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The New York herald., 1874-07-13

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
There is but one sure way OF preventing hydro.
phobia supervening from the bite OF rabid dog,
viz, suction by the mouth.
AS soon as person is bitten let him immedi-
ately put small quantity Of pulverized alum into
his mouth and commence sucking the wound. re-
newing the alum occasionally The alum, besides
causing q now OF saliva, which assmllates with
the poison, acts styptic upon the capillary ves-
sells, thus preventing absorption OF the poison. 1t
also hardens the mucous membrane OF the mouth,
totally preventing absorption in that manner.
Twenty years ago treated the bite OF a rattle
snake in the ABOVE way and no BAD enects iol,
lowed. Nitrate OF silver nitric acld--the actual
cautery or extirpation-never did and never Will
prevent hydrophobia. ]. r. s.
Financial Aspect OF the Dog Question
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
enclose remedy, for publication in your valu-
able public spirited paper of one OF the greatest
nuisances of the age, too much worthless dog,
hoping the proposition will meet the eye of some
person who may be unfortunate enough to become
a Representatives at some uture day.
We are leeding about 100000 OF dogs IN the
United States, who prevent the propagation Of
sheep to very alarming extent over the whole
aa N an aeua oss 10 eysrv stae
the Union OF least $50 O0O annually or an aggre-
gate OF at least Sl,5Oo,ooO. For what purpose do
we permit this suicidal poncy, except 10 please
phlanthropsts and old women
A good dog is worth protection by law;
NEW 1OBk, july IL, 1919. a. A. DhAhC. q,
The People, Not the Dogs, Who Are Mad.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
| If we can believe the pocemen's reports pub
lished in the HERALD and Telegram some fifty OF
! more mad dogs have been killed in this city since
June /, and these fifty dogs have bitten at lie asst
fifty persons. II the bite OF mad dog Is as deadly
as is claimed by the supernervous dog fearing
people, many of whom are now willing to run Q
dozen blocks after frightened little cur not hal
as mad as its pursuers, we ought TO have some
fifty cases OF hydrOphObia within the next
! two months. But Will weS Physicians tel
US that hydrophobia is an extremely rare disease
| and much doubt If this summers experience Will
contradict their opinion. / rather imagine that
after the present nervous excitement has subsidized
people will conclude that either all these "mad''
dogs were not mad, or else that the bite OF q mad
| dog Is very harmless, as so very few will any y o.
those bitten will have had hydrophobia
1t seems to me that the present stupid fear and
excitement rather tend toward proving that 1t Il
the people, not the dogs, who are mad
NEW YORK, July l, 1874. j. F. ALLEN.
The New York herald., 1874-07-13
Skull.Cap Ten.

correspondent writes that he knows OF num-
Der OF persons VINO have been cured OF hydropho-
bia, or rather have prevented the malady, by
into tea.
The New York herald., 1874-07-13
bitten by q Dog.

Sarah Smith, aged sixteen, OF NO. 20 Cherry
street, was bitten by dog yesterday afternoon
on the sidewalk. The dog was killed by Ofncer
ToOle, Of the Fourth precinct
The New York herald., 1874-07-13
Jersey Waking Up-The Day OF Mercy
Past - Mickey Frees Machine o
n.


Past - Mickey Frees Machine of
Death.
Tomorrow Will be the last day of grace allowed
to the wayward rambling dogs Of Jersey City.
Mickey Free posted up characteristic proclama
tion yesterday calling attention to the momentous
fact in front of the imposing edce that has served
the purposes Of q dog-pound since the "man from
Castlebaney" first squatted there. The war is to
be waged with unreentng vigor till the 1st of
October. The implements OF death are in readi-
ness. Mickey seems to have received a touch Of
nature at last; for he said yesterday that he will
appoint an assistant eXecutioner and throw up
the business himself.
"Why would you do that?" asked bystander.
"Weil now, see here gintleminu said Mickey
with an air OF commiseraton, dye know that
the very dogs themselves, poor crayturs, know
what you are going to do with them. Many time
1ne looking animal as purity as picther, would
look up into my face to ak for marcy and 1t was
as much as could do to bring myself to dump him
in. But thin, ye know, some one must do It, and
| II don't have 1t done Mayor Traphagen VIII be
coming round till me- and | don't want thin Al
dermin down there to get the chance of takin the
Mickey fairly jumped a foot from the coDble
stones at the close Of his little speech. "Divil a
back Pll ever go to Bushnis, where they make
the finest whiskey in all Ireland, while times are
so good here" was the convincing peroration. he
closed by inviting the bystanders to attend ana
witness the executions on Wednesday.
EXCITEMENT IN LAMBERTvILLE
OeFnse Tns maS uGe 1 boy mas named Brady
bitten by canine there lately, which
populace. subsequently the same dog made an
attack the brother Of this victim, which caused
additional commotlon. The parents became
hyorophobia we're visible In the dog before he was
despatched as he was seen to snap and bite at
m s ne
out OF danger. Lambertvllle has no dog-pOund.
The New York herald., 1874-07-13
CORNWALL, ON THE HUDSON.
Mountain Air, Beautiful Drives and
Magni6cent seenery-"'The Old Storm
Kjng--A New Catholic Church.

CUHN WALI, July II, I6I4
One OF tue most delightful and health inspiring
summer resorts to be found within circuit OF 100
miles OF the city OF Gotham Is Cornwall, on the
Hudson, distant about sixty miles from New YORK,
ana accessible by both boat and rail. Fanked on
the one side by West Point and on the other by
NewpuIG surrounded by popptsipA Qf WaglltceQt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-31

9s-12l&w43-45
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-31
MEMPHIS TENN. THURSDAY EVENING DECEMBER 81. 1874

An Irish Gil Bias, named Mortimer,
died recently in London, whose life was
full Of singular events. He was grad
uate of Dublin University, and deeply
versed in classic lore, but he added q
polish to his erudition by his intimacy
with at least dozen modern tongues.
He spoke French, German, Russian,
Polish, spanish, Italian, modern Greek,
Turkish, Arabic, Irish and Danish with
fluency. In his youth he had been cabin
boy in an American bark, and subse-
quently became a medical student in
Paris, but had to leave it on account OF
his connection with the June insurrection
Of '48. he was very strong man, and
utilized his strength by taking an engage
ment as a Hercules in a circus in Aus
tralia. BY turns he gave lectures on
Shakespeare through Germany; was a
Greek professor at Hamburg; had a
troupe of Spanish balletdancers in Hol-
land, and was a companion OF Sir
William Don, the baroneJ actor, IN his
widest Continental frolics. In this
time he had been tutor to Charles Lever 8
children at Florence. He came to the
surface one day in the employment Of
Tom Thumb" another, in the company
of Murphy, the Irish giant who was a
distant cousin. He had been in London
since the t'ranco.Prussian war, which
ruined him in fortune. Ii is possible
that the narrative of his adventures may
have suggested to Lever the idea OF his
novel "Con Cregan."
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A Princely swtndier.

The Pail Mall Gazette says: A
swindler of a really high order of ability
has lately brought brilliant career to
a close at Moscow in the person Of an
ex-prince, Demetrius Tschawtschawadze,
who has been levying contributions AT a
dozen Of the chiet towns in Europe,
London being especially mentioned,
with continued success. The prince
never changed his very unpronouuceable
name or his story, after the fashion of
those more vulgar imposters who con-
tradict themselves by the frequency and
multiplicity of their inventions. He
was always Russian prince, had al
ways been robbed just before leaving
Vienna by a .oung mar he had unfor-
tunately taken into his service as secre-
tary, was always expectin large remit
tances from st. Petersburg, and was
meanwhile in the closest relations of
intimacy with the Russian Ambassador
1t followed that he was for the present
unable to pay the bill he ran up at the
hotel which he had honored with his
choice, and was further in want OF a
new secretary, to whom he could prom
Use fine future career and large sal
ary in immediate prospect. So plausi-
BILE was this adventure that at Berlin he
not only left one of the chief hotels
without suspicion before his remittances
arrived, promising to send payment of
his account, which included a number of
petty tradesmen's bills from London,
but carried off with him to that metrop-
oils his landlords son, whose little purse
of nearly ESQ his new master borrowed
freely from, leaving his victim just
enough to go back to Berlin with, when
he was presently ordered there to await
the Prince on his way TO Russia. On
the young mans departure the Prince,
who had been introduced to some Rus
siana OF means, borrowed 9300 from
one, according to the statements made
in the Moscow court, and with his
booty went off to Paris. Here, again,
he borrowed from Russians on the
strength of his alleged intimacy with
their ambassador at Berlin, but disap.
peared on learning that inquiries were
being made about. him owing to warn
ing sent from that capital. Having
tried all the European courts out of
his own country he appears to have
sought refuge at Moscow, but here his
career ended. He was arrested on sus-
picion, and presently Identified with one
Linieff, a non-commissioned officer, who
deserted come months before. For this
desertion the soidisant prince now lies
awaiting trial, but his swindling is only
mentioned incidentally.
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Correlation of Bees aud Flowers.

The bees, Mr.. Darwin says, have
solved difficult problem. They have
made their cells of a proper shape to
hold the greatest possible amount of
honey with the least possible consump-
tion Of precious wax in their constrnc.
ton. No human workman is skillful
enough to do what a crowd of bees can
do, working in dark hive-make cells
Of wax Of the true form. The number
of humble bees in the country will de-
pend upon the number of cats. How
can that BET Because the number Of
bees is dependent upon the number OF
field mice, which eat the bees. Hence
the more cats, the fewer mice, the more
bees. If the whole genius of humble
bees became extinct, or very rare, the
heart's ease and red clover would become
rare or would disappear. How is that?
Because bees promote the growth Of
those flowers. The visits of bees are
necessary 70 the fertilization OF some
kinds OF clover, and almost indispens.
able to the fertilization Of the hearts
ease. In a word-nO bees, no seed; no
see1 nc increase Of the flowers. The
unors visits from the bees, the more seed
from the flower; the more seeds from the
flower, the more flowers from the seeds.
Nearly all our orchidaceous plants abso-
lutely require the visits Of insects to
remove their pollen masses, and thus to
fertilize them. Twenty heads Of ssPr0-
tected Dutch clover yielded 2900 seeds.
The same number protected from bees,
produced not one seed; one hundred
heads Of unprotected clover yielded ~
900, and the same number protected from
bees, not . seed.
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NEW YEARS BELLS.

f..
Ring, bells. ring. with your mellow din,
Ring the old year out and the new year in
Like the voices OF birds from the old gray
spire,
Let your sivery music rise higher and higher;
Floating abroad o'er the hillside bare
In billows of sound on the trenulOus air,
Let it rise and fall with the fitful gale
Tell over the city and wood the tale,
Say that to- night the old year dies!
Bid the watchers look TO the eastern skies,
For the beautiful halo that tells afar
OF the welcome rise Of the new yeaH's star!
Ring the old year out, with its sighs and tears,
Its withered heart-aches and tiresome fears I;
Away with its memories Of doubt ard wrong,
Its cold deceits and its envyines strong,
All its panderiLg lures to the ialtering sense,
And its pitiful shams and cold pretense.
We will heap them together and bind the m
ffi fast NfEa Nt4 4tkt.lfl
To the old mans load as he totters past.
The ills that he brought he may take again;
Keep we the joys, let him bury the pain
King soft. oh bells, as he goes to rest
Far in the shades Of the darkened west!
Ring. bells. ring, with a merry dim
The old year has gone with its care and sin !
Smiling and fair, at the eastern gates,
Clad in tinted light. the new year waits
Welcome him in with the rosy band.
Who wait the wave of his beckoning hand;
Hope.. with her wreaths of sweet spring
81 f0wers,-
Joy for the summers glowing hours.
Plenty and peace for the fruitful fsll,
And love for all seasons-best Of ell,
Ring. merrily, bells l-o'er the hlushing skies
See the beautiful star of the new year rise!
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Never opened a Door.

A London correspondent in Harper s
Bazaar says:
The Duchess of Edinburg does not
grow in favor with the public. They
never quite forgave her for asserting her
precedency over the Princess Beatrice,
and she has certainly given proofs of a
naughty disposition. AS general rule,
our own royal family do not give them
selves airs, and this sort ofpersonal pride
Ia especially resented in foreigner. A
curious instance of it took place the
other day at Chiswick, where the Duke
and Duchess went to visit certain ia.
NOUS collection of hot house flowers.
The proprietor of the place wished to
explain the merits of his plants, but the
path was narrow, and to press to her side
would have been indecorous as well as
dangerous to his pots, and to precede
her, he was given to understand, would
have been lin Russia) to commit high
treason. At last they came to swing
door that only required push, but which
to the Russian Duchess was an insupera-
BILE barrier. She had never opened
door for herself in her life, and was not
going to begin in a nursery garden at
Chiswick. Her splendid attire blocked
up the path, so that to pass her was i'm
possible, and the whole party conse-
quently came to dead lock. The un-
happy proprietor was in despair. Then
the Duke came to his assistance She
won't open the door," said he; that is
quite out of the question. Do you run
round, open it for her and keep in front
of her. Walk backwards and never mind
your flower pots" Whether any flower
pots were broken don't know, but | will
stake my existence that if they were, the
Duke did not pay for them.
l add postscript for the especial
pleasure of the ladies' When the EN-
press of Russia left us she wore red
velvet lined with sable, which took 228
skins of those SMALL but precious crea-
lures TO make it, each of which cost
el2. This one article of her apparel
must therefore have been worth $4,000
The Empress cloak of blue fox skins
cost half as much again.
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ANOTHER
OPP O r TU NIFTY

TO INVEST A FEW DOLLARS, WITH POS
SIBLE RETURNS OF THOUSANDS. Is OF
FERED BY THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KY. TO THE 9TH CF
FEBRUARY NEXT, OF THEIR FIFTH AND
LAST CONCERT AND DRAWING. THE
MANAGEMENT ARE PLEDGED TO THE
RETURN OF THE MONEY " THE DRAW
ING SHOULD NOT COME OFF AT THE
DAY NOW APPOINTED
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
scHESoK's $ MAxDRAKE PILLS

W.. .oe found to possess those qualities neces-
sary to the total eradication of all bilious at
tacks, prompt to start the secretions of the
liver. and give a healthy tone TO the entire
system. Indeed, 1t is no ordinary discovery
in medical science TO have invented remedy
for these stubborn complaints, which develop
all the results produced by heretofore free
use of calomel. a mineral justly dreaded BY
mankind, and acknowledged to be destruc-
tive in the extreme to the human system.
That the properties Of certain vegetables
comprise all the virtues Of calomel without its
injurious tendencies, is now an admitted fact,
rendered indisputable by scientific researches;
and those who use the Mandrake Pills will be
fully satisfied that the best medicines are
those provided by nature in the common herbs
and roots of the fields.
These pills open the bowels and correct all
bilious derangements without salvation or
any of the injurious effects OF calomel or
other posons. The secretion of bile Is pro-
NOTED by these pills, as will be seen by the
altered color of the stools. and disappearing
of the sallow complexion and cleansing of the
tongue.
Ample directions for use accompany each
box of pills. AL
Prepared only by j. Il. Schenck K Son. NJ
their principal office. corner Sixth and Arch
streets. Philadelphia, and for sale by all drug.
gists and dealers. Price 25c per box. cod
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-31

A Boston correspondent of the Wo-
mans Journal reports that there is in
Berlin "a woman whom it is an honor to
know. She keeps a ood,yard, perhaps
the only woman in the world who sells
cord wood. She is very much of lady,
and has paid her husbands debts aid
brought up three children well.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-31

little and the overcoming influence SO
strong, in the way OF outdoor exercise
and other healthy conditions, that no
evil result may be apparent; bnt all our
diseases are caused by violation of
hygiene in some respect. We are not
always personally responsible for these
violations, since our sanitary conditions
are not always within our control, never
indeed entirely so; but where we can
help ourselves we ought clearly to do so,
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Whole Tickets. $50; Halves. S2s: Tenth. or
each Coupon, s.; Eleven Whole Tickets. $500.
For Tickets. or information. address
rHOd. E. BkAMbsETTE.
Agent and Manager, Public Library Building
Louisville Ky. DAVIS I2l q
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ELECTION.
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
On THURSDAY, January Z, 20,

On THURSDAY, January Z, '75,
TT BEING THE FIRST THURSDAY IN
| i January. / will open and hold an election
| az all the wards in the city Of Memphis for two
| Councilmen and one School Visitor IN eaef
ward, and one Alderman in each Of the Sec
ond, Third. Sixth, Seventh and Tenth wards.
The following Judges, Clerks and Deputy
Sheriffs have been appointed:
First ward-Northwes corner Main and
Winchester streets.
JUDGES Andrew Renkert, James Powers,
Peter Mitchell.
Clerks John J Duffy, Millard,
Deputy Sheriff
second wRTd-Old euEine-hOuse, Poplar
street.
X Speed.
Clerks R B Hutchinson, W II GOOdlst,.
Deputy Sheriff
Third ward Second street. OPP. Court
Square.
Judges-R Patterson, Thomas Boyle,
CIerks~F t Prewitt, Frank Blessing.
Deputy Sheriff ai..f
Fourth ward-Under Greenlaw Opera
Judges Richard o'Brien, ohas Meyers. W
cierks-R Meister, II d Sullivan.
Deputy Sheriff,
pffth ward-No. IS Hernando street.
Judges-A NJ stoddard. P McNulty, L W
Cierks-T F Meath. N D Smith.
Deputy Sheriff
Sixth wsrd-51s Main street. corner Of
Vance.
JudSes-w Marsh. Jos Mulcahy, W 7
CIerkS-Dr J Quimby. t Plummer.
Deputy Sheriff
Seventh ward-North side Beal. Oppo-
site Orleans street.
Judges-J Busby, Jos Chambers. Brutus
cieiEsSH Harrington. A J McLendOn.
Deputy Sheriff
Eighth ward-l72 Poplar street, oppo-
site Market house.
Judges-s N Jobe, VIM Harrington, F II
Finnie.
Clerks-P D Boyle. ] c McDayit.
Deputy Sheriff
Ninth ward Corner Fifth and Gresnlaw
streets.
Judses-John Larkin. W F Gilman, Robert
Butcher.
Clerks-Chris Riley. W GIissOn.
Deputy Sheriff
Tenth WRrd-MLin street, near Carolina;
yudges-A W Taylor, NJ Fitzgerald, Chas
White.
0lsrks-John Patterson. Thomas Curley.
'''' S C.L. ANDERSON.
102-lll Sheriff OF Sheby County.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-31

Insures at Board rates. Private dwellings
especially desired; policies issued for three
years for two annual premiums. At
The daily gazette., 1874-09-16
The Commercial cannot deny that it was

The Commercial cannot deny that it was
in favor of woman suffrage. 1t is but a
few months since this question was be-
fore the United States Senate, and it
must be fresh in the minds of our read
ers that it was voted by almost enough
Radical Senators to pass it had not the
Democrats voted solid against it 1t will
also be remembered that the Commercial
criticized Mr.. Bayard's great speech in
opposition to the bill and EXPIRE saed it.
self in favor of its passage. This bill
did not make an exception to negro VIC
men voting; in fact il was intended to
give the negro women of the South the
same advantage over the white women
that the negro men have over the white
men at the polls. And to extend this
advantage to the women Of the Northern
States also. 1t is useless for the COM
dlercidt to attempt to deny this. How
then can it deny that it was fla, orable to
Nlton's cherished project of max ing n
negress President Of the United States.
Tilton said he "hoped to live to see n
htSltsS IcSitltHl l'orS lilt ttlltbf O1
the Commercial not entertain a hope of
this kindr His party now claims the
negroes votes; but do not vote for the
negroes. viii the party also claim the
negro women's votes and refuse to vote
for them? This must he the programme
If the Commercial is sincere in repudiat
ing Tilton's platform. Now. il is prin.
eiple well laid down that the bcstowm mpnt
of suffrage carries with ii the right ol
eligibility to office provided other lawful
qualifications are not wanting. How
then, should the Radical party succeed
IN the Commercials woman suffrage pro.
lect could the negro women be pre-.
vented from running for office? Th,
Commercial cannot get ont of this dilem
ma. 1t favors negro suffrage and woman
suffrage, and would therefore be bouno
To support even a negro woman for tn,
Presidency should its political IDEAS
which are also those of Tilton, be- force,
upon the country either hy its party
political drill OF Grants bayonets. Fo
such was the mode in which disgustin.
and destructive negro suffrage was fas
tened upOn the countrv