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

WHO is he that will strike hands with
me2' asks Job. "a maa void Of under
standing strikes hands, and becometh
surety in the presence of his friends
saith the wise King Of Israel. In this
old-world custom of striking hands, hand.
shaking, no doubt, originated, for, before
it became a mere friendly greeting, q
shake of the hand was accepted as a
pledge. When Ferdinand and Miranda
strike their tender bargain, he says,
Here is my hand" and she replies,
And mine with my heart on it" Dun
ban, Lord Treasurer Of Scotland, con-.
graduating Yelverton upon having made
his peace at court, said 70 him, II will
desire your friendship, as you do mine,
and | will promise to do you my best;
%whereupon as pledge | give you my
handl' And so, shaking Yelverton by
the hand, he babe him farewell, Nova
days a shake of the hand may mean very
much or nothing at all. The strong,
heavy grip for grip Of two long-parted
friends meeting Unexpectedly is one
thing; the nerveless, looee, Indifferent
clasp of mountaineering another,
Sydney Smith attempted to classify
hand-skakers, dividing them into the
high official, the sepulchral, the digitory,
the shakus rusticus, and the ~retensive.
The first was practiced by the Archbishop
OF New York at that time, who kept his
body erect, carried your hand aloft to a
level with his chin, and gave it a rapid,
short shake" Sir John Macintosh
affected the sepulchral, laying his open
hand fat on your palm, so coldly you
we're hardly aware Of its contiguty."
The digitory-in favor with the high
clergy-wss adopted by Brougham, who
used to put forth bis fore-6nger with
How are your The shakus rusticus
was having "yeur hand siezed as in an
iron grssp, betokening rude health, a
warm heart, and distance from the metro
polls, but producing a sense Of relief
when your hand is relieved with tne
fingers unbroken."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12
GENERAL BABCOCK.


"NZNN N4~
ST. LOUIS. February l2.-Upon the
openisg Of the Babcock trial this morn
ing the cross-exAmination Of ]. ". Doug
lass. ex-Commissioner Of Internal Reve-
nue., was completed in a few unimportant
questions. On the redirect examination
the District Attorney presented an afr
davit purporting to be charges preferred
in 1873 by Lindsay Murray, a collector
Of internal revenue in Southeast Mis-.
souri,. The charges we're against JohR
A. Joyce and John Mcdonald, respect
lively. revenue agent and supervisor.
The envelope was indersed by G. G.
Suifen, the Presidents private secre-
tary. showing that it had been received
at the Executive mansion and referred
to the Treasury department. Another
Endorsement showed that it had
been referred to the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue. Mr., Douglas could
not testify that he had seen the affidavit
in his Office. s8
The District Attorney said he pro-
posed to read the affidavit. showing that
in 1872 charges against Joyce and Nc
Donald had been sent to the Executive
mansion. and had gone through the de-
.H
partments.
The court only allowed the witness to
testify that the Endorsements showed that
such charges had been received and fled.
They we're not read.
Nearly the entire morning session was
taken up in trying to trace through tele-
graph clerks Of this city and Washing
ton and also by the doorkeepers and
messengers Of the Executive mansion
certain kilograms not yet admitted and
to prove that they were received and
sent back and forth between Joyce and
Mcdonald here and General Babcock in
Washington. Finally the defense waived
this proof as to one dispatch and allowed
the following, admitted to be in General
Babeock's handwriting. to be read:
WASHINGTON. December ID, 1874.
To General John Mcdonald, st. Louis:
l succeeded; they will not 20; | will
writeyou. SYLPH.
Before this was read Judge Porter an
nounced that they proposed to make a
lengthy legal argument against the ad-
mission of the other kilograms, and
perhaps they might wish to include this
"sylph" dispatch. In those objected to
the defense wished to reserve to that
point.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12
Prlnee Alberrs windsor pigs.

A visitor to Queen Victoria's farm
says; Passing from the bull stalls we
came to the piggery where these beauti-
ful small white pigs are bred, and where
we saw breeding stock Of all ages. This
breed is remarkable for ~6neness, small.
ness Of bone and offal, and for easy fat
tening, being moderately long bodied,
round and well shaped, having very
short dish faces, small, thin ears, little
curling tails, full round hams, and a thin
hide fairly haired. The pen, in which
there were a number Of pigs, was a. clean
as q parlor. We walked in, ladies and
all, through the paved yard into the sleep
ing roem, the grunters making way for
US lazily. There the inmates reused up
and moved about in the deep straw as If
expecting to be fed whenever they were
disturbed. Several we're so fat that they
could nc longer open their eyes; yet they
seemed to have no difficulty ia moving
about. We saw sacks apparently stuffed
with hay and sewed up lying about in the
straw, and on inquiry, learned that they
we're pillows, one for each pig, for them
to rest their heads upon when asleep
otherwise they are in danger Of s%uffoca.
ton. They soon learn the use Of the
pillows, and then never neglect to lay
their heads upon them il they can. The
shouts OF these pigs we're Just about at
right angles TO the facial line and Ger.
tainly did not project much further than
their ears, small as we're the latter. The
most %extrayagant picture Of English
prize pigs seemed To have in these their
accurate counterparts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12
The Rotemahaua Geyser In New
Zealand.

The Rotemahaua GeyseF In New
Zealand.
San Francisco Calf
The hills all around the geyser teom
with hot springs and hot mud in q liquid.
state, and constantly bub0ling up and
emitting a horrible sulphuric smell
which is almost sitting. The great
geyser itself is up in the top Of a lofty
hill which appears to have been the
crater Of q volcano, now flled with light
blue boiling water of an unknown depth.
The water is forever seething and boil
ing, as il all the fires Of perdition were
aHame beneath it. 1t is constantly shoot
ing up in columns from six to thirty feet
in height, which sometimes look very
beautiful when the sun converts the fall
ing globules into showers ofpearls and sill
YER. The great geyseri is approached from
below by a series Of crescent-shaped ter.
races, bowed outward, q few feet in height
each, and perhaps one hundred yards 10
width, all overlooking till you come to
the two principal terraces, the top one Of
which is always boiling over into those
beneath it. The steam is almost binding
and suffocating when the wind is blowing
toward you. In many of the pools there
are pleasant bathing places. The water
is hot on the surface but cool beneath, the
beiling water from the great geyser above
not seeming to penetrate far below the
surface of the more distant terraces,
which it overhows. There are two sets
Of terraces, the first of which are called
the white terraces.
The rim around the boiling caHldron is
formed of q white substance, like the
most delicate fligree work, resembling
lace, such is its regularity and beauty.
This white rim which projects some dis
lance over the boiling fountain, shows to
all the greater advantage because of the
intense blue of the waters. These beau
tiful terrace-brims are formed by deposits
Of sulphur and silica from the boiling
springs on the top of the hill, which pour
down the sides and crush the tea scrub
and other trees growing there, and form
the incrustation. For, strange as it mag
seem, there is green grass and shrubbery
TO the very verge OF the boiling fountains.
Many of the basins appear to be made
of petri6ed tea shrub or ferns. These
brim formations are very rough and
sharpedged, and very hard on boots or
bare feet, though the Msorias, whose feet
are hardened, trip over them without any
serious Inconvenience. The water in all
the terraces is beautifully clear and blue.
From the white terraces one enters a
canoe and paddles over to the pink ter
races, a short distance from the former.
Their formation is the same as the FIRST,
but they are smaller, and instead Of the
pure white brim they have a pink-tinted
border, which is exquisitely beautiful,
and it is questionable wheather they are
not the prettier of the two.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12

New YORK. February l2.-Rev. Fred
erick Bell, the reformed pugilist minis
ter as he is called, was last night daposed
from his charge Of the Primitive Metho-
dist church, Brooklyn, On charges some
what similar to those against Beecher.
The affidavit Of one Of the lady parish
toner's, upon which this action vas taken,
was presented as that Of a dying
woman, she being in the last stages Of
consumption.
Rev. Father AID a a Brooklyn cler.
gyman, jumped from a ferryboat into
East river and rescued from drowning a
woman who attempted suicide by
leaping from the same boat. Adsms
was encountered with his clerical garb,
and both we're nearly drowned when res
cued.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12


Bankers generally viii ne doubt be
much obliged to us for publishing the
following: ue
l. If you have any business with a
bank put it of until three o'clock, or, if
possible, a little later, as it looks more
business-like to run in when the bank is
EAk3A y Agl VA
2. Never put stamps on your checks
before you get to the bank, but give the
teller two cents, and ask him TO lick it
and cancel it for you; the teller expects
10 lick all the stamps, and it is a source
Of disappointment to him when people
insist on doing it themselves, and will
save him buying his lunch.
3. In depositing money, try and get it
upside down aud wrong end foremost, so
that the teller may have a little exercise
in strengthening it up before counting it.
4. 1t is best not to take your bank
book with you, but call at another time
and have it entered. You can thus make
two trips where one would answer.
5. If q check is made payable to your
order, be careful not to indorse it before
handing it TO the teller, but let him re-
turn it to you aud wait while you indofse
it; this helps to pass the time, and is a
pleasure and relief to the teller.
6, You can generally save time when
making deposit by counting down your
money to the teller, as you can nearly
always count more speedily and correctly
than he can.
Z. IL you make a deposit for a 800
and give a check for $50, it is a good
thing to call frequently at the bank and
ask how your account stands, as it i'm.
presses the officers favorably with your
business qualifications.
s. Never keep any record wheR your
notes fall due, and then, il they are pro.
tested. censure the bank for not giving
you notice.
8 Always date your checks ahead; il
is a ne~ver-fsiling sigR that you keep q
good balance in bank; or il you do NOT
wish il generally known that you are
doing a good business, do not deposit
your money untl ABOUT the time you e.
pect your check will be in.
10. In ~depositing money never make
out q deposit ticket. The teller has the
blanks in his case for that purpose, and
expects to Gil them out himself. /,
snnoys him to have you offer to do it;
besides, If others are waiting, it gives
them a chance to exercise patience,
which is = great virtue.
II. In receiving money from a teller
never say 10 advance how you want it
but hand back each note separately and
ask him to break Il.
A strict observance Of the foregoing
rules will make your account desirable
for any bank, and make you a fsvorite
with ali bank officers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12
Ths Aeropelis.


Academy
In pulling dowa the medieval tower ON
the Acropolis Of Athens task which il
should be stated has been carried out at
the expense of DR.. Schliemann, and I'M
der the supervision of the Archaeological
Society Of that town-there has been
fonad, among other things, a number Of
inscriptions, one OF which has been rem.
dered more interesting than usual to gen.
ersl readers by the explanation attached
to it by Koumanoudes in the Alienation
(for September and October, D. 1897
The inscription is what is called a ditto.
graph, that is, the stone, after having
borne a monumental inscription dating
from the Macedonian period, was again,
having some space to spare, in Roman
times made use of TO receive an inscrip-
ton in memory Of one Lncius Valer;us
Catullus, and Terentia Hispylls, the
mother of Catullus. Is this Lucius Catul-
lus the brother whose death the poet la.
ments so p~assionately2 The brother Of
the poet died in the Troad, and it is at
least singular hat the name of the
mother of the youth mentioned in the
inscription (Terentia Hispylla) should
remember so we'll that Of the P. Teren-
thus Hispon to whom Cicero C"Epist. ad
Diver xiii, 65), gives q letter to the
ProconSul of Bithynia. One can imag-
inc the neither to have been a sister or
near relative of this Hispon, aud to have
sent her son with him to Bithynia, whence
returning be may have died in the Troad.
That she should be living in Athens is
not strange, since that was then the
center of education, and her son was
young, as appears from the inscription.
In the text of "Catullus'' the lamented
brother is called variously Manlius or
Allius, but this can scarcely be an OBJ
stacle. saos p1faltt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12
TIE pn1Hr.

The Clarksyille Chronicle, which is
one Of the fairest and ablest Of the higS
credit journals Of the State, has this TO
say about our financial affairs:
As the next session Of the Legislature
will be the eliminating point in the
financial crisis Of the State, it will de.
Solve upon that body to apply the prun-
ing knife at every point where an item
of expense can be safely Topped of. For
this purpose every department Of the
State government must be investigated
thoroughly, and none more thoroughly
than the judiciary, Besides curtailing
unnecessary expenses 10 this department
there should be stringent laws enacted to
correct the delaysin the administration Of
the laws and to define the time that NAV
elapse between the commencement and
close Of civil and criminal cases. Some.
thing must be doue by the next Legisla-
ture to save the credit of the State, and
that something must be a close curtail.
ment OF expenses, an impartial assess.
ment OF property, realty and personally,
and a prompt collection Of taxes. If the
people will elect a Legislature compe
tent TO the task, we believe all will b,
satisfied that reputation is not the ONLY
nor the most honorable mode Of paying
the State debt. Let the list of reforms
be supplemented with q State currency
and the brighter day is not far in thl
future.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12

CAIRO, February l2.-Arriyed-JOhn
L. RhOads and Elk Norton, st. Louis,
midnight; City Of Chester, Memphis, 5
am; Sam Brown, St. Louis, 8; Grand
Lake No. 2, New Orleans, 9; Andy
Baum, Cincinnati, IL; Pat Cleburne,
Evansville, noon. Departed-RhoadS,
Cincinnati, midnight Norton, Ohio, 3
am; Grand Lake No. 2, St. Louis, 3
am. River So feet 6 inches, and rising.
Clear and pleasant.
PIrTsBURc. February l2,-River II
feet 9 inches, and stationary. Clear and
pleasant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12

Human nature blooms in the South
African diamond fields as well as else
where. A large eightpage paper
printed ct Kimberly has in the midst Of
It's crowd Of advertisement the follow
ing touching appeal: Information
wanted BY several gentlemen who sub
scribed to the funds for the purpose Of
assisting q broker in paying for q lost
parcel Of diamonds 90 10 what has be.
come Of the money collected BY q would.
be Samaritan"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12
FOREIGN.

BERLIN, February l2.-Turkey has re-
fused permission to Doctor S~chliemann
to pursue further excavations in the
Troad.
Count Won Arnim has petitioned the
Emperor for permission to 20 to Berlin
without being liable to arrest in order to
be with his sick son.
The Sultan has agreed to grant am
nesty to all insurgents submitting imme-
diately, and Austria will t~hereupon with
draw the subvertion granted to Turkish
refugees aud order them to return home.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12

Clarence Cook, in the February num-
Der Of scribners Monthly, objects to the
inhospitality Of bookcases with doors,
saying; MY chief objection to doors in
bookcases is, that they are inhospitable,
and hinder close acquaintance. To
have to ask fora key, Or even to open a
door unlocked before we can put our
hand on a book, or look the shelves over
70 end ono that suits US, is as bad as
having to tug of a glove to seize a
friends hand. And what is more like a
friend than a bookcase filed with real
books3"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12
ProbabiIlties.

WAsHRGTOS, February l2.-FOr the
Gulf States, Tennessee and the Ohio val.
leys, stationary and falling barometer,
easterly to s~outherly winds, clear OF
partly cloudy weather, and generally
lower temperature than on Friday. The
rivers will continue rising ct PittsburgI
Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis il
is falling at Cairo, and is nearly station
airy at Memphis, Vicksburg and New Or.
leans.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12

The notion that Chicago women are
Cat footed seems to be erroneous The
81. Louis Republican says. sIn one
European town there is a gateway, the
arch Of which is formed by a section Of
the jaw Of a whale. Il is said to be only
g degree less funny as a gigantic specta-
ole than = doghght going on beneath the
ipstops Of Al uneonsciOusly chatting
Chicago BELLE
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12

SEEING as how this is the centennial
year it has occurred to q rural gentleman
in Virginia that it would be a good time
to pay of the national debt and open a
new set Of books, he a~scertained the
exact amount Of the debt to be $2,244,-
1881 Is, and assumed his proportion
and inclosed it at once to the Secre-
tsry Of the Treasury. The amount he
assessed himself aud sent was just
enough to wipe ont two 6gures-the last
tWo-And now he wants to know what Ave
other patriotic citizens will step up and
tackle the remaining ten figures paying
two each. His letter was SiEned "A
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12

SP%RISGFIEID. Ill, February l2.-The
trial Of Nelson briggs and his partners
on the crime Of counterfeiting termi'
mated yesterday. briggs was sentenced
TO fifteen years in the p~enitentiary and
to pay a ine of $4,000. A nolle prosequi
was entered in the case Of Mrs. briggs
and her parents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12
Death 81 Dr., John Ingram.

Jackson t9enn.) Wing and Fribpns, l2th.l
DR.. John Ingram died on the 9th in
slant, at the State Insane Asylum, near
Nashville. He was a native OF this
county and was the captain Of the com
pany raised at Denmark for W. d. Ste
phens' 9th Regiment c. s. A. He was,
later in the war, on the staff Of General
B. +. C~heatham, as Adjutant General
and 10 every position he held he de-.
meaned himself IS q brave, chivalrous
and gallant officer.
he settled in Memphis after the war
and resumed the practice Of his probes.
sion and a reaching most eminent sue
cess when the scourge Of yellow fever
came upon that unfortunate city some
three years ago, and by his constant and
unremitting efforts 10 alleviate the suffer-
ings Of the afflicted, constantly by dav
and BY night, the physical man CAV way
and the temple Of thought fell and from
thence until bis death he has been an il.
mate Of the asylnm.
He sleeps the sleep of the noble and
the lust.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12

SOMEBODY maintains q Tennessee cor
respondent at Washington whose princi-
pal occupation seemst to be to write down
the Southern Paci6ce railroad. he is
entirely too familiar with the objections
of its opponents not to enjoy an intimate
personal acquaintance with some Of the
Huntington crowd. tf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12
A Christlaa At a

Among the miners going to the Black
Kills, a party Of ten started from Chey.
enne, not long ago, which lost one Of
their number by death on the road. They
couldn't take the body along, and. as
they had no means Of obtaining a coffin.
they buried their comrade without one
among the number was an ''old.timer."
who was a particular friend Of the dead
man, and he mourned deeply his loss.
and cursed and swore about at a fearful
rate because be had to be buried in that
uncivilized way. Finally he bIubbered
out, know Of q good prayer, but IL /
vas to get i Of yon did fools would
laugh at me,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12

The Courier-Journal says the Presi-
dent has involved the Senate in a guam
Diary. Mr.. Gratiot WashburEe is the
agent of an American circus in France,
and the President has appointed him
Secretary Of Legation at St. Petersburg,
and now the Senate is at a loss to know
whether to confirm him as agent of the
circus or as Secretary Of Legation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12

At the grand illumination in honor Of
the Prince Of Wales, in Madras, many
shOpkespers took occasion To advertise
literally. One man displayed tho loyal
motto, God preserve the Primes Of
Wales, direct importer Of narmalsds,
jams, English stores, ale, zine, spirits,
and boots and shoes."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12
LEGAL.
s. INC. 1911
NOn.R Resident Notice.

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county, Ten
nesseo = Willie Scroggins vs.. Alexander
Barnes OF al.
1T. APPEARING FROM THE BILL IN
j. this cause, which is sworn 10, that the de-
PENDANT Elicit. Smith, 10 q resident Of the
state Of Illinois, and q nonresident of tho
State Of Tennessee; that the James and
places Of residence Of the heirs ,ol Jacob
Walker are unknown and cannot be ascer-
Ia ned after diliRent inquiry, and they, per-
haps, being interested In the real estate
sought 10 DO subjected by this proceeding; 1t
Is therefore ordered that they make their ap-
pearsnoe herein, at the Court house in the
city Of Memphis, Tenn, on or before the first
Monday In April, 1875, and plead, answer or
demur 10 oomplainant's amended bill. or the
anne will DO taken for confessed as 10 them
and set for hearing OK parte; and that q o
Of this order be published once a week for
four successive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of February. 1876.
EDMUND A. COLE, G. and NJ.
By y. B, MoHKRY, d. @. and M.
PIERoE 4 DIX, Soils. for complainant.
H2-l4S-1A-4
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-12

GkAIH RAIgRRs REFUSE 10 sub.
MT 70 the wasteful and imperfect work d
other Threshers, whom posted on the vGst ssoe.
rtort'p OF this one, for saving grain, saving
nme, ana doing fast, thorough and ocoRomi-
THREsHRRMEN FIND 1T highly Advan.
tage9us 70 run a machine that has no Beat
ers, P1ekers," or Apron" thai handlos
Damp, Grain. Long Straw, Headirgs, Fiax.
Timothy, Millett and all such dilicuit ,-rain
and seeds, with ENTIRE Ease AaD
kEF ECTIVENESB. Cleans co perfection.
saves the farmer his thresh bill By extra 81
ing OF grain, makes no "Litterings % re-
CURES LESS THAN 0NE-HALF the usual
Belts, Boxes. Journals. and Gears; easier
managed less repairs; ore that grain raisers
prefer 10 employ and walt for, even az
prices, while other machines
are out of Jobs"
-Four Sizes made with 9. B. 10 and
~ horse " Mounted Powers, also
a speciality OF BeparntOFa oaIone.O
expressly for STEAM POWER. and
20 match other Horse Powers.
interested In grain raising, or threshinR.
write for illustrated Circulars (senf foel With
full particulars Of sisos, styles, prices. terms,
oto. NICHOLS, AHEPARD zoo,
Al5Shw Bottle trek. Michtodn.