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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-25

The above statement 10 . tine ara eorseoe e,a,nD
Grip: from the books Of the company.
J. T. eors. Secretary.
seA9R oS AoelsANS.p
Eanen OF orleans City OF New Orleans. )
sworn to and subscribed before ma .b.s tveutSo
sAigd day Of March, 1874.
P. CHARLES Cyv1LLIER.
i. Eotary Public. Ne 10 Graves S:1ee6
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-25


To sustain :he main proposition that
the law is on the side OF Kellogg and
right on the side Of McEnery in this con.
fict. the Herald makes the declaration
marked the fourth. 1t is probably true. and
the only truthful utterance we find in the
whole miserable specimen Especial plead.
ing. If the pro-slavery Democracy could
once more get control Of political affairs,
peace and tranquility would no doubt be
enforced. Justice would be bound hand and
foot: right would be trampled in the dust.
and the laws would be silent. The tran.
quillity tina: preceded the great rebellion
would succeed the present earnest strug-
gle for personal liberty. The gentle crack
Of the whip might here and there be heard
succeeded By a human sigh. but neither
would ever be heard in the pro-slavery
papers, and The quiet and tranquility Of
the grave of human hopes would super
vene. The Herald should know that
there are things vastly more dear to men
than ignoble peace and slavish tranquil
hty. American people are taught to be
FESTIVE under wrong, and active in the
face OF danger. Protests against oppres-
sion should always enlist the services of
the v'rtuous. 1t is better to postpone
peace and quiet until they can be had
without making too many sacrifices.
No plan of settlement in this State can
ever be permanently adopted tina. ignores
more than half the suffragans. Every
male citizen is political inteeer in the
State, whose influence at the polls is
neither enhanced by wealth and iuau.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22
Masonic DIRECTORY.

LODuhba y
gouTH MEMPHIS, No. 11S-meets Cd Friday
n each vnonth-haiI corner Madison and Sec
ond. W. NJ. Brooks, W. W.. A. J. Wheeler,
1NeTRosA, NO. l6s-meets lst Monday in
svory month, at Odd Fellows Hall corner
Court and Main. O. g. Locke. W. NJ. B.
Richmond. Secretary.
LEILA SCorT, No. 23o-meets LIST Thursday
AZ each month--haIl corner Madison and Sec
ond. VIM. Frank. w. M; A. S. Myers.
'Y pEsoro. No. 2ss-meets Sd Friday Of each
month odd Fellows Hall. Bun. r. Price.
W. NJ; r. W. Shelton. Secretary.
KfLwNxiEQ, No. 3zl-meets 9TH Friday Of
each month--at South Memphis Hall. corner
OF Madison and Second. Richard Creighton,
W. NJ; Jas. S. Carpenter, Secretary.
ROYAL ARCH.
PgEx Charm, No. 22-meets ID Monday Of
.sch month-Odd Fellows Hall. d. 3. Forster,
ME-. p; A. ] Wheeler, Secretary
MEHPHTs CBAPTEH, No e5--meets at Odd
FelIows' Hall, Sd Monday Of each month. W.
S. Matthews. NJ. Z, II. P; X. W. Shelton,
Secretary.
EUREKA COUNCIL, No. 6-meets Sd Thurs
day Of each month-0dd Fellows Hall. @.
Reder. Til. Ill. O. II. Myers, REQ.
TKMPLkRs.
CYRENB CoNKAKDKRY. No. meets 9Th Mon
lay ofeach month. Geo. Mellsrsh, Com. T.
]. BerchHs. Rec.
CALVARY CHAPTER OF Rosz ORorx, 18th. No.
|. Charles W. Adams. SD. M. W.; II.
Tomlinson, ed. Sec.'.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22

LIVERPOOL. May %. 1890 p.m.-Oolton
opens quiet. Upland SID; Orleans. sgd.
Bpm Cotton Is dull. Uplands, SD; Or
leans SID. Sales. 10000 bales. Of which 1000
were for export and speculation.
NORFOLK. May 22.-Cotton receipts te-day,
633 bales.
MOBILE, May % The cotton market is quiet
and steady. Middling. l7zc; receipts. A
bales.
SAVANNAH, May 22--Cotton is dull and moth
ing doing, Middling. 171ze; receipts, IS bales.
GALVESTON, May o Cotton is steady. Mid
ding, lsc; receipts, S0i bales.
NEw ORLEAxs. May p. 1l:s0 a.m.-The
market Is quiet and easy. Middling, l75Sc;
sales. 500 bales; receipts. 1902 bales.
CHARLrsTos. May % The cotton market
quiet and nominll. Middiing, l75Sc; receipts,
$50 halee
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22
COTTON.

The market this morning ruled dull
and nominal. Liverpool was reported
quiet, with middling uplands at SD and
Orleans at SGD; sales, 10000 bales. New
York Tor spots was quoted dull and I'M
changed, with middlings at lSsc and
futures stronger New Orleans was re-
ported dull and irregular, with middlings
at l75c. The market here, under the
influence of the weakness of the Liver
pool and New York markets and the
inclement weather, was dull and heavy
Offerings we're fair, with limited de-
mand The gloomy weather this morn
ing checked operations to great extent.
Prices were nominal and unsettled A
few small lots of ordinary changed
hands at l3@l3ic, low middlings at lie
and middlings at l73c. The receipts of
cotton this year to date is $50 bales in
excess of the receipts Of this date last
year. The estimated receipts of the
Cotton Exchange for this year is 45O,O 900
bales.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22
GErERAL mAEKNT

The following quotations are for orders
from store and small lots in a iObbinR way:
APPLES edium to extra, 50 Wgl0 % y
Dbl.
BsCON- Clear sides. lt5I@llc; clear rib
uncanvased 12I49' $40; breakfast bacon. ll1fg
PIE
BAN so 5000 90 . ton; 81 50 . 100 lbs in
etOre.
,BuTTER-Common. 2592sc; extra, 25S9Oc;
choice table 80a3ic.
BEANS- Dying 10 quslity, e 60d2 70.
FAILING SfUFFS AND tbs BagRing. 2
ana "a lbs, lS@l4c; on OrdefE. 1Wlc higher.
balng tNine, l2h9li1Sc; iron ties, 15zc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22

Il like you" sighed a girl to her
sutton, but l can't leave home. ami
a widows only child No husband can
equal my mother in kindness. She is
kind, pleaded the woter; but be my
wife, we will live together, and see ifI
don't beat your MOTHER
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22
WEATHER AND BUSINESS.

WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
Weather cool and Indictment, with
steady rain, which set in this morning.
The river here declined two feet in the
past tweniy.four hours. In the bends,
from Helena down, the river is falling
very slowly, but will soon be inside of its
banks. The upper rivers are declining
rapidly at Cairo. The decline yesterday
was two feet. White and Arkansas
rivers are falling steadily. Business on
the landing is exceedingly quiet, with a
fair list of boats in port. Rates to all
points remain unchanged.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The John Xilgour passed down last
night for New Orleans with full cargo.
She added here $50 bales of cotton and
a good list of people.
The Andy Baum backed out for Gin
cinnati with $40 bales cotton, 40 bales
rags and 100 bbls oil.
The st. Francis backed out for Madi-
SOL with good freight trip and crowded
with people.
The c. B. Church arrived at New Or
leans yesterday.
The Mary Alice and barges for ST..
Louis passed Vicksburg yesterday.
The Ella Hughes is due to-day from
Nashville. She enters the Arkansas
river trade
The Fred Wilson, with tow Of coal,
and Carrie V. Kountz, for New Orleans,
will pass down this evening.
The Nick Longworth for New Orleans
and Pat Rogers for Memphis left Louis
vile yesterday.
The Thompson Dean was sold yester-
day at Louisville to Captain Paul and
others for $4,000. Commodore Dean
retains one fourth of her. Captain Paul
will command her and ran her between
Louisville aud New Orleans.
The canal is in working order again.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22

A sentimental couple at Duluth were
married on the ice, and il would have
been highly romantic if the bride had
not fallen down aud lost off her back
hair. besides kicking the minister's feet
from under him. The course Of true
love never did run smooth.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22
o. o. p. DIRECTORY.


Dad TellowsEHAIl, corner Main and North
Court streets.
LODGES.
MxxPHIs LODGE, No. 6-meets every Tues-
day. Geo. W. Smith, ". q. W. W. Hum
phreys, Y. g.; c. H. Plischke, Secretary; Z.
+. Risk, Treasurer.
cHIcEhsAw LoDeE, No. S-,meets every Mon
day night. John Garrow. N. g.; Ben Fret
berg, V. g.; r. B. Jones. r. g.; Thomas
Bacon, P. s.: John Holt. Treasurer.
scHILLER Lopez, No. 140-ineets every We'd
nesdnv night. Jos. Aehtman. Y. g.; J. G..
sehmid, y g.; II Shilling, Secretary; Peter
Mentges, Treasurer.
BASEFa LoDeE. No. 1f7--maets every Friday
nlFnt =. Gross, y. g.; J. I. Lees, V. g. (;
=. III otarr. ?. and r. s.; George A. War
ENcAnPNEETs.
6AYoso hScANPMEET. No. 3-meets on the
lst and Sd Thgrsday nights Of each month .
John Garrow; Q. P; Charles NJ. Carroll. n.
P; Dan'l Shloss, S. W Thomas Bacon. s .
John A. Holt. John H. Gran. ]. vi.
MrxPHIs EFcAAPNEET, No Ss-fneets "a am
ish Thursday nights Of each month. q. M.
Plischke, G, P; G. Gross, n p. Gco
Waring, s. W; II. i. Pickeripe. scribe. r
S. Jukes. Treasurer; Ihos. L. Risk. j. W.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

PUEBLO LEDGER 0FFToK,
MENPHIa. TENN.. NAV q. 1874.


The money market this morning was
exceedingly quiet, with little stir in
financial circles. Money continues easy.
The banks continue to discount all first
class paper at SOLO y cent. p annum;
on the streets money is plentiful at 1902
% cent. U month. Brokers are paying
lll@lll} for gold, with light transac-
tons. Exchange is scarce; on New
York, Boston and Eastern points buying
at par and selling at 3c premium, and on
New Orleans at ic discount. The rates
between banks is 50 D $1,000. Local and
foreign securities remain quiet, with no
transactions worthy of note. Six hun
dred shares of the Charleston railroad
chanoad hands Ia az avaninO nj I0c
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22
TKMPERANOE sOCIETY.

EArouA TEMPLE or II AND 7. No. l-meets
sgsry Tuesday night at hall Of Cyrene Com
G. T.; +. A. Lamont, w. V T.. Jos II. shep-
herd. P. W. G. T.; Z. 2. Risk. il. W. r.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22

TENNESSEE Lopez No. 5-Meets NJ
svsry " ednesday night over Adams ~
st-eef Engine House. cor. Second street. q
r. MCLEAN. c. c.; P j. Moran, V c.; G.
Eiedt. N. Of F.; A. Hum. N. Of g.; c.
Hross. u.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22
Friday, the 10th day Of June, 1874,

within the hours Of 10 am. and r m. Of that
day, in front of the entrance to the Office Of
the Western Union telegraph Company, on
Madison street in Memphis, Tennessee, east
Of Main street, offer for sale 10 the highest
bidder. { 7 cash. the following lots or pieces
Of property lying in Shelby county, Tennes-
see, aud described thus: One piece begins at
a state 1898 $40 feet east Of a stake in the
west boundary line Of grant No. l945 in the
name Of l.. Long. running thence east $40 $40
feet to a stake in the northeast corner OF Joy
q Loswood's joint tract 1.-THE same being the
northwest corner Of q tract sold by Levi Joy
and Others to W. II. Bassett), said corner be-
ing on the south site II Breckenridge avenue:
thence south 976 SIP feet; thence west $40 $40
feet TO stake; thence north s76 y feet to
the beginning. estimated to contain II g. 100
acres. The other lots are known as lots Nos.
5, 6 and 2 Of George DiEon's subdivisions Of
his lands on Walnut street, in the city Of
Memphis. BEGINNING on the west side OF Wal
nut street 495 Get and nine inches south of
the intersection Of Walnut and Dixon streets.
being the northeast corner Of lot No. thence
south with Walnut street $50 feet to a stake
thence west $50 feet 70 an alley 26 feet wide;
thence north with said alley $50 feet; thence
east $50 feet to the beginning. kquity Of re-
demption is waived in this trust deed.
M. ID. WEIGH. Trustee.
WILSON & BgARD. Attorneys. g. 96
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
RnArs LEAVING To-Day.

ARRIVALS.
Steamer John Kilgour, Cincinnati
T" John f Tolle, New Orleans.
" Quickstep, White river.
" Phil Allin, Friar's Point.
=" Geo. W Cheek, Napoleon.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer City of Chester, St. Louis.
A" St Francis, Madison.
+" Andy Baum, Cincinnati.
" John Kilgour, New Orleans.
John f. Tolle, St Louis
BOATS IN PORT.
Ben Franklin, Frank Forest, A. j..
White, Quickstep, Geo. W. Cheek, Phil
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22
saturday, 9Th day Of June, 1874,

at the southeast corner Of Court Square. in
the city of Memphis, 1,un., within legal
hours. sell to q highest bidder, for cash. the
certain property situated in Shelby county.
Tenn, and known as block b on The plan Of
Fort Pickering. 10 which trust deed and the
reference therein made special reference Is
here made for greater certainty Terms Of
sale cash. Equity Of redemption barred.
Title believed 70 be good, but I will only sell
and convey as Trustee.
HIVES POsroS. Attorneys. 50-7s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22

York aud Boston to Memphis on freights by
the GreatW estern Dispatch Fast Freight Line:
III rail-First class. u 81; second class. 81 IS;
third class. 81 o.; fourth class. SIC; fifth class.
SIC.
The following are freight rates. a cwt., on
compressed cotton to the points named:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22
Trustees Sale.

PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF A DEED
il In trust 20 me executed on the 18th day Of
January, 1878, duly registered in Deed Book
No. ". page 475. by Matthias Jones and his
wife Harnah Jones, will, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22
NOTICE.
LEGAL.
Trustees Sale.

FINDER AND by VIRTUE CT THE
| terms Of trust deed ace TO me as
Trustee on the 9th day of October, 1872, by
I ii Logwood and Kate L. Logwood, his
wife, TO secure the payment of certain notes
therein described. which deed is recorded in
Book No. 80. on page 367 Of the Registers
Records Of Shelby county, will, at the re-
quest of the holder Of said notes, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22
MEMPHIS POsTeFFICE.

OvrIor HouRs-FRoMS AN. TO 5P.H. SUNDAY,
FRoH 9 TO 10 An.
Closes. Arrives.
t.r.tP.H, L.N.IP.H.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-22

Memphis and Nicksburg Packet Co.-For
Helena, FIiar's Point and he benes-U. 5.
mail 10 Napoleon.
MI. J. WHITE.
+ Eaxss Mark Cheek...,.....-......:Mas Master
Leaves TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS.
For freight or passage apply on board or to
SGT GEO W.CIltEK sup't. 26S Front st.
Memphis, He,-Ra and Frfar's Point
Semi-Weekty Line.
The elegant passenger steamer
PHIL ALLIN Lee. master
7 caves MEMPHIS ON MON N,zs n.
~ DAYS, WEDNESDAYS and .2
For freight or passage apply IN board. 65-t
Regular Semi.wetkIy Coast Pk't.
For Randolph. Fulton. osceOla and AshpOrt.
Str. Frank Forest, .t2,ssas;sIuee
o. X. JOPLIN Master
XXTILL LEAVE EVERY MONDAY AND
w FRIDAY, making all the coast land
ings. For freight or passage apply on board.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-07-09
The Stage Horse Kitty.

The following is one of Mr.. Charles
Dudley Warmers spirited little picture
sketches from life during one of his
stage-coach journeys:
May L never forget the spirited little
jade, the off-leader in the third stage,
the petted belle of the route, the ner-
vous, coquettish, mincing mare of
Marshy Hope. A spoiled beauty she
was you could see that as she took the
road with dancing step, tossing her
pretty head about, and conscious of her
shining black coat, and her tail done
up "in any simple knot" like the back
hair of Shelley's Beatrice Cencl. How
she ambled, and sidled, and plumed
herself, and now and then let fly her
little heels high in air, in mere excess
of larkish feeling.
$50, girl so, Kitty !" murmurs the
driver, in the softest tones of admira-
tion "she don't mean anything by it T;
she's Just like a kitten"
But the heels kept flying above the
traces, and by-and-by the driver is
obliged to "speak harsh" to the
beauty. The reproof of the displeased
tone is evidently felt, for she settles al
once to her work, showing perhaps q
little impatience, jerking her head ur
and down, and protesting by her MIN
BILE movements against the more delib,
crate trot of her companion. I believe
that blow from the cruel lash would
have broken her heart or esle it would
have made little fiend of the spirited
creature. The lash is hardly ever good
| for the sex
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-07-09

1t is almost to be regretted that Mr..
Beecher is so popular, SO much loved,
and so much sought after. If he could
be more of a recluse, if he could live
more slowly, there can hardly be a
question that his work would last
longer. There are SO many calls on
him now that he is compelled to write
and speak nearly at the rate the writer
scribbles when the printers are calling
for more "copy." Aspeech, an article,
an editorial, sermon are thrown off
with such rapidity that there is no time
to trim the rough edges. And this
man does an amazing deal of work.
He edits large religious weekly, con-
tributing its principal editorials, writes
for the Ledger regularly, is generally
at work on some book, is constantly
speaking in public, and breaches two
sermons a week, which are the only
ones heard in these parts worthy of
regular publication. Several divines
have enjoyed the honor of published
sermons, but only Henry Ward Beecher
has managed to keep up the supply of
matter worthy of the type-setter's at
tention. A large publishing-house
lives almost entirely on his brains.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-07-09
"A Neat Revenge.

Burleigh, the New York correspon-
dent of the Boston Journal, writes as
follows:
An amusing incident occurred the
other day on one OF the trains from
Boston TO this city. The cars were very
crowded. An elegantly dressed woman
occupied an entire seat. Her bundles,
bandbox. and bag were piled artisti-
cally. She was oblivous to the fact
that passengers were rushing back and
forth to obtain sittings. More than
one gentleman drew himself up in front
of the imperious dame, and silently
plead for the vacant spot. She famed
herself leisurely, lolled in the seat, and
evidently thought that things were very
comfortable as they were. Is that
seat occupied, madam ?" said a we'll
dressed gentleman, very politely. "Yes,
it is" was the swapping reply. The
man walked on. In half an hour the
door opened, and in walked tall, rough
fellow, coarse as a Polar bear. His
huge beard was uncombed and stained
with tobacco Juice. His clothes were
lily put on, and smelt of the stable.
He was ungloved, and brawny, and
weighed full 200. He ran his eye along
the car, and caught the seat on which
our lady was sitting. He m ,de for it.
With great deliberation he seized bun.
die, baudbox, and bag, put them plump
into the lap of tho lady, and sat down
in the vacant spot like one who intended
to stay. If looks could have annihila
ted a man there would have been {
corpse in that car about that time. The
man seemed very much at home. HI
whistled; he spit; he stroked hi
beard he threw round his huge arms
and chuckled inwardly at the eviden
rage of the woman. She left the car
at New Haven, and had hardly gon'
before the gentleman who was refused
the seat reappeared. To some gentle
men who seemed to take great inter
est in the proceedings, he said: "Dic
you see how that woman treated me !?
"Yes." "Did you see how she wa
come up with ?" eyes" swell, tina
man is a horse doctor that sat dow
beside Ler. He belongs to Bulls Head
L gave him dollar to ride with tina
woman as far as she went" The ca
| reared
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-07-09
The Frying-Pan.

The Anti Frying Pan League is the
latest movement, and the need for it
is in the everlasting frying of meat, in
the use of so much lard, and in the
great number of doughnuts made.
Frying has only one recommendation
that is, ease with which it is done.
We are told by the apostles of the Anti
Frying League chat farmers wives are
short-lived because they fry SO much,
and the children are short-lived be
cause so much lard INJURIES their deli
cate stomachs but it seems that farm
ers themselves are g-lived, not be-
cause they eat lard, for their stomachs
are strong, but it is to be presumed,
because they have no frying to do.
told that frying is easy work, and it so
happens that it is not true that farmers
live longer than their wives. Take the
country through, and quite as many
old women will be found as old men,
and the probability is there are more
extremely old women than extremely
old men. Women have many cares and
vexations. but they are not exposed to
unfavorable influences like men. Men
and women rise and fall together. The
trouble is not so much in frying as in
what is fried. Fried apples and fried
potatoes are unobj But fried
salt pork the year in and out is un-
doubleday injurious, and it does not
make much odds whether it is boiled
or fried. Indeed, our people eat toe
much meat, and they would find it to
their advantage to use more fruit, more
sugar, and even more cake. The cry
against lard is constant, but the article
does not differ much from olive oil,
which has been in use from the earliest
ages, and the human stomach seems alb
solutely to need fat in some form to
carry on digestion. There are instances
where pies made with extremely short
crust have proved specifically medi-
cinal. 1t is tolerably refrigerating for
city people and literary people who
think more about their victuals than
their manners to lecture farmers on
their habits, while if they should come
out into the country and go to work
they would quickly adopt many of the
habits they despise though it Is to be
granted they would retain some worthy
of being retained.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-07-09
The Women for Wives.

The N. Y. Star commends the advice
of Chancellor Crosby to the graduates,
with reference to marri4 ge, to avoid the
fashionable and frivolous, and seek
those who will adorn their lives with
domestic virtue and yet, says the
editor, how strange it is that nine men
out of ten will pick stylish, frivolous
girl for wife if she be pretty, in pre-.
ference to one with all the virtues and
homely visage. Men admire all the
good qualities in woman, but they rare
ly take one to wife if she be possessed
of the spirit of an angel, if she is moi
also blessed with comely visage.
And the girls know this as we'll as we
do. Catch them in the kitchen cook
ing when they can find a beau and have
good time in the parlor. Hence we
say there is little or no encouragement
for a girl to train herself ON Chancellor
Crosby's pattern. 1t is only old gentle
men who have "had their day. and
wish to settle down quietly, that seen
to appreciate this kind of woman.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-07-09
A Souvenir Extraordinary.

Mark Twain in one of his articles
speaks of the lady who treasures pre-
cious slice of bread from which Dickens
had taken bite. This sounds like the
broadest burlesque, but the following
anecdote, which is literally true, and
illustrates many peoples foolish desire
for relics, shows that Twain was hardly
burlesquing in his essay The last time
that Mr.. Dickens was in this country he
happened one morning to breakfast at
the common table of the hotel where
he was stopping. When he had eaten
his egg he dropped the empty shell into
his egg-cup, and after finishing his
breakfast left the table. AS soon as he
had gone lady who had sat next him
arose, and taking up the egg-cup went
to the hotel proprietor and offered to
purchase it of him at any price, and the
unwashed egg-cup containing the
broken shell is now kept by her as q
souvenir of the great novelist.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-07-09
ResuscItation of Drowned Persons.

The Massachusetts, Humane Society
has issued card with these directions
for restoring persons apparently drown
ed -
Convey the body to thenearest house,
with head raised. Strip and rub dry.
Wrap in blankets. Initiate the lungs by
closing the nostrils with thumb and
fingers and blowing into the mouth for
clbly, and then pressing with hand on
the chest. Again blow in the mouth
and press on the chest, and SO on for
ten minutes, or until he breathes.
Keen the body warm, extremities also.
Continue rubbing-do no give up so
long as there is any chance of success.