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Closets in the House.

Having suffered some for closet room at
one time and another, or for places to stow
away things, SAYS a lady in the AgyIcUL-
t,t7rst, have had considerable sympathy
with that man who said that when he built
a house he should ''begin with a big closet
and make additions to that" When L
sveak of closets nv husband understands
me, but Immediately begins to talk about
modes of ventilating closets, and | have
only gradually grown to understand his
strong sense of the necessity for closet
ventilstiOn. Having for several years hung
the clothing of the family in rooms where
there was q free circulation of air, am
surprised when | 90 into the well-tiniShed
clOthes-rOOms Qetus call them close rOOmS)
i'm some fine houses to find how dead and
unwhOlesome-nOt to say toul-the AIR Is.
The sOiIed garments, hung in a tight and
dark room, cOntaminate the whole apart
ment, and such contamination is very per-
ceptible to a well-traned nose or to Oltac-
tories accustomed to the refinement of
habitual pure air. Old boots and shoes
cause a bad smell in q close room.
To pursue an unpleasant subject little
fur her-why will people keep the dirty
clothes designed for the weekly wash IN
close closet? That which has come from
the skins of unclean or unhealthy persons
(Ghe latter adjective describes nine-tenths
of the human family grows constantly
more impure shut away from light or air,
and everything kept in the same room
is contaminated by the effluvia. Can
not soiled garments be kept, while
waiting for the wash. in some bag or
covered basket i'm the wOOd-shed or
some such place? There are baskets on
purpose for sOiled clothing, open enough
for ventilation but too fine to admit mice.
Unless closets ventilated so that there Is
some circulation of air through it, 1t Is no
place to hang away night-gOwns, unless
they have previously been aired. so that
the perspiratiOn accumulated in the previ-
ous snight-Only yinsensible perspiratiOn per-
haps-has been dried and summed away.
| have no means of ascertaining this
morning how far science has attended to
this subject of closet ventilation, but | am
very sure that it is an important matter,
and should be well looked into. OfcOurse
there can be closets with windows in them,
and this should generally be the case.
They can be kept dark, as a general rule,
if desired but it ought to be pOssibletO adj
nit a flood of light. Closets built under
stairways might be ventilated by CRATE
closed by a sliding shutter under one OF
the stairs. 1t would be well to have the
CRATE capable of being shut to keep out
dust when the stairs are swept. do not
know whether this has been tried, but the
idea has occurred TO me as practicable. A
sliding window in the clOset-dOOr is also
possible. The small sliding window in
the door and the CRATE in the elevation OF
one OF the stairs ought to give sufficient
circulation of air to a small stairway closet.
1t is idle to suppose that closet (or any
other room) is provided with ventilation
because it is built large and high. There
must be some circulation of air, or the at
mOsphere becomes dead.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11
Chess Congress.

The Third National Tournament OF
Chess-Players is to be held in Chicago, be
ginning on July Z, 1874, and terminating on
July 20, or as soon after as convenient and
possible. The Chicago Chess-Club has
undertaken to make all necessary arrange
ments to accommodate those who may de
sire to participate. The programme con-
templates Grand and Minor TOurna-
ment-the former composed of acknowl-
edged first-class players, receiving no odds
from any other player. The latter will
comprise such players as may choose
to enter the lists, and who are in the habit
Ofreceiving the odds of at least pawn and
move from first-class players. Prizes will
be given to successful competitors in each
class. The entrance fee to the Grand
Tournament has been fixed at $50, and to
the Minor Tournament at SO. Each con-
tributor to the general fund to the amount
of S. will be entitled to a copy of the book
of the Congress. A copy of the rules and
regulations adopted by the committee, and
other information desirable to intending
participants, can be obtained by addressing
Albert w. Giles, Secretary and Treasurer,
la East Madison street, Chicago, Ill.
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Arranging Pictures.

1t is of course often impossible, says the
Ohio Farmer, i'm our small parlOrs and
sittine-rOOms to give each picture precise
lv the light which would show it TO the
best advantage, therefore a careful distinc-
ton should be made. II is seldom well to
hang a sombre picture in a broad light, or
cheerful, sunny one in a shaded corner.
A moOniit landscape or a night storm at
sea are better placed in mild light, while
a group of laughing children, or a harvest
scene, seem naturally to require strong
one If there is one picture considerably
larger than the others, it should have the
widest vacant space on the wall, provided
the space is at all suitable for 1t. COM
paniOn pictures should be near together,
Or-which often has better eliect-placed
each side of window. The space be-
tween two windows, if not occupied by
mirror. is very nice for gilt-frame pic
ture of good size; dark frames look better
in more subdued light.
In grouping, regard should be had to
the size, shape and color of frames, and TO
the subject of the picture. Oval forms are
preferable to square for grouping, though
the rustic or . log cabin frames, with pro-
iected corners. hung in triangle or dia-
mond forms, often look extremely well.
Three pictures of the same general ap-
pearance, hung in a horizontal row-abOut
half the width of the picture is considered
a proper distance between them-wlth two
smaller above, and the same below, match
ing the spaces, and making seven in all,
are very convenient and common form.
Or if the central piece is larger than the
others, the effect is equally 90 d. Two
Ovals, one above the other, with smaller
rustic or square frame each side, matching
the vacant space, look very we'll; or vice
versa, the Ovals outside. Many arrange
pictures to represent crosses, but care
should be taken not to overdo the crucl-
form style. We have seen parlOrs III which
this symbol was so often and so incOngru-
ously introduced that it seemed shorn OF
its best significance. 81. .-
Pictures should never be hung so high
as to make looking at them pain to the
neck, as was the custom few years ago.
New houses are quite commonly built, OF
late, with rod stretched along the wall
close to the ceiling, and from which pic
lures may be suspended, and on which
they may be slipped to any point desired.
A few nice picture nails, however, do not
deform wall, and often two or more pic
tures may be hung from one. If nothing
better is easily prOcurable, common shin
gle-Eails, driven into the border of the
wall paper, and their heads : 'hum0redn
by its dark spots, answer the purpose re-
Specially well. 4 good cord and tassel
add much to the effect of picture; eX-
cept for larger sizes, one tassel serves as
well as two. ....r q. ..a- ..s--t rrer
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The experiment of terminating corpse
was lately tried III New Orleans, and for
time succeeded admirably; but the san
gIine hopes of the eXperimentallsts were
finally doomed to DISAPPOINTMENT. The
case was this: A child had fallen from
gallery Of some height, and death from
conclusion of the brain was the result.
Dr. Ewing, a graduate Of the Pennsylvania
University. with the consent Of the childs
aunt, undertook to resuscitate and restore
life TO the body. The only instruments
used were a Leyden battery, the cOnduc-
tors of which were connected with the
body Just above the ribs, and pipe. sup
piled with air from a common bellows.
This pipe was inserted in the child mouth,
and by its means artificial respiration was
induced and kept up. The heart had, with
the assistance of the battery. resumed it's
/ function and seemed to work with unusual
force pin inserted in the skin seemed 10
give pain 10 the child, and a strong charge
of electricity caused the corpse 70 sit up,
and the pain was evidently intense. The
next day the, artificial life continued. but
. iU was simply the animal Ife.l No sign OF
I soul or mind had been awakened. The
| experfrnent continued for TWO days longer,
J and ON the night Of the second day the as
| sistant on watch. becoming exhausted. fell
asleep, and when he awakened the action
| had ceased, and the corpse was indeed a
corpse The story, strange as it appears
| to be. eeomes well authenticated, and
must at least have some truth ihi it.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

RHUBARB AND. DRIED APPLEs.-LOOk
over and, if necessary, wash good dried
apples and put them into porcelain
lined bottle, with about three parts cold
water. Stew until they are soft enough TO
cut with a spoon. Then add as much cut
rhubarb as there Is dried apple. Stew un-
iii tender, mix intimately and sweeten to
the taste. Put away for day or two, and
then serve for breakfast, dinner or supper.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

A NUMBER of Indian skeletons have been
exhumed from an ancient graveyard near
Clarksvftle, Tenn. ifhe forehcads are re-
cedin 2. and the jaws and nose very ProDi-
.nent, unlike the features of any tribe
known to the earliest settlers. Eilnt
weapons and pottery were found, and the
graves were closed above aud below with
slabs of slate stone. Strangely enough a
leaden bullet was found fastened in the
shoulder bones of one of the skeletons.
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A DISTINGUISHED professor, residing not

A DISTINGUISHED professor, residing HUU
a thousand miles from Andover, was re-
Gently on an excursion to EUROPE. Being
in Edinburgh one wet Sunday, and desir-
ing to go to church, he hired cab. On
reaching the church door he rendered a
shilling TO cabby, the legal fare, and was
somewhat surprised to hear the cabman
say. "Twa shullen, sir" The professor
fixed his eagle eyes ON the extortioner, de
manded why he charged two shillings, and
the cabman dryly answered, 4" Wewush to
discourage travelling on the Sawbath as
much as possible
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

The removal of ice from the St. Law
renee River in the spring by the use OF
nitro-glycerine is proposed The method
suggested is to plant the explosive all over
the river bottom. having wires connected
with the charges by which all would be
exploded simultaneously by a galvanic bat
terry. The charges would be planted be-
fore the ice formed, in order to avoid the
necessity for making holes. - 50 - =
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

THE originator of metallic rps for chill
dreu's shoes, who received 500 for his in
vention, has recently sold his interest in
the reissue of the patent for $4,000.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

WHAT would give a blind man the
greatest delight? Light.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-11

the bridge, close to the second pier ron
the other side, knocking down both her'
chimneys, flagstaff and starboard der
rick. One of the smoke-stacks stove 10
the larboard hurricane deck somewhat
Captain Bruner was on the roof at The
time and barely escaped being crushed
by the falling chimneys. The damage
to the De Smet will amount to about
5000. About two hours after the acct
dent to the De Smet, the ferryboat Belle
vile, in crossing from this to the Illinois
shore, got foul Of wind and current and
was thrown against the bridge, overtop.
ping the single smoke.stack which fell
against the pilot house, nearly demolish-
ing that part of the boat. The damage
will probably exceed S40O. Night be-
fore last the transfer boat Nile was blown
by the wind against the barges lying be-
low the Vulcan Iron works, and sunk
within a short time after the collision.
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NERVOUS DEBILITY.

Adepressed. irritable state Of mind; a weak,
nation; confused head. weak memory, often
WITH facilitating, involuntary discharges
The conseqc ence OF excuses. mental oyerWOrk
or indiscretions. This Nervous Debility hnds
Speci6c. No. .. II tones up the system, ar
rests DISCHARGES, dispels the mental gloom and
despondency. and reiuvenates the entire sys-
tam. it is perfectly harm les and always en-
cient. Price IS. for package Of hYe boxes
and 4 large s. vial Of powder, which n impor-
tant In Old, serious cases; or 81 per single box.
Sold By ALL Druggists, OF sent by mail on re-
ceipt Of price. Address HuNPHRETs. SPECIFIC
way, N. = xviSi-tukl-xYiii-3
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LEGAL.
Trustees Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
ID made by w. b. Richardson and wife.
dated May II, 1872. to secure a note of that
date for 5000, TO Dickinson, Williams & Co.,
the undersigned. or one Of them, will sell for
cash. at public auction, to the highest bidder,
on the premises. in the town of Gadsden. in
the county Of Crockett, aud State Of Tennes-
See, on
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
MONEY.
PUBLIC LEDGER 0HFIoE,
nanrn nnNN A mil Ii lAIA

PUBLIC LEDGER 0FFTcE,
MEMPHIS. TENN. April II. 1874. 3
Money matters this morning were quiet and
devoid of animation. The money market is
working easy. with currency in good supply.
Collections continue good. with fair deposits.
The banks freely discount gilt.edge paper at
109l2 u cent. y armam; on the streets money
is plentiful at 1892 v cent. q month on good
collaterals. Exchange is quiet at the follow
ing rates On New York par buying and selling
at 10 premium. Boston and Eastern points at
par. and on New Orleans at &c discount
Brokers are paying ll2@ll2h for gold, with
little offering. City bonds. coupons and Mic
olson pavement scrip remain firm. The de-
cision of the United States Supreme Court
relative to the judgment against the city for
s4l0, 900 has not had much effect in the mar
ket on city securities as yet. County and State
warrants remain firm. with few light trans
actions. There is little or nothing doing in
railroad stock or bonds, Mississippi or Arkan-
sac cacuritias
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COTTON.

This morning Liverpool was quoted quiet
and steady, with middling uplands SD and
Orleans sgd; sales. 1900 bales. New York
was reported quiet but firm. with middlinss
l71Sc; futures were steady and easy. The
market here was quiet. with fair demand but
light offerings. Prices were firm and I'M
changed; few lists of low middlings changed
hands at l5l4c, middlings at Ice. good ordi-
nary at l41Ic. 1t being Saturday, the day for
settling up the weeks business, transactions
were not very heavy. though the market pre-
sented firm feeling.
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STEAMBOATS,.
For Cairo and st. Lonls.

For Cairo and 81. LOuIs.
Memphis and st. Louis Packet Company-For
Hickman. Columbus, Cairo and st. Louis.
GRAND TOWER .................aLennox. master
WILL LEAVE THE ELE- n-s
,,xt ,vator Building THIS DAY, sAsl'skt
For freight or passage apply to
AID. STORM,
Sup't Mississppi River Elevator Co.
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LIVERPOOL. April H.. 1890 p.m.-Cotton
onens nniet Uulanda. SlEdi Qrlsana. sd.

opens quiet. Uplands. SD; Orleans, SD.
3p.m.-Cotton Is quiet. Uplands. SD; Or
leans. SD. Sales, 1900 bales, OF which 1JOJ
we're for export and speculation.
NEW ORLEaNs. April II. .ll:3 a.m.-Cot-
ton Is quiet and easy. MiddlinE. lt5lc;
sales. 1900 bales; receipts. 3l3 bales.
NORFOLK, April 1l.-Cotton receipts To-day,
SO bales.
MoBILF, April 1.-THE cotton market e
quiet and firm. Middling. Ice; receipts, 2il
bales.
CHARLESTON. April 1.-THE cotton market
is steady. Middling, l6ci receipts, 612 bales.
GALvKsI0N, April I.-Cotton Is quiet.
Middling, l65zc; receipts, So bales.
SAVANNAH. april ll.--Cot,on is quiet. Mid
ding, l6Hc; receipts, s25 bales.
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
polrsIrAyINc TO DAY

a.
St. Louis. Grand Tower..........."."......-5 !. IN
ARRIVALS.
Steamer Commonwealth, st. Louis.
Grand Tower, St. Louis.
Simpson Horner, Natchez.
Exporter, New Orleans.
Jaeger, New Orleans.
St. Francis, Wittsburg
DEPARTURES.
Steamer A. ]. White, Napoleon.
Phil Allin, Friar's Point.
Frank Forest, Hale's Point.
R. W. Dugan, Arkansas river
Simpson Horner, Louisville.
St. Genevieve, Vicksburg.
Capitol City, st. Louis.
Commonwealth, New Orleans.
" Exporter. New Orleans.
BOATS IL PORT.
Mary Boyd, Quickstep, Ben Franklin,
Grand Tower, St. Francis.
WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
Weather clear and pleasant. The
river here declined four and a half
inches in the past twenty-four hours, up
to this morning, and is now four feet
seven and a half inches below high
water mark of 1867. The rise coming
out Of the lower Ohio will check the
decline here by tomorrow, though the
creyasse at Sunaower landing is drawing
of considerable water from theriver. AT
St. Louis the river is falling. AT Cairo
the river rose fifteen inches yesterday.
The Ohio is rising at Pittsburg and all
the way down to Cairo. Cumberland
river is still rising, with forty feet on the
shoals. White river is rising. Arkan-
sas river is still rising at Little Rock,
with sixteen feet five inches in the chan
mel. Fears are entertained that the
wave coming out Of the Ohio will effect
the levees in the bends and overflow the
weak points that have so far stood the
current and wash. Business on the
landing this morning was quiet with
little movement in freights.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The river here declined four and a
half inches in The past tweBiy-fouT hours
up to this morning, aud is now four feet
seven and halfinches below high water
mark Of 1861.
Cumberland river rose twenty-seTen
feet during the last three days.
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For Arkansas river.

Memphis and Arkansas Packet Company
United States Mail Line-For Pine BIut,
Little Rock. and all points through to Fort
Smith.
MARY BOYD"-"..."............., Haines, master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE ON sysns
w MONDAY 18th inst. at -
JOHN N. HARDIN, Agent,
SO 81 Office 290 Front street
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W. W. WILLIAMS.
u. T. ELLEII. Attorney.
March 3, 1874. std
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Saturday, the 11th day of April next,

between legal hours, all the following
described property situated in the said
county of Crockett. and State aforesaid, to-
wit: One town lot in the town Of Gadsden,
beginning at a black oak. Hugh Rains north
west corner THAT wasl. thence west forty-nine
poles 70 double black oak, thence south if
teen degrees. SaS one hundred and eighty
feet TO a stake, thence east fOrty-six poles to a
stake on said Rains west boundary, thence
north one hundred and eighty to the begin
ming, eontaiping, 81 acres the same being,
at the date Of said deed. the said w. b. Rich
ardsen's homestead, bought Of John b. Boy
kin, Nov. 8, 1850. Also in same town four other
lets. viz: No. So on the west side Of Quincy
street, size S0Xl15 feet; lot No. IS on Quincy
street, size Slxl25 feet, adj0ius w. II. Soils
lot; lot No. 81 on Quincy street, size S0xl25
feet, adjoins w. II. Soils lot; lot No. ~ on
Poplar. corner Of the street. begins az a stake,
runs north fifteen poles. thence east ten poles,
thence south twenty-four poles. thence west
hfteon poles. 70 the beginning. The said last
four lots were bought by W. B. Richardson
81 a sale made By n decree Of the Circuit
Court in 1855 or lsT, sold for a division of the
estate Of John b. Boykin. deceased. Right
Of redemption waived. sale made for benefit
Of assignee Of said note. The undersigned
convey only as trustees
j. W. DICKINSON.
B, Z. DICKINSON.
W. W. WILLIAMS.
n. 7. ELLEII. Attorney.
March 3, 1874. std
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The following is the present tariff from New
York and Boston to Memphis on freights by
the GreatW estern Dispatch Fast Freight Line:
third class 81 o.; fourth class, SIC; fifth class,
Gle.
The following are freight rates, y cwt.. on
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The Reason Why.


Who does boiling fast render meat hard ?
Because the excessive action OF heat causes
the albumen of the meat TO set solid, crisps
up the 1eshy fibres and prevents heat having
q gradual access to the interior.
Why, when good soup or broth is required,
should the meat be put into cold water:
Because, as the heat is developed very
gradually, there occurs an intcrmixture be-
tween the juices of the flesh and the external
matter. The soluble and savory parts of the
meat escape and enrich the soup.
Why are stews generally healthfnl and
digestible?
Because being compounds of various SUBJ
stances, they contain all the elements OF nu-
triton, and rs the Office of the stomach Is to
liquify solid food before digesting it, the pre-
vious stcwing assists the stomach in this par
ticular.
What causes the cracking noise when lard
is put into frying pan!
Lard always contains some portion OF wa
ter. and it is the expansion of this water into
steam, forcing it's way through the fat, which
causes the cracking noise.
The heat at which fat or oil b0ils is much
greater than the water. When the cracking
ceases the water has been driven off from the
fat, and when the fat begins 10 boil or bub-
bic its heat will be very high.
Why in frying fish should the fat or oil be
make very hot before the fish are put in:
Because if the temperature is low when the
fish is put into the frying pan, it becomes sod
den in the steam formed by its water, but if
the oil be very much heated the water will be
at once driven off, ard the fish nicely brown
cd by the scorching oil.
Why should fish or mcat that Is being fried
he frequently turned?
Because the turning assists the evaporation
of the water. When the fish or meat is al
lowed to lie too long, steam is generated un-
der it, and the substance becomes sodden !;
and the moment the steam is driven off, the
surface catches to the hot pan and becomes
burnt and broken.
Why is Eoiled meal so juicy AMI savory:
Because the action of the fire, hardening
its surface, seals up the pores through which
the juices might escape. 1t acts in the same
way that the sudden dip ito boiling water
docs upon the joints of meat, but more effec-
tually. To turn boiling meat never use fork
l'ut tongs; a fork opens an escape for the
juice, and wastes the best part of the meat.
Why is cabbage rendered more wholesome
and nutritious by being boiled in two waters
Because ,according to DR.. Paris> cabbages
Contain An essential oil, which is apt to pro-
duce bad effects; md he recommends that
they shonld be boiled in two successive wa
tiers, till they arc soft and digestible --artAvr's
Magazine.