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rhe Chineae I.anrunre.

What Is the Chinese langusgei II iS
the chief among the first email classes
Of Languages which includes the Thib
etau, Cochin Chinese, Bitmese, Corean
and Chinese, and which is usually de-
scribed as monosyllsbic. 1t is a Ian.
gusge in its most archaic form. Every
word is q root, and every root is a word.
Il 10 without infection and even agglu-
tination. Its suhstantives are indecliu.
able, and its verbs are not TO be eopju
gated II is destitute OF an alphabet,
and finds its expressions ON paper IN
thousandsof distinct symbols. No won.
der, then, that il has been a cause Of
surprise aud perplexity to many But
in country 90 full os anomalies and
parsdoxeS--where, o. Que writer says;
The roses have 10 fragrance, and The
women no psttieoato; where the laborer
hHS no Sabbath; where the reads bGVs
no yshisleS, and the ships no ksslSi where
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wild Beast Tanners.
London TeIesram.l r3 TtL


From Paris the other day came a
story, half grotesque and half revolving.
Of a cruelty ingenious Snowman to whom
there occurred the idea of getting up
Liliputian exhibition of tiger-taming
He procured four cats, whose bodies he
painted orange tawny, with black stripes
so as to be closely initiative OF the hide
Of felis tigris, and then he engaged a
little boy, who, clad in tights and span.
giles, was to enact the part OF beast.
teamer, but who, prior to his appearance
Ia public, was shut up in q cage with the
cats, and instructed to reduce them into
subjeetion and teach them a variety Of
tricks by meanS Of rigorous chastise.
ment. If, however, the poor little tiger
king was provided with q switch the four
Liliputians had been endowed by Nature
with due complement of claws; and
they so tore and worried the unfortunate
lad that, had not be been able to make his
escape from the cage, fatal results might
have followed. He ran shrieking into
the street, pursued by his MASTER but
the police interfered, and the Correc'
tionsl Tribunal may possibly have some
thing very serious to psy 10 the barbar-
ous promoter Of Lilip1tian tiger.taming
exhibitions
Scarcely, however has tho echo Of
this affair died away ere we hear OF two
very alarming accidents which have oc-
CURED to q pair of wild beast tanners Of
some notoriety in France. At Harve
The lion king Bidel has had sufficiently
narrow escape from q horrible death. II
vas this performers custom 10 60 into
the cage OF wild bsssts, bearing with
him q sheep, which, through the awe
ihspired by his presence, vas kept safe
from moleststion on the part Of the
ferocious inmates Of the den. On re-
cent occasion be entered the lions den
aud placed the sheep OF the back OF the
lioness, q feat which he had often before
accomplished with perfect safety, No
sooner, however, had be done this than
huge lion spfRnR upon the unfortunate
sheep, burying its teeth deep in its body
There was general ooniaohon and
panic among the crowded audience, but
Che undsunted Bideil stepped forward,
aud With q heavy hludgeon dealt Leo
such tremendous blow over the jaws
that the beast uttered . yell Of pain, and
was completely cowed and abandoned
his bleeding victim, aud crouched hum.
\ bly, 1t bis matters feet The sight and
smell OF the blood OF the sheep were
however, zoe s=seh for Wild beast natuF,
Tlobeatl The other dehiEenS Of the cage
began TO howl 10 an ominous manner
and Nth singular unanimity Of teeth
and claws ASy a,sasksd Monsieur Ridsll
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Ereets OF che suu on Lunat,es.


The French Gazette des Hopitsux
contains q curious article on this subject.
DR.. Ponzs, director OF the Lunatic Asy-
lum at Alesssndria (Piedmont), having
conceived the idea that the solar rays
might have some curative power in dis
eases OF the brain, communicated his
views to Father Secchi, OF Rome, Who
replied 10 the following terms; The
idea of studying the disturbed state of
lunatics in connection with magnetic
purturbstions and with colored, especial
" violet, light of the sun, is of remarka-
bieimportsnce, and | consider il worth
being cultivated Such light is easily
obtained by 6ltering the rays through a
glass Of that color. Violet adds
Fatker Seechi, has something melsn-
choly and Oppressive about it, which,
physiologically causes low spirits; hence,
no doubt, poets have drapcd melancholy
in violet garments. Perhaps violet light
may calm the nervous excitement of un-
fortunate maniacs" He then. in his
letter, advises DR.. Ponzs to perform his
experiments in rooms the walls OF (which
are painted Of the same color as the glass
panes Of the windows, which should be as
numerous ss possible, in order to favor
the action Of solar light, so that it may
be admissible at any hour Of the day.
The patients should pass the
night in rooms oriented 10 the
east and to the south, and
painted and glazed as above DR.. Pouza,
following the instructions Of the learned
Jesuit, prepared several rooms in the
manner described and kept several pa.
tients there under observation. One of
them affected with morbid taciturnity
became gay and affable after three hours
stay in a red chamber; another, maniac
who refused all food, asked for some
breakfast after having stayed twenty four
hours in the same red chamber. In
blue one, highly-excited msdman with
a straight wslstcoat on was kept all day;
an hour after he appeared much calmer.
The action Of blue light is very intense
on the optic nerve, and seems to cause a
sort Of oppression. A patient was made
to pass the night in violet chamber on
the following day he begged DR.. Ponza
to send him home, because he felt him
self cured; and indeed he has been we'll
ever since, DR., Ponza's conclusions
from his experiments are these: THE
violet rays are, Of all others, those that
possess the most intense ectro.chemi-
cal power; the red light is alse very rich
in csloriGc rays; blue light. on the con.
trary. is quite devoid of them as we'll as
OF chemical and electric ones. Its bene
fcent influence is hard to explain; as it
is the absolute negation Of all excite
ment, It succeeds admirably in calming
the furious excitement of maniacs." :"
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TARSUS.

Terrible Fire In BG. Paul's CITY.
The Pail Mall Gazette of February
2lst, says:
"Tarsus, the city Of St. Paul, was, on
the night Of the 26th ult, the scene OF
great fire, which reduced the bazaar to
ruins, and efectsd damage to the estima
ted extent Of 9l50,O00. For city
which under the Romans Yves as re-
nowned for its culture as for its com.
merce, the existing 6re-brigade arrange
ments seem hardly to be up to the mark.
The FIRE broke out in closed shop, the
proprietor OF which had been absent
some days. The shop contained
quantity Of lucifer matches and also
number of rats; the latter, it is supposed,
took to knawing the former. and hence
the contsglou. Unfortunately Tarsus,
although it contains about 10000 in.
habitants, is at this season of the year
without any supply Of water There
was an old fountain in the middle OF the
bszsr, but it has been dry for some
time, and, as there was o strong breeze
blowing. the Ere spread rapidly without
any effort being made to extiuguish it.
After some little time the Governor sp-
peared on the scene, accompanied by
the police force and one small fire.
engine. With Praisewsrthy energy he at
once dispatched two horses to bring
some water, and, two loads of this article
having been obtained, the small engine
was set to work. The Governor, how.
ever, suddenly took it into his head that
his first duty was to protect a powder
magazine, situated in an isolated spot at
some distance from the town, and he
therefore hurried off to the magazine,
taking the police with him. With no
water, no Governor, and no police, OF
course. the FIRE was master Of the situa-
lion; and 80 were the thieves who abound
in Tarsus, and who reaped rich harvest
by carrying of the goods which were
dragged out OF the shops for safety as
the FIRE extended. The town was, in
fact, given over to pillage, and but for a
sudden change in the wind the larger
portion of it would, no doubt, have been
destroyed. By pulling down some
wooden sunshades the progress Of the
flames was at last arrested and, happily,
no lives were lost, but one man In his
fright threw himself into we'll and met
what ought to have been watery
grave.
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mo. 222s.l
NOnsResident Notice.

In the Chsncery Court Of Shelby county, Ten
]. A. Anderson ct al.
IT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
i this cause that the defendant. Louisa NJ.
Anderson, Is a nonresident Of the State of
Tennessee, and q resident Of the State of
Mississippii II Is therefore ordered that she
make her, appearance helein, ct the Court
fore the hrst Monday In May, 1876, and plead
answer or demur 10 complainants bill, or the
same Will be taken for confessed as to her
and set for hearing ex parte; and that a copy
Of this order be published once a week for
four successive weeks in the Public LodEsr.
This 10Th day Of March, E6.
copy-Attest:
EDMUNDA. COLE, @. and NJ,
By II. B. McHEERY, d. @. aud nj.
CAN'T, PATTERSON 4 Lows, Solicitors for
Complainant. 9.l5 2l-T
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Heat and Gold in Their Relation 20
AleepIeaaneha.
+ for February.l ..a

rACNRNTHbANbns
DR.. j.. Miluer Fothergiu in the Practitioner
for February.l ...s.a
Cold is often q cause OF insomnia. II
insuficiently clad, so that the cuta.
neous vessels are not relaxed, sleep is
rarely sound, when attained at ell. 1t
is only when stupefaction from cold oc-
ours that the dangerous cema-5leep comes
on, which, 8 80 Uften fatal. With many
persons sleep is impossible if the bed be
not warmed previous to their entering it.
In these cases, the arteriole contraction,
induced BY contact with the cold bed
clothes, does not pass readily into the
opposite condition Of relaxation, and so
sleep does'not come on. This state of
affairs is very commonly met with among
the aged, and most SO In those who suffer
from some form Of heart disease. In
such cases it ia not only desirable to
warm the bed and the night clothes, but
even to administer some hot fluid, all the
better for containing alcohol, when the
patient has got into bed, il any sense Of
chilliness remains. In the young and
healthy the chill on getting into bed,
however, is often Of great service in in.
ducing subsequent relaxation OF the
cutaneoua vessels, and thus conducting
to more perfect cerebral anemiR and
sounder sleep. Few persons will have
failed to note the deep and usually re-
ireshing sleep which follows any disturb
ance during the night which has exposed
them briefly to cold. Getting up TO do
some little service for sick friend, or
to attend to some natural call, will usu-
ally lead to sense of chilliness which
makes the warm bed clothes extremely
comfortable on again getting into bed,
aud which is followed by sound sleep
Here the brief contraction of the peri.
pheral vessels ia followed by relaxation,
leading to more complete cerebral aDe.
mia.
At other times an increase OF the
body'temperature is the cause OF dis
lurbed sleep. sometimes amounting to
sleeplessness. This is most frequently
seen in lebrile states, where delirious
condition takes the place OF natural
sleep. After the temperature has been
brought down by the application Of cold,
fever patient will commonly fall into
refreshing sleep, until return to fever
temperature disturbs it. In slighter
conditions Of restlessness, associated
with too great a body temperature, the
dissipation of certain amount Of su-
perauous heat BY getting out Of bed and
drinking draught of cold water will
usually be followed by sound sleep. At
other times, throwing cf some Of the
bedclothes will achieve the same end;
though, II the amount removed be too
great, -wakefulness may follow from too
low temperature being brought about
With some persons, when the rest is dis
tutbed, it is sufficient TO protrude an
arm or leg from under the bedclothes,
90 as to secure more loss OF heat, and
sound sleep will follow.
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Attachment Notice.

Before ]. NJ. Coleman, Justice Of the Peace
for shelby county, Tenn. Nathan Adams
VS.. Gullett. Abby 4 Co.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENTH HAV-
i ing been sued out under section 34S6 of the
Code Of Tennessee, and returned By the
proper officer LEVIED upon the property Of the
that defendants are justly indebted TO plain
tiff in the sum Of S225 due By account, and
that they are non-residents Of the State of
Tennessee; II Is therefore ordered that the
said defendants make their personal appear
1876, at 10 o'clook Am, at my Office, No. 294
Front st.. Memphis, Tenn, and defend said
attachment suit within the time prescribed By
law, or the same will be proceeded with or
parte; and that a COPY Of this order be pub
lished once a week for four consecutive weeks
in the Public Ledger.
Thil 18th day ef February, 1876.
llS-lA-4-l0 ]. M. COLEMAN. J. P.
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INO. 2lTS.l
NOnsResident Notice.


In the Chancery Court ofShslby county, Ten
nossee W. \. Hurt, admir- OF A. M. Nor
gan. deceased, VS.. NJ. Q. 0allaway ct al.
II APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
i this cause that the defendants, Benz. b.
Graham and Il. b. Graham L Brother. are cit-
State Of Tennessee; 1t Is therefore ordered,
that they mako their appearance herein, at
the Oourt-house In the city Of Memphis,
Tenn, on or before the first Monday ID April,
1875, and plead, ansWsF or demur r. complain
sngs bul, q teS same viii 20 tskep foI con-
parte; and that b copy Of this order be pub
llshed once week for four successive weeks
N the Public Ledger.
This ID day Of March, 1878.
E0aUED A. COLE. O. and N.
pyR. ]. RLAoE, D. o. and N,
oL1yr \ MKuK, Sol. for complainant.
fb-lt-U
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MEMPHIS, TENN SATURDAY EVENING. MARCH 49, 1876.

the needle points to the south; where the
sign Of being puzzled is to scratch the
antipodes Of the head; where the place
of honor is on the left hand, and the seat
Of intellect is in the stomach where to
take off your hat is an insolent gesture,
aud to wear white garments is TO put
yourself in mourning" ought not TO
be astonished to 6nd literature without
an alphabet aud a language without a
grammer. Here. then, writes another
author, is the most primitive language,
and the one, therefore, from which ali
others have sprung"
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InsOIvent Notice.
STATE OF TENNESSEE. SHELBY County, !
0FFICE COUNTY CouRT CLERK,

STATE or TENNESSEE, pHhLbY C0uNTY,)
0FPICE COUNTY CouRT CLERK,
MEMPHrS, Tenn, February Is. iS76. J
To Jas, A. Anderson, administrator Of Rosa
A. Joyce, deceased.
HAVING SUGGESTED rHE INsoL-
Ill vency Of the estate Of Rosa A. Joyoo.
deceased, you are hereby ordered 10 give mo-
tico, BY advertisement In some Newspaper
published within tho said State, and also OF
the court. house door Of Shelby county, for all
persons having claims against said eatAte 70
the County Court, authenticated In the man
ner prescribed By law, on or before the 28th
day Of August, 1915; and any claim not died
on OF before said day, or before an appropda-
ton 81 the fnndg Of said eItate 10 made, shall
be forever barred. both In Law and equity.
!. Witness NY hand. st once this 15h day Of
February. 1870.
By HuaH B. ovtLEN. D, Q, l-6i2-is
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Southwest Cor. Main and Madison
streets. Memphis, Tenn.
No. $3.50. r. D. Barlilla Raney es ais Va.
La Grange and Memphis X. X. Co., ct ais,
DURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF SALE IN
J. the above cause from the Chaneery Court,
l will sell, 10 the highest bidder, the following
property, to-wit: Situated in Fort Pickering,
and known on the Plan Of Subdivision as
B0cs / H., tpts 9b II l: q u 2 q 2 5 81 g g
lots 23567l315 l71s 2l226 2s %. Block 4,
lots I Is % q q d. Block S, lots q Is 29
1914 Is IS IT. IS y z q; Block 9, lots 3 {
g q s, Block gs ), 2, b lSr g 4 q z ss,7
Block TO- lets IL ls Il Is q 2s % 81 50 S 81 AZ 49,
Block Ii. lots 10 II Il Is Is IS g s.. Block IL.
lots 10 l6 II Is 70 % q q 81 2S q.
Block 49,, lots Us u Is 20 q S2 81.
Book is. lots / 2 5 s. ssio IS IS lI2i a Il sAs%S
28 81 30 81 3S 80 30. Block II. lots II Is IA Is.
Blocb 10, lots 67s9l 10. Blosk q. lots IS Z
s9l0ll II. Block p, lots II. 26. q. Block
q. lots 345. Block q, lots s el0 II u l6 u
1919 20 q q .. Block %, lots Is 9l0 II u Is
E BIosk q; II bISs ISt, 2 lot: SS.S.F 4 u =
Block o. lots ! l234561S12l3l Block q,
lots II l3 II Is l6 II IS go q q. Block 80.
lots 10 II IL l3 IA. Block ~, lots | 1857. FLOCK
80, lots 45e. Block 81. lott. Block 3S. lots
23456. Block 70, lots a.. -Four acres. de-
scribed as Depot Grounds" on the plan Of
Fort Pickering. bounded on the north By
blocks Is and 10, on the east By Fifth street,
on the south BY blocks 20 and q. and on the
west By Fourth street.
Seven acres situated south OF the old track
OF 1aGrauge and Memphis railroad, porth Of
soloman Rozells field, rs poles wide aud l56
poles and 20 links In length, the same con-
veyed BY A. B. Carr 10 LaGrange and Mem
ehie Railroad Company BY deed. recorded In
Book N, 2is.
Also lot No. 8, in block A. laid down on the
original map Of Fort Pickering a. Rosser
street, but now fronting 90 feet on Panola
street. aud running back go feot-bOunded on
the north BY lot No. In block A.
Also lot No, .. 10 block A.. set apart origin
ally as Pamela street. now fronting 90 feet 90
Broadway, and running back 800 feet bound
Cd on the east By Iot s, on the west By lots 3,
and in block A.
Terms; Note at. Y and Is months, with
approved security. and lien retained. EQUITY
Of redemption barred.
JOHN P. IRRELEVANT. Auctioneer.
GEo. W. WwcBEsTER. SPECIAL Commissioner
80 -
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10 oil who are suffering from tho errors and
indiscrstionH Of youth. nervous weakness,
early decay. loss Of manhood. etc.. will
send recipe that will cure you. FREB OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discoy-
cred by missionary in South America. Send
ielf-addressod envelope to the REV. JOsEPH
I. INHAE, Station D. Bible House, New York
City. l-l66- 6-eodGw
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SPECIAL NOTIOR.
The Only way 10 Conquer Dys.

the Only Way 10 Conquer Dys-
PePsiR.
1t is perfectly preposterous to introduce
pepsin and other artificial solvents into the
stomach In the expectation that they will as
sist digestion BY acting on the food itself.
They will not. Nor is 1t possible thus 10
overcome dyspepsia. The only way TO con.
quer that disorder, and prevent the numerous
diseases and disabilities which Il assuredly
proYokes, Is to renew the activity Of gastric
action BY strengthening the stomach. Hos
letters Stomach Bitters eradicates the most
inveterate forms Of indigestion by restoring
vitality 70 the alimentury organs ana those
which are tributary to them. The liver. the
bowels, the kidneys and the nerves, no less
than the stomach. experience the inyigora.
tive effects Of that standard tonic, which pos
sesses Alternative properties that greatly en-.
hance its beneficial influence, and give a
permanence to its effects which they would
not otherwise possess.
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even as Mr.. VIM, Nye went for that
Heathen Chinee The beast taIoer, not
a whit terrified, chased the first lion into
smother cage, fought bis way back
through the remaining brutes and res.
cued his wounded sheep from the deu.
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LEGAL.
In Supreme Court at Jackson.

John McQulIlan ct al vs.. John Markoy ct a.
IN PURSUANCE OF THE DECREE PRO-
i nounced in this cause on the Sth day Of
June, 1875, by the Supreme Court Of Tennes-
see, at Jackson, Iwill, on
Saturday, the Sth day Of April, 1875,
offer for sale 70 the highest bidder. for cash, +,
on the premises, the leasehOld interest Of de-
fendsnt. John Msrkey. in and TO the following
property; A certain house and lot in the city
Of memphis, Shelby county. Tennessee, be-
ginning D feet south Of the southwest corner
Of Mosby street and Winchester avenue;
thence south fronting 25 feet on said Winches-
ter avenue, and running back between parRl-
lei lines l4S1S feet, being the south half Of the
50 feet leased from defendant, sallie 4. Saifa-
rams, to defendant, John Markey. which
lease runs from the LIST day Of January. 1859,
10 the lst day Of January, 1879.
JN0. II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
Z, b, BARNES. Sol. for oomplsinants.
March 3, 1876 S-M
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Saturday, April 1, 1875,

il front Of the courthouse In the city Of
Memphis, Tennessee. 10 the highest bidder
for cash, a lot Of land situated in the county
Of Shelby and State Of Tennessee, being lot
No. y, in the city Of MeTghis. on Exchange
side thereof. ana running back 1857 feet to
l6h foot alley. being part Of original country
lot No. sos, and No. Of the subdivision
thereof by johnson Murphy 10 1855
Equity of redemption Is waived IN the deed.
Title believed to be good, but will only con-
IN N " "u''''' A. ANDERSON. Trusta.
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The Italian Exploring Expedition into
Central Africa embarked from Geuoa,
February Is.
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IR-2SO.I
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.

III eooVsl
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.
Cbancery Court Of Shelby county Mary K.
Frazer vs, Fanny O. Frazer OF al.
QY VIRTUE OF AN INTERLOCUTeRY
~ decree for sale. entered In the above
cause on the sth day Of February, 1876.
yin sell at public AUCTION. to the highest bid
der. in front Of the Clerk and Masters ofhce,
new courthouse building, Main street, Mem
phis, Tenn, on
Saturday, March IS, 1875,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated In Shelby county, Tennes.
eco, to-Eit: Part of lots and on the plan
Of South Memphis, containing together about
i've acres, which has been subdiYided into
four lots or PARCELS lot No. 2 Of the subdi-
vision Of said five acres Of land beginning at
the southwest eerner Of lot No. I, running
thence west with the north side Of Frazier
street 20 S2-l0O feet to stake; thence north
i've degrees east 200 lilo feet TO the line Of
South Memphis; thence east 229 81 100 feet 70
the northwest corner Of lot No. /; thence
south five degrees west 200 lilo feet TO the be
ginning.
Lot No. sbeginning at the southwest corner
Of lot No. 4; running thence north five de-
grees east 200 l 10 feet to its northwest corner;
thence west with the south side of Frazier
street 273 30 100 feet TO q stake; thence south
hvo degrees west 200 lilo feet 10 stake;
thence east 27S S2-lOo feet 10 the plao6 Of be-
ginning.
Terms Of sals-0n a credit Of seven months;
rotes with approved security required. Lien
retained till same Is paid, etc.
This February IA, 1876.
EDMUNDlA. COLE. q. and N.
By X. j. BLACK, u. @. and Nj,
RANDOLPH, HAMMOND x JORDAN. Solicitors.
Ns-l4s-l555-l2-l6
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PUBLICATION.
II HI e
Western Methodist
A FAMILY NEWSPAPER.

Published every Saturday and Mailed
Promptly to Subscribers at
81 so a Year. This
Iacludes Postage.
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