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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-26
PUBLIC LEDGER.
0snces Nc. 70 Madison Street.
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
THE CITY.
NJ L. M II HIS,
Tuesday Evening. May &c, 1874.
n. C. MILLER & co.

FRESH country butter at 80 cents
per pound. Teas cheaper than any
other house in the city,
R. c. MILLER & Co,
CAT 1913 Main street.
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WHILE the thermometer is in the
nineiys, mead and sods are the prevail
ing beverages. The best is to be had at
Floyd's. Is
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STRAWBERRIES and ice-cream made Of
genuine sweetcream at Specht & Wal
ter S, No. 81 Madison street. 66t
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WANTED to purchase for cash a house
of FIVE or six rooms, with lot of about
fifty feet front. Address NJ. E., care of
this office. rs
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KAHN a. FREIBERG,
100, III and I73 Main street,
corner of Poplar, 500 elegant
silk parasOls 81

HARRY f. MELLERsH's news stand,
los Beal street, is in full blast. All the
popular literature of the day, including
Bow Bells, constantly on hand. l9t
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The best bargains in fine boots and
shoes in every style at Eagle Boot and
Shoe store, 344 Main street. The best
styles of boots and shoes made to order
at short notice
81 ]. W. VoEGELI, Proprietor.
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Spring DriaRs.

George Kendall's Hole in the Wal"
Monroe street, opposite Peabody Hotel,
is the place to get spring drinks Of every
description. l42T
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AN ELEGANT IMPORTED
ESCEPCION CIGAR AT
COLEMAN'S, NO. 200 MAIN
STREET, I2 Lee.

HARPER, Cooley, Galaxy, Scribner,
Science Monthly and Peterson's maya
zines for June at Billy Lieben's, 1864
Main street. Also full assortment of
all the leading dailies and weeklies in
the United States. 66-f
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Can at Mansfords for Jack Harka.

CALL at Mansford's for Jack Harka-
ways School Days at Oxford, Scape-
grace of the School, and Among the
Brigands; Victor Hugo's SO; Dant Bo
hemia; Lord Lytton's complete works in
paper; also, for Bow-Bells, monthlies and
fashion magazines for June, corner of
Second and Madison streets.
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The great HendeIssOhn Concert on
Friday next-The Messiah, with 20
singers, and orchestra Of 20 pieces.
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Dr.. HIxsoN's dental rooms, 3l74 Main
street. 81
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PARTIES desiring life insurance, espe-
cial attention is called to the card OF ID.
d. Booth, general agent, 3 Manson St
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]. W. Y. BROWNE, No. l6' Jefferson
street, puts in water pipes, gas pipes
and steam pipes at the lowest prices and
in the best style. 80
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Go TO A. Kaufman's saloon, No. $50
Second street, and get hot lunch every
morning from ten to two o'clock. Ia
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BOARDING..

noARDING-A FEW GENTLEMEN CAN
ID be accommodated with good board, con-
venient to business. Two lines Of street cars
run by the house, No 81 Beal street: 4.Ig
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The great MendelssOhn Concert on
Friday next-The Messiah, win 20
singers, and orchestra OF 20 pieces
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StereOscOpic Views Of EImwood Gem

etery and the most prominent places Of
Memphis and suburbs, for sale at Moys-
toms, No. 249 Main street. Is
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Dnnham's Yeast Powder.
For purity and strength it is I'M
equalled. All who use it like it, and re-
commend it for reliability and economy.
RQ4
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KAHN 6 FREIBERG.

Fifty dozen embroidered
back French kid gloves, two
butfOned, soc.
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The sale of tickets for The Mes
s1ab Concert begins to-day ut Boyle
e. Chapman's.
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STOLEN.
LOST.

T OsT-ON THE 18th INST IN THE CITY
4 Of Memphis, supposed to be near the
northeast corner Of Main and Madison streets,
a red Morocco Pocket Needle-book, contain
ipg about twenty dollars The finder will be
suitably rewarded by leaving the same at this
Office. l3-A
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The sale of tickets for The Mes.
siah Concert begins to-day at Boyle
d Chapman's.
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KAHN & FREIBERG.

Clothing department: so
gents silk sun umbrellas 81.
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FOR LEASE.

EoR LEAsE-LoTs IN DIFFERENT POR-
u tions of the city, on long time and reason
able terms. JOHN 0VERTON. JR.,
29-t 26l Second street.
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FOR SALE.

EORSALE-WOOD WOOD SLAB WOOD.
= SOC per cord. WILLIAMS a. CO..
1888 Saw Mill. opp. Gas Works.
COR SALE-LOTS IN DIFFERENT POR-
L tons Of the city, Terms reasonable; Titles
perfect, JOHN OVERT0N, JR..
OFT "a Second street.
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LIOR RENT FOR PICNICS, THAT VEL
L vet lawn. James Park.
1895 w. A. WHEATLEY. 2SO Main st.
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Athletes.

The most important measures in deter
mining the physical properties Of any hu-
man figure are those ofthe chest and loins-
When the first exceeds the latter by sever
al inches the man is light, supple aud,
though perhaps deficient in main strength,
apt to have the power of continuing rapid
action for long time. The converse for
nation denotes more solidity Of structure
and is more often found with strength
such as displayed in lifting dumbbells, etc.
but is not calculated for racing and the
like. A man Of classic mould standing 5
feet 10 inches win measure 13 inches a
cross the loins from outside to outside
the tronchaateses and about 81 or 3s
inches around the loins. His chest
measure win be about 40 inches. When
his arms are extended horizontally hc will
measure over sir feet from finger tip fin
ger tip. His muscle viii be elastic, bul
not heavy, except the upper arm, on which
the bicsps are apt 70 bulge eonspicuousll
when fexed.
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The Nineteenth Century.

In 1907, Fulton took out the first pat
ent for the invention Of the steamboat.
The first steamboats, that made regular
trips across the Atlantic ocean were the
Sirius and the Great Western in 1898.
In 1918 the streets Of London were for
the first time lighted with gas.
About the year 1882, the first railroad
10 the United States was completed.
In 1s40 the first experiments in photo
gaphy were made BY DAgusne.
The anthracite coal business may be
said to have begun in 1890.
In 1886 the frat patent for the inven
ton Of matches was granted.
In 1874 the first telegram was sent
The first successful trial ofa reaper tool
place in 1888.
In 1s45 Elias Howe obtained paten
for his first sewing machine.
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Salisbury, the Duke Of Rutland, and Mar.
quis Camden have immense rural proper.
ties, which are only exceeded in value by
the whole quarters which they own in cen
tral parts of the great metropolis itself
The Duke Of Buceleueh has ten castles. in
each Of which liberal domestic establish.
ment is kept up all the year round. The
Scottish Earls of Mansfield, Stair. and
Glasgow possess each Eve castles, vast and
spacious edi6ces, the centres Of splendid
estates, which are to a considerable degree
shut of from cultivation, aud used as deer
parks and hunting grounds The income,
probably, of every nobleman who has been
banned exceeds fifty thousand pounds a
majority Of them would show revenues Of
pne hundred thousand, and at least three
lpf them, tho Dukes Of Westminster and
Sutherland and the Marquis of Butte, re-
eeive annual incomes of more than three
hundred thousand. Nor are the titled and
hereditary aristocracy any longer the only
great land-Owne ers. In comparatively re.
cent years the successful merchants, man
,,niaeturcrs, and BANKERS have been eager
TO secure what is called In England "a
stake IN the country Again and again
estates which have belonged to noble fam
lilies for centuries, aud whose entails have
become exhausted, have been bought in
~ these Parrenus, who in their turn have
lecome lords of the manor and masters of
peasant communities Still third class
Pf landed proprietaries have been those of
the church endowmeuts. Thus we have
three very powerful sources of social and
financial power arrayed together to main
tain the present condition of things, to
70 keep the peasant where he is, and to
defend the laws of primogeniture aud en-
tail from attack-the hereditary nobility,
the manufacturing and banking princes.
and the clergy.-Haper's Magazine for
August.
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A correspondent at New London, Conn.
tells something ofsword fishing. He went
out a few days ago with party which 80.
cured, IN twetny-four hours, three splendid
fish He says :--On reaching the grounds
about twenty-five miles southeast Of Rock
Island, we began to sight the Hsh and pre-
pared to fasten them. @steady your helm, .
Is passed in whispers; duff little. anow
bear away 'just as she goes = the man
at the wheel takes the wink and follows
the graceful movements Of the noble fish.
The next instant the harpoon is seen to
descend with lightning speed, the fish is
struck, and quicker than thought dives
into his native element. aTake care. J"
stand aside "over with the barrel, are
orders which were given from the Captain
IN quick succession, and before the land
lubbers stop blinking their eyes or have
recovered from their amazement, the yacht
and half barrel attached to fifty faith
ON line are sailing in opposite directions.
Attention Is next directed to another fish,
and the same process is followed until a
half-dozcn or more barrels are floating
around. The small boats are next mann
ed and nimble Jack, armed with a lance,
chases barrel, ships it and then hauls on
the line. The fish, pricked with the strain
on the iron, renews his speed, and away
goes the small boat trolled at high speed.
Slowly the line is hauled in and the mon.
ster brought to the top Of the water
sometimes coming Of his own accord, sword
foremost, but the lance awaits him, and by
well directed blow his heart is pierced.
The water for yards is covered with blood
a rope is passed around the tail and the
fish secured. After capturing three,
weighing about three hundred pounds
each, we left the grounds aud sailed home
loaded with our freight While at sea
we met school of blackfsh, which our
captain did not dare to attack, as our gear
was too small to capture twenty-five or
thirty foot monster.
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Feathered Friends.

If you want bird to love you, then
CHOOSE bullfnch. His affection for bis
mistress is often so great as to cause his
death if he be separated from her, and
always makes him intensely jealous of MI
who share her regard with him. Their
natural song is not musical, but they may
be taught to whistle almost any melody by
patiently reiterating it to them while they
digest their food, which is rape or canary
seed, with little lettuce or apple. When
moulting they require hard egg and bread
crumbs, and a Glove put into their water,
and if they should nope or rufie their
plumage, scalded rape seed must be given
them for few days.
If a clever bird is your fancy, get by all
means goldfnch. You can teach him
% climb little ladder, to pretend to bo
dead, to draw his own water, to sweep out
y cage with little broom, to ring a
his food, and many other
leatsftaining tricks, wlacls, ~~---s %
restless, busy nature, ne tnoruugny v.JOys.
Goldfinches are bon Vivaats and are subject
to fits from overeating themselves. When
these occur, dip the bird, head downward,
in cold water, and put him on low diet for
a few days and he will readily recover,
Canaries arc like flowers, they do not
thrive unless their keepers love them.
Nothing is more cruel than to keep birds
and leave servants to attend TO them, and
this is especially true Of canaries. They
do not live by seed and water alone, they
crave equally companionship and love.
They ought, too, to be kept in pairs, for
they have great deal to say to each other
that they cannot say to you, and it is
delightful to watch their gossippings and
condolences.
Canaries love great variety in their
food, and if plenty Of exercise be given
them they may be safely trusted with
anything they win eat, During moulting
a few poppy seeds are excellent, and at all
times little branch of FIR or pine seems tc
afford them the greatest pleasure. The
little extra cleaning or trouble incurred by
letting them have the use of one or more
rooms, is abundantly compensated by theil
love, their happiness aud their charming
companionship. Certainly those who pre-
tend to entertain birds Of any kind shoult
be their friends and not their jailers, fol
birds, above all living creatures, wer'
"created to be glad"
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Cramming Is not confined 10 the uuiyer.
stiles; i Is one Of the eharaoter;st;es 81
the time Many Of the men who contrib.
ute TO theliterature ofthe aae are pe,s;s,ss,
crammsm. Not few of these are Il ~
habit Of using Latin and French ouos.t,ons
occasionally they 70 as hieh i e.aeL
but Il by no meaus follows that thev ,rs
all acquainted with these languaeau Il.
deed, when an author is seen ID q out of
his way % lag in high.souudinr quota.
tion Il may, IN some instances be ssfslv
assumed that be knows little. If apvth,ne
about the source from which be i draw.
ing supplies. The passion which third.
rate scribblels display for using word.
which belong to other than their mothe,
tongue can only be accounted for bv ~
inherent yanity Of human nature. The..
literary luminaries are In the habit AZ
hunting up their choice flowers Of speech
with persistency worthy Of better cause
than the aggEayation and bewilderment Of
readers, large number Of whom are en-
tlrely iunocentof knowledge Of any but
their own tongue. The cram who Is Of !
literary turn Of mind is not 50 greats = bore
as the cram who fancies himself an adept
at the art Of conversation. This individ.
uai Is everlastingly drawing from his stores
OF knowledge for your especial benefit
Your observations upon commonplace top-
les he persistently caps with poetical quo
tatlons and passages from celebrated prose
writings, which sometimes are of most
inordinate length, as well as Of most dubi-
Gus appropriateness. He is trimming over
with stale anecdotes and weak jokes, which
be carefully collects from variety Of
sources, and puts in the chambers az hi.
memory to be used with all convenient
dispatch. He has talent for working
conversations with the view Of bringing
IN his attenps at jocullnty and wit, which
IN some instances he Is audacious enough
% endeayor to persuade you are original.
An experienced eye can at once detect
nlm gradually laboring bis way 70 the re-
'al'ing OF Que Of his efforts Of genius, and
shen bringing il out with undisguised tri-
umPh- Sometimes, he imagines himself
4
clever at descriptions Of scenery, and doses
you ad aoaseam, with forid accounts
eulied from ill-written guide-books--of
places which he has seen and places which
no has not seen Il is his desire to appear
TO know a great deal about everything,
and . keep the fact that he does 50 con
SANITY before your eyes. Il is ''further"
20 uncommon thing for him to skim
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EOw Nutmegs Grow.

An old whalcr tells in the American
Grocer all about nutmegs. The spice, so
much used in every family, is Indigenous
to the Molucas, reaching It's grandest per-
fection in Amboyna, This island belongs
to the Dutch, who do not permit the eul-
tlyation of the nutmeg in the other islands
under their control. The nutmeg tree is
twenty-five or thirty feet high when fully
grown, with foliage Of rich, dark green,
and very plentiful. 1t reaches maturity
or full prOductiveness, at hefffeenth year
from planting. From the blossom to the
ripening of the fruit it takes seven months,
but as the tree is perennial bearer, there
are always green and ripe fruit on the tree.
The average yield per aunum Of healthy
one thousand trees requires the labor Of
seven coolies, fifteen oxen and twenty
plows, for cultivation and harvesting the
nutmeg. The fruit is gathered by means
of hook attached to long pole. II is
shaped like pear, about the size of a
peach, and has delicate bloom. The nut
has three coverings, the outside one is a
thick heshy husk, having strong favor
of nutmeg. This husk preserved in syrup
when young, is a favorite sweetmeat in
the East Indies. Under this shuck Is
bright red mace, which b carefully hatten-
ed by the hands and dried on mats in the
sun. 1t loses its scarlet and becomes a
dull orange color, and requires to be kept
perfectly dry to preserve its favor. After
the mace is removed from the fruit, the
nuts, in their brown shells, are placed in
hurdles over slow fire, which is kept con-
stantly burning under them for two
months. The nuts then rattle in the shells
which is cracked witha wooden mallet, the
sound nuts selected and packed in wooden
cases and sprinkled over with dry, sifted
lime, and are then ready for market. The
nutmegs are dense, emit oil when picked
up with a pin, and can always be known
by their heavy weight. Poor ones are
light and easily known.
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Pre-Historic America.

The Alta Californian recently described
discoveries made by Mr.. ]. A. Parker,
superintendent ofa canal company, engaged
in irrigating the Pueblo Viejo Valley,
Arizona This valley is described as
being sixty miles in length and about four
miles wide, Mr. Parker found the ruins
of ancient cities, extending along the
valley about mile apart from each other,
and the remains of large canal, with
triangular shaped reservoirs built Of stone,
in each Of the cities or towns Pottery,
household implements (made Of stone) and
human bones have been found in the
ruins. The dwellings seem TO have been
destroyed by fire, and are, in some cases
covered up with from ten to forty feet ol
earth, growing luxurious vegetation. The
pottery is decorated in colors, the walls o.
the dwellings are laid in cement, and III,
interior Of large building, supposed 4
have been place of worship, had beer
smoothly plas.ered. The remains indicat.
that the inhabitants of these cities were
far more advanced in civilization than th'
Indians or Mexieaus Of historic times, an,
il has eensupposed that wanderers through
Asia crossed Behring's strait and mad
their way down the Pacific coast to th'
rich valleys Of Arizona and New Mexic'
at least one thousand or fifteen hundre'
years ago. The Indians have a tradition
that the people who lived there went /.
battle in the South, and were all killed
A thorough investigation Of all the remain
might load TO important knowledge regard
ing the history Of these and Of the Sout
American races.
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"a Dish for the Gods. .r-Prof. Mcsherry
AS the Gods ON Olympus were dining one day,
On nleaH ofgweeis In celestial array,
And quaiing their nectar from goblets Of gold
That were borne by Hebes Of exquisite mould.
Their palates grew duh and they longed for a faa
AZ once sayory, delicate, piquant, and rareI
When Hermes-the thief-opportunely came by.
With dish in his hand and a leer In his eye;
The fragrance soon filled the room to ia height,
And was snuied by the Gods with unwearied delight
Around Hemes they gatherd, expressing the wkh
To obtain slight taste OF tho wonderful dish,-4
Unsaied. enchanted. they ate Of the fare,
And voted that zeus the like should prepare.
BY dint Of persistence the secret leAkd out,
That Hermes had 1lchd from Elm DeH,scher his dlin,
and his crout,
And straight bore II away a mOrceaH piquant
For Jove when his palate vas duh and mechAtt
And zeus tho truth was perforced to confess,
That the moFceua was certes a rclishing mess.
And now at his board when his councillors meet
The chine and the crout with q welcome thei greet
Thus krcuzbein and Rraut the distinction hav, won
Atthe banquetS of Jove Of being sine qua nOH
March T. 1871.
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Aud Evelyn, half laughing, half crying,
stole into her mother-in-law's extended
arms.
It don't seem possible that this is the
Fifth Avenue girl, said the old gentle
man. Come here and give me akiss, Ma
-Eyolyn, mean"
So she is our real daughter after all, ("
said proud Mrs. Remington.
Evelyn has conquered the prejudices
by the enchanting wand of love
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The stock Of horses in Russia, ii is said,
would be insufficient for the wants Of tie
farmers Of the Empire, in the event Of
a mobilization Of the army. A committee
Of the general army staff reports that $780,
600 horses would be wanted in the event
Of war, and that not more than 200 900
could be spared from the agricultural
pursuits for ordinary road and street
traffic and for employment IN the army
Russia requires more horses for agricnl-
turai purposes than any other European
country, and yet has fewer horses, in pro-
portion to the population, than any other.
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Devout mother to young lady, who |.
burning up love letters on Sunday, aWha'
are you doing there my dear 7 are yos
burning incense q Young Lady, "oI
no, ma, / am only burning non>ensc.
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The difference in having tooth prop
erly drawn BY a professional surgeon, and
having Il knocked out BY fall. upon the
pavement, il cnl3 slight verbal distinc.
tion---one is dental the other accidental.
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Original Aoetrp.
THE MISSION.

EeS ron THE DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATE.
beam left its ether home,
|l stole adown to earth,
played where murky waters roam,
children in their mirth.
bficned rays threw radiance bright
'H that secluded darken'd shade,
Iappy faces throw their light
81 other hearts when most dismay'd.
fingled with the playful wave,
IS a happy, glecfuI spirit
crested where the waters lave,
ben smiling left a coronet.
h back to its ethereal couch,
h golden pillow softly laid
|bout the slightest soil or touch,
earthly contact made.
6od-sent mission fully done,
|hat little golden ray
! lefl lesson ! can learn,
ID home or far away.
lksJwg Station, July 81, 1871.
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To obviase offensive precipitation Hasi
your fsst xith sosp and dilutsa spirits d
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Adversely 70 man : like training % :
pusiIist i reduces him 70 his Sighting
weight
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Original Aoehp.
waasn tgr lAs Dsmeaq,Is AAseeals.
KREuzsErE uHD sAuERKRAUI
(cHlsE AND souR-cRour.) J

!" A Diss for as cod,.''--prof Mesherry,