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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-22
AN uNFoRrUNATE RAILROAD,

The New York World correspondent
makes curious revelation about the
Memphis aud Charleston railroad, or
what is now known as Tom SCOTS road.
Ii seems that when the road was leased
TO the Southern Railway Security Com
pany, it was stipulated that the road
should be thoroughly repaired and sup
piled with new rails and rolling stock,
and given at once FIRST class equip
ment." The road was in bad fix when
the lease was made, aud from the state
ments of the World correspondent 1t
would seem that the doomed road is now
in sad plight. He says
The road is in wretched condition.
The eating houses are ylllainous, sleep
ing.cars infested with vermin till they
became insuflerable and we're taken of
the road. the passenger cars are villain
ously filthy, and the road, people say, is
purposely destroyed that 1t may never
constitute route competing with Scots
more costly lines through the Carolinas
and Georgia to Vicksburg, Shreveport,
New Orleans, Texas and the Pacific.
In other words, it is believed that Scott
leased the road to destroy it, and the
contract OF lease defines no penalty for
its violation.
1t is intimated that the stockholders
are preparing bill TO be filed in the
United States Court at Huntsville pray
ing for an injunction, and setting aside
of the Tom Scott lease. But the World
man adds: When the stockholders
meet here on the 10th inst. there will be
a terrible struggle to control the action
of the body by Scots friends and
enemies. am persuaded that by the
time this meeting occurs Scott will
own majority of the stock, and that's
an end of the road" This deplorable
statement Of facts clearly indicates that
the Charleston railroad has lost its pres
tige. Other competing roads will not
be slow to take advantage of their sink
ing rival, and we fear the time is not far
distant when passengers and shippers
will patronize the other routes to the
Eastward in preference to the Tom Scott
pocket railroad.
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MISCELLANEOUS.


OSHKOSH, Wis, July 22.-At Apple
ton sunday night a quarrel occurred
between q German named Robt. krush'
koG and ap IrishuAn named Garrei
Hayes, at the house Of the fOrmer. Hayes
became noisy and ibterlered With krush-
koH, who turned him out Of the house,
when Hayes struck him with . knife
severing the jugular vein. Hayes vas
arrested.
Providence, r. J., July 22.-The
Providence Iron WORKS caught Gre this
morning fren some unknown caHse, and
ihs building sustained serious damage
before the esnsF we're eEiuggishsd
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-22

When people we're enjoying them
selves in the gardens Of the Tour st.
jacques, on a recent afternoon, a man
dressed in white blouse and black
trousers, standing on the top of monu-
ment, attracted the attention of all. He
threw himself off, and after revolving
several times in the air, fell with such
violence on the gallery running around
the base of the tower, as TO tear one leg
completely from the body.
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PUBLICATION.
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sIIERIFF'S SALE
Valuable Improved Real Estate ut
Shelby Depot, Tennessee.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT BY
IN virtue of a venditioni expsnas to me di-
rected from the honorable First Circuit Court
of Shelby county, Tenn, in the case OF South
worth X Thayer VS.. II. G. Brewer, Judgment
rendered on the 5th day of June, 1873. for the
sum of five hundred dollars and fifty cents.
with interest and costs of suit, to satisfy said
judgment. etc., less the credits hereinafter
mentioned, will on
Saturday, the 9th of August, 1873,
at II o'clock Am, in front of my Office. No:
35l Second street, Memphis. Tenn, proceed
TO sell to the highest bidder. for cash, the fol-
lowing described real estate. tO-wit: Begin
ming at stake in the west line Of Mrs: Stew
arts tract, and in the east line of Thomas
Garrett 200 acre tract. of which this is part
fifty feet south of the center of the Memphis
and Ohio railroad thence west l5o south, with
the said railroad, chains, TO a stake 3 links
east of sasafras thence south chains 20
links to q stake links west of a white oak
marked b; thence east IS west chains, to a
stake in the west line Of Williams lot; thence
north 8 chains 36 links. to the beginning, con-
tanning one acre. Levied on as the property
of defendant, II. c. Brewer, to satisfy said
Judgment. interest and costs. less credits:
October 10, 1871, 500; October 10, 1872, $50 SO.
Sale to commence at ii o. clock am.
w. j. p. DOYLE,
Sheriff of Shelby county. Tenn.
Mcfarland Il Goodwynne. Attorneys.
ll9-2aW-l38
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-22

The United States is rapidly going to
the front as the champion anniversary
celebrator of the world. The. number
of anniversaries is becoming alarmingly
large. Centennials, we are pleased to
state, cannot be gotten up twice in a
life time. Philadelphia is now excited
over her bantling, the celebration OF
the hundredth anniversary of the Dec
laration of Independence. The Quaker
City has stolen a march on New York,
Boston and Memphis in this matter, and
she demands from the cities and States
of the Union help in the shape of money
donations. Philadelphia, like Boston,
claims to be one of the cradles Of liber-
ty in which the pulling infant of repnb'
licanism was rocked to sleep by the
citizens of these localities in l776.
Philadelphia has Independence Hall,
the cracked bell Of liberty and numer-
GUS other relics from the revolutionary
period of American history. But she
has strong and ambitious rivals in Bos-
ton, New York, Concord, Lexington,
Charleston add other historic places.
The City of Brotherly Love expects the
Centennial to sweep few millions Of
loose dollars into her lap, and in this
iaudable desire to get up big show she
rivals the thrift of New England. Bot
where are these anniversaries and Cen
tennials to end2 Is the time to
come in American history when
each incident OF the old Revolu-
tionary struggle aud those Of later
period of time, the war Of 1872, the
Florida war, the Mexican war, the late
war between the States, ETC., will be eel
ebrated2 If so, the American citizen
must keep on his holiday attire during
the year, and wrap himself in the star
spangled banner SO as to create in his
bosom the necessary amount Of enthusi
asm over these longpast and long-for-
gotten incidents of early wars that have
been dwaried into insigni6cance by the
tremendous struggles during the late
unpleasantness.
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unpIeasantness

THE troubles about school books are
not confined to Tennessee. An Ohio
journal informs the world that there is
small excitement in Dayton, Ohio,
concerning the way in which certain
school book Publishing houses manage
TO get their wares in use. II is asserted
that their agents wstek and control, as
far as possible, the ward meetings that
nominate candidates for the School
board, aud that Shenever they can.
they get their creatures into that BODY.
and ia the eveai that they fail to get a
Board that viii introduce their books
they begin an attack upon whatever
educational system the refractory board
has adopted. aud se. TO work 20 mann
facture public sentiment against il and
them IN order 10 secure their removal.
IL is said alss that these agents are
fooud an over the State. endeaE0ring "a
beruila newly appointed principals aud
supssints.dents, placing carriages Al
their disposal At watering places and
having their halel bills IL they will per
nit The equiyslezi for this courtesy is,
Of course. recommendation Of the
publications q The firm.
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MEDICAL.
Cholera. Diarrhea and Dys-
EMERY Specific.

UlHR ADVERTISER. LATE A MEDICAL
II oficer In III. ~. Bengal army, hae ~ many
year. used ! medicine for The ueatlle nt 81 tne
ABOVE compiainfr, which seldom fails % effect
a nfIrfri r-i-rr- rroiucinr reaction from TIE
rnf3 sfarr of cholera OF dyEentery. in her
wont f5rms- In two % three dlsce. IL aif0
acts AZ A fEEyFETiVE- faftie' remiili-s ~
Twp. q. o-rIer on rerfsterci letter. O. ~. kier-
nar. ytrssr CITY. N. T.. WiIl receive, iu return.
he rfgrrf EHauT FuE 1nMEuiafE u1ls Hllh
M inIfruetiont. LarEs Bottles, g.. lll-lls
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-22

The total membership in the Protest
ant churches in this country is estimated
at about G,7SO,5O7. The net gain OF
these churches within the last ten years
was considerably more than one-third,
while that of the population Of the coun.
try was less than one-fourth.
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The loss will reach $4,000, Insured in
the Home Of New York, Asina Of New
York, and the Queens Own Of London.
The works had been shut down for the
past month, and the balance due the
workmen had not yet been paid.
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LEGAL.

A ADMINISTRATORS N0TICE.-HAVING
IN been appointed and qualified as Admins
traitor on tho estate of Patrick Smith, deceased,
by the Probate Court Of Shelby county, all
persons having claims against said estate are
requested to present them to me at No. 2O6
Front street. and those owing the estate will
please call and settle.
12O-l29 WIN. WEST, Admir-.
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Masonic Mutual Life Assur-
ance Association.

OFFICE OF
Masonic Mutual LIFE ASSURANCE Assoo'N 7
334 From ST.. MAGNOLIA BLOCK. }
ATAN ELECTION SATURDAY, JULY 10.
"a 1873, for Eve Directors Of the Masonic
Mutual Life Assurance Association. TO serve
TIVE years, the following gentlemen we're
elected j. X. r. Ray. A. Il. franklin. W. II.
d. Wendell. g. w. Realhofer. g. W. L. Crook.
Tho now Board are requested 70 meet az the
Office Of the Company, Saturday, July 18th, az
O'clock pm. n. q. TRADER.
123-ig7 Secretary.
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NOTICE.


NOTICE = PURSUANT TO THE PRO-
~ visions Of an act Of Congress, approved
March 9. 1873, authorizing the construction Of
a hIidge across the Mississippi river. at Sd.
Louis, Missouri, By the st. Clair aud CarOn-
delet hridEe Company. the aforesaid company
hereby gives nstiee 70 all concerned. that they
viii, on o. before the 10th day Of JULY next
subWit te the Secretary % War, for his exaT !,
iFsti9n and approval, design for a susr en-
sion bridge, consisting Of two channel -s,s.,ns
Of SIX hundred feet each. and two end .susi,e ~
three hsndred feet each. with an el .vation M
one hen0red feet above low Wafer marE
they viii also hle map giving he proposei
location 81 TIE eridFe, the tor ,oeraphy Of the
6anks q ne river 81 high AZ d low water, the
drefuon Of the current al All stages. and 10
soundings, showing accu-. ately the bed Of he
% eams apd furnishing such other informs-
1oH as may be requilssd Cor fun and satie-
factory understandi.F OF The suhieci ~ he
Secretary Of War.
By order % Hard 81 Directors u ibe ST.
NiAif ana NAfop delel Bridge Company
N. HENDERSON. sec'F.
-. Louis, Ne. jurs 81. lsl1. Il8-lsl
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LEGAL.
Trustees Sale.


DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST En-
ID ecuted on the I'd day of October, 1861, by
NJ. j. Wright to v. B. Waddell as Trustee.
and which is recorded in book So, part / /, at
page 1896, in the Registers Office of Shelby
county, and by virtue Of the decree of the Sec
Ond Chancery Court. entered August I'd, 1870,
appointing me trustee in the room and stead
OF said Waddell, will sell. as Trustee only, at
public sale at auction. for cash, in front Of the
Sheriff's Office on Second street, in the city OF
Memphis, on
Friday, August LIST, 1873,
at II O'Clock am, the following described
property, viz: Part of block No Is in Buffers
addition TO the city Of Memphis. bounded as
follows Beginning on the north side of Elliott
street, $50 feet east of DeSoto street; running
thence eastWardly Az feet to n stake; thence
northwardly to the north boundary line of
block Is; thence westwardly 534 feet TO
stake; thence sOuthwardly ga feet TO the be-
ginning. Also lot No. s and part of lot No. Z,
in block Al, South Memphis, bounded as fol-
lows: Beginning at the southwest corner Of
block No. s, on st. Martin street; thence
northwardly, with the east side of st. Martin
street, 72H feet; thence eastWardly, and par
allel with Vance street. to the bayou; thence
southwardly, with said bayou, about 72% feet,
to the southeast corner Of said lot No. 8;
thence with the south line of said lot s. west
wardly 30i feet. TO the beginning; being all Of
lot No. 8 and l21a feet Of lot No. Z, In said
block No. Al. Terms cash.
W. W. COLEMAN. Trustee.
Memphis, July I'D, 1873. l25-l5z
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Securitr Insurance Company.

ALL POLICY HOLDERS TO WHOM TIE
~ Security Insurance Company was indebted
for unexpired premiums. 81 time Of her fail
ure. will present their claims a. early ~ pos
sible al ny Office, in basement. No. = Madison
street, for final dividend.
1Zl-ll5 II. A. LITTLEION. Agent.
fAvalanche and Appeal copy three umes.I
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-22

Springfield, Massachusetts, has an
elm tree which was planted in 1776 by a
young man to celebrate his twenty-frst
birthday, and now measures twenty-four
feet six inches in diameter, three feet
above the Oround
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EDUCATIONAL.
MR. s. HALLE'S
Memphis Female Seminary,
46s SHELBY STREET.

II AFFORDS NE MUCH PLEASURE TO
u Announce 20 ny Old patrons. friends and
pupils. that / will -~-aren ny school, for
young ladies. on Wednesday, January ~. \
vail BE- reaeF 10 zee ny friends And enroll
ruQi,. On and amer WeiIrsdar, Decembef
ilttt a. my residence. -
MRS. ANNIE y. hAlhk,
No. tCl Shelby street.
Circuiars O. b had q the music, book and
graE stcret, t2-I
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Friday, the LIST of August, 1873,

at II o'clock am, in front Of my Office, No.
35l Second street. Memphis. Tenn. proceed
10 sell, to the highest bidder, for cash, the fol-
lowing described real estate, to-wit: Begin
ming at point on the Memphis and Charles
ton railroad at the northeast corner Of lot
formerly owned BY ID. NJ. Leatherman. run
ming eastWardly along the south line OF said
Memphis and Charleston railroad to stake
fifteen feet west Of the house formerly owned
BY Frank Smith; thence sOuthWardly on
parallel line fifteen feet west Of said house 70
a point on the old Fort Pickering railroad;
thence westwardly along the line Of said raul
road 20 the southeast corner OF tne l.t lor-
merly owned BY ID. NJ. Leaihermani thence
northwardly along the said line 70 the place
Of the beginning. Excepting from levy ana
sale out OF the above described property the
following describrd portion thereof. to-Wit:
Beeipnine AL stake fly feet south Of the
Nemuhie and Charleston railroad. and six
fecf ,lert az a parallel line With the west end
~ me "A reFidcncc; thence south and par
aiIeI six feet west Of the west end Of
said I'D residence 20 a stake on the north
side III the Fort Pickering railroad. two hun
dred ard seventy-One CID feet more OF less;
thence west on the north side Of said railroad
forty lt0) feet % o stake; thence north and
uarsllcl with the first line two hundred and
he center Of the Memphis and charleston
railroad: thence east foriy-0na aad = half
filt0 feet 10 the beginning. 15-l00 acres.
lcYica on a. The property Of defendant A.
i. lacey % satisfy said judgment, interest
and costs.
Sale % commence at n o'clock an.
WI. T.. DOYLE,
sheriff Of Shelby County. Tsnp,
BFnWN a lrLEa. Afye. tn-li3-lN
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FOUNTAINS.
Fountainsi FOuntainsi

4 HAVE BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS QR ALL
Company. which can Be rold CO rfscel lei.
than any Other parii-g cau orer, as Ht az noi
VIII o. make any prltf. -
a-ls M. T.. CAMERON. Secretary.
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FOR RENT.


VNHE COTTON SHED ON UNION STREET,
l. corner of alley between Third and Fourth
streets. now occupied by b. d. Hutchinson.
lot L. E. MEACHAM. No. Union st.
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LEGAL.
SHERIFF'S SALE
Valuable Suburban Property on the
Memphis and Charleston II. II.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN. THAT BY
IN virtue of an execution to me directed
from the honorable First Circuit Court Of
Shelby county, Tenn in the case Of Webster
q Co. VS.. A. T. Lacey. judgment rendered on
the 30th day of May, 1873. for the sum Of
seven thousand nine hundred and ninety
seven dollars and thirty-five cents. with in
terest and costs Of suit, to satisfy said judg-
meut etc. 1 will, on
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ADVERTISING.
LEGAL ADVERTISING.

CROM AND AFTER THIS DATE. WE
Il will charge Q0) cents per line for the first
insertion, and FIVE (5) cents per line for each
subsequent insertion Of all legal advertise
ments, except such as may be inserted for
thirty days or longer cOnsecutively, which
will be charged at card rate, by the square,
eight (g lines nonpareil. solid. to the
square. The printers fees to be paid in ad-
vance in every instance.
q. W. ALEXANDER,
d. M. Memphis Appeal Pub. Co.
A. j. kELLAR,
Memphis Avalanche.
4. WHIrM0RE,
Memphis. January 81. 1873. l3l-t
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NOTICE.
Memphis & Little Rock Railway.
NOTICE TO PASSENGERS AND
HHIPPEkS.

IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE NECESSITY
i Of sending our transfer steamer to Mound
City for repairs, ON and after Sunday, July
gers will be received at the wharf Of the
steamer John 0verton. foot of Adams street.
Merchants will please send their freight down
before pm.
The transfer steamer will return within two
weeks, after which time freight will be received
at and trains start from the depot, Center
Landing, as usual. Due notice will be given
Of return of transfer steamer.
A. S. LIVERM0RE, Gen. Sup't,
Appeal and Avalanche copy.l ll9-lA
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OFFICIAL.
NOTICE.
Notice to Lawyers.

WE HAVE FOR SALE AT THE LEDGER
w office blank notices TO take dispositions,
and printed instructions to the officer taking
the same; also blank captions and certih-
oates. lOt
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A Colorado correspondent Of the st.
Louis Globe writes: Our butcher is q
graduate Of Yale; one Of the gentlemen
working in the printing Office is a gradu
ate Of Canbridge and a winner Of the
Bishops medal Tor proficiency in the
classics; a ranchman near here is the
son Of a General in the British army,
aud near relative Of George Stevenson
Of railroad fame. -Four other ranchmen
are the four sons Of a former governor
Of Bengal, vino Is still very wealthy.
Two are the sons Of an eminent London
banker. A graduate Of one Of che Uni
versiiies manages q dairy, and attends
70 most Of the milking personally"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-22

A Texas woman has arrived at St.
Louis with one thousand cattle, Der oWn
property, which she sssisied 10 driving
from Texas
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NOTICES..
N O II L Q Z /.

MEMPHIS AND RALEIGH RAILRoAD,l
0FRIcE; No. Z MADISON ST,
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, July p, lST3.J
rNHE 7:2O pm. FROM MEMPHIS AND
the Il pm. from Raleigh are discontinued
from and after date.
fo14nr noNoUAN pr.sidant
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RESTAURANT.
RESTAURANT,

rs THE PLACE TO GET A HEALTHY
a meal at any hour, for a moderate cOnsid-
GRAFTON. prepared By men who have made the
kitchen and dining-rOom q life study. Moth
ing but the freshest and best meats and vege-
tables, and healthiest OF all materials, used in
the establishment.
Day board BY week or month. Corwin says
so
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MEDICAL.
~-~-~~~>~-~~~~~>--~-~~--~-
CHOLERA, CHOLERA M0RBUS,
CHOLERA IMFANTUM.
DIR. McCABE'S
Medicated Blackberry Brandy.

NNHE ONLY SURE CURE FOR CHOLERA,
/ Cholera Morbus. Dysentery, Flux, etc. 1t
excels any other known remedy for these dis
eases. For sale by
R0SENBACH & CO., 800 Front ST.,
Sole Agents for Arkansas, West Tennessee and
Mississippi, to whom all orders must be adj
dressed 96-122in
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Directors;
s. II. DUNsCOMB, w. b. GALBREATH.
d. N. TOWNSEND. N. F0NTAINE.
A.VACOAR0. JOE BRUCE.
J,J. BUSBY, JOHN @. FIZER.
Il. r. RISK. j. A. SHANE,
L. HANAUER, X. s. JONES,
j. II. MARTIN, W. B. MALLORY,
w. L. RADF0RD.
Imaureg against Loss by Fire, Ma
Fine and River Risks.
So Risks ON Private Dwellings especially
desjrad. 14S-2r-f
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INSURANCE.
HI Il TX N a n ID -
Insurance Company
OF MEMPHIS.
Office: No. 90 Madison Street.

S.H DUNSCOMB, President.
W. b. GALBkEATH. Vice President.
Y. M. NELSON. Secretary.
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Steel Rail! Double Track!
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-31
- Dsc,pEscr OF DrsEAsrs.-Dise,

Tuv DEcApENCE OF DISEASES .-Diseas-
% xbieh in former times were very de-
s,,uctiye have now disappeared, and
come which formerly swept away whole
naoples, now only attack individuals.
smnll.poY. between 1875 and 1857, annu.
ary caused from 2 to 10 per cent. of the
a 'nortality Of London. Now, through the
l'os, beneficial of all discoveries, vnccin.
,la,iou this loathsome disease, is we'll
n;gh bsnished from civilized nations.
Measles. which formerly caused 8 to IL
ner cent. Of the deaths, has now fallen
below 2 per cent. From 1915 to 1927, 20
ner cent. Of the deaths among children
came from teething, while now the rate
has fallen below per cent. And even
consumption, which many people think
A modern disease, was formally more
fatal than now. In the seventeenth CEN
tnry. II per cent. of the deaths were
caused by consumption. The percent.
ace in London, where the mortality of
this disease is still great, is now not
more than 10 per cent. One hundred
wears ago fevers caused the death Of one
si,ths Of the people of London. From
1857 to 1860 this percentage was reduced
two-thirds. Some diseases now unknown
made frightful havoc in those days of
low civilization. The "black death" car
ried off $4,000, 900 of the inhabitants of
Europe in l34S and 1349. The Sweat
ing sickness was another terrible
scourge. From 1902 to 1865 each year
there died in London from 1000 to 10,-
400 persons of the plague. For the lnst
200 years this scourge has appeared only
occasionally, and in those parts of Egypt
and Asia where civilization has not re.
moved its causes. Two hundred years
ago the deaths averaged annually abou,
one in twenty of the living, even in the
most favored districts. From 1916 &c
1865 the deaths in England were one il
forty-two.-IDr. Dio Lewis Paper.