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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-07
SPECIAL NOTICE.

SCHEScK's PULMONIc SYRUP FOR THE CURE OF
CONSUMPTION. COUGHS AND COLDS.
The great virtue of this medicine is that it
ripens the matter and throws 1t out of the sys-
TEN. purifes the blood, and thus effects a cure.
SoHEEcK's SEA WEED Tone FOR THE CURE or
DYSPEPSIA. INDIGESTION, Ere.
The Tonic produces healthy action Of the
stomach. creating an appetite, forming chyle.
and curing the most obstinate cases Of indi-
gestion.
SoHENoR's MANDRAKE PILLS FOR THE CURE or
LIVER COMPLAINT, Ere.
These Pills are Alternative, and produce a
healthy action of the liver. without the least
danger. as they are free from calOmel, and yet
more eficacious in restoring healthy action
of the liver
These remedies are a certain cure for Con-
sumption, as the Pulmonic Syrup rlpens the
matter and puriies the blood. Ihe.Mandrake
Pills act upon the liver, create healthy bile,
and remove all diseases Of the liver, often
cause of Consumption. The Sea Weed Tonic
gives tone and strength to the stomach, makes
a good digestion, and enables the organs to
form good blood, and thus creates healthy
circulation of healthy blood. The combined
action of these medicines. as thus explained,
will cure every case of Consumption, if taken
in time, and the use Of the medicines perse-
vered in.
DR.. Schenck is professionally at his princi-
pal office, corner Sixth and Arch streets. Phil
adelphia, every Monday, where all letters for
advice must be addressed.
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cTb. Fashionable Narcotic -

The London Sanitary Record has the
following: "Chloral hydrate is the new
fashionable hypnotic, the means by
which balmy sleep, natures sweet
restorer, is wooed. But the brief flourish
of trumpets which announced its discov.
cry has given way to a well-established
and Justly founded outcry. against its
abuse, and the evils which attach to its
employment. More dangerous than
opium, more baneful than alcohol, an
utterly destructive agent, except in GER
tain active sleepless conditions, when it
should be given by medical men alone,
chloral hydrate is working much IRENE
diable mischief in our midst. am
sorry to have to record the opinion am
about to express, the more so that it is
in the pages of work intended to come
before the lay public. But it must be
done, even if it lead to some odium. 1t
is but too common for some practitioners
to advise patient to do what they can
discern he wishes to do. 1t is also a sad
fact that any new line of treatment, any
novel means of playing tricks with the
people under the misnomer OF thera-
peutics, will meet with ready adoption
by those who either wish to be au fait
with fashionable and new remedies, or
are disinclined to give the necessary
thought individual thought, to each
case and its special indications
for treatment. Consequently the
rash. ill-founded aud, as it is being
ranidly found, the i'll starred confidence
in cieloral is now being generally de-
plored by the observant members of the
nrofession. Shortly alter bromide of
notassium was ushered into notoriety n
plentiful crop of cases appeared in the
medical journals telling OF the conse-
ouences of its abuse, either when con
tiuued too long after being medically
nreseribed, or self-administered. The
evil consequences of the habitual use, or
rather abuse, of chloral hydrate are be-
coming much more viyi1ly apparent.
It's destructive action on the nerve
c.nters. its production Of permanent
condition of brain bloodlessness, and
consequent imperfect function OF the
brain cells, are being widely recognized;
and il is now established beyond all ques-
tion of doubt that the adoption OF chic.
raj hydrate as an hypno'io III tSu "
opium is the adoption OF greater evil than
tie one il has replaced. That chloral,
though it may be. and is, eminently use
ful as a hypnotic in certain cases, IN Its
bahitual or occasional use is destruc-
tive poison, carrying with it most osnee'
full consequences, is generally admitted )
and its widespread use as soporitic is
fraught with mischievous results. The
highest authorities, English and Ameri-
can. are now decrying its use, especially
in eases Of sleeplessness, associated wltn
depression or low spirits, with men'al
worry. and with brain distress. Those
who unfortunately have been induced to
maize resort to chloral as a practice, have
need to watch themselves carefully, and
note quickly any changes they may feel,
and eschew the poison as speedily as
may be on the first appearance OF any
morbid effects.
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Origin OF the Word Gerry
mauder.1

After Congressional elections, we are
very apt to hear complaints of " gerry
Wandering "a word of which the fol-
lowing incident at once furnishes the
origin and explanation
When Elbrdge Gerry, after being
twice defeated, became Governor of Mas
sachusets, in 1910, he planned, or at least
sanctioned, law for carving the State
into acute angled districts, the majority
of which could be depended upon to
return Democratic Legislators One of
the means used to oppose the measure
was the publication aud circulation of a
sketch of the long drawn, distorted dis
tricts of Eastern Massachusetts,. A copy
of it was posted on the wall of New.
buryport newspaper Office. A casual
visitor added head and claws to it, and
said to the editor. See this sala-
mander." The latter, filed with sudden
inspiration, replied: "Td call it Ger
rymander," and Elbrldge Gerry was
damned to everlasting fame. When he
died two years later as Vice President of
the United States, he knew that gerry
mander was already common word
and that the practice it denoted was
rapidly becoming common.
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Ths FutureOfvenice.

A correspondent Of the London Daily
News. writing of the increased Difficult.
ties of navigation off Venice, says:
There goes from her moorings off the
Riva de Schiavoni, opposite to my win
dow. the Peninsular and Oriental boat
starting or her trip to Alexandria, as
punctual to her hour as if she were a
component part of the planetary system
She moves off with majestic slowness;
and we watch her stately progress, ex-
pecting to see her rate OF speed in
creased in a minute or two. But mol
She continues to move out towards the
open lagoon at the rate of some two
miles an hour or so. Open lagoon,
auoth / Yes; it may look such now
that the tide is in, with its beautiful ex-
panse dappled with thousand reflections
and smiling softly in the brilliant sun
light to the eyes OF landsmen. But there
;s not seaman on board that boat who
Joss NOT know right well how delusiye
,ba annearance is. And il the landsman
Iii onlv look out over the same expanse
son,e half dozen hours hence, he too will
bog;n N understand why that huge
steamer moves so slowly and so eau
,;ousIv II is bound for the port OF
Malamocco, where it will hnd the open
ing in the embankment of the Lido
which will give it egress to the open
Adriatic. But for the whole OF that dis
tance the big ship must cautiously grope
;ts devious way among shoals, many oil
which VIII be absolutely dry at low wa
,ar and ali Of wbieh-this is the terrible
mart Of the matter-are larger and high
er this year than they were last aud vi,
be yet more so next year. She may wei
move slowly and cautiously. 1t Is a. a,
much as she can do TO get ont at all
And it has more than once happcneSS
that she. or her sisters, have felt the sol
bottom in doing so.
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THE BUSY BEE,
supersitIons About Him.

The Bee Journal says;
To cure bee stings, hundreds Of re-
medies have been offered, some of them
yery old. Pliny says rue will cure
stings of bees, hornets and wasps. he
also declares that tea made out OF bees
Themselves will cure the sting when
drank. Pauline and saurell both Leaf.
bark and berry he says will cure it
These may be good, but Pliny goes still
further. "For the sting of bees, he says
"tbe owlet is counted a sovereign thing,
bv a certain antipathy in nature. More
over as many as have about them the
bill of a woodpecker when they take
honey out of the hive, shall not be stung.
An almost universal superstition is
that bees must not be sold. Ihis sup
erstition takes various forms IN different
localities. In an Ireland old saying re-
verses the rule: Bees must not be
given away, but sold; otherwise, the
giyer nor taker will have no luck. In
Devonshire, England, when bees are sold,
payment is never made in money, out
corn, etc, and the bees are always moved
on Good Friday. In portions OF ZEN
nsylvania it is believed that the seller
must not be at home when the bees are
taken away; if he is, the bees viii not
thrive.
A common superstition in England,
France and Germany is that, it the mas
ter Of the house dies, the bees must be
Immediately informed Of it. In North
Germany they say to the bees, The
master is dead, the master IS dead.
/ They believe the bees will die, fly away,
or do no good unless so informed; and in
portiops Of England the hives are dress
ed in mourning for the same reason. In
/ Liihuania the bees are informed Of death
in the family BY rafting the keys at the
entrance. In Brad6eld, England, bees
are always invited 70 the funeral. A
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MEMPHIS. TENN. SATURDAY EVENING NOVEMBER :. 1874

worse superstition still is, that all the
hives must be Immediately removed TO
another stand on the death of a member
of the family; and another, that at the
moment the corpse is taken out of the
house the hive must be turned over.
They don't have movable frames, or they
could not do it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-07

UVlU NAoh UT l0t absfut IN
PRICE OF TICKETS;
Wbolo Tickets. $40; Half Tickets. IS; Quar-
ter Tickets, 81 so; Eleven Tickets, 500.
RIO tSDIVIDUAL BENEFITS,
This Concert is strictly fer MASONIC pur-
poses, aud will be conducted with the same
liberality, honesty and fairness which char
aoterized the first enterIrise.
JOHN L. ROPER. President.
For Tickets and Circulars giving full infor-
nation. address,
HENRY v. MOORE. Sec'y, Norfolk, Va.
10 ~ LOCKE
will give full particulars. 80 Main street,
Room 4. upstairs. 62eodkWZI- -b5
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-07

In California recently, a Santa CRUZ
fruit grower sent consignment OF sp-
pies to San Francisco, aud the returns
brought him S6 in debt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-07

For tickets and informstion, address
THO. 4. BRA ulETfE.
Ascent and Manager, Public Library Build
ing, Louisville, ny. fsos-d
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OFFICIAL.
NOTICE.
Mayors OFFICE. CRY HALL.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, October %, lS7

MAYOR 3 VFFIlkt NIIl uAILs !
MEMPHIS, Tenn, october q, lol4.J
OWNERS OF REAL ESTATE ARE HERE
" By notified that the Assessors have com
pieted the assessment for the 4Sth corporate
year, and have returned the books 70 this
Office; and notice is also given that said books
will be open for inspection, in accordance
with city ordinances, section SO9, on ana aiteI
Monday next, 26th instant, for the SPACE Of
ten days, for the correction Of mistakes py
the Assessors, who will attend az the Mayor
Office for the purpose Of correcting errors or
mistakes. JOHN LOAGUb' MasOI'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-07
MARBLE WORKS
MONUMENTAL
WORKS.

ITALIAN. AMERICAN AND TALADEGA
i marble at very low prices, as follows;
Headstones. 2 feet, with socket and foot
stone. lettered ......... ...S 90
foo,stone. lettaerod IT. cd. .. u 90
HeadstOne, 3 feet, with socket and foot
stone, lettered 10 "
And all other sizes in proportion. Italian
and American marble box tOmbs, paneled all
round. and full sizs, $50. Also italian mar
BILE spire monuments, Z feet high and lettered,
500 these rates are lower than marble was
ever s)ld at in Memphis before. Designs sent
to the country free Of charge. Elmwood curb
ing a, reduced rates.
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MEETING.
stockholders Annual Meeting.

THF ANNUAL MEETING OF TIE
s.--kholders Of the Mississippi and len
nersee Railroad Company will be held III the
Chamberlain House. in the city Of
Srenada, Mss, November Is, 1874,
N which time Directors will be elected for
the ensuing year. .,.
Stockholdsrs viii be passed free b. exhibit
ir- fheir certificates Of stock % conductors.
ih-Sg S, u. LAMB, Secretary.
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DRAWING CERTAIN At THAT DATE.
LIST OF GIFTS.

Grand Total. 1900 Gifts. all cash .-s2, 500, ,ooo
PRICE or TICKETS.
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Directors:

LOUIS HANAUER. of School6eld, Hanauer
& Co.
r. M. WHITE, of F. NJ. White i Co.
NJ. G. PEARCE, of Pearce, Suggs & Co.
&. URQUHART. of E. Urquhart & Co.
I. B. HAYNES. of 7. B. Haynes & Co.
HENRY WETTER, Of II. Wetter & Co.
JAMES D. PORTER. of Henry County.
Insures at Board rates. Private dwellings
especially desired; policies issued for three
years for two annual premiums. At
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RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.
LOUISVILLE AND NASHFn E
AND
Great Southern Railroad.
6CHEDULE.

~. .-o;r Iaaves daily........,...... 3: 100 am
Mail Train leaves daily p IN
Freight and Accommodation leaves ~
daiIy (Suudays excepted )............... 4;zO Pm
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rNo change of cars by this line for 10 4 MS.
VILE st. Louis or MGshy,tie: inpt t-.;ps puiiman w
For Tickets orinformation apply at
'TluKet Office, 287 Main, cor. Madison'
JoHN IT. FLYNN, sup't Memphis Div;
JAMES SPEED. Ticket Agent. al
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NAILROAO TiMr FABLEs.

MEMPaIs AND LOUIs,VlLLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-03-05
rmE BEAUTIFUL LAND.

Tn, re arr. brighter skies than these, know
Lands where no shadows lie
f ids "a here immortal flowers bloom
And f"uut< are never dry;
There are drmrs where the stars are never
dim,
Eh-re iIfr moon forever gleams,
A d tie music breath o. the radiant hills
>ws, Us over The cry Sral s'rfams;
For often I've caught in The time Of sleep
gorgeous glimpse of The hidden deep,
Away in the land OF dreams.
When night lets down her pail Of mist
On slender cords of air,
And the purple shadows of dying day
Are teeming everywhere;
While unsaen fairies chant lay
In the liIy's silver cells.
And the solemn voice of the harmless winds
Breaks up the dreary fells;
I know by the cry of my soul within
There's place where they shut the gates
on sin,
And where the God of glory dwells.
The wall of the wind, the rivers voice,
The arch al the western hills,
The braHty spread on the living earth,
In slumbrous twilight stills
Tn. warnings of each human heart,
For huiieF, better cline
A high-r life than this mortal course,
b airing tie seal divinel
.At! sure there must be beautiful land,
Where th" white ROBBED millions IansOmed
stand.
Chatfiup their s0D ora suhlime
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50 90 PER YEAR


Yes, because thought you would be
worried for fear I was doing too much.
love to Knit dearly, and + consider il
more OF pleasant pastime than labor"
God be praised for giving me such a
~lfeF exclaimed her husband, earnestly;
and, pressing his wife and child closely 10
his bosom, said: Her children arise up
and call her blessed; her husband also, and
Pralseth her, for many daughters have
done virtuously, but thou excellest them
all" X ''N'
Twenty years have passed, and James
Hawley is rich man. But Joseph Smith
Is confirmed drunkard while his wife has
long since passed from earth a victim of
misery and want.
Why will not wives assist their husbands
bear their trials with helping hands.
and heartsS If they would but do 40
how many families would be saved from
ruin, and how sweet would be their
reward, not only upon earth but in heav
en-.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-03-05
THE GnANGERa.
Platform of the NHfs. Ossa-i Grangerns
AdOpGedaar their Present
Convention.

First. That we fully indorse and ap
prove the declaration Of principles adopt
ed at the late meeting of the National
i Grange at St Louis.
i Second. That, as Ct ltivators of the
soil, we have been too long governed and
controlled by the great moneyed power OF
the land, and by rings" who are against
US, simply because we have been ignorant
of our own strength in our defence, or
have wasted it wrangling with each
other.
Ihird.-That retrenchment and reform
is our motto, as true Patrons we should
begin at home, and while we demand, as
We have the right to, that our legislators
and rulers shall be economical in the ex-
penditure Of our private means. While
! we condemn the extravaganza of public
| officials and complain of wrongs inflicted
| upon US by those whom we have intrust-
ed with power, let US still further wrong
ourselves and families by living above
our income, and involving ourselves in
debt, thus sacrificing peace, comfort, and
independence at the shrine offashion and
show.
Fourth. we invite the hearty
support and cooperation of the sisters of
our Order i'll our leformatory movement;
that women's true position is the God-giv-
en- and Divinely- sanctioned one of help
meet to man; therefore her place is by
his side. Hers is high and noble posi-
ton, and, if rightly-improved, will rear
to her memory monuments more durable
than marble, and leave an inheritance to
those that will come after her more to be
priced than honors.
FJh.-That in Republican Govern
ment all power is vested in the hands of
the people, and in ours majority of the
people belonging to the producing classes
have been used by a less numerous and
more INSCRIPTIONS class for the advance
ment of their own selfish purposes.
Sirth.-T That, although ours is not |
political organization, and especially ig- |
nores political or partisan questions, yet
we call upon our representatives in Con
gress and Legislature to listen to the APP
peal of more than 100000 Patrons of |
Missouri to economic the resources of
the Government, and to stop the currents
of extravaganza and corruption, which
have brought us to the very verge of bank
ruptcy and ruin.
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HOUSE.
sAruRpAY. Feb. Is. 1874

SATURDAY, Feb. IS, 1874.
REFORM BILL
tt e Special joint Com mlttee on Reform,
introduced the following:
An Act to fix the compensation of the
Legislature; made the special ord n for
Monday. the al OF March. at IL O'Clock A. NJ.
An Act 10 regulate the salaries of the
iudues of the Circuit Cour6, Chancellor and
District Attorneys; made the special order
for Tuesday, March 81, at IL O'Clock A N.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
The following bills were introduced and
Bv Mr.. French-An Act tor the relief of
County Administrators and for other pur-
poses.
priations for the Legislative and Judicial
Departments
By Mr.. Atkins--An Act to incorporate
the town of Greensboro, in Choctaw county.
b. Mr.. Christmas-An Act TO prohibit
deeds of trusts upon growing efeps before
the same are produced.
Bv Mr.. Christmas--An Act to amend the
laws in the States relative TO working the
public roads.
the payment of damages bY stock.
Nv Mr.. McCain--An Act TO amend section
2l3I of the Revised Code of ISL, in relation
TO exemptions.
By Mr. Champlin--An Act 70 extend the
Exemption Laws Of this State 10 married
women.
By Mr.. Cessor--An Act In relation to the
office of Sheriff.
BY Mr.. johnson, of Itawamba--An Act
to authorize the Board of Supervisors of
Itawamba county to compromise certain
claims due said county, known as the Chick
asaw School Fund.
BY Mr.. Champiin--An Act 20 amelsd the
law in relation To Justices of the Peace.
By Mr.. Champlin--A petition from citi-
tons of Jackson county. in relation to the
killing of stock in said county By the rail-
roads. s
BY Mr.. Archer--An Act for the relief Of
Messrs. Isome & Kendall and pTs- 1some q
Chandler, OF Lafay et1e county Miss sisa
BY Mr.. Peyton-- An Act In relation to the
deaf and dumb childreu in this State.
By Mr.. PeytOn--An Act 10 nahHn1 an Acf
TO regulate official legal publication in the
several counties of the State. and for other
purposes, approved April IL, 1873.
BY Mr.. Peyt0n--An Act 70 amend the
rules Of evidence in courts Of justice.
BY Mr.. Peyron--An Act CO authrIze the
purchase OF 6re hose, tor the better protec-
elom OF public buildings.
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''PeerleY" writes to the Boston Jour-
Malone Of the best-looking ana best-dressed
of the lady boarders at first-class hotel
In Washington, who has been regular
attendant at church and taken deep In
tgrest in several private charities, has
been invited to return to New York BY q
gentleman detective of that city. She
left, not with gives upon her wrists but
well watched by her escort. who says she
is one Of the most adroit sneak thieves on
this continent. Her plan here has been
we're out, and, il surprised, 70 saY that
size had found the door open, and 30
awaited the lady return. Her booty has
probably been remnnerative, as numerous
articles of jjeweirya gold t6imbles,- etc.
missing were probably stolen by her, bdit
she has been taken to New York on q
graver charge.
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the part Of the Senate, and - on the par
Of the House, be appointed, whose duty !
shall be TO Immediately Investigate TIL
matter and report as soon a possible tn
result Of said investigation.
| Mr.. Carter moved 10 amend the resolution
| by adding after the wOrl "naEter.7 tht
woF "with power to send for persons
and papers" Amendment and resolution
adopted.
By Mr.. Sullivan Resolved by the Senate
That hereafter no bills to remove civil disa-
bilities of minors will be entertained by the
Senate, the provisions of existing laws be-
ing amply sufficient in the premises to meel
all classes and characters OF such cases
without consuming the time of the Legis-
lature Herewith.
Resolved further, That the House OF Rep
resenfatives ke Informed Of the action of the
Senate il this matter, and that the same APP
plies TO House bills as well as those that
originate in the Senate. Indefinitely post
poned.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By Joint Committee on retreuchmsnt. an
Act to fix the compensation of County
Treasurers throughout the State. and for
other purposes; made special order.
The following were referred
BY Mr.. BeInett-An Act To encourage
manufactures in the State of Mississippi
BY Mr. Albgight--An Act TO repeal sec
ton of an Act TO amend the charter OF the
FLcheodFR1 Fhsdcoid anu SUPP Asidhu nan
road Company.
BY Mr. Price-An Act to provide for adj
ditions and Improvements about the lnsti-
tute for the Deaf and Dumb.
By Mr.. Albright-An Act for the relief Of
F. w. Dancey, NJ. d.
The following was passed:
By Mr.. Cullens--An Act to remove the
disabilities of minority of n. w. Bradford,
Pontotoc county.
SENATE BILLS.
Authorizing the Governor to appoint an
Justice of the Peace in Warren
Passed.
). B.--TO incorporate the Vieksburg Pub
lie Library Association. Passed.
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1.-The Grange is not POLITICAL but
Changers have votes, and IN Illinois the
Farmers Movement is an organized vo-
ting force. In the sixteenth District a
day has already been named (AIg. 27)
for Farmers Congressional Nomina-
ting Convention" at Vandalia, and NJ
NJ. Hooton, one of themost active organ.
izers in that district, says /:
eve seek reforms that can only be
effected by the ballot, and it is nonsense
to try to keep intelligent men from dis
cussing these questions in on organiza-
ton created tor the special purpose OF
reforming these political abuses. Chica-
go Tribune"