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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
sinrnInr Enect of a Dec stinr.

From the Wheeling Intelligencer.l
About a week since Mrs. Harmon Sin
sci, of Prunytown, was stung on the arm,
half way from the wrist to the elbow, by
4 honey bee. She Immediately expe-
rienced singular sensation from her
feet to the top of her head, and in few
moments turned blind and was seized
with spasms of the most violent charac-
ter. These were of such extraordinary
violence that four strong men could
scarcely hold her in bed aud prevent her
from dashing her brains out on the bed.
stead. One man, who held her left arm,
was lifted by it Off the floor by the sheer
force OF Ats muscular contraction, al
though Mrs. Sinsel was small and
rather delicate woman. In spite of the
most powerful remedies, these spasms
continued the greater part Of the night
and il seemed miracle that the lady
Survived them. We learn, however,
that She is now considered out of dan
ger. and is recovering. We have read
Several instances lately where serious
consequences resulted from bee-sting,
and we would advise our readers to let
the busy little pests severely alone.
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GRANTS PEACE.
shameful scenes in North Carolina

Shameful scenes IN NORM CarOiiuh
On the 9th inst, says the Southern
Home (Charlotte) of the 18th inst,
ninety quiet, respectable farmers of
Rutherford, Oleaveland and Lincoln.
counties were marched through our
streets by the lowest and vilest of dirty
United States marshals, and placed ON
the Raleigh train, to attend the United
States court, Some Of the prisoners
we're carrying their bed-clothes strapped
on their backs, because too poor
to pay hotel bills; some were accom-
panied by their wives some had their
friends and neighbors, etc. The entire
crowd amounted to two hundred persons,
all torn from their business to be dragged
three hundred miles to attend a court,
which but for malice, might have been
held within few miles of the homes Of
the prisoners. Gangs of negroes. fol-
lowed the prisoners to the depot, Jeer-
ing, taunting and laughing at them.
Here the insults became more provok-
ing, and cries went up from the excited
mob: Dam the Ku-Kluxl" Hang de
last one Of deml'' ''Dey's gwine to ketch
bell nowl" etc At length a little boy, a
son Of one Of the prisoners, was Knocked
over by a negro, when a. general row
would have taken place had not a Fed
eral soldier fired over the heads of the
mob. In a few seconds the negroes
we're making 2;4O time away from the
depoty9TA2 ava tsllltf. ,3iNsh
This loss of time from business, an
noyance, suffering and shame has been
Inflicted upon inofensive people by a
despotic government through its supple
tool, the stupid, ignorant, corrupt, don
key-king Of Rutherford.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27

A most appalling exhibition of Radical
robbery in the South during the last
three years appears in the evidence sub
mitted, mostly by the Radical State gov
ernments to the Ku-Klux Committee,
aud which the Republican members Of
this committee, by solemn vote, refused
Thursday 20 allow to be printed; but,
from the mass of evidence, the startling
fact appears that the debts of the South
ern States have been increased, in rail-
road and other improvement bonds, So
called. S226, III ,9i7 within the past three
years. The largest increase has been in
Louisiana and Georgia. That of the
former has increased by sec, 37l, ,070, and
that Of the latter by Si6,966,I5O within
the past three years.
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Stealing a Ride.

Four little Poughkeepsie boys recently
took dangerous railroad ride. An
extra locomotive on the Hudson river
road had stopped there a few minutes,
and supposing it switch engine en-
ployed at the depot they jumped on the
rear Of the tender. Three sat on the
guard, only six inches wide, and the
other got astride of the bumper. Soon
after the engine started il was running
forty miles an hour. The boys were ter
ribly shaRon. They could not be seen
from the engine; the dust and smoke
concealed them from the hagman they
passed, and their cries were drowned by
the noise. A man at Poughkeepsie sus-
pected trouble, and the engine was
stopped by telegraph at New Hamburg.
The boy WHO was astride Of the link was
unable to walk when taken off, his legs
being awfully chafed. The hands of the
other boys were blistered terribly, and
the blood oozed odt from under their
finger nails. so tightly had they grasped
the woodwork of the tender. They were
nearly exhausted and a short distance
more would have killed them.
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CariyIe's study.

A contributor to the Independent gives
the following sketchy account of Thomas
Carlyle's study:
" Entering his study you find nothing
in the place where you expected it,
Don Quixot, with all its wind-mills,
mixed up with Doctor Dix on the Sa-
craments, Mark Twain's Jumping
Frog, and Carnoch on the Attributes.
Passing across the. room, you stumble
against the manuscript of his last lee
ture, or you put your foot in piece of
pie that has fallen off the end of the
writing table. You mistake his essay on
the Copernican System for blotting
paper Many of his best books are be-
reft of its binding, and in attempting to
replace the covers, Hudibras gets the
covers that belong to Barnes on the Acts
of the Apostles. An earthquake in
the room would be more apt to improve
than unsettle. There are marks where
the inkstand became unstable, and made
handwriting on the wall that even
Daniel could not have interpreted. If,
some fatal day, the wife or housekeeper
comes in, while the occupant is absent,
to clear up, damage is done that takes
weeks to repair. For many days the
question is: Where are my pens2 Who
has the concordance2 What on earth
has become of the dictionary Where
is the paper-cutter2 Work is impeded,
patience lost, engagements are broken,
because it was not understood that the
study is a part of students life, and
that you might as we'll try to change the
knuckles to the inside of the hand, or
set the eyes in the middle of the fore
head az to make the man of whom we
speak keep his pens on the rack, or his
books off the floor, or the blotting paper
straight in the portfolio. ro
THE studio is part of the mental
development. Do not blame man for
the style of his literary apartments, any
more than you would for the color of
his hair or the shape of his nose. If
Hobbies carry his study with him, and
his pen and ink-horn on the top Of his
cane, so let him carry them. If Lamar
tine can best compose while walking his
park, paper and pencil in hand, so let
him .ramble If Robert Hall thinks
easiest whsn lying fiat on his back, let
him be PROSTATE. If salmasius writes
best surrounded by children, let loose on
him the whole nursery. Do not criticise
Charles Dickens because he threw all
his study windows wide open and the
shades up. 1t may fade the carpets but
it will pour sunshine into the hearts of
a million readers. If Thomas Carlyle
choose to call arodnd an ink-spattered
table Goethe and Schiller and Jean Paul
Frederick Richter, and dissect the shams
of the world with a plain goosequill, so
be it. The horns on an ox's head are
not more certainly part of the OK than
Thomas Carlyle's study and all its APP
pointments are part of Thomas Car
lyle. The gazelle will have soft fur, and
the lion a shaggy hide, and the sanctum
sanctorum is the students cuticle."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
wonders OF fhe lightning.

To the Editors of the Now York Post;
A fash Of lightning rushes through
space at such rate that it might 60
from the earth to the moon in one sec.
ond. Then what time is allowed man S
nerves TO transmit to the brain the i'm
preston Of stroke OF lightning2 and
what time has the brain to understand
such a crash2 Absolutely nonel The
flash occurs, and in silence and darkness
a life is cut of. Experience bears out
this deduction for Professor Tyndall, in
his Fragments Of Science, who gives
the following circumstance;
"On June 10, l7ss, a soldier in the
neiehborhood Of Mannheim, being over
taken By rain, placed himself under a
tree, beneath which woman had pre-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27

viously taken shelter. He looked up
ward to see whether the branches were
thick enough TO afford the required pro-
lection, and in doing so was struck by
lightning and fell senseless to the earth.
The woman at his side experienced the
shock in her foot, but was not struck
down. Some hours afterward the man
revived, but remembered nothing about
what occurred, save the fact of his look
ing up at the braIches This was his
last act Of consciousness, and he passed
from the conscious to the unconscious
without pain" Professor Tyndall re-
lates thus his own experience: Some
time ago / happened to stand in the
battery of fifteen large Leyden
jars charged beside me; through
some awkwardness on my part |
touched wire leading from the battery
and the discharge went through my body.
Life was absolutely blotted out for a
very sensible interval, without trace
of pain. In second or so conscious
ness returned; | saw myself in the pres
ence Of the audience and the apparatus,
and by the help OF these external ap-
pearances, Immediately concluded that
/ had received the battery discharges.
The intellectual consciousness of my
position was restored with exceeding
rapidity; but not SO the optical con-
sciousness. To prevent the audience
from becoming alarmed, / observed that
it had often been my desire to receive
accidentally such shock, and that my
wish had at length been fulfilled But
while making this remark, the appear
ance which my body presented to myself
was that of number of seperate pieces.
The arms, for example, we're detached
from the trunk and seemed suspended
in the air. In fact, memory and power
of reasoning appeared to be complete
long before the optic nerve was restored
to healthy action. But what | wish
chiefly to dwell upon here is, the abso-
Lutte painlessness of the shock; and there
cannot be doubt that to person struck
dead by lightning the passage from life
to death occurs without consciousness
being in the least degree implicated. 1t
is an abrupt stoppage Of sensation, uu-
accompanied by pang.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27

1t is said by the intimate friends Of
the late Paul de Kock, the novelist, that
his death was caused by griei, because
Of the destruction, daring the war, of his
elegant house at Roumainyille. This
house was a marvel of beauty, and con-
tanned a fine theater, and was filled with
some Of the finest works Of art. Paul
de Kock died without ever having re-
ceived any decoration from any OF the
many Governments Of France under
which he lived
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
poErIoAI MAxIMs.


Happy were mon, if they but understood
There is no safety but in doing good.
80 i -ff.l .-,,r .~..- --lFountain.
But Satan now is wiser than of yore..
And tempts by making rich, not making poor.
-tPope.
Mankind one day serene and free appear;
The next day they re cloudy, sullen and severe
fIfftW has 3lAH -7lGarth.
There is a lust in man no charm can tame.
Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame.
rrLfIe .rlCHUEIa --lHarvey.
On eagles wings immortal scandal fly,
While virtuous actions are but born to die.
Be good yourself, nor think another's shame
Can raise your merit, or adorn your fame.
III n 10 ~. .ae'rs Lord Lyttleton
Many n word at random spoken,
May soothe or wound heart that's broken.
,1iierTN .fi.f wci1 --lScott.
Count all the advantages prosperous vice at
'Tis but what virtue flies from and disdains.
s,....--.ss... ,-lpope.
BURNETT's CocoAfNE is the best and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
II II H
HOme-Made Shirt

Is made TO order, in every style and pattern.
This shirt is guaranteed TO give general salts
faction to the public.
Patent Spiral-Seam Drawers, the most ole-
CANT drawer made for summer wear for cool
ness and comfort.
The proprietors take pleasure in informing
their customers, and the public generally,
that they are enabled to have the finer grades
Of clothing made TO order, expressly for this
trade.
To gentlemen residing outside Of Memphis
q good ft will be guaranteed by sending the
following measurements in inches; Size Of
Collar worn; measure from center Of Shoulder
along arm TO knuckle Of small finger; around
Chest, Waist. and Wrist. state number Of
Piaits; if for Studs. spirals, or Buttons;
style Of Cuf.
Newest Goods and Latest Styles
Can be seen at i;ais fashionable ahs Essular
establishment. G-f
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RAILROADS.

ELEGANT SLEEPING CARS WILL RUN
~ through TO st. Louis and Louisville on
the ~ AS D. m train. The a. IN. and s 20 ?. m.
train does not run on Sunday. TIT 4
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INSURANCE.
MASONIC MUTUAL
Life Assurance Association,
No. 334 Front Street,

Magnolia Block, cor. Union street, up stairs
o1O CONSTITUTES You A MEMBER
OlL $40 for policy. 81 examining fec, and 81
annually. No other expense exceptin case OF
the death Of a member, when you win Be as
scsIed s.. ll-lio-f
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A P1EBALD HORSE,

carrying the child to it wrapped in a
blanket, and passing it thrice under the
animals body. If this failed, she made
the patient wear hairy caterpillar il
bag around its neck. These are q few
of the superstitions- of "t the old coun-
try" but the list is by no means ex-
haukted
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18th,

The grand Trotting Premiums. open to the
world. will be awarded. ilNi fOai
Fastest horse. mare or rclding. $500
Second fastest horse. marc or igelding.... IoO
Third fastest horse. mare or gelding-.... 2oO
These are private Premiums, awarded by
several ppblic-spirited gentlemen of the city
of Memphis. a4r f. .fs4 .HIHfH
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27

BURNETT's CocoAfNE is the best and
cheapest hair-dressing in. the world.
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The List Of the Mechanical Division

can challenge competition, and cannot bo ex-
celled for completeness in detail and compre-
hensiveness in conception. Every Mechanic
proud to cOmpett In such q list and should
send his best fabrics for exhibition. 1911,
The Directors Of the Agricultural Society
are happy to announce that they have had the
hearty and Jealous aid Of tho Msmphis Me-
chanics' Institute in preparing this List. who
will have charge Of that Division of our Far;
and from whom. under their enlightened
management and personal supervision. the
Mechanical Division cannot fail 10 be the most
com plete success ever attained az a Fair or
Exposition in the Southwest. Steam motive
power will be provided to drive machinery.
and ample tests will be made before awarding
premiums. -
The grounds are being set in complete order.
and every facility in the power Of the Direc-
tory will be provided for exhibiting articles at
the Fair. Ample guards will be provided for
the safety of articles and animals. and feed
for the latter will be furnished at market rates.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
Weekly Public Ledger,

Subsequent lnBerti0ns,....'s..... w
Eight lines of nonpareil. solid. constitute q
square.
Displayed Advertisements will be CHARGED
according to the SPACE occupied, az aDose
rates-there being twelve lines of solid type 70
the inch. y "A u y &.Af-
Notices in local solnmn inserted lor '"en''
cents per line for each insertion. op
Special notices inserted for ten cents per Line
for each insertion.
+, Notices of deaths and marriages. twenty
cents per line. s-e
Advertisements published at intervals, Will
becharged one dollar per square Tor eson IN
sertion.
To regular advertisers wc offer superior IN;
ducements. beth as 70 rate OF charges ana
manner Of displaying their favors.
b All bills for advertising ere due when con-
tracted and payable on demand.
:, All letters, whether upon business or other-
wise, must be addressed to. titI ~
II gfl0 "a TNnNT u. WHITMOI1E.
% Publisher and Proprietor.
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PUBLIC LEDGER.
yNHE PUBLIC LEDGER is PUBLISHED
i every afternoon (oxcept sunday)b BY
, E. WHITMO R e,

At No. lS Madison street.
hsrs X faithful carrier at FIFTEEN CENTS
PER WEEK, payable weekly to the carriers.
BY mail lin advanced: One year, sS; SIX
months, "a; three months. 90; one month.
Z NsWsdealers News supplied at s5k centsper copy.
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N, Entry Fees in any Department.

The Directors will use every precaution IN
their power to secure the. safety Of articles
and animals, but cannot be responsible for
any losses. . "a stfT
The beautiful track of one mile IS in com
plete order and can not be excelled in Amer
sea rs trotting ground. ..-sI.s Z. :. .-...'
Trains will run every half hour from Mem
phs 20 the grounds. at 25c the round trip.
Omnibuses and hacks, in abundance, can be
also procured. All the railroads transport
passengers at half rates. or one fare both
ways. By having tickets stamped at the gate.
Visitors are particularly requested TO have
their tickets stamped at the gate. otherwise
they forfeit their right TO return free.
Prof Mathew f. Maury,
Known throughout the world as a man Of
Gsrius. Science and Learning. will deliver
the Annual Address on Monday, October 10th.
PRICES OF ADMISSION.
For n four-hOrse coach or omnibus-......S1 %
For a two-horse hack or carriage (public) 30
For each person. whether In carriage, on
horse or on 20
For children under twelve years Of age
and over siN...-..-......--..- ....--.--.....- =
Fer children under six years Of age,-..-.-Free
For Premium list apply 10 or address the
Secretary, Office Of Chamber OF Commerce,
Memphis, Tennessee. Entries may be made
bv letter 20 bis address.
JACOB THOMPSON. President.
LE0S TRousDALE, Secretary. b-4O
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In Every Department. the List of
Premiums Is Complete. -.Ll-L

The Agricultural Division has been care
fully and thoroughly revised, and presents
such an attraction as should enlist all the
spirit Of emulation, which the Society designs
to promote, for the benefit of Agriculture.
We invite competition from all our people.
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Commencing October 10th, and con-
tinuing Six Days.

The Premiums offered amount to $40, 900.
These Premiums are distributed fairly be-
tween the Agricultural and Mechanical Di-
visions. Every day there will be uHnt
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FAIR.
MECHANICAL SOCIETY

WILL BE HELD AT THEIR FAIR
w Grounds, four miles east Of tho city of
Memphis, Tennessee, X
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27

California is shipping pearsto Eastern
markets by the carload, and the growers
are realizing handsome profits.
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A TROTTING PREMIUM

for the best trotting horses. excepting the
second day Tuesday, 17thl, when there will
he n PACING MATCH.
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