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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-20
XII MEMPHIS, TENN: THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 90 1876

in her later years: "Alasl when
we shall be no more we too shall be
forgotten"
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A strange ml4iure Of BabIes.

Des Moines uowal Register.
Yesterday morning two women
in the west part of the town gave
birth to children in the same room
and at the same time, The woman
who cared for the little strangers
bathed and clothed them, and start
ed to present them to their waiting
mammas. Then she made the
startling discovery that she had in
extricably mixed the infants so that
she was unable to decide which
was the mather Of either, The
two mothers cast lots for choice,
agreeing that if the children should,
when grown, develop family traits
sufficiently to identify them they
should he exchanged if the selec-
tion should prove to be incorrect
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LEGAL.
Trustees Sale.

pY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST EX-
ID ecuted and delivered TO me on the LIST Of
April, 1875. and recorded in the Register s
Office Of Shelby county. in BoOk 1906, page 1S5,
and to satisfy the remainder Of the indebted
ness therein. mentioned, l, as Trustee, will,
during legal hours,
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Mile Sarah Bernhardt, of the Theater
Fraucais, has sculptured Tor this yeats
exhibition, 10 life size, "a mother hold
ing on her kneesthe body Of her drowned
ebild.p Hitherto she had only sent in
busts,
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SAUCE.
LEA & PERKINS,
CELEBRATED
w or0esterRhire Sauce.

Worcestershire Sauce.
Ssld Wholesale and for Expectation by the
ProprietOrs. LEA and PERRINs. Worcester
England; and Retail By Dealers in Sauces gen.
orally throughout the World.
Ask for Lea Il PerFins' Eaace
At the BREAKFAST TABLE it impartl
the most exquisite relish and zest to Hot o
Cold Meat, Fowl. Fish. Brsiled Kidney. etc
at the DINNER TABLE, in Soup, with
Fish, Hot Joints. Game. and in all Graviss
it gives delightful Aaver.
At the LUNCHEON AED sUPPEE
TABLES it is deemed indispensable BY these
familiar with It's sstimable qualities.
From the Ne,o York Tines.
There is no relish in the world which is 50
universally liked as Lea & Perrins' famous
Worcestershire Sauce.
The excellence of this Sauce having caused
numerous limitations, the NEW LIABLE bears
fac simile of the proprietors' signature,
0ea>1Gz4ztd
which is placed upon each bottle.
JOHN DUNCAN'S SONS,
@ NEW YORK.
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T'HE NJ. E, CHURCH. SOUTH. WITHIN,
the bounds of its circulation, embraces
membership of about one hundred thousand.
The geographical lines which bound its Geld
embrace the largest portion of that territory,
the commercial center of which is Memphis.
Lawyers, Doctors, Merchants, Teachers and
Farmers subscribe for, and read the WEST
ERN METHODIsT.
Business men will find it. no doubt, to thsi
interest before completing their advertising
arrangements to consider the comparative
merits of our paper as an advertising me
dism.
We mean business. and will mako terms as
reasonable as any fair dealer would urga.
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tates--there being twelve lines Of solid type to
The inch. aH
To regular adyertisers we offer superior in.
duoements, both as to rate of charges and
manner of displaying their favors.
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All letters, whether upon business or other
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RAILROAD.
MEMPHIS g. CHARLESTON R.R.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
speclal Nollce 70 LocaI Pasaenger,

Trains will not stop at Vance street
Express train leaving Memphis at 500 p. m.
will stop only at Telegraph Stations. Grand
Junction accommodation will stop at Statiens
ONLY where the Company has agencies.
The accommodation train leaving at 4.20
ton to and from points on N. o., st. L. and
G, Railroad with Memphis.
No change of cars between Memphis and
Bristol and Memphis and Montgomery.
Close connection for Nashville by both
trains.
will have one Of their new sleepers leave
Memphis daily on Express train at SEQ p. m.
for Lynchburg. Washington and Baltimore
without change. 0Aly one change to New
York and Philadelphia. Time twenty min
utes faster than city time.
Ticket office, 276 Main street.
w. j. ROSS, Sup't.
TON B. DUN, Ticket Ag't 4O-f
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PAPER.
WALL ST, CAWlCATURES.

ANEW BOOK, R PAGES, containing u Ga
so,ayed illustrations, with Information Tor
stSok speculators, price,. cloth lcovsrs' lVc;
papsr covers Free BY maii, aii,sp..A.
TilMBRIDGE & CO., Bankers ana brokers,
. sod d6w-ii-Exiy-lSl aWALL pr' NAw AVpHAAi
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sOnth, and Particularly OfsiX An.
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North Mississippi, Arkansas =,
White River. Little Rock ana
Indian Mission.
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RAILROADS.
MISSISSIPPI & TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
Change of Schedule.

MEMPHIS. TRNN., April is. 1875.
an AND AFTER SUNDAY. APRIL 16
" 1875, trains will run as follows;
Leave. Arrive
New Orleans mail, daily.,...3:0O pm. 1910 pm
Express train, daily lex
cent Sunday .................4:2 p. m. 1885 an
Freight and Ac'm 'dation,
daily Except Sunday)..:- $3.50 am: 4:lO pm
lM-f NJ. BURKE, Sup't.
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LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
-AED
Great Southern Railroad.

SCHEDULE.
Express train leaves daily Except
Saturday lu' ~ psih
Mail Train leaves daily g. m
Accommodation leaves daily........... $500 ?. IN
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
Vor tickets or information. apply at Ticket
OHice. 2S7 Main. northwest corner Of Madison
s"'.Sly JOHN T. FLYNN, sup't Memphis Div,
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MEMPHIS AND LoUIFvILLE RAILROAD.
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-11-10

and enriched with jewels. y His beds were
silver, and his tables gold. Tiberius gave a
million of sesterces for picture for his bed
room. A banquet dish Of Desillus weighed
five hundred pounds silver.
The cups of Drusus were of gold. Tunics
were embroidered with the figures of various
animals. Sandals were garnished with pre-.
cious stones Drinking cups were engraved
with scenes from the poets. Libraries were
adorned with busts and with tortoise shell,
and covered with gorgeous purple.
The 'Roman,grandees rode. in glded char
lots, bathed in marble baths, dined on gold.
en- plate, drank from crystal cups, slept on
beds of down, reclinedvon, luxurious couch
es, wore embroidered robes, and were adorn.
ed with precious stones
They ransacked the earth. .andithe seas for
rare dishes for their banquets, land ornament
ed their houses with 'carpets.fr Babylon,
onyx cups from Bythinia, marbles from Nu-
midia, bronzes from Corinth, statues from
Athens-whatever, in short, was precious or
curious in the most distant countries.
The luxuries of the bath almost exceed
belief, and on the walls were magnificent
frescos and paintings, exhibiting an mex
haustive productivenessssin landscape and
neurological scenes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-11-10
His Mule.

"Speaking about mules,' remarked six
footer from Harnett. county, as he cracked
his whip at the market yesterday morning,
"l've got a mule at home which knows az
much as do, and want to hear somebody
say that am half fool"
No Que said so, and he went on:
GIVE stood around here and heard men
blow about kicking mules till I've got dis
gusted. When you come down to kicking, /
want to bet on my mule. A preacher came
along and took dinner with me the other
day, and as he seemed a little downhearted,
/ took him out to see Thomas Jefferson, my
champion mule. was telling the good man
how that mule would flop his hind feet
around, and he said he'd like to see little
fun. He'd passed his whole life in the
South, but had never seen mule lay his
soul into big time at kicking.
"Well," he continued, after borrowing
some tobacco. 81 took Thomas out of the
stable, backed him up agin hill, gin him
a cuff on the ear, and we stood back to sec
the amusement. 1t was q good place to
kick his darndest and what dye 'spose he
did9 In ten minutes by the watch he was
out of sight In five more we could't feel
him with a twelve-foot pole, and-and---"
The crowd began to yell and sneer, and
the old man looked around and added:
docs anybody think I'm lyingG Would /
lie for one muleS"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-11-10
Wealth in San Francisco.

There are almost one hundred millionaires
in this State, more than one-half of whom
live in San Francisco. Why, can well re-
member when there were but three persons
in the United States who were worth over o
million dollars but the Argonauts are not
satisfied with millions. They go on accumu.
lating and dazzling the masses with adisplay
of their riches until death arrests their pro-
gress. On Clay street alone there are from
twelve to fifteen private residences each of
which cost not one cent less than $500, 900,
and there are three or four on the same street
which cost not one cent less than $500, 900,
and several stables that cost more than
100000.
The magnifcence Of San Francisco does
not consist alone in its private residences.
The new City Hall and the Custom House,
as well as other public buildings now in
course of completion, the gardens, parks,
theatres, churches, temples, gambling sa.
looms, the Stock Exchange, the business
houses, the Nevada Block, owned by Flood
& O'Bren, the Mint, the Safe Deposit
Building, &c, are enough, AS Mulberry Sci.
lers would say, 'to astonish the world"
The Stock Exchange has not az many men,
bers as the Board of New York, but it costs
much more to be a member of it. As much
AS S4j 900 has been paid for seat in the
board. Just think of it Forty-fve thou
sand dollars Tor the privilege of buying and
selling stocks. And this is not all. There g
much more outside buying aud selling than
as Gro Sded as California street. The mania
for Cealing in stocks pervades all classes Of
society. Bulletins are ISSUED every hour
Men, women and children are found every
where asking the price of consolidated Viz
ginia California, Ophir, and Savage. Women
who claim to be ladies of the highest respect
ability, can be seen hurrying to and fro
giving their commissions to brokers to buy
and sell on the margin. Servant girls are
also infected with the mania, and not few
of this class become suddenly rich through
their skill or luck in stock gambling
There seems be no law against gambling
of any kind here, and ifthere is it is not OBJ.
served; for it is openly done on the stree s
aud in the bar-rooms. A favorite amuse.
ment is to toss up II twenty.dOllar or fifty.
dollar gold-piece, with the cry "heads or
| tails ?" and the man who wins quietly pock
cts it with an air of perfect indifference.
have never seen such crowded streets, GER
tainly not in New York or Philadelphia,
and the wonder is where the people come
from, as the city does not claim a populs-
ton of over 100000. Little attention is
paid to Dress The city is fully cosmopol-
tap. You can wear any kind of CLOTHES you
please and not excite attention. have seen
side by side ladies in white and straw hats
! and ladies in velvet with cloaks and furs.
All the languages of the earth-the Chinese,
the japanese. the Hindoostan and the
Greek, to say nothing of the French. Ger
man, Spanish, Russian and Italian. Greek
barges and fishing boats and birch canoes
are not uncommon.-From San Francisco
| letter TO the Louisville Courier Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-11-10

Ii anything was wanted to give us an idea
Of Roman magnihcence, we would turn our
eyes from public monuments, demoralized
games and grand professions, we would for
get the statues in brass and marble, which
outnumbered the living inhabitants, so nu-
merous that one hundred thousand have
been recovered and still embelish Italy
and would descend into the lower sphere OF
material liie-thOse things which attest lux
ury and taste-to ornaments, dresses, sumpt-
uous living, and rich furniture.
The art of using metals and cutting pre-
cious stones surpassed anything known at the
present day.
In the decoration of houses, in social en-.
tertainments, in cookery, the Romans were
remarkable. The mosaics, signet rings, cam.
eos, bracelets, bronzes, vases, couches, ban,
quoting tables, lamps, chariots, colored
glass, gilded mirrors, mattresses, cosmetics
perfumes, hair dyes, silk ribbons, potteries
all attest great elegance and beauty. The
| tables of thuga root and Delian bronze were
as expensive as the sideboards of Spanish
walnut, SO much admired in the Great Exhi.
bition at London.
Wood and ivory were carved as exquisite
ly as in Japan or China.
Mirrors were made of polished silver
Glass cutters could initiate the colors OF
precious stones so we'll that the Portland
vase, taken from the tomb of Alexander
Servus was long considered as genuine sar'
donyX; brass could be hardened SO rs to cul
stone.
The palace of Nero glttered with gold
and jewels. Perfumes and flowers wer,
showered from ivory ceilings. The halls OF
Hliogabulus were hung with cloth and gold
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-11-10
Necessity Of Sunlight.

Instead of excluding the sunlight from
our houses, says the Manufacturer and Build
er, lest it fade carpets, draw flies and
bring ferckels, we should open every door
and window and bid it enter. It-brings life
ard health and joy there is healing In its
beams; it drives away disease and damp.
ness, mould, megrims. Instead OF doing
this. however, many careful housewives close
the blinds, draw down the shades, lock the
door, shut out the glorifying rays and re-
ioice in the dim and musty GOODNESS and twi-
light of their unhealthy apartments. 1t u
pleasant and not unwholesome, during the
glare of the noontide, to subdue the light
and exclude the air quivering with heat, but
in the morning and in the evening we may
freely indulge in the sun BATH and let II
food all our rooms, and If at its very herce-
est and brightest it has full entrance to our
sleeping rooms, so much the better for us.
Wire netting in doors and windows excludes
not flies and mosquitoes only, but all other
insects and those who have once used it will
continue to do SO. With this as protection
from intrusive winged creatures one may al
most dispense with shades and shutters and
enjoy all the benefits of an open house with
out any annoyances so frequent in warm
weather. But better the annoyances with
sunshine than freedom without it. Statistics
of epidemics have shown that if they rage
in any part of a city they will prevail Ia
houses which are exposed to the least sum
shine, while those most exposed to it will
not be at all or very slightly affected. Even
in the same house persons occupying rooms
exposed to sunlight will be healthier and re-
pulse epidemical:: influences better than those
occupying rooms where no sunlight enters.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-11-10

How is it that girls can always tell mar
ried man from a single oue2 The fact is in-
disputable. Blackwood says the fact OF
matrimony or bachelorship is written no leg
ibly in mans appearance that no ingenui-
ty can conceal it. Everywhere there is some
inexrlicable instinct that tells us whether
an individual (whose name, fortune, and
circumstances are totally unknownl be or be
not married man. Whether it is certain
subdued look, such as that which character
ICES the lions in menagerie, and distin-
guishes them from the lords Of the desert,
We cannot tell but the truth is 30 positive
ly affirmed"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-11-10
A Materialized Hole.

Take sheet of stiff writing paper and
fold it into a tube ap inch in diameter. Ap-
ply it to the right eye and look steadfastly
through it, focusing the eye on any conve-
nient object; keep the left eye open, now
place the left hand, held palm upward,
edgeways against the side of the paper
tube, and about an inch or two above It's
lower end. The astonishing effect will be
produced of a hole, apparently of the size
of the cross section of the tube, made
through the left hand This is the hole in
which we propose to msteriaize another and
smaller hole. AS we need genuine aper-
ture and it would be inconvenient to make
one in the left hand, let sheet of white pa
per be substituted therefor and similarly
held. Just at the part of the paper where
the hole equalling in diameter the orice of
the tube appears, make an opening / inch
in diameter. Now stare intently into the
tube; and the second hole, defined by its
difference of illumination, will be seen float
ing in the first hole, and yet both will be
transparent. The illusion, for of course it
is one of those odd pranks our binoculary
vision plays upon us, is certainly one of the
most curious ever devised. Besides, here is
the actual hole clearly visible, and yet there
is no solid body to be seen to define its
edges. 1t is not mere spot of light, be-
cause if a page of print be regarded, the
lines within the boundaries of the little
hole will not coincide:at all with those sur
rounding it and extending to the edges of
the large apparent aperture. Each eye OBJ
viously transmits an entirely different i'm
preston to the brain, and that organ, una.
BILE to disentangle them, lands us in the pal
pable absurdity of materialized hole.-
Scientific american
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-11-10
DR. SW WAYNE,
TIC UISCUVtTCI HHU UUIHpUUDUVT UI U1IV IHr
Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry

and other valuable preparations entered upon his
professional career with the important advantage OF
a regular medical education In one OF the Oldest ana
best schools in Philadelphia, ana, perhaps, In the
world lie subsequently served faithful term OF
practice In the Philadelphia Dlspensary, and for ma
lions he enjoyed the most ample opportunities OF OBJ
tanning an Insight into diseases In all their various
fOrms as well as for aScertalning the Dest metnOus
OF the treatment. In Offering therefore, TO the peO-
pie of the United states the fruits OF his extensive
professional experience in the medical compounds as
The best results Of his skill and observations he feels
that he Is but pronering BOON 10 every Iamliy
throughout the land, resting, as he does confidently
In the merits and elicatous virtue OF the remedies
he herewith commcnds. The vast amount OF tesu
TOR sWAYNE'S COMPOUND SYRUP OF WILD
CHERRY" the most efiicaclous remedy known, and
II is admitted by our most eminent physicians, and
all who have witnessed Its wonderful healing prop
critics. The WILD CHERRY In all ages Of the world
and in all countries where II Is known has been just
~ Celebratee for its wonderful medicinal quantities.
but its great power TO cure some OF the worst ana
most distressing diseases among us was never inlN
aScertained until the experiments OF that Sklfu
physician, DR.. Swavne, had demonstrated It's nigh
adaptation. in combination with Pine Tree Tar, ana
other equally valuable vegetable ingredients which
certain and beneficial in curing all diseases OF the
throat breast and lungs. DIR. SWAlNES MILD
CHERRY COMPOUND strikes at the root OF disease
by purifying the blood, restoring the liver and Kid
news TO healthy action, invgoratng the nervous ana
shattered constitution. II your druggist or store
other remedy that may be offered but send to us d.
rect,and will forward half dozen TO any address,
freight paid receipt OF the price, 81 per bottle OF
s. the half dozen. Address letters to DR. SWAINE
S son, $3.50 North Sixth street, Philadelphia NO
charge Will be made for advice.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-11-10
SONG OF THE TURTLE AND FLAMINGO.

A lively young turtle lived down by the banks
OF dark-rolling stream called the lingo,
And one summer day as he went out to play,
Fell in love with a charming famlngo-
An enormously genteel namlngo!
An extensively crimson namngol
beautiful, btu lcng famingol
spake the turtle in tones like a delicate wheeze:
'To the water I've oft seen you in go,
And your form has impressed itself deep on nv
shell,
You perfectly modelled namlngo!
You uncommonly brilliant flamingoi
You tremendously Alone namngo!
You iu-eX-pres-si-be flamlngop
"To be sure I'm a turtle, and you are belle,
And my language is notyour fine lingo;
But smile on me, tall one and be my bright flame,
You miraculous, wondrous lamingo
You ba2ingly beauteous. .namingo!
You turtle-absorbing lamngol
You inflammably gorgeous flamingor
Then the proud bird blshed redder than ever before
And that was quite unnecessary,
And she stood on one leg and looked out OF one eye
The position Of things for to vary
This aquatica musing famingo
This dreary, uncertain flamngo
This embarrassing. harasslng flamingoi
Then she cried to the quadrupcd, greatly amused:
"Why your passion toward me do you hurtle?
I'm an ornithologcal wonder OF grace,
And you're an illogical turtle
A wadding, impossible turtle!
A low-minded, grass-eatlng turtle!
highly improbable turtlel
Then the turtle sneaked Off with his nose to the
ground
And never more looked at the lasses;
And falling asleep while ndulging his grief
Was gobbled up whole by Agassiz-
The perpatetic Agasslz-
The turtle-dlssectng Agasslz!
The ilustrious, industrious Agassiz!
Go with me to Cambridge some cool pleasant day,
Aud the skeleton-loyer I'll show you:
Hes In hard case but he'll look In your face,
Pretending (the rogue y he don't know you!
oh, the deeply deceptive young turtle!
The double-faced, glassy-cased turtle!
The GREEN, but very MOCK turtle!
IL.