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Energy of VIII.

1t is energy of will that is the soul OF
intellect; wherever it IS, there is life,
where it is not, all is dizziness, despon-
dcncy aud desolation. People who have
no experience of it imagine that it is de.
slructiye To- the nerves, exhaustive TO the
animal spirits; that il aggravates the
wear and tear of lile But this is an
idle notion. rs idle as the habits and hui
mos OF those who entertain it. We
leave it to any man who knows its real
effect. 10 strike the balancc--to compare
'an exhaustion Of an indolcnt day with
that OF M active one to say in which of
the two eases the subject is in better heart
for werk and filter to undergo Il.
Whatever we may be about, one thing
IS certain, that il the spirits are spent by
energy, they are utterly wasted by idle.
ness al worst energy can end only in re-
laxation--it is superior 10 it for while,
and possibly at last may fall into it;
whereas idleness is actual relaxation from
first TO last, and can be nothing else. But
even this view, favorable rs il is, is yet
not favorable enough TO be just. The fact
is that violence is not necessary TO energy
any more than tyranny is 10 kingahip; on
the contrary, it is the greatest energy
that docs the most work
Energy, literally from the Greek,
means inwardworkinsne.si the bloom.
ing of the flower is energy, the increase
OF fruiI is energy, the growth of the body
is energy yet, in all these there is no 81.
olcnce the efficacy is not destructive but
vital; wilhou! il the whole frame must
TALL at once into corruption, with it. in.
stead of corruption, we have life. But
this, it may be said is a refinement. 1t
may be so, but it is true in fact, ncyerthc'
less. The gainsayer will find it difficult
to produce anything from the subject of
surer or more essential Truth.
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length by fity.two feet in width, and
twenty. seven feet high, is occupied by
the museum. 1t ig not possible within the
limits of this paper, to give any adequate
idea of the design and object OF this mu-
scum. II is entirely novel and unique,
there being nothing like it in the world.
Il is intended not only as All exhibition
of agricultural productions and the man.
ufactutcs therefrom, but TO show also how
these products arc affected by different
climates and processes OF cultivation, and
what insects, animals and birds are espe.
cialy injurious or beneficial to them
Specimens OF all the native birds are
stuffed and mounted upon perchcs paint
cd white. II the bird is useful TO the
farmer, the perch is left entirely white
ii injurious, there is n black mark on the
end Il the perch The contents Of the
stomach arc also preserved in small boxes
so rs to show what particular insects are
destroyed lIy certain species OF lnscctiv-
erous birds. The chronological collec-
ton comprises all the insects known TO
agricultural cntomologists, together with
u great variety of foreign and tropical in
sects. The American insects are also rep
resented in copper.plate engraving in the
various stages of their transformation,
with references 10 note books giving the
names and habits OF the insects, substan-
ces upon which they feed, their manner
of destroying fruits or vegetables, and
directions for destroying them or guard
ing against them. The department is
in daily receipt of letters from all parts
of the country. calling Tor information Of
this kind.-Lippincots Magazine for oct.
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"Shc knows exactly what to do Tor the
poor child lar better than / do" added
the mother; land she is SO very kind that
feel as il had known her all my life"
1t is blessing to have her with us.
am sure was the reply "but it seems
too much to ask of ncighbor"
IL know ii does; and said so 10 Mrs.
Lawson, but she says it is real pleasure
10 her. She is going 10 watch with Julia
to- night, and let rs sleep; and she has
told the doctor of woman who lives two
or three mites from here, who she thinks
will be willing To como aud stay with us
until the sickness is over. The doctor will
see her to night and bring US word in the
morning"
That Is good news. hope he will be
successful. Aud now for supper. feel
very tired, and shall be very thankful to
rest, il can feel sure that you arc to be
relieved. The last two nights have been
very trying To both of us.
Quiet and refreshing sleep and favor
nblo accounts from the nurse. the next
morning. had restored the weary parents.
DR.. Merrill came early with The welcome
iidings thai woman, well qualified Tor
her work, would be there within an hour
we are So grateful to you ~ said Mrs.
Markham. as her Kind ncighbor badc her
"goOLbye,' promising To look in again
by and by, after she hah seen 10 her
own family Il little"
And am so glad to have been of use
to YOU" was the replyl "lt is such n
pleasure tn help those who are in
uoublr'
IL have given up my old motto, my
dear" said Mr.. Markham, TO his wife, as
be returned from accompanying Mrs.
Lawson to the door II am convinced
lhat il will not always answer to look
out for number one"
1T will not, indeed, Henry" was the
earnest reply. 1--WE are so dependent
upon each olhcrn
A tew days of continued anxiety. and
all was again cheerful and sunshine
with The Markhams. Little julia was
rapidly recovering, and Robbie showed
no symptoms of having taken the disease.
Good help was in the kitchen and the
doctors carriage was no longer standing
NJ the door.
Mrs. Lawson continued her friendly
visits, and being soon OIL familiar terms
tnld them one day of the handsome sum
which hrd been contributed towards re-
building their barn.
The friends who first got up the sub.
scription thought they should be obliged
to give ii up," she remarked; "therC
were so lew who lolt able to help US; bu
there has been large addition to it late
", and We cannot find from whom il
came, am sure we are most heartily
grateful To him"
Mrs. Lawson glanced at Mr.. Markham
A. she said this. and perhaps she had hcr
suspicious AZ to where the gilt came
from
The gentleman said nothing but, n:
she went on talking with his wife OF
other subjects, he thought over the event:
of the last two weeks, and came to lhC
Just conclusion That the lesson he has
lcarnc from Mrs. Lawson was far moro
valuable than anything money could be
stow; end in his heart he resolved tha
the letter motto OF Help one another
should in future take the place of his oil
one. Take care OF number one"
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The Sin Of Borromin0 Tyoubfe.

Such habit OF mind and heart is
wrong, because it puts one into a despon-
dency that i'll its him for duty. planted
two rose bushes in my garden; the ono
thrivcd beautifully, the other pcrished.--
found The dead one Oh the shady side OF
the house. Our dispositions. like our
plants need sunshine. Expectancy OF re.
pulse is the cause OF many secular and
religious failures. Fear OF bankruptcy
has uptorn many fine business, and sent
the man dodging among the note-shayers.
Fear of 3lander and abuse has often in
vited all the long-beaked yultures OF
backbiting. Many OF the misfortunes OF
lite, like hyenas, will flee if YOU courage
ously meet them. How poorly prepared
for religious duty is n man who sits down
under the gloom Of expected misfortune !
If he prays, he says: II do not think
shall be answered. If lie give, he says:
Il expect they will steal the money
Helen Chalmers told me that her father.
Thomas Chalmers, in the darkest hour of
the history of the tree church Of Scotland,
and when the woes OF the land seemed
to weigh upon his heart, said to his chill
dren, Come, let us 20 out and play ball
or fly kite" and the only difficulty in the
play WAS that the children could not keep
up with their father. The McCheynes
and the Sumnerfields of the church, who
did the most good, cultivated sunlight
Away with The horrors They distil
poison; they dig graves ald if they could
climb so high, they would drown the re.
joicings OF Heaven with sobs and wall
ing.-DeWU Tdlmddge.
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MIGHTY FOND OF THE WIDOWS The
following story is related of an old man
of strict creed and high moral standing
in community near this city II is said.
Immediately after the death of his third
wife, he donned his hat and coat, and
with 4 smiling face that indicated no
thought of failure, summoned widow
lady living in the neighborhood to the
door and announced TO her the news thus:
Good marnin' ma'am, I'm around tellin
folks how my old woman's dead. Don't
know Tor satin that shall get married
again. Your aware, howsomevcr, (with
a knowing winb) that I'm mighty fond
of The widders." His fourth marriage is
on record.-Nashua, n. H., Telegraph
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Qottrp.
NEtRER HOME.

tine -wceily solemn thought
Comes 10 me o'er and Ger;
t'm nearer ml home TO day
THAN eycg ,.3yc been hciore;
Ncarer my Fathers house.
ayhe,e the many mansions be;
Nearer the great white throne.
Ncsrvr thc Cry, lal sea;
Nearer iAc bound of lie,
wnyre We lal oar burdens down:
Nea,cr leaving the cross,
Nearer gaining the crown.
Bug thc wave, 90, t1a, silent sea
Roll dsrS before my sight,
that brightly The other side
CorsA oga >a,ry a. light.
ID. 20 ml snitai iv-;
Have almost y.,inrJ ihe hrinS,
d tbc I am uearc, home
Even to-day than ihinS.
Father, perfect my trust.
let my spirit icel Ia death
Tuat bier leet are hrmN >ei
OD ;hc Rock @! a living iata
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-10-24

The story. as told by the dentist, Brew
stcr, and his assistant, J. j. Eggleston,
which are corroberative, is that Miss Doo-
little, who is about thirty.one years OF
age, according TO the statement OF = fe-
male friend Of the deceased, called at
their establishment on Saturday morning,
and said that she desired to have eight or
nine teeth extracted, and wished to have
laughing gas administered to her. 1t
must be fresh, she said and she would
take it her own way. The dentist COM
piled with her desire, aEd made fresh gas
tor her use She partOok OF it, but with
out it having any effect upon her. 1t
failed to produce the usual effect, and
made her nervous and boisterous TO a
high degree. He then told her she would
have 10 take chlorotorm or ether, to pro
duce anesth9sia, but he would not take
the responsibility OF administering it 10
her lie was, he said, dentist, but no
physician, and 1t would be necessary Tor
her to have medical man administer il
TO her, She then left, agreeing TO call
again on Monday morning and bring
doctor with her She left the place and
called on DR.. George II. Little, of No.
l72 Carleton avenue, who accompanied
her, together with lady friend ci her
own Monday morning. The doctor APP
plicd very small dose of Squibb's chlo.
rotorm (the best made) to the patients
nostrils, and the teeth to the number OF
eigth were extracted without pain. When
it was discovered that her condition was
dangerous, the electric battery was ap.
piled, but two or three respirations were
the only response given by the inanimate
form, aud when m hour and twenty five
minutes had passed away without The
slightest indication OF pulse or thrub OF
heart, The physicians, who had exhausted
their scientific lore, dcsistcd, and declared
that she was past all earthly aid
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4 Lesson in Griffith.

About two weeks ago draft for 500
was presented at The office Of Henry
Clews & Co.. and in the usual course OF
business was stamped thus:
iccepted
Payable at the Fourth National Bank,
HENRY CLEws & Co.
Two or three days aGterward The draft
was presented to the Fourth National
Bank for payment. The figures had been
altered TO s., 800, but not so as to attract
attention. The man who presented the
check, however, was so nervous that the
suspicious OF the paying teller were arous.
ed. He detained the man who presented
the draft, and sent 4 messenger to the
house oi Henry Clews & Co., to see il it
was good. After some trouble the mes.
sengcr forced an interview with the junior
member of the firm. The young gentle.
man seized the check, drew it through
his iewelled fingers. and said
Young man, there's our stamp on that
draft right in plain sight of your eyes. II
that stamp was bear it would bite you.
Telr your paying teller that time is valu-
able TO us, and if we are to he interrupt
ed in our business hours through his stu
pidity, the firm of Henry Clcws & Co.
will have to make some other arrange.
ments so lar rs the Fourth National Bank
is concerned"
So saying, he seized pen, and before
the messenger could recover from his sur
prise and could tell him of the paying
teller's suspicious, he wrote across the
face OF the check.
Good TOR $500.
HENRY CLEws & Co.
handed it 10 the young man, again re
buked him for bolhering the great firm of
Henry Clews e. Co, and vanished. The
messenger returned 10 the bank, and the
paying teller Indignantly paid the money
without more question. The gentleman
who altered The figures went on his way
rejoicing, but two days aftcrward the firm
of Henry Clews & Co. discovered the
fraud. They had lost just S5,445 because
of a want of good breeding.-N. Y. Sur.
The Museum OF the Agricultural Depart
ment Mt Washington.
On the second floor of the building, the
main hall, one hundred and two feet in
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"A Rutland. VI, railroad employe,
on being nudged with q contribu.ion.boX
while asleep in church, the other day.
woke up enough to remark 81 work on
this road" and returned to his nap
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What is the difference between
piece OF honeycomb and black eyc?-
One is produced by laboring bee, and
tho other by a belaboring.
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Raic.3 oI ldrcriiSiI,g

Circulation over i.9Oo---rostaSe ina the
County. Free.
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be 0GforO 9emOuat,
Published Every Tuesday Morning, by
F. f. SHAW,

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TERMS Two Dollars per year ia advance
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About two weeks ago draft for 500
was presented at The Office of Henry
Clews & Co.. and in the usual course OF
business was stamped thus
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-06
nARPFT.RAaaING.

The following dispatch from New
York, under date of the 9th, is pub
lished in the morning papers;
The World says the most extraordi-
nary rumors are in circulation concern
ing the issue Of bonds Of the State OF
South Carolina. Suspicious are enter
tanned that, there being such an over is
sue. there is absolutely danger Of the
solyency Of the State. 1t is stated that
a bank note company in this city printed
twenty millions Of bonds, which have
passed into the possession Of Mr.. Kemp
ton. the States financial agent; that
several members Of the State govern
ment are in this city, and that other
prominent South Carolinians are here
watching these proceedings. Governor
Scott it is said, has admitted the print
ing of bonds, but does not state the OBJ
iect of their issue. 1t is also alleged
that many Of the State officials are i'm
plicated in the misappropriation Of mon
eys of the State, and that it is believed
that this fraudulent issue Of twenty mill
lions had been negotiated and the money
misapplied.
At any other time this revelation
would startle the country. Now it is a
matter Of little consequence. People
have become accustomed to public
thefts, frauds and rascalities, and look
upon them as matters Of course. viii
Scott follow the example Of Bullock2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-06
FOREIGN.


PARIS, November 6.--Another inter
view has taken place between Theirs
and Victor Hugo, in reference to obtain
ing a Communication Of the sentence OF
Punishment and Imprisonment for life,
in a colonial fortress, passed by the high
court at Versailles on Henry Rochefort.
Hugo again renewed his endeavors to
obtain the clemency of Theirs in Roche
forts behalf He repeated the reasons
urged in former interview, and de-
clared the punishment too severe for the
offense Theirs refused to grant the de-
sired Communication, and intimated to
Hugo that Rochefort must abide by the
decision Of the Versailles tribunal.
BRUssELs, November 5.-The Belgium
Government has donated the sum Of
20 900 francs to the relief fund for the
benefit Of the sufferers by the Chicago
and Northwestern fires in the United
States. An appeal has been issued by
order Of the Government, calling on
the Belgium people for further subscrip-
lions for the sufferers.
VIENNA, November 6. : Chancellor
Won Beust and Count Andrussy have
prepared an elaborate programme for
the guidance of the new ministerial ap-
pointees, which viii be submitted to them
for their acceptance.
No official announcement OF the COM
position of the new cabinet has yet been
made, but it is the opinion in diplomatic
circles that it will consist of Won kellirs-
perg, Holsegethon, Distremayer, De-
plenerschall and Grocholski. The points
of the programme proposed by Won
Beust and Andrussy have not been
made public yet, but it is announced
that the programme will shortly be pub
lished in full in the form Of manifesto,
addressed TO the people of the country.
1t is announced that Won Kellirspergs
ministry will entertain no proposition
for the Czech compromise. When the
members of the new government have
been installed, the provincial diets will
be dissolved, and fresh elections will be
held throughout the country.
BERLIN, November 6.-Hermann Hen
dricki, the celebrated German actor,
died Saturday.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-06
YnnR TnRN NEXT.

When the people Of the United States
cease to guard their liberties with the
same jealous care that characterized our
fathers; when they look coolly upon such
acts as are being perpetrated by the
military in South Carolina; and when
they lie down and sleep on that which
under other circumstances would be a
volcano, who will undertake to say that
they would be moved by proclamation
of monarchy in this country and the
overthrow of all constitutional hberty2
If they will permit martial law in the
South, why not in the North2 II in one
State, why not in all the States2 If the
Government can drive people Of the
South from their homes, throw them into
prison, destroy their crops and reduce
them to starvation, why not drive the
people of Rhode Island and Massachu-
sets from their shops, stop their facto-
ries, and ruin them by chasing them off
into the mountains2 What is the differ
ence2 There is the same power in one
case as in the other. As the South must
render the wrongs that are heaped upon
her; as she has no tribunal to which to
appeal for relief, and as the people OF
the North sustain the policy that dictates
them, we shall be forgiven for expressing
the wish, nay, the prayer, that every
pang and every wrong inflicted on the
South may be in turn visited upon that
section. If this is wicked, let it be so.
If it is malicious, we cant help it.
We sincerely believe that we will
never have peace until the people of
the North feel the heavy hand Of
usurped power as ii is felt by the people
of the South. We do not care, there
fore, how soon the scenes in South Caro-
lima are re-enacted in the North. We
do not care how soon the Federal army
parks its artillery and stacks its arms at
the foot Of Bunker Hill monument, and
converts Stewards marble halls into bar
racks. We do not care how soon the
wall of the widow and the cry of the or
phan are heard in every Northern COM
munity that hears with unmoved heart the
same evidences of grief and desolationin
the South. We can bear as much wrong,
and submit to as bad a government as
the North can, but we do not think it is
christian or human to render us unequal
in both favors and snherings All the
favors Of the Government are for the
North; all the wrongs for the South.
And the North favors this, sustains the
man who does this violence, and does not
appear to apprehend that its own time
may come. We repeat, we do not care
how soon it comes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-06
NEW YORK.

NEW YoRK, November 6'--kegistry
returns we're completed at midnight on
Saturday. They show an increase OF
nearly 10000 names over those OF last
year.
The United Cabinet Makers Society
have called general meeting in this
city and vicinity, for the purpose OF IN
aururating move in favor Of the en-
forcement of the eight hour law Be
tween four and five hundred workingmen,
chiefly Germans, assembled this forenoon
in the Teutona Association rooms.
Speeches in favor Of the movement were
made by several present. Aproposition
to form n labor league for the further
ance of the object in view was favorably
received, and a constitution for the pro-
posed organization will be submitted at
next meeting. After appointing COM
mittee to correspond with all the wood
working trade organizations, in order to
secure their active cooperation, the
meeting adjourned.
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rnnIIsH coTroN cLAIMANTs.

A Washington special says English
claimants for cotton destroyed subse-
queut to the termination Of the rebellion,
as determined by the Washington treaty,
are arranging that this clause must be
80 interpreted as TO carry out the inten-
ton Of the trainers, and this they insist
was one limit. They further insist that
our Supreme Court has decided that so
far as the cotton operations Of the Uni
ted States Treasury are concerned, the
rebellion did not terminate until June
10Th, the date Of the order stopping the
fuiher seizure Of cotton. Some Of these
agents did not receive this order for six
weeks after its date, and during this
time an immense amount Of cotton was
seized.
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THE RAILROAD MEETING TONIGHT.

Tonight the friends of the Memphis,
Jefferson and Shreveport railroad win
meet in the Greenlaw Opera House
Let every one who has the welfare Of
Memphis at heart attend. This enter
prise is of the very last Importance to
our city. This may be illustrated by
stating the fact that on the line Of the
road three hundred thousand bales Of
cotton are produced. 1t goes to St.
Louis and New Orleans. The road will
bring the bulk of it to Memphis. Mr..
Etheridge, Mr.. McAdoo, Col. Sam Tate,
and others, will address the people Let
every man who fayors the extension of
our trade and the building up of our city
attend
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INDIANA.

IxwooD, November GA party from
this vicinity were out coon-hunting last
night. On their return three of them
sat down on the railroad track to wait
for the rest, who were behind. They fell
asleep, and just as the balance OF the
party came up the express train came
laundering along. The engine striking
John Grear, threw him about sixty feet
killing him almost instantly; also bruls-
ing Bruce Robbins badly, but it is hoped
not fatally. The other one got off UNI
hurt. John Grear was an only son OF o
highly respected and wealthy family.
They were almost frantic with grief
when they learned his sad fate.