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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-28
T o. o. p. DIRECTORY.

Odd FellowsI:HaIl. corner Main and North
Court streets.
LoDeEs.
MEMPHIS LODGE. No. 6-meets every Tues
day. Geo. W. Smith, N. g.; ". W. Hum
phreys. Y. O.; G. II. Plischke, Secretary; Y.
Z. Risk. Treasurer.
CHIoKisAw LoDeE, No. s-meets every Mon
day night. John GarrnW. n. g. Ben Fret
berg, v, g.; R.. B. Jones, R. S.; Thomas
Bacon, P. s.; John Holt. Treasurer
SCHILLER LODeK. No. l40-meets every We'd
nesdav night. jos. Achtmaa. n. g.; ]. @.
ssnnld, y. g.; II. Shilling, Secretary; Peter
BASSER LoDeE. No. 147-meets every Friday
nlgnnt Y. Gross. y. g.; J. 7. Lees. V. g. [;
=. IA starr. p. and r. S.; George A. War
ESoANPEESTs.
bA1oso hEcANPNEST. No. 3-meets on the
LIST and Sd Thursday nights Of each month.
| John GarroE; G. p. Charles NJ. Carroll, m.
P: Dan shloss, S. w.: Thomas Bacon. S. +:
! John A. Holt, T.; John II. Graf. j. vi.
MENPHIs ENcANPNEST, No. s9-meets "a and
9Th Thursday nights Of each month. g. III.
| Plischke, @. P; G. Gross, n p. Geo a
| Waring, S. W.; II. L. Pickerin1 S,.-ibe. n n
S. JUkes, Treasurer; Thos. L. Risk. ]. w.
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TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.

NAToNA TENPLE OF II. AND 7. No. l-meets
svory Tuesday night at hall Of Cyrene Co m
G. T.; r. A. Lamont, W. VI; Jos. II. shep-
herd. P. W. Q. T.; B. 7. Risk, jr.. W. K.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.

TENxEssEE LoDeE No. 5-Msets NJ
every " ednesday night over Adams -
street Engine House, cor. Second street. q
Il. MCLEAN. G. c.; P. j. Moran, V. C.; ri
stedt. NJ. Of F.; A. Hmm, NJ. Of T.; c.
srr-- u
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opens quiet and nominally unchanged. Gold,
12H.
1910 p.m.-Cotton is dull and nOminally I'M
changed. but lower to sell. Futures are steady
with sales for June at 175S9l7 1l-l6c; July,
1910; August, is ll-l6918Ac. Sales to-day,
1900 bales. Gold. l2h.
NORFOLK. May 2S.-Cotton receipts to-day.
568 bales.
MOBILE, Mays. The cotton market is quiet.
Middling. 171Sc; receipts. 322 bales.
SAVANNAH, May 2a-Cotton is dull. Mid
ding. lie; receipts. 235 bales.
GALVESTON, May % = Cotton is dull and
nominal. Middling. lSc; receipts, 3S2 bales.
NEW ORLEASs. May %. 1880 a.m,-The
market is quiet and easy. Middling. TIC !;
sales. 90 bales; receipts, 2S7 bales.
CHARLEsfoy. May 2s.-The cotton market
Is q1ief Middling. l71s9l71Sc; receipts, l4S
bales.
LIVERPOOL. May %, 1880 p.m.-Cotton
opens quiet. Uplsnds. SD; 0rlsanF. SID.
Sp.m.-Cotton is quiet. .Uplands, SID; Or.
leans. SID. Sales. 1000 bales. Of which 20O0
were for export and speculation.
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NOTICE.
LEGAL.
Trustees Sale.

Under AND BY VIRTUE CT THE
u terms of trust deed made 10 me as
Trustee on the 9th day of October, 1872, by
T. II Logwood and Kate E. lockwood, his
wife, to secure the payment Of certain notes
therein described, which deed is recorded in
Book No. SO, on page 367 of the Registers
Records Of Shelby county. will, at the re-
quest Of the holder Of said notes, on
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Trustees Sale.

DURsUANT TO THE TERMS OF A DEED
i in trust to ne executed on the 18th day Of
No. 81. page AIS. by Matthias Jones and mis-
wife Hannah Jones, will, on
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sTEAMaOars.

For ..-'. shur.-.
Memphis and St. Louis Packet Co. u. s. Mail
Line-For Nicksturg ana the Bends.
CITY OF YICKSBURG -..-... Riley, master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE ~
w THIS DAY, 2sth inst. at 49,;
9pm. -
AID. STORM,
sup't Mississippi River Elevator Co.
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JAS, %, PARKER.

X. W. Wise, master........Wm. Mcintyre, clerk
7 EAYES MEMPHIS AS ABOVE IT,
~ on THURSDAY. 18th inst, at - -
pm. Go
Through tickets from Memphis 10 New
York, So so; Boston, $50 50; Philadelphia,
so so; Baltimore, SIS so; Washington, SIS 50;
Pittsburg. sl9.
For freight or passage apply on board or to
(, p, COBB 4 CO.. Agents,
15-i6 268 Front street.
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For Cineinnati.

" Old Reliable.
Memphis and Ohio River Packet Co.-For
Cairo, Evansville. Louisville and Cinein-
nati-The new sideWheel steamer
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The following is the present tariff from New
York and Boston 70 Memphis on freights by
the GreatW estern Dispatch Fast Freight Line:
third class, 81 o.; fourth class. SIC; fifth class
SIC.
The following are freight rates, a cWt.. on
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T R,~oorHF. "a Union street.
n Wc9roY. 23s Second street.
JoHy BOCCIANo, 81 MAIN s-ieos'
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tight for tlie eyes; snd tie stump is bet
ter than awhole one, for it reminds one
Of the time for retiring. There is no
bell.cord in the room; but what can a
lone bachelor want Of bell-cord The
man who smokes or drinks can appre-
ciate at Long Branch as nowhere else
how great luxuries a domestic
cigar and mediocre wine are.
He swears off: The dining rooms are
we'll attended and the variety of dishes
is good enough for half the money, but
10 better than scores Of lesser resorts
provide for the half or little more. If
there ever was a place where prices
ought to be reduced or accommoda.
tions bcttered, that place is Long
Branch. OF course this is a general
statement. There may be items that
are reasonable and hotels not exorbi-
tant for the quality Of things which
they provide. I have not tried all Of
them as yet. and have not sampled
everything offered for sale.
The prominence which Long Branch
has gained, and the demands made
upon it: are impelllng the real estate
owners and residents to think of further
improvements. The size and import
ancc Of the place seem to them to war
rant increased outlays of money and a
different government. They want the
State to throw the commissioners over
board, and give the government a more
popular character. \ sca-wall is also
needed to prevent the cncroachments
of the waves. This, it is estimated,
will cost $2,000,000, and if the State
will assume portion Of the expense
such desirable improvement may be
effected at no distant day. What may
be done in the way or building this
fall is uncertain, but the season has
opened so we'll that landlords are talk
ing of charging their hotels, and real
estate men and builders are making
new plans.
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and shouted ike 100000 BOYS.

and shouted % ike I, 100000 boys. o,!yiz..
From the Grand Union they
marched to the Clarendon, where they
gave three cheers for the friends Of the
Columbia and Harvard. and then treat
ed the spectators to the amusing spec
tacle Of an intercollegiate rush. The
Haryards formed in two lines, facing
inwards, and the Columbia dashed
through. The performance was re-
peated, but the parties We're transposed,
the Columbia forming the walls and the
Harvards doing the rushing. This is
considered high college mystery. and,
though some authorities believe it to be
a species Of running the gauntlet, there
are others who consider it refers to the
chasing Of new college men by the secret
societies. After this exhibition was
over, three rousiny cheers were given
for the ladies. and then the boys de-
parted down the street, yelling as
before.
On their road they pounced upon one
Of the victorious crew. E. S. Rapallo,
and they insisted on giving him a tri-
unphal entry into the hotel on their
shoulders. He was modest and de-
clined, but they would not be denied,
and hoisted him on their shoulders by
the Summary process of seizing his legs
and lifting them into the air. This
was done so suddenly that the unhappy
one fell over the crowd, but they were
strong if not expert, and soon had him
in an erect though uncomfortable posi-
ton, where they kept him, marching
him meanwhile about Broadway until
he was mercifnlly released. Rapallo,
who is gentleman Of much modesty
and good sense, said to an acquaintance
when he got at large on terra firma, 81
wish they would bear the victory more
quietly but l can't blame them, be-
cause the whole thing is so new to Us: :
This was true, Columbia has been but
twice in these contests, scoring fourth
place the first time and winning the
second. 1t must be owned that the
boys have right to feel elated.
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a singular scene occurred when
two burials were to take place On
the same day. Both parties staggered
forward as fast as possible, to cons;on
their respective friend in the first place
to the dust. If they met at the gate,
the dead we're thrown down until the
living decided by blows whose ghost
should be condemned to porter it.'' 1t
was the duty of the spirit of the last
person inferred to stand sentry at the
graveyard gate, from sunset until the
growing of the cock, until regularly re-
lieved. This. sometimes, in thinly in
habited parts Of the country, happened
to be tedious and severe duty; and the
duration Of ''Faire Chlaidth': gaye the
deceased surviving friends more
uneasiness. About thirty years ago
QS49) a young man had an interview
with the ghost Of a noighbor wife while
she watched at the gate Of old Laggan
churchyard. She was clothed in
comfortable mantle of snow-white fan
mel, adorned with red crosses, and ap-
peared now, though very old woman
at her Gecease, in the full bloom of
youth and beauty. She told him that
she enjoyed the felicity of Flathinnis,
and they exchanged snuff-mulls. She
directed him to a hidden treasure, and
desired that it might be added to the
fortune Of her daughter, who, she said,
was to be married on certain day,
which she named, and strange to say,
though the girl was not then courted,
she became wife on the day foretold.
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Watching the Dead.

a gentleman now living in Edinburg,
but formally resident of the High
lands, and well versed in it's superstitions
and folklore, sends the Inverness Cour-
Ter the following notes from his COM
monplace book on the curious belief of
the Highlanders in ''Faire Chlaidh," or
watching the dead:
I'm many parts of the Highlands it
is believed to this day that the last per-
son buried has to perform the duty of
sentinel over the church-yard, and that
to him the guardianship Of the spirits of
those buried before is in some degree
committed. This post he must occupy
until tenant Of the tomb releases him.
1t is not esteemed an enviable position,
but one to be escaped if possible; !;
consequently if two neighbors die
on the same day, the surviving
relations made great efforts to be first
in closing the grave over their friend.
/ remember an old nurse, who was
mourning the death Of sweet girl whom
she had reared, exclaiming with ioy,
when she heard, on the day after her
funeral, of the death of parishioner {:
4 thank God my dear darling will have
to watch the grave no longer!' A lu-
dicrous but striking illustration of this
strange notion occurred some years ago
in the parish of A.. An old man
and an old woman, dwelling in the same
township, but not on terms of friendship
for the lady, Kate Ruadh, was more
noted for antipathy than attachments
were both at the point of death. The
good mans friends began to clip his
nails, an office always performed just as
a person is dying. He, knowing that
his amiable neighbor was, like himself,
on the verge Of the grave, reused him
self to last effort and exclaimed {:
''Stop, stop; you know not what use I
may have for all my nails in compelling
Kate Ruadh to keep Faire Chlaidth in
place Of doing it myself " In the sta
tistical account of Scotland, xiv, 2lO,
Parishes of Kil6nichen and Kilviceuen,
county Of Argyll, we read: ''The in
habitants are by no means superstitious,
yet they still retain some opinions
handed down by their ancestors, per.
haps from the time of the Druids. It
is believed by them that the spirit of
the last person buried watches around
the churchyard till another is buried,
to whom he delivers his CHARGE In the
same work, xxi, III, it is said ::In one
division of the country, where it is be-
lieved that the ghost of the last person
buried kept the gate of the churchyard
till relieved by the next victim of death,
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In reality, these people that I speak Of
live like paupers. They sleep on the
floor the year round, and often on the
kitchen floor at that. This last is con-
venient, as they can get up and put the
coffee over the spirit lamp, and retire
again until it is prepared. Coffee is
taken in bed, Of course.
For the benefit OF the girls'at home,
who may admire and envy this lady OF
luxury that grac;ously asks you into
her boudoir at II O clock, declaring
she has Just arisen, and invites you to
take coffee with her. l will tell you
something of her toilets, and the s1ngu-
lar way iii which they change with the
hours Of the day.
Madame goes to market as early as
possible. Nobody is out early III the
norning--that is to say. nobody before
whom she cares to keep up an appear
ance--and. as the market people always
measure customer before setting a
price. it is wise to so to the market
shabbily dressed. not only because no
one will see her. but as matter of
economy. So the toilet Of the day is
not made until this duty is reformed.
In exchange for the great. airy bath
room, with its abundance Of hot and
cold water, and it's fresh. clean towels.
which Americans cannot do without,
Madame has, in little dark hole be-
tween the kitchen and her bedroom,
a PINT OF WATER
in a basin the size Of a fingcr-bowl. For
water is too precious a commodity to be
used unless sparingly. It has to be car
ricd from the street up five flights of
stairs: and a servant must he paid five
cents an hour to do it. No further ar
guments than these are necessary with
Madame. With the aid of dirty little
towel, for clothes must be washed away
from home-there is neither room nor
water to do it in these papier-mache
boxes-our lady will succeed in making
herself tery tidy. l have really began
to wonder if there is not such thing as
dry wash. At 10 the coitfeur comes,
and Aadames hair is dressed, as,
my dear, you never think Of
having yours dressed, except it
be for ball. If she chance to be
little gray, the hair is powdered after it
has been arraigned in its intricate puft:s,
braids, and frizzes. \ coiffeur costs
but a few sous. and this dressing Of the
hair is, [ believe, the stronghold of
French women. I know that it made
a profound impression upon me. l
shall never forget the feeling of flatter-
ed vanity and unutterable gratitude
| experienced when such a fine lady
invited US to make her house our home.
five could put up with their simplicity
and make ourselves comfortable in her
room, she would gladly move
into another apartment. All this
was to be granted because of the very fa-
vorable impression We have made upon
her. 1t would be so disagreeable for US
to move into an ordinary boarding
house; this should be like home to US.
| FATAL DELUsIoS.
Home indeed! have my doubts if
there be many such things in Paris, ex-
cept where some Americans have made
their nest for few years. This matter
of home, am coming to think, is purely
American. The English cannot make
one; they find such repose only in a
house which their ancestors have occu-
pied. An American will make little
room home in single day.
A. G. W.
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BABES Always.
IT'S late-in my lone chamber,
Borne through the echoing hall,

IT'S late-in my lone chamber,
Borne through the echoing hall,
/ hear the winds hoarse sobbing,
The rain-drops' FLASHING fall;
And the street-lamp, Oh the ceiling,
Throws many a weird-like form
Tree-shadows, dancing wildly
- To the music of the storm.
Called my vigil lonely?
The door is still and fast
Ger threshold and DER carpet
No moral loot has passed;
No rustic OF white raiment
Or warm breath stirs the air;
Yet speak aloud my greeting
My darlings! are you there?''
Nor the three who, by me kneeling,
Said, "Our Father" hours ago;
Whose cheeks now dent their pillows
Live roses upon snow.
They dream not of tie graveyard
And of the hillocks twain
Snow-heaped, to-night-(Lord! helI
And dripping with the rain!
Twelve years manly stripping,
Our boy by this had grown!
Is 1t tour years, or twenty,
Since | kissed the eyelids down
Of her whose baby sweetness
Was later gift from God,
And Strengthened in the coffin,
Wee feet that never trod
These are not strangers glances,
That eagerly seek mine:
/ know the loving straining
OF the arms that round me twine,
Thoh hast bept them babes, o Father
Who, not mid Heavens bowers,
Learning the speech of angels,
Forget this home OF ours.
or her, who traved Deaths anguish
To win them to her breast,
If they fled into the sunshine
Free birds from narrow nest
They come to me when longing
And pain are at their height,
To tell me of the safety,
The love and the delight.
OF that eternal dwelling
With our name upon the doorD
The ring of baby-voices
Shall gladden. ever more,
Till, meath their tender soothing,
lift my heart and smile,
And gather faith and courage
To bide my little while"
II Marion Harland.
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LIFE At LONG BRANCH.
Retirement Not One of the
Features.

correspondence OF the N. Y. Tribune.
LONG BRANCH, July l9.-The success
of the season here is already assured.
A few weeks ago, when the cottagers
were putting their houses in order, old
patrons Of the hotels were quizzing the
landlords about prices, and suggesting
a reduction from those Of last year.
The times were hard, they said, trade
dull, almost as many as last year going
to Europe to save expense, and unless
content with empty rooms the gushing
hotel keepers must lower their rates.
The latter were not 50 sure about it.
Theirs were the pockets interested, and
they had theory Of their own. New
cottages were building, the President
was coming as usual, and money had
been made since the panic. The class
that spend the summer at the Branch,
they concluded would crowd their
houses this season. Terms, therefore.
for the most part. held their own, and
now the boats from New York
are as heavily loaded as ever,
and last Sunday the crowd
outnumbered that of the corresponding
Sunday of 1873. Many went to the
races at Monmouth Park on Saturday,
and many remained at the Branch over
Sunday, while hundreds besides the
regular guests sought relief from the
discomforts Of the city for single day.
To imagine that any one comes to a
Long Branch hotel for rest or retirement
would be most singular conception.
Such pretense is seldom made. In
general, people come here as they would
go in winter to a continuous Academy
ball-with intermissions Of daylight
for sleep and dress. There is varia-
tion in the hours, to be sure, but only
such as the fashion makes. Those who
do the proper thing, sleep later than in
the city, but they dress oftener, and, il
anything, with greater at.
tempt at display. What
wonder that many sensible
New Workers seek the remote resorts.
such as Rye Beach, the Isle Of Shoals,
and Mount Desert, where they can do
as they please, without diamonds and
in ignorance Of the latest fashions! I
am not saying that there is no enjoy
ment here. A few there are who make
the best of their surroundings, bathe,
romp, dress naturally, and are indie.
pendent; and Of course everybody
drives out every day, for, thanks to
Gen. Grant, or some one else, this is
fashionable. Then there is dancing,
evenings, at the hotels, for which good
music is furnished. The preparations
N the shape of toilets are very elabor.
ate, and occasionally betray signs Of
good taste. Certainly there is no lack
of richness and expense, and what other
considerations are requisite at Long
Branch? Where these are possible, it
is, fortunately, not essential that there
should be any remarkable degree of
beauty intermingled.
ACCOMMODATIONS.
Whoever comes to Long Branch ex-
poets to pay for it, and in this respect
he is not disappointed; nor does he have
his heart set upon anything extravagant
in the way of apartment, while he is de-
termined to be content with whatever
the poor landlord can afford him at the
table at q pittance of SIS per day. He
has the good fortune to get room with
a window, and large enough for wash.
stand, bureau, bed and chair, all we'll
tested by use. A candle gives the best
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II thought you were born on the
1st Of April said husband to his wife,
who had mentioned the twenty-6rst as
her birthday. ''That's just what all
my friends Think" said the wife. 'Why
are they all so unanimous on that
point e asked her legal lord. ''On ac-
count of my choice of husband,' was
the quiet reply. The subject was pur-
sued no further.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-08
THURSDAY EvEN'G. JAN. s. 1874.

THE special committee appointed by the
Iowa State Grange to investigate as to the
condition OF "homesteaderso in that state,
have visited the counties of Oceola, Lyon,
O'Brien, and Sioux. and in their report
they state the restitution in the district
named to be Of a general and serious ma
ture, and, notwithstanding all that has
been done, the committee estimate that at
least 500 families in that portion Of the
state are totally destitute of the means Of
obtaining food and clothing, while many
more will need some assistance before
they can sustain themselves. The COM
mittee will, in circular to the Oranges
throughout the state, call for contributions
of food, clothing, fuel and seed, and for
appropriations ofmoney for the relief ofthe
suffering people. The committee have not
yet had time to visit the counties east OF
those mentioned, but from representations
made to them it is believed that to a consid-
cradle extent the same restitution prevails
in the unvisited districts.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-08
MUNsON HILL NURSERIES,.

The proprietor ofthese nurseries has been en-
gagged twenty-five years in the propagation o.
fruit and ornamental trees He has made
SOUTHERN VARIETIES special study, and
now offers an immense assortment of perfectly
grown stock Of PEACHS, APPLES AND
PEARS. His varieties are warranted true TO
name. having been tested in his extensive
experimental orchard, and superior in perfec.
ton Of growth and size, to any In the state.
They are the CHEAPEST WEI.L-GROwN
TREES offered in Virginia s5s
lie has also a la rye stock of fine ORNAMEN
tai TREES.
Special attention devoted to ORCHARD
LISTS, adapted to all SOILS and LOCATIONS
Orders should be sent as soon as possible.
Parties leaving the selection of varieties to
the proprietor may be sure of getting the best of
every thing
Persons, In ordering, will please state express
ly the varieties they desire, and the number OF
each, and whether of Standard or Dwarf
When I have not the varieties desired. will
substitute as near in character as possible.
unless otherwise directed Tie cost of boxing
or packing will always be charged; but all
packages will besent to the steamboats, or depots
at Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria
without charge for carriage, and when so de-
livered lay responsibility as to their condition
will cease.
Remittances should be made in drafts to my
order or by express, or, if small sums, by mail.
Particular directions should be given as to
marking and shipment of packages. Where
directions are not given, will ship by such line
as shall seem best.
Varieties par ticularly recommended for this
climate and market are marked thus.#
Apple trees, $40 per 100; per 1000, 300
Peach trees, $40 per 100, per 1000 $50. 1000
$40 per 1000. 5000 500 per 1000. Dwarf Pears.
s25 per 100. Standard Pears, $40 per 100.
Send for Catalogue, and address
j. 20. MUNSON,
Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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