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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-01

The mosquito has a proboscis like an
elephant, only not so large. 1t will,
however, look nearly as large under a
good microscope. He cannot do as
many handy things with it as the ele-
phant eau With his, but he can cause a
good deal of annoyance in a small way
with it.
1t is hardly the thing to say that the
mosnuito bites us, for he has no teeth
The microscope reveals the fact that he
carries pair of scissors inside of his
proboscis; the neatest and sharpest lit
lie cutting tools yon ever saw. He gets
his living with these.
They are two delicate little blades,
and are placed alongside Of each other.
When he is ready to make meal off of
us. he first buzzes around with those
beautiful wings, and sings a pleasant
little song. If we let him quietly settle
down, he picks out a piece on our skin
which is Just to his liking. He is very
delicate about it. When he gets ready,
he puts his proboscis down, and pushes
the little scissors out, and makes a neat
cut. so that he can suck the blood out;
then he drinks as much blood as he
wants. and has done his dinner. But
he does not leave yet; he is going
to pay his bill. He has taken our
blood. and he will leave US something
in exchange for it. With all his
faults. he is an honest little fellow
after his fashion. He has the pay in his
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"'Uer brow is like the snow-driit.
Her neck is like the swan,
Her face il IL the tairest
That e'er the sun shone on.
That e'er the sun shOne on,
And dark blue is her e'ei
w And for bonnie Annie Laurie
Z u y I'd lay me down and dee.
FASHIONS Faneies.

The latest visiting cards are pale Law
ender.
Gold-headed canes are caddish for
young men.
Tortoise-shell parasols are the latest
fashionable piece Of nonsense.
Keler's Bclas' Schooner Rhein is the
favorite society waltz.
Water lilies are great favoFitGs for cen
ter rtables where obtainable.
Jockeys have superseded beavers for
ladies' equestrian head-gear.
The tube rose is not a proper thing for
boutoaaiere. Too suggestive of fune-
rails.
The last thing in note-paper has the
country address printed in an upper
corner.
Round hats Of white muslin are much
affected by ladies for aoantry wear, be-
ing cool and large, and wiih the addi-
ton of flower or ribbon can be made
10 look very dressy.
Very wide braid or velvet is now used
for binding the edge of street costumes,
since the ney style of wearing long
training dresses would otherwise ruin
aud diScolof them very quickly.
The iridescent cards have been ban
ished BIZ good society, as they deserve to
be. for they we're the eommonest and
most essentially yqlgar things in the
stationery line we have seen in some
time
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pocket, ready to squeeze out before he
goes. 1t is poison; but that makes no
difference to him. Itis the best he has
to give US. His poison.pocket is at the
head of his proboscis, and at the lower
end of the proboscis he has another
little pocket into which he puts poison
enough for one dose. This poison is
very powerful; a very little of it makes
the place where the mosquito puts it
very sore.
After he has sucked our blood he puts
the drop of poison into the place he
took the blood from. 1t is not the
bite nor the cut that the mosquito
makes that hurts us, but the dropping of
this powerful poison into our flesh. If
this mosquito were large enough to give
a powerful dose of this poison, it would
be bad for us. If he were as big as a
kitten, and his poison as strong in pro-
portion, bite" from him would kill
IL.
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m. Correspondonee Abouf u.

bismarck to Granville: Ny compll-
ments. Germany desires to buy the
island of Heligoland. 1t lies close to
our coast, aud we need it. Yours and
so forth. :,
Granville to Bismarck: My warmest
regards. Great Britain does not wish
to sell Heligoland. We need 1t our
selves. 1t isn't for sale. Yours very
truly.
Bismarck to Granville. Compliments
of the season. You don't understand
me. You must sell Heligoland. 1t Is
a menance to our national safety. We
cannot permit you to continue to own
it. Name your price at once, and no
foolishness. With expressions OF the
most distinguished consideration, ! am,
my dear sir, your atfectioaaie Rnd hum
Bile servant I
Granville to Bismarck: Honored sir
| tell you it isn't for sale. The fact that
YOU covet il is Of no Importance to us.
Hoping, eie., am, etc.
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THE JUDGES PUZZLED.
A clear Case of Marrying for Mon

A clear Case of Marrying for Mon.
= tf.1.fH gnEHHa -eT.Tplt fHaulH H'
From the New York Sun.l ,rl ..ffa ..rna
Thomas Wright desired one of our
bellies to marry him, She said that he
must first give her mortgage on his
property. This he declined to do, but
they finally came to an agreement that
he should give her note for $4,000.
Then she married him. They soon
quarrelled, and ultimately separated.
She sded on the note, and the referee
found in her favor. The husband APP
pealed, and the Supreme Court, general
term, yesterday, though divided, affirmed
the judgment. su.
Judge Cardoza, giving the opinion Of
the majority, holds that the considera-
ton of the promise of marriage, fol-
lowed by the ful6llment is sufficient,
and that whatever may have been the
old law, under the recent statutes giving
a wife independent rights in her prop
erty, her right of action was not extin-
guished by her coverture. Whether her
action should have been at law or on the
equity side of the court he holds i'm
material .IaU.5
Judge Barnard, dissenting thinks that
the consideration did not arise, and
therefore the contract was not completed
until after the marriage, when contracts
between the plaintiff and defendant
vould have been null.
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An Absurd Custom.

Shortly after the accession of James |,
when Scotch gentlemen were beginning
to feel at home in London, Lord Hare
wood gave dinner party, to which were
invited a number of courtiers and off
GERS, both civil and military. After the
bottle had circulated few times, Gene
raj s., an English trooper and reck-
less bon Uirdnt, arose and said: Gen
tlemen, when | am in my cups, and the
generous wine begins to warm my blood
| have an absurd custom Of railing
against the Scotch. Knowing my weak
ness, hope no gentleman in the com
pany will take it amiss. He sat down,
and Highland chief, Sir Robert Bleakie,
Of Blair Atholl presenting a front like
an old battle-worn tower, quietly arose
and remarked: Gentlemen, when am
in my cups and the generous wine begins
to warm my blood, if hear a man rail
against the Scotch, have an absurd
custom of kicking him at once out of
the company. Knowing my weakness,
| hope no gentleman will take it amiss.
1t may be needless to add that General
s. did not on that occasion suffer
himself TO follow his usual custom.
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NOTICE TO SHIPPERS
CLEVELAND. ONO. May %. lSIl.
rs from Memphis, Tenn;

CLEVELAND. Ono. May %. ISL.
To Shippers from Memphis, Tenn;
MIR. ISAAC C. MEASON has been ap-
pointed Sole Agent Of the South Shore Line
at Memphis. He will wsrk via Evansville
New Albany and Cincinnati by river. and via
.NseAaphis and Louisville railroad line-all rail-
All other agencies in Memphis of this line
have been discontinued. Bills Of lading fol
freight shipped over this line must be signed
By him, as no other party has any right or an
thority to give bills Of lading for the line IN
Nempbis. and none but his win berecognized.
o. B. SKINNER,
a-lO6 Gen1Manager Southshore Line.
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AROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.
An Orphan Asylum Boy Inherits
FOrtune-HO! For the Golden
State.


FOrtune-HO! For the Golden
state.
From the Detroit Free Press.l : 4 ~ 90
Quite a number of years ago there
lived in Detroit mechanic named Hugh
Mcleod, who dying, left widow and a
son, the latter aged two years. The
4 father had always been hard worker,
but was improyidenk, or somehow could
not learn the secret of money saving,
and so, when he died, there was nothing
! but poverty and toilsome struggle left
I for the stricken mother and the helpless
child.
The widows store was soon exhausted,
her child must have bread, and the world
must be encountered. Hopefully. enough
the another cast about for the best means
of accomplishing her sole obi bject in life
the proper care of herself and little one.
She found good friends, too. but it was
not long before her strength gave way
and she died, leaving her child quite
alone. Through the kind offices of Mr..
Colin Campbell, in whose family the
mother had often found aid and sym
pathy, the boy was provided with home
at the Protestant Orphan Asylum The
years grew on a pace, the little orphan
became stout lad, and when one day,
news was brought to him that he was to
find new home with kind farmer in
one OF the towns of this county, he
packed together his little store of cloth
ing, bade goodbye to his foster home, and
rode away with his new-found friends.
He fell into the ways of farm-liie readily,
and being willing and capable, soon
learned to make himself uselul. He
never left his place except to visit the
city occasionally, and is still there, an
indispensable aid to the good people
whose beneyolenee encompassed his
childhood.
Now comes the story of rejoicing.
The asylum boy, the bound out youth,
suddenly finds himself at the age of
twenty years the possessor of fortune.
And this is how it came about Several
weeks ago letter was received at the
Free Press office from DR.. L. Donnelly,
formerly of Windsor, but now Of Valle-
jo, California, giving the history of
young Hugh. substantially as given
here, and stating that an aunt of his
Hugh s., who was wealthy, desired to
find him, and if worthy to constitute
him her sole heir. Through the medi-
um of the Free Press the Young man
was discovered. Mr., Campbell (his own
and his mothers faithful friend) in
formed him of his good fortune, and at
once Communicated with the aunt, as
suring her of his entire worthiness He
is now making preparations to go to
California, where he will meet with a
warm welcome from his only living rel
alive, whose fortune he is to inherit. at
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MISSOURI VALLEY
Life Insurance Company
RfUao oxauxvarfI, Hausas

DIRECTORS:
Milton p. J rnagin, L. d. McKissick.
G., II. Denison. rl j. Harvey Mathes,
T. 5. Ayres. DR.. W X. Hodges,
u. Il. Henderson, 4. W. Hoist,
DR.. John Pitman. I... H.....
r sfa' MEMPHIS AGENCY. juno 5, ISL.
A I A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
IA Directors Of the Missouri Valley Life In
surance Company. held ut their Office. No. y
West Court street, the above named officers
were unanimously elected. Being desirous of
extending our business in this locality, we in
yite the especial attention Of those desiring
insurance TO some peculiar features of our
company, viz; Our State indOrses our poll
cies. making assurance doubly sure; policies
to the amount of $4,000 are exempt from
claims of any party; whether the policy be for
the benefit of wife and children. or creditor.
it is also exempt from any taxes. No extra
charge insuring females. Call and examine
before you insure.
s6-ilOl RuFFIN & BOILING. Managers.
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BuRNErr's COLOGNE is the best and
Annie Laurie.


Notes and Queries has the following
interesting memorandum concerning the
heroine Of the well-known ballad OF
"Annie Laurie"
"The birth of this young lady, so
well.known to many of our readers, is
quantity recorded by her father, Sir
Robert Laurie, of Maxwellton, in the
family register, in these words
cat the pleasure of the Almighty
God, my daughter, Annie Laurie, was
born upon the 10th day of December,
1852 years, about six o'clock in the
morning, and was baptized by Mr.. Geo.
[ Hunter, of Glencarin.l
And his own marriage is given in the
same quaint style:
90 At the pleasure of the Almighty
was married to my wife, Jean Riddell,
upon the 9th Of July, 1914, in the Iron
Kirk of Edinb., by Mr.. Annane.
"These statements find in the valua-
BILE collection OF manuscripts left by the
late Mr.. w. F. H. Arundel, and which
his son, w, L. Hunter Arundel, Esq.
of Barjarg Tower, Dumfreesshire, has
kindly allowed me to examine and make
use of. These contain vast fund ot
curious information respecting the an
tiquities and county families Of DUN
freesshire. Many of your readers will
know that Annie was wooed ky William
Douglas, of Fingland, in Kirkcudbright.
shire. Her charms are thus spoken OF
in his pathetic lyric, Bonnie Annie
Laurie: Huhe
- Her brow is like the snow-dritt,
Her neck Is like the swan,
Her face il IL the tairest
That e'er the sun shone on,
That e'er the sun shOne on,
And dark blue is her e'ei
WI And for bonnie Annie Laurie
z I'd lay me down and dee.
"She was however, obdurate to his
passionate appeal, preferring Alexander
Fergussou, OF Craigdarroch, to whom
she was eventually married This Will
liam Douglas was said to have been the
hero of the well known song, Willie is
a Wanton Wag. Though he was re-
fused by Annie, he did not pine away in
single blessedness, but made q runaway
marriage with Miss Elizabeth Clerk, of
Glenboig, in Galloway, by whom he had
four sons and two daughters, F"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-01
LIFE INSURANCE.

Milton p. Jarnagin. L. D. McKissick,
President. Vice President.
G.. ii. Denison, Secretary. r-J...
DR.. ". r. Hodges and DR.. John Pitman,
Medical Directors.
yarnagin Il Frayser, Attorneys.
William Rufiin, General Agent
r. p. Boiling. General Supervisor of Agency
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-01
pRrpLREu 70 FURNISH MUSIC

(brass and strine) for balls. parties. pienics;
processions, ETC.. at the shortest notice and
on the most reasonable terms. Apply az the
parbar shon 2s2 Main street, Bethel Block.
A.loe A. MOTLEY. Agent.
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NOTICES.
N o II L G IL .
OFFICE OF CRY TAX CoLLEcroR, !
MEMPHIS. June II. 1871. }

ON THE 1sr OF JULY. ISL. I WILL
make my return to the Court for Con
demnatiOn all lots on which Taxes
have not been paid for 1870. After that time
Cost and Interest will he calculated.
FELIX W. ROBERTSON.
oo-1m City Tax Collector
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Change o. SehedaIe Mfssissippi
aud II, en- n essee Railroad.

OyFIcE or GES'L SUPERIYrEYDENT.
MEMPHIS. May 2S. 1871.
an AND AFTER. SUNDAY, MAY %, 1871,
until further nt'tice. tains on this road
will run as follows:
Nav Orleans Mail, dai iIy.2 90 p. IN. ] 10 pm.
ESnress daily IS 100 a. m. :35 pm.
Freight, daily Except Sun. -oo rn
6s-eI JAS. YoN,aE. Gen. sup't,
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CrOquet, Base Ball, Billiards, Etc
REMOVAL.


DIR. r. T. de Aragon
HAS REMOVED FROM 70 CHARLESTON
III avenue to
NO. 20I THIRD STREET.
In the ground floor Of ST. JOSEPH INFIRM-
AIRY. Orders can be left at No. 81 Charleston
avenue. at WALTER NARE's DRUG STORE,
which will be promptly attended TO. As here
tofore. the Doctor gives particular attention
TO all private and chronic diseases, sores and
ulcers; and the di:eases of temales: l6-loi
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RAILROADS.
MEMPHIS s&LITTLER0CK R. R.
Change 0f Time-Speed Increased.

Change of Time-Speed Increased.
COMMENCING SUNDAY. JUNE A.. 1911.
" and until further notice, trains will run
daily as follows tcity time):
Leave Hopefield (opposite Memphis) $3.50 a. m
Arrive at Huntersyille Top. l.. hock) $500 p. m
RRTURsING:F ffi Ell "a
Leave Huntersvile...". go a. m
Arrive at Hope6eld. ...."...-.Y...@,",,. 20 p. m
The ferry-boat VIII leave foot of Union
street promptly at $50 am.
Freight train leaves Hope6eld on Mondays.
Wednesdays and Fridays ut 4 40 am.
POr tickets or information apply at the Com
nan US Office, 5h Madison. street. at ticket
Office Of the Memphis and CharicstSn railroad, f al
Mana liz and Louisville and Mississippi and
Tenness, 70 railroad. 2SlH Main street;
A. s. LIVERMuRE.
Gen'l Superintendent:
C. P. OAKLEY. General Freight. and
Ticket AgeD ~ SSlOS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-01
HOME AGAIN.

T1uE UNDERsIGNED RESPECTFULLY
wishes 10 inform his patrons and the
music-loyine public. that he has returned to
his old home, and is now
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-01
BEAUTIFUL FOREST SCENERY.

Having recently leased the hotel at the Cave
for number of years, have reftted and re-
furnished il. and now take pleasure in inform
ing the pleasure-seeking public that nothing
will be left undOne that would contribute tO
the pleasure and comfort of visitors. .r
\ The grounds around the Hotel have been
laid off for all the popular games Of the day
CrOquet, Base Ball, Billiards, Etc.
/ have also procured the services of one Of the
best bands in Kentucky, which will, at the
call of visitors. discourse music in the ball
room or Cave. There Is fine hunting in the
forest around the hotel. and excellent fishing
in Green river, which is but one-half mile
from the hotel. My bar is supplied with the
best of Kentucky brandies. whiskies. foreign
and native wines, cigars. etc. .
There shall be nothing left undone that ex-
pense or labor eau do to make this, or the
future. one Of the most fashionable resorts on
the continent. The scenery in the vicinity of
the Cave is picturesque and grand. and is
alone worth a visit to this place of pleasure
and curiosity.
ID. l.. GRAVES, Proprietor.
W. NJ. LYONS, Clerk. 9l-ll6
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SUMMER RESORT.
M A M M o TIL CAV e

TNHIS SWORLD-RENOWNED WONDER Is
i situated in EdmOndson county. kentucky,
seven miles from Glasgow Junction. on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad. Stage
coaches are in waiting for all trains, from the
North or South, TO convey passengers imme-
diately TO the Cave, which is but one hour and
twenty minutes drive overa nice road. and in
view Of the most .f ....
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-01

Cypress per l000
Dressed Meather-Boardip R.-......... II 30 .
Best lS-inch Sawed Shingles...........
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-10

Is THE BRAIN GALvANIC BATrEHY.--
Among the supposed facts relied upon
to prove that the animal brain is a bat
terry, which can send currents Of electric
ity through the nerves SO as to act upon
the muscles, is an experiment referred to
by Mr.. G. +. Varley, in late article
which consists in connecting the two ter
minals of a very sensitive galvanometer
with separate basins of water. If a hand
be placed in each basin, and one be
squeeze violently,a positive current is said
generally to flow from that hand through
the galvanometer TO the other hand, which
is not compressed. Mr.. Varloy, however
after various experiments, has come to the
conclusion that the phenomenon is due to
chemical action alone, the act Of squccz.
ing the hand violently forcing some Of the
perspiration out Of the pores. This is
proved by the fact that when both hands
we're placed in the water, and little
acid was dropped on one of them, cur
rent was generated without any muscular
exertion. Mr. Varley found nothing to
show that electricity exists in the human
body, either as a source Of motive power
or otherwise land he consideres the feeble
electricity obtained from the muscles to
be due to the different chemical condi-
tons Of different portions of the muscles
themselves. As the force transmitted by
the nerves is at rate about 100000
times slower than an electric current, he
infers that it can not be an electric cur
rent itself.