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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-24
In Supreme Courl at Jackaon

The DeSoto Bank Of Memphis aud ] j. Muir
ply. surviving partner of the firm Of Muir
ply * Cash. VS.. j, p. Caruthers ct al.-No.
ll6 Shelby Chancery Docket.
In PURSUANCE OF A DECREE PRO
nounced on the 2Sth day Of September,
1875, by the Supreme Court Of Tonnessee at
Jackson in this cause, 1 will, en-
Friday, December "a, 1876,
offer for sale to the highest bidder, in front of
the. Office Of the Sheriff Of Shelby county, on
Main street, in the city Of Memphis, the real
estate mentioned and described in said decree
ae follows; A lot OF. parcel Of ground, stu
ate, lying and being 10 the county Of Shelby.
STATE ef Tennessee, In tho city Of Memphis,
and bounded as follows. to-wit: B~eginninr
at o stake IN feet from the northeast corner
Of tho intersection Of Shelby and Talbot
streets running thence east and parallei
with Talbot street l50 feet 10 a stako: thence
north 70 feet to q stake; thence west 1856 feet
70 Shelby street; thence south with the oasf
side Of Shelby street 70 feet 10 the beginning.
Terms Of anle-caeh
JOHN h. FREEMAN. Clark.
i. L. BELcHKn, aud HuMKs a PosroE, Soils.
November -, ls75. 1898
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CHOICE specimens Of art at 269s Main
street. Auction sale at u and u pm.
tomorrow by A. M. stoddard. a
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VS. have nAiatainsd that the Demo.
essis Ezd Conservative party should
1Ezt1ia rs organization st al times.
Tss slightest relaxation may open
s-s2& thuoaEh which the Radicals MAI
n5s into pOssr. Eternal vigilance il
he Pries Of liberty. and is no less the
sssrsi Of polinesl success. An oppor
taaifyi is nov afforded defect a thorough
organization in this city, in view Of the
approaching municipal election. The
mass meeting called for next Saturday
viii be expected to do something worthy
Of the past and auguring we'll for the
future. Democratic clubs are being or
ganized in various wards, and it is to be
hoped that the people will take sufficient
interest in these matters to secure the
election Of a competent Mayor and Gen
eral Council.
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LEMON, apple, mince and coaeonut
pies besides an endless variety of small
cakes, fresh every day, at Floyd's, 236
Main street. e2.t
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MARKET,
40 and as Beal street.

OPEN FROM 4 Am. TO 8 Pm.
Best Of Meats, Oysters, Fish and Veg
etabIes, ETC., on hand at all times.
rQ.f
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For packing-boxes of all kinds, leave
your orders at No. 4 Towards Row,
with l75] r. L. Cochran a. Co.
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SPLEEDID Atwood cashmere pants at
s., worth IS, at
M. s. CHAPsKY & Bios,
z5l 227 Main street.
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For fine dolls, toys, French
confectionery, etc, cheap, 90
10 40 Main street. N
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The LEDGER job Office, ID Madison
street, is prepared to execute any kind
Of job printing in a neat and tasteful
manner and at as low rates as In other
establishment in the city. t
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The lovers of art will be at the sale Of
rare and beautiful pictures tomorrow
from the aasignees Of Edward ]. Cooper
L Co., Nassau street, New York. Terms
of sale, thirty and sixty days time, with
approved security. This is a rare op-
p%ortunity. Call at 269i Main street.
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The most elegant collection Of oil
paintings ever brought 10 this city can
be seen at 1854 Main street. IA
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A I GOODS
DETERMINED TO CLOSE OUT
Our Stock Of
HUMAN HAIR GOODS,
We oHer

We offer
Human Hair Switches, 81 90
Human Hair Switches, L 80
Human Hair Switches, 2 90
human Hair Switches, 2 80
Human Hair Switches, 3 90
Good value, twice the money.
KAHN So
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Flannel underwear of all kinds. II
they have not your size they will take
your measure, manufacture and deliver
them in tw~enty-four hours. 81
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TO CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING
In the good old-fashioned style
BY HAVING A FEAST,

Call on
Q HI A n LIE X N H Y,
40 Beal Street,
And purchase a fine turkey, as we'll as
oysters, celery and fish for the occasion.
BE also keeps fresh meats, sausaees, etc.
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Matinee Tomorrow.
Don't forget Bartee's fresh candies and
small pastry, under the theater.
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School books, stationery and blank
books at Smiths book store, l54 Main
street. 59t
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Go to III. SeesseI, sr., q,
Sons, for the Kentucky san
sage, cor. Second and JefTer-
son streets. ne
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For packing.boxes Of al kinds, leave
your orders at No. 4 Towards Row,
with [75l R. L. Cochran & Co.
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The finest assortment of boots and
shoes at KESEEDAY & RUDD's,
58f 1886 Main street.
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PEABODY Billiard Hall, newly reGtted,
tables in frst-class order. Call and see
for yourselves. 33t
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PARTIES intending to purchase fall
and winter clothing will save ten per
cent. by calling at M. s. Chapsky &
Bros great clothing house, 227 Main
street. 23+
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FRESH oysters received daily per ex.
press by Victor D. Fuchs, Al Jefferson.
SIT
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C%HnDRESs protective toe and Scotch
bottom shots at Kenneday & Rudd's, 1886
Main stres::. 58t
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IEMPHIS, TENN: MONDAY EVENING JUNE 7. 1875.

damages being claimed by the plaintiff
The alleged engagement was by means
OF symbolic betrothal, each taking hold
Of the ends OF q handkerchief and pulling
it, the Specification being that the parties
are held or bound to each other, and
sometimes, though not always the words
1--WE are bound, or similar phrase,
are pronounced. A number Of witnesses
testified that such custom Of betrothal
existed among the orthodox Polish
Hebrews, though not among Ger
man Hebrews. 1t was proven that
this ceremony was performed be-
tween the plaintiff and defendant; that
the defendant went to the house where
she lived taking with him his sister, and,
after an hour Of conversation With each
other, they went through the form Of
handkerchiei-pulling, in the presence OF
several persons. The young woman did
not testify, the Maryland law excluding
the parties as witnesses in such case.
They were both present, however, and
appeared to be greatly concerned about
| the testimony, The Judge instructed
the jury that if such a custom Of be.
trOthal existed among the Polish He.
brews, aud II that custom had been OBJ.
served by the parties, the contract oi
marriage need not be proved by express
words, but may be shown by acts, by
frequent visits and attentions, intended
by the parties for an engagement. The
jury was somewhat puzzled but they
finally disposed OF the case by finding a
verdict of one cent damages for the
aggrieved lass
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pure Expression.

Every word that falls from the lips Of
mothers and sisters especially should be
pure and concise and simple; not pearls,
such as fall from the lips Of Princess,
but sweet, good words, that little child
rem can gather without fear of soil, or
any regret or pain through all their life,
Children should be taught the use Of
good, strong, expressive words-words
which mean exactly what they should
express in their proper places. If a
child or young person has loose, flung
together way of stringing words when
endeavoring to say something he should
be made to try again" and see if he
cannot do better. IL is painful to hear
many girls talk. They begin with my
gracious" and interlude it with $50
sweet" and 80 queenlyl" and so many
phrases that one is tempted to believe
they have no training at all, or else their
mothers are very, very foolish women,
There is nothing more disgusting than
the twaddle Of ill bred girls; one is pro-
yoked often into taking paper and
reading, and letting them ripple and
gurgle on, like brooks that flow they
know not whittier My heart warns
with love for sensible girls and pure
boys; and, after all, il our girls and
boys ore not this, l fear it is our own
iault-for this great trust rests in the
hearts and hands OF the women Of our
land. If we have a noble, useful pur
pose in life, we should infuse the right
spirit into those around us.
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The secret ef EIoauence.

The Pail Mall Gazette says: An ad-
mirer OF Mr.. Bright writes to Manches-
ter paper that he has discovered the
secret Of the power this great speaker
possesses of riveting the attention Of his
audience. This he believes to lie in the
fact that he uses monosyllables very
largely. The grand passage in Mr..
Bright's speech on the Burials bill, de-
scribing a Quaker funeral, begins:
will take the case Of my own sect, and
on counting the words Of that remark
able oratioa, it will be found that out of
100 words, l49 more than twenty-five
per cent, were monosyllables. On this
it is urged that those in charge of youth
should teach them the use OF monosyl-
lables. An American journal lately
mentioned a school where such pains
bad been taken to instruct the boys in
the art of public speaking that if they
had learned nothing else they had
acquired the greatest contempt for all
the devices of stump oratory. The course
Of study prescribed left to the imagina-
! ton, hut doubtless includes the transla.
ton into monosyllables Of the verbiage
which passes current in most political
assemblies as genuine eloquence. 1t
would, however, be cruel to insist on the
introduction Of such teaching into any
Of the standards. Many are obliged
to speak who have less to say than Mr..
Bright, and to them the sesqulpcdalia
verba are indispensable.
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Bonds $40 each.

The Industrial Exhibition Company will
furnish agents with Circulars, etc.. etc.
Each Newspaper published in the town where
agent is located will. as soon as agency is es-
tablished be given an advertisement, adyer-
tiEins such agency and the company, and fully
explaining the plans. purposes and objects Of
the Company. Such advertisement will con-
tinue in such papers as long as agency is sue
cessfuIly conducted.
The Industrial Exhibition Company is the
first to adopt the plan so long in use by the
| European governments Of issuing bonds when
the principal is made secure and not risked,
but Where there is a chance for a large pre-
MUM. an investment of $40 is sure to return
to the investor 32l-one dollar more than cost
and the holder Of $40 Bond may obtain q
premium either of $50. 500. 500, $500. 5000
5000. 5000, $4,000. s25. 900 or 100000. The
interest, which is ordinarily distributed to all
the bond holders pro rata, is in this loan dis.
tributed by chance. The purchaser Of bond
knows he will receive back his investment
with q small rats of interest added, and in
confederation of taking this small rate Of in.
tersst. be has chance in the above named
premiums, which are simply the distribution
Of interest on the whole loan.
Each bond participates in four drawings
each year. until it has drawn premium, when
it is surrendered, the premium paid, and the
bond cancelled.
The Industrial Exhibition Company, under
a special charter, granted by the State of New
York, is given authority to issue these bonds.
The Legislature Of the State recognizing the
great benefits which will arise from the sue
cess Of this enterprise, have exempted all the
real estate and property Of the Company from
taxation and assessments for Eve years, and
has also conferred other great privileges.
Every American who understands the pur-
poses Of this Company will. Of necessity,
feel pride in aiding it to a successful tsrmi-
nation.
Each individual who buys bond becomes
an owner and an interested party, and when
he views the structure erected with his money
can say, aided TO erect in our country the
most magnificent building the world has ever
seen. palace which, in truth. represents the
industry, energy and mechanical genius Of the
American people,"
The manufacturers and the inventors Of
America are peculiarly interested in the sue
cess Of this enterprise, for the reason that tits
to be their home, where all their inventions
and manufactures can be exhibited and sold.
The building will contain 5.S2O.OOO square
feet Of space.
Purchasers desiring Bonds before an agency
is established where they reside, will commu-
nicate direct with this Office, from where they
can be supplied.
Parties desiring to act as agents or to pur-
chase bonds will address
Industrial Exhibition Company,
No. IL EaSt I7th street,
BET. BROADWAY AND 5TH AVENUE.
New York City.
NoTE All moneys by draft en- New York,
or Express, or postal Order-charEes paid by
sender. S0f
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Iha amman Wav.

This road was built three hundred and
thirteen years before Christ was born. II
commenced in the heart of the city,
passed under the Porto Capena, extended
and extends through Capua, Terrscina,
Beneventum, on TO Brundusium. Here
and there it is covered up by the neglec-
ted accumulation of ages, but miles upon
miles Of it remain, solid, clean, smooth,
safe to horse aud man as the day it was
finished.
The Roman Stranahan who built this
road was a park maker. He was the man
who wanted to drain the Pontine Marsh
es, that Garibaldi wants to drain to-day;
and he wanted to make pleasure grounds
of them for the people The cost Of this
road, Of course, was enormous But it
nevertheless was the cheapest road in
the end that man ever built.
The way that road was built was as
follows: In the first place good sub.
structure was dug down to, from this all
loose soil was carefully removed Then
strata after strata, cemented with lime,
was raised on this, and on the last Of
these was laid the pavement The pave.
ment consisted of blocks of stone, Joined
togther with exceeding care and nicely
Of dovetailing, no .interstices being ap.
parent. There are none apparent on il
to-day, after a world s travel over it for a
decade Of centuries. The best part of il
yet visible is nearing Terracina. Over
that road marched the heavy legions Of
the Caesars, with their cumbrOus wagons
and their pondrous cstapults, ard over it
the male and female charioteers drove
their fours-in-hsnd to the sunny Adriatic
sea, as we our fast teams to Sheepshead
Bay. They not even marked its surfaced
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SUMMER RESORT,
SUMMER RESORT.
Bon Aqua Springs,
HICKMAN COUNTY, TENN.

THIS WE'LL Known SUMMER RESORT
J. will be open to visitors June 10, 1875.
A thorough analysis Of these remarkable
waters will be senton application, by mail,
and will exhibit iD detail the estimate placed
upon them by thehighest chemical and medi-
cal authority iR the State. '1.U ttr
The Sp'ings are located eight miles from
Bon Aqua Station, on the Nashville and
Northwestern railway. Every convenience
and amusement will be provided for the en-
tertainment of guests that can be found at
any similar resort. Location elevated and
unsurpassed in romantic beauty.
Elegant new hacks have been built by tho
company and will promptly meet every train.
You leave Memphis on the morning train
and arrive at the Springs before night same
day.
Ed Doutaz, formerly Of the 0verton Hotel,
will have charge Of the Table.
Rates Of Board, $40 per month. Usual ro-
duction for children and servants.
Railroad fare from Memphis TO the Springs
and return. Sl2. Telegraph and Express IA
oilities perfect. We invite Correspondence.
M. L. SELDEN, President.
W. g. PATTEsoN, Secretary. 6est
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
The Pace thnt RIiIs.

u" II is the pace that kills" People who
the constitution like dissipation and late
hours. Hygeia, goddess Of health, bitterly
revenges herself upon all who break her laws.
not alone those who do SO wantonly, but even
those who are compelled by hard necessity.
Constant loverwOrk saps the physical structure
disspated habits. There is however. an an
tiseptic which, SO far as il is in the power Of
medicine to retard the wear and tear Of the
system thus accelerated, achieves that object
most successfully. This pleservatiye is Hos
tetter's Stomach Bitters, a vitalizing agent
without peer. Premature decay, whether 1t
be the result Of inherent weakness. hard
work, continuous anxiety, dissipation or dis.
ease, is stayed in its whitening career, and the
exhausted and shattered system powerfully
reinforced by this genial restorative.
eod.8S-SS-6w
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The GArden Of emma.

The Chinamen-who walk over bridges
built two thousand years ago, who cult
vated the cotton plant centuries before
this country was heard of, aud who fed
silk-worms before King Solomon built
his throne-have fifty thousand square
miles around Shanghai which is called
the Garden Of China, and which have
been titled by countless generations.
This area is DIS large as New York and
Pennsylvania cimbned, aud is all mea-
dow, and raised but few feet above the
river-lakes, rivers, cansls--a complete
network OF water communication; the
land uuder the highest tilth; three crops
year harvested; population so dense
that wherever you look you see men and
women in blue pants and blouses, so nu
merous that you fancy some fair or mus.
ter is coming off and all hands have
turned out for holiday.
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The use Of abestos as piston rod pack
ing appears to be still gaining in favor
with engineers, friction having no appre-
ciable effect upon the substance, and
however great the pressure of steam, or
however high the temperature may be,
such packing is said to be unaffected.
Recently the statement has been made
that this packing in ocean-going steam
ers, put in more than sixteen months
ago, is still apparently as good as ever.
The Anglia, one of the regular transat-
lantc steamers, has, it is stated, made
fourteen round trips, having steamed on
the same packing over ninety thou
sand miles. Another device has been
proposed in this connection, namely, to
place in a ventilating shaft a bag of
abestos This, like cotton, will arrest
any solid particles floating in the air, aud
when much soiled the abestos can be
removed and made white hot, by which
all organic matters will be destroyed, aud
it may then be put back into the shaft.
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How Man Feels 30 be Run over by
the Oars.

San Francisco Bulletin. May 2lst.l
On Monday last freight conductor,
L. Averill, fell across the rails at Wells
River, and the wheels Of car, weighing
1890 pounds, passed obliquely over his
body and took off the left leg, some six
inches below the hip. When the wheel
passed over, Averill listened for the
crushing of the bones, but they did not
break, but the wheel Of the truck almost
instantly, he felt sure, would cut the legs
of. But the wheels passed over, and
before the rear trucks had reached him
he sprang out and was standing bolt up
right. For five minutes he felt no pain,
but since then the pain has been almost
uncomfortable, and he has been kept un.
der the influence Of Spiates. Two jack
knives in his pocket we're bent nearly
double. 1t is supposed the hange OF
these wheels struck upon these knives
FIRST and passed up to the top Of the leg,
and thus avoided the shearing effect Of
the hange upon the rail- The skin upon
his person was not broken, but the hange
broke the tissue Of the flesh on the top
of the legs, aud underneath the rail sank
into the flesh, leaving its mark distinct.
Mr.. Averill,if carefully attended, will
get along. This is the only case on
record where car has run over a mans
legs leaving the bones perfectly un-
harmed
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Amusing the baby.

When the baby is just able to open its
little unused eyes, it is first induced to
gaze upon the lamp The infant, with
weak, pinkish, hall-open eyes, is q suffer
er beyond any power to tell Of or get re-
lief from its own woes, aud yet the tor
ment Of making it gaze at re putty yed
yight" is supposed to be exquisitely
amusing Alter the bother with the sun
and lamp, the baby iSjumped at, scream
ed at, and otherwise startled, until its
nerves are disturbed beyond ordinary
quieting. 1t is q subject OF marvel to
most people that so many children die in
infancy, but to an observing and reflect.
ing mind the wonder is that any children
grow to maturity, When you and | feel
miserable we want to be left in quiet.
Repose is the sweetest remedy for our
nervous or other ills, but baby is trotted,
bounced, toted, "ketchy ketchied, I"
chucked under its chin, poked in its
cheeks, or somebody's thumb is thrust
into its toothless mouth, irrespective of a
need OF ablution, and then if baby ism t
happy it reputed very irritable. Tick
ling the babys feet, creeping the fingers
like the motion Of a mouse across its
breast and up into its fat, sensitive neck
wrinkles, is another mode of amusing
baby. OF course the child laughs, and
the idiots who torments it forget that it
is the same expression with which they
reply TO a similar process from the hand
of some mischievous buttorturing friend |;
and yet we all know that this laugh from
a man is an hysterical outcry Of nervous
irrtability. When the laugh ceases,
wesriness brings weeping, or perhaps a
restless and unrefreshing sleep, followed
by depression, and probably by indiges-
ton and collie. Nothing should ever be
done 10 startle a child-even too fre.
quent playing of bo-peep, If violent, has
been known to bring on st, Vituss
dance with delicate organizations. All
surprises are dangerous to the nervous
system, just as all sudden atmospheric
or dietetic changes are very unhealthy
and sometimes fatal. II music is select
ed to please the young child's ears, il
should be gentle and soothing.
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BONDS.
Local Agents Wanted.

An Agent Wanted fer Each Town
and County I'm the United States.
Parties desiring to act as agents must ae-
company their application by letter Of recon-
meRdaiiOn as TO character and responsibility
from and signed by the editor Of a newspaper
published in the town or county for which
agent proposes to act. The agency is to sell
the bonds Of the Industrial Exhibition Com
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The Foreman of the Beecher Jury
New York Herald


He wears good deal Of white shirt
front, high shirt collar and black tie.
But the great characteristic of the fore.
man of the jury is the soft, chameleon
like expression of his face, He reflects
Evarts like looking glass. Let any one
sit behind the counsel while he Is speak.
ing and keep his eye fixed on the fore
mans face, aud he can tell accurately
at any moment the particular expt ession
on Evart's features. When he smiles in
good humor, the foreman smiles in the
same spirit; when a tone of solemnity
enters into his voice and eye, the fore
man assumes a funeral look; when scorn
curls the counsels lip, the foreman in.
voluntarily loses his natural good-na-
tured expression Of countenance and
frowns grimly at some imaginary foe.