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CHAPTER XVII.


Ten years passed rapidly away, and
Peter Dowd was rich. He had grown
sOrdid and selfish beyond all the prom
ise of his earlier manhood. Nothing
but money, or its equivalent in some
thing that could be bought or sold for
cash, found any favor in his eyes.
Ellen DOwd followed in the footsteps
Of her mother and sister. The predispo-
sition to-excessive maternity which had
characterized them was aggravated in
her case. Every year had added one,
and in some instances two babies, to the
overcrOwded household, and the poor,
care-worn mother was indeed like the
old woman Of the nursery rhyme, who
chad so many children she knew not
what to do" No woman who has had
experience with the necessary self-denial
and overwork which ''getting rich'' inn
poses on a farmers wife in a new coun-
try will need the information that FL
lens pathway was not strewn with
flowers.
Jacob and Betsey Graham, the good
old couple who had cared for the Dowd
children in their orphanage, were fail
ing rapidly. DR.. GOff was their constant
visitor now. He had gradually risen in
his profession until he stood high in
deed in the estimation of the inhabit.
Onts Of the rustic neighbOrhood and II
was the general belief that but for his
skill and care Aunt Betsey would have
. long before been dead.
On the morning Of which / write the
good old lady sat in her uncouth easy
chair, supported by pillows, and the
youngest child of Ziek and Sarah Ham
ilton, now a sprightly girl of eleven
years. stood by her side reading from a
story book. The window was open, and
the luxuriant rose vines, ladened with
perfume, swayed back and forth in the
gentle breeze.
" Pears to me, honey, as if the Doctor
was long a-eomin'. Pm CROWN dread
ful frail."
"Here he comes now, Auntie. GooC
morning, DR.. Goff."
"GoOd morning, little Puss. How,
our patient to-day?"
"Better but mighty weak, Doctor
was Aunt Betsey's languid reply. 81
pears to me that if l could only visi
Ellen Dowd once more it would do me
power O. good"
"Well, there's nothing to hinder yo
from going, is there?"
fDo you think Pm strong enough fc
the ride ?'
"Of course I do. Uncle Jacob, get til
horses and wagon. I'll accompany yOI
and we'll see if we can't have one day
genuine enjoyment"
Uncle Jacob, assisted by another chill
of Ziek Hamilton's, a fine, manly DO
Of fourteen, whom he had kept since h
mothers death, brought round a span {
patient, well kept horses, and hitchin
them to the wagon, as it stood befOl
the gate, called out that all was read,
DIR. Goff bore the old lady to th
wagon in his arms, followed by inc
Jacob, who carried the arm chair. /
which the patient was securely seate,
and they started Off for visit at I'll
home Of Peter and Ellen Dowd.
A long avenue of locust trees, wit
their graceful branches of purple gree
laden with buds and bloom, led the wa
from the substantial gate and solid "a
fence up to the cabin door, where geral
iums and heliotrope were fiourishinp
broken pots and pans. Morning glori
were creeping over the rough, blae
logs, and vining roses clambered up Il
roof To the right and left of the cabi
and a short distance away through Il
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Lines Suggested by the Scenes of Long
Ago.

The shimmering sprIngtime sunshine slants
Adown the sloping mountains,
And hr trees shoot their feafhery forms
From sides of gurgllng fountains,
And dreamy music in the air,
Waited from Insects voices,
Floats round me like a melody,
Which my sad soul TelOices.
Ton monarch great, whose scaly trunk
supports his huge proportions,
Yet bears aloft his emerald crown,
Inspiring old emotions;
And toward the clear and arehing sky
He towers in strength majestic,
Just as he stood Ia days Of yore,
When !, In haunts domestic,
Dreamed out a life Of toll and care,
BY the great world unheeded,
And gathered, gazing on his form,
support my spirit needed.
A halfa score OF years ago,
earth and sky and mountains,
gazed upon these scenes and drank
From Inspirations fountains
But have changed, and the great world
Sits now in rapt attention,
Calling for more. while yet my lips
Have failed TO make half mention
OF all the thoughts that years ago
But racked and tossed and tore me,
While I, in shade and solitude,
Saw no life-worlI before me,
Save quiet days and earnest toll
Without remuneration,
Not thinking that my dreams, 0 air
And earth and vegetation,
Would in these days Of active life
Work out their fun fruition.
And yet knOw-and now my head
Is bowed in deep contrffion-
That but for the trials OF the years
Oflong ago as teacher,
I should not be prepared to-day
To be Of truth preacher.
And as I stand and gaze once more
On verdure, sky and mountains,
And on yOh monarch, lone and old,
And on yon gurgling fountains,
The melodies OF long ago,
Waited from insects voices.
Float DER me, and in the music sweet
Ay saddened soul rejOices. AID
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The champion palm-leaf hat % 6Taldef SssI
summers IN nm r. and twelve winters, who plies
her trads in Chester county. In a sim
nIl o,ia 1,aoI5 troo She has been known to braid
g,e s,n T TbnndTed hats and upbraid as many
men NJ n A dozen hats is considered a good S
davis work for an expert, ana .l0, Lew
uaS .,.cr,en can contrive to make more than
r,,a man at a time miserable.
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Madame Parepa Rosa has been en-
gagged as principal vocalist for the Rhen-
ish festival at Dusseldorf, next summer,
and accordingly will leave for Europe
about the first of May.
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ELLEN DOWD, THE FARMERS WIFE

Entered, according 10 the Act of Congress, in
the year 1872, by Mrs. \. J. Duniway, in the Of
fee OF the Librarian OF Congress al Washington
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-15

NEW York, March l5.-At meeting
of the Erie directors yesterday Jay
Gould presented financial statement OF
the road, which has not been made pub
lie.
About 1000 Of the Intarnationals as
sembled at Tompkins square last even
ing in mass meeting. Reports were read
advocating that the government conduct
all canals, mines, telegraphs, and to en-
ploy men at fair prices for eight hours
per day. They also demand from the
city government work for the unem-
ployed. Various speakers addressed
the meeting.
The new borad Of Erie directors held
another meeting yesterday Only rou-
tine business was transacted All future
sessions will be held in secret.
Smallpox is reported to be again on
the increase in this city.
Judge CORDOBA, yesterday, made an
order in the suit of Helen Josephine
Mansfield, against James Fisk, jr., and
substituted Mrs. Lucy d. Fisk, Fisk 5
widow and executrix, as defendantin his
place.
A Washington special to the Tribune
says the custom-house committee spent
the day yesterday in examining naval
officers. The ways and means commit
tee has agreed to report in favor of re-
duction of duty on steel from II to |
cent per pound, and of that upon iron
bars from to I cents per pound. There
is little doubt that the ways and means
committee will report in favor of impor-
tant changes in the tariff on wool and
woolens. The committee maintains Sc
cresy, as all decisions arrived at on all
proposed tariff notifications are provi-
sional, and subject to future modi6ca-
ton.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-15
The Great hair producer.

Hair oils, pomatums and pomades
have had their day. They belong to the
musty past. Nobody that understands
the chemistry of the hair and the philos-
ophy of its growth think of using them.
Instead of clogging the pores of the
scalp with thick onguen.s, and thus OBJ
structing the insensible perspiration
which is essential to the health Of the
fibers, we now tone the surface of the
head with an inyigorating application
which penotrates to the roots of the hair
and stimulates them in the same way
that the fertilizing agents spread over
the meadows stimulate the grass roots
and cause the blades to spring up in
myriads, coating the earth with yerdure.
The invigorant best adapted to this
purpose is Lyons Kathairon. 1t may
well be called the fertilizer Of the head.
To the barren scalp it communicates
vegetative power. If the hair is drop
ping out or becoming dry and withered,
It arrests the process of dilapidation or
blight. The hair thickens and becomes
glossy and flexible under the genial OPP
Grafton, and as dressing it is unap-
preached by any preparation that has
yet been laid on the toilet OF fashion.
eod-dkw
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PURITY ANp CORRUPTION.

1t is generally instructive to turn to
the past, and study the examples OF
those who have gone before us. But we do
not admit that it is good to listen to the
rawlings of those who belong to the past
in all except that little breath yet re-
mains in their bodies. 1t is good to 20
back to the landmarks of the fathers.
and trace their footsteps on the sands OF
history, but it is not good to listen to the
shrieks of one who has carried his hates
and resenges to the very mouth of the
grave. A voice from the past is not al
WAYS to be respected, and when Sem
ator Brownlow talks to the people, we
must be permitted to object to teachings
that have neither the wisdom of the hy-
ing nor the sacredness of the dead. That
extraordinary man is the merest wreck
of humanity; but in that palsied form
the fires of his manhood burn with I'M
diminished heat he is the best hater
Of the age, while he is, at the same time,
a true friend to those whom he likes,
and excellent in all the relations OF pri-
yate life. 1t is as a politician that he de-
velops his peculiar traits. He is hrm
friend of Grant and bitterly hates those
opposed to him, whether they be Repub-
licans or Democrats. He is bitter
against the Liberal Republican move
ment, of course. He suggests to his
Tennessee Radical friends to hold their
convention on the 18th of April, the
birthday Of Henry Clay. Refreshing
il the GOODNESS Of that What is there
in common between the Radicals OF
this generation and Henry Clay2 To
desecrate that glorious name by associ-
atiug it with the legalized robbers of our
dsy, develops the last degree of political
depravity. Clay was all great and all
pure. He has left no stain upon his
fame. AS public man be confronted
and beat dewn every false charge that
was made against him, and trampled
under foot every Islander that assailed
him. His memory is sacred. His enc
mics do him justice, and those who
fought him during his life now appeal,
not to the opinions of Wright or Blu
chanan, or Cass, or Polk, or Benton for
authority, but to his opinions. We think
it an outrage to drag the name of such
man through the boys and mire of a
Radical convention. If Clay were alive
the Radical party would encounter no
more formidable antagonist. 1t holds
no tenet that corresponds with a solitary
opinion of his. 1t has no virtue that is
superior 10 the least of his vices 1t Is
exactly the party that he would have put
his foot upon as too mean to live, and
strangle it to death. Let that great
name be secure from all questionable as
soeiation. Let it be sacred ts the mem
DRY of better days-days when men
ruled, when lions we're abroad, and when
wolves and foxes knew their places.
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wARMorH.

1t is stated that Governor Warmoth'
who has been able to carry the Leg'sla-
ture of Louisiana with him over the In
auence of the Grant officials in that
State, stated to an interviewer in New
York the other day, that he intends to
support the nominee Of the Cincinnati
convention" and he added; If General
Grant is nominated at Philadelphia l
am unqualifedly and determinedly OPP
posed to his reelection as President OF
the United States" His reason for OPP
posing Grant is that Grant supported
the Federal officers in Louisiana. Gov
ernor Warmoth further said; 1t, under
any circumstances, consent to become
a candidate for reelection, it would only
be as a reformer. on the reform plat
form" With Warmoth's influence in
Louisiana, we presume Grants friends
win give uprthat State.
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Nearly year ago petit jury Of
the United States District Court, rem.
dered decision in the case Of the Uni
ted States VS.. fifteen hundred bales Of
cotton, In which Messrs. George Gill,
W. b. Galbreath and A. T. Lacey, of
our city, were interested. The value Of
the cotton was about 100000. which
cotton was seized by the Government
The jury decided the case in favor Of
the claimants and against the claim
Of the United States. II was appealed
to the United States Circuit Court, Judge
Emmons presiding. The question on
which the case seemed to hinge was the
cessation Of hostilities between the Uni
led States aud Confederate States, and
the date OF the surrender Of General
Kirby Smith. Judge Emmons an
nounced his opinion this morning, and
held that the cessation of hostilities was
not for the Court to know judicially I'M
less from proclamation issued by the
President and even If no proolams-
ton had been issued it was question
of fact to be decided by jury and
not by a court. With this view of the
law, the case was remanded back for
new trial. The written opinion will be
delivered tomorrow morning.
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FOREIGN.

LONDON, March l5.-Minister Schenck
formally presented the reply Of Secre-
tary Fish to Earl Granville's note, re-
garding the Alabama case, to Premier
Gladstone, last night. Gladstone, who
was in his seat in the House Of Com
mons at the time Of the reception Of
the reply, silently perused it and imme-
diately proceeded 70 the chamber Of the
House of Lords in search Of Earl Gran
vile for the purpose Of informing that
official of its contents. In a private
conversation last night Gladstone ex-
pressed great pleasure at the friendly
tone in which the note Of Secretary
Fish is written, but condemns the posi-
ton assumed BY the American Govern
ment. The text Of the note has not
been given to the public
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-15

Last night Judge VIM. NJ. Smith, who
resides three miles from the city, on the
Memphis and Louisville railroad, before
retiring looked out and discovered q
bridge over creek not far from his res
idence on FIRE. Calling several Of his
neighbors he ran down the railroad aud
found the timbers of the bridge burning
rapidly. Going to work, tie hames
we're suppressed, and the gentlemen re-
nsined on the bridge until the arrival Of
the next train, which they signaled and
stopped. The promptness Of the judge
saved the bridge, and the accidental dis
eovery Of the FIRE no doubt saved many
valuable lives. Wood and shayings we're
found piled up against the bridge in a
manner that disclosed the work to be
that Of an iBcendiary.
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. SENSIBLE VIEW.

The Union aud American of yesterday
saws. A leading Liberal Republican Of
this State, heartily in favor of the GIN
cinuati Convention, bitterly opposed to
the reelection of Gen. Grant, yesterday
expressed himself in favor of the con-
tinuation Of the Democratic organiza-
ton. He said that he would regard the
disarmament of the Democratic party at
this time as calamity, the result oil
which would be the reelection OF Grant
He expects the Liberal Republicans to
present national ticket upon national
platform. He thinks il best that thus
should be done by an exclusively Liberal
Republican convention, as it could thus
be enabled to draw more largely from
the present Republican ranks. IL the
National Democracy would then IN con-
yention recommend or adopt that ticket
he would consider the defeat of Grant a
foregone conclusion.