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owhat Is a merIdIan2,

The following answers to the above
question given at the last examination
Of teachers by n county board of exam
liners shows quite a difference of opinion
on the subject:
A meridian is an imaginary line ex.
tending from east to west distances from
the equator.
A meridian is a line running from
north TO south.
A meridian is n line drawn from north
to south equal distances from the poles.
A meridian is distance north and
south Of the equator.
A meridian is a line drawn upon the
earth and divides the earth in parts.
A meridian is a line drawn around the
earth parallel with the equator.
A meridiaL is the pom. directly over
head.
A meridian is a great circle passing
around the earth.
A meridian is a line drawn parallel
with the poles.
A meridian is a small circle passing
from one pole to the other.
A meridian Is a line drawn round the
earth equal distance from the equator.
A meridian is a line drawn through
the center Of the earth.
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WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Senator An
drew johnson is to be serenaded, and
will make a speech on the occasion.
The crowd in the Senate galleries to-
day was larger than at any time since
the inauguration, and the floor was
crowded. Before the Senate was called
to order the greatest anxiety was mani
tested to ascertain the location of the
seats Of Andrew Johnson and other
prominent new Senators. johnson was
assigned a seat on the outer row Of the
Democratic side--that formerly occupied
by Bogy, who now has the seat formerly
occupied by Alcern. Dawes has the
seat which Chandler occupied. Upon
the desks of johnson and Dawes were
large bouquets. Burnside was welcomed
by clapping of hands in the galleries.
Vice President Wilson called the Sen.
ate to order at II M, and a recess was
taken until l pm. johnson was imme-
Giately surrounded with visitors, and he
was kept busy shaking hands till the
close of the recess.
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NEN hVkka

NEw YoRK, March 5.-Congressman
elect Wm. S. King, of Minnesota. arrived
in this city last evening, aud is at the
Windsor Hotel.
The Union Pacific and Central Pacific
railroad and the Pacific and Central Pa
ci6c railroads and the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company combination has
resulted in the prompt advance in the
rates Of through freight Of from so to 100
per cent,
A dispatch from St. Johns, New Found
land, says hat on Tuesday, the I'd inst,
the ship Violetta, from France to San
Pierre, laden with salt and sugar, was
abandoned in the ice in St. Mary's Bay.
The captain aud crew were saved. PEG
pie from the shore went out to save the
ship, but a northeast gale scattered the
ice and twenty of them were lost and
twenty-five others are still missing.
A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature which the author, Assembly.
man Petty. thinks will remove all bars
against husband and wife testifyinQ
where either party is under indictment,
Mr.. Burtis, of Brooklyn, is also prepar'
ing a bill to accomplish the same pur'
pose. Mr.. Petty says after a patient
reading Of all the statements and test.
mouy thus far given in the Tilton'
Beecher suit he is satisfied that the
whole truth cannot be known until Mrs
Tilton is allowed to testify; hence his
action.
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ONE HuNnREn YEARS AGO.

There occur a great many changes in
a hundred years. For instance, on the
9th Of February, which fell on last Sat.
urday, the people in several Of the towns
in Massachusetts celebrated the one hun
dredth anniversary Of the first armed
resistance to the British forces 10 that
State 10 the cause of liberty and freedom
from opposition and wrong. And on that
self-same day a Republican Congress of
the free United States were busily en-
gagged in pushing through measures de-
signed to oyerturn and wipe out all the
results Of the Revolutionary War. The
patriots at Washington and the patriots
OF Massachusetts, were working rather
far apart on that occasion.
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VETOED.

The First veto MessRReO Of Governor
portcr-Hfa RanHOus for MOI Sign.
ing the BiII Taxing Losing L.iti.
giants with the Costs.
The following veto message vas sent
o the Senate by Governor Porter, but
the Senate subsequently, passed the bill
over the veto by a vote Of l6 to Z;
Gentlemen Of the Senate:
cannot approve Senate bill No. IA,
entitled "Au act TO tax the losing party
with Jury fees in all civil suits, and 10
repeal sections 4037 aud 1889 of the
Code" and return it with my objections,
The theory that parties lihgant shall pay
the costs incident TO the trial Of their
W controversies is q sound one, but
when the State summons the citizen as
a Juror, and compels him TO serve under
the penalty Of fine or Imprisonment, OF
both, and 10 look TO the losing party
for his compensation, | submit that this
is an act OF Injustice aud positive wrong
20 the citizen.
Under the operations OF this bill he is
required 10 leave his farm or his work
shop, to abandon his own private bust.
ness al any sacrifice, for an indefinite
period, aud her for his pay as a juror
compelled BY law 10 look to the losing
marty" who may OF may not be sufi
ciently responsible TO make secure and
ceriain the amount adjudged against
him.
II this bill becomes a law, it may be
that the verdict Of a jury will never be
influenced by the %solvency or insolvency
OF parties litigant but ] can very we'll
see how, under It's operations, it might
occur that q corrupt juror would never
consent TO a verdict against aH insolvent
defendant
This objection to the bill can be
avoided and the purpose OF the General
Assembly accomplished by the passage
az an act under which q judgment can
be taken against the losing party Tor
All costs paid by the county, or BY ia.
creasing the tar nov imposed npOn law
suits. the average revenue derived BY
fhe State from this ource Is about one
hundred aud ten th0nssnd dollars per
anunm. The counties al levy and coli
ieet the sane amount and suppose
very generally exercise the power, Toe
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Remorse is preying on an Illinois
farmer who shot thirty-6ve crows and
found their craws full of chinch bugs.
A Boston dramatic critic says OF a
gifted actress: "She wore q handsome
dress, and thereby hung a trail. Her
subtle grace, flexible as the sinuosities
of a mornings mist, and yet thoroughly
proportional to the curves of the char
acter, are most especially noticeable"
"Columbarium" is the Swiss crema'
tionist's pet name for a funeral pigeon
holes" now in course Of construction at
Zurich to hold the ashes of the departed.
Over six hundred persons have enrolled
themselves for post norton combustion,
meeting theological opposition with the
argument that if they we're rated sinners
during life, they may as well be Genera
ted after death.
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There is something wholly significant,
writes an American naturalist. in the
CLEAN OF the snakes eye-it is a look
generally Of the most malicious nature.
Cats have the same look When irritated.
At such times there is a ray Of vicious
intelligence in the eyes Of both cat and
snake, aud that they are both animated
by a deadly purpose is soOn perceived,
should any creature be in their power.
A bird has been seen to Whirl round and
round in a circle, near the ground, not
in the usual n Of flying, but with
q short frightened, ~auttering motion, till
It fell 10 the surface, when it was soon in
the mouth Of the snake. Nov, we be.
lieye a cat is the only quadruped that
will face a snake. We have watched q
big tom cat stare at Q large snake for an
hour together, puss all the time with bis
back up, his hair on end, aud bis tai
gently waving 10 aud fro, the snake, 81
the same tine, gazing just IS intenhJ
on the cat,
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FAILURE OF TIE FORCE BILL.

Much to the astonishmont Of nearly
everybody the Force Bill which passed
the Lower House Of Congress last week.
and which was designed to hold the
States OF Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana
and Mississippi an easy prey to carpet.
bag thieves and to help Grant to a third
term, has failed to become a law by non.
action Of the Senate. That body I'D.
journed yesterday by expiration with
this bill only on its second reading. Thus
the States for whose bondage and plun
der it was intended are lett free Of the
iniuuity.
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REFORM In rHR LEGISLATURE.

We learn that Mr.. Overton, Of Shelby,
has introduced into the State Senate a
bill limiting the compensation Of certain
officers Of State aud counties. Under it
the Supreme Court Clerks are to get
three thousand dollars a year; County
Court Clerks the same, and all other
clerks. such as Chsncery Court, to re-
ceiye twenty-five hundred. Should the
bill become a law the economy Of its
workings ia very questionable, 1t can
not effect the present compensation Of
Chancery Court Clerks for two years
and the others for almost an equal
length of time, under any sort of posi-,
bility, because it is clearly unconstitu-
tional to reduce an officers salary
during the term for which he was either
elected or appointed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-05

CAIRO, March g.. Arrived Robert
Mitchell, New Orleans, s PM john A.
Scudder, St. Louis, IL pm; Pat Gle
burne, Evansville, midnight; Grand
Tower, St. Louis, 3 ami Babbage,
Grand Tower, 10 pm. Departed-Greai
Republic, St. Louis, s pm W. J. Lewis
V~icksburg, 9 pm; Mitchell, Cincinnati,
9 pm; CleburnO, Evansville, 4 am
Scudder, New Orleans, Am; Grand
Tower, Memphis, 8 am; Chas. Brown.
Pittsburg, 10 am; Mary Alice, ST
Lonis, 10 am. Cloudy. damp and mild
P1rrsrURG, March 5.-The river Is
falling, with nine feet in the channel
Weather clear and moderating.
CINCINNATI, March 5.--The river i
thirty.six feet seven inches and falling
Weather cloudy and mild.
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CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, March 5.-The annual re-
port of the Illinois Central railroad
shows the earnings for the year for freight
to be s., 7OO,572; for passengers, $l,679,.
457i total, 81, 947,855. q decrease from
last year of 1886, 1873. Operating expen-
SEES for the year, $4,000, $50, a decrease
from last year of 1868, 958. The length
of road Operated, llO7 miles; proportion
OF operating expenses exclusive of char.
ter tax to earnings is so 7O.lOO per cent.
amount Of freight forwarded from Chi.
cagu for the pear, 79S, 900 pounds; from
other points in Illinois, 3,273, 349 pounds;
from stations in Iowa, $780, 900 pounds.
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W%Asnlrards, March b@F6t TIE
Northwest and upper lakes and themes
TO Missouri, low barometer northeast
winds, cloudy weather aud sd6w followed
by northwest Withstand Using barometer,
For Tennessee and ibs Ohio valley iaii.
ing barometer, ~soathsaslsfiy sigas
backing TO the wesl, qleadY weather with
snow or rain Vor Tho lower lakes ana
Middle States, falling barometer, north.
easterly winds, cold cloudy weather, with
SNOW aud sleet The rivers will probably
fall at ~, Louis, Plltsburg and Clncin,
natl, and rise at and below Memphis and
Morganiown
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NEW STATE.

One of the last acts of Congress was
the passage of a bill admitting Colorado
TO the sisterhood Of States. The Presi-
dent has signed it, and consequently il
has become a law. 1t seems, from a
correspondent residing in Denver, the
capital OF Colorado, who has written to
the Chicago Tribune, a Republican jour
nal, that the move is decidedly urpopu-
lar out in that country. He says that il
a vote Of the people there were taken on
the matter. a great deal of opposition to
Statehood would be manifested.
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original purpose Of the lawmakers of
Tennessee in levying this. tax, was to re-
imourse the State and counties for the
sum paid for judicial salaries and for
the cost Of the jury system. The power
OF the State TO impose this tax is not
now a question, and If it is increased
NIFTY per cent. aud a reasonable tax
levied on suits before Justices of the
Peace, in accordance with the recon-
mendation Of my immediate predecessor,
1t IS believed that a sufficient revenue
would be derived to relieve the State and
counties of all costs incident to courts
and juries.
JAMES d. PORTER,
hSEcuTIyE OFFICE, Governor.
Nashville, March 3, 1875.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-05

READING, Pa, March 6-Tbe commit
tee Of the Central Pennsylvania Diocese,
by a vote Of six 70 one, refused 10 con.
firm the election Of DR.. DeKobeu ~
Bishop Of Illinois, and unanimously
confirmed DR.. Jaggar M Bishop Of
Southern Ohio.
NV ORLEANS, March D The standing
committee Of the Diocese of Louisiana
consent 70 the conservation Of Rev.
Thos. A. Jaeger a. Bishop Of Southern
Ohio, and refuse their consent 70 Tie
conservation Of Rev James DeK ohsh M
BInhop Of IILnoiA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-05

The Paris Evenement Of February 7
says; Madame Y, a young American
whose grace and remarkable beauty had
often been remarked in society, last
Tuesday sent letters TO many Of the
American colony here, informing them
that between six and seven o'clock that
evening they would find her dead in the
Bots de Boulogne, near the pigeon shoot.
ing grounds. Her friends Immediately
hurried 10 the spot indicated, where they
found her lying in a pool of blood. She
had shot herself in the bosom with a
pistol 1t is stated that an unfortunate
love affair impelled her to commit
suicide. Some time ago she had tried
to poison herself. The ball has been
extracted, but her life is still in danger. "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-05

Among the papers OF n Capuchin
monk who has just died was found the
following singular will IL bequeath,
first, to the Able Michand my breyiary,
because he does not know his own sec.
ond, to NJ. Jules Favre my frock, to hide
his shame; third, to NJ. Gambetta my
cord, which will prove useful one day
round his neck; fourth, TO NJ, Theirs hia
own work, that he may read Il over
again. and 9th, to France my wallet,
because she may shortly have occasion
for one 10 collect aims"
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rhe Husbands commandments.


l. / am thy husband, whom thou didst
vow to love, honor and obey; for / saved
thee from old maidism and the terror Of
single blessedness.
2. Thou shalt not lock upon any other
man to love or admire him; for l, thy
husband, am a jealous husband, who will
visit the sin Of the wife upon the follow.
ers; therefore, keep thou faithfully to
thy marriage VOWS.
3. Thou shalt not backbite thy hus-
band, nor speak lightly of him; neither
shalt thou expose his faults to thy neig.
Dor, lest he should hear oft, and punish
thy perfdy by a deprivation Of sundry
items, snch as bonnets, dresses, etc.
4. Thou shalt purchase cigars for thy
husband rather than ribbons for myself
8. Thou shalt not 60 to the opera OF
evening parties without thy husband
neither shalt thou dance too frequently
with thy cousin or thy husbands
friend"
6. Thou shalt not listen to hattery, mol
accept gifts or trinkets from any man
save Thy husband.
Z, Thou shalt not rife thy husband's
pockets for money when he is asleep;
neither shalt thou read any letters thou
mayest find therein; for it is business tC
look after his own affairs, and thine tC
let his alone.
8. Thou shalt conceal nothing from
thy husband.
8. Thou shalt make no false represen.
tation of the state Of thy pantry, thy
purse, or thy wardrobe.
10. Remember to rise early in the
morning, and be prepared with becoming
good humor to welcome thy husband nj
the breakfast table.
IL. Look for no jewelry from thy hus
band on the anniversary OF thy wedding
for it is written: Blessed are they who
expect nothing, for they shall not be dis
appointed"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-05

Aud, after a Georgia editor wre.e the
following, they led him fainting forth
and laid him down upon the green sod,
where cool zephyrs revived and brought
him round, and, rs there was nobody TO
kick him, it is feared he may do it again:
She is a rare and radiant a~ristocrat;
white, serene ami shining as a star; foil.
bodied and voluptuous; eyes of deepest
blue, and a wealth of golden hair, caught
from her sloping shoulders in great
tawny masses. She is as fair as newly.
fallen snow, and the chaste Wilderness is
nowhere broken, save in her celestial
palms, where the %prisoned blood kindles
into q rose color, or 10 her curling lips.
where impotence whips it into a pas.
sion"
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0uEsTInN.

Senator Hodges, the other day intro
duced a bill into the body OF which he il
member, giving the right Of action to
" persons injured by i%nebriates and
drunken men," II this should be made
a law by the Legislature, would the vie
tins OF reform such as deposed
clerks and others, have the right to re.
cover damages from the members who
vote for turning them ort and reducing
their salaries, under a strict eonstruc
ton Of Mr.. Hodges bill2
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FOREIGN.

LONDON, March 5.-John limbs, the
English writer, is dead.
Several cases Of insanity have resulted
from revival meetings of Moody and
Sanskey.
The Oxford aud Cambridge crews, to
contest in the approaching In%ternationaI
University boat race, will take AZ
their quarters on the Thames Monday
next. The betting on the race In even.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-05

In 1864 the father Of the actual Don
CSrlos-of whose actually the world ia
growing sick or grown sick-sworo "a
Isabella that she was his Queen, could
claim his fidelity forever, and tic UP b
a meal bag any Of his offspring display.
ing the least inclination to eli on hel
throne. SO swore Don Juan de Bour
bon. But 1875 sees his son pounding
away al her son in regular fancy style
and i~hreaiening to cat Of bis ears,
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Destruction of TbeaIers by Fire.
E.op, thn Dali Mon no.atta


From the Pail Mall Gazette.l
The Theater Royal Of Edinburg has
been again destroyed by fire. The event
can hardly be called unexpected, for it
has on two former occasions met with
a similar fate. Theatrical property APP
pears to be Of very combustible nature,
to judge by the number of the theaters
which have been burned down in London
alone since the commencement of the
present century. In 1909 Drury Lane
Theater was destroyed by FIRE, following
the example Of Covent Garden Theater,
which met a like accident ia 1908,
and which was again burned down in
1856. The Lyoeum was burned down in
1890. The Surrey Theater has been
twice burned down, once in 1905 and
again in 1865. Astley's has been the
victim of two conaagrations, being de-.
stroyed in 1903 and l84l. The Olympic
fell 10 l849, the Pavilion in 1856, the
Standard, S%horeditch, in 1866, and the
Italian Opera House in 1867. When il
is remembered that theaters are build
ings constructed at an enormous cost,
aud are filled each night with q vast
concourse OF people, it is the more sur
prising hat the precautions taken for
their safety are not such as would render
destruction by fire as unlikely as posi-
BILE. In the case of the FIRE at the Edin-
burg Thester, which happily occurred in
the daytime, when the theater was empty,
the first engine, it is stated, did not ar
rive on the spot until the flames had
burned through, aud the steam fire engine
did not appear until there was little for
it to do, and the destruction was cem-
plete.
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ALL the latest magazines, .dailies and
periodicals can be found at P. j. Cole
mans news stand and cigar store, No.
603 Beal street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-05

PRIME mess beef in whole and hall
barrels at II. Seessel, ST., & Sons, n
Jefferson, corner of Third.
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The Citizens Of Bartlett, Tenn,
A nc VERY ANXIOUS TO EMPLOY A
Teacher for she Male schooI.
~ tbal place. Apply nj once to
PATR0Nh
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EIGHT barges st. Bernard coal just
received. Also Pittsburg and camel
coal.
ST. BERNARD Coal ASSOCIATION,
l48t l3 Madison street.
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WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE
LEA &
CELEBRATED

Worcestershire Sauce.
Sold Wholesale and for Expectation by the
rroprietors. LEA and PERKINS, Worcester,
England; aud Retail by Dealers in Sauces gen.
orally throughout the World.
Ask for Lea q PERKINS, sauce.
Az the BREAKFAST TARI.Eit imparts
tho most exquisite relish and zest to Hot OF
cold Meat, Fowl, Fish, Broiled Kidney, etc.
Attic DINNER TABLE, in Soup. with
Fhh, Hot Joints. Game, and in all Gravies,
Il gives a delightful flavor.
AZ the LUNCHEON AND SUPPER
TABLES Il is deemed indispensable BY those
familiar with ia sstimable qualities.
From he Nes York Times.
There is no relish in the world which is SO
universally liked as Lea 4 PerrinS famous
Worcestershire Sauce.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-05

Beautiful real human hair sWitcheS
81.
KAHN & FREIBER6.
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The subscription price Of the
PUBLIC LEDGER Is IS per annum
for Daily, and 81 per amman for
weekly. POSTAGE FREE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-05

The First veto Message OF Governor
POrtcr-Hta RensOus for NOt Sign
ing the BtIl Taxing Losing Litl.
giants with the Costs.
The New York herald., 1875-12-26
CURRENT POLITICAL NOTES.

Amer remarkng that there isa notion abroad that
the democratic party s ht 10 be trusted the Al
bany Kntckerbockey Irep.l contnues-"This image is
as solid bronze In the popular Imagination. Notn-
ing action OF very patriotic and vigorous sort
save the old party OF Jefferson, Jackson Clinton and
Benton from being engulfed Tor another four years.
The Mobile Register tdem aflrms that "Bains wishes
II known that Grant belongs secret Know Nothing
order which has already vide ramincations in the
Eastern States and that be himself s attached TO
il lts pretty tight II stands, and damned be be
who 6rst cries Hold! Enoughrr
The Annapolis Cdd Gazette rep) tauntinsy says 70
s democratic friends that maryland Ny Maryland" !"
s not represented Speaker Kerr's House commit
tees IN the explanatory language Of tho Down East
ers ~ swami ~ Ex-Governor Swami, Of Maryland, is
chairman or one ofthe principal eommttoes-the Com
mittec. on Foreign Affairs
The Buffalo Courier Cdom.l remarks that President
making seems 70 be agreeable pastime, and does
not wonder therefore, that foreign journal takes
hand in andnominates us Presidential candidate for
the American people II Is the Paris Echo, and tho
man IL ME r. o. Washburne, the United States MIN
lister 70 France