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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-23

The word "bulldozing" is well
understood, but its corresponding
word in Latin, according to the
eight immortals of the high joint
fifteen, is aliunae. They refused
to take evidence aliNndc; that is,
they refused to investigate the
fraudulent branch Of the Presiden-
tial elections in Louisiana and
Florida, but they insist on going
into evidence aiunde in the Ore
gon case. AliNnde means "from
another place evidence given
aAunde; as when a will or other
transaction on record contains am
biguity, in order to ascertain the
true meaning of the author Of the
instrument evidence aliunde will
be received. The word aliande,
with its kindred word bulldozing,
will go down to posterity, hand in
hand together, as SYNONYMS of
Radical yillainy and infamy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-23

CAIRO, February % -Arrived-Belle
Memphis, St. Louis, Z p m Golden City,
Cincinnati, s. Departed-Belle Mem.
phis, Memphis, 10 p m Golden City,
New Orleans, IL. Cloudy and warm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-23

j. NJ. HUBBARD, ESQ, formerly
Of the Bolivar Bulletin, and a most
excellent and highly respected citi-
zen of that section, has become
editor and proprietor of the Ennis
Tribune, of Ellis county, Texas.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-23

The subscription price Of the PUB
LIC LEDGER is IS per annum for
The Daily, and 50 per ennum for the
Weekly-POstGge free
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-23
MARRIHn.

CLARKE STRATT0N-At the resid ,nce
OF the brides mother, on Wednesday, Feb
Tuary 2lst. by Rev. Eugene Daniel. Mr.. Ed p.
CLARKE and Miss MAGGIE STRATT0S. Ne
Nnrda
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-23
On saturday, March "a, 1877,

in legal hours, In front Of the Courthouse,
Memphis, Tennessee, proceed 20 sell, TO the
highest bidder, Cor cash, the following de-
scribed property, to-wit.
Lying in Shelby county. Tennessee, it being
an undivided one-fourlh interest in 9% acres
lying IN the town Of Cuba. and bounded thus:
Beginning at A.. Wares west line; thence
south TO- vest IL links to a white-oak marked
w q, black,gum and poplar pointers; thence
south 7 chains 3 links TO a stake; whence west
SO0 north 10 links 10 a small black-gu m and
large poFlar pointersj thence west II chains
4S links to a stake in the Main street Of Cuba;
whence south 20o west 81 links to a hickory;
thence north lUo east with the Main street of
Cuba 7 chains and Sinks to a stake 6 link.
north Of blaek.gum marked W @; thence east
IL chains 81 linz to the BEGINNING, this heinz
the interest, conveyed to said Williams BY II,
b. Harrell by deed recorded in the Resisfsr5s
office of said county, in Book 81, page 2i5'
Also on the folio wing tfaos OF land living in
section 8, ranges 8 end{, Of the Eleventh sur
veyor's and sixth civil district; beginning
AZ the northeast corner Of a 70-aore tract;
thence west 1872 chains TO a stake on John
mcIallum's east line north 6l34o west "a links
from q blackjack marked NJ w; thence south
with McCallum's line LOGS chains TO a stake
north pa. west 30% links from a white-oak
marked W and u thence east 1871 chains TO
q stake ~ links east from Y black.gum and
.dogwood. pointers marked w; thence north
lV.os cheins to the beglnnig. being 20 acres of
the north end of the J0wan ~. acre tract
bought Of ]. j. Wood, ali OF which viii be
seen by reierence to the deed to said Williams,
OF. record in Book %, pages Az and 4T3.
LEVIED on as the property Of defendant, v.
est and costs.
Memphis, 5t.a day Of February. 1877.
O. a.. ANDERSON,
Sheriff Of Shelby county, Tenn.
BY Taos. T.. TAYLOR, d. S.
Wilson 4 Beard, Attorneys for plaiptig.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-23

The press of Mississippi has
been w%antonly and maliciously
asSailed by a legislative demagogue
who would never have been heard
of but for the press. Now let the
papers by common consent drop
his name forever and make common
cause against the arbitrary law
which demands Of printers to work
for half price.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-23
eTocKa.

A Member Of the Stock Exchange
win execute orders for the purchase or sale of
stocks, bonds and gold on moderate margins.
Commissians IS per zach 100 shares. Stock
only. Corresp0ndenco solicited.
Henry Merriam, Member Am, Mining and
Stock Exchange, 8 Wall st., N. Y. Refer
ence,. D. X. Mangam. ESQ, President Ma
uQnal Trust Co., N, X, leod-dtw-l4-xxiy,ls
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-23

Baltimore complains that New York is
trying to rake in her oyster aud ttrrapin
trade.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-23

HUTCHINs, of the st. Louis
Times, must be a man of no small
belt, judging from the continued
attacks made on him by men that
otherwise are never heard of out
side of their own bailiwick. We do
not know much about the merits Of
these controversies, but somehow
we cannot help thinking that
Hutchins is considered a very large
sized target by his assailants.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-23
h oregon case.

WASHINGTON, February 20. - The de-.
cision in the Oregon case is expected at
5 o'clock this evening.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-23

GOVERNOR PORTER, in his special
message to the Legislature, which
we publish to-day, says, speaking Of
the proposed conference with our
creditors: "This is a question Of
more gravity to the people of Ten
nessee than any that has been sub
mitted to their representatives since
the formation Of the State govern
ment." Why didn't he add "except
the dog law"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-23

WAsHINGToN's birthday seems
to have been pretty generally OBJ
served yesterday in New York, New
Orleans and little Rock.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-12
A Case Of WOman's Humanity to WO.
man.

Sometimes a woman is found who is
kind to another woman, but such women
are very rare. A late case of woman's
kindness to one of her own sex, came to
the surface in New York. Miss Addie
Goulding is the cashier of large house
in New York, and also runs dress
making establishment on her own ac-
count. She has had Minnie PETER in
her employ for several years, and trusted
her. The other day piece of silk worth
sixty dollars was stolen from Miss Gould
ing's establishment, and no trace of the
silk or the thief could be found. At
length a young man calling himself
Charles PETER informed Miss Goulding
that he knew where the silk was, and
would return it for ten dollars. Miss
Goulding agreed to the proposition, but
had an officer at hand to witness the
transaction. Charles PETER was ar.
rested, and said that his wife, Minnie
PETER, stole the silk Then an officer
went after Minnie and got her When
Miss Goulding came into court Minnie
burst into tears and sobs and was evi
IDENTIFY in deep distress. She asked for g
private interview with Miss Gouldine
and the magistrate She confessed t6
stealing the silk and said she had beer
compelled to steal by her husband or dc
still worse to keep him supplied with
money; that ever since she had beer
married her husband had ill-treated anc
abused her most shamefully. Through
fear of great personal violence from hin
she had stolen the silk. Miss Gouldine
believed the poor girls story and refused
to prosecute her for larceny. Not only
that, she kept her in her employ. Mrs
PETER will appear against her husband
on charge of grand larceny, and she ha
hopes of getting rid of a very bad man
who has killed all the love she ever hat
| for him
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-12
Paris EXnOSitiOn. 1873.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Baron Krantz, Director General of the
Exposition, writes to the Committee of
merchants in this city that the Exposi-
ton will be held without question, and
that every aid will be rendered to Ameri-
can exhibitors, who are likely to be so
late in their cooperation. Count
D'Oultremont, Belgian Commissioner,
and NJ Cody, Secretary, at the Philadel-
phia Exhibition, have been appointed to
the same position at Paris. The South
America Republics have unitedly agreed
upon the Consul General of Venezuela
in Paris to represent their interests at
the French Exposition. President Mac
Mahon, in his visit to the works on the
Exposition grounds, addressed the.Direc-
tor General, Baron Krantz, as follows:
" l am come to visit your works to pro-
test against the rumors which are cur
rent relative to the adjournment of the
Universal Exhibition. 1t shall not be
delayed, and it will open at the date
fixed, May 1, 1873. I take pains thus to
assure the result of your labor, which
can alone make this great enterprise sue
cessful." The President visited all sec
tions of the grounds, and expressed his
qualification at the rapid progress of the
work. 1t has been decided to close the
main avenues on each side of the Seine
to the public, and make new road tun-
neled under the Quai d 'Orsay, where the
general travel will be carried on without
interruption. Arrangements have been
made with Mr.. Denis, the celebrated
horticulturist, to plant all the trees nee
essary to adorn the park and approaches,
one thousand francs having been ap-
propriated for the purpose. 1t should
be clearly understood by our horse
fanciers and stock raisers that special
facilities will be given at the Paris Ex
position for stock of all kinds, and that
not only medals in gold, and bronze will
be awarded, but also prizes in money.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-12
An English Dukes Curious Bets.

A curious form of wager was once hit
upon by old O., a familiar soubriquet
by which the Duke of Queensburv was
commonly known to the sporting world
The duke was famous for eccentricities
in the betting way. The match he made
to drive carriage nineteen miles in an
hour, without changing either of the
thoroughbred horses with which he
started, made a sensation at the time.
and the actual achievement of this feat
was perhaps as remarkable as ANYTHING
of the kind in the annals of coaching.
But the wager to which reference is
made was of a more original character
than this, and, at time of day when
railways were not thought of, was GER
tainly an indication of no little inven-
tive talent. He made a bet that he
would have letter conveyed fifty miles
within an hour. In order to do this, he
caused the manuscript to, be inclosed in
cricket-ball, stationed expert cricket
ers at intervals over certain distance,
and the missive, being thrown from one
to the other, was delivered at the end of
the journey within the stipulated time.
A very good story is told of this noble
man by which he very neatly check
mated the vagaries of certain specula-
tors who secretly offered his Grace's
Jockey large sum of money to lose a
certain race. The jockey appeared to
entertain the proposal, but quietly car.
ried information of it to his employer
who told him to take the money and that
he would bear him harmless. Themoney
was taken, and books were made accord
ingly; but, to the horror of the enter
prising blacklegs, the duke himself ap
peared on the scene as the horses came
to the post, and, quickly divesting him
self of great-coat, was found to be il
riding attire. "This is a very nice
horse" said his Grace. "I think I viii
ride myself And he did, and wor
| without struggle
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-12
The Easiest Way.

A certain good-natured old Vermont
farmer preserved his constant good
nature, let what would turn up. One
day one of his men came in, bringing
the news that one of his red oxen was
dead.
els he ?" said the old man. "Well,
he always was breechy old cuss. Take
his hide off, and send it down to the
tanners; it will bring the cash."
An hour or so afterward the man
came back with the news that Line
back" and his mate were both dead.
Are they?' said the old man. "Well,
| took them Of B - to save bad debt
that I never expected to get. It's lucky
it isn't the brindles."
After the lapse of another hour the
man came back again to tell him that
the nigh brindle was dead.
Is hep said the old man. "Well
he was very old OK. Take off his hide
and send it to the tanners, where it will
fetch it's worth in cash, and more
than any two of the Others"
Hereupon his wife, very pious wo
man, reprimanded her husband very
severely, and asked him if he was no
aware that his loss was judgment O
heaven sentupon him for his wickedness
I" Is it?'' said the old fellow. "Well
if they take judgment in cattle, it il
the easiest way | can pay it."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-12

roses grown in pots or in open ground.
A tablespoonful of spirits of ammonia,
put into a pailful of water and then ap-
piled to the soil about the roots or
sprinkled over the leaves, will be bene-
fetal. Apply two or three times week.
If the pot roses are severely pruned after
blooming, it will cause new shoots to
push out upon which the flowers are pro-
duced
The following method of preserving
the natural colors of dried plants is given
in a German pharmaceutical journal,
and will be of interest to botanists and
others: Dissolve one part of salicylic
acid in six hundred parts of alcohol; heat
the solution to the boiling point in an
evaporating dish, and draw the whole
plant slowly through it; prolonged ex-
posure discolors violet flowers; shake off
any excess of liquid, dry between bot
tIng-paper, and press in the usual man.
ner. A frequent renewal of dry blot
ting-pads, particularly at first, is de-
sirable. Thus treated, plants are said to
dry rapidly, furnishing beautiful speci-
mems, which retain their natural colors
in greater perfection than by any other
process.
Children should never wear garters, SC
the stockings can be kept up perfectly
well by an attachment of elastic strips al
the waistband. If garters are worn, it is
important to know how to apply then
with the least risk of harm. At the benc
of the knee the superficial veins of the
leg unite and go deeply into the under
part Of the thigh beneath the hamstrine
tendons. Thus igature below the knee
obstructs all the superficial veins; but i
the construction is above, the hamstrins
tendons keeps the pressure off the vein
| which return the blood from the legs
Unfortunately most people, in Ignorance
of the above facts, apply the garter be
low the knee. Elastic bands are tn
most injurious. They follow the move
| ments of the muscles and never rela,
| their pressure upon the veins. Non
elastic bands, during muscular exertion
become considerably relaxed at intervals
and allow freer circulation of the blood
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-12
Murder and Robbery of Immigrants by
Texas HighWaymen.

The Galveston Ne,0s says: A family
of immigrants were passing through
Wilson County last week, and camped
near Stockdale in house occupied by a
family by the name of Thomas. Early
in the morning Thomas and his two sons
went to the camp and commenced to
murder and rob them. One of the boys
was in the woods getting frewood, and,
when the Thomases made the attack,
broke and run. After going a short
distance he met few of Lieutenant
Halls men. The boy took them for
some more of the robbers and ran from
them, but was followed and overtaken.
AS soon as they caught him they asked
him why he was running, and he told
them that his father, mother, and three
brothers were murdered short distance
from there. The men took the boy and
put him behind one of them, and he di-
rected them to the place. AS they came
in sight one of the young Thomases dis
covered them and ran off They took
after him, captured him, and found
81 500 on his person. AS the other men
rode up they found old man Thomas and
another son breaking into trunks. The
murderers were all arrested.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-12
An UndemOnstrative Sweetheart.

/ know Miss Bramble loved me secretly,
but somehow l could never get her to
confess it. I tried to work on her feel
ings with presents, but she baff1ed me.
She used to say she hated gew-gaws and
hummery; she was fond of useful things;
and so my first present to her was coal
scuttle - galvanized iron. When l
handed it to her she gave kind of
smile, and I thought she was going to
thaw, but she didn't So the next day
I brought her around couple bars of
soap, and fine tooth comb. At first l
imagined she was going to fall into my
arms and cry, overcome by emotion.
But no; it was only her foot that trip
ped on the carpet. She took those
tokens of affection as calm as statue.
They never touched hera particle. The
next time l thought maybe I'd fetch her
with sixteen feet of India-rubber hose,
with brass nozzle to squirt on the
flowers in the garden. But she held in,
on once. She grabbed those sixteen feet
and passed them out the back window,
with no more manifestation of wildly
beating heart than if she'd been clam
1t puzzled me like thunder. Blamed
l. L
took around pair of tongs and couple
of gridirons, but they never faxed her
1 offered her three-legged skillet and a
washboard, but it was no use. She had
more self-control than any woman [ ever
saw. I went there finally with molasses
Jug and three or four fat-irons, and the
only display of romantic interest that she
made was to ask me if considered her
,fo T fo1l lo- of
course I didn't, she upped with the fat
irons and heaved them through the sash,
and she chucked the molasses jug over
under the sofa. But she never said right
out that she loved me; kept repressing
safety-valve, so to speak.
o, I took her lots of things; cabbage
slicers, tack-hammers, stomach-pumps,
sausage-machines, soapstone griddles,
slop-buckets, dust-pans, dish cloths, jelly
molds, whalebones, hooks and eyes, legs
of mutton, recipe-books, butter crooks,
and ever so many articles, which would
have stirred up most women, but she
was too bashful to own up; her feelings
were too sacred to be revealed even to
me. So one day 1 dropped in with a
blue and yellow doormat and a Dutch
cheese. When she saw me coming she
seemed afraid she might give away and
unloose the torrent of her passion, so she
few out of the room making some re-
mark to somebody in the entry about
"idiots." didn't catch the drift of the
conversation. Blowing up the servant
girl, I s'pose. And directly in came the
old man. And the first thing he did was
to kick me. Never said word, mind
you, but just walked near me, lifted my
coat tail and kicked me like thunder
Then he slung the blue and yellow door
mat into the street; then he grabbed the
cheese and smashed it over my head,
until I smelt like glue factory, and then
he chucked me down stairs. I've never
been there since. 1 loved Mary toe
much to fight with the old man. ]
thought maybe she'd write to me, but
she has not, and its queer, too, for a
passion like she has for me must be kill
ing her by inches; don't you think ii
| roust9
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-12

of honest trade. When you buy DooLEY'S
YEAST POWDER, for sale by all grocers, you
get perfectly full weight, just as marked on
the cans, and beside that an article made of
the very best and purest material, so that
the strength can always be trusted.
WILHoFTs FEVER AND AGUE TONIC
This medicine is used by construction COM
panies for the benefit of their employees,
when engaged in malarial districts. The
highest testimonials have been given by
contractors and by the Presidents of some of
the leading railroads in the South and West.
When men are congregated In large num-
bers in the neighborhood of swamps and
rivers, Wilhoft's Tonic will prove a valuable
addition to the stock of medicines, and Will
amply reward the company in the saving OF
time, labor and money. We recommend 1t
to all. G. r. FINLAY & Co., Proprletors,
New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
AFTER an experience of over twenty-five
| years, many leading physicians acknowledge
| that the GRAFENBhkG MARSHALL'S Uterine
CATHoLICoN is the only known certain
remedy for diseases to which women are
subject. The GRAFENBERG VEGETABLES
| PILLS. the most popular remedy OF the DAY foI
biliousness, headache, liver complaint ana
| diseases of digestion. Sold by all druggists
Send for almanacs. Grafenberg Co., Ne"
| York.
| PoND's EXTRACT.-Large sums of money
are spent by the afflicted to find relief 1ron
| Piles. The extract is certain cure OF Blnc
or Bleeding Piles.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-12
HE AND SHE

He was barely two-and-twenty,
She was only seventeen;
He Of budding hopes had plenty,
She was graceful as a queen.
He had ordinary features
An unusual affair,
She, the daintiest Of creatures,
Was possessed Of golden hair.
He beheld her and was captured,
She admired his manly style;
lie proiessed himself enraptured
In very little while.
She responded to him shyly-
Love she hardly knew a. yet,
For Dan Cupid's very willy
In the way he spreads his net
lie full often went 10 woo her
Several times within a week,
And would whisper gently 10 her
Those soft nOthings lovers speak.
She would hearken To him gladly
(Just as maidens always dOl:
He declared he loved her madly
(Which was very likely true).
He along the lane was straying
IAN occurrence undesigned),
She was there, engaged in Maying
quite prOmiscuously, mindD
While Apollo, in his splendOr,
Tinted every golden tress,
lie exclaimed, In accents tender,
" BE my bride" And she said, " Yes!
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-12
Where the Air Begins.

Professor Pettenkofer writes in the
Popular Science Monthly: If we say of
the surface of the earth that it is the
limit of the earth and the beginning of
the atmosphere, we are not correct in
reference to the latter. The air begins
much below the ground, and we ought
to say that where the ground, which is a
mixture of earth, water and air, ends,
from there the atmosphere exists alone.
1t is no wonder that no particular at
tention was paid to the air in soil; its
presence there does not make any direct
impression on any one of our senses; we
infer its presence more from other ex.
periences and consequent conclusions
The human mind formerly looked upon
the air as something unsubstantial, spir
itual, although men saw the effect OF
hurricanes; no wonder, then, that nc
one thought of the air hidden in the
ground, which cannot even blow the
hat from our head.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-12
French way of Cooking Lamb Chops.
Farm and Home Brcvftfcs.

Lard for pastry may be used as hard as
it can be cut with knife, and it will
make-far better paste than if left stand
to warm. 1t needs only to be cut through
the flour-not rubbed.
Put beeswax between pieces of paper
or cloth and keep on table close by the
flatiron stand. If the irons get coated
with scorched starch, rub them over the
paper that holds the wax and it will
come of. Rubbing the iron over the
waxed paper, even if no starch adheres,
adds to the glossiness of the linen that
is ironed.
Ammonia will act as a stimulant to