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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-24
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
BOATS LEAVING TO DAY.
Alcksourg' 4!nnols.---..,.........---........op pm
ST. Fr .ncis river, Ella........ ..........-..-5 pm
New Orleans, Fannie TatUm..---......5 pm
ecanlan's Landing, Carl SchOrz. .........-5 pm
Cincinnati, Andy Baum..m~...-~........5p pm
New Orleans, Belle Of Shreveport~....~..5 pm
ARRIVALS.
Steamer City OF Helena, St. Louis.
Hard Cash, White river.
David Sinton, Cincinnati.
Belle Memphis, st. Louis.
Future City, St. Louis.
Carl Schurz, Scanlan's Land'g
DEPARTURES
Steamer Illinois, V~icksburg.
James Howard, New Orleans.
Future City, New Orleans.
A. J. White. Riverton.
Geo. W. Cheek, Friar's Point.
Phil Allin, Arkansas City.
0seeola, Helena.
Osceola Belle, Ashport.
Belle Memphis, st Louis.
City OF Helena, Vicksburg.
IN PORT
Illinois, Ella, Belle OF Texas, David
Sinton, Carl Schulz.
Condition OF inc Rivers.
The river here is declining
steadily, and now stands z feet A
inches above low water mark. The
channel from here to Cairo, and
from here to Helena, is shoaling
down to z feet or Z feet 6 inches,
and is crooked and lumpy. At st.
Louis the decline was l inch, with
4 feet 10 inches on Horsetail bar.
At Cairo the decline was 2 inches.
At Pitt8burg, stationery with 2 feet
on the gauge. At Cincinnati the
rise was 6 feet, with 10 feet on the
gauge; at Louisville, l inch, with
4 feet 10 inches in the canal. A
10 foot rise is reported in Green
river, which will improve nayiga-
ton in the lower Ohio. The Cum
berland river is rising, with 20
inches on the shoals. The Arkan-
sas river is rising at Little Rock,
with 2 feet on the gauge and scant
3 feet in the channel from Pine
Bluff to the mouth. White river
is rising steadily, with &c inches
in the channel from Jacksonport
out.
Miscellaneous.
Clear and pleasant.
Another busy day on the land
ing.
Cotton is cOmingin freely.
The Phil Allin backed out last
night for the lower coast loaded
down TO the guards with freight,
and was full Of people.
The 0sceola, White, George W.
Cheek and 0sceola Belle, out last
night, had good trips of freight and
people,
The Charles Morgan and Fleta
arrived at New Orleans yesterday.
The City Of Chester left st. Louis
yesterday for Memphis.
The G. B. Church and Cons Mil
lar arrived at Cincinnati yesterday
morning.
The Fannie Moore for New Or
leans and Trout for White river are
due down tomorrow.
The Golden Rule, en- route from
Cincinnati for New Orleans, was
aground yesterday at Henderson
bar.
The Belle Memphis returned to
st. Louis last evening with 2G5
bales Of Eastern cotton 100 tons of
other freight and a fair list of
people.
The Future City and barges
passed down for New Orleans last
evening. She double tripped it
around Presidents Island.
The Cons Millar for Memphis.
and the u. P. Schenck for New
Orleans, leave Cincinnati to-mor-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-24
Fer ~. Francla Rivor.

And every alternate Wednesday during the
season. J.T. WASHINGTON, Agent,
42-t 900 Front street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-24

Nav YoRK. October q. 1870 p.m.-Cottop
is dull, buyers and sellers being apart and
prices tending down. with futures quiet and
lfm, Sales for future delivery, II, 100 bales.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-24

THE NJ. &. CHURCH. SOUTH. WITHIN
the bounds of its circulation. embraces a
membership Of about one hundred. thousand.
The geographical lines which bound its soIa
embrace the largest portion Of that territory.
toe commercial center of which is Memphis.
Lawyers, Doctors, Merchants, Teacher, ana
Farmers subscribe for, and road the W EST
ERN METHODIsT.
Business men viii find it, no Doubt, to thei
interest before completing their adv OrtisinE
arrangements to consider tho oon parstl,e
merits Of our paper as an advert sing me
dun.
We moan business, and will N AXE tOrm,, NJ
reasonable as any fair dealer wO Md urge.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-24
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NATogA TEMPLE OF II. AND 7.
40. l-meets every Friday even
ing at 8 o'clock at Temperance
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-24

NV YORK. October 81. iO;S am. - Spots
are dull and nothing doing, with futures
steadier.
, 1876-07-21

In noticing the various home enterprises Of
California, we can not refrain from again refer
ring to the house OF II. Williams 4 Co., Of IS
New Montgomery street, San Francisco. The
rapidly increasing demand for the Yerba Buena
Bitters Is keeping their entire force working 10
their utmost 10 I'LL the orders that they are CON
stantly receiving. Aside from their home trade,
these gentlemen have four teams constantly en-
ployed selling and advertising their goods, with
two active business men TO each team. They
stantly employed, thus placing their valuable
medicines within the reach Of every man, wo-
man and child upon the coast. Mr.. W. W. Bar
low will start for Salt Lake and Denver in few
days with large invoice Of goods 10 supply that
market, and he expects to increase their large
trade in Utah and Colorado. We take pleasure
in noticing the success Of Messrs. Williams and
Co., as we believe their success is due largely 70
the superior character Of the remedies that they
manufacture and sell.
, 1876-07-21
A Talo Of Two Lunatios.

An officer started to q lunatic asylum
from Glasgow, having in charge two
lunatics, one physician and the other
q female. Both had been adjudged to
be of unsound mind and ordered to the
asylum. The female went willingly,
but the medical man suspected the good
things promised him were never to be
realized. THE sheriff detected his rest
lessness, and, fearing trouble would re-
suit from it, resolved upon an expert
ment of strategy.
"Come, doctor" he said, 81 wish to
consult you"
Whats ailing you?" grufiy re-
sponded he.
"This woman you see WITH me, an
swered the sheriff, &C is little off-that
is to say, she is slightly demented, and
is ordered to an asylum by o jury"
"How does that concern me?" inter
rupted the doctor.
"In this way, SIR" said the sheriff !;
'you are learned graduate; l, an igno-
rant officer of the law. Your skill will
enable you to take charge of that wo-
man better than 1 can. You understand
human nature; 1 don't so well. Take
her, doctor Be always on the alert,
and you shall have handsome fee"
The device of the sheriff succeeded
admirably. His fattery so worked upon
the demented doctor as to cause him to
forget his restlessness and put on such
an air of consequence as only one who
thinks he can do something no one else
can wears. Both lunatics were safely in
carcerated, and doubtless the doctor
now thinks he has charge of the asy-
linn
, 1876-07-21

know best what you ought to afford: 1t
matters little what they think, provided
YOU are true to yourself and family.
Thus, pursuing an independent and
straightforward course of action, there
will spring peace and Joy all around
you. Satisfied and happy yourself you
will make your husband so, and your
children will feel the warm, sunny in
fiuence. Happy at home, your husband
can go out into the world with clear
head and self-denying spirit; domestic
pickering will not sour his heart, and he
will return to you again with contiding
and unceasing love. Depend upon it,
beauty, grace, wit. accomplishments,
have far less to do with family comfort
than prudence, economy, thrift and
good sense. A husband may get tired
of admiring, but never with the COM
Portable consciousness that his receipts
exceed his demands.
, 1876-07-21

AMERICAN LABoR.-Canon Freeman
tie, in a recent lecture in London on
America, said that no American will en-
ter into domestic service. If this were
right, it would be equally wrong to
keep q servant. But the same people
who regard domestic service as degra-
dation, have no scruple against employ
ing Irish or German servants. The
canon thought there was q truer feeling
in England, where the most honorable
relations are often found to exist be-
tween master and servant. The canon,
however, said he would leave it to his
hearers whether the excessive independ-
ence Of the American, or the depend
ence Of the English workman, was pref
erable.
At station in Boston he found it i'm
possible to get anyone to carry his lug
gage to another station three hundred
yards of, and had to do it himself,
though, as there were several boxes, he
would gladly have paid. When he ar.
rived at Euston Station, London, two
fine fellows ran by the side of his cab
all the way to Gloucester Plain, over q
mile, for the chance of earning sixpence
for carrying in the luggage. Which,
he asked, is the better state Of things
that in which you cannot get q man to
work for you, or that in which human
toll is so cheap, and 50 little accounted
of?
, 1876-07-21
Neck-Twisting in Church.

A good story is told of an eccentric
old parson who was sorely annoyed by
o habit his people had acquired land
which prevails, by the same way, in oil
other churches, even. now and here
abouts, to some extent,) of twisting
their necks around every time anybody
entered the door and passed up the aisle
of the meeting house, to see what man
uer of person it might be.
Wearied by the annoyance the old man
exclaimed, one Sunday:
Brethren, if you will only cease
turning your heads around whenever
the door opens, and will keep your at
tention on me, 1 will promise to tell you
as 1 preach, who it is that comes in"
Accordingly, he went on with his SER
vices, and presently made a stop as one
of the deacons entered, saying:
"That is Deacon, who keeps the
grocery opposite"
And thus he announced, in turn, the
advent Of each individual, proceeding
the while with his sermon as composed
ly as circumstances would admit, when
at last stranger came in, when he cried
out:
"a little old man in green spectacles
and drab overcoat-don't know him
you can all turn round and look for
yourselves, this time"
It is hardly necessary to add that the
good man carried his point, and there
was but little neck-twisting in his con-
gregation after that day.
, 1876-07-21

AN ARKANSAS Cow.-The yield of
milk from Northern dairy cows is in
credible to people in regions where cat
tie are raised for beef and hides.
Judge Grant was in Little Rock, Ark,
couple of weeks ago, in attendance at
the United States Court. One morn
he saw a farmer with slouch hat, and
a genuine butternut suit, trying to sell
q COW in the market there. It was q
large, long-horned animal, and the
planter was informing a man that the
COW would give four quarts of milk q
a day, if well fed.
Up stepped the judge. "What do you
ask for the cow?"
about thirty dollars. She'll give
five quarts of milk il you feed her
well, replied the planter, and he pro-
ceeded to describe her good qualities.
Said the judge, "I have COWS on my
farm, not much more than half as big
as your COW, which give twenty to twen-
ty-five quarts Of milk day."
The planter eyed the Judge sharply
for moment, as if trying to remember
whether he had ever seen him before OF
not and then asked:
Stranger, where do you live?"
"My home is in Iowa"
Eyes, stranger, I don't dispute it.
There was heaps Of sogers from lows
down here during the war, and, stranger,
they was the all-fredest liars in the
whole Yankee army. Mabbe you mought
be an officer in some of them rigi-
mints 2"
The Judge slid for the courthouse.
, 1876-07-21

Near the mighty Corliss Engine, in the centre
Of Machinery Hall, is
LITTLE MACHINE IN GLASS CASE.
The latter is not one-hundredth part the Eze
Of the former. The big engine completely amir
hilAtes, as it were all sense Of the very presence
Of its little neighbOr, and yet that tiny machine
has done more for the world than all the big en-
gines humanity has yet invented; for under thai
tiny glass Is the first sewing machine ever DE-
vised by man-the original sewing machine n
conceived, designed and patented about one
third OF century ago, by the original inVeniDr
Of the sewing machine.
THE FRANKLIN OF THE HOUSEHOLD, THE MoRsn
OF THE FAMILY, ELIAS HOWE. JR.
There is no more interesting sight to be ssel
in the whole range Of the Expogiton-there
no more suggestive exhibit than that Of tne
Howe Machine Pavilion In the Centennial Fan.
Every sewing machine ever Manufactured In ms
world, no matter In what form or under What
name, depends for its real mechanical vain,
upon the principles developed in the originA
Howe Machine now exhibited in this little gas
case. The eye-pointed needle and the compinr
ton Of the shuttle and the needle derived g
Howe from watching the motion Of looml-
these principles pervade necessarily Al sexins
machines, making them thereby machines wnie1
sew. Looking at this original Howe mAchinea
1s46, and then glancing along the superb hoNs ..
pavilion, where, under q spacious stained glA.
dome, all the latest styles and newest improve,
ments Of Howe sewing machines are gAtneIe99
together In long and brilliant array, the mlns
Is irresistbly led TO note the march OF Tune ~
the great results which spring from snan y
ginnings. The Howe machines ct the Cens7H-
niAl represent
KvERY STAGE OF PRooAEss
and satisfy every demand Of the family o. = y
trade. The exhibit of family or A mAchln15 8 y :
large and varied. Then comes the Howe y
light manufactured machine for family ~
Then there Il the Howe @, for heavy tal1ot.Ils ~
ahd leather work and lastly, the Howe ", W
famous "old Manning" machine, nov OWL, OWL
by the Howe Company, and with is n1msns. ~.
and stay attachments, capable Of doing tne -
shoe and leather work. Then there are tne i. y y
tomato patent feed machine, set by seL'a s.rs. =
cogs, and once set, guiding itself, and me a., =,
slide, taking the place Of the old roller, ~ !.
nous other improvements too numerous
specify. ~ tAe
But perhaps most interesting. Of all 70 W -
mind, and certainly most delightful 70 .pe s
are the specimens Of work accomplished y m
Howe machines. These samples empt.os .;re
most delicate chenille embroiderieS, nznt.fS ~
baskets, flowers, embroidered opera cloakS ~
Howe monogram, exqusitely embroidereo ~
surrounded by . wreath Of autumn leaves n
they also embrace some Of the finest shoes !"
seen at
THE CENTENNIAL OF THE WORLD
In fact, the Howe sewing machines seems y N
not only for call time" but for all WoIA
it doeth all things well.
, 1876-07-21

A HORRIBLE CoNTRIvANcE.-In the
arsenal of Venice is shown q curious
dressing case, containing six small can
mons, which are 80 adjusted as to ex-
plode on the opening of the case. This
is said TO have been sent as q present to
the Countess Secrati, by francesca Car
rara, the last lord of Padua, famous, or
rather infamous, for his cruelties. The
unfortunate lady, little suspecting the
nature of the cadeau, hastily touched
the spring by which the box was opened,
and Immediately felb shot through the
heart. In the armory are also preserved
several pocket cross-bows and steel ar
rows, with which the same wretch was
accustomed to amuse himself, by killing
or wounding all of those against whom
he bore a grudge, without their know
ing from whence the blow came. He
was strangled in Padua, in 1905, by q
decree of the Venetian Senate, as a fit-
ting punishment for his abominable
crime.
, 1876-07-21

1 found the darkness so great as to
render any further progress impossible,
except at a risk of a broken neck, so,
seating myself under rock, waited
on the increasing daylight. Life was
already stirring faint rustles, and once
broken twig, denoted the whereabouts
of antelopes, or, it might be of their
enemy, the leopard, while the calls of
the birds sounded from every side by
and by the rustling became louder, and
it was evident some animal was coming
up the track by which 1 was going to
descend, until at last it got so near that
1 could distinguish the rattle of sharp
hoofs among the powders and stones
below me. Suddenly there was dull
sound as of some heavy body falling,
followed by q confused noise of strug-
Cling, half-choked bleat, which 1 sup
posed 1 recognized as coming from the
throat of an unkumbi, and then silence.
A few steps sufAced to explain the cause
of the noise, for as got round the cor
ner of the rock I came in sight of boa
constructor employed in licking the car
cass of its victim, a young doe of the
species had expected, which lay, o
shapeless mass, within q yard of the
path l was following. No doubt, had 1
blundered on through the darkness an
other five yards, I should at that mo-
ment have occupied its place, even
though the great snake might, perhaps,
have found it impossible to swallow me
after killing me however, the idea was
enough, and without remembering at
Al n IAvr ohAr1I1 5sakx,,1D \
whole bush, leveled the rifle at its
broad head and fred. 1t was not until
the smoke cleared and I could see its
whole body, as it writhed and twisted
in its last sgonies (the bullet having
fortunately severed the backbone an
inch or 80 behind the neck) that COM
pretended its enormous size and
strength. I had no means of accurate
ly measuring it, but have no hesitation
in saying that Is 8feet would be decidedly
under the mark. have, indeed, no
doubt that it was at least 20 feet, while
its girth was considerably more than
that Of mans thigh. It was consider
ably the largest snake ever saw, though
of the same species varying from II to
10 feet. They are, however, but rarely
seen, lying chiefly on the edges of thick
cover, into which they betake them.
selves if disturbed while basking, as
they are fond Of doing, outside in the
sun. Their food consists of almost any
thing they can catch, from a cat or lit
tie bird to q small antelope, though they
no doubt occasionally kill large one,
which, unless of unusual size thems
selves, they are unable to swallow and
I doubt their lives being such an alter
nate succession of feasts and fasts as has
been imagined. No doubt, when they
do catch an antelope and eat it, the after
process of digestion occupies consid
erable period, but such captures, except
in the case of the blue buck, which is a
little larger than hare, are, 1 fancy,
rare, and I have never yet killed one,
small or large, which had nothing in its
stomach, though the contents have been
on more than one occasion sufficiently
miscellaneous.-W Fl. Drummond.
, 1876-07-21
West OF the OphIr.

Adjoining it, is Middle Hill, which is destined
at no distant day To become very extensively
Comstock Gold and Silver Mining Company,
which has 1900 feet Of valuable, well-developed
property, embracing two locations. 500 tons Of
ore, running from $11 TO S23 in gold per ton,
have been taken out. Work is now being vigor.
ously prosecuted. Within few days the limit
ed number Of shares Of the reserve stock now
offered will be sold, then q considerable advance
W Ii be made in the price Of the remaining stock.
, 1876-07-21

WHEN DR.. Loring was at the Marble
head celebration, the other day, a min.
lister introduced his little son in hi.
way LET me introduce you to d.
Loring, and mind that you look him in
the face 80 as to remember him, for Won
may vote for him for Governor one Of
these days" The Doctor eyed the strip.
ling with a rueful gaze and quickly re.
piled, " Good heavens have 1 got To
wait till then ?"-N Y. Herald
, 1876-07-21
Dr: Ln aIar.. senlnaI PIII.. ror n.l

- 1A1NN SCHIh A-AlLA, Tor ARmI-
nAi I w eakness Loss OF Vgor, Sexual and General
Debility, Physical Pros Eraton, and the many Al
ments arising from indis and abuse 10 those
requiring q reliable remedy for the above com
NeTitable TOWER oF STRENeTH-A 70 UNTAIN OF
6OUIH: Price, 80 per bottle; sent by express
y o. D., 10 any address. A. MCBOYLE a co. Drur.
gists, San Francisco, Post-Ofice R0x, sS2 Sole
Agehs 70 whom All orders should be addressad
, 1876-07-21

Ihs Is an excellent school for boys and yoDn.
men. II educates thoroughly and disciplined cspss
iuIy. Young men should examine this School he
lore attending elsewhere. For Information call a.
the Office. a Post St, o. address +. p HEAI,D q p
, 1876-07-21

A SooTCH minister recently told his
neighbor that he spoke two hours and
a half the Sunday previous. Why,
minister, were you not tired to death !"
asked the neighbor. "Aw nae" said
he; Il was as fresh as rose but it
would have done your heart good to see
how tired the congregation was"
, 1876-07-21

A CLERGYMAN, says Vanity Fair. was
"turned down" at fashionable SPELL
ing-bee for spelling drunkenness with
one en-" Shortly afterward he returned
to his parish, and found himself very
coldly received by his parishioners. He
sent for the parish clerk, and asked him
what was the cause. Well, sir, re-
piled the man, "areport has come down
here that you were turned out of great
lady's house in London for drunken
ness"
, 1876-07-21

"SAM, why don't you talk to your
master and tell him to lay up treasure
In heaven2" What's de use of him
laying up treasures up dar? He never
see um again"
, 1876-07-21

Out Of the 1900 shares reserved for working
capital, the 5000 offered for sale will be sub
Scribed for within few days after which, the
stock will be placed on the Boards and sold at
an advanced figure. The Office Of the Original
Comstock q. and 8. Mining Company & IN
rooms 16 and II, HAyward's Building, s. p.
, 1876-07-21
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PAINLESS DENTISTRY. Nitrous q rIda "a. sl0 ~
mlnstered for painless extinction Of teeth Se1s y,
Artificial Teeth warranted 10 last ten years from
$40 upward. Gold and Silver Filings at reasonable
prices. Ten years constant practice ONCE IaO snt
Ter street. San Francisco. (Use the elevatOr0
DIR. 7. AORFFEW