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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-23

Some of our farmers are building
earth fences around their pasture fields.
They are from three to four feet high,
with trench inside the enclosure about
three feet deep and three fee. vide. On
the side facing the ditch tough prairie
sods are laid up like stone work and the
back is composed ofloose dirt, on which
in the course Of time sod will form and
hold it in position. This is cheap way
of fencing in stock, and another year
will. we think, see it very generally
adopted.-Lac qui Parle Press.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-23
Reapers and Mowers.

McCormick's Reapers and Mowers.
The machines that they offer to the
farmer for the sea son Of 1874 are as fol-
lows:
THE ADVANCE.
This is perfect combined two
wheeled. double-b barred reaper and now
er, with serrated reaper sickle and
smooth-edged mower knife. This ma
chine is the father of the reaper family,
and is the result and eutgrowth Of a
long life time spent exclusively in the
manufacture of such implements. Its
merits in the past are well known. but
valuable improvements have been added
since last year. the most important of
which perhaps is the Eaethoe of dipping
the platform and cutter-bar down, and
throwing abe reel forward into and un.
der lodged and falling grain. This i'm.
provement saves erery heed Of lodged
and entangled grain. With this i'm
provement the Advance stands without
. rival.
THE IMPROVED PRIZE MOWER.
This is unique, easy-draught. close.
cutting. folding bar, two-wheeled mower.
This machine has long stood at the
head of the class as the best mower fsr
heavy. matted grass. This mower cuts
four feet wide, and, though very light.
is provided with powerful. high-geared
wheels. imparting to the well-balanced
keen-edged knife speed that carries i,
through everything before it. even with
the horses on an easy walk. A farmer
who consults his own interests viii
purchase no other kind of moving ma
chine.
THE NEW RELIABLE.
This is one wheeled, wide cut. sin.
gle reaper, combining some of the fea
lures of the 'sOld Reliable built in the
most substantial manner for heavy
crops, but of easy draft, though cutting
a swath sir and a half feet wide, and
capable of bringing down its twenty
Eve acres per day. A farmer provided
with one Of these reapers is prepared t
make short work Of large grain crop
and will feel himself master Of the stu
alton under any and all circumstances
Address Northwestern Agents, Johr
Rhodes 4 Son. Hastings, MINI.
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FRUIT
HALL FRUIT FARM
KERR AVENUE.

INN 5rNpERsIGNED Is Prepared no
'..----irh strawberry and raspbeTry, plaihe y y
;e ar4riities 20 suit pureh,s.sers- sshsii
TiI -nicer a Ryan, 90 MAIN su''''
herr frompt attention. sprrrp sr.r,s.r-
Ociohcr j. 1874.
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A render Touch o sentiment.

Mrs. Oliphant, in her recent novel,
' For Love and Life, shows her bound
less sympathy with all the griefs that
parents suffer from the self.will and the
wrong doing Of children; and she touches
one sorrow that is often borne, but sell
dom confessed, when she writes: Many
q volume has been written about the love
of parents, the love of mothers, its en-
thusiasms of hope and fancy, its adora-
tions of the unworthy, its agony for the
lost; but | do not remember that any
one has ventured to touch upon still
more terrible view Of the subject-the
disappointment, for example, with which
such woman as | have attempted to
set before the reader-a woman full OF
high aspirations, noble, generous, and
perhaps an unwarrantable personal pride,
intensified by the homely circumstances
of life around her-sometimes looks upon
the absolutely commonplace people
whom she has brought into the world.
She, too, has had her dreams about
them while they were children, and all
things seemed possible-while they were
youths, with still some grace and fresh
ness of the morning yelling their unhe-
roic outlines. Bnt woman of seventy
can cherish no fond delusion about her
middle.aged sons and daughters, who
are, to all intents and purposes, rs old
as she is. What dismal sense of fail.
ure must come into such a woman s
heart while she looks at them. Perhaps
this is one reason why grandfathers and
mothers throw themselves SO eagerly
into the new generation, by means of
which human nature can always go on
deceiying itself. Heavens what a diff
ference between the ordinary man or
woman ef fifty and that ideal creature
which he, or She, appeared to the moth
er's eyes at fifteen. The old people
gaze end gaze to see our old natures in
us. and whooan express the blank of that
disappointment, the crue! modification
Of those old hopes, which never hnd ex-
preston in any words
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A COOL ROBBER.
The Very Alps Of Impudence.

The Very Alps of Impudence.
From the New Haven Registerl
Policeman Badger, of the Tenth Sta
ton, had bit of experience the other
night which he is not fond of talking
about. 1t was past midnight as he was
leisurely pushing his beat through Jes-
sop street. and as he came opposite to
Drayton & Foggs jewelry store he OBJ
served CLEANS of light through the
chinks of the shutters, and raped at
the door.
us that you policeman" asked a
voice within.
Yea" answered Badger.
"Well-its only me--its all right;
kind o chilly out, isn't it2"
Yes"
Thought SO. l was just fixing the
fire--good night.
Badger said Good night" and pur-
sued his way.
An hour afterward Badger passed
through Jessop street again, an6 again
he saw the light in the jewelry store.
1t didn't look right, and he banged at
the door loudly.
Hallol" cried the voice within. Is
it you, policeman"
"Yes."
All right. Won't you come in and
warm your 1t won't hurt anything
for you to slip from your beat few
minutes"
The door opened and Policeman
Badger entered, and he found the inmate
to be very gentlemanly looking man,
in linen duster.
Come right up to the stove, police
man. Excuse me for moment"
The man took the ash-pan from the
bottom of the stove and carried it down
into the cellar and emptied it, and when
he had returned and wiped his hands he
said with a smile;
Chilly night, isn't2"
"Yes."
"Chilly outside, and dull inside.
Another smile.) New goods for the
spring trade, and have to keep our eyes
open Lonesome work, this watching
all night, but l manage to find bit of
comfort in this. Won't you join me in
tip2 You'll find it the pure thing"
And the man produced black bottle
and tumbler.
Policeman Badger partook, and hav
ing wiped his lips and given his fingers
a new warming, he left the store and re-
sumed his beat, satisfied that all was
right at Drayton u Foggs.
But the morning brought new reve-
latioh. Drayton q Foggs store had
been robbed during the night of $4,000
worth OF watches and jewelry, and al
though policeman Badger carries in his
mind complete daguerreotype of the
robber, the adroit rascal has not yet
been found.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-20
THO subject of Divine RtghI i'm Con.
alanIlnOple.

The question Of the succession to the
throne Of the snltan has been a source
of cabinet aud diplomatic disquietude in
Constsptinople during the past two
years Under the law which has re-
gulated the heirsbip during the last 500
wears the crown always passes to the
eldest male o ftbe imperial Turkish fam
ilv whose father was on the throne ct the
time Of his birth, so that as rule the
Sultans have been succeeded not By
their sons, but by their brothers, 1t was
In accordance With this lsV that that
the preseet Sultan, Abdul Aziz, ascended
the throne on the death Of his brother.
Abdul Medjid (25th June, 1861, though
the latter left seven sons. Abdul Aziz
has four sons, the eldest Of whom,
Youssout Izedin, was born on the 9Th OF
October 1857, and is, consequently
under the above law. disqualified for the
crown, since at the time he vas born bis
father was not as yet Sultan. The Lawful
heir, in the eyes Of the people, is the eldest
son of Abdul Medjid, Murad Efendi, who
was born during bis fathers reign-on
the 2ist Of September, lS40-but a
strong party at court urges the Sultan
Just at present 10 introduce the Euro
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MEMPHIS TENN. TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20 1874

pean system of succession and declare
his eldest son his heir The old Moham-
medan party is opposed to such course
which it considers would involve de-
parture from the precepts of the Koran,
and, as under the Koran Mohammedan
is only bound to obey his sovereign in SO
far as he keeps within its restrictions,
this opposition may lead to very serious
results if the Sultan should adopt the
proposal to alter the plan of Succession.
Moreover, it is feared in Constantinople
that the Princes of Servia and Rou-
mania, the Khedive of Egypt and the
Bey of Tunis, who, as it is, bear with
impatience the suzerainty of the Sui
tan, would seize the opportunity for de-
claring themselves independent if a
Sultan is crowned who, according to the
law which existed at the time when they
did homage at CoEstantinople, would
not be the rightful heir to the throne.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-20
Tno po,e Star and Pointers.

Everybody who knows anything about
the heavens knows the position of the
constellation called the Great Bear,
or more familiarly, the Great Dipper.
Two of the stars in the Dipper are
called pointers because they point
to the Pole star. But Lieutenant
Drayton, of England, calls attention to
the fact that when the pointers are west
of the Pole star they do not seem to
point in so direct a line as when they
are to the eastward. He ascribes the
difference to this cause: The Pole star
is not exactly at the North Pole, but
more than degree from the true point.
Consequently the Pole star revolves as
well as the pointers, and the relative
position seems to the spectator to be
little changed. Every one can test the
accuracy of Lieutenant Drayton asser-
tion by his own observation.
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Normandy Picturesqueness.

In Through Normandy Miss Mac
quoid thus describes the market people
at Dieppe ut is market day, and there
is a most picturesque array of country
women. who look as if they all belonged
to the. sea, they are so coarse ana hard
featured. Their dress is wonderfully
full of low-toned color, with perhaps
bright colored cotton handkerchiefs tied
over their heads, and blue and one or
two black and scarlet striped skirts.
One wonders where painters have seen
the gaudy hues in which they sometimes
depict Norman peasant women. Black,
dark and blue, and sort of greenish
gray are almost the universal colors seen
ia skirts all over the province; the
aprons black, gray, lilac or blue. In La
Haute Normandie, the short, loose
jacket is worn by all, and this is always
of black or dark gray stuff. The color
lies in the aprons, or where q bright col
ored square of cotton is tied over the
cap. In Basse Normandie, especially
in Calvados and La Manche, where the
neckerchief is still worn across the
shoulders in place of the jacket-this is
usually bright colored scarlet or orange
mingled with black. The indiennes
they wear for this purpose cost
often five shillngs or six shil-
lings, and are treasured for years,
and worn only on market days and festi-
walls; but scarlet petticoat is not often
seen. The Normans are much too thrifty
to wear any but dark-eolored gowns, un.
less indeed it be a lavendar cotton, and
this is always of a pale, subdued tint.
II is the wonderful neatness and Jaunti-
ness which pervade the whole costume OF
even the poorest, from the black wooden
sabots TO the snowy bonnet de cotton,
with its tassels a little on one side that
make the Norman peasant so admirably
suited as contrast and relief to the quaint,
ricketv wooden houses and mouldering
gray stone wonders of past times, among
which she lives, the colors Of her dress
alwayS in harmony with the surround
ings: and the men with their blouses and
trousers. often faded to greenish hues,
with many patches of the same color,
but of different tint, are just as harPo-
NOUS objects as the women are. thelr
skins too. warm as if the sun bad borne
its own reflection into them, their viva
cious. intelligent eyes and ready smile,
and the intensely Frightening effect OF
the pure atmosphere make them quite
salient enough against the ancient, som
Der backgrounds of these picturesque
old towns; the artist need not dress them
up in eolors which their natural sense OF
the fitness of things would repudiate.
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Along the waysides and up the hills
The golden rod flames in the sun;
The blue eyed gentian mods good-by
To the sad little brooks that run;
And so Summers dDne, said L,
Summers done!
In following woods the chestnut drops,
The squirrel gets galore,
Though bright-eyed lads and little maids
Rob him of half his store;
And so Summers Ger, said /,
Summers Ger
The maple in the swamp begins
To faunt in gold and red,
And in the elm the fre-bird's nest
Swings empty overhead;
And so Summers dead said I,
Summers dead
The barberry hangs her jewels out,
And guards them with thorn;
The merry farmer boys cut down
The poor. old dried-up corn;
And so Summers gone, said L,
Summers gone!
The swallows and the bobolinks
Are gone this many day,
But in the mornings still you hear
The scolding. swaggering jay!
And so Summers away, said
Summers away
A wonderful glory fills the air.
And big and bright is the sun,
A loving hand for the whole brown earth
A garment of beauty has spun;
But, for all that, Summers done, said /,
Summer done
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.
ScHENCK's PULMoHIc SYRUP.

CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.
SCHENCK's PULMONIo SYRuP,
SCHENCK's s SEA WEED Tonic.
SCHENCK's MANDRAKE PILLS,
Are the only medicines that will cure Pull
m0nary Consumption.
Frequently medicines that will stop cough
will occasion the death of the patient; they
lock up the liver. stop the circulation OF the
blood. hemorrhage follows, and in fact, they
clog the action of the very organs that caused
the cough.
Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia are the
causes of two.thirds Of the cases of Consump-
ton. Many persons complain OF dull pain
in the side, constipation, coated tongue, pain
in tho shoulder-blade. feelings OF drowsiness
and restessness, the food lying heavily on
the stomach, accompanied with acidity and
belching up of wind.
These symptoms usually originate from a
disordered condition of the stomach or tor
pid liver.
Persons so affected, If they take one or two
heavy colds, and if the cough in these cases
be suddenly checked, will find the stomach
and liver clogged, remaining torpid and mac
tive, and almost before they are aware the
lungs are q mass Of sores, and liberated, the
result of which is death.
Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup is an expecto-
rant which does not contain opium or any
thing calculated TO check cough suddenly:
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic dissolves. the
food, mixes with the gastric juices OF the
stomach. aids digestion, and creates raven
Gus appetite.
When the bowels are costive, skin sallow. or
the symptoms otherwise of a bilious ten
dency, Schenck's Madrake Pills are required.
These medicines are prepared only by
j. II ScHESoK Son,
N. f. corner Sixth and Arch sts., Phila.
And are for sale by all druggists and dealers.
eOu-zl-Ol
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MARBLE WORKS.
MONUMENTAL
MARBLE WORKS.

ITALIAN. AMERICAN AND TALADEGA
/ marble at very low prices, as follows:
Headstones. 2 feet, with socket and foot
stone, lettered ..-...-..... .-- W
Headst0nes, ~ feet. with sOcb ct and
fOotstone. " %
~ Stone Iettersd ed WIN .or-e. & - Is %
And all other sizes ia proportion. Italian
and American marble box tombs. paneled all
round, and full size, $50. Also Italian mar
bic spire monuments. ] feet high and lettercd-
500. These rates are lower than marble was
ever sold az in Memphis before. Designs seq
70 the country free Of charge.
27-52 TH0s. MATDWELL. IS Uniong
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CYcLOPEDIA.
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SUMMERS DONE.

Il. WHITMORE,
Publisher and Proprietor.
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Refusing a Large Fee and Taking a
Smaller ONE.

From the New York Medical Record
Velpeau, the French surgeon, had sue
cessfully performed, on a little child hYe
years old, most perilous operation.
The mother came 10 him and said: d.
Monsieur, my son is saved, and !
really know not how to express my
gratitude. Allow me, however, to pres
eut you With this pocketbook, EN-
broldered by my own hands. "
"Oh, madame" replied Velpesu,
sharply, "my art is not merely a ques-
ton of feeling. Ny life has its require
ments like yours. Dress, even, which is
a luxury to you, is necessary for me.
Allow me, therefore, to refuse your
charming little present in exchange for
a more substantial remuneration.
"But. monsieur, what remuneration
do YOU desirel Fix the fee yourself"
'iF7;i7e Five thousand francs, madame"
The lady very quietly opened the
poeketbook, which contained tea thous-
and francs in notes, counted out five,
and after politely handing them over to
Velpeau, retired. Imagine his feelings
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