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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-29
GR, 465.l
Chancery Sale of Real Estate

First Chancery Court Of Shelby Csunty-R.
5. Parham ct al. firm of Parnam x Will
liamson) VS.. Mary b. Crockett ct al.
DY VIRTUE OF AN INTERL0CUT0Ri
ID decree for sale, entered in the above cause
on the LIST day Of June, 1875, / will sell. at pub
lie auction. to the highest bidder, in front OF
the Clerk and Masters office, new Courthouse
Building, Main street. Memphis, Tenn, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-29
By HUGH B. CULLEN. D. G.
NOn.ResidenI Notice.

/ hereby give notice as above required.
4l-47-53-5g GEO. ARNOLD. Adm
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-29
FIRESIDE VISITOR AND FAMILY
COMPANION!

In every section Of the State and throughout
the South. Plainly printed, on superior pa
per. with a large and increasing circulation.
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Spring Clothing.

There is no part of the year when great
er care and wisdom in the adjust
ment of ones clothing to the weather is
required than in the spring. We are so
glad to lay aside thick winter garments
and array ourselves in fresh, CHEEKY, light
attire, that frequently our inclinatiOns
lead us to overstep the bounds of pru-
dence. Not until the end of May, hardly
before the middle of June, will it be safe
to lay aside flannels next the person. In
deed, children, aged people, and invalids
should wear thin flannel undergarments
during even the heated season, and even
those in the most robust health will find
it to their advantage often during the
summer to put on flannel during parts OF
the day or on cold and rainy days. Es-
pecially those living near the sea-shore
and in malarious districts need to keep
careful guard over themselves and adjust
their clothing to the rise and fall of the
mercury in the thermometer, and to the
changes in the direction of the wind. The
secret of good health does not lie as some
think in total disregard to the demands of
the body, in getting toughened to cold,
hunger, and roughness, but in prompt,
uniform, implicit obedience to the laws of
hygiene, especially in relation to diet, ex-
ercise, sleep and clothing. SO we will not
be in hurry to part with our warm wraps
and comfortable overcoats, but, taking
hints from nature. gradually enrobe our
selves in garments growing thinner and
lighter, as the leaves OF the trees deepen
from the first tender green of the opening
leafbud to the rich, full luxuriance OF
mid-Ju une andthe SUMNER Home Inter
ests'' IN ". Y. Tribune. ~
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-29
Section Of the Beecher Trial.

@. Do you drink tea or coffee at break
fast? A. Sometimes one, sometimes the
other, and sometimes both. I
Q. What did you drink for breakfast
April l, 1861? A. do not remember.
Q. Oh, you don't remember. Now, do
YOU not kno1 you drank coffee at break
fast that mOrning? A. l do not.
Q. Well, do you think you drank coffee
and have forgotten it? A. If | drank cof-
fee on that occasion, l certainly have for
gotten it. -a
Q. Can you swear it was not coffee? A.
| can swear do not recollect.
@. Did you use sugar and cream? A.
NAV have used one or both, or neither.
@. All, hayes; did you lick the spoon
after sweetening your drink? A. Can't
say positively.
@. Um-can't say; did you stir it with
spoon or your finger; and if so, which
finger? A. Have 10 recollection of any
such circumstance, sir.
@. Haven't? A. Have not-no, sir; not
the slightest.
Q. Be careful, sir. Perhaps l can re-
fresh your memory? A. Perhaps you
can. Here another juror tumbled off his
seat, with teeth set, and frothing at the
mouth
Recess. ss.-Miamisbusrg (O.) Bulletin.
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Giant Powder.

Dynamite, or giant-powder, may be
transported by all ordinary means of con-
veyance in every climate and temperature
without danger of explosion. Several
European Governments allow it to pass as
common freight. The secret of its safety
lies in the fact that the absorbent is soft,
cOmpreSsible, and elastic, and is no more
affected by blow than is a cushion. 1t
has been subjected to the severest tests by
scientific men and experts of every sort,
and has proved by its conduct that the
only means of exploding it is by large
and powerful percussiOn-cap. In contact
with fire it burns to ashes like saltpetre
paper. A lot of 5000 pounds has been
burned at once without exploding. 1t
may be poured upon a red-hot plate, or a
red-hot poker may be thrust into it;
box of it may be thrown upon rocks from
any height, so that the box is shattered !;
heavy weights may be thrown npon it; it
may be beaten with a sledge-hammer; it
may be held in the hand and set on fire
and when half-consumed be extinguished
with water; all this may be done and the
powder will refuse to explode. There are
two kinds of dynamite. One is composed
of IS per cent. of nitro-glycerine and 25
per cent Of infusorial earth. The other
has much less nitro o-glycerine, the def
cieney being supplied by nitre, saltpetre,
and rosin. The second is not so strong
as the first and is only half as costly. The
substance has the look of dirty cOrn-meal.
Its explosion does not take place like
gunpowder. burning from point to point,
but the entire mass, however large, bursts
at once, as If the band that held it were
cut and the recoil of each grain took place
at the same instant. 1t skaters the hard
est rock as if it were the most fragile of
things, and rends wrought-iron and solid
steel as if they were rags. The lightest
charge of il In the heaviest rifle or cannon
tears the gun into thousand pieces. 1t
is as good in water as out. Ii turned
loose into bore-hole filled with water it
sinks to the bOttom-is tamped by the
water and explodes with full effect" AS
dynamite contains nitro-glycerine, it is
supposed to be dangerous to transport, yet
it is true quite otherwise. Congress has
made it a misdemeanor punishable by
heavy fine or imprisonment to ship higly-
inflammable or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
substances without disclosing their char
acter by labels on the boxes orvessels con-
tanning them. A late trial befere a United
States Court established the fact that dy-
Mantle cannot be reckoned one of these
substances.
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Father Poland as a Punch Maker.

Even Poland likes his tod" would
rather count all the money In the Treas
ury, which has to be done before Spinner
leaves, than undertake to tell you how
many cocktails have disappeared inside of
that "old blue coat" all buttoned down
before. When he first came here some of
the old boys thought it would be splendid
to see old dignity p. show come you sO,"
so they attempted to "put up a job" on
him. A stag party was inaugurated, and
the waiter" was implicitly Instructed to
give the member from Vermont a double
dose every time. This he faithfully car
ried out, but what was the astonishment
of all when every time the Swine went
round" the old duffer complained of the
weakness of his beverage, and made the
waiter brace it up. They had reckoned
beyond their host. He was as bright as
new shilling in the morning, and as he
gazed on the PROSTATE forms of the con-
spirators, like Alexander, he sighed for
more-whisky-to conquer.
The joke leaked out, and the Green
Mountain boy set his wits to work TO re-
taliate. On certain evening he invited
the same parties TO a kind of hot-scOtch
masquerade. The guests assembled ION
time" Forth is brought the - whisky"
smoking hot. 1t was not long before it
was discovered that the punch was too
strong. add some more hot water"
said the Judge
The suggestion was acted upon, and
again and again the water was added, still
the stronger the beverage became. 1t was
wonderful. Finally it was decided that
the strength was only in the imagination
of the drinkers. This decision was, how
ever, reversed when the gay worshipers
at the shrine of Bacchus sought the = soft
side of a plank" for a dOwny couch.
There was some talk of partition of Po-
land the next day, when it was discovered
that the magic kettle which was supposed
to contain water was full of whisky all the
time, and every drop added therefrOm
only made the punch stronger Washing
ton Cor. Rochester Express.
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COlOred Confectionery.

1t may not be uninteresting to some of
our readers to see what kind of poisons
are administered in the form of colored
candy to the young Hungarians at home.
Professor Ballo, of Pesth, who has been
analyzing them, reports that, in 13 speci-
mems of red candy which he tested, he
found that ii were colored with cochineal
and two with fuchsin. OF u blues 2 were
ultramarine, l indigo -carmine, aniline
blue. and Prussian blue. OF SO yellows,
81 were chrome yellow, 49 were Dutch
pink, and salt of binitro-naphthol. OF
Is green's, 4 were Paris green, 8 chrome
green, 2 u.tramarine green, and sap
green. The se-called iron yellows were
chrome yellOws, and the so-called substi-
tute for carmine was arseniOus fuchsin.
OF these colors the Paris green, chrome
green, and chrome yellows are poisonous; !;
and their use should be prohibited, and so
should that of fuchsin, for only the cheap
er and arsenious sorts are used. The
action of binitro-naphthol salts is entirely
unknown, and hence their use should not
vet be permitted. To make the confec-
lionery cheaper, its weight Is increased
by sulphate of baryta and other adultel-
atoms
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Resuscitating the Drowned.

A new mode of resuscitating drowned
persons and others suffering from as
phyxia. consists in placing the patient on
his back with his arms extended. A roll
of clothing is then laid below the false ribs
so as to throw their anterior margin into
prominence. The operator then kneels
astride the patient, placing his hands so
that the balls of the thumbs rest upon the
false ribs, while the fingers falls naturally
in the depressions between the ribs on
each side. An assistant holds the tongue
of the patient, and the operator, with his
elbows firmly pressed against his sides,
throws his whole weight forward by which
the false ribs are pressed upward and in
ward, producing great motion of the dia-
phragm, and displacement of the contents
of the lungs. Suddenly raising his body,
the operator allows the false ribs TO return
to their position, producing a correspond
ing movement in the diaphragm and in
rush of air. By keeping up rhythmic
movements of this kind, artificial respira-
tiOn is produced.-GdtGry for May.
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The Habits and Characteristics Of the
Festive COckrOach.

An eating-house keeper of this city adj
vertises that his establishment il g entirely
free from reaches" That is doubtless a
meritoriOus feature of the house. Cock
reaches are not exactly pleasant creatures
to have loafing about the table while you
eating an oyster fry FpOrter-house steak.
And yet the cockroach, impudent and
" forward" though he be, is not incapable
of amusing the human mind. OF all in
sects he is the knowingest." He will
put in a sudden appearance on the table,
perhaps slipping out of crack or crawl
ing up the leg, when he is the last thing
you are thinking of, and stand by and
stare at you, and make a dive, when he
thinks you are not looking, for any stray
crumb that may roll near him {; and if
your attention should happen to be called
away an extra second or two, to glance at
the paper, maybe, just as likely as not he
will start down your soup spoon, only to
stub his toe and pitch into the bowl head
first the moinent you look around. The
The coekroach is not devoid of good
traits of character, but modesty is
not one of them. We do not care TO be
his eulogist; we simply desire that justice
may be done to Mr.. Roach.-CIersLafld
pIoiudenLeT
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TOads in Tight Places.

While DIR. Schliemann was making ex-
cavations on the supposed site OF ancient
Troy, in 1872, he came upon two toads
prisoned among the blocks of stone un-
earthed at depth of from 39l to 524 feet.
The event furnishes some pleasant moral
izing from the archaeologist, upon the
fact that these toads have survived among
the ruins Of the Honerie city for at least
5000 years. At the same time and place,
a small but very poisonous snake was un-
covered. This creature, however, the
Doctor thinks, may have wriggied his way
down from the surface at later period.
Shortly after this first interesting discOv-
cry, second pair of toads was found be-
tween the stones Of old Troy at depth OF
431 feet from the surface. The venerable
antiquities hoped OFF as soon as they
We're set free. The naturalists will regret
that DIR Schliemann did not make such
careful observations with regard to the po-
sition Of these exhumed animals as To set
tie all doubt as TO the time and manner oil
their getting into the tight place from
which they were apparently liberated,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-29
Another Horrible Case Of HydrOphObia.

About four weeks since, a little girl two
years old, daughter of Mrs. M. j. Robin
son, living on Peach Creek, in Gonzales
County, was bitten hy little pet dog.
The circumstances created no uneasiness
at the time, from the fact that there was
not the slightest suspicion of fhydrophObia,
and it was supposed that the dog was
only induling in little accustomed ill-hu-
NOR. Shortly afterward the dog began to
have spasms and finally left home and
died in the neighborhood. About twenty
days after the child was bitten she became
very feverish ard fretful, and finally be-
came convulsed with spasms. Alter three
DAYS of the most excrueiating suffering
with the most terrible malady-hydroph
bia-the little sufferer was released from
pain by death. In her paroxysms she bit
her mother several times while nursing.
The mother has been twice to DIR. Evans,
of Flatonia, who is in possession of mad
stone. which was applied to her wounds.
The stone adhered tenaciously the first
time and but slightly the last. Its hoped
that the virus has been entirely removed,
and the mother saved from a horrible
death.-GonsaLes (Tsras) BsdST.a
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PUSGEST PARAGRAPHS.


"HavE the courage says Sydney
Smith, "to be ignorant ola great number
of things, In order 70 avoid the calamity Oh
being ignorant Of every thing
0ID GENT" What do you wear specs
for, boys" Bootblack-s* Cos puts sueh
shiny shine on gentlemen's boots IL
hurts me eyes."-H@per' BGsaGr.
1T was an Irish coroner who. when asked
how he accounted for an extraordinary
mortality IN Limerick, replied, sadly: Il
cannot tell. There are people dying this
year that never died BEFORE
az THOUGHT you were born on the 1st
of April" said husband to his lovely
wife, who had mentioned the 21st as her
birthday. Most people would think so,
from the choice / made of a husband" she
replied.
MISSISSIPPI has a paper called the Sea
Shore Gazette. It ought to be printed on
sand-paper.-Nslc Orleans Republican.
And filed with surfeit of news.--Nst0
York Mail. About the Beach-er trial.
Boston Advertiser.
"Now, young people," said professor
of natural history Co his class, "now then
as to hens. A hen has the capacity OF lay
ing Just six hundred eggs and 70 more;
and she finishes the Job in just five years.
Now, what is to be done with her after
thatF'' "Cut off her head ard sell her for
a spring chickenr' exclaimed an urchin
whose father dealt in poultry.
GIVE cents fare for that child, mad
am," said a street-car conductor yesterday
as he opened the door and put his head into
the car. "Very well, she replied, feeling
in her pocket; "this is an orphan child
and am its guardian. must have a re-
ceipt fer all moneys paid out. and as soon
as you write one III drop a nickel in the
box" He shut the door and leaned over
the brake like man in deep thought
Detroit Free Press.
The meanest man In Iowa lives In At
lantic. On st. Valentines Day he bought
ten of the ugliest valentines he could find,
each one earicaturing some well-knOwn
fault or foible of his wife, and sent them
to her. While the poor woman was cry
ing over them, and wondering If there
really were ten people in the community
who thought so meanly of her, the boy of
the family said, PA, are those the pie
got my whistler -
A BIT JEALOUSY esterday as an old
couple from Canada were wandering
through the City Hall market the man be-
came so deeply engaged in watching two
handsome ladies that he failed to reply
to his wife's inquiries. She saw what allied
him, and catching him by the eoat-tails she
slung him "ker-whop" against a stall,
and then taking him by the collar she said
Samuel Hanover, don't attempt to trife
with me You know me, Samnel, and you
know that I'll break your old neck if l
catch you trying to play off on mel" He
turned his attention to the vegetables after
that.-Detroit Free Press.
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The Outbreak at the Cheyenne Agency.

The Wichita Eagle gives the following
report of the fight and escape of the Indi-
ans at the Cheyenne agency, as given by
al eyewitness: RI r
The outbreak occurred at 2 O'Clock p.
m. Tuesday, the 9th, and upon the very
afternoon the thirty Indian prisoners in
irons, en- route from Sill to Wichita, We're
due at the agency. The previous day the
Indian prisoners had all been searched for
arms, and nothing was found except a
few old guns, and these were taken by the
guard, itsbeing a precautionary measure
against trouble during the next days
ironing process. The object failed, as the
next afternoon, upon the outbreak, nearly
every Indian had side arms and plenty of
ammunition; the first Indian it was at
tempted to put irons upon, demonstrated
this fact and brought into reqaisition upon
/ the soldiers, mere handful, opposing
three hundred blOod-thirsty savages, OYER
whelmed in numbers, well armed for the
| attack. A young Cheyenne warrior, no.
ted for his dash and mischief creating pro-
elivities was selected out from the rest,
\ the irons got ready, and while the party
! detailed for this work were approaching
to perform their duty. the young Indian
broke and ran from the stOckade, and was
immediately fired upon and killed by the
guard This was the signal for a fight,
the savages massed upon the few
soldiers, but were held in check
until Company NJ, Sixth Cavalry, was
brought upon the scene, when the Indians
fell back and ran to the sand hills, about
a quarter of mile away. Here the SOL
diers came upon them and found to their
astonishment thatride-pits had been made,
and that every Indian took from the sand
gun of the best pattern, and all the ANU
milton needed for prOtracted fight. The
Indians held the rifie-pits, wOunding six
teen soldiers, four mortally, while five In
dams were killed and left on the field.
How many were wounded cannot be told,
as they carried the wounded with them.
The fight lasted from O'Clock till 10
O'Clock p. m. During the night the entire
body of Indians, barring the dead ones,
escaped under cover of the sand hills, and
the next morning a company Of cavalry
was sent in pursuit, since which time
neither have been heard of, except from
unfounded rumors from LaIned, that
nearly three hundred Cheyennes had
passed that post late Thursday night, go
ing north. tr
There is still something strange in the
fact that the thirty prisoners due from
Fort Sill, in charge of two companies of
cavalry and one of infantry, have not vet
arrived at Cheyenne, for this point, thence
to LeayenwOrth, though due last Friday.
That the rising was preconcerted, and the
arms concealed by the others of the tribe,
there is no room for doubt. That it was
the intent, after self-liberation, to rescue
the Indian prisoners due that afternoon,
as part of the general plan, is alike ap-
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the Rio Grande, which was only a few

tne Rio Grande, which was only few
miles In advance. -
This was the occasion Jack Bradley was
seeking, and the instant lie deserted the
trio OF thieves he gave utteranee to regu-
lar Oomanehe war-whoop, and 'swent
Ior them. Not until he approached
within a quarter of mile did they distin-
guish him, when they faced about and the
game was opened.
The Mexicans instantly separated,
spreading out over the prairie so as to sur
round the daring American, and place
hlm manifestly at s great disadvantage.
They were engaged in this maneuver,
when Jack made little break in it by
tumbhng one of the scamps from his sad
Gle by shot from his Henry. The other
two Instantly SHE'D off and opened fire
upon hun at such q distance that there
was scarcely any danger at all from their
snots. Jack held his fire, and allowed the
Mexicans to surround him4that Is so far
as two men can do such a thing-when he
suddenly headed toward one of them and
put his horse to his highest possible speed.
The other fellow Instantly dashed in pur-
suit of Jack, but the fieetness of the lat
tfr's mustang not only enabled him to
draw steadily away, but lessened the dis
tance between him and the Mexican fugi-
i've, who was looking backward with his
body thrown forward on the neck of his
horse on the lookout for the shot which
tame amoment later and settled his ac-
counts. s
Wheeling like lightning, Bradley faced
the last one, who began lodging and
maneuvring with the skill of Comanche.
Several shots were exchanged, until Jack
got bullet through the left arm that
made the ugliest kind of wound. Seeing
what he had done the Mexican became
embolcenedenough to expose himselfjus
sufficient to receive the finishing shot, and
the victor turned to attend to his cattle,
when he had barely time to escape large
party of Mexicans that were bearing down
upon him. He concluded to let his drove
go, aud he made for Corpus Christi, where
he renamed until his arm began to mend,
when he paid us his present visit.
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How Hezekiah Wright Traded off His
Er- Wife. t f


A correspondent of the Utica Observer,
writing from Rome, n. Y, tells curious
story of one Hezekiah Wright, living a
few miles from that city, who lately sold
his wife to one florence. The agreement
between the parties is reproduced IS fol-
lows: The agreement winesseth-
That I, Hezekiah Wright of the first part,
for the consideration of three punches OF
shingles, one-half an acre of unharvested
corn, and one-half of an acre Of unhar-
vested potatoes, do sell, assign and trans,
fer all my right, title and interest IN and
to my wife, Mary Wright, to Joseph Tor.
renee, of the second part" lSigned and
seal d. Aft the instrument in writing
had been drawn, the same was read 10 the
wife of the seller, who witnessed the same
and agreed to beco ne the property of the
purchaser, and accordingly gathered her
personal effects and took up her abode
with Mr.. Terrence. 1ss4l -t-If
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. sCuRDLED EGGs.-Wash'f dozen eggs,
put thsm into saucepan, cover them with
boiling water, and place them where they
VIII Keep hot. but not boil. Let them
stand about seven minutes, then skim out
carefully, and serve at once. The whites
should be tender and custard like thrOugh-
out, and the yelks stiff or / uid Us prefer
red. 1t is the leathery white that makes
conlmon hard boiled eggs so difficult OF
digestion. Broken over warm homIny.
milk toast. oatmeal mush. crushed wheat,
boiled wheat, or warm y potato, these
curdled eggs make delicious dressing.
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An incorruptible juryman was recently
found in San Francisco During crimi-
nal trial person acting In the interest of
the prisoner contrived to get near the jury
box, and made bold attempt to bribe one
of the inmates. He mistook his man, and
found himself promptly arrested.