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NERVOUS DEBILITY.

Adepressed, irritable state of mind; weak,
nervous, exhausted feeling; no energy or ami
with facilitating, involuntary discharges.
The consequence of excuses. mental overwcrk
or indiscretions. This Nervous Debility finds
a sovereign cure in Humphrey Homeopathic
Specific, No. %. IL tones up the system. ar
rests discharges, dispels the mental gloom and
dependency, and reiuvenates the entire sys-
tenn. 1t is perfectly harmless and always eff
cient. Price IS, for a package of i've boxes
and a arge 50 vial Of powder, which Is imp0r-
tant in old, serious cases; or 81 per single box.
Sold by ALL Druggists, or sent by mail on re-
ceipt of price. Address HUMPHREYS SPECIFIC
HoMEOPATHIo MEDICINE Co., No. SCI Broad
wav N Y. xvie4-tukf- xviii-3
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IA Men hrentioa THOROUGHLY TESTED and
secured by Letters Patent.
2-Makes a perfect LOCK STITCH, alike on
both sides. on all kinds of goods.
3-Runs LIGHT, SMOOTH. No1sELEss and
RAPID best combination of qualities.
4-DURABLE-R Runs for years. without repairs.
Wi do all pdrieties Of ,cork and Fancy
Stitchinqin a superior manner.
els most easily managed by the operator.
Length of stitch may be altered while rum
ming, and machine can be threaded without
raising thread through holes.
7-Design Simple, Ingenious, Elegant, form,
ing the stitch ,cithom the use Of Cog Wheel
Gears, Rotary Cams OF Lever Arms. Has
the Automatic Drop Feed, which ENSURES un,-
form lengfh Of stitch at any speed. Has our new
Thread Controller, which allows easy move
ment Of the needle-bar and prevents injury to
thread.
S-CoNsTRUoTIoN most careful and FIsIsHED;
II is manufactured by the most skillful and
experienced mechanics, at the celebrated
Bennington ArmorS, AltOn, n. l.
Cincinnati OH &c, Isl Fourth street
50-10l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-04
PICNIC.
AUCTION.
Public Sale of Securities.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT l
N will sell at public cutlery, at the south
wet corner Of Madison and Main Streets IN
Memphis, on
"wednesday. May 6, 1879,
between II and u o'clock ID. !, the following
bonds. deposited qs collateral to-Slti yne
iS7I. couuon attached; two Abei deem MISS
bonds, 500 each. Nos. and 5. May, 1878. cou-
nom attached; and FIVE Lowndes county,
"a Nav 1874 cou on attached; aud FIVE Mon
roe county. Miss. bonds, slO00 each, Nos hi q,
81 So. 90 and 81. coupons. from July. ioi4.
attached: and six Monroe county, Miss
eenpons from July 1874, attached; 8 per cent.
oonu'' 1e'H'' VI ''''' 7. c. PARK.
April q, 1874. H-8
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FOREIGN.

MADRID. May 4-Marshal Serrano en-
tered BllbOa Saturday. There was great
r-loieing here over the deliverance Of
The city Saturday evening. There was a
general illumination. The municipality
have sent eongratulsiory dispatches 10
serrano and COneha. Additional dis
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-04

II we we are not mistaken, one of the
Aldermen who most strenuously op-
posed an appropriation to the Louisiana
and Arkansas sufferers, on the ground
that the city owed heavy debt already,
voted last year to giUe the Chelsea
bridge, which cost $4,000, to the Mem
phis and Raleigh railroad. OF course
the proposition was defeated-and o.
course he was not Director in the
Raleigh railroad.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-04

Swenty foar years ago Senator Stew
art, Of Nevada. Who has just completed
the most magnificent house in Washing
ton. was Singing hash for a living in a
Sacramento canvas restaurant, and
aftsrward drove bull team regularly up
the long a difficult hills between Grace
Valley and Marysulle.- Chicago Times.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-04

GovEREoR BRowE will be at Humboldt
tomorrow to examine the site selected
for an insane asy lum by two Of the com.
missioners. The committee appointed
BY the Chamber Of Commerce some
time since, and members Of the press,
go up from here to-day, and will meet
the Governor aud his party at MeKen
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Tickets for round trip. including admit
lance 10 Race Track, 50 cents-gooi for one
day only-for sale at Z7S Main street. and at
NofR-Railroad time 20 minutes faster than
city time. W. j. ROSS,
65.57 General Superintendent.
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patches from Bilboa state that parties of
Carlists are surrendering in hopes OF am
nesty. The main body, however, is re-
treating in the direction Of the province
Of Guipeziconia
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HERRIHcs.
NOTICE.
Notice to Passengers and Shippers.
MEMPHIS & LITTLE Rock RAILWAY Co.,
OFFfCs OF GENIL SuPEaINTEnENT, 7

MEMPHIS & LITTLE Rock RAILWAY Co.,
OFFfos or GEN'L SUPERINTEDENT,
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April y. 1874
TN CON SEQURNCE OF SEVERAL
. / breaks in embankmen's and damage TO
two short pieces Of trestle work. trains are
temporarily suspended between Memphis and
Madison.
The steamer 81. Francis will leave Memphis
on Tues avs and Saturdays. 20 5 p. m, con-
rectine with the train for Lit IL Rock. First
trip will leave Memphis Saturday evening,
May I'd. az pm connecting AZ Madison
tie Rock sunday, May Sd. about p m.
Bre.ks wi be repaired and trains resumed
within q week OF ten days.
5l-56 A. 5. LIYERM0RE. Gen. Supt.
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PUBLIC SALE.
Receivers Sale.

T WILL OFFER FOR SALE, ON WEDNES-
l. DAY, MAY 6. 1874, at IL o'clock. in, the
rear part of the main hall over Mosby. Hunt
4 Co.'s store. No. 204 Front street. 252g14
acres of VALUABLE LAND. lying in Pu-
laski, Woodruff and Jackson counties. Ar.
kansas. Most of these lands lie in Pulaski
county, in which the city of Little Rock is
situated. not far from the same. and are
therefore considered quite valuable. Also. an
undivided two seyenths Of l23 acres of land
lying near Memphis, in range 7, section 2,
18th surveyors and 9Th civil district, north OF
the Raleigh road. being valuable Wolf river
bottom lands.
Also, remnant Of furniture, desks, etc. =.
all the property Of the Gayoso Savings Insti-
tuition.
The Arkansas land will be sold for cash. or
debts due by the Institution, legally proven
and allowed, dollar for dollar. The land
near Memphis will be sold for one-third cash;
the balance equally divided on six and twelve
months time, and a lien will be retained to
secure the deferred payments. The furniture
will be sold for cash.
April Is. 1874. S. M0SBY, Receiver.
IRRELEVANT & co., AuctiOneers.
1886
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MANHOOD,

Corrected and Revised BY the Author, E. DE
r, CURTIS, NJ. D., 4. X. G. 5.
AMEDIoAL ESSAY on the cause and cure
Of Premature Decline in man, showing how
baalth is lost and how regained. It gives a
Clear synopsis Of the Impedime nts TO Mari
age. the treatment Of Exhausted Vitality,
Nervous and Physical Debility, Abuses Of the
system, etc ETC.. and the remedies therefor,
the result Of twenty years successful practice
There isino member OF socie by whom
such perton holds the relation Of parent, pre-
ceptor or clergyman. London Times;
"CURrIS ON MANHOOD. This book
should be read by the young for instruction,
by the afflicted for relief 1t viii. iniure no
ore. - London Ned. Gaz.
Price so cents, by mail. Address the author,
DIR CURTIS.
9 Rampant street. New Orleans. La
eB- DR.. Curtis has determined to remain in
New Orleans daring his Southern trip. and
will positively not visit Memphis pre-
s--siennily this year. Hence those who
wish 10 consult him personally must call upon
him at his address above. l6-ht
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AGENT AND BROKER.
Agent and Broker.

u D. COBB WILL CONTINUE THE
II. Steamboat Agency and Cotton Broker
age business as heretofore, at 26s iran
stseet. under tde firm name Of < ID. Cobb
& Co. Office No 2i8 Front street, corner
Court. l5l-59l L. ID. COBB.
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Az Indiana paper calls the Washing
ton Republicans recent hit at Colfax
kicking the dead lion" 1t is high
time for that editor to learn the differ
enee between a lion and an ass. The
latter never succeeded when alive in
passing for a hon, and certainly could
not put on the semblance when dead.
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MnRHIs. April q. 1874.
EDnOR LEDGER-I announce myself az a
candidate for Clerk Of the Criminal Court Of
Memphis. Election In August, 1874.
AZ te I. 5. AHRES.
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According to the Boston Advertiser
our government is materially weakening
the cause of arbitration by delaying the
distribution Of the. Alabama money,
which foots up about l5,500.000.
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MEDICAL.
DIR. CURTIS
ARRIVAL NEW ORLEANS.

DR. e. Eff. CURTIS. NJ, D., F. R. G. s.,
author Of " Manhood" Medical Essays
on Marriage, etc.. etc., takes this opportu-
nity To announce to the citizens of Memphis
and the surrounding country, including those
who have previously consulted him, that he
has arrived in New Orleans for the season,
and may be conferred with as heretofore, IN
rerson or by letter, at his rooms,
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RAILROAD.
RAILROAD.
MEMPHIS g. CHARLESTON R.R.
SPRING RACES
CHIcKASAW JOCKEY CLUB.
SPECIAL TIME TABLE,

HNo TAKE EFFECT MONDAY, MAY lrH.
j and continue until Friday. May 6th, in
elusive, between Memphis and Fair Grounds
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MORNING. GLASS
ANNOUNCEMENT.

=
M.mnhis. May .. lsza.
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mo-. Q RAMPART STREET,


between Canal and Custom-hoyse. daily from
10 am. to pm. and from 10 p'h' VI
Sundays from ii to only.
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NOTICES.

WYE HEREBY NOTIFY ALL PERSONS
w from trading for twenty-three notes for
$50 each. executed BY US in favor Of r b.
snowden for rent Of No. 81 South Court street,
as they will not be paid -
$3.50 HENRY QUENTBL 4 BRO.
MEMPHIS. TENN. April 30. 1874.
STOCKHOLDERS IN THE MEMPHIS AND
- Charleston Railrond who attended the
meeting Of stockholders held in Memphis on
the 9th and s0th inst. by resolution Of the
Convention will have the privilege OF return
sive on presentation Of their certificate Of
stock to conductors
Those who were passed to the Convention
on proxies must present proxies OF certificates
Of Identification signed BY the Secretary.
1856 ~. J. ROSS, Gen J sup't.
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/. Fevers, Congestion, Infammations, g
2. Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Colo, *
3. Crying-Coiic, or Teetlingo OF Infants, y
4. DiRrrheas OF Children o. Adults o.
5. Dysentery, CRYING, Bilious Colc, 20
6. ChOlern-N7or bus, Vomiting, %
Z. Coughs, Gods, Bronchitis, ~
s. Neuralgia, Toothache Flcoache, o.
Q. Headc shes, Sick Healaeae, Vertigo, ~
10. Dyspepsia, Billions Stomach, :. o.
II. Suppressed, or Painful Periods, %
II. Whites, too Profuse Feuods, ~
IS. Group, Cough, Difficult Breathing. "
Il. salt HhcIun, Erysipelas, Erupt.ons, ~
10. Rheumatism, Rheumatic Painsi 2y
l6. Feve and Ague, Chill FeVer, AsGes, 30
II. Piles, blind or bleeding, 2 ~
Is. OuhthaImy, and Sore or Weak Eyes, ~
10. Catarrh, Acute or Chronic Influenza, ~
20. VVhoOping-COug Violent Cousph' 9 so
81. Asthma, Oppressed Breathing' 81 %
%. Ear Discharges, Impaired he9ir1ln5, ~
2s. ScrofaIa. Enlarged Glands, sweilings' %
"a. General Debility, Physical Weakness 2 2C
25. DrOpsv and Scanty Secreuons, ~
Q6. Sea-SfcIIness, Sickness nom AHchg' o.
2T. Kidney-Disease, Sravel, '1r; ~
o., Nervous Debility, Seminal Weakness. -.
or Involuntary Discharges. Ivy
g. Sore mSVS9, JSnesI eting the Bed %
All Painful Periods, with spasns' 90
40. SufTerings at Change OF Lie, - ioo
IA. Fpilepsey, spasms, 81 Vitu5 Llncs' 20 ~
"a. Dfphtheria, ulcefIlted Dule ff,.n,,-t;r1s se
35. Chronic ConSestiohs anu - UP''ON''
FAMILY CASES.
c.s. Morocco, with above 30 large walls SO and
Manual of Directions, ,D sS M
Case Morocco of 20 large walls and Bo9s, th W
M These remedies are se,at Dy me me
case or single box 20 any P. ,-.scrint Of
country, free OF charge, on receiP' va
price,. Address
Humphreys SPECIFIC -,ro
Hon1 sopathic Medicine Goss
oazoa and Depot, No. 562 BROADWAY, w foAhs
O'''ee For sale by all DruggistS'
Madison; Andrew Renkert, 40 Main St.. F.
W. Vigus, 1877 Poplar ST., and W. N. Wilker-
son & Co., $40 Main ST., Memphis, Tenn.
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s.arIe and Bennett. supreme
court JUDGES, Arrested Dy GOV.
Raxferss Men.
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MAI-FEsT.

The Mai-Fest of the Memphis Teutonic Asso-
citation will be celebrated on next
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FEW GOOD REASONS.

No sewing Machine Received 1
Higher Prize.
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Gas in Jacksonville Huron Shale.
Cov1xeroN, ONO, April 9th, Is

CovINGToN, ONO, April 9th, 1874.
To the Editor Of the Standard:
1 observed, in your excellent paper,
some time since, that the citizens of your
enterprising borough were agitating the
subject of erecting and operating gas
works for the enlightening of the town.
No other enterprise, in my estimation, is
calculated to benefit and cheer village
to so great degree as is that alluded to.
Well-lighted streets, houses, halls, shops,
&c, bespeak both comfort and thrift;
and do not wonder that the good peo-
pie of most of our large towns in Ohio
have gone to the expense of erecting and
supporting as-works-sometimes at con-
siderable cost and inconvenience-when
reflect on the numerous benefits at
tending their possession.
have theory, however, founded on
certain well-known natural facts. which,
if right, would seem to render it worth
while for your citizens to satisfy them
selves that they have not, already, a vast
and exhaustless producing labratory,
right under the site of your little city,
(Which, if properly tapped by the auger,
would emit good carbonic-acid gas in suf-
ficient volume for all practical purposes,)
before they go to the necessary expense of
building gas-works, which will produce
an article, perhaps of inferior quality, at
not less than So per 1000 feet to the con-
sumner.
The great Huron shale bed of the late
Ohio Geology, (the black slate bed of
Mathers time,) which underlies the
Pennsylvania oil regions, and trends
south-westwardly through Ohio and Ken
lucky; which shows $50 feet thick in the
hill at Chillicothe, and is seen in the bed
of Salt Creek, at Richmondale,-accord
ing to geological theory and analogy, ex-
lists in full thickness, at greater or
lesser depth under the town plat of Jack
son. According to Newberry, Andrews,
and others, the great bed of carbonaceous
shale is the natural reservoir of petro-
leum, and is so charged with gas and oil
that it was distilled for the production of
the latter, at Vauceburgh, Ky, and pro-
duced 35 gallons to the ton of shale. At
Freedonia, N. Y, Erie, Pa, and Paines-
vile, O., all or portions of those towns
are lighted with gas emitted from the
Huron shale," and there is no reasona-
ble doubt that the gases released in the
strata below the salt rock at Kanawha,
which were used for many years in boil
ing the brines there, came from the same
great bed of carbonaceous material. The
gas and salt well in your own county,
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Monsieur Tonson Come Again" "

To the Editor Of the Standard
The crusade against intemperance,
waged by the ladies at the present time,
bids fair to become the great topic for
some time in the future history of our
country.
1t is well then that each individual who
wishes to take part in future movements
that effects the community in which he
lives to at once define his position. This
wish to do through your columns,
without fear, favor, or affection from
friend or foe.
That intemperance in the use of al
coholic drinks is great evil all will adj
nit. That the evil is felt by community
in every department of life-physically,
mentally, morally and financially, every
observer knows full well. The
effects upon the system are various, but
in almost every case it is sure to sooner
or later bring about sad consequences,
undermine the health and wreck the
mind, and thus the individual is destroy
ed who continues long to use alcoholic
drinks to an excess. Its effects is seen
and felt morally in every community
crime of every grade is greatly increased
by drunkenness. Misery, woe, sorrow,
and wretchedness, are the sad results
sure to follow intemperence. These
facts must be admitted by every candid
honest mind.
What then shall be done that the great
fountain of intemperance shall be dried
up, and the evils and sad consequences
resulting therefrom, be known in our
midst no longer. Upon this question
churches of every denomination have
acted. Temperance societies of different
characters have tried in vain to solve the
question. Legislators have brought the
strong arm of the law to bear upon the
question, and yet the evil still exists in
every community. All combined have
failed to accomplish the desired purpose
The question is still before the people,
and new and novel effort is to be made
to do away with this great evil. VIII
this novel effort succeed2 The answer to
! this question depends great deal upon
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and heroic females that have taken the
lead in this revival that has oppened
new era in the history of temperance,
merit all the praise bestowed upon them
by the public A woman by the name OF
Volumnia once saved Rome from the
fear of desolation; and in commemoration
of this instance of female influence so
favorable to the republic, the Senate of
Rome caused to be erected temple ded-
icated to the fortune of females in which
none but ladies were permitted to enter.
If no earthly temple is erected to these
noble women that are engaged in the
war with liquor, be assured there is
temple not made with hands, eternal in
the heavens. Yea, noble women you
shall have your reward not in gold and
silver, not in fame and reputation for
yourselves, but in that land where the
streets are of gold, and the gates are
pearls, and the walls are jasper and
sapphire, where every deed of humanity
throughout the world is recorded if the
Book of Life, which shall never be de-
stroyed.
heartily approve of the plan adopted
| in this temperance crusade, although we
admit in some instances it is carried on
beyond the bounds Of expediency.
Agitation-wise, systematic, per sistent
agitation is the duty of the hour. What
| is wanted is the creation of a healthy,
pure and vigorous public sentiment.
! = 81 apa
not without their Importance, but they
are wholly subordinate to this one. The
defect is not so much in our laws as IN
public opinion. But in this agitation a
| few suggestions would not, l trust, be out
of order. | know it is quite presumpt-
ious thus to dictate for those that per-
chance have far greater claims to wisdom
than myself but trust that my audaci-
ty will be pardoned.
In the first place we need discussion
of the subject of temperance in its sys-
tematic aspects. Coat-tail eloquence has
had its day and done its work, and l do
not disparage the work it has accomplish
ed. But the popular mind is becoming
more and more aVerse to spread-eaglelsm
it requires in the treatment of a sub
iect like this the presentation of facts,
and it prefers to make its own applica-
ton.
In the second place there should be no
Fexaggeration of the subject. The cause
suffered not little from the overstate-
ment of it advocates, that have disgusted
intelligent people. Honesty is the best
policy" Let US make no assertion for
which we have not ample and unques-
tionable authority
In the next place, the great need of
the times is the dissemination of sound
temperance literature. There never was
a time in which temperance tracts would
receive greater attention than the pres
ent The National Temperance Society
has published and do publish, a large
number of excellent tracts which should
be procured and distributed in every
community. Let every town be district
ed, and every family be visited once
month for this purpose. The temperance
organizations already existing in most
our towns, Good Templars, Sons of Tenn
perance, and the rest, should undertake
this service, procuring the tracts and
books and organize this work of distri-
button. w R. EVANS.
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near the Riehland Furnace is down in
the earbonaceous shale.
There are certain conditions requisite,
besides the presence of the shale bed, as
a matter of course, in order that the gas
may be produced and saved in reliable
quantities. These might or might not be
found favorable in your locality. If the
overlving rocks are cavernous or spongy,
so as to have received or absorbed the oil
gasses, and said rocks are covered with
seams OF impervious clays, all the better
for the purpose of getting your illuminat-
ing material of Mother Earth, at first
hands Perhaps, the praeticability of the
matter has been tested Have you any
deep well borings in your neighborhood
say from 500 to 500 feet2 The Huron
shale ought to be reached within 500 feet
at jackson / know of alocality, in Lib
erty township, Jackson county, where gas
jets were escaping six years ago. 1 would
suggest those concerned to correspond
with the place named above.
Respectfully,
S. W. ELY.
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sented by law, nc person shall traffic in
or sell intoxicating liquors within this
State.
Sec. 2 Laws shall be passed to prevent
the evils, and compensate the injuries re-
sulting from the sale or furnishing of in
tozicating liquors, and from the intoxi-
cation consequent thereon
SEC. 3. County commissioners, town
ship trustees, and municipal authorities,
shall have power severally to restrict or
prohibit the traffic in and the sale of in
toxicating liquors within their respective
jurisdiction, and to impose thereon terms
and conditions other than and in addi-
ton to those prescribed by law.
SEC. 4. Nothing in this Constitution
shall be construed as denying to the Gen
nrobibit the manufacture and sale of in
toxicating liquors, or to regulate the same
in any manner not inconsistent with the
provisions of this article.