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The Grange advance., 1874-09-23
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.

Correspondence to this department is
solicited. Write about home
duties, home work, home trials and sue
esses.-ED.
The Grange advance., 1874-09-23

"A woman's courage flows deeper
than man's-his springs from the will,
hers from the heart.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03

The late King of Saxony was in the
habit of attending all the State institu
tons to see that they were kept in
working order. One day King John ap
peared at the telegraph Office of small
station, taking the clerk by surprise.
This officer had only just time to tele
graph to his colleagues at the next sta
tion, The King has just arrived on a
visit of inspection" before he was sum-
moned to give all possible details to his
sovereign with regard to the amount OF
traffic in the place, the number of dis
patches received, the number sent out,
etc. Presently a message came along
the wire, which the clerk read in much
embarrassment. What are the con-
tents of that dispatch2" inquired the
King The official stammered out that
the contents were unimportant, but, as
his royal master insisted on being in
formed of them, the unhappy clerk was
at length compelled to acknowledge that
he had telegraphed to his neighbor,
The King has just arrived, and that
the answer he had received ran thus:
" The King pokes his nose into every
thing"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03

French celebrities are not so inacces-
sible as English. M. Theirs has the sim
Pile manners of bourgeois, and may
often be seen prowlirg ameng the book
stands, occasionally taking down vol
ume for inspection. He is very diminu-
tive in stature, but has a keen, bright
look which arrests attention, and is in
dicative of alert mental powers. Young
Dumas is often seen promenading on
the boulevards, and is a very gentle
manly individual. He has a fine and
handsome heRd. much more striking
than that of his late father, whom, how
ever, he resembles strongly. The mouth
and chin indicate refinement, and the
broad forehead intellectual power, which
be certainly possesses in an eminent de-
gree. The Count de Chambord is won
delfully like the Prince of Wales, with q
little less heaviness of face. Decidedly
aristocratic, with thinly yelled haughti-
ness and self fconceit, his face, in the
lower portion, indicates most unmistaka-
bly lack of frmness. If you saw him
without knowing who he was, you would
pass him by without comment. Informed
that he was the Count de Chambord, you
would fail to perceive in him anything
of that divinity which is said to hedge
2 king.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03

A Paris journal tells the story of a
5eggar who presented himself regularly
at a certain coffee house with a clarionet
nnder his arm. will you allow me,
gentlemen said he, in an humble tone
of voice, to play tuner / am only
an amateur, and if you prefer giving me
few eoppers, l viii spare you the an
noyanee OF listening to me" Every
one felt at once for few stray coppers,
and the musician departed with a pro.
found obeisance. This he repeated sew
eral evenings in succession. At last one
evening young man who had never
failed to contribute to the wants of the
itinerant musician, asked him in a
friendly manner to give them a tune; let
it be good or bad be wanted to hear him.
But am afraid, sir, / shall disappoint
you Never mind that; give US a
tune" " But ] am very poor player.
and / have a very poor instrument. 3"
' No matter for that; / want to hear
you" " Well, sir, since you insist upon
it, said the poor man, L will tell you
that / don't play at all. | carry this
clarionet merely for the purpose of
threatening people with my perform
ance.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03

the allowances have been made for cook
ing, service, rent, etc.
Sometime or other there viii be q
change, we suppose. When the times of
initiation are gone by, when on one side
men will content themselves with rea-
sonable profits, and on the other, money
comes harder and slower, we shall have
a reform of prices in the better class Of
eating houses. Our expectations in re-
gard to the second-rate places are more
indefinite. 1t takes several generations
to train people to ideas of retrench-
ment and good manners at the table.
The average German has nothing to
boast of yetin this respect, and we can
only hope that the American, with his
greater sensitiveness and quicker in
stincts, will reach the desired point be-
fore him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03
FACTS AND FANCIES.

Jones, being told that he looked seedy
and asked what business he was in, re
piled: "The hard wear business-lool
at my wardrobe"
Queen Victoria, an English jenkins
says, has a cask Of fresh sea water sent
daily to London for her morning bath
during her residence in that city.
The Fresh Currents" man of the
Cincinnati Times apologies for vile
for vile pun, by pleading that a man S
got to keep his end up some way Why
dosen't he stand on his head2
1t appears by information received
from Stuttgart, Wurtemburg that the
sensation there last month was the arri-
val of young mulatto, of dark brown
complexion, little over twenty years
of age, Of Florida, as United States
Consul at Stuttgart.
What Danbury mans plan for the
extinction OF the SpQnlards IN case OF
war is, for the Spanish navy to be de-
coyed within the range of our coast, and
then for the weather bureau to get up a
hurricane with thunder and lightning
and destroy them.
The Duchess of Aosta, the wife of
Amadeus, late of Spain. is very i'll.
When she left Madrid in haste she was,
in travelling across Spain, exposed to
the cold January weather, and the seeds
of consumption we're sown, which, it is
feared, will prove fatal to her.
A young man in Indiana sues his
father for loaned money, which the
father claims was his own property. The
fathers counsel, in summing up the
case of his client remarked, "Twice has
this prodigal returned to his father
house; twice has he been received with
open arms; twice for him has the 'fatted
calf been killed, and now he comes back
aud wants the old COW"
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meat from Australia.

A cargo of Australian meat has re-
rently been sent to England, and its
preservation during the voyage is ef-
fected by a new process, in which no
antiseptic materials of any kind are en-
ployed. The beef and mutton is brought
on board directly from the slaughter
house and thrown into an iron tank, no
particular care being exercised in ar
ranging the pieces. The reservoir is
placed within another and larger re-
ceptacle, and ice, produced by artificial
means, is packed upon the cover of the
inner vessel. The water due to melting
runs over the upper surface and down
the sides of the latter; and it is col
lected at the bottom to be returned by
tubes to the ice, to be again refrigerated.
The apparatus is built in a kind of a
well, made between the upper deck and
hold of the vessel, about amidship, and
is protected by layers of sawdust and
other non-conducting material. 1t is
said that meat thus treated has been
kept on shore for eighty-fve days with
out losing any Of its properties or be-
coming in any wise decomposed
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03
FAMILY CASES.
NERVOUS DEBILITY.

A depressed, irritable state of mind; weak
nervous, exhausted feeling; no energy or ami
nation; confused head, weak memory, often
with debilitating, involuntary discharges.
The Consequence Of excesses, mental ovorwork
or indiscretions. This Nervous Debility finds
Specific, No. %. 1t tones up the system, ar
rests discharges, dispels themental gloom and
dependency, and reiuvenates the entire sys-
tenn. 1t is perfectly harmless and always eff
cient. Price SIS; for package of five boxes
and large 81 vial of powder, which is impor-
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
HOMEoPATHIC MEDIoNE Co.. No. 562 Broad
way. M. y. xvi&-tukf-xviii-S9
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MIR. III. Ii. StantOn's Views OF Arthur
BOnn1castIe.

From the New York SUM-
We have read Bonnicastle, and con-
fess that it is one of the very hardest
books to review that we ever attempted.
1t reminds us, as the late Mr.. Lincoln
was wont to say, of a little story. A
married pair were afflicted with an un-
commonly diminutive and, at the same
time, viciously cross baby. One night
this abominable child had kept up a
continuous howl, stretching into the
small hours, when the patience of the
father being at last exhausted, he got up
in the dark intent on taking strong
measures to enforce silence. But as the
cries continued unabated for some time,
the sleepy mother called out John,
why in the world don't you spank that
child2" To which John replied, That
is just what / want to do, my dear, but,
the fact is, / can't find anything to
spank" Johns trouble with his infant
is precisely ours with DR.. Holland s
novel. There is book here and baby
there; but it is such an amazingly wee
one that it is as hard to find anything to
review in the one as it was to find spank
ing surface on the other.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03
LEGAL.

In Bankruptcy,
mHE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY GIVES
notice Of his appointment as assignee Of
". M. Wheaton Of the city Of Meuphis,
shelby county. Tennessee. within said Dis
fricf. who has been adiudced a bankrupt by
the District Court Of said District.
NI0-lll-ll5 K. D. JORDAN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03
RAILROADS.
Memphis & Little Rock Railway.
Winter. @cheduIe.

O,oMYdENCING DECEMBER s, 1873, UN-
u iii farther notice, trains will leave Mem
phs as follows, city time;
Mail train daily, except Sunday y;.......5:l5 p. m
Freight and Accommodation daily,
except Sunday~.................... am
Pullman Palace Cars on mail train.
Direct connection with trains on Cairo and
Fulton and Little Rock and Fort Smith rail-
roads
Only direct route to all points in Arkansas
and Texas.
For information and tickets call AZ 2S7 and
27s Main street, or at the depot, Center Land
A. S. LIVERM0RE,
si-ll3 General Superintendent.
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OFFICIAL.
PROCLAMATION.
MAYoR,s oFFIcE. any HALL.

MEMPHIS, TRNN,. Januarv 2, 1874.
IN PURSUANCE OF SECTION q OF THE
/ City Ordinances tho General Council will
convene at the City Hall, in Exchange Build
ing. on Saturday. the Sd day Of January. 1874
at PM. for the purpose Of making provi.
sion for the installation Of the Mayor and
members Of the General Council elect, ana
the performance OF the other duties pre-
scribed by the said section.
loi-l0s JOHN JOHNSON. Mayor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03
LEGACY.
Legacy.

Z HAD RATHER HAVE A SITUATION
than a legacy, and ii there is a business
man in Memphis who needs man competent
and anxious to work, please answer this ad-
vertisemeut.
lO6-los Respectfully. ID j. W.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03
JEWELRY.
-~~~~~~~-~-~~~-~-~~---~~---~
JEWELRY AT PANIC PRICES
AT
August JOerss' Jewelry Store,
No. 2O2 Main street,
(bet. Adams and Washington.l

MY LARGE AND WELL SELECTED
vi stock of Jewelry, consisting Of gold
gents and ladies' watches, II carat. opera
Nilsson, matinee and vest chains. coral ame-
thyst and solid gold sets, bracelets, charms,
rings, blue enameled lookets. necklaces. etc.
will be sold at nearly cost prices TO suit the
times. Also. constantly on hand a large Sc
lection of Jet and Fancy Goods, cheaper than
elsewhere. LAUGUST J0ERSS.
95-l20
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03

MEMPHIS AND RALEIGH RAILROAD.
Daily Trains Except Sunday Leave Mem
phis at am, .l0p.m. aud4.l0p.m; Leave
Fare for round trip. 80 cents. Tickets for
sale at 287 Main (cor. Madisonl, depot office,
and at Raleigh. JOHN DONOVAN, Pres.
JAs SPEEp. Gen'I Ticket Agent
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03
N O I'll e.
LAKES.
TAXES.
.---------~~----~---~---
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

OFFICE or CRY Tax COLLECTOR,
MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE, December l6. 1873. I
90 AND PAY YOUR CITY TAXES NOW,
VI
OR BEFORE rHE 1sT OF JANUARY. as the taxes
for 1873 will be declared past due and the Tax
Collector instructed to issue his WARRANTS
without further delay, "AsTHELAw DIRECTS. -
FELIX W. ROBERTSON,
sl.l02 City Tax Collector.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03

ON AND AFTER SUNDAY. NOV. g, 1873,
" Trains will run as follows;
LEAVE. ARRITR.
Now orleans Mail, daily...1 200 p.In. 80 n
Express. .daily~..,...............4l5 pm. S;5O a.
Trims on this road make close connection at
Grenada with Mississippi Central railroad ior
all points North and South; at Memphis with
the Memphis and Louisville line for all points
North and East, and with the Memphis and
Little Rock railway for ali points in Arkansas
and the West. only direct route to Canton,
Jackson. Nicksburg, New Orleans end Mobile.
Tickets on sale at 2S7 Main street. corner of
i55-f M. BURKE. sup,t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03

Sleeping cars on mail train. Depot Center
Landing. foot of Washington street, Ticket
oflces. 2S7 (cor. Madisonl and 27S Main street.
AS. LIVERM0RE, Gen. Sup't.
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NOW is THE TIME no BUY
MEDICAL.
DIR. Curtis on ManhOnd. -
2OOth EDITION.
Revised and Corrected by the Author. b. DE-
F. CURTIS, NJ. D.. etc., etc.

II VN41I I17I Ut Dsi VNVst UIUs
A MEDICAL ESSAY on the cause aud cure
Of Premature Decline in Man, showing how
health is lost and how regained. 1t gives a
clear synopsis ofthe Impediments to Marfinge,
the treatment Of Exhausted Vitality, Nervous
and Physical Debility. and other diseases ap-
pertaining thereto. and the remedies therefor,
the results of twenty years successful pi ac-
tioe.
"'CURTIS ON MANHOOD There is no
member of society by whom this book will mt
be found useful whether he be parent ure-
ceptor or clergym. - London Times.
Price so cents. by mail. Address the anthor.
DR.. CURTIS
i0-xviii9 fremont Place. Boston. Mass
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03
Tieket ONCE, 2s7 Main, cor. Madison.

JOHN T. FLYNN, sup't Memphis Div:
JAMES SPEED, Ticket Agent. s'-f
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DRUGS.
NOTICE..
L. o. o. r..

TVHE SPECIAL RELIEF COMMITTEE
i gives notice 10 all needy Odd Fellows or
their families in the citv, that they will be
supplied with whatever their necessities may
require, By making application for orders
upon the following committeeman:
A. W. NEWS0M, 166 Front street
GEO. W. l.. CROOK, 81 Madison street.
WIN. HENRY. Is Madison street.
j. p. HOFFMAN,, SOs Main street.
The Odd Fellows commissary store will be
open from 10 to y o'clock on Tuesdays. Thurs
days and Saturdays. Tl-lO0
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03

rs- No change Of cars by this line for 10 lis-
willie. st. Louis or Nashville. Pullman Pa lace
sleeping cars on al night trains.
For tickets or information apply at
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03
PHYSICIAN.
PLAsrERERs.
PLAST IN .

w b. LOOKEY a co.. PLAIN AND
w ornamental plasterers, Is Gayos0 81.
Jobbing promptly attended 10. A-ll8
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LOUISVILLE AND NASHGIl lE
Great Southern Railroad.
SCHEDULE.

- exec pted) ...... 81 am
Freich( and Accommodation Train
leaves daily, Sundays excepted...... 6:l0 IN
Mail Train leaves daily y................. ll0 p IN
daiiv tSupdays excepted) .............. 4:1O p. m
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03

Am. pm. An. Pm.
Mail Train daily Except
Sunday y).......................7 7.l5 5.3o
Freight and Acconmoda-
tion Except Sunday).... 6.55 500
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03

PADUCAH AND MEMPHIS RAILROAD.
Mail and Freight Train leayes......,., ,So $40 ,. m
The mail and freight train leaves Covilgton
for Memphis at z IN. and returns TO Coving-
ton ot 1905 pm. Trains leaving Memphis will
start from the Underwriters Warehouse.
j. W. AILBUR. Gen'l Sup't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03

Depot at foot of Main street.
cieket 0dice. 2S7 Main street. corner of
hau'Son' NJ pIrRKE aorp srn,t
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MEMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD
Arrives. Leaves.
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Depot at head of Main streeS,
NcFet Office, 2S7 Main street, corner of
Madison.
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Mississippi 6 Tennessee R. &
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5iIssISSTPPI AND TENNESSEE R.R.
Arrives. Leaves.
g--1 ~--e---.-
AN. Pm. A.M. Pm.
r. 0. hail daily. 2.5O 100
Bvuresf ......... $50 AIS
Froirbf ldaily'ex. Sunday, $40 6.25
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-03
NAILROAD TIME TABLES.

NEHPHIs AND LoUISVILLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-10-17

The turkey crop is large.
Taffy pullingsn are IN order.
Musk rat shooting has commenced.
The keel of 70o.ton schooner WAS laid et
Milford this week.
Georgetown is the Democratic banner
bundled Of Sussex.
Old corn is worth 81 per bushel In Milford.
Wheat sells at Sl25.
Walnuts, ehesnuts, rohihoapins and per-
simmons arc plentiful.
A youth Of 20 voted on age at the little
election in Georgetown.
The Laurel Agricultural Fair which was
In progress last week, was successful.
Gardner * Baker are building green
house, and Will start a nursery near Milford.
A water melon Weighing Al pounds was
/ grown this year by Charles Emory, neal
| Bombay Hook.
All the down-country papers have good
/ word o. say for our new Chlef Engineer OF
/ the Water Works.
The Sussex Journal says man 8 vote was
purchased in Georgetown on election day
| with pl0w-point.
Wash. Greonly. well-to do eolored far
mer, living near Willow Grove Kent
county, died last wetk.
There is but one total abstinence man, Il
! Is said, on both the Democratic and Repub-
lican Sussex county tickets.
An Odessa glee club, while serenad ing II
! MiddletOwn one night recently, were SCI
upon and stoned by party of rowdies.
At Lewes. on the sth, Harry Maull, col
nred. aged 81, and Miss Brener Lacy, aged
70. were married by the Rev. q. NJ. Pegg.
4 oolored man named Benjamin Dredden
walked from Oak Grove 10 SeaiOrd, dis
lance OF milea, in 90 minutes, one day las
| week.
A young man named Adkins jumped from
the railroad bridge At Laurel the otAs day
| TO avoid being run over by hand car ana
was dangerously injured.
Or. Charles Il. Ferris, physician and drug
eist, who has been quite i'll for severa
weeks past, has so far recovered as to NOV
about his room. We hope soon to see hir
at his usual place OF business
The Milford Neigs says the temperate
men propose 70 have local option lay
enacted by the next Legislature, II the
can and where they TAIL to carry this b
vote In any county, there to have ltcene
under the present laws.
The steamer Ai5emdrle is carry ing pots
, toes. corn and other produce from LeweH /
| considerable quantities. She carries cor
in ship bags, at eight cents per bushel, bu
charges .forty-hye cents for a barrel {
potatoes.
Two members OF Hebron Lodge Of Cd
Fellows, of Seaford, are officers in III
Grand Lodge OF the state, and anoth'
member Of the came lCsige is Grand Repr
sentative 10 the Grand Lodge United State
, Hebron seems 10 he in luck.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-10-17
The Recent Shooting Case.
LITTER FROM FARMER DESCRIBING
THEIR GRIEVANCES.

THEIR dhlENANChos
Editor Of Every Egsaing Il read your
editorial In your issue Of the S.h inst,
upon the accidental killing Of young
Lukens. / call II accidental, because
do not believe Woodward knew what his
gun was loaded with or who loaded 1t.
Guns are generally loaded by boys or
hands, and hung up for future use.
However, we greatly regret this occur
renee.
Mr.. Editor, you say the farmers think
they have the right TO take the life of
trespassers. We do not think SO. You
appear to know how we are robbed and
our property destroyed by trespassers.
l will state TO you how things are In my
part Of the county. have been fourteen
years upon my farm. have chestnut,
walnut and wild cherry trees, and during
these fourteen years have not had four
teen of any kind of fruit or nut
menli They have all been stolen
by trespassers.
Not only has my fruit been taken, but
everything wearing a feather or a hair
has been shot, even the turkeys and COWS
Our fences are broken down, rails slipped
out Of fences to climb trees with, aud our
cattle allowed to get out or turned upon
our growing crops.
Then when we go To drive these tres
passers off we receive curses loud and
deep. Not only on week days, for San
days appear 10 be the best days for hunt
ing parties Of from six to twelve with
dogs, hunting our places from end to end.
But you say, "the law protects U.S."
Iowl We do not know their names.
But are we to stand and see our prop
erty destroyed and then receive the curses
of those despoillug usl You do not hall
tell your readers how we are trod upon
Suppose you town people saw party o.
six in your yard stealing your grapeI
and when you ordered them of they
turned and cursed you till the air wal
blue with profanity, what would you do
do not know Mr.. Woodward, and
regret that he has accidentally killed TIT
young man, and brought distress upoI
both families. However, let us suspend
opinions until the case is tried.
CoUNTRYMAN.
NEW CASTLE, October 9th.