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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28
MEMPHIS, TENN: SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28 1871.

but rather to spite Mrs. Jones, or to
settle Mrs. Jenkins. Men on small
salaries spend their money for bill
liards, cigars and Bourbon straight
and fail to get their lives insured, be-
cause they cant afford 1t. Women wear
thin drawers and no hannels, so that
theil peacocks feather may have a
larger switch, or the hump on their
back may camelize little more outre-
ishly, Sham, not marriage, is what's the
matter. Young people can very well af-
ford to marry long before they can afford
to splurge. Babiesl Certainly, babies
Why not2 If one baby in the house is a
well-spriug Of joy, what are half a dozen2
There can be no good, sound argument
against babies, and the Tribune, which
would oppose them, deserves to be writ
ten down by the Leader. By all means
let the young people marry, by all means
welcome and make happy the babies, and
by the same token let the husband give
up his cheap and nasty drink, his tobac-
co and billiards, while the wife puts on
her apron and kindly condescends to do
something for herself, leaving Mrs. Jones
where she belongs-in the cold.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28
MASONIC MUTUAL
Life Assurance Association
OF MEMPHIS. TENN.
OFFICE. NO. 9 UNION STREET.

First Question-How much per annum will
il cost a man Of thirty-hve to insure his life in
the old mOdel
Second Question-HoW much will il cost in
the Masonic Mutual Assurance Association Of
AnsWer-AbOut sSl 90. payable at intervals.
(See table Of standard authorities at our otice.)
Third Question-Why this difference for the
AnsWer-lst. Because by this plan the Asso-
citation only calls for enough in initiation fees
Ithe interest upon which will finally pay, work
ingexpenses). and the 81 at death to pay losses.
2d. Ifthere 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 70 pay you one-half back In divi-
dends out Of your own money paid in premiums
Firth Question-Is policy Of insurance upon
the Mutual plan the same in all respects, save
as 70 chargesf
2, 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; F.;
while in the old mode you are taxed whether
losses or not, and that in advance.
sixth Question-Will q policy holder in this
Association receive a dividendf
AnsWer-Yes; from all accumulation which
may accrue from forfeiture and surplus interest
Seventh Question-How are your funds in
Answer-Under direction Of the Finance
COMMITTEES, on unincumbered real estate, val
ned at twice the amount Of the investment, or
undOubted city acceptance.
Eighth Question-DOes the Association pay
10 the heire Of the poliey-hOlder two dollars for
each enrolled member who has heretofore paid
All assessments, should any member fail TO
nay on last assessmentf
AnsTsr-Yes; as the Association holds in lis
permanent fund, paid in By initiation fee. an
amount in excess Of any amount Il will be at
one time called upon TO pay on the death Of q
We insure from IS tOsO years. st
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28
No Home.

There are thousands who know moth
inc of the blessed influences of comfort
able homes merely for the want ofthrift
or from dissipated habits, Youth spent
in frivolous amusements and demoralz-
ing associations, leaving then at middle
age. when the physical and1ntellectual
man should be in its greatest yigor, en-
eryated, and without one laudable ambi-
tion. Friends long since lost, confidence
gone. and nothing to look to in old age
Int a mere toleration in the community
where they should be ornaments. No
home to hy TO when wearied with the
struggles incident to life; no wife to
cheer them in their dependency; no
children TO amuse them, and no Vlrtuous
household to give zest to the joys of life.
All is blank, and there is no hope or sue
cor except that which is given out by the
hands Of private or public charities;
When the family of an industrious and
sober citizen gather around the cheerful
fire of a wintry day, the homeless man
Is seeking shelter in the cells of the sta
Toulouse, or begging for a nights rest
In ihe outbuiiding of one who started IN
life at the same time with no greater ad-
vantares; but honesty and industry built
mn that home, while dissipation destroyed
the other,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28
Pew Whispering.

Mary Ellen Canxiously)-"Betsy Jane,
isn't nv chignon coming off p Betsy
Jane Cpettis6ly)-"No. Can'tyou move
a little further? You are creasing my
lace flounces." Mary Ellen (moEing a
Iittle)-"Don't you think Susan Brown
looks dreadful homely?' Betsy Jane
Isn't he q perfect Adonis2 How ! do
wish he would look our way; Mary
Ellen Smiling sweetly)-"Ahi see him.
He's looking toward us Betsy Jane
(angrily)-" He isn't looking at you, so
Won needn't act like fool. The minis
ter Is going TO pray" Mary Ellen
These long prayers Of his are perfectly,
awful. and / shan't try to keep awake.
Betsy Jane (peeping through her hngers
at Charlie)-" Go to sleep, dear l shan
disturb you.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28
Let's An Get married.

From the New York Star.l
The question of early marriages seems
to bother not only the Gradgrind direc-
tors Of the English bank, but several of
our cotemporaries, who assert with equal
positiveness, and prove with commend
able feryor both sides of the case. We
opine that It is not the marriage which
causes financial embarrassment, but the
tcalsoolery which accompanies it. Men
are not content TO start as their fathers
did, or rather as their incomes warrant;
and as for the women-well, far be 1t
from us to attempt their definition. Ex-
pensive suites Of rooms, tawdry fnery,
hashy dress, a great deal Of paint and
putty are made TO take the place of Q
modest home and such genuine comforts
as very little money viii secure. WO-
men dress, not for their own conven-
fence, nor to please their husbands,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28
fTREAsURY DEPARTMENT,
w WASUINGTON Januarv 13- 1871

"SIR-Mr. J. L. Douglass, l49 Broad
way, New York, wrote to this Office on
the 9th instant, asking the following
questions: Does duplicate policy or
duplicate renewal require a stamp Do
endorsements on policies, or transfers of
ownership, or transfer from one building
to another, require stamp? Mr.. Doug
lass having been referred to you, your
attention is directed to Series 5, No. TO-
page sixteen; and also the Internal Rev
enue Record, volume twelve, page thir-
teen, letter to Collector Trillock. Every
instrument that operates as renewal Of
a policy of insurance requires the same
stamp as the original, and every trans
fer or assignment or endorsement bear
ing the same effect is subject to the
same ruling. Very respectfully,
"J. w. DOUGLASS,
Deputy Commissioner. !"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28
DENTISTRY.
Dental Co partnership.
DRS. HINSON & MAYES.

nR. HINSON HAVING ASSOCIATED
~ with him Dr.. Mayes, Of Bolivar Tenn,
who is a graduate Of the Baltimore and Penn
sylvania Colleges Of Dental Surgery, sessions
and winters '5e and 80. takes this method 10
arnounce 10 the public. a. in the past 20 in
repairiAg the natural teeth and replacing arti-
fetal with neatness and dispatch. Particular
attention given In the regulation Of teeth and
diseases of the guns with ETHEREAL; and Nj
trous Oxide gas being given In the extraction
Of teeth. HFpnotics are also used In plugging,
which are harmless and encacious % cbtund
sensibility. Once and residonce, No. ~
Main street. Memphis, Tsnn. T1-l23
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28

The Rural World says "0ne Of the
cruelest things done to dumb beasts is
putting hard frozen iron bits into a
horses mouth. 1t is not only a painful,
but a dangerous act. For every time
living flesh touches metal much below
the freezing point, the latter extracts the
heat from the former and freezes it.
Thus horses mouth becomes frozen by
the cold iron several times a day put
into it; each time causing these freez-
ings to go deeper, to end at last in ex-
tensive liberation. With a sore mouth
the poor horse refuses to eat, and pines
away, which calls the horse doctor in.
They call it bots, glanders, horse-ail,
etc, and go to cramming down poison
Gus drugs in doses; and the next you
know of the poor abused creature he is
carried of to be food for fish or crows.
Many a valuable horse has been mys-
teriously lost in just that way. Think
ing and humane people avoid this by
first warming the bits; but this is much
trouble and sometimes impossible, as in
night work like staging and physicians s
work. Now, all this trouble is entirely
avoided, as we have found on large trial,
BY getting the hsrnsss-mskers to procure
leather bits for winter use, so made that
no metal substance can touch the hesh.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28
The Fighting bishop OF Paris.


From the London telegraph
Monseigneur Bauer, who is commonly
known in Paris as 'the fighting Bishop,
is Hungarian by birth, and as accom-.
plished horseman as most other sons OF
that horse-loving country. The Bishop
who, although called Bishop of Sumatra,
openly avows that he has never beheld,
and hopes never to behold, his See,
which he describes vaguely as situated
in partibus infdelium-is one of the
least tight-laced ecclesiastics that in any
country it has been my fortune to en-
counter. i should say that, theologi-
cally, he is Voltairian, and socially or
estheticallya a cosmopolitan. He is never
so happy as when careering along a stony
road, his reins tightly grasped, his hands
down, and with seat in the saddle which
would be noticed even at Newmarket.
Behind him may be seen what he calls
"his staff" consisting of some half dozen
young ecclesiastics and two or three cor
respondents of the English press.
With hat like that of Don Basilio.
in the Barber of Seville, and close-fit-
ting violet and black tunic, he shows on
the field of action very differently from
Bishop Leonidas Polk, the fighting
Bishop" of the Confederate States du-
ring the American civil war. But in one
respect he is filter to take part in the
bloody game of war than the Protestant
prelate of Louisiana. Monseigneur
Bauer is always ready to administer alb
solution to the wounded or dying upon
the shortest notice.
Non .fls," said he, grasping the
hand of dying Mobile, you are about
to die; do you desire absolution2 If SO,
squeeze my hand"
A slight pressure of the dying man
fingers conveyed assent.
"AbsOlro te IN ROmine Sante Marie"
began the Bishop; the remaining words
were drowned as caisson hurried by.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28

A shipmaster at Honolulu reports
that during a recent visit Of his vessel
Al Jarvis Island, leopard shark, $50
called because its skin is covered with
iarlx spots), was washed ashore, which
measured tweuty-six feet in length. The
distance between the eyes Of this mon
ster he asserts, was four feet, and the
length Of the jaws nearly three feet.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28
HARTFORD, January ID, ISL.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, L.
HARTFORD County, oo'
INTEREST.
NOTICE
MAEGE,s HG3;s.GG OFFICE, EoyE CITY J, HALL. Il15

MAYORS OFFICE, CITY HALL.
MKlRHIs, December Is. $50. !
THE Interest falling due on the lst day Of
January. lSTl. on the bonds Of the city Of
Memphis. will be paid on presentation Of the
proper coupons at the once Of P. N. Myers 4
Co.. Bankers. No. a Pine street. in the City
OfNsw York. on and after Monday, January
S-f JOHN JOHNSON. mayor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28
rs SUPERIOR
3
E LOOK STITOH which

The LOCK STITCH which it
makes is more durable and beautiful than
any other, presenting the same appear.
ance on both sides Of the fabric and will
not ravel. 1t is also more economical,
recurring oNE-THIRD LESS cotton than
any OF. er kind of stitch, Being thes same
on both sides, it is not necessary 10 use
the extremely fine sewing cotton required
by those machines which make a stitch
with ridge on the under side, which can
only be concealed by using thread too
delicate and fine to bear ordinary wear.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28
E. WhIEMOhEse
Publisher and Proprietor.
What the Engines Said on the Completion
of the Pacific Railroads.

w nat INC EuSluos Oalu Vh bho SVAnPAobA
Of the Pacific Railroads.
ENaa BY BRET HARTE. 0EE
What was II the engines said
Pilots touching-head to head
Facing on the single track,
Half world behind each backE
This is what the engines said,
Unreported and unread.
With predatory screech,
In horid western Speech,
Said the engine from the West;
: II am from Sierra's crest;
And, if attitudes test,
Why, / reckon, it's confessed
That I've done my level best.
Said the engine from the East:
"They who talk best work the least.
: 'Spose you whistle down your brakes;
What yOu'V done is no great shakes
Pretty fair-but let our meeting
Be different kind Of greeting.
Let these folks with champagne stuihng,
Not their engines, do the pulling.
Listen Where Atlantic beats
Shores of snow and summer heats
Where the Indian autumn skies
Paint the woods with wampum dies
L have chased the flying sun,
Seeing all he looked upon;
Blessing all that he has blessed,
Nursing in my iron breast
All his yivifying heat,
All his clouds about my crest;
And before my flying feet
Every shadow must retreat"
Said the Western engine: "Phewl'
And a long, low whistle blew;,
"Come now, really that's the oldest
Talk for one so very modest.
You brag of your East You doY
Why, / bring the East to you!
All the Orient, all Cathay,
Find through me the shortest way;
And the sun you follow here,
4 Rises in my hemisphere.
Really-ifo one must be rude
Length, my friend, amt longitude.
Said the Union: Don't reflect, or
81 I'll run over some director"
Said the Central: " L m Pacific,
But, when riled, i m quite terrific.
Yet, to-day we will not quarrel,
iDl Just to show these folks this moral,
How two engines-in their vision
Once have met without collision"
That 10 what the engines said
UnrepOrted and unread;
Spoken slightly through the nose,
With whistle at the CLOSE,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28

A German who went to hear Nilsson
saws he does not like her because she IS
SO tail and slim. He wants a singer who
l6oks ike a fedder bed mid a string
tied round der middle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28

Its simplicity renders its movements
so easy that o child can work it. 1t is
aim ost noiseless in operation, and for
speed and rapidity Of motion excels all
others, as has been demonstrated a thou
sand times by competition. -
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28
stamps on Insurance POIicies-De-
cisiOn by the Revenue Commits
aiOner.

j. L. Douglass, Secretary of the Mer-
chants Insurance Company of New
York city, has received the following,
through Collector Harrow, of the Fourth
District
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28

It possesses the very great advantage
of carving the work in the natural way
from left to iight--which enables the
operator to handle the work more readily
and to sit upright; while machines which
carry the work from the operator require
an inclination Of the body forward (detrl-
mental to healthy and are hard and tire
some to use. faa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28

The prices are within reach OF every
one. Machines are made to suit all
10 stes and circumstances, and the plain
est IN finish will work as well as the most
costly. II
at the h ouse of the customer at any tune
free of charge, and the utmost pains
taken to r, ander complete satisfaction, &
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28
NEWSPAPERS.
NEWSPAPERS.
The Southern Advertiser.
aANZEIGER DES SUDENS,"
[EsrAKLsn D NDoooLvm.l
Leading Organ Of tn, German Population Of
LOUIS WUNDIsRMAN ....EDITeR AND PRoP'R.
once: Cor. Third and Jeiferson,
In POstOace Building. NJ snPhiI. Tennessee.

Its exceedinrly large circulation throughout
the city and State offers bu siness mep an ex-
client opportunity 70 make their business
tno,gn 10 tie Thousands Of Germans living N
this section Of country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-28
BUSINESS HOUSES.

DANK-FIRST NATIONAL OF MEMPHIS.
ID +. s. Davis, Pres't; Newton Ford. V. p.
BOWMAN. O. H., .MACHINIsT AND
IL Scale Factor, 202H Main street. Special
attention given TO repairing scales. MN
NITY BANK, NEW BANK BUILDING.
" 8 Madison street. s. III. Tobey, Pres't;
Il. @. Kirk. Cashiers ]. A. Hayes. Jr., Asst.
O,AROLINA LIFE ms. CO., AZ MADISON
" st. j. Davis. Pres't; w. p. Boyle, Sec'y.
DICKINSON, WILLIAMS a CO.. COTTON
~ Factors, 2lO FIsnt street.
E,MM0Ns Il son, BOOKS, STATIONERY,
II Maeaznes, etc.. 10 Jefferson and 63 Bsal.
E,ISHER, AMIs X co., MARBLE-WORKS
IL and Drain Pipe, cor. Adams and Second.
GoEPEL. LEOPOLD, AGENT, DEALER
" in Organs and Knabe's Pianos. 376 Main.
HEINRICH. p. II. X BRO, C0NFEC-
II tons, Groceries. Liquors. etc., 24 Main.
McC0MBS, KELLAR a BYRNES, HARD
WI ward. Cutlery, etc., 32219 and Sa Main.
ORGILL BROS. 4 CO., HARDWARE. CUT
" lery, Agricultural Implements BIZ Front,
CTEAM DYERS 4 CLEANERS y y Il
- Hanson & Walker Clate Hunt * Hansonl.
2i6 Second street.
CT. J0SEPH'S INFIRMARY, CORNER OF
- jefferson and Third streets, in charge of
the Sisters ofthe Order Of st. Dominic. A
XNTHITM0RE. E., STEAM JOB PRINTER,
w 1SMadison street. s.
NJ W. JACKSON, VETERINARY SUR
w geon. Office Brooks Stables 447 and
449 Main street. l2S-t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-02
nMR. CONKLLNG,S JORS.o

Certain merchants and ship-builders, mainly
of this City, have submitted to Congress
proposition to build large and swift steamers
and establish herewith mail-lnes across the
ocean in certain specified directions. To en-
able them to do this, they require specified
subsidies. We do not advocate their propo-
sal, and might not if we were sure none more
favorable to the Government had been OF
would be offered. But this is as clear as sun
hght-NO great lines Of ocean steamships wiH
be established WITHOUT subsidies. Great
Britain has covered the great seas with
a network of steamship lines en-
poyed in swiftly distributing her manu-
features over the whole habitable globe.
She has secured an immense start and
she achieved it by means of liberal subsidies.
We do not decide that this country might wisely
attempt to rival her; but we know that the
attempt can never be made in the absence of
subsidies. He, therefore, who scouts subsidies
is a hypocrite if he pretends to lament the de-
cline and seek the revival of our foreign COM
merce.
But the Hon. Roscoe Conkling submitted to
the Senate the bill in question, and this fact
is made by The World an excuse for assaiing
the project as one of "Mr. Conkling's Jobs -
which is "a absurd IA malicious. From this,
The World passes to what appears to be a
"second job" which it characterzcs as
follows:
"Its in the shape Of hill to provide additional com
mercial and postal facilities in the Port of Now-iork
aud was into the Senate the 10th OF Janu
ary II provides for tho incorporation OF certain emf
nen Republican leaders In this City into Joint stock
company. to be known tho Now.York Port Funnel
Company. with a capital OF not less than - 100000 tho
business OF the Company To bo the laying ana Operating
Of ubduninal tunnels from some point Ia howJor'ey
under the bed OF tho Hudson River ~ this CITY ana also
under the bed OF the East River between hs CITY and
Brooklyn. To facilitate these purposes, thero IA
kindly given tho Company tho right OF way under
the rivers. also land nj tho tofinni. 10 far 40
NAY IN npsdeL AQi aloA tfa.A " lyals au4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-02
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 1871

ness and cause to this fear; she delights In
placing herself in unnecessarily anomalous
nositions. She seems TO think that this very
modesty is the obstacle, the ono incubus Of
which she must rid herself in order TO step
into the mans place and privileges. She pooh
poohs tho ordinary restrictions of decency, as
in this matter of the Albany pages. BY just
such purblind faulty the seven lady candi-
dates at the Edinburgh Medical School last
month lost the chance which they undoubtedly
had earned and deserved. There was no OBJ
lection to their receiving separate clinical
lectures, but mixed clinics they would In
sist upon, in spite of the remOnstr ances
of the professors and five hundred
male students. Consequently, they lost the
chance of any lectures at all. We have always
contended for the especial right of women to
the study Of medicine, and contended for it
more earnestly as we knew it was practicable
without the loss of that personal delicacy
which these ladies are so eager to throw aside.
How much they have damaged their cause i'll
England it is impossible to say.
OF modesty, as of TASTE non dispUtandVm.
But what if we suggested to tho Advanced
Female" that this immOdesty is impOitic
1t is totally unnecessary, too. Lucretia Mott
lived in public and ran counter to the opinions
of the mass of the American people for fifty
years, yet there is none so base AZ not to do
her reverence to-day, because she always
carried with her great mission the great
strength OF gentle, modest wOmanhOOd. Let
our energetic sisters not be in too great haste
TO lay aside their bushes. Rosalind took the
curtlc-ax upon her thigh and the boar-spear
in her hand, but sho never found it requisite
TO take the doublct and hose into her dispo-
"sition" The better class Of men, We assure
them, with all their political and social rights,
have never found it necessary 10 give up their
modcsty; and it is fact, in spite OF the
accusations of some of orr lady antagonists,
that they respect tho quality not only in
women but in each other. At all events, they
are not likely to revive the days of the French
Revolution, and elect as their Goddess Of Reason
an undrapcd woman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-02

Mr. Joshua Hill was yesterday admitted as a
Senator from Georgia, but it was urged against
his colleague Mr.. Miller, elected at the same
time that lie was disqualified by reason of his
service as a surgeon in the Rebel army These
gentlemen have been knocking for admission
with great persistence ever since 1868; and no
fewer than two other pairs of Senators elect
have been sent TO Washington on the same
GRAND. Mr.. Hill was elected by the loyal
Legislature Of Georgia, before The cOlorcd
members were expelled, and ho certainly comes
nearer representing the State than any of the
other applicants for his seat, whose admission
is Of course now out of the question.