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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-06-01
IN SCHOOL DAYS.
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.

sA .gsVS BY JOHN G. WHITTIER. 6fk
Still sits the school-house by the road.
"A RAGGED beggar summing;
Around il still the sumachs grow,
And the blackberry vines are running.
Within the masters desk is seen,
Deep-scarred by raps official:
~ The warping floor, the battered seats,
The jack -knife's carved initial;
The charcoal frescoes on the walls,
Its doors worn sill, betraying
The feet that, creeping slow to school,
Wont storming out TO playing '
Long years ago winters sun
ShOne over ii Mt setting;
Lit up itswestern window panes,
And low caves icy fretting.
y II touches the tangled golden curls,
And brown eyes full Of grieving,
Of one who still her steps delayed
When all the school were leaving,
For near her stood the little boy
Her childish favor singled, it
His cap pulled low upon face
Where pride and shame were mingled.
Pushing with restless feet the snow
10 right and left. he fingered;
AS restlessly Eer tiny hands
The blue checked apron fingered.
lie saw her lift her eyes; he felt
The soft hands light caressing.
And heard the trembling of her voice,
As if fault confessing. q,
"I'm sorry that spelt the word;
hate to go above you,
Because 1.-THE brown eyes lower fell
Because, you see. L love you 3
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NOTICE..

OFFIcE HERSksDO INsURANcE Co. .
MnPHs. May Is. ISL. !
TUE STOCKHOLDERS OF THIS COM
Pany are hereby notified that the regular an
nuaI election for Directors Of this Company
will be held at the Office Of the Company. No.
7Madison street, on June 18th prox., between
the hours oflO am. and pm.
ei-s F.E. NELSON. Secretary.
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REMOVAL.

DR.. r. T. de Arag,on
HAS REMOVED FROM 70 CHARLESTON
III avenue TO
NO. 25i THIRD ST n EET.
In the ground floor Of ST. JOSEPH IfgFIRM-
AIRY. Orders can be left at No. 81 Charleston
avenue, at WALTER WARE's DRUG STORK,
which viii be promptly attended to. As here
tofore, the Doctor gives particular attention
TO all private and chronic diseases, sores and
ulcers, and the diseases Of females. 76-lQl
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ESSAYS.
THF RRTDAL CHAmnTR.

ESSAYS P0R YOUNG MEN. ON GREAT
II Social Evils and Abuses, which interfere
with Man iage-with sure means Of relief for
the erring and unfortunate. diseased and de-
bilitated. Sent free, in sealed envelopes.
Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION. No. ? $.
Ninth str set, Philadelphia. Pa. 65-l43
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L AM PREPARED TO FILL ALL ORDERS
i promptly at my mill, on Front street, above
the bayou.
30-17 G.. nj. NENABIE.
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ALE.
DENTISTS.

HIM SON ~ AYES
DENTISTS, NO. 2ss MAIN STREET, ARE
~ plugging teeth for cash, from one TO three
dollars for each cavity Of decay, and defy
compeuuon IN an dental operations. Nitrous
Oxide Gas given free. Call at
No. aS3 Main Street. ueaol
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BURNETr's COCAINE prevents loss Of
dandruf, uI
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FORTUNES

NJ A ID a Nj L ANNA.
EN0RTUEE TELLER. EAST SIDE OF
u Main st., south Of Broadway. two Sguares
below the NJ. and 7. railroad depot. 65-oO
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manner Of displaying their favors.
NAll bills for advertising arc due when con-
tracted and payable on demand.
All letters, whether upon business or other
wise, must be addressed to. bflFE thC'
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LUMBER.
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Lumber, Laths and Shingles
PRICES REDUCED.

Cypress per 100
Dressed Weather. r-Boarding............ IL SO y
Best 1S-inch Sawed Shingles.-........ S
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Weekly Public Ledger,

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lie lives to learn in life's hard school
How few who pass above him.
Lament their triumph and his loss
Like her-because they love him.
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! Smile, oh Fortune, most sweesiy upon
Dick, mi kanary, and watch over, with
the fondness ov a mother, mi two lily.
white mice with red eyes giW0aN
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
Annual Report Of the Secretary OF
War.

The annual report Of General Belknap,
Secretary of War, shows that the army, on
July I, had been reduced to 10000. The ex-
penses yearly are about S4O,OO0,O00, includ-
ing nearly 81, 100000 for river and harbor inn
provements. The estimate Tor military pur-
poses for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1873 So, Ais, 412. The Treasurer has
realized thus far the present fiscal year,
$21 ,766, 4O3 from the sale of arms
and other sources. An estimate OF
100000 is made for the settlement OF
claims yet due the States for calling troops
into service. The Secretary says that it is
with great embarrassment that the appro-
priations made at the last session can be SO
economical as to answer the pressing require
ments of the service. He recommends that
the extra Lieutenants authorized to serve
as regimental Quartermasters be dlscon'
tinued as vacancies occur in those grades,
etfecting an ultimate reduction of 50 Lieu.
tenants. That the grade of Quartermaster-
Sergeant be abolished; also those of com
pany artificer and WAGNER, which save
|, 1853 enlisted men TO the service, at a yearly
cost of S4l2 740. The proceeds of the sales OF
clothing since June 30, 1870, to date, were 81 ;,
S75, 72S. The cost of transportation forth year
was about 81 10000. The Southern railroads
still owe to the department s., 724, $50.
The Secretary closes with renewed recon-
mendation for tire-proof building for the
War Department, and the expression OF the
hope that reform will be effected in all de
partments Of the government by the labors
Of the civil service commission.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
a fainting fit and died before communi-
eating the iutrliiOpnce

fain,ing fit and died before communi-
eating the intelligence.
A late number of the Versailles (Mo. }
Argus contains the following: :" A re-
markable case of longevity in our coun-
ty is the one of Mr.. John Porter, now 10l
years Of age. whose hair and beard, per
fectly gray for forty years. have turned.
and are ut presen, a rich black. Mr..
Porter is at present cutting his third set
of teeth He is hale and hearty, able to
get around with ease, and hiss always en-
joyed good health"
An individual is told of as doing bus
mess in one of our markets who Is down
on customers who don't speak properly.
"Wh hats eggs this morning. asked Gus
toner. Eggs, of COURSE" replied the
dealer. IL mean, how do they go." go!
wheres" "Pshaw!" says the customer,
getting out of temper; what for eggs?''
Money, money, sir, or good Endorsed
credit answered the dealer Don't you
understand the English language, sir?'
says the customer Not as you mix and
vendor. What-is-the-price
dozen-for-your-eg "Ah, now you
TALK saws the dealer "a shilling a
uoLtH 10 tuc piitC, eii.
Mr. Darwin gathers some curious
facts regarding musical insects. Cicadas
can be heard mile The female is mute,
as was observed long ago by the Greeks,
one of whose poets sang, somewhat
wickedly g Happy the Cicada lives, since
they all have voiceless wives. The
sound is made by vibration at the spiracles
or airpassages, and made resonant by
two scale-covered cavities. The Chinese
keep these creatures i'm cages for their
song, which must be an excellent accom-
paniment to the tom-tom. In many III
sccts sound is produced by rubbing one
wing against the other at points which are
adapted with scrrations for the purpose.
In grasshoppers the leg is armed with a
row of exceedingly minute lancet-shaped
teeth, with which it scrapes the wing cover,
and each leg takes its turn
"A ship has recently arrived at Homo
lulu from the spot where were wrecked
the entire whaling fleet. This vessel
brings the last of the shipwrecked sailors.
These men are now being cared for by
the authorities. One of the shipwrecked
seamen, who died at the United States
Hospital, two days ago, has made state
mcnt which has created sensation.
While on his dcath-bed he was visited by
a shipmate, to whom he confessed the
startling fact that he was murderer. Be-
ing asked what had led him to the com
mission Of such crime, he ayowed 1t was
for the purpose of obtaining money. lie
was pressed by his shipmate to disclose
the full details of the horrible affair, and
thus ease his conscience. He confessed
some particulars which led directly TO the
n
actor or else an important accomplce in
the atrocious massacre of Mr. Benjamin
Nathan, in New York, last year.-Ihtlo-
deEDl,Su Post
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
Personal and Literary.

For the first time in many years, the
name of Washburne disappears from Con
gress, VIM. b. Washburne, the last tt
holG a seat, having been elected Governor
of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER Mass, is to have sol
diers' monument desig ned by Rudolph
Rogers. 1t is to be composed of Concord
granite, embellished with bronze statues
and medallions. 1t will cost $4,000, will
be fiity-two feet in height, and will be
completed within two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Enos Batchelder lately
celebrated their golden wedding at Avon,
n. Y. A singular fact of the occasion
was that Mr.. Batchelder was the brides
third husband, she having had two others,
with whom she lived six years apiece, and
by whom she had six children.
"A barkeeper in a Philadelphia saloon
discovered, few days ago, through an
advertisement in a newspaper, that he had
fallen heir to f23, 1928 by the death of his
grandmother in Ireland His name is
William A. w. White. He came to New
York from Ireland six years ago, since
which time he has been boot black and
newsboy in New York, having but recent
ly gone to Philadelphia.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14

Some time ago resolution was intro
duced into the Georgia Legislature LOOK
ing TO payment for emancipated slaves A
resolution was passed on the 1st defeating
and condemning the proposition, by an
overwhelming majority. The proposed
measure was censured as tending TO evil
A disgraeeful prize fight came on In
the vicinity of New Orleans, on Thanks
giving Day. between the two professional
bruisers-Mace and coburn. Eleven
rounds were fought, lasting four hours
and ten minutes, with no definite result,
the mill being pronounced draw.
Northumberland Powers, of Mis-
sissippi has been sworn in as Governor
of the State, Ex-Governor Alcorn taking
his seat in the Senate at Washington.
Hon. ]. NJ. Smith, Speaker of the Geor-
gia House, was nominated for Governor
BY the Democratic Convention at Atlanta
on the 9th.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
Miscellaneous.

The last thing seen by many people
deceased was Kerosene.
Flesh e. Blood is the suggestive name
of firm in the butcher business
The "divorce suit is the name of
the most stylish travelling dress in Chi
cago.
One hundred and twenty-five school
teachers were thrown out of employment
by the Chicago fire.
The New York Eoening Post says
"Old sailors are never so much at sea as
when they are on shore"
The hog crop of Iowa for 1871 is est-
mated at 1,00S,57l hogs-an increase Of
40 per cent. over that Of 1870
Insure in the Washington Life Insur-
ance Company if you wish to make a
sure provision for your family.
MIR. A. Crawford, of Connecticut, has
10O-acre farm which is located in three
towns, and the same number of counties
viz. Chatham, in Middlesex county Col
chester, in New London and Marlboro,
in Hartford.
AT Birmingham, Connecticut gas
filter is said to have adopted a novel
method of supplying people with gas who
live beyond the reach of the gas mains
He puts small receiver in the cellar or
other convenient place. which he will fill
once month, bringing the gas from the
works of the company in rubber bags
made for the purpose.
The gloom of the Avondale mining
disaster, near Wilkesbarre, Pa, which
cost over hundred lives, has never been
dispelled, and now secret has been d.
vulged which does away with the mys-
terry but intensities the horror. A man
lately died at Grand Tunnel, Pa, who
said, just before he breathed his last, that
he, with five Others, fired the breaker, and
there was no accident in the case. He
tried to tell who his companions in this
horrible crime were, but was seized with
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
Provide Good Shelter.

There is nothing about the farm ina
pays better for good care bestowed thah
poultry, and there is no economy mole
apparent, than in supplying them via
comfortable quarters in winter. Inc
greatest sources of loss to the feeder u
winter, and the saving Of so much OF tar
as is consistent with health, is as appiF
cable to the keeping of poultry as to o'li
animals. 1t is not necessary to go 70 VIZ
expense of costly and elaborate buiidinEs
for the former they should be buih y
that they may combine sufficient roos'n-
space with room enough SO that they nlS!
be fed inside in extremely cold weaihr:.'
and have compartment also with ,An
able boxes in which they may lay w
eggs. 1t is also economical 10 have w
means of heating by fire during ga
storms and very cold weather. cns
years since we built such house :"
matched and battened boards, thai N&
every way satisfactory. The roos'l--
chamber was above the feeding floor: hs1r
the roof, and was kept covered win =!
earth to absorb the droppings. Inc nS
ing places were in a gallery raiA--
through the middle of the feeding roa-
and raised sufficiently high so as Y az.
free communication for the poUli's
derneath. Access to the roostIng e-r
Der was made for the fowls by nleA3's =. :
an inclined plane along the wall ana ~
persons by ladder. 1t was heaiea
stove protected by grating, an elpe~
the pipe in the chamber above alioNl
TO be carried near and above the T.
Clear across, the egress being al Inc u
posite side through the roof. Ihls
also encased in a rough grating to P.t's-
foosting thereon. In any excepi Sc
and very severe weather, the foNis
allowed full liberty, and fire was no. ~ .1@-
except In extreme cold weather -
1000 was given them as wet as the, -
cal u, and the consequence was iS.-
always had plenty of fresh eggs ~.
u.ey we're scarce and high
LHy4,
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
government than was incident to the negoti-

government than was incident to the neSoti-
atoms OF the loan under the law
The Secretary is informed by Judge klcn-
srtson. and such is his own opinion, that the
most serious obstacle in the way OF negotiat-
ing the and Al per cent. bonds IN EUROPE
i the inadeauacy of the commissions allowed;
The credit OF the country is fully established
in eyery financial center of Europe, and the
bonds of the United States can be negotiated
at their market value in larger number OF
cities than the bonds of any other country IN
the world Under these circumstances Tue
Secretary advises such an allowance Tor COM
missions upon the 4 and Az per cent. bonds
:. will secure the negotiation of them with
the least possible delay Tie also recommends
thai authority be given for the payment OF
interest in London, which, he says, can be
done without cost or risk to the government.
NATIONAL COMMERCE
Returns for the fiscal year loIo-'l snow
that the ocean commerce OF lhe ohl'eu
States is passing rapidly into the hands OF
foreign merchants and shipbuilders. In looo
nearly IL per cent. of the foreign commerce Oh
this country was in American ships In 1904
il had fallen to 10 per cent, IN 1903 10 ~ per
cent and in 1871 il is reported AT less than
IS per cent The loss Of the shipping OF
the United States is due chiefly to two
causes. First. the destruction of American
vessels by rebel cruisers during the war; ana
secondly, the substitution of iron steam
ships for transportation of freight and pas
sengers upon the ocean in place OF sailing
vessels built OF wood. The history OF the
loss of our commerce renders IL GER
tain that without some efficient action
on the part of the government, the entire
foreign trade of the country would soon pass
into the hands of our rivals. The secretary
recommends the passage of law granting
to persons who may employ in the foreign
trade American-bnilt frst-class steamships
of not less than 1900 tons burden each, an
annual payment for the period of five years
of the sum of sl3 per ton, The subsidy
should be proportionately to vessels OF lower
classification. In making this recommends
ton, he does not assume that there is no
other practicable method of restoring our
commerce, but presents it as the method
which appears to him to be the most
efficient and economical connected with
this plan. If it shall appear as claim
ed that American iron is about III per
cent better than the iron used in England,
an advantage will be secured not only In the
diminished cost of the vessels, but also III the
increased tonnage capactyo Of American ships
of equal dimensions over those constructed
with inferior materials. Accepting as truth
established by experience, that the ocean
commerce of the world is to be carried in
iron steamships, we must consider and de-
eide whether the United States shall disap-
pear from the list of maritime nations, or
whether, by determined and practicable eff
fort we shall regain the position we occupied
previous to the late rebellion.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14

There are not enough trees planted
We are constantly cutting away without
replacing, and as consequence, the time
is not far distant-it is already upon us
when steps must be taken, and by every
Western farmer to bring the prairies and
the great outlying plains beyond, into a
proportional area of forest culture, as
compared with the more favored regions
OF the earth in this respect. 1t will paw.
too. We believe that at present there is
no better new departure for the farm
er than in the planting of the varieties of
trees, hardy in their locality, that are
valuable for timber and for use in the
arts.
We have no lack of the purely orna.
mental trees, and many of them are very
useful as well; but the constant denuda-
tlon OF the forests must eventually be met
by the planting of others. Those who
begin the soonest, will soonest reap The
sure reward mat must ultimately be
reached in this direction.
AS an Item, l,2j0,0eJ, 900 feet Of lumber
were received in 1859 at the various ports
on Lake Michigan alone, 10 say nothing
Oh the quantities OF timber used for rail.
road purposes, and In various other direc-
tons.
The history of civilization shows that
man, by the depudaiion u forests. too
OFTEN leaves deserts and desolstion in bis
track. II is no fancy sketch. and any OF
our readers who are 30 disposed NAV
verify inns statement from history. There
- money In the planting Of timber. for
,ile money value il contains. We Nave
peen gwen these vast prairies and the
plans beyond, lacking but few things er.
cept timber. When once covered Win
l@r proportion Of this. il will become The
nliest country that the sun ever saone %.
on Western RurM. @S ".
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
Foreign Gossip.

In London, six conductors of horse
cars were lately fined for overcrowding
the cars.
"A young lady of eighteen is supcrin-
tendcnt of the telegraph station at Kron-
stadt, in Russia.
M. Decaisnc presents to the Institute
of France the following statistics of sui
cides In London, one in 175 deaths in
New York, one in 172; in Vienna, one in
100 in Paris, one in y.
An American husband in Paris re-
Gently gave his wife his last $4,000 to
spend in the shops, and then shot himself
! through the head. He was virtuous and
| happy previous to his marriage, but the
woman proved wildly extravagant, and
ruined him.
In the Stockholm Enskilda Bank,
some years ago, two young ladies OF edu-
cation and position were taken as clerks.
| Five others followed, with salaries vary
ing from E125 to $50 per annum. All
these remain except one who gave up her
| position to marry a celebrated physician.
This bank is one of the most prosperous
| i'm Sweden, and has given new tone to
the Swedish banking system.
AT celery show recently held in Eng
land, the prizes awarded were of a very
practical character. Among them a brass
kettle, a copper kettle, metal teapot, a
celery glass, garden fork and spade, q
| half-doZen cups and saucers, a half-dozen
knives and forks, tea-caddy and one
half pound of tea, and glass butter
cooler.
The celebrated laughing-gas has a
| rival in the Arabian laughing plant
! This is a shrub varying from six inches in
| height to three or four feet. 1t bears
yellow flowers, and within the fruit are
| imbedded two or three black seeds. These
seeds, when powdered and administered
| iudiciously, produce effects similar to the
| laughing-gas. After an hour of intense
excitement, the patient falls asleep, and
upon awakening is totally unconscious of
any thing that occurred while he was I'M
der the influence of the drug. An over
dose is very dangerous.
The Mont Gents Tunnel is not the
first one through the Alps. More than
| three hundred years ago tunnel was
| built by the Marquis of Saluces, through
| the Mont Viso, at whose foot the Pc rises
| 1t is about one-siXth as long as the Mont
Gems Tunnel, and considering the differ
ence i'm the methods and implements in
use, it was quite rs bold an undertaking.
| 1t opens on the Italian side at the very
source of the Pc, about Z, 600 yards above
| the level of the sea, and more than 2l50
yards of its length is cut in IA straight line
through the solid rock in the very
heart of the Alpine chain. 1t was in
tended to be used as a turnpike road, and
is to this day the only direct route from
Embrun to Saluces. Partly DESTROYED by
the King of Sardinia, so as to impede the
invasion of the French republican armies,
it was afterward repaired and improved
by Napoleon l. Strange that such work
should have been almost forgotten, and
should now be of no practical use
Az ,-trnarliIur1r nacn of la-l rliahn Lin
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14

than one-haK the total wealth of Chicago
at the time. The public debt Of Chicago
is Sc, down at little over fourteen mil
lions of dollars.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-12-14
The West.

Governor Campbell, of Wyoming, has
vetoed the bill passed by the Territorial
Legislature, repeating the Woman Suf-
frage act.
Major Upham, commanding at Fort
Scott Kan, has received orders from the
War Department to remove all white
settlers from the Usage Reservation.
There are about 600 families embracing
$500 people, on these lands, and their
removal at this season will cause much
suffering.
Hon. Joseph Medill was inaugurated as
Mayor of Chicago, on the 4th. He has
resigned his editorial connection with the
Tribune, to continue during his administra-
ton as Mayor.
Intense cold weather is reported as
prevailing in all sections OF the West, on
the 4th and 9Th.
In his message to the Common Council
the new Mayor of Chicago places the
money value of the property destroyed
by the Great Fire at $50, 100000, or more