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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-06

I'0R sALR-A BRAN NV SWINE Ma
L chine fof sale cheap. ~ ibis oflcs. lii0-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-06

Lots For Sale in Ida City,
ON
Long Island, New York


IDA CITY Is SITUATED ON LONG IS
i land, IS miles from New York city, the
Long 1slana railroad running, centrally
through Ida City. Lots there are hereby Of
fered for sale on the following terms; Fifty
dollars each, on a credit Of ten years. paya-
Bile In ten annual inetalments--say s. 90 per
year on each lot. The parties owning. the
above property propose TO sell TO the Southern
people One-half Of the lots. say 1000. on the
above terms, without interest. The East
River Bridge 4 now In process OF construc.
ton, connecting Manhattan Island, uJ.or,
which New York Is situated. with LoHE Is
land.
This Is a good opportunity for any person os
this section OF country to invest small suHn3
In the purchase Of these lots. Terms .
easy, and within the reach Of all. PFor e
on Long leland viii RAPIDLY increase J. Serty
as soon as East River Bridge Is com = ysiue
Mp Of sas my S1 las can seem and
madeto HV,P- yplication being
- ,esrc. .ONTAINE,
~ >nding Secretary.
40. 10 Madison street
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-06
A CARD.

A ~ Lg.n1hRs AND INQUIRIES IN
ssi.el enoe % Ida City and the purchase and
80 "a lots should be addressed to Hy. FOn-
- ae, Corresponding Secretary, No. 10 Madi-
property l. SeTfsct In me- and the advertise-
ment and maps published correctly represent
the value and attractions Of the place.
mi JACOB THOMPSON.
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THE MAYORALTY.
CALL ON Mr.. JOHNSON.
THEBrLLOwSOF THE PEOPLE
Hon. John johnson, Mayor.

DEAR SIR-The undersigned, your fellow
citizens of the city of Memphis, being sat
is6ed with the management of the munich
nal government by you, for the past two
years, respectfully, but earnestly, ask you
to announce yourself candidate for re-
election, without the formality of nomi-
nation by either a convention or mass meet
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-06
RAILROADS.
MEMPHIS AND LOUISVILLE
RAILROAD.
Winter seheduIe-Nov. Is1h.

ELEaAET SLEEPING CARS WILL Run
~ throgfh 20 Nashville. 81 Louis and Louis-
VILE on the ] 30 pm. train daily. The 4:l8
an. and Sis pm. trains do not run on
Sunday.
So for tickets and other information apply
ii y. y. BQlps kgRsrlnisndsnt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-06
BY Formulation, Refer 90 {
Mr.. JAMES III. LOW,

Has a full power Of Attorney 10 transact busi-
ness for US. He will give his personal atten-
tion In the execution Of Cotton orders and to
the sales Of merchandise,
No, S Madison street, Memphis, Tenn.
December I, ISL. 79-l0l
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Low, SCOTT & CO.,
fer the purpose of conductinga
General Brokerage and COM
mission Business.

hiAooiOh AbuoiHCoos
In the City of Memphis, Tennessee.
They pledge their patrons to give strict per.
sOnal attention in the execution of Cotton
orders and other business com mitted 70 their
care. EDWIN ii. LOW. a1H
WILLIAM J. SCOTT.
JOSEPH II. SCOTT.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-06
COMMISSION.

HNHE UNDERSIGNED HAVE ASSO-
l. ciated themselves together under the
firm name of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03

beneath and at the sides. An immense
amount of ingenuity is shown in economic
ing and utilizing means and space. Each
appliance is made to serve many purposes.
Seats are used as beds; iron wheels an
swor for legs. A second tier of borths IN
suspended from the side of the wagon bv
rubber rings. Seats readily put out of the
way, arc placed outside for the attendants
Each is furnished with chest for supplies
ice and water tanks. The cover is of on
ameled cloth, light and impermoablc. Two
horses can draw 1t, while on European bat
tlc-ficlds four are required. The American
ambulance combines strength and light
noss-the European, with its wooden COW
or, enormous weight and small capacity,
carrying 1.-two persons, supposos strength
and clumsiness inseparablc.
Inventive genius does not desert the sol
dier after wounding him according to sci
ontiic methods and nursing him to health
with the aid of its improved apparatus. 1t
also docs its best to make good his loss of
members. The Patent Oflicc shows hun
| drod model legs and arms, which seems so
excellent, with all their springs and
cords, tcndons and joints, that if it
were not for the suspicion that we might
be as stupid as the Irishwomon with
the washing machine, we should almost re-
| greet having no use for them. A dear old
| lady from the country, whose cyosight was
poor, had her attention called to these mod
els. CHANGING at them without her "spccs,"
she said in a tone of deepest sympathy,
"And these are the limbs of our soldiers
shot to pieces in battle? Poor fellowsl Aud
now their legs are brought up here for koo-
| rositicsw There are arms which bend
| backward to the shoulder and over the head
hands of which the fingers and palm act
| with such facility that pen or Il playing
| card is held with case. At the Paris expo
| sition the American specimens of this class
were pronounced superior to all others.
One is surprised to observe how greatly VIC
are indebted TO the use of caoutchouc for
| this degree of excellence. In this direction,
as well as in the manufacture of surgical
| instruments and dentistry it has effected a
| revolution. Contrary to the general rule
too, that cheapenng processes are inferior
| processes, this substance is superior for the
surgeons use to the costly metals il super
sedes. Mr.. Stewards face bears testimony
to its utility, one of the bones broken by
the assassin's blow being restored to shape
by its help. The capability which caout-
chouc possesses of hardness or elasticity
its susceptibility of moulding and coloring,
the fact that it is incorruptible and inoXi-
dizable, and cannot therefore poison or ir-
ritate the flesh, give it an essential advan-
tage over any other matorial.-LippiHcoH
| A[nnnzine.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03
Hints on DraHghf Horses and TarH6ss.

Whenever a horse is employed for the
purpose of drawing any vehicle or load, it
is of the utmost importance that he should
be able TO employ all his strength to adj
vantage. Every one who considers at all
must acknowledge that if IA horse do his
work in n cramped and confined condition,
or when he is inconveniently placed as re-
CARDS the load, he cannot exert his full
power, which is so much loss to his master;
or, if forced to perform certain amount,
then he is obliged to waste a great deal
more of his strength than is required, to
his own great pain and injury.
The act of pulling is performed by lean
ing forward with the weight of the body
against the resistance of the opposing force,
and then, by strong movements of the
limbs, keeping up and increasing the pres
sure, the weight of the body being OF the
utmost importance. Muscular movements
exhaust the strength, whereas the body
weight is easily employed without consum-
| ing the vital energies.
First, and unfortunately, in too many
| cases, the collar is quite unfit for the animal
A horse collar is, we are sorry to say, fire.
quently looked upon merely as ring for
the neck, to which the traces are to be af-
fixed whereas there is no part of the har-
ness which is so important, and which
ought to tit so accurately.
Second. The horse is often prevented
from throwing his weight into the collar
| by check-rein-a useless and painful en-
cumbrance, introduced by vanity and re-
tanned by thoughtlessness amounting TO
| cruelty. Ask horse-keepers why they use
| it, and hardly any two will give the same
answer, although it is generally supposed
| by them to he great safeguard in case of
stumbling. The real object with which it
was introduced, was to make every horse
to which 1t was applied, however weak, or
Old or poor, assume the lofty carriage of the
| thoroughbred horse. Fortunately, this
vitiated taste is going out of fashion as bet
ter information is difiusod. -RtTdl euro
| hHinn
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03
L1I'E.rTIO.V'S sUGGESTED III.
THE L.ETE CJI.EL Iy.rR,

The inventions to which our late war
gave rise are rs multifarious as were its
wants. Some idea oft achievements NAV
be gained by II look at the cases OF models
in the United States Patent Office Shelf
after shelf is loaded with inventions sug-
gestcd by the necessities of war. Not Il
piece of ordnance, nor firearm, nor vehicle,
nor tent, camp-chest, cook sing utensil, nor
appurtenance of war of any kind, but was
"improvcd' by the indomitablc, self-con-
iident, inventive, "tinkering' fellow. The
caisson, gun-carriage, bomb-shell, gun
wad, the cap and the bullet, are all of new
fashion. There are new modes ofworking,
packing, transporting, cleaning and load
ing such antiquated instruments of war
fare as are permitted still to eXist-new
kinds of priming-new methods of ignit-
ing-and new fashioned cartridges, with
new machines for cutting, trimming, press
ing, filling and packing. An officers arms
must he attached by Il modern method +;
his shoulder straps be fastened on with Il
spring. and even the old flag is expected
to run up the staff and unfurl to the breeze
by means Of some new tangled, patent con-
trivance.
As great ingenuity, if not as great gem
ius, is shown in models of apparatus de-
signed to promote the comfort of the sick
or wounded. In the beginning of the war
there was no hospital tent that gave salts
faction. That used in France is the same
which answers the ordinary purposes of
shelter-thc regulation tent as it is called
by its conical shape giving to the tented
field Il picturcsqueness gratifying, no doubt
to French love Of effect, but enclosing too
many feet of useless space to suit Ameri-
cans. Tho English "marquee" serves an
excellent purpose after it is pitched and
ready for use, but the qualities of compact
ness, portableness, convenience in pitching
and striking are quite overlooked. 1t is
substantial, ponderous, COSTLY but it isn't
handy and this to Americans is objection
enough. A score or more are there, of all
shapes and sizes, but that finally adopted
and used during the war, the wall toni,
with sloping roof and straight sides, is pre-
eminently superior. 1t is light, easily
managed, portable and cheap. An umbrel-
la tent was suggested and even made, hay
ing a central pole or handle, radiating arms
upon which the cover is spread, hosting
apparatus raising and shutting it. But it
was too complicated.
Still pursuing our search, we see minia-
ture ambulances, a procession of which
adorns the shelves. The ambulance in use
of old was bare of all comfort. Look now
inside one of these new models, and you
see every contriyanco imaginable to lessen
the suffering Of the sick and wounded.
The ambulance is no longer an instrument
of torture. Tho mattresses used as stretch
ers also slide along the floor on rollers fast
! ened TO frame work resting upon springs
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03
I.,.v.ESIBLE C.fPIT.EL.

Money and houses, and stocks and YES
sells and railroads are not the only capital
lin the world. There is kind that political
Economists make no mention of-though
the most material minded men recognize
and admit its value. 1t is within the reach
of men whoare destitute of all otherkinds of
capital-within the reach of the very poor
est Indeed, there is many man who has
started in life with nothing else but by the
iudicious use of it, has been enabled to
grow rich and powerful. II is good
character. This is the first thing young
man needs in life. 1t is the first demand
in business. There are many business
men who do not attempt to cultivate it (;
but even these discern and esteem it in
others. There is no dishonest man who
does not exact honesty of those whom he
employs. lie may deal unfairly with 9TH
ers, but he wants to be dealt fairly with
himself. InheXible integrity and good
moral habits are the elements of good
character; and though they may not COM
mand their real value at first, sooner or
later, al detect them, or do homagoto them.
The complications and subdivisions of
business require that the heads of houses
should place large trust in somebody; and
hero is where the arithmetical value of a
good character is exhibited. In whom, of
all the clerks and assistants in large bust
ness, shall this trust be placedP Who
shall be selected to share the employers
confidence? Not necessarily the smartest
of his assistants, but that one whose proved
integrity and known good habits mark
him AS the most reliable and faithful. All
may possess these attributes but, unfor
tunatoly, all do not possess them; and
those who really do possess them are so
few in number as to make the attributes
themselves the more valuable for their
scarcity. The young man who is strictly
upright in all its dealings, who tells nothing
but the truth, who faithfully fulfil his
pledges and keeps his engagements, even
to his own dotrimcnt, and whose moral
habits are corrcct-this is the person to
whom employers love to coniide important
trusts, and whom they select for rare re-
wards and good salaries. No young man
who pos sesses these qualities can be esteem
ed poor and no young man who is desti-
tute of them is likely to be steadily pros
porous.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03

complete control. Much of course depends
on temperament, but rs rule such mon
need sound sleep, and plenty of 1t. When
n boy on tho farm, we were told that Napo-
leon needed only four hours sleep, and the
old nonsense of "fve for man, six for a
woman, and seven for fool' was often
quoted. But the truth is, that Napoleon
was enabled, in great measure, to accom-
plish what he did from the faculty of sleep
ing soundly-of sleeping when he slept,
and working when he worked. We
have sat in one of his favorito travelling
carriages, and IL was so arranged that he
could lie down at full length, and when
dashing through the country as fast as eight
horses frequently changed, could carry
him, he slept soundly, and when nc arrived
at his destination was as fresh as If he had
risen from bed of down. Let farmers,
and especially farmers boys, have plenty
to cat, nothing to "drnk," and all the sleep
they can take.-Am. Agricuhurist.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03
PREP.FRE FOR SPRI.yG.

At this, the winter season of the year,
much can be done toward helping on the
labor that will flood the farmer and gard
ener in spring. Many pleasant days will
shine out through the face of old winter,
and during such times fences can be re-
paired, buildings altered and fixed up the
manure and compost heap added to ; trees,
vines and plants trimmed, mulched and
cleaned out generally stakes for vines and
raspberrios got out and hauled and painted
and put under shelter. In fact, the farmer
and gardener need hardly be idle single
day; and the long nights are sufficient for
reading and recreation. Every farmer and
gardener should have workshop with a
stove in it, and loft overhead where he
can put timber to season, which is suitable
TO make swivel and double trees, hoe, rake,
spade, and fork handles, axle trees, boil
sters, sldcrs, tongues, etc., etc. lie should
have tool-chest with the ordinary tools
for such work, such as drawing knife,
hatchet, chiscls, augers, brace and bits,
saws, mallct, etc, and have Il supply of
bolts and taps, nails and other things
which may be needed from time to time on
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oc S""s ""u SAVE anu "i''" 'o"'u w Uo'''
toward he'pllS on 'he press Oh WORK "hen
active operations come on in the busy days
of spring.
81. 81 . I'd al ~
beSldeS thlS' "ouIu "iloru pheasant "S
wen as uSeiul recreation 10 inc maze mem
perS ol inc raihliy' ana mus many doilor
would be saved 10 say nothing OF the loss
Of time consequent upon running to the
village or CROSSROADS shop, to have trif1ins
little JOBS 81 work done The custom in
dulgcd III ny many FARMERS ana their sons,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03
sPO.vT.I.vEOUs CO.uHUsTION.

The Boston journal of Chemistry for
January has an interesting and instructive
article under the above caption. Remark
ing on the frequency of cases of spontane-
Gus combustion, it cannot help thinking
that the people are becoming more careless
than formerly, or else they are ignorant of
the nature and the causes of this kind of
combustion, which differs from ordinary
burning only in that the oXidation-the
union of the combustible substance with
the oxygen of the airs more gradual.
The decay of animal and vegetable sub
stance is process Oft this kind. Thus, when
a log of wood rots in the forest, it is as real
" burned up as when it blazes on an old
fashioned fireplace. The heat is the same,
and the products Of the combustion-car-
bonic acid and water-are the same; the
only difference being in the rapidity of the
process which makes the heat perceptible
in the one case, and imperceptble to the
ordinary perception in the other
The rusting of metals is another in
stance of slow combustion, heat be-
ing generated in this process as in
that Of decay; and if the rusting is made
sufficiently rapid the rise of temperature is
readily detected. An instance il corrObo-
ration of this assertion, which occurred in
England during the manufacture Of a sub
marine cable, is given. A portion of cable
wire placed in tanks filled with water, rust
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03

TAKE ENOUGH SLEEP.-Sad one of the
oldest and most successful farmers in the
State: ~ do not care to have my men get
up before five or half-past five in the morn
ing, and if they go to bed early and can
sleep soundly, they will do more work than
if they got up at four or half-past four"
We do not believe in the eight-hour law,
but nevertheless, are inclined to think that,
rs n general rule, we work too many hours
on the farm. Tho best man we ever had to
dig bitches seldom worked, when digging
by the rod, more than nine hours IA day.
And ii is so in chopping wood by the cord,
the men who accomplish the most work the
fewest hours. They bring all their brain
and muscle into exercise, and make every
blow tell. A slow, plodding Dutchman
may turn grindstone or a tanning
better than an energetic Yankee, hut this
kind of work is now mostly done by horse
power, and the farmer needs above all else,
a clear head, with all his faculties Of mind
and muscle light and active, and under
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03

ONE HUNDRED BILLION OF SILVER IN
THE Overwhelmingly twenty years ago,
Durocher, and Malagut, and later Field,
found traces Cf silver in solution in the
ocean. Posse found, ten years ago, silver
and copper, while Field made Il quantila-
tive analysis, and consequent estimate, OF
the amount of silver in the whole ocean ;
he found it to be more than two million
tons, or over 4,OOO,OO0,OOO pounds, worth
about $4,000 100000, The quantity is un-
questionably there, but the difficulty is in
getting it out cheaply; unfortunately by
our present method, the expense of OK
tracing would far exceed the value of the
amount gained. 1t is the same with Phil
adelphia bricks. They contain gold to such
an extent that every medium-sizcd house
can be said to contain about thirty dollars
worth of gold in its bricks but we have no
cheap method which permits of an cXtrac-
ton of this gold at II profit.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03

Gen. Mcclellan is waxing rich. indie
pendontly of other cmolumcnts, he is now
receiving $4,000 a year AS constructor of
the Stevens floating battery, and $40, 900 an
nually rs engineer Of the new dock depart
ment
-"Abstract the idea of goodness from the
character of God, and it would cancel all
our obligations TO him, and excite us to
hate and detest him as Il tyrant. Hence it
is that ignorant people arc supersttiously
mislod into a concoit that thoy hate God,
when at the same time ii is only the idol
of their own Imagination, which they
ought to hate and be ashamed Of But
were such persons to connect the ideas OF
power, wisdom, goodness and all possible
perfection in the character of God their
hatred toward him would he turned into
love and alteration. For mankind to hate
truth rs It may bring their evil deeds ia
light and punishment is very easy and
common; but TO hate truth rs truth, or God
rs God, which il the same ms to hate good,
ness for its own sake, unconnoctcd with
any other consequences, is impossible even
to a promised diabolcal nature itself"-
Ethan allen.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03

GREASE YOUR WHEELs.--A great cause
of unnecessary pain and labor to many
horses, is II neglect in keeping the wheels
properly creased "Somc persons may not
be aware" says Hoover, in his work ON
Bipeds and Quadrupeds, THAT the triiling
neglect of Il pair of wheels being compare
lively dry or well creased will cause twcn-
ty miles to take more out of Il horse than
forty would in the latter case; yet wheels
absolutely screaming from dryness, are
often seen and heard, attached to carts and
wagons, and thus would the brute in hui
man form let them scream till he had
reached his journeys end or finished his
days work, though his horses were draw
ing from such cause at least one ton in four
of resistance more than they would if the
defect were attended to-"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03

DRESSING LEATHER.-A firm in Ches-
hire, England, has recently invented and
patented machine for dressing leather,
which is highly spoken of by our foreign
exchanges, and which is said to greatly re-
duce the cost of the process. The promi-
nent feature of the invention is the dis
pensing with the operation known as
Striking" and substituting for it the ac-
ton of a series of knives arranged i'm Il
drum in peculiar manner, so as TO operate
on all parts of the leather uniformly. The
knives are made of steel, bell-mctal, glass,
or porcelain, and are placed diagonally in
the drum, in two series, and in such a man
nor that before any knife ceases its action,
another is brought TO bear upon the skin.
The skin is moved over a table having a
surface of metal or other hard material,
and adjustable in height so rs to regulate
the pressure of the knives upon the skin,
The action of the knives gives slow mo-
ton to the skin on the table, by which all
the parts are brought under them success
lively. The cost of the new method is
claimed to be only ono-twolfth of the old
process. Mercantile journal.