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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-09

The Legislature of South Carolina is
slightly mixed, but only eighty, as it is
nearly all black. The blacks number
lOl and the whites %. The former
we're nearly all slaves, but they know
their price now better than in former
times, and never object to being sold
while they can get a square divide of
the nroGts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-09
FOR RENT.
EXPOSITION BUILDING
PICNIC PARTIES.


VHE EXPOSITION BUILDING Is HIGH
Il ly adarisi % picnic purposess tcinf clean
airy and free 81 sunshine and rain. ID can b
rented On reasonable terms for that and suit
lar r1rrracI. Arrangements cau - made iQr
rhrar lirtfr Al uirht. Apply al the building, %
40 y. Il. JACKSON, Agent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-09

SPRING fashions are blooming out, and
Wilkinson, the news dealer at III Main
street, has Harper's Bazaar and the
Young Ladies Journal, two very popu-
lar fashion magazines.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-09

A judge a Waterloo, New York, has
been swearing witnesses on q Patent
Ohice report, supposing i 10 Be q Bible.
he said he noticsd that they svore
pOEerful hard
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-09
PROPOSALS.
COAL.
~-~-~-~~-~-~-~-~~~-~~----
BLACK DIAMONDS.

WAIT & LEWIS are the only Coal
Dealers in the city who are selling
No. 1 Pittsburg Coal at IS cents per
barrel delivered /; and If preferred,
will weigh on City scales.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-09

Cool. sparEling SODA WATER and
MEAD pure fruit syrUps, t'renty ra-
rieiies; alao Mineral Waters al Family
and Prescription Drug Store, 2f6 Main
rfreef. C. CURTIS a co.
sl-51
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-09

AWNINGS, tents and wagon covers made
to order by NJ. Eyke, 81 Madison street,
Al
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-09

HArPEE, Galaxy, Atlantic and other
magazines for April have been received
By Mansford, corner Of Second and
Monroe streets. Also another lot Of
George Eliofs Middlemarch cheap
edition.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29
Railway Disaster i'm England.

London papers give full details of the
railway disaster at Wigan. England, on
the London and Northwestern railroad,
on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 2, of
the leading features of which the cable
gave summary, and i'll which Sir John
Arson lost his life. The number al
most instantly killed or taken out dead
in the course of the afternoon was ten !;
the number of wounded was 26, of
whom one, John Foster, of Oxford,
died the same day, and Robert Good
man, another, was reported dead the
next Monday night. A little boy died
on Monday afternoon. At ID minutes
past the tourists train speeding north
ward came dashing onward, drawn by
two engines, at the rate of not much
less than forty miles an hour, when a
sudden wrench shook all the carriages
from first to last, and while eighteen of
the number kept the rails, the others in
the rear, with three vans, parted sud
denly from the foremost portion of the
train, and took the siding at the point
where the down line is crossed oblique.
The detached carriages veered over
against that portion of the platform
which abuts on the siding, and plowed
the flags and earth up for length of
twenty or thirty yards. The leading
carriage, which was of composite con-
struction, leaped the metals and bound
ed upon the platform, and fell over
with a terrific crash upon their sides,
and one or two others turned almost
completely over few yards beyond,
blocking the siding and smashing them
selves into indescribable wrecks. One
corner of the wall, from which springs
the roof of the station, was struck and
knocked out OF plumb several yards. a
long length OF thick brick wall adjoin-
ing, built between the railway and
Queen street, which is five or six yards
below the level of the railway, was part
" knocked down, and large fragment
of one of the carriages, as well as the
mangled body Of a female passenger
was hurled over the wall, falling upor
and through the slated roof of por
ton of Walkers foundry. A number
of men were working, but none were in
iured
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29
The Art of Newspaper Making.

OF all writings of man, none is so
widely perused and critically examined
as the newspaper and of all public
characters, newspaper contributors
mostly require diligence, energy and
patient application. The necessity of
giving variety to their articles, in length
and subject and style, creates a heavy
draft upon the intellect. The articles
must not be too long, or they will weary;
no matter how much thought expands,
it must sbe contracted nor how many
ideas may suggest themselves, they
must each be condensed into narrow
compass the marrow of the subject
must be extracted by patient toll, and
served up in tiny morsels to fastidious
readers. They must not be too short,
or some will complain that the subject
is not finished. They must not be too
dry, or the titful or careless mind will
not read they must not be too light, or
the austere will turn from them with
disgust. The language must not be too
learned, or it will shoot over the heads of
the youth, the future strength of the
land it must not be too simple, or the
self-styled learned will reject the pieces
with contempt. The style must be
easy, flowing, or none will be pleased.
To suit all these various tastes, the
newspaper contributor must rack his
brain to prepare one or more articles
in the several styles. His genius must
be as versatile as the taste OF the read
ing public and whatever may be the
demands upon his attention, it must
all be done within the required time.
If he fails often, woe to his reputation,
and consequently to his support. Who
can entirely satisfy all these demands ?
To be all things to all men requires ver-
satility and tact, as well as patient toll.
And after all the work is done, to bear
patiently the errors in grammar, orthog-
raphy and punctuation, in which the
printers contrive to dress up his pro-
auctions, requires the grace of Chris
tian.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29
The Laws of the Rail.

A list of decisions has lately been pub
ished by paper devoted to railroad
subjects, which may be of interest to
those who travel by rail.
The legal definition of a passenger is
ga person who undertakes, with the
consent of the carrier, to travel in the
conveyance provided by the latter,
otherwise in the service of the carrier
as sush.
Railway companies are bound to carry
all who offer themselves, unless they are
offensive in person or conduct, or the
cars are already full.
Waiting at the depot with the inten-
ton to take the train, is sufficisnt to
constitute the relation of passenger and
carrier.
"Good for this day only" printed
upon ticket, has been decided by the
courts to be of no effect. The passen-
ger has paid his money and is entitled
to transportation.
1t has also been decided by New
York court that a ticket between any
two points is good either way, but the
decision is doubtful one.
Any injury to the person of the pas
senger through the negligence of the
agents of the railway, subjects the latter
to damages, and any loss of baggage-it
must be only such as is necessary to the
comfort of traveler-can be recovered
by civil process, and the contents of a
trunk can be proved by the oath OF the
plaintiff.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29
The Weather i'm By.gOne Ages.

The late Mr. Babbage, of calculating
machine fame, had a singular faculty of
suggesting avenues to knowledge. We
are told by one who knew him well, that it
seemed possible to him to obtain an ex-
act record of the succession of hot and
cold years for long periods in by-gone
ages. His plan was as follows
Among the stumps of trees in some
ancient forests, he proposed to select
one in which both the number and the
size of the rings that have been annual
ly produced have been clearly marked.
He would write down the succession of
hot and cool summers SO marked in this
tree, assuming that the larger the ring
in each case, the hotter has been the
summer. He then proposed to exam
inc other trees of about the same date,
until he found some which recorded a
series of hot and cold seasons, exactly
similar to that which he had already
noted down, and until the series extend
ed far CROUCH for him to be
sure that the resemblance was not acct
dental, but that he had before him a
natural register of the same seasons
which had been recorded in the first
tree. AS some of these trees would be
somewhat older than the first tree,
while others would have survived it, he
considered that it would be possible, SO
to say, to piece out the information OBJ
tanned from one tree by means of the
other; and that after examining great
number of trees, his record of warm and
cold seasons might be extended at both
ends almost indefinitely.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29
A Tale OF a Cat.

The number of lives which a cat pos
sesses has always been a matter of dis
pute, some contending that nine were
the properallowance; while Others stoutly
assert that the feline race is no more
gifted in this respect than other animals.
To this latter theory Mr.. Jones, of Mil
ton, Mass, was a strong adherent, until
a recent circumstance coming under his
observation left him in a painful state
of uncertainty i'll regard to the matter.
Having few supernumerary kittens,
about the house, he determined to get
rid of one at least. So, selecting his
victim, he tied a stone about her neck,
and, Pumping her into pail of water,
walked off, leaving her to her untimely
fate. In about half an hour he return
ed, and, fishing the body out, buried it
iii the garden. The next morning
nearly twenty -four hours after the burial,
while passing through the garden, he
heard strange noises, and upon investi-
CATION found they proceeded from the
new-made grave of the supposed defunct
feline, upon opening which disclosed the
alarming fact that either there was live
cat, or particularly lively dead one,
the first appearing to him the most
reasonable, as the resurrected tabby
possessed an astonishing appetite, and
is still living, moving, and having her
being after the manner of cats III gen.
eral. III any one now asks Mr.. Jones
how many lives cat has he replies that
he is certain they have two, and is ready
TO take stock in the other seven.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29
Manufacturers and Grangers,

The farmers convention has begun to
develop the correctness of one OF the
ideas it was intended to demonstrate
1t has been found by practical expert
ence that the order could most econom-
ically purchase from most manufacture
ers whatever was needed without the aid
of middlemen. Advantage has been taken
largely of the knowledge, and the
grangers have established agents in va
rious places, whose business is restricted
to the supply of machinery for agricul-
tnral purposes, domestic goods OF vari-
Gus kinds, at makers prices, for the use
OF this cooperative society.
But one series of complications is in
volved, even in this perfect system,
which may cause much injury to most
worthy class, before the course of time
shall make all the necessary adjust
ments. We refer to the effect the new
order of things must have upon the
small army OF merchants, country store
keepers, ETC., who have heretofore sup
piled these goods, and between whom
and the manufacturers there is mutual
interest which involves great pecuniary
loss and any amount of bad faith.
This may be counterbalanced in some
way, for the great movement is constant
ly developing new ideas of great value
in the equalization of the social, politi-
cal and commercial affairs of the day,
and we trust that some solution of the
difficulty above alluded to may be ar
rived at before the progress of the in
novation shall have worked such detri-
ment to any class of honest, striving
men.
In the matter of the disposal of farm
products the grangers have not met
with so ready success, in some instances;
lack of necessary business qualifications
and knowledge gained emily by constant
familiarity with commercial relations
and statistics, necessitating the employ
ment of "middlemen, in addition to
their own empowered agent, and result
ing in transactions in which, to say the
least, profit was doubtful element.
So far politics and politicians have
been held at bay, but it is extremely
difficult to become rid entirely of such
insidious evils which, under the g,,ise
of friendship, are capable of working
the utmost harm to an organization
which has maintained singleness OF
purpose and an absence of corruption
most wonderful. st. Louis Gazette.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29
Uncle Sans Building Operations.

The following is list of the buildings
in the course of erection under Super
vising Architect Mullet Custom Houses
and Postoffices (united in one building)
are being erected in Chicago, st. Paul,
New Orleans, Port Huron, Mich, Port
land, Oregon, st. Louis, and Rockland,
Me. Court Houses and Postoffices Gin
one building) are being erected in New
York, Hartford, Omaha, Columbia, S.
c., Trenton, n. j., Parkersburg, W.
Va, and Philadelphia. Besides these,
there are building Custom-House at
Charleston, S. c.. Jail at Washington,
a War and Navy Department building at
Washington, Postoffice and Sub-Treas-
ury building at Boston, and Postoffice
at Dover, Del. These are all to be fine
ly built structures. Several of them
will be of enormous size, and their cost
of corresponding magnitude. The War
and Navy building will cost S., 900, 900 ;
the New York Custom House and Post
office, $4,000, 900; the Boston Postotfice
and st. Louis Custom House and Post
office, $4,000, 900 each the Philadelphia
Postoffice and Courthouse and the
New Orleans Custom House, SO, 600, 00O
each the Charleston Custom-H House,
81, 500, 900; the Chicago Custom House,
S.. 0O0. 600.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29
A Poor Kentucky Widow Finds So, 900
i'm Gold.

Mr.. NJ. S. Lyon, of Miller & Lyons
notion house, reports the case of poor
widow residing near Cullen, KY, be-
tween Morganfeld and Marion, in Crit
tenden county, who was digging pota-
toes which were planted on the site of
an old cabin, which had been torn
down, when she uncovered stone
which she thought was in a strange
place. She examined the spot and con-
tinued the digging until she uncovered
the stone, which, on removal, she found
to cover an old pot containing $4,000
i'll gold coin.
The cabin which had once stood on
the spot was once inhabited by an old
Irishman of misery habits, who died
some years ago, and it is conjectured
that he buried the gold and died with
ont revealing the fact. AS the old man
was not known to have any relatives,
the widow is pretty certain of undis-
turbed enjoyment of the treasure trove.
ECansUiUe Ind. Journal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29
A New Thing i'm the Restaurant Line.

Country diaries in cities are becoming
quite the rage. On Nassau street a
hotel and restaurant-keeper of thirty
wears experien nee has opened a large
and sumptuously appointed dairy, 4"
under the name of the Attorney
Dairy" Here those who have never
visited the country may find large
house in active operation. Every
thing that is produced on farm which
enters into the composition of articles
of diet is here to be found fresh, pure
and rich. Milk, cream, butter, berries,
eggs and every article of diet possible
TO compound from them are constantly
on hand. From 10 o'clock in the fore
noon to 3 o'clock in the afternoon these
rooms. especially the basement, recent
" fitted np on account of hot weather,
are crowded. The habitues of Nassau
street and Park Row, famous as the
center of newspaperdom, are continually
resorting here to quench their thirst
with the cold milk or to stay their hun
ger on the delicacies and health-givine
dishes. York Paper.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29

The poet Cowper lived for several
years in a house where the water was,
in the cellar, two feet deep.
During his time his poetry became
more and more gloomy, he almost,
if not quite, believed his soul
was lost, and finally he settled into a
frightful melancholy, akin to madness.
Then il was he wrote that awful SEN
tence every human heart contains
a snake which is prevented from escap-
ing by the hand of God" On removing
to more favorable quarters he was part
" restored, but died with a clouded
mind. Darkness and dampness led to
melancholy and death; lightness and
dryness to cheerfulness and life.
The simple lesson of which is, that
every cellar should be thoroughly
cleansed at once of all remains of vege-
tables, of old barrels, boxes, boards and
trash. Some families have habit of
using the cellar as lumber room, and
We have seen as many as thirty or forty
barrels and boxes piled up in cellar as
though they might sometime be needed.
Perhaps they may be, but it is more
likely the hoops will swell and burst,
the boxes become mouldy and rotten,
and all get worse than useless. 1t is a
good thing to be saving, but one may
accumulate such old stuff until it be-
comes a nuisance often there is SO
much that it is difficult to find what is
wanted, or full as likely, it is entirely
forgotten and, if in cellar, it moulds
and rots away, poisoning the air and
tainting the butter, milk, pork and all
other eatables, making the living rooms
above decidedly unhealthy. The way
to do is to give the cellar thorough
cleaning, and keep out barrels and box
es unless absolutely needed and to
make sure thing of. it let this old stuff
get dry, then burn it up or prepare it
for kindling wood, and so get rid of it..
There will be enough more when want
ed. If cellar is wet, so much the
greater reason why everything that can
be spared should be taken out. No
condition is worse than damp cellar,
for it is certain to make the whole fami-
ly sick sooner or later, and not unlikely
| lead to consumption and early death.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29
Shopping in Paris.

The principal amusement of the
American woman in Paris is shopping.
The Palais Royale and the Rue Rivoli
are thronged by the Yankee shoppists.
And the French shopkeeper knows EN-
and has his wares nicely fixed for 'em.
There are some things extremely nice IN
Paris, and if the Americans were so dis
posed we might have the same in New
York; but we never shall while the
Americans take all their cash, buy gold
and spend it abroad. Gloves that cost
enormous prices at home are gloriously
cheap in France. Four-button giants de
SUede $50 fashionable just now, cost
ing 80 and So. % at home, can be had
for thirty-fve francs dozen-$7 gold
and the best quality Jouvin, Juglas K
Dupres are sixty, seventy, and eighty
francs per dozen. The cost OF delicious
wines in Paris makes water an unknown
beverage, but it's simply ridiculous to
buy silks or in fact dress goods of any
description there. A splendid quality
of Bonnet or Ponson's black silk can be
got in New York for four or five dollars,
and the same quality commands in Paris
Is and 20 francs a meter (the price of
course is in gold and most every one
paid from Is to 20 cents dollar for
their gold. But they don't stop to think
that twenty francs is nearly five dollars,
but buy and buy, and then worry about
dress-makers and getting through the
Custom House. The best dressed women
in Paris and New York are very much
alike. The London female fashions are
somewhat in advance of Bible times, but
fearfully behind French styles. But
the New York public hear the new
French operas, and wear the last thing
in French hats on nearly the same
evening with their French sisters. -
Paris Letter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29
The Influence Of Kisses.

The kiss has been powerful agent in
the annals of the human race. There
have been kisses like those of Antony
and Cleopatra, of Henry VIII. and Anne
Boleyn, which have shaken an empire or
destroyed religion. If we knew the
st cret history of courts, we should prob
ably learn that nations have been created
or erased by the magic touches of
woman's lips. A great problem, there
fore, lies before us. Has this discovery
proved an affection or blessing to man
kind? Probably the latter for it has
certainly increased the influence of wo-
men, and the influence of women Is en-
ployed more for good than for i'll. Be-
loved, tender-hearted women, compan-
ions and CONSIDERS of our life With a
kiss you welcome the infant to the world;
with kiss you bestow on soft-cheeked
youths the raptures of first love with a
kiss you alleviate the agony of death.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29
Cholera Remedy.

Mr.. VIM. p. Woodruff, of Chicago,
who has had considerable experience
with cholera patients, says that the fol-
lowing remedy for the disease had never
been known to fail:
9 drachms of laudanum.
9 drachms of spirits turpo utine.
8 drachms of spirits car, 'hor.
80 drops of essence of leppermint.
In extreme cases adult, a tablespoon
full is dose, to be repeated in one
hour.
In moderate cases, one teaspoonful,
to be repeated in an hour, to dose.
For children, 3 days to 2 years old,
from three drops to half a teaspoonful
of the mixture is a dose, to be moder-
ated with pulverized sugar and water.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29
The Oldest Man in America.

To the Editor Of the Louisville Courier-Journal:
Seeing an extract from the Newport
NeWs in your paper concerning the
death of "Aunt Hannah" colored, who
was 122 years old, has induced me to
write you the following:
On the farm of DIR. Scott, on the head
waters of Forkydeer river, near Milan,
Gibson county, Tenn, there lives an
old negro named Fortune Snow, who is
in his one hundred and tWenty. fourth
gear! In June, 1872, / went to see
him and / will tell you what / saw
when got to the house. l met an. old
snaggled- Doth amendment gentleman,
65 years old, who told me his grand
pap was in the house, who came trip
ping down the steps as nimble as some
15-year-old boy. He told me he was 20
years old when the Revolutionary war
began. He belonged to Capt. Snow,
who served during the war under Gen.
Marion was born in South Carolina /;
fought through the war under his mas
ter in nearly every battle. Yet he never
has received a pension from the best
Government the world ever saw.
He said when he was about 80 years
old he went totally blind and remained
so two years. His hair all came
out, which was as white as WOOL Sub
sequently his eye-sight returned, and a
new growth of hair came out, which is
now about half gray. Enjoys fine health.
On examination with the opthalmoscope
and otoscope, l found his sight and
hearing to be good. He opened his
Bible at the eighth chapter of Revela-
tions, and read the chapter distinctly
without glasses. Is very religious be-
lieves strongly in the "Good God" who
preserved his life through the "old war. y
Reads his Bible very constantly. Is the
father Of thirteen children, the Oldest OF
whom would be over 100 years, if living
is living with his youngest child, who
is 50 years old.
Old Fortune says he was never sick
in his life, and never took dose OF
medicine-never had the toothache-not
an unsound tooth in his mouth-nor any
other kind
He moved from South Carolina to
Alabama, where he lived tifty-three
years, then came to Tennessee Capt
Snow, at his death, gave Mr.. Chapman,
his son-in-law, $500 to support Old For
tune the balance of his life, and this
Mr.. Chapman lived on and on for forty.
seven years, and died, and left old
Mig" still living.
have been precise in giving his loca
ton, so that any one who doubts this
can go and see him. Hundreds of peo
pie visit him, and he is always glad tC
see company, and talks huently ant
readily.
He is certainly the last of the Revo
lutionis is. He is about feet inches
weighs about 115 pounds, very black
with iron-gray hair.
A. A. DAVIDSON, NJ. ID.