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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-02-21
PROFESSIONAL.
DEATH TO DISEASE
DIR. BAKER,
The man whom we have all read about SO
much, is located at
100 Jefferson street, Memphis, Tenn,
And is performing great cures by the use
Herbs.
DIR. BAKER,
100 Jefferson street, Memphis, Tenn,

INFINITE WISDOM HAS PROVIDED A
i remedy for every disease that man OF Wo-
man il heir to, by the vegetable matter OF the
riched in medical virtue, and skilfully pre-
pared and administered. they never fail. SO
those afflicted OF suffering from every disease
whatever 20 and see the Doctor. You viii
find him to be a most scientific man, endowed
BY nature and art 70 relieve you Of your
physical ailments. Instead Of dragging
through a heightened state Of suffering ana
misery, apply 70 him for relief and you nay
feel confident Of having your sickness OF dis
w ut half the expense attending where the
dig is nursed instead OF removed. iV5-F
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-02-21
Indian Depredations.

CHEYENNE, February 2l.-lndians
appeared at Julesburg Station, on the
Union Pacific railroad, last night, and
stole eleven head of horses, and fired
into the station-house. They went to
Chappelle, the next station west, rid
ding the place with bullets. A column
of cavalry and infantry leave tomorrow
for Fort Laramie.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-02-21

GREENvILLE, TENNESSEE, has become
the scene of woman's whisky war, like
unto that now progressing in Ohio. The
fair Greenvillians have been successful
in closing up several doggeries with the
aid of prayer. The movement gives
signs of coming southwark, and may ere
long reach Memphis, which offers fine
field for such missionary labors which
may or may not be successful.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-02-21

Sinai. Charles Tilstone Beke is dis
tinguished traveller, explorer and author.
As far back as 1894 he published "Orig-
ines Biblicae, or Researches in Prime
val History" and since that year he has
given much time to historical and
geographical researches inthe East
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-02-21

CAMpBELL-Atther residence other father,
tended, at o'clock this morning. Mrs. CAMP
BELL.
The friends Of the family are invited to at
tend her funeral at 3 o'clock Sunday after
noon. Services by the Rev. DR.. Steadman.
Carriages in attendance at the residence.
FARNSWORTH-At1o' CLOCK n. M, the 21st
inst, little WILLIE TAYLOR FAREswoRTg.
aged four years. son of Thomas r. and Mamie
farnswcrth.
: The friends of the family are invited to at
tend the funeral services at the family resi-
dence. No. S5S Linden street. Services at 8
am. tomorrow. the 22d. by the Rev. DR..
Steadman. -
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-02-21
NOWIs THE TIME TO BUY
MEDICAL
DIR. Curtis on Manhood"
2OOth EDITION.
Revised and Corrected By the Author. E. DE-
F. CURTIS. NJ. D., etc.. etc.
MEDICAL

A MEDICAL ESSAY on the cause and cure
Of Premature Decline in Man, showing now
health is lost and how regained. II gives a
clear syn opsis Of the Impediments TO Marriage,
Ire treatment Of Exhausted Vitality, Nervous
and Physical Debility, and other diseases ap-
nertaininq thereto, and the remedies therefor,
the. esults Of twenty years successful prac-
@iCURTIs ON MANHOOD There is no
member Of society BY whom this book VIII mt
eentor er clergym. p London Times.
Price so cents. By mail. address the author'
DIR. CURTIS,
lO-xviHss sTremozt Place. Boston. Mass,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-02-21

A LoSDoS telegram announces that
DR.. Beke, the celebrated English trav-
eler. has discovered the true Mount
Sinai-the mountain forever memorable
as the spot where the law was given 70
Israel through Moses. Jebel Musa, the
" Mount Of Moses Of the Sinaitic
range, has long been regarded by the
great majority Of scholars as the true
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-02-21
NOTICE.
Dividend Notice.
OFrrcE HouE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
MrnpHrs. Eebruary Do, loIl. J

At A REGULAR MEETING, OF THE
"A Board Of Directors Of the Home ms y
rance Company Of Memphis, DIVIDEND on
Eve per cent. upon the capital stoekk ei ~ ~
Company was declared anu oIueleA :" W
credited on the stock notes. 60
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03

"A Danbury man who received tele-
gram from Buffalo requesting him 10 come
thither Immediately "a attend his mother
in-law's funeral, sternly declined, saying
that he never attended celebrations during
Lent.
several Irishmen were disputng one
day upon their own best points, when one
said in an aggressive manner Faith.
and Tn a brick" And, indade," said
another, I'm a bricklayer," and felled
the first speaker TO the ground.
There is something very sensible in
the impromptu remark Of a pretty girl
=" II our Maker thought II wrong for Adam
TO live single when there was not woman
on earth. how criminally guilty are the
old bachelors, with the world full Of pretty
girls"
We once heard Of traveller at hotel
who rose from his bed al night TO examine
the weather; but. instead of looking out
on the sky. thrust his head through the
glass window Of cupboard. " Bless me-"
he muttered. "this is very singular wealth
er. The night is a dark a. pitch and
smells of cheese"
Our penal laws are sadly deficient if
they provide no remedy for am eating
house keeper against the fiend in human
form who evinces his enmity 10 his Kind
BY scraping the label off tomato catsup
bottle. leaving il 10 read. in its mutilated
form. thus, .Tom** Cats**.'
-" Linger not, darling" she said to him,
a he stood on the porch pressing her
hand before he babe her farewell for the
evening He did not linger. He saw the
old man coming up the street at rapid
gait. He fingered only long enough 10
pull his hat down over his eyes. spit on
his hands. and bound actively for the side
walk.
Detroit is sure Of at least one ease of
genuine love. \ packet OF 1872 letters was
picked up in one Of the city streets the 9th
er day. being a correspondence covering
a period Of six weeks, and there was not a
letter in the lot that didn't have at least
six '.darlings" in it. and such expressions
a. ''my angel love" seemed 10 have been
applied with pepper-box.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03

The California senate has passed a
compulsory education bill.
The expenditures Of the Peabody
Trustees for last year amounted 10 $780,
600.
The Roman Catholics Of New Bruins
wick l-.naud II the Legislature separate
schools. They say that they cannot con-
Scientiously send their children 10 the pub
lie schools
A female graduate Of the Medical De
partment ~ the Iowa University has ta-
ken The first prize for the best performed
dissection hi surgical anatomy. IN "A class
consisting oi twenty-four young men and
one other young woman
The number Of students enrolled in
the scientific and literary departments oI
the University Of California j. one hun
dred and nimcty-nine. Of whom iweniy->iN
are ladies Young women are received
into the University on TIE same terms with
Young men. and have an equal SHARE in ali
the advantages 81 the University.
Rev. Dr. Joseph Cummings. Presi-
dent Of Wesleyan University. Middletown-
CT. has resigned his Office. TO the regret 81
all connected with the institution. Daring
his presidency of seventeen years. over
half a million Of dollars was added 20 the
property ~ the 1 University. including four
new buildings. and its influence was wide
Is extended.
Rev. Thomas smith, Baptist minis
ter siding ia Parrot.viile. Tenn. i lul
wears probably the oldest minister
living. He can still ride on horseback 10
his appointments. has preached several
several times during the past year. and
still has appointments TO fill. He was the
pastor ~ one church for forty-four years.
He remembers the battle Of Brandywine.
i fond Of talking on theology. loves every
body. quotes from the Scriptures readi-
". and seems 10 have good memory.
President White OF Cornell says that
he knows Of but single instance among
the young ladies AT the University Of in
ability 10 keep well up with the class. He
observes that a "A rule they average about
ten per cent. better on the examination
papers than DO the young men. that they
have raised the average Of conscience and
manlineS- and dscency more than ten per
cent: and tl.at the Young woman who
took degleeat the last commencement
stood easily among the first fifteen in a
class Of "A hundred.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03

smith. the manager 81 the concern. This
article. 10 4 estimated, will b. equal In
quality "a the b,-t tool steel.
The company which issued proposals
afew weeks ago for laying light telegraph
cable b-twecn England and America has
abandoned the enterprise because OF the
ssAnty support, and gives notice that the
money deposited by the subscribers 10 is
stock will D. returned on demand.
The New Orleans inns SAYS that
very heavy rioe crop will D. planted thi.
spring ia the parish II PiaqueInine-. The
bnssdth Of land "a b. sOwn will b. much
larger than that put under rice culture last
year. This viii include several large sugar
plantations that have lain idle for several
seasons whilst on several such plantations
the cultivation 81 sugar cane will cease
anil the ground D. sOwn in rice. The same
change J, noticed in other sections OF the
State.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03
Foreign Notes.

Germany j. to have a Signal service
Bureau.
The newly-elected Lord Mayor Of Lon
don l. practical printer.
American newspapers and magazines
are now generally taken al the leading
clubs In London. Five wears ago book
or paper published IN the United States was
a rarity At English clubs.
a statue Of the Virgin. twenty feet in
height. l. 10 be- erected in Hayre. to COM
memorate the preservation of that city from
the Germans. IL will b. placed on the
road By which the Germans were intend
ing 20 enter the town. and will bear in
golden letters the following inscription :.
Havre preserved from the Prussian in
vaderS-ls70-72
In the last week Of February ninety
five EngliShmen landed at the island OF
Caprera 10 pay their RESPECTS 10 Garibaldi.
He Was not in good health and could not
see them all but he received a small dep
utation tn whom ne expressed his appre-
citation Of their love and sympathy. In the
last three years Garibaldi has received
many presents from his friends and admir-
ers. including agricultural implements and
machinery. More than 500 addresses of
sympathy or reorganization have been pre-
sented Ia him since ISL. Before he took
up hiS residence on theisland no one visit
"a il. but now many steamers stop there.
The Danish Government has just
Y granted very liberal charter To the lee
I lanclcr-. who have long been clamoringfor
almost entire separation from the old coun-
I try. The charter j. To 20 into operation
on the lst Of August next. when will be
I celebrated the thousandth anniversary Of
I the colonization Of the Island. In AL mat
ter concerning the island particularly,
and not belonging To the imperial legisla-
Y ture. Iceland will have it, own legislation
AMI administration. The national repre-
-eniafion i the Althing. consisting OF
thirty members elected By popular sui
I frags on most liberal franchise. adapted
"a the wants II the country. and six nomi-
nafsdl BY the King. A Minister for lee
land. nominated BY the King and respon-
.ihI,. TO the Alfhing. j. the head Of the adj
miniStration. The independence Of the
tribunals. freedom of individuals. liberty
IL faith and 1T the press. Of public meet
ings. and equality ~ citizens before the
Law. are all guaranteed. The Crown
Prince ~ Denmark will probably visit the
island during the millennial festivities.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03

"A Swedish girl named Anna johnson
was fatally burned in Rock Island last
week by her clothes taking fire from a
stove.
"A parcel Of boys i'm Lebanon. ind.
seeing a barrel Of whisky on the sidewalk.
bored a hole through il. and with the aid OF
straw imbibcd % much OF il a. to become
b'a-tly drunk. One Of them. the son Of a
prominent citizen. drank 20 much that for
a time his life was despaired Of.
WIN. McGinnis. wealthy farmer OF
Me- rsacken county. Nv. was found dead
near West Point. Hardin county. few
DAYS since. with a horse standing guard
over his body. Tie had evidently fallen
from the horse. probably from heart dis
ease.
"A dispatch from Rockland. Maine.
SAYS that while a Young man named Kel-
Ter. Of Camden. accompanied by Miss Holt,
q Lincolnville. was driving across the
iIOsIncr's Pond. the team broke through
carrying the buggy under the Ice and all
we're drowned.
A man named Williams. in Rose.
Wau~hara county. Wis. was engaged in
cleaning out a well. few days ago. when
it cIyed IN. burying him twenty feet deep.
By the aid OF the neighhor- he was speed
liz dug ont. He wa> found standing up
light. apparently asleep. and AT once n
vivei ON being brought up. and was unin-
iured.
An engine standing in the Pennsyl-
yania Railroad Company's ward al AltOO-
ma. Pa. the other day. got started in some
way and run through the rOund-hOu~e.
across an open sp1n and into the large
machine hop. in which over 800 men We're
al work. One man Wa killed and another
wounded. This engine smashed every
thing in it, course.
Attempting "a suppress sneeze has
Just proved a serious matter 10 a lady ei
Springfield. Mass \ partial paralysis
was CAUSED by the effort. by which one
sisls. Of the face has become - distorted
that her ultimate friend. fail to recognize
her features. and il j. considered doubtful
if they will ever resume their natural ai,-
pearanoe.
A man BY the name Of Van Horn and
his son. living near Newtouville. Clermont
county. Ohio. while on their WAY home
between : and = o'clock. one evening late
IL. were stopped and robbed. After
they had delivered their money To the
robbers. the elder Van Horn fell dead.
probably from the effects Of the shock. a
careful investigation showed no marks
~ violence.
Little George Gough was sliding
down hill in East Hampton. Conn.,. about
half a mile from home His mother stood
II the window and saw him slide into a
pond AZ the foot of the long hill. Nobody
was with him. and be- was too Young To help
himself she started for the pond a fast
a. she could run. climbing fences and
stumbling through banks Of snow. Be
fore reaching the place -he became 80
breaihle-s. scared and exhausted. that she
fell half fainting. but she got on her feet
again. and staggered on. When she came
o. the water. which stood three feet deep
over the ice. she walel IN and drew her
boy OUTPUT he was dead.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03

One company will plant 600 acres in
cotton in MERGED county, California this
Year.
"A company has been formed on Bear
River. California for the purpose Of manu-
featuring butter from the fat Of the seal
and sea lion.
The Western Canada Oil Company
have shut down about fifty Of their wells.
throwing about Seventy-fiye men out Of
employment. The cause Il the suspen-
sion j. the depressed state Of the oil mar
ket.
The silver aines Of the Comstock lode
in Nevada an now worth. aggregatlng the
market value Of the stock. sixty-fiye mil
lions Of dollars. In 1873 they were worth
forty-two millions. During the year they
have divided twelve millions.
The Grand Trunk Railroad 81 Maine
has received from England 400 patent car
wheels. made with spokes. instead Of being
solid. AMI having steel tires. II j. claimed
that they viii wear much longer than the
common ones.
The Industrial Congress If Working
men will convene in Rochester on Tues
day. April a. Among tie subjects 10 he
considered will b. the alviSahilify Of form
ing an organization similar in form. inter
eSts and purposes 20 the Patrons Of iius-
bandry.
Extensive steel-works will soon b. in
operation at Martins Ferry. Ohio. u l.
INTENDED 10 make steel direct from the
muck bar bya process invented by Mr..
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


-Alexander Johnston. father II late
Governor Of Pennsylvania l. still living al
Kingston. in that state. aged 100.
1t i understood that Mr.. sumner
estate consists 10 a grsat extent of books.
work Of art. md articles Of rcrfa, on which
hc expended great deal Of money
Charles &. Leonard. the author Of the
=. shect-irOn ca" story, and other humor-
Gus articles. died At Cleveland a few days
since. lie was connected with the tleye-
land Lcadcr and the Iitusyille Herald.
Henry Ward Beecher says he hasn't
much idea u poetry, but h. feels certain
that lis wrong To Inake . candle rhyme
with pnmp-handlc.- Would he try 10
make a kerosene lamp rhyme with il:
The New York World alludes Ia a
well-known Philadelphian a . that emf
nently superseryiceable but amiabie littena-
reasr. DR.. shelton Mackenzie. ready writer
of biographies and intimate friend 81 al
the dead men,"
John Banvar,l i writing a book in
which George ". OF England figures ex-
tensiyely. and IN "A light which admirers OF
the first gentleman in Europe" will.
probably. lind unpleasant for the eyes.
The book VIII be- called the Private Life
OF King"
MIR. sumner. a short time before his
death. had given the finishing touches 10
volume entitled Prophetic Voices Con-
corning America" II j. compilation. OF
selections concerning the c0untry's future
from speeches Of celebrated men.
-Frncis kos>uth. >onof Louis. writes
from Turin animdignant denial Of the story
which ba- been widely circulated in this
country concerning hi, fathers de>iitution
and mental ierbleness. He pronOunoes the
whole story an = absurd and impujent in
vention.''
A publisher in Yeldo. Japan. has just
issued liz. OF Washington in forty-iour
volume printed in Japanese characters.
and Illustrated with numerous en- cravings
On the frOntispiece j. the portrait Of the
first President OF the United Siafes. in the
costume of the present day. wearing
heavy mou-tache. carrying cane in his
hand. and escorted by a terrier dog.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03

"A curious literary work has been un-
dcrtaken by an English gentleman under
a commission from the trustees of the
British Museum. Ii is a reproduction OF
the titlc-page OF every book entered ut
Staticners' Hall. London, since the begin
ming of the reign Of Henry the Eighth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-03

The Western Rural rcitcrates the truth
that . To get the best results from the cult
walton of crops OF the various kinds, rom
one-fifth to one-tourth of the land should
be in forests.
, 1874-09-02

offset to the extra weight), straight grained
and rather longer than the average. The
handle having been we'll oiled to prevent
its cracking, our farmer is ready for the
field. Now study him at work. With
many hoeing is merely a matter OF raising
and falling Of the implement, or what may
be called a chopping stroke, with force
sufficient to cut up weeds. Our farmer
has not only an up and down stroke, but
a swinging, half circular stroke, that from
its effects may be called a cutting or knife
stroke; and, moreover. his chopping
strokes are made at angles varying with
the kind and size of the weeds. Here is q
capital axiom that he has adopted that
weed-hoeing has two ends in yiew-viz.,
to XII the weeds then growing and to do
this in such q manner as % prevent so far
as can be, the seed in The ground from
terminating. "Ali tiilage sell, " he says,
" hos the seed of weeds scattered through
it as deep as it IS titled, say FOR a foot in
depth some Of them retain their vegeta-
ting powers many yoars-somo only one
year. Now, NY object in ~wead-hoeing
should be-W}ile destroying the weeds on
the present suriace-n0t to make q new
surface from which q new c-op may start"
lie, Therefore, dis.urbs the surface only
enough to Kill the weeds; his work pre-
sents none Of the roughncss of the bungler
who wastes vast amounts Of strength in
rough choppiag, that takes weed up by
the roots in front Of him, bat to leave
them replanted in The rear Of him, while
he 50 disfurbs the under soi, that the seeds
therein ere brought sufficiently near the
surface to germiu0te. If some one should
ask, is not one ereat object Of hoaing 10
loosen the soiI2 hs replies, Certainly,
at times; but we are now discussing
hoeing as a mere wedding process" "
L HeyaId)
, 1874-09-02

A DARING FGAT.-A t%ricolour flag on The sum
nit of Metz Cathedral, which has been a con-
slant eyesore to the Germans, has Just been re
moved, a reward Of 100 thalers having been
offered for the feat, which was attended with
considerable danger, After gaining the top of
the Gothic tower two balls bad to be scaled to
reach the flagstaff. A native Of Brandenburg,
accustomed to polilous enterprises, undertook
the task, providing himself with two planks for
scaling the balls. On surrounding the first he
staggered, and everybody expected him to fall,
bat he reached the flagstaff, lowered the em-
blem of French rule, aud substituted a German
flag of black, white and red. In four hours
he was again at the bottom, and was chcered
by the Germans, while a troop Of soldiers who
had witnessed tue operation returned to thoir
quarters.
, 1874-09-02
NOTICE..

EgaH OSE persons to whom
9 notice has been given
for payment to the St. Croix
Savings Bank, as well as those
whose Bonds are due, are
hereby requested to settle their
respective Accounts within
IA days after this Advertise
ment.
Tn accordance with a
resolution Of the Board of
Investment of this date, the
debts will, in the event of non
payment after that term, be
enforced by law.
Christiansted Goth August
1874.
JOH. f.
President of the st. Croix
Savings Bank.
, 1874-09-02
THE WAY TO HOE D
STANDINGLY.

Let US study the course of that i%ntelli-
gent young farmer to whom hoeing is an
art. He examines critically his tool before
purchasing for the quality of the steel
ne requires the label of some respectable
firm Tor the rest he is his own judge.
bis selection IS an implement not over
wide. having fine and sharp angles, and
SO 9mounted on the handle as to require
% little STOPPING as possible. He selects
a handle of hard wood (the momentum
gained by which being more than an
, 1874-09-02

upon coarse fanaticism, and seeking its real
allies only in Ultramoutane plots and conspir-
acies, could not meet with any sympathy in
Germany. The Imperial Government, in har-
mony with the feeling of indignation, pnd in
the interest of the whole of European oivilisa-
ton, will seek and find means to make the
Carlist bands understand that the execution of
a captured German subject cannot remain IN
punished. @
, 1874-09-02

THE MURDER OF CAPTAIN SCHMIDT.-The
North German Gazette, ia an article on the shoot
ing of Captain Schmidt by the Oarlists, says that
it did not need this occurrence to determine the
opinion of Germany upon the Carlists and their
mode Of waging war. A movement founded
, 1874-09-02
on ST. THOMAS.

DAItA va W. LII UUUAU'
T2SPOTICE is hereby given
6U that the half yearly di-
vidend of FOUR per CENT
on the paid up Capital of this
Institution declared at a Meet
ing Of Projectors held this
day, will be payable at the
Bank tomorrow, and every
day after, during the hours of
business.
St. Thomas oath August
1874.
Ed. S. PETERSEN.
Manager.