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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-11
Second Ward.

A meeting OF the Democrats of this
ward will be held at the city hall to-
night at seven o'clock, for the purpose
of selecting delegates to the convention,
to be voted for on the fourteenth in
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Eth Ward.

The Democrats of the fifth ward will
meet tonight at seven O'Clock, at Fer
guson hall, for the purpose of organizing
a club. A large attendance is expected.
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LEE LINE.
PHIE ALLHN. x.l.sz=s
FOR ARKANSAS RIVER.

Memphis and Arkansas river o.
Mail Line.
For Red Fork, Auburn, New Gascony, Pine
Bluff, and all points through TO
Little Rock.
Belle OF Texas, Legal Tender,
Fort Gibson. aOSa Miller,
z. B. Smith. master. J. WoOdburne.m aster
One OF these fine passenger steamers will
leave Memphis as above, positively,
EVERY TUESDAY and SATURDAY at s
O'Clock pm.
For freight or passage apply 70
JNO. N. HARDIN, SupT, 295 Front ST., or
z. T. GLENN Agent, on Wharf boat,
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STRAYED.

gFARE- From subscriber, Novem Der 3Oth,
III a bay mare; white spot in forehead,
hind feet white near hoOf, and white marx
on each shou der. ANY one knowing her
whereab 1uts will leave her at Van BTocklin s.
on Second street, Will be reasonably rewarded.
deS JAMES -. WALTEhS.
sfbh-E-UOLT-MU strayed from the
n owner, Jour miles north OF hhelby lie
Dot, one biacK morse, blind in right eye, l71z
hRuds n; one bald-fsced colt, three years
Old, and one daI E-bay horse mule, nine or
ten years OLD any Information concerning
the above WI be literally rewarded, by
~ EREOS, COMMON & Co, ~
and 8 West Court,
OF x EKSLEY, Ea
Del shelby DeDot.
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ATTEND Robertson's Business College

NEURALGIA.-"Neu ril" cures 1t. Sold
by G. W. Jones q Co., Memphis.
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EOa SALE.

n or Desirabie)-t6x7414 feet, corner Adams
auu Water streets, with TWO one story
brick stOles, for ale low. Apply TO
u. d. BULKLEY, 81 Madison ST
BOUQUETS and fiUe CUT FLOWERS at
u Mrs SLEDGE'S, on Rsyburn avenue.
Leave orders at sledge, Mckay & Co.'s. oeS
Dnn AOn FENCE PICKETS, at 81 50 per
EUU.ODU thousand, by
del WILLIAMS co., Lumber dealers.
-EIElNO MILL-With pump complete; power
w sufficient 10 draw colnmD OF water an
In IN lulck fIOm depth of nifty feet; as good
as new. n. b. BARNES, 2S5 Main ~
nLANTATIOkS-I Bolivar county, Miss.
My home place, Dora" near Prentlssi
400 acres so In cui walton; residence, steam
gin new mill. two engines, ample buildings.
The - Lee Place." one mile from beuian, ga
acre, gin-buIIuiug, etc. 5OJ acres In cultlVa-
ton. 4 he BelRmy Place nVe miles from
BeulRh, IlZ7 acres, 10 acres + rmerly Ia Guilt
walton. but ieISes and buildings destroyed.
Several tracts Of tine land on Bayou Phali6,
etc-ia al Six plantations, all divided 10 SUIT
purchasers except Dora"
nOE3 ChAS. NlAAhhE.
4 CONFECTIONERY An extensive stock of
L confectionery, toys and fancy articles, en-
braci NJ every thin & pertaining 70 n nTht-classs
confectionery business, Also, bake oven ana
candy mandatory, consisting OF all the
ute II IS necessary 10 carry on the baking,
confectionery and candy manuf8ct turing DUST
mss. Cash, city real estate, or notes with APP
proved security taken, rs may best SUIT the
purchaser. Good reason given Tor selling.
For furi'EsT particulars apply on the premises
OctIa 4l9 MAIN ST.
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Go To Leddin's Business College.
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j, H. JUN SUN, OIdIIuIdu
I. H. AUSTIN,
j.. l. NOSE
w d UOOnRD TnnE
POLITICAL,

]. DE B. KOPS,
Committee on Information apd Statistics
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LOST.

\ OCKET-
Thursday, December stF, q Gold DocKet
eugra sed on the back " Annie NJ. Oakley, from
her husband, December 3, lSI0." nDersI
reward will be paid for ITS return 10 NO. 1Us
Beale street, opposite mHrktt I. -
declI JOHN Oakley.
nORSE-A Large sorrel horse overheard
u from steamer MARY Miller. A liberal
reward Will be paid for ITS return TO
decll X. p. GLENN, Wharfboat
hOG-A b ack tau Gordon setter deg, large
! size; DO collar; answers TO name OF Rip.
VII pay reward by returning 10 ~ Main
street. p. H. BRYSON.
DRACELET-On Saturday last, narrow
ID gold bracelet, marked on the inside.
iiberGl reward viii be paid for its return 70
this office. oec5
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AGGREGATE.
/. Ten report weather very favorable,
more favorable than last ear, 8 about
the same as for November, 1874, IS very
unfavorable, frequent and damaging
rains, and not so favorable as Novem-
Der, 1874, q report heavy rain. storms, s
heavy hail-stOrms.
2. Average of IS per cent. of crop
gathered, Is answer that with good
weather picking will close December
18th to 18th, Al January LIST to 18th, 80
February 1st to 2Sth. Average date for
close OF picking, West Tennessee, Jsnu-
airy 7th; north Mississippi, January Oath /;
Arkansas, January Dist.
3. West Tennessee answers that with
favorable weather 10 pick the yield will
not exceed st per cent. greater than 1874,
north Mississippi 25 per cent, Arkansas
40 per cent; average, 243 per cent. over
last year.
4. In West Tennessee very great loss
has been incurred by early frosts; frosted
cotton, owing to wet weather, failed to
open and mostly rotted. In Arkansas,
also, there has been serious loss on new
lands by frost. Throughout this entire
department great loss has resulted from
heavy rains and wind storms, beating
out the cotton and covering with earth.
Much anxiety is expressed in regard to
saving any considerable portion Of out
standing crop, owing to continued unfa-
vorsble weather for picking, and many
instances Of the discouraged condition
and indifference Of laborers. The time
given for close Of picking and results of
yield are uniformly qualified by condi-
ton of weather and laDOr
5. 43 per cent. of the entire crop Is es-
timsted to have been sent for ward to
market, up TO December It.
8, 43 report la6oreTs working well, 80
report evidences Of stability, "a report
laborers much discouraged by low prices
and inability to save crop, 80 report in
difference OF lsborers, for reason of hsv-
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Memphis and Arkansas river ~ =
Mail Line.
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WANTS.

EIIUATION-to do work OF any kind In
= city or country. Address
aecii A {. J., this ONCE.
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SAvASSAH, December 5, 1875.
% iha lnicara q nd Nam hars Of the gauannah
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1875-06-19

We know how politicians struggle against
this, how they contend for the stFietest di-
vision Of their adherents and their oppo-
nents under the customary party designa-
tons how, indeed, without any Of the Gus
tomary issues at stake that give rise to the
great parties IN the nation at large, they
insist upon introducing into our dininutiYe
political strife al! the ingredients that dis
tinguish thatof great States and the nation.
There must be Democrats and Demo
Gratis, Republicans and Republicans and
sounding platforms, and voters must sup
port this man for office because he is Of
this or that stripe. But the good sense Of
the independent voter. saves him from the
pernetration Of such folly. He sees no
reason for calling himself b. q party name
when his vote will not in the slightest de-
gree influence the destiny Of either Of the
political parties contending on the field Of
the nation. He does not claim, therefore,
to be either a Democrat or 8 Republican,
but holds his vote for the candidate whose
honesty, intelligence, and general capabil-
ity most entitle him to support He is
thus, in the proper sense Of the term, in
dependent, and his principles are the natu-
raj product Of common sense soWn IN the
political field Of the embryo State.
The independent voter IS . man to be
regarded with respective had almost said
with admiration The man who will not
Weld to the enticements presented by po-
litical parties-caucuses, street parades,
torch-Iight professions, mass meetings, aud
all the attractive machinery put into oper-
alton to captivate the fanoIes Of weak men
but holds himself steadily aloof, careful
" scanning the candidates put forward,
and voting for the one he deems most ca
.pable and trustworthy. Such IS the man
whom our fathers had IN view when franz
inc our government-the intelligent voter,
ever calm, selfpossessed, and Vigilant; who
may Do Il ts=sa =1 tI4e 1z1fi s4asslsa5tsfe-
tY whatever perils may environ it. He is
the never failing corrective to the follies
Of organized political factions, permitting
first one and then the other to gain the
ascendeney, according as. they prove them.
selves most worthy Of the honor Of admin
istrating the government It is rare that
political party becomes 50 strong that
it can safely defy the Independents voter,
and according to the signs Of the times i
will in future be much rarer.
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For the RECORD.
THE ABB0T's ADVENTURE.
BY CAVALIER.

A jolly abbot once pursded
A journey through tangled wood
Alone, when CHANGING to espy
A sturdy yeonan sitting nigh
Beneath tree, while on the ground
A pack of cards was strewn around,
Der which he leaned with air intent.
Did wonder much what it all meant.
So, loud he cried, 1ty friend, pray.
What sort Of game is that you play "
Said he, ssI'n playing cards with God
At q conceit So very odd
The abbot laughed with hearty glee,
And answered, Z VIII you pray tell me
Who is the winner Z" "God-and zounds
I'm out Of pocket forty pounds!"
IA heavy loss, the abbot said;
"But how,s th' Almighty To be paid?
"Oh!" quoth the man, TITS easy, sure
III give the money to the poor"
with thai the abbot bid the day,
And much amused rode On his way;
+. Ind when be reached his journey end,
lie told the tale to many \ friend,
VIVA In the yeannan's health did auaf
Their oft filled horns with many q laugh
Again, few days subsequent,
The abbot through the same woods went,
Ana found the yeoman there once more,
Engaged as lie had been before.
"what! playing cards again with God2"
The abbot asked in merry mood.
"Yes," said the yeoman still at play,
Gwen, friend, what sort Of luck to-day?"
g GOOD, said be now looking round,
sTve won from God two hundred pound
~Hat haln the abbot laughed with glee,
And how Is God to pay it thee?''
JJo sprang the yeornan with bound,
And dragged tho abbot 70 the ground
Ere he could turn to run away
Or even. shut his eyes to pray.
1T Get ii through the Church, cried be;
~You have fine gold watch, II see,
A purse. perhaps, about your steed,
Ana other things you DO not need
I'll their value rightly count,
Twill bs exactly the amount
And then-nlost sinful to be told
III robbed the abbot Of bis gold,
Bestrode his steed and rode away,
Nor has been heard from To this day.
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TIE RECORD.

In the first issues Of the RECORD.
Fl eas stated that the paper would
b5 md published weekly
! eper material could be
The purpose and that
tri editions would be issued
d4 ton Of the summer
G object Of the latter
N Ish our readers with the
aa passenger lists Of
ataa telegraphic from
ths - But owing to the fact
tiaat .lsa aI.raph line has not been.
repa Ia is not likely to be.
for saHe tfae to comeand that
.as opened unusually
late concluded not 10 pub
tisal issues during the present
asasoE IaFing that they would
nHg and sufficient interest
to il printing them The
pearanee of our pres
We hope, satisfaet tory
1T ii other respects OF
be faithfully carried
AA
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hemence about the eostliness of the army.
The Independent i. mainly worried over
the army on account Of the#ofdeers. Twice
it exclaims that the great expense is the
officers. But it employs. poor logic, It
says, = Every regiment Of soldiers costs
more than million dollars per annnm.
Let us look at this. Each Of the twenty
five regiments of infantry has thirty-fve
officers. Suppose they are paid an aver
age Of s., 900 per annun--which they are
mott would amount to $4,000 per an
mum. They furnish themselves everything
but fuel and quarters, which cost the gov
ernment, say SIS, 900 per annum more, This
makes the total cost Of the officers Of
regiment $4,000. But q regiment, says
the Ladepeadent, costs a million, or 1926
900 besides the cost Of maintaining the
the officers. How is it possible, then, that
the great cost is the officers?
The great cost is not the officers. The
expense is caused by the vast extent Of our
country, and the undeTeloped condition of
the greater portion Of its area, rendering
necessary long and expensive lines Of sup
| ply. The rations and clothing Of the Eu-
ropean soldier are issued almost on the
spot where they are purchased, while those
Of the American soldier are shipped thous-
ands of miles to theremote frontiers till the
original cost is doubled The difference
in the value Of money is also an important
consideration in comparing the cost OF our
army with those Of foreign countries. For
reasons unnecessary to enumerate, almost
all the necessaries Of life cost more in dol
lars and cents in our country than they do
in Europe We hope the Independent will
see the force Of these considerations, and
endeavor to become better informed upon
the subject than It now appears to be-
IF it will do so, it will not again indulge IN
such nonsense as this: It is true that q
considerable item Of costis made by fraudu-
la1zt coatraeto1s' Has our. eotenpo porarE
been indulging IN q Rip Van Winlle slum-
ber from war times to the present day?
Does it not know that with the surrender
Of Lee fraudulent army contractors became
defunct institution? There is not under
the sun more perfect system of purchase,
and checks on dishonesty than exist in the
regular army 4 fraudulent contractor
under such system is impossible. It was
different IN the haste, confusion, and loose
ness 5of method which prevailed in war
times, when thousands Of untried and un-
skillful men became agents for the govern
ment Then they preyed upon the govern
ment, robbed it Of millions, and became q
by-vord in the land. But that was ten
years ago, Mr.. Isdepende1at. Wake up and
rub your eyes, for it is but charitable to
regard you as sleeping, and your costly
army" as the mutterings Of q dyspeptie
dream.
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however, we take pleasure in the
acknowledgement that the liberal
patronage bestowed. upon the REC
ORD since its foundation as q news
paper, would have justified these
improvements without any obliga-
tion on our part to make them.
The cardinal principles Of the
RECORD will remainunchanged. It's
pages will be devoted to the best.
interests Of Benton, Sun River Val
ley, and vicinity, maintaining
strict neutrality on political sub
jeets, independent Of all narrow
minded views. It will furnish sound
and truthful information pertaining
to our section and the Territory at
large, and it will aim to be a journal
for the family circle, in which moth
ing will be found that innocence
cannot approve or refinement en-
dorse. These principles will gov
ern its advertising as well as its
reading columns.
Our arrangements Justify us in
saying that the typographical ap-
pearance Of the paper will soon
equal that Of any other journal in
Montana, and that increased care
will be given to its editorial super
vision, The small size Of the paper
and our limited printing facilities
have heretofore prevented Us from
publishing extractsfrom Territorial
and Eastern exchanges. Hereafter
we shall Gull from our cotempor-
aries such items as we may deem OF
sufficient interest for republication,
ana devote 4 generous ton Of
| our columns to choice selections
from the leading journals Of the
East. This will be Of advantage
to our readers, will widen our field
Of usefulness, and be aproper return
for similar courtesies extended this
paper.
The subscription price Of the
RECORD will remain the same
$4.o0 per annum, in advance, free
Eof postage and for . journal such
as we intend ID publish i will be
considered by all appreciatiye per-
sons cheap enough. We hope for
a large increase Of circulation, and
the uniform kindness ofour friends
Ileayes no room to doubt that this
anticipation will be fully realized
Our Office IS now permanently
| established at Benton, where We
shall be happy to see our friends,
land All who desire TO assist our ct
| forts by subscribing for the RECORD.
yv,r - q a,. q, u o.o4 Krnfnye
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Local notices 10 cents per line for first insertion and
10 cents for each subsequent insertion
Legal advertisements of not than 10 lines solid
nonpare Sl50-or first insertion and 75 cents for each
additional insertion.
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under the old mans chair Then the boys
applied sloW-mateh made Of newspaper,
and stood OF TO see heIold man get well.
4 few wreaths Of thin smoke through the
folds of the blanket showed thatthe match
was progressing faTofaely, while the ola
man laid back N his CHAIR picture OF
complete physical prostratlon.
He don't look as though he could Elft
pm" said Bli1, sympathlzlngly
" Don't, tor q tact, assented Bob.
]" Wonder 7 It'll 90 any good {. sad Blil.
"The doctor ought 70 know replied
Bob.
I" Yes.
At that moment came 9 pull 81 smoke
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-01-08

The late NJ. Guizot left in dying a
witness of his steadfast Christian faith which
will probably be quoted moro than any 9TH
er passage his untiring pen has ever traced.
He begins his testament with comprehen-
sive and unflnching statement of his faith
not only in God, the Creator, but in Christ
the Redeemer, and in the revelations of the
Bible. But more striking still than this
confession, is the confession of the dying
sage of the limitations of knowledge and
dogma. He says: 81 bow before the mys-
tsries of the Bible and the Gospel, and !
hold aloof from scientific discussion and So
lutions by which men have attempted to ex-
plain them. trust that God permits me to
call myself Christian, and | am convinced
that in the light which am about to enter,
We shall fully discern the purely human ORR
gin aud vanity of most of our dissensions
here below on divine things" These are
weighty words coming from man who has
throughout his long life been so fierce in
controversy and so unyielding in points of
doctrine IS to gain himself the soubriquet of
the Protestant Pope"
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Miscellaneous.
How TO N Ike Mischief.


Keep your eye on your ncighbors. Take
care Of them. DO not let them stir with
out watching. They may do something
wrong if you do. To he sure, you never
know them to do anything bad, but it may
be on your account they have not. Per-
haps IL it had not been for your kind care
they might have disgracod themselves a
leng time ago. Therefore do not relax any
effort to keep them where they ought to be.
Never mind your own business--that will
take care of itself There is a man passing
along--he is looking over the fence-be
suspicious of him perhaps he contcmplates
stealing some of these dark nights, there
Is no knowing what queer fances may have
got into his head.
If you find any symtoms of any one pass
ing out of the path of duty, tell every one
else what you see, and be particular TO sec
great many. 1t is good way to circulate
such things though it may not benefit you
particularly. Do keep something going
silence is dreadful thing though it is sale
there was silence in heaven for the space o
half an hour, do not let any such thing oc
co on earth, it would be too much for thi
undane sphere.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-01-08

A lady correspondent, writing Of Turkish
harem says: each lady had three rooms to
herself, and the furnishing of them was gem
orally left to her taste or caprice. They
were arranged very well, and the furniture
was very handsome, but curious in form. A
regular Turkish bed is something quite diff
ferent from ours. There is no bedstead or
mattress, but about thirty very thickly pad
del quilts, covered with silk or satin, laid
one on top of the other on the floor until
they are about two feet deep. The sheets
are invariably of silk, embroidered, and the
coverlid is a marvel of gold and silver en-
broidery on satin or velvet. The pillows ale
of pink, blue, or yellow satin, covered with
beautiful lace. From the ceiling hangs a
large jeweled and gilded hoop, and from this
depend rich lace curtains, which encircle the
bed. To hold their robes, they have innu-
merable brass-nailed camphor-wood trunks ;
and as one of these after another was turned
out for me to see the contents, | began
almost to lose my head in the confusion OF
colors and beauty of materials"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-01-08
Gossip.


We condemn gossip-scandaP twin SIS.
ter-yet it is fault easily committed We
begin by gentle deprecatory reference to
somebody's infrmity of temper, and we find
ourselves specifying particular time and
scene, which straightway the one who hears
tells to some one else with additions slight,
perhaps, but material. Before we know it,
we have stirred up hornets nest. This
may be done without any more potent mo-
tive than sSnerc love of fun; and half the
gossip in. Ae social world is of the unthink-
ing kird iudulged in merely from a
spiriHf drollery. Far worse is that other
sortof talk which ends in slander and begins
!: malice, and which separates friends and
sunders the ties of years of intercourse with
its sharp and jarrng discords. The only
way to avoid this evil is to refrain from
making the affairs of our friends a staple ar
ticle of conversation in the household.
There are plenty of subjects at hand-let us
avoid personalities.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-01-08
I i've AGENTS WANrEn

I'VE AGENTS WANTED
i TO sell DIR CIIASES RECIPES; OR INFOR.
NaIloN For EVERYBODY, In every County In tie
hlteu STATES ana Canadas Enlarged by the Pub
lsher 10 GAS pages. II contans over 30 household
.eciss, ana Is suited % classes and conditions OF
4ucety, wonderful book and q household nectS-
NY 10 sells at sight. Creates inducement eytr
onsren , 70 Dook agents sample copies s0nt by mai
@ post pnu, TOT ~ Exclusive territory given. Agents
more than double their money. Address,
DIR; CHAsE'S STRAIN PRINTING HOUSE,
NOV' ~, ft-on ANN ARB0R MluH
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-01-08

"A Complete Pictorial History uf the lines. ~ he
best, cheapest ana most successful Family
Paper III the NhiOn."
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Don't Do Ii.

Don't bluster. A hen does her best work
when sitting.
Don't kick a man when he is down. The
poor devil may get up, some day.
Don't hustle. Those who hustle most
always come out behind
Don't trust the man that will "do it for
nothing" There's nothing in him.
Don't educate yourself for the stage. ANY
fosl will do for stage driver.
Don't imagine that you are wiser than
your peers. The world will not mistake a
heron for an owl.
Don't show Partially. It's wrong to nv
ali your money to your tailor and let your
hash factor suffer.
Dent hold yourself responsible for the
sins ofysur neighbor. Better let the Re
cording Angel keep their account.