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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02
SONG OF THE MYSTIC.


The follow ng piece of poetry was published
in on English paper in the year 1850. We do
not know the name Of the author, but whoever
wrote it was a poet Of no ordinary ability.
Ed. .r
Who and what gave to me the wish to WOO
thee
Still, lip to lip. to cling for aye unto thee?
Who made thy, glances to my soul the link
Who bade me burn. thy very breath to drink
My life in thine TO sink.
As from the conqueror's unresisted glaive.
Flies with lut strife subdued. the ready slave
So, when to life's unguarded fort, l see,
Thy gaze draw near and near, triumphantly,
Yield not my soul to thee
Why from its lord doth thus my soul depart,
Is ii because its native home thou artI
Or were they brothers In the days Of yore?
Twin bound both souls, and in the links they
bore,
Sigh to be bound once more.
And therefore still my heart for thee is pining;
Knew we the light Of some extinguished sun =
The joys remote Of some biirht realm undone,
Where once our souls were one?
Yes, it is sol and thou vert bound to me
IN Il6 lOnK DHutr1ou uOuIb tIcTuHllyt
In the dark troubled "a ablets which enroll
The Past-my muse beheld his blessed scroll,
"One with thy love, my soul, y
Oh yes, learned in awe, when gazing there,
tow once ore bright inseDerate life we we're,
How once, one glorious essence as God,
Unmeasured space our chainless footsteps
'I'' : AllnAture our abode! 2 h3
Round us in waters of delight forever
Voluptuously flowed the heavenly nectar
river,
We were the master of the seal of things,
And woere the sunshine bathed truths noun
Quivered our slancing wings.
Weep for the god like life we lost afar-
Weep thou and Its scattered fragments are,
And still the unconquered yearning we retain
Sigh to res ore the rapture and the reign,
And grow divine again.
And, therefore came to me the wish to WOO
thee,
Still, lip to lip. to cling for aye unto thee
This mSde thy glance to my soul link.
This made me burn thy yefy breath to drink
My life in thine to sink.
And therefore. as before the conqueror's glaiye
Flies, without strife subdued, the roady slave;
SO, when 10 ife's unguarded fort see
Thy gaze draw near and near triumphantly-
Yieldeth my soul to thee.
Therefore doth my soul from its lord depart.
Because. be owed, its native home thou art;
Because the twins recall the links they bore,
And soul with soul, IN the sweet kiss Of yore,
Meets and unites ones more.
Thou. too, ah there thy gaze upon me dwells,
A Id blpoh tho foudor tallcs
Yes; with the dear relation still we thrill,
Both lives-though exiles from the homeward
hill
One life-all glowing still.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02
A Desperate Duel.

A correspondent Of the Chicago Times
writes as follows from Fort Baysrd, N
NJ, Feb. 81: A startling episode Of life
on the border occurred in Arizona, about
forty miles from here, last week A short
time since a quarrel arose between no.
torous desperate named Patrick
Mutherway aud William Clark, a yonng
man who recently came from Illinois
To settle the ill-feeing, it was proposed
to fight it out with fists, and that the
winner take purse OF $40O The fight
came off as agreed ana Mutherway, be-
ing much the strongest, punished Clark
severely, Smarting under the disgrace
and loss Of his money, the latter chal'
lenged Mutherway to fight a duel with
pistols, which was accepted, distance
fixed at 20 PAGES, fire and advance, con-
tinuing firing until one or both were
killed, The duel took place as agreed,
Mutherway winning the choice Of posi-
tons. Taking their places, the word to
fire was given, and on the instant
both weapons we're discharged. Fol
moment neither antagonist showed
signs Of being struck, wher
Clark s pistol dropped from his hand
and clasping his hands over his breast
he fell into the arms OF his second, who
laid him upon the ground His Goa
and vest we're opened, and it was a
once seen that he had received his deatl
| wound The ball from Mutherway'
pistol had entered in the neigtborhooc
OF the heart, severing an artery, and il
less than ten minutes the young uar
was corpse.
Mutherway, who escaped without
scratch, is well known in this seotio
and elsewhere as desperate character
a aorse-thief aud highwayman He i
the keeper OF dance-house just aoros
the border, 10 Mexico, the resort of th
cut-throats who iniest that region, II i
understood that, prior to his advent i
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02

PADUcAH AND MEMPHIS RAILROAD.
Nail and Freight Train leayes......... 800 p. m
arhves-".-l0:0O IN
Tho mail and freight train leaves Coyilgton
for Memphis at am. and returns to Coying-
Con Mt 7i06 pm. Trains leaving Memphis will
start from the Underwriters Warehouse.
j. W WILBUR Gen'l Sup't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02

TFYOU WANT PRINTING DONE in AN
artistic manner, send your orders ITO the
Ledger Steam job Printing Office.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02
NO. S6S MAIN ST., NEAR GAYOsO.
A04
RAILK0AD- TlME TABLES.

MEMPHIS AND LoUB'vlLLERAILRoAD.
Arrives. LeaVes.
eL- s--A-
AN. P.H. L.M.P.M.
Express. except Sunday. 2.l5 $50
Mail Train.................~ :. 4.40 LIS
Brownsville Aeon except
DunuAy uAy.........".........,...a...os4O s4O 4.lU
Depot at head of Main street.
Ticket Office, 2S Main street, corner of
Madison.
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MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE
Arrives, Leaves.

MEMPHIs AND LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD
Arrives. Leaves.
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MPHISiTENN: FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1875.

this country, he was chief of gang Of
train-robbers, now led by the James and
Younger brothers, and operated largely
in Missouri, Kansas and Texas.
Of Clark know but little, except that
he formerly lived and has relatives in
Illinois.
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DlrectORst

JAMES D. PORTER, JR,, Gov. Of Tennessee.
LOUIS HANAUER. Of School6ed. Hsnauer
4 Co.
Z. M. WHITE, of z. NJ. White d Co.
M. O. PEARCE, of Poarce. Suggs & Co.
E. URQUHART. of E. Urquhart & Co.
7. D. HAYNES. Of I. B. Haynes & Co.
HENRY WETTER, Of H. Wetter & Co.
Insures at Board rates. Private dwellings
especially desired policies issued for three
years for two annual premiums. Att
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02

m A.M.P.M. N.N.P.N.
Mail Train daily............. 100 $50
freight and AccOlnmoda-
ton daily.................. 1.40i 600
sleeping cars on mail train. Depot Center
Landing, foot Of Washington street. Ticket
Offices, 28T (cor. Madisonl and 27S Main street.
tla L. s. TATE, Asst. Sup't.
Passengers get a GOOD SUPPER or Break
fnst at Brinkley's 70 miles from Memphis.
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8RSQO0 per day at home. Terms free,
YOTO ~ Address eco. GTfEsoN d Co.,
Portland, Ne. :
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-14
THE wICKEDNEss OF FRETTIsG.

There is one sin which it seems to m
IS everywhere. and by everybody under
estimated. tolerated with undue toler-
anee. and quite too much overlooked in
our valuations Of character. 1t is the
sin Of fretting. 1t is as common as air.
as universal as speech 50 common that
unless it rises above It's usual monitone
We do not even observe it. Watch any
ordinary coming together Of people. and
see how many minutes it will be before
some one frets-that is, makes a more
or less complaining statement Of some
thing or other. which, most probably.
every one in the room. or the stage, or
the car. or the street, as it may be,
knew before, and which. probably no.
body can help. Why say anything
about il? 1t Is cold, it is hot, it is vet.
it Is dry. somebody has broken an ap-
pOintmeDt. III cooked meal: stupidity
or bad faith somewhere has resulted in
discomfort There are always plenty Of
things to fret about. The days will al
ways have more or less bad weather or
weather movement TO somebody's FIX
ed plan All men 90 astray, speaking
lies and making blunders. as soon as
they Be born 1t is simply astonishing
how much annoyance and discomfort may
be found in the course Of every days
living. even at the simplest. if one only
keeps sharp eye out on that side Of
things Even Holy Writ says We are
born 70 trouble as sparks fy upward
But even as sparks flying upward. in
the blaekest of smoke, there Is a blue
sky above, and the less time they waste
On the road the sooner they will reach
it Pretting is all time wasted On the
road This is one Of the worst things
about II. but not the worst The worst
| is that il Is in-Onee, tziee. three
times a sin SIN because it Is a folly.
. sin beeauze it Is ankindDess and cru.
city 70 our fellows; because il Is ingrat-
itsde to God
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-14

A Highland minister, given somewhat
to exaggeration in the pulpit, was re-
monstrated with by his clerk, and told
Of its i'll effect upon the congregation
He replied that be was not aware Of it
and wished the clerk. the next time he
did it, to give cough by way Of hint.
Soon after be was describing Samson's
tying the foxes tails together. He said,
1.-The foxes in those days we're much
larger than ours. and they had tails
twenty feet long. That is. continued
the preacher. according TO their meas
uremeBt /; but by ours they we're fifteen
feet long" @Ahemi" louder than be-
fore. '.But as you may think this ex-
trayagant. we'll Jnst say they were ten
feet" "Abem ahem T. still more yig-
orous. The parsoB leaned over the pull
pit. and shaking his finger at the clerk.
said. "Ye may cough there all night
long. moil--Ill nea tax off fut more
Would ye hae the foxes with nae teels
at az
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-14

MAKIsG BosFIKE on CmEEE
WIDow.-Sight before last. a Chinese
natron, just made widow. attempted
10 burn the clothing and other fragrant
relics Of her deceased husband, at the
corner Of Pacific and stockton streets.
The cremation was 10 accordance with
al ancient custom Of the wOman's eOun-
try. and she DOUBTLESS expected 70 win
not only the favor Of her special deity,
bat the respect Of her Deighbor. The
result sbowed her 70 be unfamiliar with
the subtle cruelty Of Der falrer-skiDned,
bat not white hearted. Christian sisters
Several Irish women u the locality. %
whom the smell Of the burning iptegu.
ments was ofeDsiye. and the heather
rite saerilegioas. gathered round. howl
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-14
HHISTLISG.

1t Is prevalent notion that prcDen-
sity TO whistle indicates an indoleut or
trivial nature When Ee are indulging
in it BY way Of soliloquy. and some one
meets Us. We stop short. swapping the
whistle in tEO. as though We had been
dong something disreputabIe. Their.
Is nothing more healthful than this ex-
ercise- The faculty has been granted TO
those Of us who cannot sing much
Though We might Lose our way in a
tune if We attempt the customary So
PrzDo or bass. We revel in the sounds
which. without any skill. rush with the
breath through tie contracted lips
GruubIers seldom. if ever. whistle. The
at Is left only for the blithe and cheer
fuL Whether It Is the whistle that
makes the good cheer, or the good cheer
that makes the whistle, We have nov no
time 70 anaIyze. This kind Of music Is
an inspiring accompaniment Of work
Let tEo masOns Be busy On the scafold-
ing. their strength alike, their hOds and
trvEels alike. the one who whistles will
better 81 the bricks and rear the truest
wall Do not rob Us Of any Of our helps.
What the world wants i an augmenta-
ton Of diversions and entertainments ;
not less skip and rOmp and eurvettiDg,
bat more God has No objection to it,
Or be would not Ell the kitten with play
and the lamb with frisk and the dog
faeetiOus bark. and send the night wind
around the gable with mouth full Of
whistle
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-14


Room FoR THE THIRD SRx-There is
growing up in England a large class of
women who do not marry, who do not
wish to marry. They deliberately de-
vote themselves to literature, to teaching
or to some trade, generally to an artis-
tic one-at any rate, to some occupation
that gives livelihood and tends to cul-
ture-and this they choose for life
The marrying instinct seems dead. or
rather. never to have been born in them.
j have known at least one such person
in this country. They do not seem to
be thought of as out of place; but, on
the contrary, they move into places In
the great societal organism, easily and
naturally. and are accepted without a
remark. A late article in one of the
leading papers in our own country re-
marked that an almost entire change had
taken place in this country. in current
speech concerning unmarried women
who are past thirty that whereas. twen-
ty years ago, and always before, they
we're called 'old maids, and the phrase
was a term Of reproach, now it is rarely
if ever used, and the reproach, which
used to be cast upon such persons, has
almost entirely passed away.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-14
THE HOPEFULNESS OF THE CON-
SUMPTIVE.

In diseases Of the lungs the condition
Of depression IS rarely present. and when
% present IS possibly due TO sone .b-
douiual complication though Ofeoarse.
some Of the existing depression nav BE
fairly attributed to the anxiety natural.
" arising frOn an intelligent eompre-
bensiOu Of the danger impending. In
tuberculosis Of the lung there Is eou-
monty such ~ emotional attitude in the
patient IS has earned for itself the des-
iguatiOu Of spOsphthisica- Here the
hopefulness Is as irrational Is l. the de-
preston Of soue ether Affections The
eonsunPtive patient. Just dropping into
the grave. win indulge in plans stretch
ing far into the future. ignoring his real
condition and the iupossibility Of any
such survival as he Is calculating upon.
Il IS curious yet ! familiar state
HOpe seems 70 riss above the inteIli-
gencs, just as in certain Abdominal dls-
eases there Is = depression Ehieh deses
It's corrections. The intellect Is 10:
equal 70 finding the true bearing or cor.
reetiug the exalted emotional eenters.-
lu curious relation to these eeuditions
stand well known differences Of the
pulse In chest diseases the pulse j:
usually full. sometimes bounding: in
abdominal diseases it Is snail and cftsr
thready. Tie pulse Of PDeunonia and
tie pulse of psritonitis are distinctly
dissimilar and contrast With each other
Il i veil known that there Is much
more tendency 70 collapse II abdouinzl
than IN thOracie disease taxing the eon.
ditions Of the pulse together with the
emotional attitudes Of these z5astious
the syntnesis Is Unavailable that sons
e5eet Is produced b. the tuberculzr dis
ease OF the lungs upon the emotional
eenters As opposite 70 the effect Of aldo
uinal disease are The varied effects upor
the pulse aud further, that the result
Is probably produced through the cir
eulatiOn- The explanation which i
shadoEed cut for it really does D
amount TO more, Is that abdouinAl dis
ease causes = depletion Of the emotional
esniers-of which depression Is the cut
ward iniieation-EhiIe phthizis lad
70 = plesh0ric state associated With ex-
allied emotional eouditiOus- In eitber
case the Intellectual and volitionzI cen
tsrs appear unequal to the task oE nam
taining the balance Ehieh normally ex
lists. As natter Of Aet. there zrv
certain mental attitudes found N s9ui
diseases which are . regularly present
50 veil marked aad proDouDeei. tia
they nay fairly be inel1ded - = part d
the rational symptoms So eoan0nl,
Is mental depression found along xiti
hillary disturbances that the name mel
anehOlia vas given to these conditions
Of mental gloom; and nSdern ObserTa
tion is but establishing TIE PrOprieiy o
the tern
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-14

SHORT WEI0Hrs.-l'he Paeife Gro
Ger makes startling exposure. which is
we'll calculated 70 put people on their
guard. We copy portion ofits article.
az follows:
We have just weighed box Of soap
put up ia this city and marked thus. 20
bars, Is lbs. The gross weight Of the
box and contents is fourteen pounds.
while the box weighs three pounds,
leaving eleven pounds Of soap-seven
pounds short This soap Is sold 70 the
trade at i've cents per pound. and each
box Is estimated at eighteen pounds
Thus one hundred boxes Of soap. eigh.
teen pound. each. at cents. cost $50.
gow take the actual weight and We
have one hundred boxes. eleven pounds
each. II 5 cents. s55. This gives
stealiag Of the saug little sum u $780,
which must cens oas Of aensh@itss
pocket
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-14
WHAT ABLADE oFGRAss HOLDS.

Gather single blade of grSss, and
examine for a minute. quietly. its mar
TOW sword-shape strip of fnted green
Nothing. as it seems, there of notable
goodness or beauty. A very little
strength. and a very little tallness. and
few delicate long lines meeting in a
pOint-not perfect point either, but
blunt and unhniShed-hy no means
ereditable or apparently much-eared.for
example Of Natures workmanship +:
made, as it seems. only to be trodden on
to-day, and tomorrow. to be east into
the oven; and little pale and hollow
stalk. feeble and faced. leading down
70 the dull brown 6bers of roots. And
Yet. think Of it well, and judge whether
of all the gorgeous flowers that beam in
summer air. and Of all strong and good
ly trees, pleasant to the eyes or good for
foOd-stately palm and pine. strong ash
and oak. scented citron, burdened vine
there be any by man SO deeply loved. by
God 50 highly graeed. as that morrow
point of feeble grass. And we'll does it
perform its mission. Consider what we
owe merely to the meadow grass. to the
covering Of the dark ground by that gle
riOus enamel, by the companies of those
soft and countless and peaceful spears.
The fields. Follow but forth for little
time the thoughts of all that We ought
TO recognize in these words All spring
and sumner Is in them-the walks by
silent scented paths-the rest in noon
day heat-the JOY of herds and focks-
the power Of all shepherd life and med
itation-the sunlight upon the world
falling in emerald streaks, and falling
in soft blue shadows. where else it
would have stuck upon the dark mold
or seorching dust pastures beside the
pacing brooks-soft banks and knolls of
lOwly hills-thymY slopes of down over
looked by the blue line of lifted sea
crisp lawns all dim with early dew or
smooth in evening warmth of barred
sunshine, dinted by happy feet, and
softening in their fall the sound of low
ing yoices.-all these are summed up in
those simple xords-the fields; and
these are not all. We may not measure
to the full the depth of this heavenly
gift, in our own land; though still. as
We think Of it longer. the infinite Of
that meadow sweetness, Shakespeare s
/ peculiar JOY. would open on US more and
more, yet We have it but in part. Go
out, in the spring time, among the mead
oEs that slope from the shores of the
/ Swiss lakes to the roots of the lower
mountains. There. mingled with the
taller gentians and the white narcissus,
the grass grows deep and free; and as
you follow the winding mountain paths,
beneath arching boughs all veiled and
dim with blossom-paths that forever
drOop and rise over the green banks and
molds sweeping down in scented undula-
ton. steep to the blue water, studded
/ here and there with new-mown heaps,
filling all the air with fainter sweetness
look up toward the higher hill. where
the waves Of everlasting green roll 81.
lently into their long inlets among the
shadows Of the pines; and We may,
perhaps. at last know the meaning Of
these quiet words of the l47th Psalm
"He maketh grass to grow upon the
mountains, - John Ruskin.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-14

49, ~@~#~~~s--A @EN+NAN~f NANA
with sheet Of fAne-one wide lurid
sheet Of soOrehing. msrciless. deyouriDg
ere. enyelOping the village and every
thing theIein-a siekening holocaust,
Fss&tiso srGs Goazse3,
Only when the tornado Of wind and
fame struck the village. did | realize
ny danger. Fortunately was close BY
the waters edge. else | should have
never told the story. With few others
IS krtunAte as myself, rushed into
the cooling element waist deep
'Joc Jee, save ne, For Gods
sake don't leave me here r.
These were the words that smote my
esr. shrin above the roar Of the devasta-
tirS fre. I turned IN my fight 1t
wzS light Is monday hot. sickening
light if nay 50 term it. and lying on
the hank but step from the water.
saw John Richards. begging for me to
eome to him
sUh, IOc just try once to save me
only once, joe, I'll ask no more"
Could you have refused. even though
it seemed Ike death to venture back
into the burning heat? No more could
II.
Ore noble msn-GOd prosper him in
this life and hearafter. returned with
ne, md together We dragged poor John
thrO1gh the water to comparative safety.
'+eOd bless you," murmured John.
IS he felt the cool water enveloping him.
You have saved ne from . horrible
death, and l viii repay you. Bend
down your head, Joe. The money is all
right Joe"
What, Tell NE that again :" I de-
nandei. forgetting everything but the
hope Il saving ny honor unstained.
Il took it, Joe. knew Belle loved
You. AID l couldn't bear it. That letter
l sent was to get you where I could car
+ y out ny plan 1 might have left you
in the aut. but Belle would always re
membe, you then. while . shadow Of
suspicion upon you would have ended it
all But l give her up to you. Joe. l
an not good enough for her. even if she
wanted ne; but if l live, III do better.
You'll not tell Belle or father? %
No. John" 1 said
By this time the heat was 50 intense
that We were forced to wade deeper into
the water. and keep our heads vet to
save them from blistering- Ah. sir. ii
wzsterrible Many pcor being fed
down into the water that night and new.
er returned-fed from one death ID
another. and perhaps an easier one.
Well. l hardly know how We lived
through that awful night; but here ]
an, IS you see, considerably seorehed
and somewhat stiff and sore, but quite 3
nan after all There is John, too
John Richards is in that bed in the cor.
ner He viii get over it | guess ]
shouldn't Be telling you this now, only
/ he said might He turned over new
leaf. and does not want any secret;
weighing him down
+ There Is Belle. too. just coming up The
walk They put ny bed here. 50 that
should Be the first TO see her when she
came, and the last when she went away
Isn't she beautiful? Al, bat that i
nothing to her goodness She has saved
John and ne they say; and she IS ny
promised lr!fs. Do you blame me nov
I for saying there never was an evil tha
good did not spring from it
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-14

SHor BY Lor.--Eight men were drawn
out by lot to be shot down in cold
blood This occurred recently in Spain.
Fighting is going on there. although it
does not disturb the rest Of the world
very much. The eight men were pris-
oners-pnsoners Of war. They had
done nothing-beyond fighting and
periling their lives for cause they be.
lieved in. But somebody else had done
something wrong. Eight prisoners of
war on the other side had been brutality
slaughtered after their surrender. Some
wretch of an officer had outraged even
the rules of bloody war. and killed them
after they had laid down their arms.
And so it was ordered that lots should
be drawn-that eight should be taken
by lot from six hundred, and marched
out and shot Oh, miserable mockery
of humanity prayers were offered up
for their souls while their 1.-THE and
healthy bodies were just about to be
riddled with bullets
One poor fellow, almost at the last
moment, broke away and ran for the
river A bullet hit him in the back,
but he kept on and leaped in. Then a
more successful shot struck him in the
head, and he sank, mingllng his blood
with the water The other seven
writhed and fell in their tracks. The
sad story went home to parents, broth
ers, sisters and sweethearts; shot, like
bullocks knocked down in the slaughter
house. Sad thing, this being selected
by lot to be shot Ledger