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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-11
LICENSES.
N q T I @ e
LAST CALL.

orrirr o. err Tsx collEcTggs,
mrrrHIs. IrsstssEs' Dcoe.., p :. -.
AND 9hS 49, y, ~ ~ Vii li,
~ q ii.rr Il cen ae. are respectfully bottled
eI ~. $3.50 must Be- raid On ur before De-
- - isfh. ls73. cthgrsisl thsT VII - -
80 ara fnod according g ~ ~ Orai-
City License Inspector.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-11
COOP LUM p.
Real street Game Market.

NO. . MA OLSON STR e EFT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-11
TRY THE

St. Bernard Coal, at IS cts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-11

One door west Of the Theater, tS JEFF
ferson street. Imported wines, liquors
and cigars, BY j. STEHEVHl.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-11
Impertant Police Order.

The following order from the Mayor
will be read with interest by all classes
of citizens:
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

The largest cargo of petroleum ever ship
ped from the port OF Pbi.adelphia was On
board the ship King OF Algeria, which sail
cd recently for Antwerp. 1t consisted OI
1924 round barrels (equal to l2.28t pay/
sols barrels of iorty-Lwo gallons each. y
The ship drew twenty four feet of water
being one inch less taan the draught Of The
ship Peter Msxw'll, which sailed on The
23d uIt., for Hamburg. and SIX inches more
than the ship q CIthelr. II, noted some years
since for coming to this port because she
drew too much water TO enter New York
barbor.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

CONsTITuTIONAL.-Th Supreme Court,
by a partisan msjority, has decided that
Local Option is legal. The Irregularities
that characterized the law 10 it's passage; ;
the still greater that marked 1t in its sni- =
mission TO the people - be voted on ut diif
ferent dates and by localities singly, instead
Of being voted upon in the same manner as
'or State officers; the deprivation of BUSH
.esa and depreciation Of property values to
large aud worthy class OF eitzeos witbou,
eqniva ent, is dec ided 10 be rmlnsntiy right
und proper. Such are the inii icacipa aud
labyrinths in law, that justice. tight and
common sense are frequently lost sight of.
And here is case In point. So long rs The
judiciary Is elective, SO long It W i'll be spr-
sitivs when any thing is to lie gained fur
the perty or themselves. Popular clamoI
s not vox dei-only right aud truth. From
partisan tyranny based on the nsnrpatioDs
OF power by msjorties good Lord deliver
ne.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

CHANGE.-The 6rm OF MsA,e Il Arm.
strong, long engaged IN the flour aud ie,d
trade IN this place, have d-posrd of the
store and business 10 geutlenan rom IT,
tusviIle, who takes charge on M,Nday nrxI.
We are sorry to lose these genllen\n frou
the business interests OF the town, IN are
pleased to learn that II is not ttcir int>SI
tion to remove from the place. They de-
sire us to return their sincere thanks to
their patrons for the liberal patronage ex-
tended them during the past two or three
years. They also desire us 10 request all
at once as their books must be balanced
within the next few days
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

A T., ruier named HOdger was the other day
found walking on the metals Of the English
Great Western railway. Some bystanders
seeing train appr roachipg shouted to The
man and warned him Of bis danger. ''Aii
right" shouted back Hodgrr, and then lay
cooly down on the metals, the train imme/
dialeIy passing over bim. and completely
severing his body 10 two. 1t would be in
terestiug II some writer in the London Specs
tator could TO persuaded TO give us his
views upon the question OF cowardice oI
courage eXempliied to this suicide
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

A poor man in Milwaukee has applied
for a divorce from his vile. aud he certainly
ouch. to haveit. The partner OF his joys
and aorrows was in the habit OF smashing
the furniture aud crockery On the devoted
person and then punching him with the
fragments. She bplabored him with brooms
ccrubbing brushes, shoveis, tongs, and oth'
er implements of domestic wrath, spilled
the contents of the coffee pot on his good
clothes, and hurled the kerosene lamp at
his solicitation. Why the infatuated man
wished to susject himself again to tnis fusi|
lads of kitchenaware it is hard TO UNDER
stand, but be shou Id have his divorce and
be placed in an asylum of idiots for safe
keeping.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

We learn that an adaodoned oil we'll
Limestone, In this county. which was Ie-
opened some time sircp. is now flowing
thirty barrels with the drill still in the well
Tanks have been removed fIum Salamanca
aud other poinls to inis well, in which 10
preserve the oil. Au . immense quantity
was was,td before tanks could be had -
The excitement has attracted hundreds oil
people 10 this pluce.- [Olean Times.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

The seventh snnual rsunion of the Penn
syivanis Reserve Volunteer Corps will take
place At Gettyshars on Thursday. May Is.
1873. The auuhal meeting Of these COM
rsdss In arms, who hold such prominent
place 10 the history Of the great rebellion,
have always been pleasurable, and the
coming one 10 likely 10 be more largely at/
tended than any that have preceded It. ..
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10
Letters from the People.

NorE.-Tbe manager of this journal. with
out endorsing the sentiments OF coh'r'ou.o,s
desires to offer the widest possible iatitnds
for free discussion. II is merely s"p"'aeu
that communicate shall concern ma''e's
OF public interest. be put in decent language
and accompanied with the names OF tne
writer's, not for publication, but as guar
antes of good faith.
KANE CRY, Pa. April Q, 1878
IpIToR 'RkConu Noticing pnmoer OF
communications in your paper from 'a's
place, we take the liberty of efurnishife
your readers with few items. There seems
to be general exodus about 10 take place
from this city, "Ichabod" is plainly writ
ten upon his walls
NJ. s. S. Hancock has secured lease on
the Galloway Farm and is about to COM
menc, operutions. general" we wish you
success.
Your reporter visited the schools in this
,lacn and was highly pleased with tue sys-
tenn of teaching. The teachers are both
courteous and accomplished ladies.
We are inclined to think that the teach/
era of the primary 'deparlmrut has more
than her share of the labor there being over
fifty scholars in regular attendance.'
The singing school under Prof. Rit. oi
Housewife, is in flourisbing condition,
More anon.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10
Gold IT. l p. %. llSL

A land slide Of extensive dimensions oc,
curssd dear Gtsgs's Switch, last night
The slide was over forty feet long and ..
$50 d0sse let deep. The passengers on
the late trains north and south had TO be
'rsnsiersd at the slide, and diconsidsrsble de
law occasiOned to trains. Up to this
morning the obstruction bad not been re-
moved and sosthsr trsnstsr wss made nee.
essary. Freight trains were ell delayed.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10
The New Postal Act...The Abolished
ssEree matter,' List.

The New Postal Act-..The Abolished
Stree matter'' List.
It is important for the public to know
what Is Included 10 the law known as "the
repeal Of the franking privilege"
All mail known as "free matter" under
the existing laws, on which postage must
be paid after June 30, by reason OF this
repeal, is classed under twelve heads, as
follows, viz:
1. All mail matter from the President
and Vicc-Presiden'.
2. Official communications to and from
Cabinet and Bureau officers. chief clerk or
franking officers of each of the Executive
Departments.
3. All letters or printed matter 10 or
from nembe of Congress, Secretary OF the
Senate or Clerk of the House of Represer-
tatives.
4. Petitions to Congress.
s. Copyright matter to Librarian Of Con.
gress, II 50 marked on the package.
G. Smithsonian Institute mail.
Z. Exchanges between publishers. one
copy of each publication rot to exceed SIM
teen ounces 10 weight.
s. Weekly newspapers to actual subj
scribers within county where published.
O. Notices from Postmasters of refusas
to take publications.
10. Dead letters returned to writer's
IL. Medals, certificates Of thanks, Or
other testimonial awarded by Legislat lures
TO their soldiers.
IL. Under . special act of Congress,
passed some years since, oil mail matter to
and from Mary Lincoln, during her natural
life.
Those persons having the frauking priv
ilege are the President, Vice President,
Senators, Representatives, Delegates, Sec/
Ietary OF Senate, Clerk ot House. Cabinet
and Bureau officers, all their Clerks, Post.
masters. for official communications only,
as also Collectors of Internal Revenue and
Mrs. Lincoln.
Unde: the present law free matter is carr
red at cost of about $l,25O,OOO, while
the estimate made for amounts required ia
pay actual necessary official postage for The
ensuipg.hscal year is about So, 500, 600.
The changes in the law will be especially
onerous on the library of Congress and ,h'
Smithsonian Institute, whuse advantages il
this respect have never been abused, ant
were ouly used In the interest aod ditiueior
Of knowledge. Ano,h-r change which vii
be OF great incOuvenience, IS that re. stiv'
to returned ''dsad lett Is' to their writer
when known. The English Post Office
fOllows the In!e We have, and collects wbeI
the returned letter is delivered. The onl,
matter that can be sent untler the amended
law after the Both OF june next. wituou
prepayment, is newspapers sent rrpulnIly
Po, tags is to be collected quarterly on lheu
when delivered. Present regulations /,
main in fleet.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

Captain Jack and his Modocs are siill in
their bsles 10 the lava beds in Oregon, and
q band OF United States soldiers are watch
ing them. This has been the state Of affairs
for several months and will probably COM
tinue till Captain Jack dies. 1t seems
queer that one or two hundred Indians
should defy the United States army, but as
the army has nothing else to do, II is prooa-
ably as well that part OF them should be em'
ployed in watching the Modocs as at any
other business. II the Iodians could be
taken TO first class hotels and boarded at
public expense they could bs kept much
cheaper. .--.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

Dvriog the heavy lhuader shower, . might
: jor two since, the lightning struck at several
points. A large tree Oh the side Of McCray
HUI wss shattered by bolt "A Tree si,u-
s,sd 10 Bsnoshoff Run was struck early in
The evening, osnght 6rr, and strange as 1t
may sppear, burnsd ell nigh, although il
was raining bard most Of the time.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

A portion of au iron clad. weighing near/
ly two thousand tons, was recently found
in Charleston harbor, over a quarter of a
mile from the spot where the vessel was
blown up at the time Of lthe eyacuatlou OF
the city IL 1865.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10
NOTICE..

We expect all parties indeh.
ted to this firm to settle their
bills before the 1st of May next
and avoid nnpleasantness, as we
Intend to close out and leave
this town.
SOBEL ~ AUERfIAIM.
Dated, Petroleum Gentle, Pa, March Goth
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

There is another speck of war in Asia,
not quite of 80 threstening character as
that which hovered lately over the region
of the OXus. bnt still not without import
ance. The Da,ch have for a long time had
nomipal sovereignty over the East India is
land OF Sunatra, though interfering little
with the local government OF the chiefs -
In 1870 treaty was concluded between
England and Holland by which the latter
pledged itself to protect British subjects 10
Symatra 10 the same manner as the Dutch.
Complaints have been made by the British
troders OF depredations by the Malay in
habitants OF the north western part of the
island, aud the Brilish Government has
called on the Ddtcn Government to fulfil
its treaty obligations. Tho Dutch King
notified the Sultan OF Abeen, who processes
to rule over the northwestern part Of Suma-
ira, that the oltrages must cease, aud ind
ing no improvement 10 preparing to enforce
obedience with the sword" The Acheens
have all the iierceness and cunning OF the
Malays in general, and are larger made
and more vigorous. They will give the
Dutch forces trouble, should they deteI-
mine ou actual resistance.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

An announcement by the London Civil
Service Commissions that eleveniv ,ncies
were to be filled in the metropolitan post
fllces. recently brought over 200 women q.
candidates Tor the positiOts.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

The term "ksrais" applied TO gold means
fine for Instance, is mixed with 6 "karats'
or one-tourth alloy. The karat as weight
represents two grains, but OF course IS a
measure of gold, the word karat is a relaI
tive term.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

First ARTILLERY Pennsylvania Reserve Vol
unteer Corps, will take place at Mt. Jack
son, Lawrence county, Pa., on Saturday
April 26, 1873 John b. Stewart will be
the orator OF the occasion.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

The New Orleaus Picayune, reports the
condition of the crops in that section TO be
unusually promising. Peaches and fgs
give promise of being very abundant.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

The body OF Daniel Hanley, of Media .ra
the last of t he victims of the recent bridg-
disaster at Richmond, Va, WAS found last
week iu the river 10 an advanced state of de
composition.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

John Il Shaw. a keeper of u Charleston
Mass prisoD, was fatally stabbed by a
corvict yesterday morning.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

William Conly, Pbiladelphian. was ar
rested In Lancaster on the IL. inst. for pedi
ding email wares without license. He
was fined $50.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

The last remnants Of the old Mancb
Chunk coal chuies were removed recently.
More than forty years since the chut.s were
first constructed.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

0The Central Petroleum Company are ma
king preparations 10 sink, another we'll, on
the hill near the churches.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10
The Pope is confined 60 MS bed.

An association of married clerks in New
York propose to bniid large family hote'
TO be worked on the co-pporasive plan.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

The high price OF coal In England j. g. Id
to have given new impetus to coal mining
10 Russia and Northern Germany.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

A divorce WAS recently granted in Con-
npctIcut Court, in which the wife was ALI
nost allowed so. 600 aliiinnny.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

new English novel Ia called ."Willing
to dIe"-and that's what the matter with
the reader before he gets half through.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

John Haniley. the boy saved from the
wreck. of the Atlantic, is in Newark, Now
Jersey. ....H
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

Iu the Vancykle murder trial, in Brook
yn, the jury returned verdict OF not
guilty.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

IA dutiiul son in Detiuit has applied Tor
al injunction TO restrain bis mother from
marrying again.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

-'' We are pleased to notics our friend Irwi in
on the strset once more after q protractsd d
tluess. 4l ih6 i'fd
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

The Baltimore Sun owing to the press
ure of its advertising columns, was conn
PEELED 10 issue supplement on the I'd inst
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

Germany published 5,4S3 bucks dutlng
the latter half of 1852.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

Tho area OF the coal fields IN Illinois 10
said to be four times larger than that o'
Great Britain.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

The Susqushauna river, ut Wilkesbarre,
was twenty-three feet yesterday, aud risl
ing.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

A.. Tho Sultan of Turkey is said 10 be trying
10 Introduce. the stove pipehat, c.s
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

The land slide at Gregs's switch was not
Eamovsd until shortly alter noon today.
-Csasos are Ill late 10 consequence. ,'rsI
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

The water has subsidized somewhat in Oil
Creek. '' "a"
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

The New York Produce Exchange VIII
adjourn over Good Friday.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

T,x,s is raisiug regiment "i mounted
donsin bulary for The protection of ber iron
tier
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

A girl in Utica, N. Y, fonrtsen years oi
age, Is the mother of two children.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

Dispatches from Minnesota aud Iowa re/
port severe snow storm yesterday.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

Texas contains over eight hundred Sui
day schools.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

Governor DIX has sigued The Beach
Pneumatic Railroad bill.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-04-10

The Wclland canal will Oe opened on tie
Net inst.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-07-31
APPETITE,

At certain seasons. as in spring
and summer, the appetite ofeven the
very robust is apt to fail, and the
relish tor meats and heavy food to
wane. This is all right enough, for
animal diet in warm weather heats
the blood, tends to headaches, and is
generally unwholesome, unless spar
Iingly used. On the other hand,
fresh vegetables, berries, fruit and
bread are cooling, corrective, aud
what the palate most Graves. Don't
be afraid to go without meat for a
month or so, and, if you like, live
purely on a vegetable regimen. We
will warrant that you will lose no
more strength than is common to the
time, and that you will not suffer
from protracted heat, as when dining
on the regulation roast.
Many persons regard a hearty
desire for food as something unrefn-
ed, indicate, and to be constantly
discouraged. This is greater and
more harmful mistake than that of
coaxing the appetite. 1t is just as
necessary for the man who works
only with his brain to eat beef and
mutton. as for the man who Iabors
so ely with his hands. The stomach
and the brain are twins; the former
being the elder, and having prior
right to care. Let that be we'll provid-
ed for; and it will sustain it's brother.
The people who strive to check
wholesome and natural appetite are
the people who regard dinner merely
as a feed, not the center of an
agreeable social custom and as the
domestic event of the day. We are
sorry for them, as they must regard
eating at all as prosaic duty,
obligatory on them because they
have bias in favor of living. We
all know that we must eat to live;
but we by no means live to eat simply
because we enjoy what we eat. We
are not gourm4nds because we relish
chops, nor are we invalids because
we want strawberries.
A good appetite Is a good thing;
but not if it is to be worried by
urging or by neglect. Home and
Scribner's for Awgust.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-07-31
HUMOR AS A SOCIAL POWER.

Without humor, society would
exist IN lcelandic SHOWS: wit, like
the winter sun might CLINT upon he
lceoergs' but they would not be
plastic in his glance-calm, lofty,
and cold they must remain. But
humor IS the summer heat that gen
crates while it smiles-the power
which touches dead things and re-
WHITES them with its generous
warmth and geniality. Wit epga-
ges and amuses the Individual intel
lect; humor knits hearts together
IS, In truth, in a broad sense, that
''touch OF nature which makes the
whole world kim Now the world
may. be regarded as being composed.
of three classes-viz. those Of us who
laugh, those aoith whom we laugh.
and those at whom We laugh; and
the tenderest solicltude is experience
ed by each unit Of humanity, lest,
through some fortuitous circumstan-
ces. he should irretrievably find
himself /. denizen Of the last-named
class.
To some CT the first named is civ.
en- the power of directing the thoughts
of others, and this power is current
as wit: when to the faculty of origin
ating ridicule is added the power Of
concentrating pity or pathos upon
the subject, this may be styled hu.
NOR. But the irony must be sub
jugated to the feeling. The hear
must love while the countenance may
smile. 1t will, then, be perceive !,
in view of these distinctions. how
the humorist may assert claim ir
all great and essential things supe,
rior to that which can be advanced
by the wit; Huniorists are tn" sal
of the national intellectual life.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-07-31
THE SEEMING.

A knife, -bladed, sharp-edg-
ed, lies near me on the table. Our
darling of twelve months has climb
ed into my. arms, and laughing with
such sweet innocence as If yet inside
the gates of Eden strive to reach
the glittering knife. How pretty
our pet in her joyous eagerness, and
how wicked she will think me to
withhold her from the shining
pleasure, almost touched by the
dear baby fingers! But back, little
sunshine; there is pain, and, it may
be. death in the bright cleaning you
so covet. What, you struggle and
cry ! Well, I must draw you yet
closer away from the danger, though
small are the thanks you'll give. The
puckered little mouth and sweet face,
all redeemed with passionate reproach,
speak eloquent things of my cruelty.
All! darling, you will know better
some day. and Eso will we grown
ones, who long and strive for just as
harmful toys, and are just as loving
ly withheld from their perilous shin
ming. How harmless, how enticing-
ly fair, the beautiful joy rises before
us grown children Perchance our
hands nearly grasp it, when Provi-
dence, wise and merciful, puts about
US its strong arms, and vain our
bitter crying, vain the mad effort to
escape their kind constraint. All!
we are held fast, whether we will
or not and happy are those who are
hushed at the bidding of faith, and
trust God rather than the seeming.