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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-13
MASONIC MUTUAL
Life Assurance Association
OF MEMPHIS. TENN.
OFFICE. NO. o UNION STREET.

First Question-How much per annum will
il cost a man Of thirty-hve TO insure his life in
Answer-slS4 for 1000 policy.
Second QuestiOn-HOw much will IL cost in
the Masonic Mutual Assurance Association OF
AnswEer-About sS7 50, payable at intervals.
(See table Of standard authorities at our ofice.l
Third Question-Why this difference for the
AnsWer-lst. Because by this plan the Asso-
citation only calls for enough in initiation fees
(the interest upon which will finally pay work
ing expenses). and the 81 at death to pay losses.
ID. If there 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 TO pay you one-half back in divi-
deuds out of your own money paid in premiums
Fifth Question-Is policy Of insurance upon
the Mutual plan the same in all respects, save
as 70 chargesf
Answer-After the Association has issued
$500 policies. and is kept TO that standard in
numbers. there is no difference. except that
you are taxed only at the death Of member I;
while In the old mode you are taxed whether
losses or not. and that in advance.
sixth QuestiOn-Will policy holder in this
Association receive a dividendl
Answer-les; from all accumulation which
may accrue from forfeiture and surplus interest
Seventh Question-How are your funds in
vestedf
AutMeE-NuQeE uAIttAlou VI llc ElndnCe
Committee, on unincumbered real estate. val
ued az twice the amount Of the investment. or
undOubted city acceptance.
Eighth Question-Does the Association pay
10 the heirs Of the policy-hOlder two dollars for
each enrolled member who has heretofore paid
an assessments. should any member fail to
pay on last assessment
Answer-Yes; as the Association holds in its
permanent fund. paid in by initiation fee, an
amount in excess Of any amount il will be at
ona tina called uuou 70 nav on the death of a
member.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-13
Mark Twain on surratt.

The cheapest and surest way to get
an undesired or unknown person splen-
didly before the public and crowded
houses, is to get somebody to persecute
him. There are other ways, but this is
the surest. One of the most courted
lady-lecturers of the day owes by far the
largest half of her notoriety to dread
ful platform failure, which produced for
her such an avalanche of newspaper
scorn and rebuke that she became known
land sympathized with all over the land
in a single day. Another of the most
courted lady-lecturers of the day is soar
ing along on lucrative notoriety, nine
tenths Of which is the result of industri-
ously-supplied two-line personal items,
telling how she wore her hair at Long
Branch. So you see how easy it is to
excite the public interest in an individ-
ual, and fill that individuals lecture
halls for him. Do you not perceive that
Mr.. Surratt, who cannot at present in
duce more than a hundred people to
listen to him, is on the high road to noto-
riety, which, in avery little while, will
cram the largest halls in America with
people eager to see the new wonder and
hear him2 Indeed he is on that very
high road.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-13
FtyeLittIe OnIys.

Only a stray sunbeam Yet per
chance, it has cheered some wretched
abode, gladdened some stricken heart,
or its golden light has found its way
through the leafy branches of some wild
wood, kissed the moss-eovered bank
where the tiny yiolets grow, and shades
of beauty to adorn its lovely form. Only
a gentle breezel But how many aching
broTs hath il famed, how many hearts
hath been cheered by its gentle touch2 2
Only frownl But it left a sad, dreary
ache in the chid's heart, and the culver
ing lip and fearful eyes told how keenly
he felt it. Only a smilel But, ah, it
|cheered the broken heart, engendered a
ray Of hope, and cast a halo Of light
around the unhappy patient; made the
bedridden one forget his present agony
for a moment in the warmth Of the sun
shine. Only a word Of encouragement
"a single word Il gives to the droop-
ing spirit new life, and the steps press on
TO victory.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-13
The pangers of the Alps.

A correspondent from Switzerland
writes of recent fatal disasters in the
vicinity of Mont Blanc:
A gentleman, with his bride and lady
friend, made the ascension to the Grands
Mulets, which is six thousand five hun
dred feet above the valley Of Chamounix.
The day was so fine that when there,
urged by the ladies, whom, with a guide,
he left behind him, he started TO make
the ascension of Mont Blanc. Shortly
after he left them, becoming cold, all
three went out for a walk, tied together
as they always are, for greater security
in the mountain excursions. Walking
upon the ice and snow crust the guide
offered his arm to the wife, who had
hardly accepted it when, owing either to
the softening of the crust by the heat, or
cracking from the weight or the forma-
ton of erevasse, both the guide
and wife disappeared, the friend
only escaping their fate by the
breaking of the rope. Disappearing thus
instantly in place which did not seem
dangerous they have never been seen nor
found, though eight of the guides, at the
risk of their lives, went down into the
crevasse sixty feet--in fact, made at
tempts until the Government forbade any
more-as the lives of others were perilled
for those that had been lost. The lady
who was left screamed, and remained on
the spot till the gentleman returned to
find that he had lost wife and bride in
the enjoyment of full health only half
an hour previously. Such are the dan
gers of ascending Mont Blanc, where no
amount of foresight or experience can
foretell the accidents which may happen
at any time with loss of life to some or
all of those engaged. ~
Other accidents have happened-in-
deed every year one or more persons lose
their lives upon the mountain. Captain
Arkwright and four guides were lost in
1866. A bride in going across the Tete
Noire-one of the direct routes to Mar
tiny-slipped from her horse unknown
to the guide who was leading him, and
falling down a steep precipice, was
never found. An American who set
next to me at the table gave me an
account of crossing the Glacier des
Boissons, where the glacier having
changed so much since the guide had
been there necessitated leaving him con-
stantly to go ahead and discover the way
that might be the safest When he was
gone some FIVE or ten minutes at time
if anything had happened to the guide
the gentlemen must have been lost, for
he had neither tools for making or
assisting his way, nor experience.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-13
A BLOODY RETALIATION.
A Gang OF Negro militia Murder an
InOHending Citizen.

RICHMOND, january.
| Accounts received from Union county,
is. c.. state the most intense excitement
exists there, owing to series Of bloody
murders, the result of lawlessness on the
part of the militia II appears that
few nights since drayman named Mat
Stevens was waylaid by party of twenty
five armed negro militia, under COM
mand Of q desperate named Captain
Walker. Stevens had in his cart at the
time a barrel of whisky, which the ne
groes demanded He gave them bot
tie, but, not content with that, they asked
for more, and were refused in deter
mined manner. A volley of bullets,
which killed Stevens, was the immediate
reply. A companion of Stevens, named
Robertson, who was with him, succeeded
in escaping. The next dayth murdered
and mutilated body Of the drayman was
found about 200 yards from the highway,
lying across two Of the breech-loading
muskets used by the militia. Upon
the information given by Robertson,
warrants were at once issued for the
arrest of the negro members of the mi
litia engaged in the murderous affray.
Deputy Sheriff Smith organized posse
and proceeded to capture the alleged
murderers. He succeeded in arresting
several without being molested, until
they came to house occupied by three
negroes named Ellis, all of whom re-
fused to surrender and fred upon the
Sheriff. posse, killing one white man,
wounding another and negro. The
Deputy Sheriff is also said to be wound
ed. Finding that desperate measures
we're about to be resorted to, the negroes
at length surrendered. Walker, the mi
litia captain, was arrested while endeav-
oring to escape on a train. One OF the
arrested negroes charges him with the
instigation of the whole affair, and an
other negro has arrived in Columbia,
with the intention of laying the whole
affair before the Governor, who corrsb
crates the statement of the others.
After this affair of Sunday, every
thing was quiet up to Wednesday night.
About one o'clock on the morning of
Thursday company Of disguised men
appeared at the Jail and demanded of
the keeper, or sheriff, the keys. These
he refused to surrender, but the attack
ing party entered the Jail, broke the
locks of the doors, took six men from
Jail to a distance therefrom, and shot
two of them to death, left two more
badly wounded while the other two have
not been seen since.
One of the murdered men was Elliott
Walker, the captain of the militia com
pany in Union, the one who was arrested
on the railroad train on Monday last
and the other was Charner Gordon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-13
A Californian Builds q S6O, 700, 900
Railroad Over the Andes.

After an American has been canonized
in China for leading The Imperial armies
to victory against the rebels, and after
other Americans have entered the ser
vice of Egypt and made its armies eftec-
tive, it is not strange that still another
of our fellow-citizens is preserving the
peace of Peru. Harry Meigs, the last
adventurer, uses the arts of peace, how
ever, and by his extensive railroad un-
dertakings does more to keep the coun-
try quiet than any other man in it, by
giving employment to the lower classes.
That, with good wages and prompt pay,
makes them little inclined for fighting
for no pay and finding themselves.
A private letter from Callao says that
he has a great number of noted revolu-
tionists under pay, without any employ
ment excepting drawing their salaries,
"by which means he keeps the country
quiet" any other condition would be a
death-blow to his undertakings. AT this
time he is building road from this
place to cross the Andes, at a cost Of
$50, 100000.
For two years hehas maintained peace;
and although that is the average dura-
ton of that blessing in Peru, so that
murmurings of a revolution begin to be
heard, it is to be hoped that he will sue
coed in completing his projects, which
will accomplish much in perpetuating
the tranquility in which alone the coun-
try can prosper.
OF the man undertaking these great
things a correspondent writes:
"This Harry Meigs, you will remem-
ber, was one of the most enterprising
residents of California He built blocks
of houses, ships and railroads, until en-
barrassed by some unexpected losses,
he suddenly took his departure. The
places that knew him once knew him no
more to their sorrow.
"As suddenly he loomed up in South
America, the mighty proprietor Of stu
pendous enterprises, and what was best
of all, he sent heavy remittances to Cal
ifornia, discharging every obligation,
with interest and often an advance,
This proved him an honorable as well as
a great man, and the adroitness with
which he has secured the interruption of
hostilities in and about Callao gives him
much credit for generalship.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-13
r.. WHIT MORE.
Publisher and Proprietor.
WHILE THE DAYS ARE GOING BY

There are lonely hearts to cherish.
While the days ar going byi
There are weary so uls that perish,
While the days re going by. :
But If n smile we can renew.
As our journey wB pursue,
o, the good we al may do.
y While the days are going by.
There's no time for idle scerning
While the day IS are going by;
Let your face be like the morning
While the day are going by.
o. the world is full of sighs-
Full of sad and. weeping eyes
Help your fallen brother rise.
While the days are going by.
All the loving links that bind us.
While the days are going by,
One by one we leave behind us,
While the days are going by.
But the seeds of good we sow,
Both in shade and shine shall grow,
And shall keep our hearts aglow,
While the days are passing by.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-13
FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1871.

carving are OF different colored gold.
On the white enameled face are indi-
Gators Of the day Of the week, of the
month, the changes Of the moon, with
second, minute and hour hands. 1t
strikes the hours and quarters regularly,
and will do this at any time by touching
a spring, thus giving to the ear the time
within quarter Of an hour. The watch
is owned by G. W. Fogg, Of Waltham,
superintendent of the extensive watch
works in that place.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-13
GD
The LOCK STITCH 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 otSer kind of stitch. Being the same
on both sides, it is not necessary to use
the extremely fine sewing cottonrequired
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, 1871-01-13
INTEREST.
NOTICEy
MAYORS OFFICE, CITY HALL.

MAYORS OFFICE, CITY HALL, I
MEMPHIS, December IS. 1870.
rTNHR Interest falling due on the lst day Of
January. ISL, on the bonds Of the city Of
Memphis. will be paid on presentation Of the
proper coupons at the Office Of P. N. Myers a
Co.. Bankers. No. a Pine street. in the City
Of New York, on and after Monday. January
2, 1sTl. ,-
s3-t JOHN JOHhnuNt MaJofs
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-13

It's 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 thou
sand times by competition.
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NOTICE..
$1,000 Per Week

Can be made on the quiet By parties who are
up 70 snuff, without interfering With other
SI.SIsti MORGAN SHss0 a CO., SSs Broadxay. New
York. -eOd-l46
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-13

1t possesses the very great advantage
of carrying the work in the natural way
from left to right-which enables the
operator to handle hewerk more readily
and to sit upright; while machines which
carry the work from the operator require
an inclination Of the body forward (detri-
mental to health) and are hard and tire
some to use. ,..e-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-13

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 a.
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, 1871-01-13
NEWSPAPERS.

Its exceedingiy large circulation throughout
he city and State Offers business men IN ex-
client opportunity t9 make thoir business
noWn to the Thousands Of Germans living in
his section Of country
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-13

Dental Co partnership.
DRS. HINSON & MAYES.

DR. HINS0N HAVING ASSOCIATED
IL with him DR.. Mayes, of Bolivar, Tenn,
who is a graduate of the Baltimore and Penn
sylYania Colleges of Dental Surgery, sessions
and winters '58 and 49, takes this method 70
announce TO the public. as in the past, so in
the future, will be found striving to excel IN
repairing the natural teeth and replacing arti-
fetal with neatnoss and dispatch. Particular
attention given in the regulation Of teeth ana
diseases Of the gums with ETHEREAL; and Nj
trous Oxide gas being given in the extraction
Of teeth. Hypnotics are also used in plugging,
which are harmless ana efhcacious 20 obtund
sensibility. Office and residence, No. ZS3
Main street. Memphis. Ttun. l2-l23
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-13

1t 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.
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Wheeler 4 Wilson s
N e w az
sILEMT-W WORKING
Sewing Machine!
rs SUPERIOR
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
q merit and superiority. sAuaaK
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-07-29
1aiIp Aennebre sonrnal.
Gallant Act BY A Trapezlst.

A London journal says that a trapezist
known by the professional name OF liza,
recently performed a gallant act, and was
the means of rescuing fellow creature
from drowning. A gentleman fell over
the taffrail of Woolwich steamer In the
Thames, as the steamer was passing IN
der London bridge. The steamer was
stopped and life-buoy thrown out, but if
the drowning man observed it he was too
weak to reach it. AT this moment pow
erful looking young man Invested himself
of his shoes, and without thinking of his
wide-awake, mounted the parapet of the
bridge, and Owed to the great depth be-
low, and, soon rising to the surface, swan
to the rescue of the drowning man, whom
he caught by the collar of his coat and
held him thus until some boats came OIL
to the assistance of both. The daring
rapidity of the extraordinary act OF hero
ism. was greeted with immense cheering,
and when they were conveyed to the Swan
Hotel at the foot of the bridge, crowds OF
people followed them, the enthusiasm for
the gallant preserver of life knowing no
bounds. This young hero, whose real
name is J. B. johnson, of Leeds, refused
the reward which the grateful gentleman
wished to force upon him
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-07-29
The Deepest Hole in the World.

When we quit work on the artesiar
well in the grounds Of the Insane Asylum
it was admitted to be the deepest hole in
the world The St. Louis hole is now
beaten by one in Potsdam, which is drilled
to depth of more than $500 feet. Com
menced with the intention of boring ar
artesian well, it now serves much more
interesting purpose. At depth of 300
feet, mighty stratum of rock salt was
discovered, which has not yet beer
pierced entirely at the immense depth o.
$500 feet. Other holes, distant severa
hundred feet. have been bored, in order
to ascertain the circumference of the sail
bed, and everywhere salt has been struck
at the depth of about 800 feet-Missoar,
Republican.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-07-29

Made of Poor Rum, Whisky, Proof Spirits,
and Refuse Liquors doctored, spiced and sweet
ened to please the taste called TONES, "Appetz-
ers," "Restorers' &c, that lead the tippler TO
drunkenness and ruin, but are true Medicine made
from the Native Roots and Herbs of California free
from all Alcoholic Stimulants. They are the
GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and A LIFE
GIVING PRINCIPLE perfect Renovation and
Invgorator of the system, carrying of all poisonous
matter and restoring the blood to a healthy condi-
ton. No person take these Bitters according to
,sction and remain long unwell, provided the bones
te not destroyed by mineral poison other means
and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of
repair.
For InfiammatOry and Chronic Rheumn-
tism and Gout, Dyspepsia, or Indigestion,
Bilious. Remittent and Intermittent Fee.
vers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys
and Bladder, these Bitters have been most sue
cessfui. such Diseases are caused by Initiated
Blood, which is generally produced by arrangement
Of the Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Head
ache, Pain in the Shoulders Coughs Tghtness of the
Chest Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach,
Bad taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palptaton
Of the Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the
regions Of the Kidneys, and hundred other painful
symptoms, are the offspring of Dyspepsia
They invigorate the stomach and stimulate the
pd liver and bowels, which render them of unequal
ID efficacy in cleansing the blood of all impurities
imparting new life and yigor to the whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions, letter, Salt
Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils,
Carbunces Ring-Worms, Scald Head, Sore Eyes,
Erysipeas Itch Scurfs Discolorations of the Skin,
Humors and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name
nature literally dug up and carried out of the
system in a short time by the of these Bitters.
One Bottle in such cases will convince the most in
credulous of their curative effect
Cleanse the Initiated Blood whenever you find its
impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples,
Eruptions or Sores cleanse it when you find it OBJ
structed and sluggish in the veins, cleanse it when
tits foul and your feelings will tell you when Keep
the blood pure, and the health of the system will
follow
PIN, TAPE ana other WORMS, lurking in the
system Of SO many thousands, eYectualy Destroy
ed and removed. For full directions read carefully
the circular around each bottle, printed in Ian.
guages-English, German, French and Spanish.
j. WALKER, Proprietor. II. II. MCDONALD l. Co,
druggists and General Agents. San Francisco, CAL,
and 81 and - Commerce Street. New-York
kg-soLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS.
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N Il u e Al GIA

The pain increases from time to time. until your
nerves seem to snap and crack, jerk and jump, and
play all sorts OF pranks from the top OF your head
to the tips of your toes, the demon shooting forth
like lightning along the unfortunate nerve and now
trying to tie another into Thousand knots, then
attempting to make bowstrng of another, some
times in the region of the heart again in the face
head, neck, etc. in short, II you have neuralgia in
its worst form, with all the agony distilled to its
most eXcruciating degree, use DIR. j. BRIGGS
ALLEVANTOR and in a trice your neuralgia with
all his demons has departed, and once again you
may be happy. Sold by Druggists.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-03-02

WEST VIRGINIA OIL MArrERs.-The
Parkersburg Journal says: The "Davis
weli," located on . portion OF tho Shaw
lesse 90 Gales Fork, struck . large vein on
Monday last, and gives 6ne promise of being
. good we'll.
"Charley" Burns, who 10 boring we'll on
Island run, near Burning syringe, struck a
large vein, ct depth Of 800 feet, on Mon
day last 1t ''blows' gas rearfully three OF
four times day, and the indications are
that the oil is close at hand. II this well
proves success, 1t will open up . vast
tract Of undeveloped territory.
Some 1900 barrels of oil came down from
Burning Springs on Saturday last.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-03-02

Mile Zoe closed Q very successful engage
ment, last evening, producing the nan,lca,
drama OF "The Flying Dutchman" The
piece OF itself is devoid Of any plot what.
ever. and no opportunity was presented
Zoe to display that histrionio talent which
has made her go dsservedly popular. The
performance u the severa characters in the
drama, 60 far as the acting was concerned,
was excellent. The af,erpiece 'Did Yon
Ever Take Your Wife to Rouseville," wa.
was we'll brought cut, and kept he audience
10 roar during Its entire performance.
We hope Mile Zoe aud her xceIlen com.
pany OF artists will soon favor our citizens
With another series OF tainmsats They
will bo heartily welcomed.
Tho company appear at Oil City this eve.
ming.