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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17
COLEMAN'S BIG BONANZA CIGARS.
6 for 25c.
Celebrated Rosa OOncha, 5 for csc.
Only depot at
C0LEMAN'S, 200 Main Street.

REEDY's Patent Elevators, hydraulic,
steam and hand power, put up III the
best manner and on reasonable terms.
Orders received and executed by NJ.
Boland, Office with Venable & Rawlings,
IA Union street. l25
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17
High Toned slalIon.Mouse Lodge,

High Toned staiiOn-HOuse LEDGER.
Last night a seedy looking old gentle
man, who has probably seen better days
a half century ago, walked into the
Adams street station-house and regis
tered his name as a ledger. After pat
ronizlng the cistern he returned to the
office and asked to be shown to his bed.
room. Uncle Jim Tory escorted him
into the Recorders Courtroom where
the bare floor and sea. of municipal
justice met his eye. Turning up his
nasal organ he asked: do you not give
me anything to sleep upon2' mot
this summer" replied Uncle Jim, but
by next summer we will be better fixed
and can give you a spring mattress, a
walnut bedstead, and other aecommoda-
tions for nothing" This is a dirty
place to sleep" replied the old mas.
No" answered the official, the room
has been scrubbed and washed out this
afternoon, but had | known that you
were coming | could have ordered a set
of furniture from the Peabody" "a
gentleman cant sleep here with any
comfort" insisted the lodger. True"
said the polite official, but we are not
exactly prepared to receive gentlemen
or ladies. Our bridal chamber is not
quite finished; in fact, we are not yet
prepared to start a frst-class boarding
and lodging house" Il believe I'll go
to another hostelrie," insisted the indig-
nant specimen of reduced grandeur.
The quicker the betterl" replied Uncle
jim, because if you stay here you may
be locked up as a vag." The indignant
old aristocrat elevated his nose q few
inches higher as he stalked into the
street to seek a couch beneath the stars
for the purpose Of studying astronomy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17

BoUQTETs aud cut flowers at Craig's s.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17
Mntsr PINGS. Hose.

Hydrants, gas pipes and everything ap.
pertaining to the plumbing and gas fit
ting business.
j. w. X. Browne, 1853 Second st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17
LUMBER!

Great reduction In prices. CY-
PRESS FRAMING and all kinds of
lumber, $40 per Thousand
feet. WILLIAMS q CO.,
Lumber Dealers and ManufacCrs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17
Base Balls.

Mansford, corner Second and Monroe,
has a large and varied supply OF base
balls, cheap. SGT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17

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, 1875-07-17

INSTEAD of going North, drink Belliner
Weiss beer. [l22
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17
WADDY THOMPSON.
He IL Once More IN Tennessee and
viii strike Memphis To-Day.

The following dispatch received this
morning explains itself. Gen. Thomp-
son will be here at three o'clock to-day,
unless another habeas corpus comes in
ahead Of him between here and Hum.
boldt:
HUMBOLDT, TENN, July II, 1875.
b. X Pullen. sheria's Office:
VIII arrive with Thompson at three
0 clock. G. l.. ANDERSON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17

The great summer drink-Berliner
Weiss beer. r199
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17

EVERY f~rst-class saloon keeps it,
Berliner Weiss beer. [l22
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17
TO THE LADIES.
KAHN & FREIBERG.

KAHN & FREIBERG.
200 Pieces new CalicOes-prettiest
In the city. Call and see them.
100 Pieces new shifting prints.
Corner Main and Poplar streets.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17
BUSINESS CHANCE.

WE HAVE THIS DAY ADMITTED B. M.
w S~tratton as a member Of our firm, and
will continue the Cotton and Commission
business under the above named style of firm
liza Block.
96.l2l BROWN & ALEXANDER.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17

For Sale.
One hundred boxes fresh lemons; fifty
lunches Guinea bananas.
100 P. A. TARGARoYA, 1872 Main st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17

$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,
TUNBRIDGE 4 Co., Bankers,
xxi-l4-dSw Wall street. N. Y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17
KAHN & FRRIBERG

Offer the cheapest boys clothing In
this city.
$50 Jackets, fine, 81 25.
100 Pairs linen pants, 81.
Cor. Main and Poplar.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17
Copying Pencils.

A Iarge suppIy at Mansford's.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17

T 0ST-0R MISLAID-CERTIFICATE NO.
~ "a for one share Of stock in Memphis Oil
Company issued to me. | hereby netify all
persons that | will apply 70 said Company for
a duplicate. LAURA X. WIGGS.
H8-I32
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-21
How TO Buy Clothes in Naples.

I selected what seemed to me the
least Objectionable of the lot, and ap-
preached the delicate subject, the price
thereof. Beppo beamed upon me I
don't know what his name was, but
it might easily have been Beppo.
Beppo said, "Only seventy-five francs
for that complete and lovely outfit" 1t
struck me that the price was reasonable,
and was about to settle the bill, when
my friend plucked me by the coat-sleeve,
with an expression of horror, and ex-
claimed, "You must never pay the
price asked you make him an offer"
L wondered if he would feel insulted
wore to suggest sixty-tive francs as a
fair bargain. Again my friend saved
me from disgraceful sacrifice.
''Offer the fellow thirty" said he. I
offered thirty francs, and expected to be
stabbed on the spot. But no Beppo
thought it a cruel thing for so excellent
gentleman as myself to thus rob him
of "the finest suit of clothes in Naples
at that figure. He would take fifty
francs and nothing less ; at which an
nouncement he did the clothes up in
parcel. "Make it thirty-two francs and
stick there" This was the last utter
ance of the monitor at my elbow, and
when / obeyed orders with the calm de-
liberation of one who proposes to fight
1t out on that line, poor Beppo burst
into tears and pleaded his cause. This
was too much for man with large
family and no mean stomach he might,
owing to the fact that he had secretly
admired me ever since my arrival in Ma
pies, make it forty francs but friend
ship, selfish and undying friendship,
alone prompted the generous act.
With that announcement my friend
took me by the shoulder and walked me
out of the establishment. We didn't go
far we tarried about the threshold for
a moment, and l was once more seized
and walked back again, while Beppo
embraced me tenderly, and cried with
much emotion, "Take them for thirty
five francs-take them L am ruined
man, but would not have you go out
into the world naked and forlorn for
the sake of a few sous :" Feeling, by
this time, that was quite brute, / re-
solved to brass it out and, therefore,
put down my thirty-two francs, which
Beppo received without a murmur.
A tragedy in five acts could not have
so worked up my feelings as did the pic
ture of Beppo weeping in the midst of
numerous and starving family, and this
picture haunted me as 1 left that unhap-
Ply spot. A moment later Beppo was at
my side, begging that L would give him
a glass of wine-only six sous 1t was
conscience money, and was freely given;
but as L turned the corner close at
hand, Beppo was still watching me, and
L saw then there was twinkle in his
eye, that seemed to say, CATER all this
shopping, L have the best of you, my
boy" OF course, the cloth is pasted
together, and the buttons are put on
'@-itla etaroh but tino is feeting. and
perhaps / shall rise into cooler latitudes
in season to save myself
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-21
A Pathological Liar.

The disease known among alienist
physicians as aphasia, and the symptom
of which is the patients inability to ex-
press his meaning by proper use of
words, so that should he wish cruel he
will call for snuff or his boots, has re-
Gently caused some curious develop
ments in the case of the Corotter, about
whose moral and social accountability
there has been much discussion. She is,
says Paris correspondent writing to an
American journal, utterly unable to tell
the truth ON any subject at least she
has not for years been known to tell it
and in her defense on the charge of per-
jury her advocate, NJ. Henri Bernouilli,
has pleaded her cause on grounds very
similar to those so often urged i'll Amer
lea i'll behalf of riminals-temporary in
sanity, moral insanity, and the like
first used, L believe, by the late Mr..
Seward in his defense of the negro Free
man. In trial that grew out of Il case
of inheritance, Madame Corottier swore
so wildly that at its close she was imme-
diately held for perjury, and her counsel
proved by physicians that, beyond all
manner of doubt, there was such a ner-
vous disorder as aphasia, and that those
afflicted with it are not always and in
every instance subject to its influence.
They can at times call things by their
right names the disease is an obscure
one, nor is it possible to detect its pres
ence by other external signs than this
misnaming of facts and objects. This
being proved, NJ. Bernouiili next called
numbers of witnesses who had known
the prisoner for years, and whose testi-
mony was to the effect that it always
seemed impossible for her to tell the
truth. In questioning the prisoner dur
ing the process Uer6aL she had been de-
tected in numerous misstatements she
called one physician COW said that
slop-bowl examined her, and addressed
NJ. Bernouili under the title of chair
brush" M. Bernouilli is one of the
most eloquent and subtle of Partisan ad-
vocates, and, on the grounds shown
above, actually succeeded in acquitting
his client of the crime with which she
was charged. To many her case will
seem to be simply that of an enormous
liar but, as her swearing was gratui-
tous, and she was in no way benefited or
could have been benefited by it, her
position was peculiar. But how many
gratuitous liars are there in the world,
and if aphasia can be used as plea for
them what is to become of morals and of
criminal iusticeS
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-21
Dangers of Benzine Securing.

M. Dumas, at recent meeting of the
French Academy of Science, stated that,
in examining the process of securing
fabrics as usually practiced by cleaners
of old clothes (washing in benzine), he
had discovered a novel and dangerous
cause of fire. Workmen engaged in this
industry had frequently complained of
the benzine becoming inhamed during
the scrubbing and in order to test the
question, NJ. Dumas caused piece of
cashmere to be dipped in for length OF
Is feet. Every time the stuff partially
emerged from the bath, while being
rubbed between the hands, a sharp
pricking sensation upon those members
and on the face was felt; and finally
sparks were emitted from the fabric,
sufficient, if the securing had been
briskly continued, to have ignited the
infiammable fluid.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-21
Spontaneous Combustion in Hay.

The question of spontaneous combus-
ton is undoubtedly to be credited with
many of the burnings of barns, stacks,
etc. Many fires in cities are clearly
traceable to this cause, for many sub
stances liable to decay, especially vege-
table fiber in state of compression, and
in connection with moisture, will heat, and
sometimes break out into flame. In our
dry climate where hay may be thoroughly
cured before stacking, or moving, this
combustion is rare, but in England it is
not uncommon.
Abbe Moigno, in Les MOndes, gives
the following as the theory of the phe-
nomenon Hay, when piled damp and in
too large masses, ferments and turns
dark. In decomposing, sufficient heat is
developed to be insupportable when the
hand is thrust into the mass, and vapors
begin to be emitted. When the water is
almost entirely evaporated, the decom-
position continues, and the hay becomes
carbonized, little by little and then the
charred portion, like peat, peat cinders
mixed with charcoal, sulphurous pyrites
and Ignite, etc., becomes kind of pyro-
phorus, by virtue of its great porosity
and of the large quantity of matter ex-
posed to high oxidation. Under the
influence of air in large amount, this
charcoal becomes concentrated on the
surface to such degree that the mass
reaches a temperature which results in
its bursting into flames.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-21
Crime i'm High Places.

A New York correspondent of the
Boston Journal writes "In all these
dull seasons, when large number of
men are out of work, desperate men
come to the front. The present style is
robbing in the cars. These desperadoes
select the most fashionable parts of the
city. The Second and Third avenues
have ceased to be the dangerous avenues
on which to ride. The real aristocratic
car is the Fourth avenue, running up
through Madison, and on to the neigh
borhood of the park. Here nightly
scenes of violence and robbery occur.
The residents on the line of the road
have had public meeting, and threaten,
if the city does not protect them, they
will protect themselves. The plan Of
operation is this. Everything is safe
till the car sweeps by the Grand Central
depot. Above this the localities are very
elegant, but the population is scarce.
The time selected is night, when the
theaters break up, and ladies' are loaded
with jewels. -Four burly fellows, two
back and two front, throw off the con-
ductor and any gentlemen who may be
on the platform, rush into the cars, seize
lady round the neck, strip her of
watch, jewels and money each des-
perado selecting u victim The work is
done in a flash, the parties disappear,
and the police are no wiser for their
movements. This is an exact description
of what took place on Madison avenue
car one night recently. Wealthy, but
timid gentlemen are afraid to go out
nights and instead of meeting their
friends at the Fifth Avenue Hotel as
usual, those who want to see them have
to call for them. Murray Hill is not as
safe at night as Five Points.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-21
Caldwell of Springfield.
NEW JERSEY. { lISU).

Here's the spot. Look around you. Above on
the height
Law the Hessians encamped. BY that church
on the right
Stood the gaunt Jersey farmers. And here ran
a wall
You may dig anywhere and you'll turn up a
ball.
flowers blow
Pretty much as they did ninety-three years ago.
Nothing more did I say? Stay one moment
you've heard
OF Caldwell, the parson, who once preached
the word
Down ut Springfield? What, no? Come
that's bad, why he had
All the Jerseys afaue And they gave him
the name
Of the "rebel high priest" He stuck in their
gorge,
For he loved the Lord God---and he hated
King George!
He had cause. you might say When the Hes
siaus that day
Marched up with Knyphausen they stopped on
their way
At the 90 Farms. where his wife, with child
in her arms,
Sat alone in the house. How it happened none
knew
But God--and that one of the hireling crew
Who fired the shot Enough there she lay,
And Caldwell, tine chaplain, her husband
away
Did he preach---did he pray? Think of him, as
you stand
By the old church to-day think of him and
that band
OF militant powboys See the smoke and
the heat
OF that reckless advance---of that struggling
retreat
Keep the ghost of that wife, foully slain, in
your view
And what could you---what should you, what
would you do?
Why, iust what he did They we're left in the
lurch
For the want of more wadding. He ran to the
church,
Broke the door, stripped the pews, and dashed
out in the road
With his arms full of hymn-books, and threw
down his load
At their feet Then, above all the shouting
and shots,
Rang his voice." Put Watts into EMPLOYS
give EN- Watts !"
And they did. That is all. Grasses spring.
flowers blow
Pretty much as they did ninety y-three years ago
You may dig anywhere and you'll turn up a
ball
But not always hero like this---and that's all.
BRET HARTE.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-21
Hereditary Crime.

Some of the most remarkable statistics
regarding hereditary disposition to crime
that has ever been collected We're lately
produced by DIR. Harris at a recent meet
ing of the New York State Charities Aid
Association. 1t appears that the atten-
ton of DIR. Harris was attracted to a
county ON the upper Hudson, in New
York, in which the proportion of crime
and poverty to the entire population was
extraordinarily great, there being about
one criminal or pauper to every ten in
habitants. The recurrence of certain
names among the list of unfortunates
also excited his interest, and led him to
genealogical investigations which have
resulted in the following astonishing
statement of facts:
Seventy years ago child, having no
other name then Margaret, was vagrant
about that locality, There was no aims
house, and it seems that the girl lived as
a waif, occasionally helped by the charita-
BILE, but never educated and never given
a home. She gave birth to children,
who became paupers like herself; they
increased and multiplied until, up to the
present time, nine hundred descendants
of the friendless woman can be traced.
OF this immense progeny, extending
through six generations, two hundred Of
the more vigorous are recorded as crimi-
nails, and large number as idiots, luna
tics, prostitutes, and drunkards. In
one single generation there were twenty
children, three of which died young, and
the balance survived to maturity; but
nine We're sent to State prisons for aggre-
gate terms of fifty years, and the rest
were constant inmates of penitentiaries,
jails, and almshouses.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-21
The Spanish Republic.

The Spanish republic has lasted
little less than two years. On Saturday,
the Sth of February, 1873, King Anna
deus announced to his Ministers his in
tention to abdicate. They endeavored
to disauade him, but without effect, and
at nine in the evening of the following
Tuesday the Cortes, specially assembled
to deliberate on the emergency, adopted
republican form of government, ON
motion of Senator Pi y Margall, by a
vote of 259 to 80. The Carlists were al
ready active in the North, and the abdi-
cation of Amadeus greatly raised their
hopes of success. The king, in his mes
sage to the Cortes, had stated that his
short reign had been kept in perpetual
disquiet by the Spaniards themselves,
and that he resigned in despair of being
able to bring peace to the distracted
country. Since that day the troubles
and disorders which drove out Amadeus
have rather increased than diminished.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-21
4 Colony of Communists.

In 1S42 a society of German Commun-
lists settled near Buffalo, N. Y, and after
remaining there awhile removed to q
point seventy-four miles west of Daven-
port, Iowa. They call themselves the
Congregations of True Inspiration. F"
and from the name of their principal vii
lage they are known as the Amana Com
munity. The society has 1,450 men,
bers, all Germans. They own $4,000
acres of land, divided into seven small
towns. A correspondent who has visited
the colony tells some incidents of the
manner of living, ETC., that are interest
ing.
Their head is woman, who is SUD
posed to speak by direct inspiration of
God. The villages are about mile and
a-half apart, each having store at which
the neighboring farmers trade, and q
tavern for the public.
The houses are well built, of brick,
stone, or wood, but very plain, and not
painted. The school house, church.
cook houses and prayer houses are larger
than the dwellings,. In the principal
village there are fifteen cooking and eat
ing houses for 450 inhabitants. The
men, women and children eat separately.
Why do you separate men from women
at table p asked the correspondent.
"To prevent silly conversation and tri-
fling conduct" was the answer.
Each branch of business has its fore
man. The children go to school from
the age of six till they are thirteen.
Their studies are alternated with knit
ting. Boys as well as girls are required
o knit. The women work hard, and
dress soberly. All ornaments are for
bidden. To wear the hair loose is pro-
hibited. Great care is used to keep the
sexes apart. On Sunday afternoon the
boys are permitted to walk in the fields,
and so are the girls, but they must go in
different directions No young man is
allowed to marry until he is twenty-four
and matrimony is not regarded as meri-
torious.
Each adult male is allowed from $40
to 800 year for clothing, each woman
from $25 to $50, and each child from So
to 80. They have no library, and most
of their reading is in the Bible. and in
their own books. They take no interest
in politics, and do not vote.
They employ about two hundred hired
hands, all Germans. They are excellent
farmers, and keep the cattle. The mem
bers do not work hard. They say that
three hired men will do as much as five
or six of the members. They make
woolen cloth enough for their own wants.
and supply the country about them.
They own about 5000 sheep, 1,5OO head
of cattle, 200 horses, and $500 hogs.
They have no debt, and have consider
able money at interest. In sickness they
practice homeopathy.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-01-21
THE YEAR 1874.

Notable Events and Incidents of the Year.
JANUARY.
g. The Spanish Cortes forcibly dis
solved by General Pavia Serrano made
President.
4. First services of the Reformed
Episcopal Church held in New York.
s. Meeting of Congress,
g. The New York State Legislature
organized.
8. Caleb Gushing nominated for Chief
Justice.
13. Communist riot in Tompkins
Square. of the Cartagena In
transigentes.
15 Charles Astor Bristed died.
II. Death of the Siamese Twins.
49, The new Texas government takes
possession of the State offices.-Nomina-
tion of Morrison R. Waite for Chief JUS
tice.
90 The appointment of Mayors given
to the French government.
%. Death of Madame Parepa- Rosa.
%. Marriage of the Duke of Edin-
burgh
o. English Parliament dissolved.
26. Announcement by cable of the
death of DR.. Livingstone.
30. The Ashantee city of Coomassie
surrendered.
FEBRUARY.
3. Imprisonment of Archbishop Le-
dochskOski, of Posen, Prussia. ia.-Death
of King Lunalilo, of the Sandwich
Islands.
6. Baron Mayer de Rothschild died in
London.
II. The Massachusetts Senate rescind-
ed the resolution censuring Senator
Sumner
13. Burning of Taylor's Pantechnicon
in London loss, $15,000,000 two fire.
men killed.
16. A strange horse disease broke out
in New York.
10. Great fire in Panama.
"a. Severe snow storm in New York.
27 Ex-President Cespedes shot in
Cuba.
%. The Tichborne claimant sentenced
to fourteen years penal servitude.
MARCH.
g. Death of ex-President Fillmore.
Rev. John Stevens, American mission
ary, murdered by mob at Ahualulco,
Mexico.
IL. Dtulu VI
16. The Prince Imperial of France at
tains his majority"
%. Death of Judge Dent.
o. Riot at Bergen tunnel.
o. Fighting at Bilbao, Spain.
%. University race on the Thames
won by Cambridge.
30. State troops sent to Susquehanna,
Pa, against strikers.
APRIL.
4. Steamer Europe foundered at sea I;
no lives lost.
6. Navigation on the lakes open.
IL. Henri Rochefort:l left Melbourne.
IA. Steamer Amerique abandoned at
sea picked up afterward ; no lives lost.
Is. Disastrous tornado at Nashville
The body of DR.. Livingstone arrived at
Southampton.
IS. Funeral of DIR. Livingstone.
21. Disastrous fire in Yokohama.
22. Presidents veto of the currency
bill.
23. Volcanic shock at Stone mountain,
N. g.
27. Over 2O,OOO,ooO acres of cotton