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HWnl Bro. JONES Of the Athens
Journal informus Il thereis, in Athens
County, q classof people so hopelessly
stupi.l a to believe the Athens Mcsses-
qsy, when Il publishes such paragraphs,
for example, as t,at about GEoRaE H.
TExpLxroN, in its issue Of the 23i ulti-
nor We have regarded the people OF
thst county as exceptionally intelligent.
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aThe World is not only the bsst bat the
cheapest newspaper ever offered the farmsF." !"
semi- weekly World tl0zANes] - ssysar.
Daily l5l3 Nos,J ] SO pct year. ..ssss
Specimen copies sent upon application.
Address 49, ssi aTHR W0RED,n
apr4 rs. IS Park Bow; New YORK. 2
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~ Governor AMEs, who has been at
tending zealously to the "bloody shirt"
business for the State of Mississippi,
has made child's bargain with the Leg
islature ofthat State. He proposed tha,
if they wonld withdraw their articles Of
impeachme,t t, he would resign. They
did, and he did. AMEs was blessed with
BEN BUTLER for father -in-lsw.
With such examples as AMBs and Bel.
xNAr and BABcocK to julge by, it will
after awhile be suspected that West PoiL'
fails to make good her boast that she in
stills into her graduate. the soul Of hon
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baltimore,

March 30.-Nour 4 75a7, IS. Wheat
l 45al so; Corn ssici Oats 4oa
4Sc; Rye 8Oa83cs lsss -sro8 aaisi
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IFrom the Wheeling Register, sssth uls !

from the Wheeling Register, 9sth ult
ALL ABOARD --On last Sunday after
noon there transpired an event at the
residence of John REYNOLDS, + q, in
Monroe county. Ohio, four miles above
Clarington. that, set the boys aud maid
ems all agog for several miles round
about 1t was no less an event than the
t,iny Of the nuptial knot between A. J..
Goodhue, OF Darlington, and Miss Mag
gle, the daughter of Mr., Reynolds. The
Rv, A. G Rpbb ofliiiated, On Mon
day morning the newly made couple,
along with goodly array of relations
and friends embarked on the steamer
James Reesfor Wheeling and the East.
The Darlington band was engaged for
the trip and the result was that mer-
rier or happier party was never seen on
any boat or any water. A sort Of open
house, as it were was made Of the steam
er, and the good things flowed inwardly
freely, yea as freely as on the river they
they glided. On the steamers arrival
at the wharf, many we're the well wishes
and fond adieus that were bade the hap
| py couple as they departed for the c l.
P. railroad depot anu thence for Pitts
burgh. gs Tssss
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EET The Troy Times elahorately
argues that justice to President Grant is
slowly coming. a
Well, we should rather think it was !;
and surely, too " Y. Sun
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PhiIadeiDInIa.

March 3o-Nour 4 25aS 56 Wheat
l l5al So. Corn 64c. Oats 42a60c;
Rye Sc. assas. sslaiar gssl..aa d
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Germany,

BERLIN, March 27-The Riechsan
Zeiger announces that the Imperial rev.
enue for the year 1875 falls S2,800, 600
short of what was anticipated. The
savings effected, however, exceed the
estimates S6 S25 900. thus giving sur.
plus of over S4,000,000 .s4s
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Woodsfield village School.
Report for the week beginning March
z, 1876. .p si' lissg - ss.aa
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The RascalilIes In the Printing
Bureau,

The Republican publishes columns
daily showing how employees in the
Printing Bureau OF the Treasury De
partment are actually starving to death
because the Democratic House will not
make appropriations for the Bureau =
Notwithstanding there is great suffer.
ing among The employees in the Bureau
none OF them have resigned. They pre-
fer starvation to resignation. The last
Republican Corgless and the head OF
the Bureau are responsible for all the
suffering, The last Congress made an
appropriation for the Bureau up to the
30th Of next June.- 1t was all gone q
month ago. The Committee on Expen-
ditures in the Treasury are now inyesti
eating McCarlhy's management, and
find that salaries have been paid to per.
sons who were never near the Bureau
They are unearthing scandalous acts Of
Mccarthy in connection with female
employees that will make Digger Indians
regret they were born in America
Enquircr's Washiagton Cor 2Sth ult.
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East Liberty Cattle Market. &
EAST LIBERrY. Pa, March 80.
CATTLE-Best, 5 1895 %; medi
um to good, 4 76@5 so; common te
fair, Is; bulls, 8 50@4
HOGS-Yorksrs, 8 25@S so; Phila
deiphias, s9@9 so.
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~ BmsTow is just DOW the upper dog
n the fsht fpr the Republican Presider-
tial nemination Why3 That isa CO
nundrum We cannot answer.
He is Secretary of the Treasury. What
financial feat has he accomplished ?
None whatever Our finances run 10 the
came happy go-luckY style that has CHAR.
acterzsd them for a dazea years,
He has smoked out den OF thieves
and deserves credit for it, but that alone
mo- more shows his fitness for .he Presi
dency, than would the success OF rat
catcher shew his fitness 10 command an
army.
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differ with it, nor do we always approve
it's doctrines; yet there is 40 paper We
read 50 fully or so regularly. 1t is alto
gether the most scholarly daily publish
ed in this country. Its editorials are al.
ways vigorous, aud sometimes even
slashing. Occasionally they take hu
morously satirical turn which would
make Stole smile /,
The Weekly World is n paper which
We can cordially recommend to our ag
riculIural people, as it mskc, a speciality
Of agriculture an1 the kindred subjects
Of stock breeding, DC. II contains an
epitome Of the weeks news full market
reports, superior literature, an,i, in short,
Is a Hrst-rate family paper
its prospectus may be found in anoth-
or column. ggHs k .
Radical. Reform ON the Rampage.
Just before every election there is a
highly virtuous and patriotic demand for
reform, which the politicians try to ohtdo
each other on promising TO accomplish
The eve OF Presidential. election finds
these demands an,l these promises fairly
A'ou'ea - = ' ,,..9a.''e az : :
= ~
'
"i.aoas coas'oe.'ns' ~. tue PRESENT
"ns'.ae eDa'o'a''' party "o''a 10 u "
naa 'no power u a'ousss oas 'uo'sna
'.on '''"s " oo's'ss 'ns 'o'y p'o'e'
slons ana plom'seso' Tue party - power
anu con'rass .asss WIN 'us'' p'ao'lces.
Even tue Doss ohLrnlhDs anu DEL
MAE open a.a notorious p,u'ae,s's !
'"c "ohioss anu ooAAtlNss' WY .0,p "
cover up OF oe'sna every o'ss1Acs'al act
o' 'ne aom'n's'la..on' are 'ai,'y scream
'us ~ 10.,'u' Ausy 20 as''.'.'Asa' s.,'
ooms "esl :. "o.' oo"e '',e = uea'n'
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ro" "n' o0oa''oue1 .ao useu ~ '.,ss .,
So'ossai 'e'o'' ny S1es. W.
noOus :. ,us'' ,'up1'''.s' upoA .le
country ns' sus'e 'a'n' ians'1s'
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sin"en' pa,'usu, 90, wy u'u su', ro' pun,
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country lor n'sesn ysA's' anu ~ .nas s'uns
inc eViss navc peeh gfo'As " "h'eD
neeu 90 mucn reforming anu aa anese !. ~,
puI'''e. Ve's sp'e.ans Anu 'esp'n,ns
why o'o 'asy no. ro'oim an' ps'''y
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Inc extraorltinary yenemcncs OF sth?tr
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svesd.fieisr. ApriI a 1876.

a union OF hearts. union Of hands,
A union of States none nav sever;
A uninn OF lakcs<a union Of lands.
AID tile FLAG or OUR UNION Forever.
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10 sousv sTA.EEo1A0s .afs = - - !,
Normal and Classical Institu1s
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E~Address sll letters. e
sTHE SPIRIT OF nEMucRAeb"
Wuoasdeltl. ss,ss5v iSs z
Monroe County,
.. Ohio,
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SCHOOL.

tn. next ..,.io. II shis ssAsl M -ss.ss
nsnos On
MVAANs 7SV1xs1@s
and sioss fsidsy. seSzsnhse s3esaJz7e<x
Cospstsnt tssohsFs slM p snplsf1& -
ne isbef wan ps spared - nske Nh y 4AeeI
Of tno!oush ipatFuseostsaa,s sa..s ,syAsss q
Ssmtmensnv sxeNlA A.ssl.l ~ NJ
also, : lecture ssch wekes thsa ~ - Z
pFaetioe oi tsaeAinss - - -
preparing % teech. - ~ NJ -,
Literary SoUsy ~ ssNneeeseo u10 ~
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-04-04

Ners, 30M uN William Simpson, OF
Muskingum county. recently departed
this life at the advanced age of ninety
seven years.
Mr. J w White has every volume of
the nc 'neressional Record from the
very commencement Of Congress down
10 the present time -
Anlrew English, a prominent citizen
Of Washington township, died on the
10th inst, of consumption, at the age
of 46 years.
A man came from Harrisonville, M.
bic county, last TUESDAY,. and suffered
an operation by DR.. Wall, in having
three tumoIs cut out of his jaw and
hack 1t was bloody and painful op
eration. 1t looked as though his neck
was half cut away.
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Guernsey County News.

Jefersonidn, 30th uU Colonel j. ID
Taylor is seriously afli cted with diphthe
ria which is the result of COLL contract
cd in going to the Washington Conven.
ton on Monday of last week.
Rev + J Carts, of the Disciples
Church at q laker City, was married on
Tuesday to Miss Flank l. ST. Ciair, OF
Barnesville. The couple is off 10 New
York on bridal tour.
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april4s5Sw5. @t>, -SberiA Y. c.. o,
PEARSON, DsnKRrI 4 WAY, Attys for pl'f.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17

In Utah Territory th6re we're two
rival stage lines-one run by q man
named johnson. Tie competition
was so great that at last both lines
carried people foy nothing, and gave
them premiums besides. Smith
offered free ride and a barlow
knife to each passenger johnson
offered o boiled shirt. Smith saw
that and went one better by giving
q pound Of bologna with the shirt.
johnson adopted the sausage and
distributed gold-headed canes aud
copies Of Watts hymns. Smith
rallied and offered all OF Johnson'S
premiums with q litter Of pups and
q bunch Of toothpicks TO each man.
But johnson took all the travel by
paying the old debts Of each pas.
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Pretty women.

We talk of pretty women as it
they, Of all others, were the elect;
as if woman's sole claim to admira-
ton rested on her possession Of fine
eyes or luxuriant hair, :" Is she
pretty?" is the first question asked
concerning a new acquaintance, as
though that embraced the whole
subject. Ifa man likes a woman
he generally considers her "pretty,"
for the term is merely conventional.
A pretty woman, in the private
lexicon Of masculinity, signifies a
woman interesting from whatever
cause. Who has not known women
to be called pretty that could hardly
boast of q single handsome feature?
Who has not been acquainted with
those enjoying wide reputation
for nrettiness. .hat had almost any
other than physical charlGsF She
who has a distinctly graceful man
ner, or an elegant air, or q line
tact, or q talent for conversation,
or quick sympathies, or cordial
ways, or the art of listening we'll,
albeit plain in face and Of ordinary
figure, is frequently styled pretty,
and the adjective is repeated until
it is fastened upon and constantly
associated with her. Merely pretty
women do not rule society-neyer
did and never will. When beauty
is allied to pleasant manners, or ac-
complishments, tact, quick wit,
then indeed it is all powertuly
otherwise, u really plain woman
who has conspicuous graces OF
mind and manner will prove more
than a match for her beautiful, in
sipid sisters.
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Attachment Notice.

Before j. NJ. Coleman, Justice Of the Peace
for Shelby county, Tennessee. j.
Booker vs. Alexander Williams.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV-
i ing been sued out under section 1855 of the
Code of Tennessee aud returned levied upon
the property Of the defendant by garnishment
on Clarke, Johnson Il Co merchants, who
answer that they owe said AleXander Williams
thirty-threo dollars aud twenly-oight cents
and affidavits having been made that the de-
fendant is indebted TO the plaintiff in the sum
of twenty dollars, due by account, that the
cain Is Just, and that the defendant is o nom
residents of the State Of Tennessee; tits there
fore ordered that the said defendant make
bis personal appearance he ore me on The
10Th day Of De6emb II, 1875, at 10 0 CLOCK a. m
at my Office, No. 29i Front street. Memphis
Tenn, and defend said attachment suit with
in the time prescribed by law, or the same
will he proceeded with ex paFte, and that a
copy of this order be published once a week
for four successive, weeks in tho Public Ledger.
This Noyember s, 1876.
6G'66 7G.Es j. NJ. COLEMAN. J.P.
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between the hours Of eleven O'Clock a. m. and
o'clock pm, at the southwest corner Of
Main and Madison streets, in tho city of
Memphis. Tenn, proceed to sell at public sale
to the highest bidder, for cash, the following
described lot Of land lying in said city OF
Memphis in Shelby county, Tennessee, and
bounded; Beginning fity-four feet from the
northwest corner Of Lot no 47S, at the inter-
section Of Poplar street aud what is known as
Corporation alley, or the first alley east Of
Third street, ~ a stake; thence south and
parallel with the said alley one hundred and
forty-eight and half feet TO n stake; thence
east para llel with Poplar street fifty feet to p
s axe; thence north and parallel with said
alley one hundred and forty eight and a half
feet To stake in Poplar street; thence west
with Poplar street fifty feet to the beginning
being the prOl erty conveyed By deed from
B Waddell, trustee. to the heirs Of Michael
Eagan. deceased, dated June IL, 1850, recorded
in Book 81, Part |, page 81. etc. The equity of
redemption Is waived in the deed. and title
supposed to be good, but convey only as trus-
tee.
JOHN P. IRRELEVANT, Trustee.
ESTES ELLETT. Attorneys. 53-S4
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MEMPHIS TENN. FRIDAY EVENING NOVEMBER II. 1876

and deciding him a cemetery
lot. Smith turned the table i'm
mediately in his direction by giving
every fellow a pair of mules,
church pew, and 1900 shares of
stock in the Union Pacific railroad.
Then johnson determined upon his
master stroke. He went to Brig
ham Young and got a special dis
pensation, and then he offered to
marry all the women who rode in his
stages, to take all the men into
partnership, and to give gum rings
to all the babies. Smith was broken
up, and had to abandon the busi-
ness. johnson now has 1926 wives,
1900 partners, and he is indebted
to an india.rubber man for six
bushels of gum rings. But he
killed Smith, and he is now happy.
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been reached before. Had there
been coast line, as was hoped, to
the north there can be no doubt |
that the limit of exploration would |
have been far nearer the pole than
that reached; but instead Of this
there was a boundless ocean Of per-
manent ice, with "blocks frequently
a mile in diameter and varying n
hight from ten to fifty feet The
sledge party was obliged to make
road for half the distance travelled.
AS the sledge loads lad to be
brought forward by AILMENTS
the party really traverse 376 miles,
although it itonlyprogressed seventy
three"
Some idea Of the difficulty Of
this attempt may be gathered from
the fact that the time required to
accomplish this distance was sew
enty days, or ten days more than
DIR. Hayes own sledge journey;
and that "out Of seventeen persons
who composed the party, nine be-
came utterly helpless, and had to
be carried on sledges, and three
could barely walk, and were unable
to pull" THAT" says Dr.. Hayes,
"was their own fault" and he as
sures us that his party never even
suffered from a frost bite; 'i,nd yet
this was in the exact region where
the English expedition has been
finding, as they say, eighty feet Of
ice"
But this is not the fact. DR..
HAYES was never within one hun
dred miles of the region finally
reached by the English expedition
and his indignation at learning that
the sea there was solidly frozen and
could never be nayigated, and that
the ice was eighty feet thick, as re.
ported officially by Captain Mares
docs not warrant DR., Hayes in ac
cusing that officer, whose higl
character and scientific attainment,
are beyond dispute, Of willlul anC
deliberate falseho' d. The region
, being, in fact, totally different, anC
5 the registered cold greater than h
r ever sufferd, DR.. Hayes has II,
: means of knowing what the obsta
Y Giles were which the expedition hat
to overcome or of comparing then
:. with those which he encountered
/ There were men in the late expedi
e ton who had proved on forme
s occasions that their experience an
It endurance in sledge travelling wa
: equal to that of DR.. Hayes himsel
/ And, indeed, the coasting journey
Il of the other sledge parties WI
s probably be found to show tha
j. though in more northern latitude
G they travelled as many miles as othC
t, explorers have done in the sam
II time, and travelled under still 81
it verer climatic conditions.
n We shall await with interest I'll
|, detailed accounts Of this expedition
is and while We confess ourselves di
:, appointed with the resnl's, we sha
e certainly require stronger evident
5 than that br ipght forward by d
Hayes himself before assuming thi
d those engaged in it lacked Il
II qualities for arctic exploration |
= which he is 50 conspicuously di
n tinguished.
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mo. 2405.I
NOn.Resident Notice.

In the Chaneery Court Of Shelby county, Ten
nessee-Andrew W. Wood ct al. vs.. Mary Z.
Hicks ct al.
1T APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IL
i this cause that the defendants Mary Eliza
beth uicks, Wm James Hicks, Keturah Avn
Hicks. Rosa Bell Hicks and Edgar Hicks,
minor. and Newton hicks, their father, citi-
zoas Of Spring Hill, Missouri, Monroe Pointer
Of Arkansas, an David Pointer OF Coahoma
county, Mississippi. are all non residents Of
the State Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
that they mako their appearance herein, at
the Courthouse in the city of Memphis. Tonn.,
on or before the first Monday iu December
1875. and plead, answer or denur h complain
ants bill, or the same will be taken for con-
fessed as to them and set for hearing ex
parte and that copy Of this order be pub
lished once week for four successive weeks
in the Public Ledger.
This 80 day Of November, 1876.
corr Attest:
ByR. J. BLACK, d. o. aud M
T. 3. Edeington, Sol. for Complainant.
k5-kl-RT-T4
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The Jsws.


The Old Cabinet in sCribncF.l
1t is curious, not to say amusing,
to see the people resent the intro
duction of the Jewish element into
George Eliot's last great story.
That the Jews killed Christ is the
principal thing that many excel
lent Christians remember about
that extraordinary race, They for
get that the race also gave birth to
Christ. That Christ should be
killed by any people among whom
he might appear was inevitable,
and had to do with human nature
at large. The exceptional and
marvellous thing, speaking secular
ly, was his production. There can
be no reply to the tremendous re-
tort Of the lsraeiite upon whom the
Christian had spat - that hall
Christendom worship a jew, and
the other half a Jewess. Says
MattheE Arnold; {" AS well imag-
inc man with Il sense for seulp,
ture not cultivating it by the help
Of the remains of Greek art, or 4
man with a sense for poetry moi
cultivating it hythe help of Homer
and Shakespeare, as a man with Q
sense for conduct not cultivating il
by the help of the biblel" "Greect
was the lifter.up to the nation0 o.
the banner OF art and soience, al
Israel was the lifter.up of the ban
ncr of righteousness"
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Romnn NlagnIaeenee.

III anyJnlng was wanted 10 give
us an idea Of Roman magnificenee,
we would turn our eyes from public
monuments, demoralized games
and grand professions; we would
forget the statues in brass and
marble, which outnumbered the
living inhabitants, so numerous
that one hundred thousand have
been recovered and still embellish
Italy, and would descend into the
lower sphere of material lile-those
things which attest luxury and
taste-to ornaments, dresses, sump-
tuous living, and rich furniture.
The art Of using metals and cut
ting precious stones surpassed any
thing known at the present day.
In the decoration Of houses, in
social entertainments, in cookery,
the Romans were remarkable. The
mosaic, signet rings, canoes, brace
lets, bronzes, vases, couches,
banqueting tables, lamps, chariots,
colored glass, gliding, mirrors, mat
tresses, cosmetics, perfumes, hair
dyes, silk ribbons, potteries, all at
test great elegance and beauty. The
tables of thuga root and Delian
bronze were as expensive as the
sdeboards of Spanish walnut, SO
much admired in the great exhibit
tion at London.
Wood and ivory were carved a;
exquisitely as in Japan or China.
Mirrors were made of polished
silver. Glass cutters could initiate
the colors of precious stones SO wei
that the Portland vase, taken from
the tomb of Alexander Severus
was long considered as a genuine
sardonyx; brass could be hardened
SO as to cut stone.
The palace of Nero glittered Will
gold and jewels. Perfumes an(
flowers were showered from iyor
ceilings. The halls of Hliogabulu
were hung with cloth aud gold, en-
riched with jewels. His beds wer
silver, and his tables Of gold. III
berius gave a million of sesterce
for a picture for his bedroom.
banquet dish of Desillus weighed
five hundred pounds silver.
The cups Of Druses were of gold
TUNES were embroidered with tn
figures of various animals. Sandal
were garnished with precious stones
Drinking cups were engraved viii
scenes from the poets. Librarie
were adorned with busts and wit
tortoise shell, and covered wit
gorgeous purple.
The Roman grandees rode i
gilded chariots, bathed in marbl
baths, dined on golden plate, dram
from crystal cups, slept on beds q
J down, reclined on luxuriou
} couches, wore embroidered robes
and were adorned with preciou
stones.
They ransacked the earth an,
the seas for rare dishes for thei
banquets, and ornamented thci
: houses with carpets from Babylon
onyx cups from Bythinia, marble
from Numidia, bronzes from Cor
inth, statues from Athens-what
ever, in short, was precious or CT
rious in the most distant countries
The luxuries of the bath almos
exceed belief, and on the walls wer
: magnificent frescoes and paintings
exhibiting an inexhaustiye produC
tiyeness in landscape aud mythC
logical scenes.