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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-28

|. 0. 0. F. basket and moonlight pic
mic at fernando, Miss, to-day and night.
For the accommodation Of those who
desire to attend this moonlight picnic,
the Mississippi and Tennessee railroad
will run a special train, leaving Mem
phis at 6 o'clock this evening. Return
ing, will leave fernando about II m.
Tickets to be had at the depot.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-28
KAHN & FREIBERG.
Corner of Main and Poplar streets,
hare Just received 800 pieces beautiful
prints, ShirtingS and dress calicoes.

For daily papers from all the leading
cities in the Union, illustrated weekly
and monthly magazines and novels, or
for fancy stationery and school books,
call at Thos. Hanson's, No. COZ Beal
street. 1851
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-28

MOystOn's beautiful re-
touched and FURNISHED pho
tOgraphs, "a per dozen, at
Star Gallery, 249 Main street,
opposite Odd Fellows Hall.
1g.f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-28
Princess Reatrice.

Chicago Times.l
Every attempt to find an eligible Pro.
testant prince for Miss Beatrice. the
youngest daughter of Queen Victoria.
having failed, and there being no heir to
a dukedom in the British isles who is
willing to sacrifice, as Lorne did, his own
individuality for a royal wife, the queen
has been driven in sheer despair to seek
a husband for the princess through the
advertising columns of the organ of
English polite society, The Morning
Post. At any rate, the following ad-
vertisement was lately printed in that
paper, and the reader will see at a glance
that the description tallies with the
princess exactly; Matrimonial lady
is anxious to find a home for a young
lady in whom she is deeply Interested, as
wife to a man with or without children.
She has good health, good temper. cul.
tivated mind, quiet aud homely tastes,
deep religious principles, devoted TO
children. A Plymouth brother would he
preferred. Any one who gets her will
bless God for such a life companion,
Address, etc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-28

A Saratoga correspondent says: As to
fashion, it is now an old and rare belle.
| went to a shoemaker to-day to HAYES
cruel peg driven down in my shoe heel.
A pile of old boots, slippers and shoes
was knee deep around the cobbler.
They don't throw away their old shoes
as they did2' said l, mo, sir. / never
saw so much Goblin in Saratoga in all
my life"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-28

l.. 0. o. F. moonlight basket picnic at
fernando, Miss, tonight. Train leaves
Mississippi and Tennessee railroad depot
at 6 o'clock.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-28
FINE G A
For Twenty-Five Gents, at
Frank Il DessAuer's, 20G Main st.

A HANDSOME illustrated Family Bible
100 fine %engravings. Sold in this city,
by W. S. Rogers, Agent. 1872
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-28

TWENTY THOUSAND Leagues Under
the Sea-" by Jules Verne, complete for
% cents, at Mansford's. 1872
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-28

The LEDGER job Office is in constant
receipt from the foundries of new type,
embracing all the latest nd best styles.
I0gf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-28

$50 to $4,000 has been invested in
Stock Privileges and paid 900 per cent
profit. How to do it," A book on
Wall street, sent free.
TUMBRIDGE 4 Co., Bankers,
xxi-l4-dSw Wall street, N. Y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-28
KAHN Il FREIBERG.
800 real human hair SWITCHES, 81.

JOHN WALSH, LIVERY STABLE, No. 62
Union street. Horses, buggies and T
riages for hire. l54
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-28
PAPER.
NOTICE.
SLATER'S WATCHES.

UTATCHEs LEFT WITH M. ], SLATER
w for repairs can be found at +. j. Bow
MAINS, $50 Main street.
JAS. ]. MURPHY,
/ 25-190 Deputy Sheriff.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-28

JOHN WALSH, Undertaken, No. 344
Second street, opposite Postofice. l54
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-28

BouQTETS and cut flowers at Craig's.
1911
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-28
water Pipes, o 5

water fIpes hObes
Hydrants, gas pipes and everything ap.
pertaining to the plumbing and gas TT
ting business.
j. W. X. BROWNE, 263 Second st.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-03

shire, in England, from which he pre-.
pared lubricating oil, and it was the
exhaustion OF this supply which led him
TO improve the methods for the extrac-
ton of oils from coal
Meanwhile. in the United States, the
existence of sources of mineral oil had
been known to the Indians of New York
and Pennsylvania, who priced it as a
medicine, for which purpose it became
familiar to the early European colonistS
under the name of Seneca-oil. 1t APP
pears to have been an object of research
TO the aborigines ages ago, since in the
Oil regions of Western Pennsylvania are
found pits or wells apparently dug for
the purpose of collecting the oil, care
fully timbered, and affording from the
growth of the forest upon the site eyi
dences of an antiquity of from 500 to
1000 years. As early as 1919, in boring
for brine on the Muskingum River, in
Ohio, from depth of 400 feet were OBJ
tanned large quantities of mineral oil,
which was a source of great annoy
ance to the salt-makers. AT this
time attempts were made to use
the oil for illumination, but, from
the want OF proper lamps, it was not
found to be adapted to the purpose. In
1854 the successful manufacture of oils
from coal caused attention to be drawn
to the possibility of utilizing these ma
tive oils, and the Pennsylvania Oil Com
pany was formed for the purpose of
manufacturing the petroleum found at
Oil Creek, in Venango County, Pa. The
chemical investigation of the material
was committed to Prof b. Silliman, Jr,
and his report to the company, which
appeared in April, 1866, has been the
point of departure for the immense in
dustry of petroleum which has grown
up within the last twenty years. In this
report was described the conversion of
the crude petroleum by fractional dis
tillation into products differing in densi-
ty and in volatility, the manufacture
from it of burning oil of great illumi-
mating power, of an oil capable of sup
porting low temperature and fitted for
fabrication and also for paraffine. He
farther showed the Importance of dis.
tillation in current of highly-heated
steam, and noticed the breaking up OF
heavier into lighter oils by continued
heat--processes which have since as
sumed great Importance in the manu-
facture of petroleum.. ISterrY Hunt, IN
Hdrper's Magazine.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-03
w. J. BARNEY,

- Tribune Bldg. Chicago, has 1000, 900 acres
for sale In illinois, Iowa Minnesota KAnsSs and other
States. Send for lists, naming locality wanted. and
refer TO this advertisement
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-03

A few days since very absent
minded man got into horse-car at Port
land, for Deering, Me. He had basket
with him and, to make sure that he would
not forget it when he got out, he placed
it securely between his feet. During the
ride he engaged very earnestly i'll con-
versation with another gentleman, and
when the car arrived at the place where
he wished to alight he hastily arose and
naturally kicked over the basket. He
picked himself up and exclaimed
"What fool left that basket there for
people to stumble overs" and got out OF
the car, leaving the basket where he had
kicked it.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-03
The Petroleum Industry.

.es ar early history of petroleum is
h,n;. known and employed for
Oh Iiom remote antiquity in the
lin M mSfiu, no process for its purifica-
Pr s :. oeen devised, and it was there
h sal.s .esl out an Indifferent and cheap
bA T IN Tor animal and vegetable
kDnasrn.e: nrst attempts TO refine it for
hse haslai purposes are believed to
y M - mace BY Young, of Glasgow,
w petroleum got from Derby.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-03
Thanks -"From the Depths OF the
HEARTY

WELLINGTON, Lorain Co., o., Aug "a, 1874.
Dr. r. Y. PIERCE, Buffalo, n Y:
Dear Sir-Your medicines, Golden Medi-
cal Discovery, DIR. Sages Catarrh Remedy,
have provedof the greatest service to me.
Six months ago no one thought that ! could
possibly live long / had a complication OF
diseases-scrofula, manifesting itself In
eruptions and great blotches on my head
that made such sores that could not have
my hair combed without causing me much
suffering; also causing swollen glands, ton
sils enlarged, enlarged or "thck neck, and
large and numerous boils. / also suffered
from terrible Chronic Catarrh, and In fact
was so diseased that life was burden to
me. had tried many doctors with no bene-
ct. ! finally procured one-half dozen bottles
of your Golden Medical Discovery and one
dozen Sage's Catarrh Remedy and COM
menced their use. At first was badly dis
couraged, but after taking four bottles OF
the Discovery began to improve, and when
I had taken the remaining j was weN In
addition to the use of Discovery j applied q
solution of Iodine to the Goitre, or thick
neck, as you advise in pamphlet wrapping,
and it entirely disappeared. Your Discovery
Is certainly the most wonderful blood medi-
cine ever invented. ] thank God and you,
from the depths Of my heart, for the great
good ii has done me.
Very gratefully,
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-03

To make tomato soup, take one pint
canned tomatoes, half pint of water
stew fifteen minutes; add pepper, salt
and little butter. Then stir in two ia.
blespoonfuls of pulverized cracker
(mixed with little milk. Let this boil
once, then add one pint of milk. Boil the
whole three minutes, then serve hot with
oyster crackers or toasted bread.-N. H.
ED5.y1Jer
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-03
that untiripg industry in any piven pur

legitimate means for success, gives eminence,
is illustrated in the career of Geo. p Rowell
IL Co. In the science of advertising we might
give this house the pre-eminence. With the
newspaper fraternity they have the best
standing In business point of view. To the
interests Of advertisers they also devote a
large amount of careful contriyanee. --lReth-
odiSt Home Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-03

THE all-gone feeling which people some
times speak Of is caused by want Of proper
action of the liver and heart. These may be
assisted, and the bowels regulated, by Par.
sons Psirgatios Pills in small doses.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-03
ON NVffN sf'Ns
Very gratefully, vn

Most medicines which are advertised as
blood purifiers and liver medicines contain
either mercury in some form or potassium
and iodine vafiously combined. All OF these
agents have strong tendency to break down
the blood corpuscles and debilitate and 9TH
erwise permanently injure the human sys-
TEN, and should therefore be discarded Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, on the
other hand, being composed vi tne nuid e1 s,
tracts of native plants, harks and roots, VIII
in no case produce injury, lite effects being
strengthening and curative only sarsapa-
rilla which used to enjoy quite reputation
as blood purifier, is remedy OF thirty
years ago and may well give place, as ~ 10
doing, TO the more positive and valuable
vegetable Alternatives which later medicai IN
yestigation and discovery have brought 70
tight. In scrofuls, or Kings Evil, White
Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck
Goitre, Scrofulous Infammations, indolenl
Inflammation, Mercurial affections, Old sores,
Eruptions of the Skin and Sore Eyes, as IN all
other blood diseases, DR.. Pieree's Golden
Medical Discovery has shown Its great re-
medal powers, curing the most obsuha.e
and intraetable cases. Sold by all dealers ID
medicines
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-03
Fox SALE By ALL DRu6eIsrs.

CoRy and -four are staple articles; but
not more so than .Johnsoa's Anodyne Lint
ment, where known. 1t is good for children
or adults, for any internal soreness OF the
chest or bowels, and the best Eminent pre-
pared, under whatever name
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-03

MAJ n A M0NTH-Agents wanted every.
VIhIH where Business honorable and nrst
hHs lv class. Particulars sent free: Address
NpAVV JOHN WORTH q Co. st. Louis, Mo.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-03

Mrs. Sherman, the Connecticut Lu.
cretia Borgia, who gave just thimbleful
to her relatives and friends, is most ex-
emplary inmate of the State Prison.
She says if it hadn't been for arsenic
there wouldn't have been any trouble.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-03
THr FAM11r srw1sa M.ou1xr-rhe IN.

THE FAMILY SEWING MAcHINE.-The in
vention Of the Wilson shuttle sewing ma
chine sxcrts an influence over domestic CON-
fort unequaled by any invention of the last
hundred years. AS an economical arrange
ment 1t enables one person to do the work
of ten in a superior manner, and with I'M
speakably more comfort. Machines will be
delivered at any railroad station la this coun-
ty, free Of transportation charges, il ordered
through the company's branch house at 1877
State street, Chicago. They send an elegant
catalogue and chrome circular free on sppli-
cation. This company want q few more
good agents
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-03
THE GREAT FAMILY MEpicrSs.-Dr. vii.

THE GREAT FAMILY MEpic1NE.-Dr VIII
hott's Anti-Periodic or Fever aud ASGe Tonic!
No case of incurahlr Chills has vet presented
itself where this scientific and safe medicine
has been employed. No case has been found
so obstinate as to resist its prompt and mas
terly action. No man has been so reduced by
malarial influences but with It's use has come
up perfectly reconstructed No pills or pur-
gatfve required with this medicine wmEE-
LOCK, fINLAY & Co., Proprietors, New Or
leans.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-03

Tor largest Vinegar Works In The wofio are
8, rbieaoo e. L. Prussing ~ Co, PROPS.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-03

CONE, AND LET Us REASON TOGETHER.
TO the afflicted in body we offer o Few
words of plain, practical reasoning ~
matter under what foIm of sickness y9a1
Labor there il one great truth you should
ever keep in mind, viz. All disease t org
for it has nothing to feed on; but you o,s cam.
not purify the blood by the use o. PoiS1 the
Gus drugs and exhaustive sIll.u unnarv md
relief which these afford is temporary anu
deceptive is leaving you worse off at every
interval The best Blood Purifier eve ever
Answered iTse, Sa is DIR. WALKER's FAMOUS VIM :
reaR BIrrERs, compounded Of o, simple ~ ie
herbs. No matter bow hopeless your . ca :
may seem, try the VINEGAn b, vnn Of the their
virtue ,i DR.. Walker, the discoyerer 81 y
his priceless remedy had been given .o up q
die by the Physicians, and is now So ss
and healthy man from their use. 90
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-05
Young Man, Stick to III.

There is a deal of regret expressed in
speeches, letters to agricultural papers,
and in editorials by kind-hearted, we'll
intentioned editors, that the boys are
leaving the farms. No doubt many
young men have realized the fact that
farm life is no harder than city life.
Many have been wise enough to return
TO the farm after testing the realities of
life in q city. But the boys who leave
the farm for the city or village follow
the exampIesjof Older men. The1num-
Der of well-to-do farmers who have re-
allied beautiful homes, reached middle
age and have sold their farms, bought
village Oh city lots and settled on them
with a view Of "taking things easier"
is not a small one. These men do so
with the ame Dr. similar motives with
which young men leave the farms, and
they are as often disappointed in the
results.
We know farmers, both young and
old, who have abandoned profitable and
beautiful farm homesteads, removed to
the village, invested their capital in
trade, got pretty thoroughly cleaned
out" in q business in which they had no
practical experience, and have bought
back their homesteads at an advanced
price, running in debt to gel possession
Of them, ana working hard and con-
tentedly to pay again for what they
once possessed. Some OF these men
have said to US within the last two
months, "afarmer is d fool who sells
his farm thinking to have an easier and
happier time in a village or city," The
effect of such reaction in the case of
these examples upon those who stick to
the farm is exceedingly wholesome. It
renders them content. They have not
wasted their substance in quitting up
stakes and removing from g the old
landmarks" They have been steadily
accommodating as farmers and gathering
about their homesteads all the modern
for the conservation of COM
fort and content. The farmer who
g sticks to il" is sure TO win what city
made money readily purchases-inde-
pendence, happiness, and . sense OF So
which is the result of well-doing.
.RWaI NeW Yorker.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-05

8LEE H=&H@ EHs&EZEE
harder vegetables grow finely, and re-
main uninjured during the coolest
months-December and January-but,
occasionally, severer freezes occur, and
the gardener must be content to take
some risks, even in the case of the
hardest species. This, in the Limited
operations of the family garden, tiae can
well afford to do, for failure costs mere
ly a little not unpleasant labor and q
few seeds, and success rewards him
with an early and excellent crop. An
excellent continuance for securing plants
in rows against frost consists in two
boards. a foot wide, nailed together at
the edges in the form of a three.cor-
nered trough, made of light thin
boards these are easily handled, and
a few such protectors will be found very
useful. 1t is better that the ends
should be closed, though the mere shell
ter of the lateral pieces will be sufficient
in case of light frosts. In planting
seeds of any kind at this season of the
year, it is best that the rows should be
slightly elevated above the general r
face, and the covering be light. A good
way is to saw on the surface, and then
scatter or sift over them a little vegeta-
BILE mold or light soil.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-05
Weather Signs.

A French naturalist has recently
grouped, for public convenience, a num-
Der of his observations upon animals,
showing that many members of the
brute creation may be useful as living
5arometers. Rain or wind, he says,
may be expected when the spiders
shorten the last thread by which their
webs are suspended; fair weather when
they lengtheu them j; and the duration
Of either by the degree of contraction
Or expansion observable. When swal-
lows sweep near the ground, uttering
plaintive cries, rain is at hand !; when
they mount up, fly from side to side,
end play together, fine weather will fol-
low. When a single magpie leaves it's
nest in the spring it is signof rain, but
the reverse is the case when two parent
birds leave it in company. Rain is
bear when the peacocks utter frequent
cries, when parrots chatter more than
Usual, and when geese are uneasy.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-05

WILL WoNDRRs NEVER CBAsE?-When
Dr. Walker proclaimed that he had pro-
duced from the medicinal herbs Of Cali
fornia an elixir that would regenerate
Che sinking system and sure every form
gf disease not organic, the incredulous
shook their heads. Yet his Vinegar
8itEers is now the standard restorative
6f the western world. Under the 9
@tion of the new remedy, dyspeptics re-
gain their health; the bilious and con-
Stipated + relieved of every distress
ing symptom the consumptiYe and re-
E.ittent levers are broken ; the heredi-
bary faint of scrofula is eradicatedl
skepticism is routed, and this wonder
gul preparation is to-day the most pop
plar tonic, Alternative, and blood depur-
ent ever advertised in America. We
don't sell rum under the guise Of medi-
cine. We advertise and sell a pure
medicine which will stand analysis by
any chemist in the country.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-05
PREPARING FOR WAR.

A Special Message from h President
Recommending an Appropriation for
Sea-COast Defemsess
The president sent the following
message TO the senate and house Of
representatives
In my annual message OF December
/, 1873, while inviting general attention
TO recommendations made by the secre-
tary of war, your special attention was
invited 10 the Importance of the prep
aration for war in the armament of
our sea-coast defenses proper. This
armament is Of vastly more importance
than Notifications. The latter can be
supplied very speedily for temporary
purposes when needed. The former
cannot. These views gain increased
strength as years roll by. I have now
again the honor to call special attention
to the armament of our Notifications,
and the absolute necessity for the i'm
mediate provision By congress for the.
procurement Of heavy cannon. The
large expenditures required TO supply
the number OF guns for d forts, is the
strongest argument that can be ad.
duced for D liberal annual appropria-
tion for their gradual accumulation.
In the time of war such preparations
cannot be made.
The constant appeals for legislation
on the armament Of Notifications, ought
longer to be disregarded, if congress
desires 10 prepare for important mate
rial, without which the future must in
evitably lead to disaster. This subiect
is submitted with the hope that the con-
sideration il deserves may be given it
the present session.
[signed q. s.. GRANr.