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Nfxon's Last Hope Gone.

NEW YORK, May 15.-The general
term of the supreme court, in the case
of Nixen, has denied a new trial or
stay of proceedings. This action de-
stroy's NiXonis last chance, and he will
hang Friday. The gallOws for the
execution of Nixon tomorrow is being
erected to-day.
Nixon seemed to be unaffected to-day
by the intelligence that the supreme
court had refused to entertain the motion
of his counsel. He expressed wish to
see his children, and when they were
brought he was completely overcome,
and the scene at the meeting is described
as one of the most painful the keepers
ever witnessed. NiXon's wife and sister
will remain with him until a late hour
tonight.
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N annual election for Nine Directors Of
"A the Memphis Agricultural and Mechan-
Nav 2lst next, between the hours of at ten
o'clock am. and two o'clock pm, at the
Chamber of Commerce, 3O6 Front ST., upstairs.
j. q. BALLENTINE, President.
LEON TRoUsDALE, Secretary. myI5
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CHEAPEST PAPER
IN THE SOUTH.

Special TeIegraphie Dispatches.
The Associated Press Dispatches.
Foreign and Domestic Intelligence.
Fun Market Reports.
The Progress Of Railroads.
Information for Merchant and Producer.
Every Kind Of Political Intelligence. q
Discoveries in Science and Art.
Original Poetry and Stories.
Agricultural and Farm Intelligence.
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The Atlanta Herald is in receipt OF
information that the United States court
OF elaine has decided that the cotton
tax law, uI.deT which some eighty NIL
lions of dollars were collected, was I'M
constitutional. II appears that Mr..
Berg, instead 0f petitioning congress to
refund the tax paid 10y him, brought suit
in the court Of claims FOR its recovery,
employing eminent counsel, among
whom was the present ordinary Of Chat
ham county. This gentleman a few
days ago received q private letter which
apnoInced that the court was against
the coustitutionality Of the law, but its
decision has not yet, we believe, been
officially promulgated. To very large
number of our readers this intelligence
viii be most gratifying, as it will enable
tbem to recover the money illegally
wrung frOna them at time when they
were most in need Of freedom from tax
alton.
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The inquest on the body Of Earl Della
war; cleared up mystery at first sur
rounding his suicide, and, as usual,
there was a waman at the bottom of IT.
lie was unmarried, but for some years a
Miss Annie Netheroote has been living
in one OF the fashionable streets in the
West End of London "under his pro-
tectiOn.H This lady, who was very
many years the Earls junior (he was
i'm his fifty-eight year, died lately OF
irritation of the stomach, brought on
nj first and greatly increased afterward
bv the habitul use of stimulants. The
Earl was greatly affected by her death,
and insisted that he had been the cause
Of it, although the physician in attend
ance assured him that this was not SO.
He also feared that she had not been
properly attended 10 during her illness
bv The people Of the house. After her
death lie seemed unable to sleep, was
distraught in his mind, gave contrary
orders, and was evidently suffering
great mental distress.
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snk-GrOwers in Convention.

New YORK, May 15.-The annual
meeting of the silk-growers' association
of America was held yesterday. Re-
ports were read containing interesting
information regarding the progress of
the silk industry, inaccuracies of the
census statistics and the great prospects
of the trade. The reports showthat the
association is firmly established and in
a flOurishing condition.
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ment of three races for to-day attracted
The track was in fair order, and
the time made is regarded as good. The
favorites won on each race. Result:
First Rdce-Mile dash for all ages;
purse 500. McGrath's Jury, l; Rey-
nolds's Elsie, 2; McGibbens's Stanford,
3. Time, :464.
Second RGce-Selling race, one and
one-quarter miles; purse, $3.50. Robin
ria, 2. Time, 2:20.
Third Rdee-Dash of two and two
eighth miles, for all ages; purse, one
hundred and fifty dollars. Richards's
Disney, /; Buford's Zadoc, ,; Glib.
sons Hartland, 8. Time, 3:574.
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Narrow Escape OF Generals Davis and
GiIIem from Drowning.

NEW YORK, May ia Lavabeds
dispatch of the thirteenth says that
Generals Davis and Gillem, in crossing
Tub Lake the previous evening, during
a heavy gale, had a narrow escape from
drowning, their boat becoming unman-
ageable.
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ExcItement at Barcelona.

MADRID, May ia dispatch from
Barcelona at midnight says that city
was in a state of great excitement,
owing to the information that the
Carlists under Saballas had captured
Mattroo, fifteen miles distant, and seized
the customhOuse and were levying con-
tributiOns on the citizens. Troops are
hurrying to MattrOO,
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FIRST CLASS NEWSPAPER
Journal Of this Section

THE
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1910. 1878.

TEE
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
sTOCKHOLDERs, MERTING.

81, Il, n, rs, Is, 76, 2, Is, 4S, 30, IS, 81
Memphis, this 18th day of May, 1873.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-31
IncremafiOn.

THE Rev. Charles Voysey, an eminent
English clergyman, comes out strongly in
letter to the London Isder in favor ofthe
new plan. He proposes that when death
has ensued the body should be chemically
destroyed, and ''then," he says, lit should
be placed in some receptacle containing
those powerful agents known to medical
science, which would simply annihilate
the outward form and practically destroy
it. There would necessarily be some de-
posit which one might call ashes of the
dead and these might be reverently gath
cred, and placed in a beautiful urn or vase
to be disposed of according to the wishes
of the survivors. They might easily be
deposited in consecrated places, in inches
in the walls of churches, or in mortuary
chapels designed tor their reception. This,
too, might be accompanied by religious
service; SO that the religious element is
left untouched by any revolutionary pro-
posal- The advantage of all this to people
of highly wrought feelings would be i'm
mense. l can imagine the peaceful calm
which would steal over the mind when
one could take reverently into ones hands
the sacred urn and say, This holds all that
remains of my beloved No horror of
dark vaults and damp graves with their
seething corruption. No precious body
being eaten pfecemeal by worms of the
earth, or melting away in a loathsome
stream. The form is changed: the sub
stance really remaining after chemical
burning is not in the least degree suggestive
of the past or the future. The body is
saved thereby from every possible dis
honor, purified from every decay. No
words can describe the relief which such
q process would bring to many and many
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chemical investigations. His last idea
WAS that he could put together Il com
pound which would rule gunpowder out
of the market, and make the destruction
of armies and navies comparatively easy.
And so, for a time, Mrs. Reside, while
busting about in the vicinity of the den,
instead of hearing the buzz and hum OF
wheels and the click of the hammer,
would sniff terrific smells evolved by the
irrepressiblc Reside from the con-
tents Of his laboratory. And one day there
came fearful explosion The roof was
torn Off and reduced to splintcrs, and Rec
side had disappeared. RGesidcs dwelling
was in the town of Kingstown, New Jersey.
Kingstown is in Mddlesex County, but it
is also Immediately upon the boundary
line between the counties of Somerset and
Mercer
And SO it was not surprising when, a
few moments after the explosion, persons
in all three of the counties perceived frag-
ments apparently of a demoralized and
disintegrated human being tumbling from
the air. The pieces of the unhappy vic
tim of the disaster were unevenly distrib-
uted between Somerset, Mercer and Mid
dlesex. The last named got twelve of the
fragments. There were persons who
thought Reside might have showed even
greater partially for his own county, but
/ do not blame him; he was, in a meas
ure, controlled by circumstances.
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Success Based upon Merit.

1t is subject of general remark among both
wholesale and retail druggists, that no medi-
cine introduced to the American public has
ever gained such Il popularity in the same
length of time DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. This cannot depend upon its hay
ing been more largely advertised than any 9TH
er medicine such is not the case. The cor
rect explanation, think, is found in the fact
that this medicine produces the most wonder
full and perfect cures of very bad of
bronchial, throat and lung diseases, is undoubt-
eddy the most perfect and efficient remedy for
all kinds of coughs that has ever been intro
duced to the public, and at the same time
possesses the greatest of blood purifying and
strengthening properties that medical science
has been able to produce, thus rendering it a
sovereign remedy not only in the cure of Con
sumption, Bronchitis, Hoarsencss and Coughs,
but also for all diseases of the liver and blood,
as scrofulous diseases, blotches, rough skim
pimples, black specks and dsicolarations. 1t
has therefore a wide range of application and
usefulness, and it not only gives the most per-
feet satisfaction to all who use it, but far eX-
ceeds the expectations of the most sanguine,
thus eliciting the loudest praise, and making
permanent Hsing advertising mediums of all
who use it. For these reasons it is that there
is not perhaps druggist in all the vast do
main of this Continent, who tries to please his
customers and supply their wants, that does
not keep and sell large quantities of this most
valuable medicine. q,
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Modern BarbariSms.

THE numerous barbarOus practices pei
petrated by farmers who ought to know
better on their patient and suffering stock
are amazing. That these cruelties are
well meant, or thoughtlessly and ignorant
ly inflicted in the attempt to relieve real or
imaginary diseases, does not make them
less pernicious. More amazing still is the
fact that farmers are instructed by some
so-called agricultural journals to practice
these cruelties. Occasionally, cures of
hollow horn" are reported by such means
as boring into the acutely sensitive inner
part of the horn and inserting therein hot
vinegar, salt, and pepper. The equally
imaginary wolf in the tail' is overcome
by Sitting that part and binding in the
wound such an assuaging agent as salt
Young pigs and colts have their teeth
clumsily Knocked out or broken off, in
the gratuitous attempt to assist nature in
disposing of them. The membrane by
which the eyeball is swept and cleared of
foreign matter is cruelty cut off when
painfully inf1amed, irritated, and swollen,
as remedy for ''hooks and haws," and
the animal is permanently deprived of an
absolutely necessary appendage and pro-
lection to an invaluable organ without any
necessity. The remedy is worse than the
disease.
In such ways these utterly useless
cruelty is inflicted, because there is no con
nection between the supposed disease and
the mistaken treatment. But in cases
where animals are really laboring under
disease the treatment recommended is
often equally cruel and barbarous. For
instance, IA widely published remedy for
grub in the head in sheep is to pour tur-
pentine into the ear or inject it into the
nOstrilS. In the one case it is absurd as
well as cruel, for the ear has no conne%
ton with the seat Of the trouble; and in
the other it is too cruel and barbarous a
remedy to adopt, because there are others
equally effective which are not produc-
tive of intense agony to the already sut-
fering animal. Tobacco smoke blown
into the sleeps nostrils will serve to
cause the election of these grubs if
any exist, but in many cases, if not the
vast majority of them, the grubs have
only an assumed existence, and the trouble
arises from causes which are intensi-
fled by the intended remedy. If farmers
desiring to treat their animals would but
use some common sense, and, putting
themselves in their place, consider how
the remedies they propose to use would
affect themselves, less of this thOughtlesS
cruelty would occur.
Modern surgery is full of expedients to
alleviate pain in the treatment of suffering
humanity, and the practice of medicine is
no longer as "horoic'' as formerly; but
unfortunately for our suffering animals,
humanity has hardly yet been deemed
worthy of consideration in relieving their
pains, even when they are unavoidably in
tlicted; but how much less is it an item of
consideration when auackery and ignor-
ance undertake to cure complaints which
have no existence.--1merican AgrlcuttuI-
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Raising Corn.

AFTER several years Of trial, | have
found the following to be, if not the best,
a good method for the management of this
crop:
Turfland may be plowed early, and in
any condition as regards moisture, for the
great number of small roots of the turf
prevents the soil from baking or running
together; this, on heavy clay soil, is of no
small importance. On old land we must
be careful to have the land in good condi-
ton; for, in case it is a heavy clay and we
pillow it when wet, it is ruined for that sea
son, if not two of them. We may pillow it
any time after the frost is out, providing
the conditions named are present. If too
early for planting, it should be left il the
condition that the plow placed it. The
weeds will spring up, for many of these
germinate at a low temperature. Before
planting, it has been customary to destroy
these weeds by narrowing; but this is not
essential, and we can proceed with the
planting, provided that the land is suiiic-
iently level and pulverized. After the
corn has fairly sprouted, and is nearly
ready to come to the surface, is the proper
time to dispose of the first crop of weeds.
This is done by the use of the harrow, by
giving it thorough working. BY this
means the first crop of weeds is destroyed,
and the soil opened to the influence of the
sun, air and moisture. On IA finely com
mlnuteu surface, inc lallllp ram Sinks INTO
the apparently thirsty soil and at once parts
with its plant-food, and the young plant is
onderfully stimulated in its growth. This
is, in fact the first culture of the plant for
it at once appears through the surface
with its blades of deep green, and, in a
few days the plants will have their blades
in line of march for the cultivator, before
the second crop of weeds more than make
their appearance. The corn stands off so
stiff, with its vigorous growth, that the
finely pulverized earth may be sifted in
among the plants, and thus smother the
young weeds; and this is the second
working of the crop After this the way
is easy, and the working should be week
", as nearly as possible, until the tassels
begin to appear, when the cultivator no
longer is used. We often cultivate too
late in the season, and destroy the roots
that run near the surface and thus check
the growth of the plant. have seen, on
a sultry day, The leaves of the corn roll
together rs the cultivatsr passed through
it, row after row, and the crop seriously
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USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

EXCELLENT DoUGHNUTS.-Three we'll
beaten eggs, one cup of sugar, one cup of
cream, one teaspoonful of soda, a little
salt and nutmeg.
WASHINGTON PIE-One cup of white
sugar one cup of sweet milk, one tea
spoonful of cream of tartar worked into Il
pint of flour, one teaspoonful of soda dis
solved in the milk, one egg, one table
spoonful of melted butter, and Il little
nutmeg.
SMALL PUFFs.-One pint of flour, Il
piece of butter the size of an egg, two tea
spoonfuls of cream of tartar, one tea
spoonful of soda, and mix with cold water
to the consistency of Il stiff batter. This
is sufficient for four cups. Steam twenty
minutes. To be eaten with sweetened
cream.
RAILROAD PUDDINs.-Onc cup of mo-
lases, one cup of cream, one cup of sour
milk, one teaspoonful of soda, one tea
spoonful of salt, nutmeg or spice, and
three cups of flour. Steam two hours.
To be served with sour sauce. This makes
very good ginger cake by using ginger for
spice and baking.
To KEEP FLIES FROM PICTURE FRAMES
Boil four onions in a pint of water,
then take clean brush, wash your frames
over with this liquid, and the flies will
not light on them. This onion water will
not injure the frames, and the Otior soon
disappears. 1t is better than unsightly
gauze coverings to your pictures.
AMMONIA FOR VERBENAs-Sulphate of
ammonia is an excellent manurial liquid
to apply to verbenas and other flowers,
giving to the foliage dark green, luxuri-
ant and healthy appearance. 1t is econ
omical, clean, and easily applied. Pre-
pare it in the evening before using, by dis
solving one ounce of ammonia in two gal
Ions of water. 1t may be applied with
safety about once week.
For DESTROYING CATERPILLARs.-A
formula recently introduced in England,
consists of a mixture of coal dust, COM
mon salt, and flour of sulphur, to be scat
tered just before a rain, over freshly-plow-
ed land. To eXterminate caterpillars on
trees, they may be sprinklcd with solu-
ton of one part of sulphide of potassium
in 500 parts of water. This, it is said, will
kill the insects, and do no harm to the
trees.
SALT FOR PEAR TREEs.-Salting around
pear trees to prevent the blight, is becom-
ing a general practice in Central New
York. From 400 to 600 pounds per acre
are regularly applied each year, with sat
isfactory results. A correspondent of the
Small Fruit Recorder writes as follows on
this subject: Last spring l put up a
small shOvelful of the refuse material from
the salt works-which is composed, be-
lieve, of salt, lime and ash-around four
year old pear tree. 1t has made very
thrifty growth, and the leaves are all free
from blight or spot, and have a very CLOS
sy, healthy look; while others of the same
lot, MANFRED with barnyard manure, have
grown but little, and the foliage is spotted
and dull.
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I" Died Poor"

'sIr was a sad funeral to me-" said the
speaker, 1.-The saddcst | have attended in
many years"
THAT OF Edmonson?"
Yes"
How did he die?"
"Poor-poor as poverty. His life was
one long struggle with the world, AID at
every disadvantage. Fortune Knocked him
all the while with golden promises, that
were destined never to know fulfiIlment"
- Yet he was patient and enduring re-
piled one of the company.
- Patient as a Christian-enduring as a
martyr" was answered. Poor man. He
was worthy of better fate. He ought to
have succeeded, for he deserved success"
Did he not succeed?" questioned the
one who had spoken of his patience and
endurance.
mo, sir He died poor, just as l have
stated. Nothing that he put his hand on
ever succeeded. A strange fatality seemed
to attend every enterprise"
Il was with him in his last moments"
said the other, land thought lie died rich"
mo, he left nothing behind" was re-
piled. THE heirs will have no concern
as to the administration of his estate"
He left a good NAME" said one, land
that is something"
and a legacy of noble deeds that were
done in the name of humanity" remarked
another
And precious examples said third.
lessons of patience in suffering, of
hope in adversely, of heavenly confidence
when no sunbeams fell upon his bewil-
dered path was the testimony of another.
and high truths, manly courage, he
roic fortitude."
Then he died rich," was the emphatic
declaration. "Richer than the million
aire who went to his long home on the
same day, miserable in all but gold. A
sad funeral did you say it was? No, my
friend, it was triumphal procession !!
Not burial of a human clod but the GER
emonies attendant upon the translation of
an angel Did not succeed? Why his
whole life was a series of successes. In
every conflict he became the victor, and
now the victor's crown is on his brow.
Any grasping, soulless, selfish man, with
moderate share of brain, may gather
money, and learn the art of keeping it !;
but no one in hundred can conquer
bravely in the battle of life, as Edmon-
son has conquered, and step from the
ranks of men Christian hero. No, no 1;
he did not die poor, but rich-in neighbor-
Iy love and rich in celestial affections.
And his heirs have an interest in the adj
ministration of his affairs. A large prop
erty has been left, and let them see to it
that they do not lose precious things
through false estimates and ignorant dep
recations. There are higher things in this
world than wealth that perishes. He dies
rich who can take his treasures with him
to the new land where he is to abide for
ever; and he who has to leave all behind
on which he placed his affections dies
poor indeed
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an afflicted soul. On the ground of health
to the community, it would also be most
salutary. We little know, in England AT
least, what mischief is brewing for us in
our seething cemeteries. They are getting
fuller and fuller, at the rate of | know not
how many hundred corpses day, the
later ones being nearer and nearer the
surface. Many are within four feet of the
turf, and that is not enough to prevent the
escape of the most foul and pestilential
gases. l know of one old cemetery which
is now occupied by cooperage, and
which is constantly wet with stagnant
water All around it typhus fever is per-
petually raging. The danger would not
he 81 great if the bodies were buried with
out a coffin. The earth would sooner dis
infect them; but as it is, the mischief is
nursed and multiplied a hundred-fold by
the process of decay being delayed
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damaged Many of our farmers under
stand this, and aim to push the crop into
vigorous growth in he fore-part of the
season. 1t has often proved an advantage
to the crop when the farmer has been so
long busy that it was impossible to cult
vatc his corn 1.-The last.'
We can plant much earlier than it is
generally supposed to be safe frcm frost,
The spring trosts seldom do more than
check the growth of young corn. But, if
we plant early, we must be careful and
plant shallow, or the seed may rot in the
ground. As Il general rule, the early
planted corn produces the best crop
'RuFul," IN ChicagO Tribune.
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THE WEST SIDE BRrGGs House, CHIcA-
GO, changed hands May list, and is now
ner, SO favorably known in the hotel bust
ness for twenty years in Chicago. He was
formerly proprietor of the Briggs and
Metropolitan in ante-fire times. This
house is the most centrally located of any
hotel in Chicago. 1t is Immediately
accessible to the wholesale houses, rail
road depots, and all parts of the city by
cars and 'busses, they passing the front
door of the house. Passengers arriving
or departing by either the c., Mil. & St.
Paul; c. Il st. Louis; Pittsburgh, Fl.
W. & C. Railroads avoid omnibus trans
fers. The furniture is new throughout,
the table is second to none and the price
only $500 per day. Do not fail to go to
the West Side Briggs when visiting Chi