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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-17
u. WHITMORE,
Pnblisher and Proprietor
THE FROST AT MEMPHIS.

j.
1t was nightfall in the city,
There was silence on the street.
And anon the sound of sobbing,
And the tread of hurried feet
Sluggish wings of mist were stirring
Through the pestilential air.
And the meek cross bearers perished
From their sacrifice and prayer.
II.
In the dull and heavy twilight
Lay boy of tender years,
Where the scourge was knocking hourly
For its dole of death and tears;
And he called his paid mother
Through the shadows to his side.
While his face was like vision
VI the faces glorifed.
" have had dream" he whispered.
Just the strangest that could be-
That L shouldn't die like papa,
Nell and all but you and me;
For dreamed an angel watchman,
With a mantle soft and white,
Walked through all the streets at midnight
Mamma, will he come tonight"
~.
Then the wan and weary mother
flushed her child to quiet sleep,
With a solemn wonder dawning
Of the watch the angels keep;
And she listened as one listens
Te the music of a bell,
Through the rushing of the river
To the watohman's cry, "Al's well!"
v.
1t was morning, and the people,
In the hushed and reYerent air.
Bowed to earth in silent rapture
Touched the sign of healing there;
For the Angel of the City
Over every threshold crossed,
With a silver vail of moonlight,
And the footsteps Of the frost.
Annie Herbert. ia Courier-,Journot.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-17

Professor Sillman has recently called
attention to the probable occurrence Of
small diamonds in the sands left in the
sluices of hydraulic washings, in Cali.
fornia. A microscopic examination OF
sample of these sands from Cherokee,
in Butte county, revealed the existence
of numerous crystals of hyacinth or zir-
con, associated with crystals of topaz,
fragments of quartz, black grains of
chremite and titanic iron ore, and few
small masses of highly refracting sub
stance, which from its physical and
chemical characters is believed to be
true diamond.
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curious photograph.

We had in our hands yesterday,
says La France, "a very curious pho
tograph, being the portrait of Russian
who had just arrived in Paris, brought
by the director of theater at St. Pc.
tersburg. His head is that of Scotch
terrier, with a regular snout, long, silky
hair and pendant ears. As to the rest
of the body, it is that of an ordinary
man. The voice is perfectly human /;
be converses well, and is not devoid Of
intelligence. The monster is married
and has a child, which he has brought
with him, afflicted with the same de-
fermity, though in a rather less marked
manner. The face is more natural, the
hair is scanty and the ears are shorter
than those Of the father. These two
phenomena we're discovered in the en-.
virons Of Nuni-Novgorod." ;"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-17

Invention is not entirely confined to
the Chinese. A Brookfeld lady has had
goose pleasantly engaged on several
eggs. 1t is well-established tradition
that goose will not remain contented
unless there is gander in sight. 1t is a
beautiful illustration of the confding
and lovable dependence of the sex.
About the time the setting was half over,
the gander in this case died. Here was
dilemma. The eggs were not far
enough gone to make good goslings, and
yet rather too far to make good ONE
lettes. She was not able to borrow a
gander, and so she resorted to artifce.
She took looking glass and placed it in
front of the nest, so the goose was able
to see its own reflection, and being moth
ing but goose, the setting continued,
and in course Of time eight fatherless
little goslings entered Brookheld. This
is not subtle argument in favor of
woman's rights, but simple statement
of an honest fact.-DdnburV Netrs.
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PRICE OF TICKETS.

Whole tickets, $50; halves. s25; tenths, OF
each coupon, s.; eleven whole tickets for $3.50;
TWENTY-FIVE and half tickets for $1,000; one
hundred and thirteen whole tickets for 5000
two hundred and twenty-seven whole tickets
for $4,000. No discount on less than $500
worth Of tickets at tim
The unparaiied success Sf the Third Gin
Concert as we'll as the satisfaction given by
the First and Second makes il only necessary
to announce the Fourth to insure the prompt
sale Of every ticket. The Fourth Gift Con
cert will be conducted in all Us details like
the Third, and full particulars may be learned
from circulars which will be sent free from
this Office TO all who apply for them.
Tickets now ready for sale and all orders ac-
companied by the money promptly filed.
Liberal terms given to those who buy to sell
again. THOs. Y. BRaMLBTrE.
Agent Publ. Libr. KY. and Manager Gift Con-
cert, Public Library Building, Louisville,
Kentucky. wskw-l42-7S
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Rox lhnt was no FonI.

fTOm lne hOhe o6nIlneI.I
" Father, was Greeley elected?' asked
an unsophisticated twelve year old o.
his Republican sire. Starting up with
astonishment the latter answered: No;
why do you ask such foolish question ?
" Because" said the boy, you said last
fall that if Greeley was elected there
would be panic, and everybody says
there is panic now, so thought Greeley
must have been elected" T"
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MEMPHIS TENN MONDAY EVENING" NOVEMBER IT, 1873

gers on board the Yirginius we're panic
stricken, and TO add TO any slight
chance Mr.. Gown might have had for
his life. the pilot, very heavy man. had
clutched him in the water, and was bear
ing him down.
As soen as the alarm Of "a man over
hoard reached the cabin, Ryan, who
was dining at the time, rushed on deck,
and throwing of his coat and vest,
jumped overheard and rescued the
drowning man. Mr.. Gown, in relating
the circumstance to us, could with diff.
Guilty repress his tears for the death OF
his preserver. The bravery Of the act
of poor Ryan can be fully appreciated
when it is understood that heavy sea
was running, that the steam tug was
humping against the side Of the Vir-
ginius, and that the men had fallen into
the water between the Virginius and the
tug.
All honor to such gallant act, and
let us hope that it may be recorded else
where.
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rhe Las. Noble Act of gen. Ryan.

Ihe Last NoDte Act OF Gen. Ryan,
From the New York Sun, lOthl
Shakespeare says; The evil men dc
lives after them; the good is oft inferred
with their bones" SO let it not be. al
least so far as we can help il, with the
memory Of poor Ryan, one Of the latest
victims Of Spanish barbarity in Cuba.
A gentleman who owes his life to Gen
eral Ryan has furnished the following
details OF the occurrence: Mr.. Manuel
Gown, President in Kingston Of the
Committee of the Society of the Friends
Of Cuba in this city, went of in the
Virginius on her departure from her
wharf in Kingston. He and several
other residents Of the port accompanied
the expeditionists some sixteen miles to
sea. When leaving the vessel and about
to step on board a steam tug which had
been chartered for the purpose Of con-
veying Mr.. Gown and his friends back
10 Kingston. the ladder Of the Nirginius
broke and precipitated Mr.. Gown, the
pilot and another gentleman into the sea.
Mr. G. was at the time quite lame, the re-
suit Of a tall Nhich be had suffered
a few days previous A very heavy sea
was running. and an escape from death
seemed almost impossible, The passen-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-17

A model village is in course Of COM
pletion in one Of the suburban districts
Of London, fos clerks, artisans. laborers
and others Of small means. For the
first seventy houses there were two hun
dred applications. All are built on the
most approved sanitary and architectu-
raj principles Schools, a lecture hall
baths and wash-houses, play and cricket
grounds and churches are provided for.
The houses are commodious, and each
has a garden. The rent Of a house Of
nine or ten rooms is from ninety 10 one
hundred dollars. The situation is one
Of the best in London.
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The Ola woman Of shamokin.

The Ola Woman of shamOkin.
From the Episcopal Register
Some few miles from Shamokin, Pa,
lives character that those manly peo-
Pile, the wOman's rights women" /"
should certainly know, as she is de-
cidedly the champion. The singular
being is some seventy-two years Of age,
and is altogether the most manly woman
/ ever met with. A tenant-at-will, she
has occupied for many years the farm
she cultivates with her own hands and
the assistance of hired laborers. She
owns about forty-two head of cattle,
some of which saw, and are really fine
stock. She lives alone in her log cabin,
her only companions being two shepherd
dogs and her chickens, many of the lat
ter sleeping under the same roof with
her, she calling them her children, and
training them up in the way they should
CO. so as to cause the least inconve-
nience TO her in their habit of life.
She is utterly fearless, and with her
dogs and gun, which she can use with
unerring aim, Lie Schuler is char
acter that few would care to triie with.
Imagine, if you can, a woman of medium
size, dressed in mems clothes, with
soft hat variously indented upon her
head, no coat, barefooted, and you have
this champion of woman's rights" be-
fore you. Wrinkled though her face is
by the storms and trials of many years,
the strength and activity of this man
woman Of seventy two is somewhat wen-
derful. Voluble is hardly the term suit
able for the expression of her powers of
talk, ard few men, however disposed for
such perfection, may boast themselves
superior to Der on the score of profanity.
Much and Varied has been my travel,
and strange sights and objects have
seen and met with, but the Hermit of
Shamokin, with her supernatural powers
of tongue and limb, far surpasses any
thing of my previous experience.
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NOTICE.

ON AND AFTER MONDAY, THE SIXTH
" inst. and during the prevalence, of Yel-
iow Fever, or until further notice, the ware
houses of the Companies represented will be
open for business only between the hours Of
5 AN, and Pm. -
A, S. LIVERM0RE,
General Superintendent NJ. & L. r. X. X.
JOHN T. FLYNN,
Supt. Memphis Div. L. M. & G.. s. r. r.
NJ. BURKE,
BIT General Superintendent M. Il n. II. r..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-17

Some time ago the Academy of Sci
ence in Paris offered prize of $4,000 fol
some simple and positive sign of death
which any non-professsional person
could understand and apply. Such a
test suggested in Virchows Archiv, is
considered very satisfactory by the
British medical press 1t consists in
tying a string firmly round the finger OF
the supposed corpse; if the blood circu-
lates in the least-in which event death
has not taken place-the whole finger
will swell and turn a blush red. 1t is
conceivable that such test would be
very useful in cases of drowning and
asphyxia. 1t may be legitimate to cite
case which occurred not long ago at
Brussels. A drunken man fell into a
canal, and remained so long immersed
that very little hope was entertained Of
his recovery. He was to all appear
ance corpse. DR.. Joux, physician to
the police, to whom application is made
in such cases, did not share the convic-
ton of the bystanders, and, having used
the most energetic means of restoration
for three hours, ended by applying a hot
iron to the patient, who instantly moved
slightly. The former measures were re-
verted to, and the supposed corpse stood
up in less than half an hour, branded,
indeed, but none the worse for his acci-
dent.
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cRocERs.
SPICER & RYAN,
GROCERs,
354 Main Street.
MINCE MEAT.

Just received, a car load Of Reiff's
celebrated Philadelphia Mince Meat,
which we can safely recommend as
being unsurpassed In quality; put up
in all styles of packages. We have
used it for the last two seasons, and
know it to be Of extra quality. We
can supply the trade during the sea-
son on the most liberal terms. Try it.
We also have a very large stock Of
everything in our line. All goods
new and fresh.
64-1s6 SPICER a. RYAN.
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LIST OF GIFTS.
TOTAL. 1900 GIFTS. ALL CASH,

amounting 10 ,oOO,OOO
The distribui ion will be positive whether all
the tickets arc sold not, and the Il. 900 gifts
all paid in p portion to the tickets sold-all
and Second Concerts and not represented in
the drawing.
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$l.5OO.OOO

divided into IL, 900 cash gifts. will be distribu-
ted by lot among the ticket holders-the num-
bers Of the tickets to be drawn from one wheel
oy blind children and the gifts from another.
list OP GIFTS
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City Omcial Journal,
PUBLIC LEDGER.

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Four counties ii Iowa have elected
women for County School Supsrinten
dents.
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ATTORNEYS.
sEEDsMER.
EDW'D J. EVANS q CO.,
Nurserymen and Seedsmeu,
YORK. PENNsYLvANIA.

CATALOGUES MAILED TO APPLICAh rs
" Refer hy permission % Hon. J. s. bla % q.
Warhinrton. -. c.; Mcisar, son ca &.
BankcrI. York. Pa tI-AfnF'
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Wednesday, December 3, 1873

and one-haif of these are intended fer the
European market, thus leaving only $4,000 for
sale in the United States, where 100000 were
disposed Of for the Third Concert. The tickets
are divided into ten coupons or parts, and
have on their back the Scheme with full ex-
planation of the mode of drawing.
At this Concert. which will be the grandest
musical display ever witnessed in this cOun-
try the unprecedented sum of
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HAIR DYE.
Bachelors Hair Dve

mHIs SPLENDID HAIR DYE Is rHE
Il best in the world The only true and per-
feet dye. Harmless, reliable and insfsnia-
neOus; no disappointment; no ridiculous tiuh
or unpleasant Odor. Remedies the in efects
of bad dyes and washes. Produces INuEnT-
ATELY q superb BLACK on NATURAL BROWN. and
leaves the hair cLEAN. SOFT AND BEAuiisrL.
The genuine signed W. A. Bachelor. Sold BY
all Druggists. CHAS. BATCHELOR.
6l-eod-xvii-Q Proprietor. n y.
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THE CHICOT TIMES,
BY
CLYDE, GOFFE & co.
Terms of Subscription. So so q year
In Advance.

THE TINES Is NOT TIE BEST ADvER-
1 tisinE medium under the sun. but Mem
phis merchants and all others desiring 20 in-
iroduce Their business % prosperous PEOPLE
would do well % do 90 throurh its c'lumrr
Circulatcs extensively in Ashley. Bradlev. chs
cot, Drew. Desha and Lincoln counfies. Arf..
snd Bolivar and Mashinrton counties. rii
Address CLYDE, GOFFE b ECO..
NHT rrnrrlrIra.
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ps! PsRo. !, q 5l head e sil,J Male e stree
nth Of ofJenerson.
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pB- No change Of cars by this line for Lo liS-
lille, st. Louis or Nashville. Pullman Paisc
leeping e. cars on all night trains.
For Tickets or information apply at
Ticket Office, No. 237 1,2 Maiu 81.
JOHN T. FLYNN, Sup't Memphis Div.
JAMES SPEED. Ticket Agent. W-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-17

Mississippi & Tennessee R. Z,
.ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, MAY
~ Trains will run as follows:
LRAvE. ARRIVE.
New Orleans Mail, daily..12 80 pm. 2:n p m
Express, daily................ 4:S0 pm. $3.50 a, m
Trains on this road IN AXE close connection at
lrenada with Mississippi Central railroad for
hi points North and South. only direct route
% Canton, Jackson, Vicksburg. New Orleans
and Mobile.
Tickets on sale at 2371z Main street and at
he Depot.
i55-f NJ. BURKE, Sup't.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES.

IRMPms AND LOUISVILLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.
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.Jepot at foot Of Main street.
Ticket Once. 2s7h Main street. one door
NJ. BURKE. Gen'l Sup't.
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GIFT CONCERT.
|GRANDEST SCHEME EVER KNOWN
FOURTH GRAND GIFT CONCERT
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
Public Library of Kentucky.
$4,000 CASH GIFTS, 1890. 900.
Every Fifth Ticket Draws a Gir
Se5O,OOO for $50.

TIHE FOURTH GRAND GIFT CONCERT
i authorized by special act Of the Legisla-
ture for the benefit Of the Public Library OF
Kentucky, will take place in Public Library
Hall at Louisville, Kentucky,
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MISSISSIPPI AND TKNEEssRK R.R.
Arrives. Leaves.
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RAILROADS.
.OUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE

AND
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Great Southern RailtG;td,
SCHEDULE,

SCHEDULE.
freight and Accommodation Train
leaves daily, Sundays excepted...... 6:l IN
Nashville Express Train leaves daily 4 IL r.m
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Don't Fail to Try these Goods.
Buy it OF your merchants n he has
&c or VIII pFOeureft for you. IfnOt,
then write for our Pamphlet, "AII
about SapOIiO, ''and 1 { will be mailed
free.
ENOCH MORGAN'S SONS,
Ne. 30 Park Place, N. ". or 90 LOm-
bard street, Baltimore. n. -.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-03-12

EaKIH YEsfAHLE.-lf seeds are 70 b
purchased il sill b usll to send for then
some time before needed. % that 20 De-
lay may occur. Have boz Of proper
sire With good cover, where they may
be securely kepl. and each Pseksgelabel.
ed. A hOi-bed Is easily made, and the
advantage Of having a supply Of early
lettuce. rsdishes. tomatoes, etc, amply
repays for all trouble. But il may not
always he possible to make or care for
one or more Of these. aud should only a
few carly plants be wsuieI, a cheap sub
siituie for a hoi-bed can he had by max
ing box long enough to reach across
the window, and about four ineecs deep,
the width being determined by the place.
Fill with rich garden soil, when it will be
ready TO receive the seed. Seel Of an-
n al flowers nay be planted in a similar
way. aud, when the proper time arrives,
transferred to the garden. In this way
flowers may be obtained much earlier in
the season than with the usal mode Of
planting the seed 10 the flower beds.
Write to Wick for Seeds.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-03-12

How To Wash woOLSNs.-Cold. soft
water. well laihsrsd With hard sap. and
also rub soap on the hanBels a. they are
being washed il the two krsi waters. bat
do not rub any scsp on them in the third
which is also the last water bat have
toe water well laihered. the same as the
two first wiring the hanuels we'll, and
then shake than IRON all four sides then
hang them out to dry in the sun but IL
the weather is cloudy or stormy. dry
ih"n id-dOOrs. BY adopting this mode
Of washing aannels. they will be soft,
white, aud retain their priUeval shape.
ColOred wolen goods. such as dresses, etc,
Pick to them to pieces, then wash them
in the same way as white nanhels are
washed but in one water only. that must
be clean, aud Ouly onc dress washed in
the same water; then wiring it out dry I;
take clean and dry sheet, ani spread
out the dress in the sheet, then fold it all
up. aud let il remain two or three houre;
by that time the dress will be dry enough
10 be iroBed il must be iroUed on the
wrong side if washed aud irened in
this way, the best cashmere will look as
good as new.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-03-12

HAVE A SCRAP BooK.-Every faimer
should keep book in which TO paste ag'
cultural scraps. Every one, in reading
a paper. will see a number OF things
which he will wish to remember. He
will perhaps see suggestions, the value of
wAlch he will desire 10 test. or hints which
he will want TO be governed by IN future
Operations. And yet, after reading the
Taper he will throw it down and will
probably never see it again. In such u
ease all the valuable articles will be lost.
To prevent such loss. every reader
should clip from the papers such articles
as he desires to preserve and remember,
and paste them in a scrap book. Such
hook, at the end Of year or two, will be
very interesting and valuable.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-03-12

TURKEY RAISING. Farmers who live
in sparsely- settled districts, Astounding
in large. dry pastures can afford to give
the time of faithful aud intelligent lad
the whole summer through, to be devoted
exclusively to rearing turkeys. The
young broO Is must be watched as con-
s,antly as ever shsperd watches sheep
10 regions infested by wolves. Every
night. or during the day. on the approach
Of rain, they must be driven TO roomy
shed with Il tight roof. The mother birds.
and the young, can be soon trained to be
driven as easily as cows are driven to
pasture. Give good forage ground, and
keep out Of rain anil dew, aud success is
almost cartain.-THs Poultry World.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-03-12

DIRECTIONS FOR WASHING MArTINas
OL-cLoTHs.- Mating should never be
washed with anything but salt and water
"a pint Of salt to half a pailful of soft
water moderately warm. Dry quickly
with sol: cloth Twice during the sea.
son will probably be sufficient washing
for bedroom, but room much used will
require it somewhat oftener. Oil.cioth is
ru. ned by the application Of lye soap, as
the I've cats the CT, tn. and, after being
washed, it should be wiped perfectly dry.
or the dampness will soon rot it, if laid
down where the sun will shine on i, much,
1t will be apt 70 stick fast to the floor, un.
less paper is laid under it,