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NOn.KesidenI Notice.

! hereby give notice as above required.
4l-4I-5S-59 GEO. ARNOLD, Adrd'r
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-25
[R, 1885,
Chancery Sale of Real Estate

First CAancery Court of Shelby Ceunty-R.
s. Parham ct al. firm of Parham IL Will
liamsOn) vs.. Mary y. Crockett ct al.
by VIRTUE OF AN INTRRLOCUT0Rl
ID decree for sale, entered in the above cause
lie auction. TO the highest bidder, in front Of
the Clerk and Masters office, new Courthouse
Building, Main street. Memphis, Tenn. on
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o. q. I.

|. Q. O. r.
PRIDE. OF Memphis LoDGE No. 39l-meets
every Thursday evening at 22l Second street,
third floor. w. A. Hill, Jr., w. @. II.
INDIAN MOUND LODGE No 42s-meets every
Jackson and Sixth streets. George b. Elliott,
W. @. 7.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-25
Miscellaneous Journal

Our Commercial. News. Mis- lianeous and
Local departments will be kept up to the Ugh
est standard of approved journalism. endesv-
oring to please all tastes and to
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-25
FIRESIDE VISITOR AND FAMILY
c0MPANI0MI

In every section Of the State and throughout
the South. Plainly printed, on superior pa
per. with a large and increasing circulation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-25

Cannot fail to see the unFivaled inducements
offered by Us 10 tho way Of cheap and profit
able advertisements.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27
Hints for the Apfary.


THE severe winter, and cold snap in
April. will have caused the death OF
MANY swarms, and the question comes,
what to do with the empty hives The
combs can be melted into beesUax but
will not produce much value. 1t Will be
much better to let them stand till swarm
ing time and then new swarm, can pc
put into the empty hive from which the
old swarm died. The empty comb VIII
be of great value to the new swarm, as 1t
is estimated that each pound OF comp
requires about twenty pounds OF money
for its production, and having como
ready made will allow the queen to COM
mence at once depositlng eggs.
Combs which have been frozen will
have no living bee-moth or worms IN
them, as freezing kills them, even the
eggs.
the combs have not been frozen, the
probability is that there may be some
worms or eggs in them. In sucn case IL
NAV be well to let such empty hive stand
in a warm room till the eggs hatch, ana
then give them a good brimstoning. oi
course, if the hive contains worms ana
not eggs it is not necessary to place In
Empty comb may be kept standing In
the hive, out of doors, with scarcely any
danger of trouble from the moth. In
stinct teaches the moth to seek those
hives which are kept warm by the bees.
No hives, however, containing any
honey. should be left out unoccupied by
bees In the spring when pasturage Is
scarce, any sweets to which Dees can
have access are eagerly sought by them,
and beeless hive containing honey VIII
very soon be rif1ed of its contents Inns
of itself might be no damage, but the
trouble is that after emptylng the nise
they will attack some one or more OF the
hives containing bees, and woe Detiue
the colony which has too few bees 10
protect its stores.
See that all cracks are closed up about
the hive, especially the upper part OF II,
Whatever may be true about yentilal,on
or no ventilation in winter or Id no.
weather, it is certain that at TINS Tune Oh
the year every particle OF neat Shout
be care 'ully husbanded. If hive is open
and cold the bees will be able 70 keep
only a small space warm enough TO raise
brood, and hence the colony Will not IN
crease its numbers so rapidly as IL INC
hive is kept warm. In frame hives the
bees will be helped very much by put
ting some kind of quilt directly on tne
frames. If made of wooden the Dees
are not liz ely to trouble it, but any ola or
soft cotton cloth laid upon the frames
will surely be gnawed by them A goou
plan is to take a piece OF heavy, hara,
twisted cotton cloth or sheetlng ana
cover over the frames, then over tins can
be placed piece of old bed-qulit, car
pet, or even newspapers tackled together.
All that is wanted is something to keep
the bees warm.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27
Longevity of Snails.

An English paper, giving some evil
dence regarding the tenacity with which
the snail holds on to life, relates that a
lady, having collected some with pretti-
Unmarked shells wished to preserve
them. She therefore subjected them 10
a couple of boiling water baths, and lett
them on a shelf in summer-house 10
dry. The next morning, to her surprise
and d;snay, she found the snails crawl
ing about the place, and some 81 the
hnngrier ones feeding upon the paste
meant to be used in cementing the shells
together. The tender-hearted lazy was
SO distressed at her unwilling cruelty,
that she sat down and had good cry,
ending with the resolve never TO attempt
snail boiling again.
In 1774 an Irish collector stated before
the ROYAL Society that certain Wnlse
spails that had been confined in the CAP
met for at least fifteen years poked their
heads out of their shells ana resumed
their usual habits on being Immersed In
warm water. The members OF the socl,
CIV were 10th to believe the testimony OF
the Irishman: but, in 1850, an Egyptian
desert snail that had been in state OF
lethargy tor four years at the BRUSH
Museum suddenly reused up ana became
as lively in appearance as ever ~ nau
heap an its native sands 1t fed heartily
upon iettuce-leaves and continued actlse
for a couple of years. This circnmsla ~,
proyed that the story OF the lrIsh COZ
jector might well be true
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27

Look out for worms about the hives in
the cool of the morning. An old jack
knife or a sharp stick will be handy TO
dispatch them.
Frame hives should now be examined
to see that each hive is possessed of a
queen. If the queen herself is not seen,
the presence of eggs in the cells or un-
sealed brood is satisfactory proof that
the hive is not queenless.
Ii hive is queenless frame contain
ing brood can be given it from another
hive, and by being kept supplied with
brood the colony will shortly raise a
queen Prairie Farmer.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27
How to Avoid Contagious Diseases.

By contagious diseases are meant such
as may be propagatsd by touch, or by
being in the direct presence of the pa
tient himself, or from some material de-
rived from him, such as scarlet fever,
smallpox, etc. Infectious diseases are
produced by some noxious matter in the
atmosphere-Eot produced or augmented
by the body itself; of such are ague, ty-
phoid fever, etc. In the latter class of
diseases the necessary precautions are
to try and change the character of the
surrounding air by enforcing strictly
sanitary laws, which is in great meas
ure different from the course TO be taken
in avoiding contagious diseases. This
consists chiefly in the stunning of all un.
necessary contact with the sick and in
destroying all noxious material they may
create. Whenever we see person sick
with contagious disease no excessive
fears should be allowed to occupy the
mind; it is wholly needless, and, more
than this, it predisposes the system to
the disease it so much breads by dimin-
ishing its tone. A good plan is to eat or
drink something before entering the sick
room, as it is supposed that when the
stomach is acting the catching poison is
10 certain extent repealed; hence after
meals would be the time to choose.
Some think or believe that the virus of
a sick-room is introduced into the sys
TEN through the spittle coming in con
tact with the poisoned air and then swat
lowed. Therefore, it would be well to
eject and not 10 swallow it. Cleanliness
is good preventive TO contagion; those
exposed should take bath morning and
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27
Let the People speak.
II. v. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y:


II. v. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. T.:
Dear Sir-Your Fayorite Prescription has
done my wife a world Of good. She has
taken two bottles and has felt better the
past two weeks than at any time In the past
two years. No more periodical pains; none
Of that aching back or dragging sensation Ia
her stomach she has been accustomed 10 for
several years. have so much confidence In
1t that / would be perfectly willing to war.
rant TO certain customers Of ours who would
be glad to get hold Of relief at any expense.
have tried many Patent Medicines, but
never had any occasion TO extol one before.
Very truly yours, GEO. B. WHITIso.
Mrs. Y. X. DAILY, Metropolis, H., writes:
"Dr K V. PIERCE--My sister Is using the
Favorite Prescription with great benefit"
MARY ANN FRIsBIE, Lehman, Pa, writes:
"Dr. X. V. PIERcE-What have taken OF
your medicine has been Of more benefit TO
me than all others and hundreds OF doctors
bills"
DIR. Pierce's Fayorite PRESCRIPTIONS sold by
dealers In medicines generally.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27

CARE OF A MUFF.-When you take it
off give it several hard twirls around TO
smooth the fur. When placed in the
box lay it on its side; this prevents the
wadding from sinking downward and
falling into clods. When you put it
away for winter place within it some
Jumps of camphor wrapped in paper and
sprinkle the outside with powdered
camphor. Then inclosc it completely
and tightly in two or three thicknesses of
newspaper. Do not open it until you
want il in the fall, The printers ink on
the papers will assist in keeping out
moths.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27

CURE FOR CATARRH.--A medical au.
thority asserts that the severest catarrh
cold can be removed in about ten hours
by mixture of carbolic acid, ten drops,
tincture of iodine and chloroform each
rs drops. A few drops of the mixture
should be heated over a spirit-lamp, in
test-tube, the mouth of which should be
applied to the nostrils as volatilization
is effected. The operation should be re-
peated in about two minutes, when, after
the patient sneezes a number of times,
the troublesome symptoms rapidly dis
appear.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27

SAVE MoNEY.--It is well worth saving,
and you can save 1t In buying sewing ma
chine, and get one Of the best and most per-
feet machines in existence. The Wilson shut
tie sewing machine has reached point Of
excellence and perfectness equaled by no
machine in use, and the constantly and rap
idly increasing demand, which Is almost be-
yond their manufacturing capacity 10 supply,
Is convincing evidence that the merits Of this
machine are appreciated. Machines will be
delivered at any railroad station In this coun-
ty, free of transportation charges, II ordered
through the company's branch house at 1877
State street, Chicago. They send an elegant
catalogue and chrome circular free on appli-
cation. This company want few more
sQeutA.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27
COMMON SENSE REASONS why DIR.
WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs should be

COMMON SENSE REASONS why DIR.
WALKERS VINEGAR BrTTERs should be
used:
1st They are an entire Vegetable Bit
tiers, free from all alcoholic stimulants.
Cd. The, are the result Of careful study,
experiment and labor.
3D.. The greatest care is taken TO secure
Medicinal Virtues, and exclude every
thing Objectionable.
4th. They unite, as lfe-restoring sci
eptific tonic, the greatest strengthening
and vitaliziDg principles.
5th. Persons of Scdentary habits and
over worked find In them specific for
rant If appetite, paipttatton, de5iiity, con
sttpation, and many other nameless all
ments.
9Th. The aged find in them guarantee Of
pr0longed heatA and ltfe, and weak and
delicate females and mothers find especial
benefit from their use.
7th. They are the MASTER OF Disease.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27

TEE GREAT FAMILY MEDIcIgE-Dr. VII.
bofts Anti Periodic or Fever and A que Tonic J
No Gaze Of Incnrable Chills has yet presented
itself where this scientific and safe medicine
has been employed. No case has been found
10 obstinate as 10 resist its prompt and mas
terly action. No man has been 80 reduced by
malarial Influences but with Ito use has come
n uer(ectly reconstructed No pills or pur-
gatiye required with this medicine, WHEE-
I0cK. FIsLAY q Co, Proprietors, New Or
leans.
FoR SALE nv ALL DEuGGIsTs.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27

--Cribbing is caused, in the frst place,
bv some foreign substance being pressed
bstween the teeth, or by the front teeth
growing 100 close together, tnuS ; caas
pain. The horse, to ayolu inns, i nn ,hns
spreading the points OF the teeth anu y
that means, afIording temporary Ielae =,
To remedy this fault it 10 only Necessary =,
n saw between the teeth. WIN "ih
thin saw; this relieves the teeth Oh a.. a.,
side pressure and effectually ENDS lhe
troubla.-N. Y. Herald.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27

DR.. MAHLA, Prof. Chem, certifes Prussing's
White Wine Vinegar &c be pure and wholesome
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27

Before all our centennial celebrations q.
80 fnished the history Of the Revolution,
will have repeated itself-on paper-a soou
many times.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27

CHAPPED HANDS are very common with
those who have their hands much in water.
A few drops OF Johason's Aaodgae Liaiment
rubbed over the hands two or three times a
day will keep them soft and white. Fisher
men, sailors and others will do well TO re-
member this.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27

The Times says Dr. Walpole has lost his
beautiful chestnut mare. She died suddenly
in harness, it is supposed from bots or pin
worms. III the Doctor had used Sheridaa's
Cdpalrg Condition Po,cders he would, no
doubt, have had his mare to-day--they are
death on worms.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27

Mrs. Senator Sumner is reported to
DE about to marry one Jones, clerk in
the New York Custom House.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27

One dozen s-lz. bot
ties sent for 81 Oh
Retail price So, of
Gpiehrafs.4l Eporrant
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-07-22
Lost Women.

Has it ever occurred to you what a
commentary upon our civilization are
these lost women, and the attitude OF
society toward them? A little child
strays from the home Enclosure, and
the whole community is on the alert to
find the wanderer and restore it to its
mothers arm. What rejoicing when
it is found, what a fearful sympathy,
what heartiness of congratulations
There are no harsh comments upon
poor, tired feet, be they ever SO mirey,
no reprimand for the soiled and torn
garments, no lack of kisses for the tear
stained face. But let the child be
grown womanhood, let her be led from
it by the scourge Of want-what hap
pens then?
Do christian men and women go In
quest of her? Do they provide all
possible help for her return, or if she
return of her own notion, do they re-
ceive her with such kindness and deli
cacy as to secure her against wander
ing? Far from it. At the fist step
she is denounced as lost-lost! echo
friends and relatives-we disown you
don't ever come to US to disgrace us
Lost, says society, indifferently. How
bad these girls are. And lost
irretrievably lost-is the prompt verdict
of conventional morality, while one and
all unite in boiling every door between
her and responsibility. All, will not
these lost ones be required at our hands
hereafter?- Mrs. Burleigh.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-07-22
Multitude Of Mercies;

The great ause of our insensibiliiy
to the goodness of the Creator is the
very expensiveness of his bounty. We
prize but little what we share only in
common with the rest, or with the
generality Of our species. When we
hear Of blessing, we think forth with
of successes, of prosperous fortunes, OF
riches, preferments; that is, of those
advantages and superiorities over other
which we happen to possess, or be In
pursuit OF, or covet The common
benefits of our nature entirely escape
lis. Yet these are the great things;
these constitute what most properly
ought to be accounted blessings OF
Providence-what alone, if we might
so speak, are worthy of its care.
Nightly rest and daily bread, the ordi-
nary use of our limbs and senses and
understandings are gifts which admit
of no comparison with any other. Yet
because almost every man we meet
with possesses these, we leave them out
of Enumeration. They raise to senti-
ment; they move no gratitude Now,
herein is our Judgment perverted by
our selfishness A blessing ought, in
truth, to be the more satisfactory; the
bounty at least of the donor is render
ed more conspicuous by its very diff
fusion, its commences, its cheapness;
by its falling to the lot and forming
the happiness of the great bulk and
body of our species as well as of our
selves. Nay, even when We do not
possess it, it ought to be the matter of
thankfulness that others do. But we
have a different way of thinking. We
court distinction. That is not the
worst; we see nothing but what has
distinction to recommend it. This
necessarily contracts our views of the
Creators beneience within a narrow
compass, and most unjustly. 1t is il
those things which are SO common as
to be no distinction that the amplitude
of the Divine benignity is perceived
Paley.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-07-22

MRS PARTINGToN AS CHIEF OF A
DIvIsIoN.-Among the recent changes
in one OF the Government Departments
was the reduction of the chief of an i'm
portant division to a subordinate posi-
ton on account of incompetency. Acs
cording to the current report, in the
department referred to, this employee Is
fully the equal of Mrs. Darlington and
one of the former Commissioners of
Agriculture in his misuse ofthe Kings
English. AS aspeeimen of his style,
both in writing and speaking, it may
be stated that he invariably calls
synopsis synopis, fiscal year physical
year, and mutllated letters The head
Of the department, after interviewing
him concluded that be was hardly the
person to properly discharge the duties
Of division chief and relieved him.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-07-22

He KNEW How.-At an auction of
household goods on Harrison avenue,
when woman had made bid on an
old bureau worth about two dollars, a
boy slipped around to another woman
and whispered:
"You see that woman over there with
blue bow on ?"
eyes"
"Well, she says that no woman with
a red nose can buy anything at this
sale?
The woman with the red nose push
ed her way into the crowd and run the
price of. the bureau up TO twelve dollars,
and as it was knocked down to her she
remarked:
Il may have a red nose, but no
efosseyed woman with blue bow on
can bluff me-"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-07-22
What Home is,

Home is the one place in all this
world where hearts are sure of each
other. 1t is the place where we tear
off that mask of guarded and suspicious
col1ness which the world forces us to
wear in self defense, and where we
pour out the unreserved communica~
tons of full and confding hearts. It
is the spot where expressions of ten
derness gnsh out without any sensation
of awkwardness, and without and
dread of ridicule. Let a man travel
where he will, home is the place to
which "his heart, untraveled. fondly
turns" He is to double all pleasure
there. He is to divide all pain. A
happy home is the single spot of rest
which man has upon this earth for
the cultivation of his noblest sensibill-
ties. And now, my brethren, if that
be the description of homea Walk
abroad and alone by night. That aw.
full other world in the stiffness and
solemn deep of the eternities above, is
it your home ? Those graves that lie
beneath you, holding in them the i'll
finite secret, and stamping upon all
earthly loneliness the mark of frailty,
and change, and feetiness-are those
graves the prospect to which in bright
days and dark days you can turn with
out dismay? God in His splendors-
dare we feel with him afectionate and
familiar, so that trial come softened by
this feeling? 1t is my Father, and en-
joyment can be taken with frank
feeling; my Father has given it to me,
without grudging, to make me happy.
All that is having a home in God. Are
we at home there ?-Robertsom's Ser.
mons.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-07-22

Very stern parent indeed-Cone
here, sir! What is this complaint the
schoolmaster has made against you?
Much injured youth-It's just nothing
at all. You see, Jenny Hughes bent
a pin, and only just left it On the
teachers chair for him to look at, and
he came in without his specs and sat
right down on the pin, and now he
wants to blame me for it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-07-22

The wife OF the late Professor
Agassiz rose one morning and pro-
ceeded, according to custom, to put on
her stockings and shoes. At certain
stage of this process little scream at
tracted Mr.. Agassiz's attention. and not
having yet riseu, he leaned anxiously
upon his elbow, inquiring what was
the matter. Why, Professor, a little
snake has just crawled out OF my boot,
said she. Only one, my dear? re-
turned the Professor, calmly lying
down again; there should have been
three. He had put them there to kerp
them warm,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-07-22
p o E T r Y.
SALVATION SOUGHT.

Oh, when my righteous Judge shall come,
To fetch his ransom'd people home,
Shall among them stand?
Shall such worthless worm as !.
So sinful and unfit to die,
Be found at thy right hand?
love to meet among them now,
Before Jehoyah's feet to bow,
Though viier than them all;
But who can bear the piercing thought,
What if my name should be left out,
When he for them shall call
Dear Lord, prevent it by thy grace
Oh, let me see thy smiling face,
In this my gracious day.
Thy pardoning voice, oh let me hear,
To still my unbeleving fear;
Nor let me fall away.
Among thy saints let ME be found,
Whene'er the arehangel's trump shall
sound,
10 see thy smiling face
Then loudest of the crowd 1'll sing.
Till heavens resembling mansions ring
The riches of thy grace.
Lady Huntington 1707-17C9.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-07-22

A California story tells of man
who resolved to give up drinking, ard
went to notary to get him to draw
up an affidavit to that effect. The
document was drawn, read and approx
ed;the party held up his hand and muir
INJURED the usual promise. The paper
was then properly sealed and delivered.
What's to pay? asked the pledge taker.
To pay-to pay? exclaimed the notary.
Nothing, of course-this is labor of
love. N othing to pay! returned the
grateful but forgetful pledge.taker.
You are brick. Let's take drink.