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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12

E0R sALE-vANCE ST. RESIDENCE
street, will be sold. For particulars inquire
on the premises or to Chas. T. Paterson, al
the once of the Southern Life Insurance
Company. 1871
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12

TAXES.

T D. EATON & CO., NO. "a MADISON ST.,
La nave now complete indexes Of All Exist.
ing Tax Liens, including the veal 1873, on all
real estate in the 9th, lNth and 10th Civil
Districts. including the city Of Memphis; also
dexes are By lots and tracts, not By name Of
supposed owner, and are guaranteed correct.
np-lH ID, A. McQMBER, Bup't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12
NOTICE.

NOTICE TO JOURNRYMEN TAILORS
IN coming to the city: A. II. Goodman,
merchant tailor. 100 Main street, pays the
same prices as any shop in the city, but he re-
fuses 70 be made q slave By . MONOPOLY. IA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12

E0R SALE-CITY REsIDENCE-ONE OR
Z more Of i've Of those hrst-class city resi-
dences in the Greenlaw Block, south side of
Madison street, east Of Fourth street, we'll
known as among the most convenient and
pleasant in the city; from II to IA rooms in
each; c%isterns, paved back yard, high walls
each TO the bayou. Terms easy, and price to
suit the times. Apply to
1875 A. q. DENNIS. 2q2 Main a..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12

EoR ,sALE-A NO. / SALOON. STOCK
ted, and enjoying a good trade. Good and
satisfactory reasons for selling can be OBJ
tanned By calling on
1877 A. VACCAR0 4 CO.. S2l Front st,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12
ron REMr.

& OR RENTING. 80 MADISON STREET
{ suitable fer a clearinghouse; furniture
for sale. For terms, inquire Of Mrs. NJ. r..
Williamson. at the house, or VIM. j. Duval,
at 2J3 Main street. 1885,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-10-13
Your Whiffletrees are too Long.

Most plowmen have such long whiffle-
trees that it is often impracticable to
make any plow work satisfactorily. Ex-
cellent plows are frequently denounced
as worthless, and rejected simply be-
cause the double whifletree or the OK
yoke was too long. Yet the plowman
never suspected wherein consisted the
true cause of the difficulty. Our own
practice, from boy yhood, has been to
make the double whiff1etree for plowing
never more than two feet between the
points of attachment of the singletrses,
which were about twenty-three inches in
length. When it was desirable to plow
narrow furrow-slices, the singletrees
were attached only twenty-five inches
apart. Let plowman attempt to plow
with doubletree six feet in length, and
he will readily understand why a pillow
will not run correctly when the double
tree is too long. When the oubletree is
too long, the pillow will be drawn too far
from the furrow to the unplowed ground
unless the plowman makes a constant ef-
fort to prevent the Implement from cut
ting a furrow-slice wider than can be
properly turned over. The agricultural
works at Ilion, .sY., sent US one o.
their right-handed hardened steel Mo
hawk Valley Clipper plows for trial
which operated so beautifully that We
per.uaded a near neighbor to take i
and give it trial for corn. He coult
do nothing with it, as it would cut ant
cover in spite of all his efforts to max
it run right. Of course the beautiful
Clipper was denounced and rejected be
fore he had plowed twice across tn
field. We saw at glance the cause G
8 the trouble. With his permission W
3 bored holes in the doubletree, so as I
] bring the singletrees ten inches neare
y each other, five inches inwards from th
9 old holes. Then he tried the pillow agai
: it ran beautifully. He smiled an
9 laughed; and laughed and smiled. Fl
s could not say enough by way of con
# mendation. The plow was the san
l. implement during both trials; no pa
N had been changed, but the doubletr
'f was so long that the draft was throw
& FIVE inches too far toward the unplow,
h ground IN. Y. Herald.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-10-13

September s the expedition went into
camp on the middle fork of Grand Riv-
er, and as the supply OF antelopes was
rather limited, and that of bacon entire
ly limited, We had to resort to the last
rations in the commissary, namely, our
horses. Twenty of the disabled
horses were shot and soon distributed
throughout the command. As the SOL
diers moved off with the company shares
on their shoulders, one of than remark
ed. "Such is life; here few davs ago
this horse WAS carrying me; yesterday he
was tired and ] was leading him; now he
is dead and ] am carrying him"
The horses were very good eating, but
having more of a sweet taste than beef
but from the heavy marching the meat
was rather tough, the animals having
carried their riders six hundred milei
since we left the wagons at the base o
the Big Horn Mountains, September 8
The command moved south again, ant
after going into camp after twenty -fv,
miles march, feasted luxuriously or
young pony meat, which was nice ant
tender, and far superior to old cavalr!
horse.-[Lettsr from General Cook
column to the Detroit Free Press.
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Dull Boys.

DON'T be discouraged. Slow growth
is often sure growth. Some minds are
like Norwegian pines They are slow in
growth, but they are striking their roots
deep. Some of the greatest men have
been dull boys. Dryden and Swift were
dull as boys. So was Goldsmith. So
was Gibbon. So was Sir Walter Scott.
Napoleon at school had so much difficult
ty in learning his Latin that the master
said it would need gimlet to get word
into his head. Douglas Jerrold was so
backward in his boy hood that at nine he
was scarcely able to read
Isaac Barrow, one of the greatest di.
vines the Church of England has ever
produced, was so inpenetrahly stupid in
his early years that his father NOR.
than once said that if God took away
any Of his children, he hoped it would
be Isaac, as he feared he would never bt
fit for any thing in the world. Yet tha
boy was the genius Of the family.
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VOLUME 4.
Daniel Boone Barking Squirrels.
From the Louisville courier-JOurnal.l

lFrom the Louisville Courier-Journall
When Audubon, the great naturalist,
was in Kentucky, in the early part of the
present century, be was well acquainted
with Daniel Boone, and was his init
mate friend They made frequent ex-
peditions into the forests. the scientists
after bis bugs and birds, and the pioneer
in search Of something of more SUBJ
stantial nature. A feat OF Boone's,
which has probably escaped the atten-
tion of those who love to record remin-
iscences of this brave old pioneer, is
thus described by Prof. Audubon:
Barking off squirrels is delightful
sport, and, in my opinion, requires a
greater degree of accuracy than any
other. / FIRST witnessed this manner of
procuring squirrels whilst near the town
of frankfort, KY. The performer was
the celebrated Daniel Boone. We walk
ei out together, and followed the rocky
margin of the Kentucky river until we
reached place of fiat land, thickly
covered with black walnuts, oaks and
hickories. As the general mast was a
good one that year, squirrels were seen
gamboling on every tree around US. My
companion, -tont hale, athletic man,
dressed in homespun hunting shirt,
bare-legged and moccasined, carried a
long and heavy rifle, which, while load
ing, he said had proved efficient in all
his former undertakings, and which he
hoped would not fail on this occasion, as
be felt proud to show me his skill. The
gun was wiped, the powder measured,
the ball was patched with 600-thread
linen, and the charge sent home with a
hickory rod. WeRoved not step from
the place, for the squirrels were 80 mum,
erous that it was unnecessary to go after
them. Boone pointed to one of these
animals, which had observed US and was
crouched on a branch about fifty PAGES
distant, and bade me mark well where
the ball should hit. He raised his piece
gradually until the head, THAT being the
name given by the Kentuchians to the
sight OF the barrel was brought to {
line with the spot he intended to hit
The whip -likereport resounded through
the woods and along the hills in repeat
ed echoes. Judge Of my surprise whel
perceived that the ball had hit tn
piece OF bark Immediately beneath tn
squirrel, and shivered it into splinters
the conclusion produced by which ha'
killed the animal and sent it whirlin
through the air as il it had been blow
up by the explosion Of powder maga2
I. inc. Boone kept up his firing, and, be
fore many hours had elapsed, we ha
procured as many squirrels as we wish
ed; for you know that to load rife rt
! quires only moment, and if it is wipe
: after each shot it will DO its duty fc
hours. Since that interview with OF
! veteran Boone have seen many othe
: Kentuckians perform the feat"
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Buried in Earnest.

Those who were present at Belvidere
farm about three or four weeks ago will
remember the Professor of Egyptian
prophet, who 80 successfully performed
the resurrection feat. Since his little
venture in the resurrection business the
Professor has lived at Belvidere farm
with hir family. A few days ago he
was taken down with country fever, and
yesterday the poor fellow was buried
this time in earnest. Mike Hogan was
not present at the funeral to blow the
trumpet, and the poor Professor remains
in his grave. He leaves wife and a
child in an almost destitute condition
Since his resurrection feat the Profes
sor had been earning precarious liv,
ing by giving seances of his sleight-of
hand magic in different portions of ths
upper wards. He was buried in th'
identical coffin In which be performed
the sssufssotion feat.
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In Life Man Plays Many Parts.

The Rev. Edward Eggleston, writing
of his summer vacation to the Christian
Union, gives the following interesting
sketch of noted man: "Of course /
went fishing, not because l am a success.
sor to the apostless, but because made
this charming village of Grafton my
starting point. Here everything runs
to fishing, for this is the land of brooks
and trout. But also because there is
here one of those men of marked pecu-
liarities who is apt to infect others with
his own hobbies. In room under the
town hall you will find S. w. g., who
has been in his day a wealthy man in
New York, and one of the secretaries of
the Century Club, who has bought and
sold in Hong Kong, who has hobnobbed
with Thackeray and the Grand Turk
has mined gold in California, and been
in no one knows how many corners oi
the world besides, and who now, in this
| remote region, of which he is native
sits down at his bench and with patient
hand labor contructs the finest fishing
rods. The art learned for his amuse
ment in days of prosperity is now bus
ness, and his delicate but enduring rod.
are used from the woods of NJ inc te
the waters of Lake Superior. He will
show you one that has eighty two piece
of bamboo in it, firmly wound with sill
and securely fastened with shellac.
am not sportsman, but / have fel
every nerve in me tingle when hav
seen one of these slender rods doubl
back upon itself in resisting the power
full strainiDg of large fish"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-10-13
NUMBER 81.
IN THE BONANZA.
Fifteen Hundred Feet Under Ground
and What May be Seen There.
From the Nevada Sentinel

1t only takes FIVE minutes. You step
on the cage and the hand that guides
the Titan at the surface touches the rein
of his black monster and you are plung-
lights of earth go out; by the glare of
lanterns you know you are passing drip
ping ,timbers; the sounds from above
grow faint and fainter and cease; the va
pors rise around you as from a cauldron;
you hear now and then rumble in the |
deeps as though the dark spirits below |
were complaining that their treasures
were being thus taken away; you listen,
expecting to hear the mutterings of the
| gnomes which guard the sacred treasures
there comes advance of the cage be-
meath your feet; you know the hand
above has touched the bit of his burden
bearer, and then the cage stops and you
are more than a quarter. of mile below
the busy city which you just few mo-
ments ago left; from the dusty highway
you have stepped into the worlds grand
est treasure house; you have passed
from the temperate to the tropical zone
IN moment-you are in the Bsnanzat
1t takes but little space to complete
the transition; it takes but moment to
describe it; but the change is wonderful,
and to one of thoughtful mind, the
wonder increases with each returning
visit. 1t is no little thing to work a
mine 800 feet below the surface. True
there are broad avenues there; broad
timbers which like Atlas seem compet.
ent TO support world upon their broad
@ backs; there are engines at work and
! cars running; but every glimpse of the
men there reveals the exertion necessary
to keep up this conflict with the spirits
! which guard the buried treasure below.
The men are stripped to the waist
those brawny delivers, with perspiration
1t bursting from every pore and their bod
d les shining as it is said the Spanish vic.
h tins shone in the sunlight when stretch.
ed upon the fatal stone upon the top Of
st Teocola, ere the Aztec priests tore out
st their hearts fora sacrifice. Those white
$. breasts have another significance. Or
A. the surface servile races may take from
s. the laborer his bread; down in tha
is gloom there is no fear of competition
3. The pale-faces there hold sway. Their
v the Caucasian race is indispensable, fo
Is what is needed among gnomes is stead
re brain, a quick, strong hand, ruling in
or telligence. Those strongholds are no
ry stormed until grappled with by tn
Is worlds ruling races 1t looks pleasan
down there in the mimic streets and IN
or der the lanterns glare; but before thos
k. streets were opened there was in tn
ar sitting air work performed which car
IL not be calculated. Picks were swung
drills were struck, powder was burned
at men tainted and fell in their places, br
of the work went on. So it will proceed
les the future, until, probably, after anothe
in sixteen years, they will be working
of 600 feet below the surface as unconcerr
ne ed as they now delve at the present le,
on els
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Didn't Like that ElbOwing. i.

"Awful Gardiner" was once a we'll
known pugilist and sporting character
in New York On one occasion he went
to Newark with "select party" to give
a sparring exhibition. The negro who
had charge of the hall where the show
was to take place was gigantic stature,
and one of the party wagered bottle OF
wine that lawful Gardiner" could moi
knock the negro down with his fist
They all waited in the hall for the com.
ing of the sable janitor with lights. He
approached with shaded candle in his
hands, and, as he came within arm'i
reach, the "Awful" measured him, ant
struck square from the shoulder. Th'
negro hardly winked. He simply turn
ed his head aound towards the pugilis
and said, "Gemmen, please be littl
car'ful OBJ yer elbows"
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When and why Lamps Explode.

We take from the Scientific American
a few hints that Journal gives as to the
danger arising from petroleum lamps:
All explosions Of petroleum lamps
are caused BY the vapor or gas that col.
lscs in the space above the oil. When
full Of oil, Of course, lamp contains no
gas, but Immediately on lighting the
lamp consumption Of oil begins, soon
leaving space for gas, which commen-
ees to form as the lamp warns up, and
after burning short time, sufficient gas
will accumulate to form an explosion
The gas in lamp will explode only
when igniied. In this respect il is like
gunpowder. Cheap or inferior oil is al
ways most dangerous.
The flame ia communicated to the "a,
in the following manner: The wick
tube in all lamp burners is made larger
than the wick which 10 TO pass through
IL. II would not do to have the wicl
work tightly in the burner; on the con
trsry, il is essential that il move up ant
down with perfect case. In this way i
Is unavoidable that space in the tube 4
left along the sides ofths wick suficien
for the fame from the burner to pas
down. into the lamp and explode tn
gas. -r.......r .....r
b., Many things occur to cause the fam
to pass down the wick and explode tn
lamp. /. A lamp may be standing Of
the table or mantle, and slight puff @
air from the open window or door ma
cause ap explosion. 2. A lamp may b
taken up quickly from a table or mante
and instantly exploded. 8. A lamp
taken into an entry where there is
draught, or out Of dosrs, and an explc
sion ensues. A. A lighted lamp is Ii
ken up a fight Of stairs, or is raise
quickly to place il on a mantel, resul
ing In nm explosion. In these cases Il
mischief is done by the air movement
either by suddenly checking the draugl
or forcing air down the chimney again
the fame. 5. Blowing down the chin
nsy to eItinguish the light is freque
cause Of explosion. 8. Lamp eIpl
sions have been caused BY usinga CHR
ney broken of at the top, or one tn
has . piece broken out, Whereby q
draught is variable and the flame u
steady. z. Sometimes a thought,
person puts a small sized wick in a lar
burner, thus leaving considerable spa
along the edges Of the wick. 8. .
old burner, with its air draughts clogg
up, which rightfully should be thro
away, 10 sometimes continued in u
and the 6nal result is an explosion.
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SchoOI.ROOm PeriIs.

DIR. Richard McSherry, of Baltimore,
has an article in the Sanitarian for this
month on the above subject. He charges
that "the local authorities of cities and
very largely throughout the country
out Herod Herod in the slaughter of the
innocents" "There is no bloodshed, in
deed, in the beginning, but there is," be
says, Coward the end, in various forms
of hemorrhage" In speaking of
schools for girls he expressed the opin-
ion that the evils of the school-room
"often tend to the extinguishment of
families" He adds, and the reasoning
applies in the main to children of both
sexes:
"What else can be expected when
young children are imprisoned for long
and weary hours, day after day and year
after year, in close and sitting school
rooms, when the air is habitually so
foul as to be exceedingly offensive to
any one entering from without, though
unnoticed by those within who are
breathing it over again? A lady who is
fond of plants and flowers, and has but
small space for cultivating them, say
in window-gardening, finds that her ia
. vorites require goodly quantity of sun
, and air to thrive, which she seeks for
them accordingly, while she sends those
more tender plants, the children, to
8 horrid school-room, whence the rays of
the sun are excluded, while the arti6c-
: ial heat, often loaded itself with coal
q gas or carbonic oxide, is made mephitic
e with carbonic acid from many
| breaths, and all the exhalations that
k arise from miscellaneous crowd of help
g less and innocent little prisoners. Thia
g is not a matter of comfort or discomfort;
r but more clearly a matter of life or
death with the children. What is the
e good of all the learning, such as is &C.
n quired in the school room, and by gas
light at home, to young girl who has
apinal curvature, and perpetual
HcauaCue, anu d week CHSSJj anu udDUy
muscles, and in short, universal delica.
l. cy in every part of her organism? How
IF is she prepared for the wear and tear O
Mt life duties, and what kind of help
7e meet is she going to make? The evil il
10 crying one: it is fraught with ruin
" yet scarcely any but fe It medical mel
e, seem to appreciate its Importance"
OF What is the remedy? "Fewer hour
OF at school," he says, "and fewer studie
st. at any one time" Frequent change
n of position and air; brief recess ever
lie hour to relieve the mental tension
lis stretch the cramped limbs, and enabl
rs the scholars to take in good inspiration
no of fresh air.
ne "Let the school-room be cleared ever
n hour, and thoroughly ventilated whil
ist the children play for few minutes
tie the open air in good weather, or unde
shelter while it rains. The shelts
should be provided, no matter what til
-, cost. Life and learning are Of litt
IA worth without health, but learning an
-. health would both be promoted by thel
measures"
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No Fun i'm Him.


From the Detroit Free Press.
One Of the members Of the Methodist
Conference recently held here, was out
for walk at an early hour one morning,
land while on Howard street he encoun-
tered strapping big fellow who was
drawing wagon to a blacksmith shop.
. "Catch hold here and help me down
to the chop with this wagon aud I'll
buy the whiskyp' called the big fellow.
81 never drink" solemnly replied the
good man.
"Well, you can take cigar"
II never smoke.
The man dropped the wagon-tongue
looked hard at the member and asked.
| Don't you chew?
"No sir" was the decided reply.
"You must get mighty lonesome, mus
ed the teamster.
"I guess I'm all right feel first
rate"
"I'll bet you even that can lay you
on your back, remarked the teamster.-
"Come now let's warm up a little"
Tnever bet"
"Well, let's take each other down fol
fun then. You are as big as am, ane
I'll give you the underhold."
"Inever have fun, solemnly answered
the member.
"Wsll, Pm going to tackle you any
how. Here we go!"
The teamster slid up and endeavore,
to get . neck hold but he had only jus
commenced to fool about when he wa
lifted clear off the grass and slamme
against a tree-box with such force this
he gaaped half dozen times before h
could get his breath.
"Now you keep away from me!' ex
claimed the minister, picking up h
= cane.
"Bust me if don't! replied the team
. ster ae he edged off. Whats the use
, lying and saying that you didn't ha,
any fun in you, when you're chuck flu
. of it! Blame it! you wanted to bres
! my back, didn't you? You just har
- around here abou. five minutes, you o
). Texan you, and I'll bring on fell
;. who'll cave In your head"
:; 4 never hang, said the minister, as
4 sauntered on, and the teamster leaned
the wagon and unused.
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Telling s'the Big Tree" in Calaveras.

One of the most ingenious applica-
tions of the augur is that of telling
trees, especially as practiced on the
mammoth growths peculiar to Califor,
mia. 1t is stated that "the big tree" as
it was called, which grew in Calaveras
county, containing half a million feet OF
inch lumber, and was felled by five work.
men in twenty two and sne-half days
making one hundred and twelve and
one-half days labor Of this kind upor
one tree. This tree measured ninety
two feet in circumference at the base
according to statements which admit oi
no question in respect to genuineness
1t was not cut down with axes, but as
more practicable method, was boret
down with long pump augurs, and ths
wood remaining between the holes wa
cut off with chisels on the ends of Ionl
| sticks,