and Lung Diseases. Immediate relief
and positive cure. or price refunded. so cents.
N. B.-The genuine article has yellow labels.
with white, imprinted wrapper.
Gilt GOODYEAR IL HILLS.
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THE official majority in Delaware for
Ponder (Democrat), for Governor, is
2473; and for Briggs (Democrat), for
Congress, 243i.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-21

SEBASTIAN. the great Roman Champion
Rider.
O'BRIEN, the Challenge Battout Leaper
and Double Somersault Turner.
The Man Monkey, CARLOS.
SIGNOR GIBBONS, the Man Fly.
The renowned ARABIAN BROTHERS.
]. II. KELLY. the Flying Vaulter.
SIGN0R FARANTA, the Living Human
JOHN GALLAN, the Leopord Athlete.
DICK CLARK, the Prince of the Hurdle.
WIN. g. MILES, the Joe Jefferson OF the
sYGSoR CLIFFORD. the Grand Gymnast
VI JAMES MCGUIRE, the Great Comic Vocal
list and Conversational Clown.
EDDY HALEY, the Smallest and Funniest
OF Felt-crowned Fools.
Five Principal Lady Performers
The marvel Trick Horse and Equine Beauty,
BRIGAND.
The notorious Clown Mules, PETE and
BARNEY.
Look Out for the Big Steamboat,
The Monster and Arenic Marvel Of the Old
and New World.
Doors Open at 2 and : o'clock PAN.
Notwithstanding the expense attendant
upon 20 vast and talented an array. prices
will remain rs heretofore, viz:
Adults, 81; children under ten
years. soc. oi-iz
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familiar with the local affairs Of those
States previous to the elections, and was
so kind as to offer his friends therein
the assistance Of Government bayonets.
The bayonets we're ANONYMOUSLY disre-
garded, and n new departure was made.
Henceforth the ballot.box is mightier
than the cartridge-box. Let us hear from
Mr.. Grant as soon as possible.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-21
TRUSTEES SALE.


DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
ID executed by Paul $. Jones, dated Novem-
Der Is, 1863, to secure the payment of a note
for three thousand dollars, in favor Of John c..
Rogers, the undersigned Trustee will sell at
public sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, on
Monday, the 10th of December,
at II o'clock am. in front Of the Chancery
Court rooms on Second street, in the city. OF
Memphis, all the property described in the
said deed Of trust. being parcel Of land in
the city of Memphis. county of Shelby. and
State of Tennessee. beginning at the south ,,
west corner of lot formerly owned by Daniel
Hughes, and on the east side of st. Martin
street, in South Memphis. at stake; running
thence south. with st. Martin street, thirty
feet to a stake; thence east one hundred and
gixty-nine feet to a stake; thence north. par
allel with the east side Of st. Martin street,
thirty feet 10 a stake: thence west, on and
with the south side of said Hughes lot, one
hundred and sixty-nine feet to the beginning !;
being the lot of ground conveyed by Ann Eliza
Moore to the said p. S. Jones'. and by Henry
and Edgar Brookshire TO said Ann Eliza
Moore. Right Of redemption waived, and
INV '' ARTHUR @. ROGERS, Trustee.
Elicit K Phelan, Attorneys. 0s-S5
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NOTICE.

U. a. o. ID.
U,HE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF
CIeanthe Grove No. 3. O, A. o. D., are
hereby notified 10 attend an adjourned meet
ing this Monday evening, November Il. 1871.
AT I o'clock. BY order Of the n. A.
NJ. BREN, Secretary pro tenn.
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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-03-12
Couldn't Find the Verdict.

At q recent session Of one of the courts of
South Carolina, an entire negro jury was
empanneled. A case was brought before
them, the witnesses examined, and the At
torneyg made their respective arguments.
The tsdge after laying down the law and
recaPitulating the testimony, gave the pa
pers into the hands Of the foreman, a rather
intelligent looking negro, with instructions
as soon as they found a verdict to bring il
in without fail.
Thirty minutes more elapsed, when the
jury returned headed by the foreman, and
stood before the Judge
AS the foreman appeared to hesitate, the
Judge inquired:
''Mr. Foreman, have you found ver-
dict p
mo, Massa Judge, we haben I found 'em
no how" replied the ebony juryman.
''lt's very plain case, said the Judge.
"Can't help it massa, couldn't see it, " re-
Piled ebony again.
''On what grounds5" inquired the judge.
I'VE didn't look into de grounds, Massa
judge" replied he foreman: ''ds oasisas
did not take us out into de grounds, but he
took us out into a room and locked us In,
and tole us when we found de verdict be
he would let us out So We began to End
de verdict, and search ebery nook, corner,
crevis, an every ting dere was ia that room,
but we found no verdict-no muffin OBJ de
kind dere."
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-03-12
What a Locomotive Engineer Should
Know.

The following is portion Of a coutribu-
ton to the Locomotive Engineers Journal,
by G. II. Shelan, of Dunkirk:
Rarey, the great horse tanner, has said
that any man could conquer any horse, or
other animal, if be understood its nature
and disposition, and knew how to govern
himself This remark is not alone applica-
bic to the tanning Of animals, it applies with
equal force to running locomotive.
When a railroad company employs man
to engineer a locomotive, it supposes and
expects that that man understands the ma.
chine in all its parts, aud knows how to
govern and control its every motion, and bow
to treat it. under all the conditions it NAV
be placed in. Under such expectations the
engineer is placed in command of the loco
motive, and is paid such wages BY the com
pany as are deemed an equivalent for such
knowledge and skill.
1t is not enough that an engineer under
stands how to shut and let off steam how
to 60 ahead and how to reverse; wheu there
is too much or too little water in the boiler;
when to stop, when to 60 back, when to 20
ahead-he must know more than all this if
ne be complete master of the machine.
He must know how much force or power he
can safely demand Of bis engine. We may
drive horse beyond bis power of endurance;
but such driving will always result in the
sickness or death Of the horse; and no living
man will entrust bis horse to the habitual
hard driver unless he knows such man to be
responsible for the value Of the horse. So
with the railroad company it has the ''iron
horse' to place in the hands of some one
whom they think can take good care Of it's
health. and who will not, from ignorance or
carelessness, overtax its powers, and. by ex-
plosion, cause its destruction.
How few Of us give any attention to the
nature and strength Of the engines We han
die. How few Of us are capable Of estimat-
ing the strength of material, the natural
wear and tear, the power Of our great enc
my, oxygen.
Under the head Of Boilers and Boiler
Explosions" in your January number, the
writer gives us some very important facts
about the ''rust Of iron" ensuing from wet
felt. We know that iron will rust rapidly
under certain circumstances, and that to
change those circumstances il Is necessary to
preserve the strength and power Of our ma
chimes, and our own lives But do we know
why iron will rust? Do we know, always,
where to look for the most rapid rusting
Ii we understood the nature of the disease,
we might apply a remedy or, if we cannot
find remedy, we can run the machine into
the shop for repairs. A locomotive is worth
from twenty thousand to twenty-five thous-
and dollars, and is of more value than all
the horses in livery stable. Must not We,
who drive the iron horse, learn as much
about his ailings and diseases as the farrier
! does Of the living horse
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easily altered. Whoever bad "a empty
mufsbox, Jocks was always full; whoever
might be seen st church with coarse or i'll
washed linen, jock was not among the
Number /; whoever went N he p1hlie-h house,
|or to the houses of thar peighbors, for
amusement Jock came always home 'sto his
nm fireeide; and, when Others were heard
70 complain Of the thriftlessness Il their
wives, be only sid Int che bad aye been
. hantle better since he rot Nelly than ever
be was afore." tt ..,a...,
In conclusion, it may bs remarked, that,
though Nelly was evidently the nsasaging
Po'tser, she gave herself no airs Of supe-
nority. She seldom did anything without
tai le her husbands advice ; buk while she
sought, she tried to direct bis opinion into
the proper channel, by pointing ont what
was likely to be the results Of the affair, if
70 were conducted in such q manner and
thns his advice was, in gensral. only an
echo of her own sentiments If jock, in
the presence Of others, directed her to do
anything, she, in general, did it. without
Questioning its prorriety; but, if she
thought it was wrong, she represented the
case to him when they we're by themselves,
telling hir at the same time, that (" she
just did It to please him, though she thought
it was wrsng." Upon these occasions, his
common reply was pA- @ei'
Deed sy, Nelly, daresay ye're RIGHT
| dinna aye see sac far afope me as 70 do
but I'm sure, wi u my faults, ye Gamma say
but | like ye as weel yet as ever / did"
" Did do ye," was frequently Nelly's re-
joinder; land proud am 1 to think that
my ain jock aye likes bis ain wife better
than ither folk" .4 r...,
Within a year after their marriage,
Nelly made her husband the father Of f.
male child, who was christened Jenny
Jervis. In few years, their united indus
Try enabled them to stock the little farm of
Rummledykes-of which they we're 50 for
.unate as to obtain tack The place con-
sisted, for the most part, Of pasture ground
out Jock labored assiduously to improve
ind cultivate it. Nelly, by her manage
nent of the dairy, contributed materially to
Increase their possessions and here we
must leave them, contended and happy, for
he present promising, however, to give
be reader some glimpses Of their subse-
luent history-and perhaps some hints, too,
which may enable him to form his own con-
ectures as to those supernatural appear.
lnces which brought about their union-in /
future story.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-03-12

gratuitous dispensaries Of medicines, Magda-
len reformatory houses, Sisters of Charity,
Brothers Of Mercy, Little Sisters of the
Poor, Christian Brothers' schools, public
schools. etc. % visiting confraternities to
bring succor home to the poor; such as fuel
giving, furnishing provisions or nursing, and
visiting societies; (4) organisations
to support charitable institations by means
OF fairs, lotteries, concerts, spectacles, pic
mics, tournaments, and other amusements
(5) labor protective unions, workmen's
guilds and fellowshi, q, trades unions and la
Dor combinations, savings banks, co-opera-
tive factories, cooperative stores. mutual
and societies, burial societies, labor reform
party; [6] Shaker, Baptist, Moraviian,
and Ballouite communities Owenite Har-
nsonsas. Cabetite FanilisteyIes, Fourierite
PhoIaasteysss, women's rights societies,
Mormon harems, and artistic brothels Of
complex association.
Every one who reads this list will find ia
it the mention Of some institution be believes
to be either useless or pernicious. The OBJ
jections would be curioasly heterogeneous.
An in6dei would suppress all those having
their root or support in religion. A politi-
cal economist will protest against working
mems combinations to raise the price Of Ia
Dor. A Christian deplores The attempts of
socialists to establish institutions from which
God 10 excluded. A sectarian sees with pain
the success Of charities founded BY other
congregations. The Roman Catholics
such-must also have his opinions Of the re-
lative merits Of the corporations that. appear
30 him to rise sometimes out of the waters of
life. We, for ourselves have some peculiar
IDEAS, gathered from this point Of view.
1t woul be vain obduracy on the part of
. Catholic to close his eyes to the deep and |
widespread clamer Of the voices, great and
small. that sre now dissussiag social science,
md proposing solutions 70 tie labor suss-
hon" These matters, in every imaginable
manner, are obtruding themselves upon the
attention of the manufacturer, politician and
legislator and must soon command that of
The farmer and merchant and by and BY,
even the solicitude Of the church. Indeed,
We should not say ''by and, by" for already,
while the world is agitated by the strikes
md the labor congresses, while the parlia-
nent Of Great Britain, through it's commit
ees, is carrying on the minutest investiga-
ions Of the eight-hour and higher wages
movements, our holy father at Rome has
pronounced public allocutions against soci-
rlssm
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-03-12

To do Justice to our calling, we must not
be content with Knowing the names and Of
ices Of valves. rods. motions and links; we
must know the and and rkeretore for every
thing. We need to know something Of the
laws Of chemistry cf the relative strength
Of matter: for the laws Of motion. We
must understand the constitution as well as
the construction Of the machines we are en-
trusted with.
Hundreds and thousands Of people entrust
their lives and limbs to our trains. suppos-
ing that the wonderful and powerful machine
which whirls the train over the iron lines is
10 the hands Of one every way competent to
guide and control it, and who would not,
from ignorance or design, suffer them to be
imperiled.
" We have, then, the confidence Of our en-
pioyefs to preserve, I'd the safety of the
travelling pubic = c---serve, and can only.
do it by makilC ourselves masters Of our
business PlatitR q and high soundina
phrases will not do ousrMork-we must un-
deretand our. business. To use the expres-
sion Of % EngiisF groom: you can't
rest satisfied when your 'orse is in The 'ands
Of one who can't tell ring bone from spa
vim" aa. 80.
| do not wish to be understood as claim
ing the knowledge necessary to ouf calling
4 am deficient, and my deficiency grows in
ma2nitude before my own eyes, every day.
Active experience 10 constantly teaching me |
my own imperfections and It Is in conse-
quence Of this knowledge Of my own def |
cheney that deem it my duty to call the at |
tention of the Brotherhood 10 the duties de-
volving upon us.
We must be ready to second every move
ment intended to advance locomotive engi-
neers in knowledge and skill; we must
meet the requirements Of the times; we must |
not abuse the confidence reposed in U.S.. BY
permitting ourselves to settle down with q
knowledge merely Of the mechanical routine
'f our caling-we must study with view
10 mastering all that il known touching the
laws of nature operating on the wonderful
over which we preside. and Of
which we should be perfect masters
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-03-12
Fuial Devotion

An English writer says: "That night
was out late retuned by the Lee Cabin
about eleven o'clock. As approached
saw strange looking object covering under
the low caves. A cold rain was falling it
was autumn. | drew near, and there was
Millle, wet to the skin. Her father had
driven her out some hours before she had
lain down to listen for the heavy snoring Of
bis drunken slumbers, 80 that she might
creep back to bed. Before she heard it
nature seemed exhausted, and she fell into
troubled sleep, with rain drops psttering
upon her. | tried to take her home with
me, but no true as q martyr to his faith,
she struggled from me, and returned to the
now dark and silent cabin. Things went on
for weeks and months, but length Lee grew
less violent, even in his drunken fits, to his
selfdenying child; and one day, when be
awoke from n slumber after debauch, and
found her preparing breakfast for him, and
singing childish song, he turned to ber,
and, with tone almost tender, said
Mile, what makes you stay with me 2
"' Because you are my father, and love
you
g. You love me- repeated the wretched
man; you love me 7 He looked at bis
bloated limbs, his soiled and ragged clothes.
Love me- be still murmured sMillie,
what makes you love me? am poor
druL ard everybody else despises me
why don't you 2 Dear father j said the
girl, with swimming eyes, My mother
taught me to love you, and every night she
comes from heaven and stands BY my little
bed, and says, Mile, don't leave your
father be will get away from that rum-6end
some Of these days, and then how happy you
will be-" The quite persistent love of
This child was the redemption Of this man.
Robert laird Collier.
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HOUSEKEEPER.

SHORT CAKEs.-Dissolve half a pound
of fresh butter in as much milk as will make
one and halt pounds of flour into paste,
roll it about a quarter Of an inch thick, and
cut into large round cakes Cook in a fry
ing pan and serve bot. Eat with butter.
To BRon MEAr-Strewing little salt
over the surface of the meat before applying
the heat closes the pores and keeps the juice
in and dipping the meat in hot salt water
is still better, having more uniform effect.
MIXTURE FOR PoLIsnING BRAss.-Take
powdered rotten-stone, half pound char
coal powdered half a pound turpentine,
half pint; sweet oil, quarter Of pint.
Mix them thoroughly together; apply to the
brass rubbing well; then finish with dry
charcoal dust or fine whiting.
AN EXCELLENT FURNITURE POLISH
Into one pint Of linseed oil put half pound
of treacle and glass Of gin; then stirring
well, apply sparingly with linen rag, and,
ifrubbed until quite dry with linen cloths,
the mixture will produce a splendid 8 loss.
Eating tables should be covered with oil
clOLn OF DdhGY " piCNCHe SuoihhrS ohN -
instantly rubbed when the dishes are re-
moved.
BROWN BEN-Pare, quarter and core
good tart apples put them in an earthen
pipkin or stone jar, filling them one-third up
with water, and cover with crusts Of rye and
Indian bread about equal to them in quauti-
ty. Cover close, and let them stew very
slowly until all are soft J.; then mix evenly
and serve This makes a gooa side dish
with vegetables, If a few Zau.e currants
or stewed raisiDs have been a. led, it will
serve for q desert, trimmed with sweetened
milk or cream.
CHEAP HARD SOAP.-FOur large bars Of
yellow soap; two pounds Of sal-soda three
ounces Of borax one ounce Of liquid am
monia. Shave the soap m thin slices put i
into eight quarts Of soft water-rain water
il best When the soap is nearly dissolved,
add the borax and sal-sOda stir till all IA
melted. Pour il into a large tub or shallow
pan when nearly cool add the ammonia
slowly. mixing il well Let il stand day or
two then cut it into cakes or bars, and dry
in a warm place. No better soap can be
made 10 wash white clothes, calicoes and
AsnneIs and it is excellent for all house
hold purposes. II costs but three cents per
mound. and il made in less than half an hour.
The recipe has been sold for FIVE dollars,
and will be Of service to every family.
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Sudden Blanching Of the Hair.

In the East Indian rebellion, Colonel
Frauks. after nm engagement near the vii
lage Of Chamba. took many prisoners, one
Of whom, Bengalee, aged ffty-four, was
conducted befor the authorities to undergo
certain iBtsrregations. The changes which
this mans appearance underwent are re-
corded By Surgeon-M Major Fanny. The
prisoner. for the first time, seemed to rea-
li1e the danger Of his situation, when he
found himself stripped and surrounded with
soldiers. He trembled violently, terror and
despair being depicted on his bis counten-
ance /; and when replying to questions ad-
dressed to him, he appeared absolutely
stupe6ed by fear. " Then, under our
eyes" continues the narrator, Mr. Fanny,
" and in the space Of some half an hour, his
hair, which we had seen to be a brilliant
black, became grey on every part of bis
head. The sergeant who had charge of the
prisoner cried out He is turning gray,
and called our attention to the singular
phenom enon, of which | thus, with many
other persons, was enabled to observe the
completion through all its phases.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-03-12

A GERMAN paper states that a train
composed Of all the locomotives
and railroad carriages in Europe
would reach from St. Petersburgh to
Paris, and would contain 100000 passen-
ger carriages and 100000 luggage vans.
The network Of European railroads repre-
sents length Of 7O,7lS miles 1S,O0O To-
comotives are employed on it, and these rush
over distance Of 60, ,0OO, c 90, 900 miles in
year. 150,000,00O cwts Of iron have
been used for the rails, and 8O,O0O,O ,OeO
cWts. Of coal are required yearly to feed the
engines.
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H tal
very yay4sl and snowy every ov
orange and rch brova finely marked height appear best when
grown ma The dwarf class only desirable
Mostly snowy penna The following hardy towering ANNALS and
snoud
1eaAam elued; Opes@a spscuh ,eaBe
O0"PoRSs eaAa graadow purple C@sposa specxx
C0nPossLa LOra, blue and white ;veryfn
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-03-12

CoLERIDGE, at one Of the Bristol lee
lures, when the audience showed some signs
Of disspprobation, said: /" | am not at all
surprised that when the red hot prejudices
Of aristOcracy are plunged into the cool
element Of reason, they should 60 off With
q hiss"
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SATURDAY EVENINGS
for their convenience

~ means for Identifying DOpositors:
wen new DepoStor hrst comes to the Savings Ban&
eautong are taken, and records made SO that he mss
~ Ayt oe Identified, and tn in . book ID lOs}
IL soNner thereof cannot be defrauded 4
me business Of this Institution is confined excIusiVe
receipts and care OF Savings Deposits and Run1A
pouLed In trust No Commercial or General BAnE-
1t tOasiness is transacted. 1
certain proportion Of the funds are invested by I0t
~ reA estate 10 the city Of Chicago. In making Su,a
hs WeieEence IL always given TO applications frl1
I3ra OF small mans, who have accumulated In tttl
a u.a On sufficient funds TO pay for lot OF RrOupt
,,s,t SeAte " borroW something more TO aid them X
tbsnls ouidingS to be used as permanen homes fjI
Aenseives and families II
Tor DspodtorS " --'P' VI
mia ne Flans Of Cheap Cottages selected by q con
M dePoGitorS In this institution, may be seen
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