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Saturday, the 10th of January, ts7I

at 10 O'Clock M, at the southwest corner
Second and Madison streets, in the city
Memphis, all the following described tract
land, containing 40 acres, more or less, 81
uate in the county of Shelby and State of Tel
nessee. being the eastern part of the tract
land owned and occupied by George i. Holm
at the time of his death, lying about five mill
east of the city Of Memphis, by the Germal
town road or Poplar street extended, formed
known as the old State Line road, and beir
the lots numbered IL. II, Is. II, Is, l6, IL
and 10, between Rembert avenue and Higl
land avenue, as marked and shown on an
by map or plat of said land attached to an
made n part OF thu said Deed Of Trust, ii
GLIDING therein the land lying between sd
lots, designated as Holmes avenue, and a
the land belonging to the said tract lying cd
of said Rembert avenue.
Right of redemption waived and title b
lieved to be perfect. but sell only such id
ms is vested in me as trustee. Ten per cent. {
the purchase money will be required in cas
when the property is bid of. and the remain
der on delivery Of the deed.
Ii. 7. ELLETT, Trustee.
December g. 1873 S3-Il9
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Trustees Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXI
ID cuted by George @. Holmes and Willial
R. Holmes, and by their respective wive
dated November %, 1871, to secure a note q
S52l4 l6, the undersigned, surviving trustee
will sell at public sale, for cash, on
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LroAL.
Attachment Notice

Arthur Dwyorl Before John Spelman, a D
W, tice Of the Peace for Sid
Chas. MullinsJ county, State Of Termed.
TN THE ABOyE-STATED SUIT AFRII
Il VT for attachment having boon made "a
taohment having been issued and returled
the proper officer, lbyied. etc.. on the propo
OF defendant; Il Is therefore ordered that
said defendant mako his appearance bol
me. at my office. No. a Adams street, Nd
phis. VonneHaeC. on
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oEEIcIAL.
ORDINANCES,

Levying Paving Tax of seventy
Cents, payable In Certificates of
Ind ebtedness.
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LEGAL.
Attachment Notice.

James Hough) Before John spelman, Justice
vs.. OF the feace l4r cnelpy
John Loney.J county, State Of Tennessee.
TNTHE ABOVE MENTIONED SUIT AFFT-
davit for attachment having been made IN
der section Si55 Of the Code Of Ten
nessee, and attachment having been
efe on ne propcrty Of defendant. and hav-
ms been returned: Il is therefore ordered
that the said defendant make bis appearance
before ne al my office. No. a Adams street.
in the city Of Memphis. Tennessee. on
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will be distributed among the ticket holders.
The tickets are printed in coupons. oftenths,
and all fractional parts will be represented in
the drawing just as whole tickets are.
UIaa Of (sfffa.
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z. WHITMORE, Publisher and Prop.

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NONRESIDENT Notice.

n the Second Chancery Court of Shelb,
County, Tennessee.
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Another Fox Hunt in Ireland.

| .7- i.
Editor AbbeuiNe Press and Banner:
A week or two since you pub.
lished a notice Of the remarkable
success Of some gentlemen in
catching two foxes in less than
two hours. Since then we learn
another remarkable fox hunt has
taken place in the same locality
with a somewhat different result.
A party Of young gentlemen made
all the preliminary arrangements in
securing large packs of hounds for
the exciting chase of the fox, and
at the appointed time the "horn Of
the hunter" was sounded, and the
dogs responded. The swiftest
steeds of the community were
mounted and the party set off in
high spirits to the ''happy hunting
grounds" The, dogs were soon
accommodating, and after some
two hours Of search one of the
leaders Of the dogs gave the sound
which all recognized as the signal
that the trail Of the game had been
found, and in all instant the whole
of the forty. or fifty dogs were i'll
pursuit. Tee riders spurred their
chargers and followed at the swift
est speed attainable, ,jumpi-- g fences,
gullies, &C., &C., as is the custom of
the fox hunter in this most excl
ting chase. Finally the dogs sud-
denly came to a halt where they
had something eat bay" When
the riders galloped up they were
astonished to find their game up a
tree. This they could not under
stand as a fox never climbs a tree.
After much discussion the party
concluded las they had no axe
with which to cut the tree DOWN
to wait until daylight when they
could see their game. At the ap-
proach Of light our fox hunters
were chagrinned to find up the
tree one Of their neighbor's Thom-
as cats. The effect on the hunters
can be better Imagined than de-
scribed. X.
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:. -. -
HEINE.

In Mr.. Stern's Scintillationa from
Heinrice Heine occur the following
sparks: l6I
Wit isolated is worthless. sEf
In art, form is everything; mat
ter, nothing. .ll2.'s
We must seek the history Of po-
cts in their poems, and there frd
their deepest condolences.
Victor Hugo is the greatest Of
French poets. so
Byron's death affected me deeply.
He is the only man with whom I
found myself in sympathy. >'2't
Thought is invisible nature; ma
ture is visible thought.
The young girls say: "The gen
tleman must be very rich, for he is
very ugly" In like manner the
public says: "The man must be
quite learned, for he is excessively
dull" This, in many instances,
accounts for the success Of the Ger
mans in Paris.
I am firmly convinced that a BIAS
phening Frenchman is a spectacle
more pleasing to the Lord than a
praying Euglishman.
In France, courage is polite and
well-bred, and honesty Y ears gloves
and lifts its hat.
Napoleon's words at St. Helena
that in the early future the whole
world would resolve itself into
American republicapism or Russian
imperialism-are a most discour-
aging prophecy.
The fold ns loors of the French
salon are open to the most notorious
Messalina so long as her husband
patiently ambles ather side.
Pretty women without religion
arc like flowers without perfume.
There is only one writer in whom
[ find something that reminds me
Of the dire tness of style which is
found Ill the Bible. 1t is Shak-
Speare.
While translating the Bible, Lu-
t'"r rreated the German language.
Psychical pain is more easily
borne than physical, and if I had
my choice between a bad conscience
and bad tooth, l should choose
J the former.
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the wreck. The passenger coache.
stood intact. Men were choppine
at the engines and broken flats
The people who had swarmed fol
hours, and nearly killed mal
whom they were determined &c
lionize, now partially hived them.
selves in the new train.
"Mother!" breathed George
from. from his bed Of coats, over
which b a surgeon stopped.
The poor old woman spun wild.
ly round like a top, till Jennie
righted and propelled her to George
"The lambs -wool's in my pock.
et," he whispered, with a merry
twinkle in his suffering eyes,
"AnH moth, pull out my purse, and
give ithe little case in the corner to
Jenn nie." "Opcn it." motionine
her e,r nearer his lips. 81 bought
thatI for you this afternoon" his
voice just reached her, "and 1 was
going to offer it, and ask you to
marty me. Take it now, and |
dou't ask any questions with it.
No Foman would take up with a
smashed affair like me-"
"0h, Georger' replied the wo-
man. blazing out of all reserve,
and 'piercing him through with her
eyes of love. 'You splendid
hero e-Iarling! I'd rather marry
youbnow than any other man alive
And I'll work for you and your
mot her, too, George!''
Upon which the engineer, with
the passion of a man whose whole
life is drawn to a single point,
gathered her face over one Of his
shaking hands, and made a full
rose of the mouth, which he kissed
ed-kissed till the whiteness round
his lips stole over his whole face,
and he fainted.
Jennie sat still under the stars,
holding Georges head, soothing
his mother, and thrilling at the
doctors favorable verdict. Though
her face was all streaked by
her sweetheart's fingers, she was
feeling soome kinship to the great
people of the earth, through that
engineer.
Fora woman always values her
self according to the quality of the
man who loves her. And a King
will MAKE a Queen, whether he be
King Of Spades, or King of Sen
ates, or King Of Engine-cabs.
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What a Boy Knows About Girls.

Girls are the most unaccountable
things in the world, except a wo-
man. Like the wicked flea, when
you have them they amt there. ]
can cipher clean over the improper
fractions, and the teacher says I do
1t first rate, but 1 can't cipher on
a girl, proper orimproper, and you
can't either. The only rule in. the
arithmetic that hits their case, is
the double rule of two. They are
as full Of old Nick as their skin can
hold, and would die if they couldn't t
torment somebody. When they
try to be mean, they are as mean
as pursley, though they amt as
mean as they let on, except some
times, and they are a good dead
meaner. The only way to get
along with girl when she comes
to with her nonsense, is to give her
tit for tat, and that will fummux
her.; and when you geta girl fun
muxed, she is as nice as a new pin.
A girl can SOW more wild oats in a
day than hoy can in a year, but
the girls get their wild oats sogn
after a while, which the boys never
do, and then they settle down as
calm and placid as a mud puddle.
But I like girls first rate, and [
guess the boys all do. I don't
mind how many tricks they plaNPn
me-and they don't care eitgf.
The hoitytoityists girls in the world
can not boil over like glass of
soda. BY and by they will get into
the traces with somebody they like,
and pull as straight as an old stage
horse. This is the beauty of them.
So let them wave, I say; they will
pay for if some day, sewing on but
tons and trying to make a decent
man of the fellow they have spliced
themselves to, and ten chances to
one they don't get the Most Of it.
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The Mourner "a Ia Mode"
I saw her last night at a party,

I saw her last night at a party,
tThe elegant party Mt Meade's,)
And looking remarkably hearty
For a. widow 80 young in her weeds;
Yet I know she was suffering sorrow
Too deep for the tongue to express
Or why had she chosen to borrow
So much from the language of dress?
Her shawl was as sable as night,
And her gloves were as dark as hel
shawl,
And her jewels that flashed in the light
Were as black as funeral pail;
Her robe had the hue of the rest,
(How nicely it fitted her shapeD
And the grief that was heaving her
breast
Rolled over in pillows Of Grape.
What tears of vicariOus woe,
That else might have smiled in her
face,
Were kindly permitted to flow
. In ribbons of ebony lace.
While even her fan in its play
Had quite a luxurious scope,
And seemed to be waving away
The ghost Of the angel of Hope!
Yet rich as the robe ofa queen,
Was the sombre apparel she wore;
I'm certain never had seen
Such sumptuous sorrow before,
And T couldn't help thinking the beauty,
In mourning the loved and the lost,
Was doing hdV conjugal duty
Altogether regardless OF cost.
One surely would say such devotion,
Performed at so vast an expense,
BETRAYED an excess of emotion
That really is something immense;
And yet rs I view, at my leisure,
Those tokens of tender regard,
I thought-it was scarce without meas
The sorrow that goes by the yard.
All, grief is curious passion!
And yours, am sorely afraid,
Tue very next phase of the fashion
Will find it beginning 10 fade.
Tho dark are the shadows OF grief,
The morning will follow the night;
Half-tints will betoken relief,
Till joy shall be symbolled in white!
Alb. we'll! it were idle to quarrel
With fashion or aught she may do;
And - conclude with moral
And etaphor-Warranted new
When measles come handsomely out
The patient is safest, they say;
And the sorrow is mildest, no doubt,
That works in similar way.
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That Engineer.
MARY HARTWELL.

"Now, George" said mother,
"when you run into Chicago to-day,
I don't want you to forgit that
lamb 's-wool. Them store-keep-
ers'll try to put you off, and say
they don't have no sech goods on
hand this time O year, but l want
you to follow 'em up, and git it,
for 1 want to 60 right to knittin'
your socks for next winter. There's
notllih 10 -geedfer1 mea,s-sneks--a -as
fine. hard-spun lamb's-wool.'
Not even yak, mother p asked
George mischievously, as he snatch
ed up his hat and belongings, as if
the alarm of fire had been sounded.
81 don't know nothin about yak.
That may do for wimmin's wear,
but for mems, there's nothin' like
hard-spun lambs wool"
"Pll remember promised
George, fully primed and charged.
"Now, good bye. Home on time
at ninc.''
The old woman's cheek had a
flush like winter apples. George
took hasty nip at it-he always
did when he started on his trips
looked at her with his big, cherish
ing eyes, received a mothers un-
speakable reply, and dashed off to
his engine.
1t was a little after sunrise. His
boots rang along the pavement, and
his whistle rang along the breeze.
George was handsome and strong,
as twenty-five has a right to be.
He wore a blouse instead of a bust
ness coat; and that great, fresh,
dou,w rose-his face-would soon
be coated with the locomotives
breath. But he was a wholesome,
splendid man.
Perhaps Jennie thought so. She
was sweeping the front steps of her
paternal mansion as he passed.
Her hair was gathered atop her
head in a curly coil, some crinkles
of it just dropping over her fore.
head. The sleeves were pushed
back from the pink, round arms
for women, as well as men, when
then go to work with a will, begin
like a pugilist.. Jennie had per
morning complexion on. AS her
eye met Georges she put on an
additional morning complexion.
George touched his hat, Jennie
bent lie: head shyly. The young
man squared his shoulders and
walked on like a brigadier-general.
"That's nice girl" he commu-
nieated to his sleeve. "Mother
thinks a heap of her. She's got
more sense than half of 'em, moth
e. says. And she's smart ana mo-
dest like in her ways. Mother
says she's uncommon pretty, too" J."
These opinions of mothers 30
edited him that he had not gotten
Jennie out of bis head when he
leaped on his engine. Bot 1 sus-
pect, if mothers verdict had been
against her, lie would have stood
her lawyer. He was only making
mother compliment his choice.
He was skulking behind mother!
For some young men are shy!
While be and his iron horse, and
his row of baggsge-car and passen.
ger coaches rushed across the land
that hot day, nobody looked in the
engine-cab for romance; yet there
the fire of the world was glowing
under a dark blouse. Nobody
looked into it for integrity and
worth; yet there stood six feet OF
integrity and worth, which had
come up to manhood through
thick and thin, and had carried his
mother to comfort, and which kept
his character like his FURNISHED
, ,onr;po Na;tbor did anvhodv look
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Thoughts for the Month.

Unlike the last, the present month
calls for great industry and activity
on the part Of the farmer. Harvest
ing crops already made, planting
those of fall and winter, and prepa-
ration of land for next years crops,
snch as turning under weeds, pea
wines, etc., now demand attention.
A word Of caution to our young
friends who have little farming ex-
pcriencc. Cotton picking will be
under full hallway by the end of the
month. It is an excellent rule
never to let the opening get much
ahead Of the picking-keep close
up with it. The reason is two-fold
Il. The sooner it is picked after
| it is opened, the cleaner and nicer
lit will be, and the less the danger
of being beaten out and lost by
storms; 9. The days are now long
and warm, and a hand can pick
much more in day than in the
short and cold days of October and
November. When cold weather
sets in, cotton picking is one of the
most disagreeable jobs to be done
on the farm. Cotton picked now
will be green and damp, not fit to
be put up in bulk, nor to be nicely
ginned. In bulk it will heat, gin
ned it will ''nap," that is, gather in
little knots, feature greatly OBJ
Ijected to by purchasers. The only
remedy is to sun it-that picked in
the forenoon should be spread in
the sun all the aftcrnoon-that pick
ed in the afternoon, not having the
dew upon it, may be put, away at
once, if not packed in large heaps.
To avoid risk Of fire, ginning
and packing should keep pace with
the picking, and the bale, as soon
as packed, distributed in different
places. The gin house is the most
dangerous place to keep cotton !;
experience since the war has shown
that intentional or accidental fires
are most apt to originate there 1t
has greatly surprised us to observe
the numerous instances during the
past five years where farmers have
lost their entire crops by keeping
lit ginned or unginned in their gin
houses, the number Of such cases
being we believe larger in Georgia
than in any previous year. Ifprices
are at all satisfactory, the safest and
perhaps the best plan is to sell as
fast as it can be prepared for mar
l:et. AS said just now, the danger
from fire is diminished, the cotton
weighs well, and the money it
brings can be used at ouce to pay
henest debts, or put at interest.
Farmers as class are far behind
merchants and other in turning
their money over" We have
known them to keep hundreds and
thousands of dollars in the hands
of their commission merchants for
months and sometimes years. losing
the interest entirel y-tearful that,
if loaned out, they could not get it
when they wanted it. Of course
prudence should be exercised in
the matter, but there is no good
reason why farmers should keep
their money unproftably locked mp
more than other men do. ...
AS soon as corn is dry, gather
and house 1.-THE longer it remains
in the field the greater the quantity
which will rot. Some of the ears
will always be on the ground, 9th
ers will be standing erect so that
the rain can penetrate them, and
still others exposed at the end to
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A fellow coming from the top OF
the Alleghanies in winter, was asked
whether it was as cold there as in
the city. lie had probably been to
81 me march-of.inteIlect school, for he
glanced ut thermometer. "Horrl-
bIy cold" said he. for they have 70
thermometer there, and of course it's
Just as cold as it pleases."
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FALL PLOUGHING.
F1ETFUL BABIEs.-Babics often cry

F2ETFUL BABIES. Babies often cry
without any apparent reason but d
mother can usually discover q reason
if she stops to think about it. And it
is worth stopping to think about, no
matter if the housework or sewing be
delayed awhile IN consequence. Per,
haps she has eaten something that
disagroes with its stomach; f.; perhaps
it is thirsty, for little babies are often
thirsty and will drink teaspoonful
of cold water with the greatest eager
ness and be quiet and satisfied afterit.
Perhaps it's little sock is tied too
tightly. as MY baby's was the other
day found a.deeP red mark around
her ankle, which at once explained
her fretfuIness. More likely than
anything else, the flannel band around
it's bowels-if happily one is there
or it's skirt band, is pinned too tightly.
| know q baby who has cried a.grea'
deal since his birth. I think the chief
reason Of it is because be has always
been dressed too tightly The mother
said to Inc one afternoon, when the
child was so cross she hardly knew
what to do: "l've great mind to un-
dress him and put on his night.gown;
he is real good then" So She did. and
he commenced to be good at once.
Mothers should search for all such
possible causes when their babies get
iretful. They should not be too ready
to attribute their crying to nervous
temperament or to hunger, for it is
more likely to be caused by the prick
of a pin or an overfed stomach than
cit her
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THE LATE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER

TIE LATE Bishop OF WINCHESTER.
1t is related Of the bishop, as an
illustration of his ready wit, that some
years ago. when visiting at the coun-
ty seat of o we'll known noblemau,
the bishop allowed himself to be per-
suaded to join shooting party. On
his return his noble host mentioned
that his gamekeeper was a Dissenter,
and although he did not wish to in
terfere in the religious opinions of his
employees, still as all the rest of the
servants went to church, he should
like this man 10 20. Would the bish-
op speak to him3 If he used his well
known persuasive powers, doubtless
he might overcome the scruples OF
the keeper as to entering q church.
The bishop expressed himself delight
ed with the request, and proceeded at
once TO the keepers cottage. Enter
ing with his usual frank and kindly
greeting which few could resist. he
soon established himself in the good
graces Of his humble host, and grad
ally led the conversation to spiritual
matters. At length, when he thought
he had sufficiently gained the con-
fdence of the man, his lordship said.
SPY the by. how is it that ! don't see
YOU at church? You know it is our
duty to look after these things Sure.
ly you don't see anything in the Bible
against going to h?" "No, my
lord; neither do see anything in the
Bible to warrant a preacher of the
Gospel in going out shooting; the
apostles never did |" "No," replied
the ready.witted bishop, "true, they
had no game in Palestine in those
days they went fishing instead"
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The Shelby Courant says: "Boih
are like boys, the more yousqueeze
them the more they don't go away.
A young man at our elbow, wh'
ought to know, says "they are lik'
girls, the more you squeeze them,
the more they want to be squoze.