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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17

FIRE and police acr'p, receivable for
merchants tax, for sale at Mechanics
and Traders bank. l24
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17

FIRE and police scrip. receivable for
merchants tax. for ssle at Mechanics
and Traders Bank. I24
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17

What are teeth without a tooth wash?
Where's the pleasure Of tho breath
II the teeth are black or yellow.
II the mouth is foul as death?
To what do teeth or gums amount,
Or breath. deprived Of ! OZODONTg
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17

Bartee's homemade candy,
25c q pound, 328 Main 81 62t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17

john Walsh, Undertaken,
81! Second st., mex to Postofice. Ii!
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17

The Hartford C%ourant says the minis
ter who let o woman preach in his pulpit
is on trial for her essay.
Winslow's wife, son and sister-in-law
are on their way to this country. The
lorger succeeded in leaving London with
out affording a trace to detectives.
At a dinner given in Turin to Herr
Won Flotow, the composer Of Martha, be
proposed the following toast: IL drink
to Italy, which will always b. the native
land of melody, and, perhaps, its refuge"
Although daily expecting death, the
Rev. John S. c. Abbott busies himself
in debating articles for the press. He is
also debating a series Of chapters Of
personal "reminiscences, to be published
his death.
While DR.. James Adams, of the Lon
don Hospital, was, a few days ago, re-
moving the lower limb at the hip joint
for a boy, an alarming collapse occurred,
and the patient sank fast. The operator
instantly had sight ounces Of blood in.
iected from bis arm to the boys, and
then completed the operation. The boy
is doing well.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17
REMOVAL.

On or about the middle Of this month
A. F. bod & Co. will occupy 279I Main
street Boyle & Chapman's old stand
l29
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17
MEMPHIS
ATMEEl

THREE NIGHTS ONLY AND WRDNES-
4 day Matinee for the farewell appearances
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17

Choice Prairie chickens
at 0Oc per pair.
Also choice VcnisOn Hams
aud Saddles at 15c perlb.
s. CLEMENT, 90 Real street.
ll9
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17
Pll.Es.
FOR RENT.

MO. 225 Madison street, 6 rooms. Cottage.
IN cor. WELLINGTON and Monroe. Apply to
ll9-124 G00DLETT co, lS2 Front st,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17

TIME RESIDENCE properly on McLemOre
4 avenue near State Female College. now
occupied by Wiley Liltlejohu; improvements
new and good IL acres kindergarten and
orchard. Apply to me at 1872 Front street
list II. A PARTEE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17

"a ACRES of land, four miles from the city
~ on the fernando road improved good
house. orchard. etc. Apply at this office. 10it
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-02-01

G.. BACHEAN. nc. KEPPEL.
hAOHMAN = KKPPEL-
A TToREEYS AT Law. once over
~ National Exchange Bank, corner OF
Washington and Market streets, Tinin, o.
Nov. Il. 74-ns
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-02-01
Hayes and TIlden.

How do sober-minded Democrats
like the comparison of the manners
and character OF the two candidates
for the Presidency, IS they have been
shown by their conduct since the
election? ? Even the truculent Demo-
cratic spirit which threatens civil
war, and wbich seizes on every avail
able falsehOod TO raise popular excite
ment, has recognized the dignified
reserve and propriety Of Mr.. Hayes
during all this tumulL., By both
parties and both sections his demean-
or is recognized as that which BELTS
the dignity OF the Office, and as the
dignified reserve which q candidate
should preserve during such 3 conflict
over the election.
On the other hand, what has bsen
the manner OF Tilden during the
same time Do not bis own party
and the whole country regard him as
running the machine, and organizing
and directing all the private and puc-
lie efforts to secure or overthrow can
Vassing officers and their returns, and
to procure Electors, whether by judi
clal usurpstion or by the illegal act OF
. Governor, or by sham Returning
Boards, or by bribery? ? His party
and the whole country see that from
his den In New York, like q spider
spreading his net over the whole land,
be organizes and directs the whole
conspiracy against the Presidential
office. Gin. Gazette.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-02-01
The Nerve OF a Missouri Girl.

A young girl but eighteen years Of
age, says the Osceola Mo- Democrat,
whose name we withhold, owing to q
desire on the part of the actors to keep
the affair secret, was sitting 10 the
darkened kitchen with her betrothed
in the wee hours OF the night, when
starting for the fireplace in order to
replenish the fuel, her foot struck
what she supposed was piece Of rope,
and stopping to pick it up, she re-
ceived the venOmOus fsngs OF . large
rattlesnake iu her thumb. To ordin-
ary individuals this would be the sig
nal for iainting fit, but not so in the
present case. The girl simply turned
the light up, and asked her "young
man" to kill the reptile, and seizing 8
case-kuife she severed the Fitten
thumb from the hand, thus prevent
ing the deadly poison from getting
into her system, and probably causing
her death. The snake measured four
feet and two inches in length. None
but the two actors knew anything OF
the affair until the next morning.
The bitten thumb grew blacker, until
it was as black as a piece Of coal. The
wounded stump is fast healing up,
and il it had not been for the bravery
and presence Of mind Of the girl, she
would have long ere this been 9 corpse
rotting in the grave. Such presence
of mind is very rarely seen in the life
Of either man or wOmans
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-02-01
From the New York SUM-
ONLY 4 GONNA.
How Auch It's Position IN 3 Sentence
Nay Cost the Government.

/ The claim Of the United States for
the return of the 8, 500. 600 lent In
help cut the Centennial Exposition
nss been rejected by the United States
circuit Court at Philadelphia, al
though there are abundant funds re-
naming in the hands of the man
ayers with which to satisfy it. Con-
ssquently, unless the decision Of the
Court Is reversed on appeal, the
y, 800, 600 will be distributed among
the shareholders in the enterprise,
and be just so much taken out OF the
public Treasury for their benefit.
That this would be the result was
foretold by the opponents Of the loan
st the time it was proposed, and was
Indignantly denied by its friends.
Some Of them, at least, were disin-
genuOus in their denial, and intended
that the money should be q gift and
not loan, as Is evident from the pc
culisr wording Of the bill appropri-
ating it.
The clause which was relied on to
protect the interests OF the Nation,
and which was used to secure votes
Tor the grant, reads thus
''1.hs appropriation hereinbesore made
snall be paid IN full Into the Treasury OF the
United states before any dividend, or per
een;age Of the pronts shall be paid to the
holders OF said stVck."
The advocates Of the grant profess
ed to read these words with q eomma
after the word dividend" and per-
suAded the public that no dividend Of
any kind would be paid to the stock
hOlders until the loan from the United
States had been first returned. Now,
oy their counsel learned In the law,
they have successfully contended that
there Is no such comma, and that
only dividend or percentage Of the
profits" was intended. Inasmueb as
= dividend of capital is not = divf-
dend OF profits, they have got the
Judge to say that the stockholders
may pocket the 81. 1.500, 900 as returned
capital, and the United States must
lSse the whole.
This Is not the frat time that a
comma or the want Of it has been
made q fish-hook by which to pull
money out of the public Treasury. A
clause in the Tariff act Of 1875, BY the
omission of this modest sign OF pune
tuation, admitted free Of duty, al;
VI .OA1iSh huiSoS Wueu luo lu-
tention OF Congress was merely to
exempt fruits imported for the sake
of their seeds. The trick In that case
was universally denounced and speed
lily frustrated, but in regard to the
81 500, 600 now in question the Nation
is very possibly without . remedy,
Toe whole transaction is in keeping
with the character of 3 city which
shelters Addition, Division, and 81
lence Kemble.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-02-01
D. D.-DOmestIc BImcuIIy.

1t is all right for the Hon. BsrdUsll
Slote to lug his mighty Dollar
around the country and say g. +. for
good fellow, C. d. for cash down, and
s. 10. for sour mash, but such little
eecentricities don't wear well in the
family circle. A forward youth of
fourteen, whose parents live on Myr-
tie avenue, entered the house the
other day and remarked to his moth
er
rs dinner ready, If not, why in t.
(thunder) and !. (lightning) amt it.
What do you mean p she slowly
inquired.
'I mean that you had better t. a. |.
(tread around lively),' he answered.
She didn't say any more, but when
the father came home to dinner she
quietly informed him that young
Napoleon was picking up slang.
IS he F! I'll see about that and be
called the boy in and inquired
Napoleon, where were you last
EVENING"?
'oh, down to the C. &. for q little
while.'
"What do you mean by c. g. ?" de-
mduU6O tue lhEQeEs
"Why, corner grocery, OF course
You see, have g. t. b. (got the habit)
Of abbrevisting my words"
"I see you have" murmured the
father as be rose up. You will p. a.
m. (please accompany mel to the
WoOdshed ~
They had q long physical exercise
out there, the father holding the bal
ance Of power, and the son doing all
the high stepping and side dancing.
When the show had adjourned the IA
ther said
''Now, d. l. m. don't let mel ever
bear any more Of your slang"
Not g. b. " (another blessed word
sighed the boy, and be sat down on 8
lump Of Brider Hill and wiped his
tears away.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-02-01

GiImora's Garden was thrOnged
last night by about 5000 spectators.
The horse races were received with .
good deal Of favor, particularly when
they were more than usually well con-
tested. For the most Of the time the
efforts Of horses and riders seemed to
be directed to the not simple task OF
treadinE on each others heels, but
there were several contests in which
good speed was made. The fun CT
the evening was cansed by the race OF
the fat men. Five men weighing
over 200 pounds each were entered.
They were not particular prepossess-
ing quintet as the came up to the
scale, but they hsd the necessary
avoirdupois, and they threw Of their
coats with celebrity, and climbed over
the fence with the agility Of kittens.
AS they stood In 3 row there was
James DAILY, 2l5 pounds, q rosy, rO-
bust youth, with q tattered red shirt
that exposed his hereulean arms.
Next to him, William Grote, 2i7
pounds, man who looked as IL he
had been in the P. r; D. A. Web
ster, 206 pounds H. VOsburgb, 222
pounds, and James Huber, 30
pounds, completed the list OF COM
petitors. The first heat was lead of
by DAILY, followed by Grots closely,
and then at respectful and constantly
widening distances by Webster and
VOsburgh. Huber was q e1rpuient
man, best realizing the term fat Of
any Of his companions. He was
short and very thicK IN the middle,
and wore q pair Of canvass panta-
looms well secured about bis proper
tions by q leather strap. Huber fell
mOdestly in at the rear Of the race,
and trotted along IN the most Cum
Portable manner, reminding one Of
nothing 80 much as the baby hippo
potamus when he trudges out to be
laughed at by admiring spectators.
Huber only made one circuit, - he
was fairly overtAken then by DAILY,
and withdrew. The sseond heat re-
suited as did the first. Daiy receiY-
ing the prize and Grote secoud
money.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-02-01
Choice Recipes.

a Cheap Plum P,tddin1.-Soak
some dried spplEs all night, in the
morning chop them very fine. Put q
teacupful Of them into q pint OF
molzsses and put them upon the back
OF the stove, where they will keep
sllg htiy warm for an hour or two.
After that add 70 them one cup Of
chopped suet, one cup OF water, one
cup OF chopped raisiDs, q pinch Of salt
q teaspOonful Of cinnamon, three balf
pints Of flour, and two teaspOonfuls of
baking powder. Put the flour in last
and stir all together Thoroughly. Boil
two and q half hours in q bowl or tin
pudding mold. This may be eaten
with wine sauce, and is 3 very good
imitation Of q genuine plum pud-
ding.
Marble Cdke.-Light part-whIts
sugar II cups butter, J cup; sweet
milk, I cup soda, ! teaspoon, cream
OF tartar, 1 teaspoon ; whites of four
eggs Hour, II cups beat the eggs
ana sugar together (; mix the cream
OF tartar with the -four, aud dissolve
the soda in the milk. Dark part
Brown sugar, l cup; molasses, cup !;
sour milk, ! cup soda, ! teaspoon (;
hour, Drowned, q cups yolks Of four
eggs cloves and cinnamon, ground,
each teaspoon Ingredients mixed
the same as light part When both
are prepared, put in the cIke-pso
alternate layers of each, or put them
In spots on each Otner, making what
Is called leopard cake, until all is used,
then bake as usual.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-02-01
A Family suow-Bouud Yearly a week.

On Saturday last two Of our citizens
who had been attending q turkey
shooting match in South Brighton,
having more fowls In their possession
than they cared for, determined to
present 3 pair TO an invalid friend who
lives In the neighbOrhOod. After con-
siderable blowing through immense
snOW-drifts, and sn upset or two, they
reached the premises, which extend
considerable distance in front Of the
house There was no path to the
house, and ingress seemed i'm possible.
One OF the Gentlemen, however, after
nearly half an hours laundering
through the drifts, succeeded ia beat
ing his way in with the greatest DIFF.
ficulty by taking the top OF the fence
IS a support. OH reaching the house,
it was with difficulty that bel could
ascend the front steps, owing 10 the
drifted snow. His arrival was hailed
with satisfaction Oy the family, who
was then composed Of only the inva-
lid gentleman and his daughters, who
explained that they had been showed
in for nearly q week, having been
totally unable to hold any com
municatiOn with their neighbors,
as the road was comparatively un-
Travelled and the houses were far
apart. They said, however, that they
had not suffered, as good supply of
hams, maekerel. salt pork aud cider
remained In the cellar. They had
found il useless 70 attempt to shovel
their way out, as the drifts were 90
high and the house was 80 far back
from the road. On the following day
two men and 3 ploW were dispatched
by their visitors to shovel the % out.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-02-01

The following recipe for the cure Of
smallpox is taken from an Eastern
journal:
Mr.. Editor: 1 Iclipped from an old
paper the following "Smallpox Rem
edy." The recipe has been used to
my knowledge in hundreds Of cases.
1t will prevent or cure the smallpox
though the pittings are hlled- When
yenner discovered cowpoX In Eagland
the world Of science hurled an ava
lauche Of fame upon his head, but
when the most scientific school Of
medicine in the WOrld-tnat Of Paris
publishes this recipe as q panaees
FOR smallpox, It is passed unheeded.
1t is IS unfailing Rs fate, and conquers
In every instance. II Is harmless
when taken by 3 well person. It will
also cure scarlet fever. Here Is the
recipe, ss have used 70 and cured my
ehilden Of scarlet fever here 10 is, 50
/ have used II to cure the smallpox,
when learned physicians. said the pa
tient must die:
[''Sulphate Of zinc, one grain; fox
glove (digitalis,) one grain sugar,
hali teaspOOnful. Mix thoroughly /;
when mixed, add four ounces Of water.
Take q tesspOOnful every hour. Either
disease will disappear In twelve hours.
For = child, smaller doses, according
to age"
AS many Of our worthy fsllOW-elti-
Zens are either sufferin 2 from this ter
rible disease or exposed to IL daily,
thought I would send this to you. II
you think 1t would serve the public
good, and be . blessing to our fellow
men, please publish 1t.
Respectfully yours,
n En.nr
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-02-01
The Bee That saved = Kingdom.

Here is e fAble that has never been
told In print, though 1t Is very pOpu.
lar in the Bee country
Once upon a time, there was 3 bad
king, and the people wished him to
make 8 certain good law. mo-" said
be. "I will not make that law, IL is
too good. It will make peace. Here
is the Law wish to make. Then all
my people will 60 to war"
The two documents lay in front OF
him on the table all written out, and
whichever one he signed would be
the law Of the land. He took up q
big quill pen, drew the bad law nearer
to him, and dipped the pen in the
ink.
Just then bee began 10 buzz. il
was 3 wise bee.
''Z-z z-z-z No zuch zlaW zhall
pazz 2" buzzed the bee, over and over
again; but no one noticed him.
'tZign zs OZzer-zs ozzsr-ze ozZer %
Tue king would not listen; so the
wise bee lit on his nose and stung
him just 3 little, still buZzlng "Zign
Ze ozZer,-Zign ze ozZsr,-zs ozzer,-
re oZzer,-ze ozZer !"
"Open the window" roared the
king, "and drive out this bee, or kill
him 20
They opened the window. Out
few the bee, and in rushed the wind.
1t blew in very hard. The papers
tapped and few across the tsble.
The bad king was so mad that he
stamped his foot, seized one Of the
papers, and signed Il In a rage. There
was his name,-"King Blunderbuss, I"
and no thing could alter it. Then
he saw that in HIS haste and rage he
had signed the good law. But be was
too proud to own his mistake.
The bee hurried to the garden and
whispered to the hOneysuckles
'ZDme Of your beZt,-Zome OF your
bezt! The good law IL zigned, and
all zhall be peaze and hsppinezz :"
So the honeysuekles gave him all
their best honey, and the people out
side Of the kings palace built great
bonfires and shouted with joy:
"Long lived the king Long lived
the good King Blunderbuss 90
"Oho 20 said the king to himself,
when be heard this /; "that is the best
sound that have heard for many 8
year"
And after that, he was afraid to
give way TO anger, for fear he might
sign 3 bad law, by mistake. The bee
did not have to light on his nose
again. The king made only good
laws, and to the end of his days his
people shouted
Long live the king w-IS. Mcho-
lds for Feb.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-02-01
"Rhy Didn't YOu Say sO."

The late L ord Tweeddale was q fine
swordsman, and in the Peninsula he
hsd q special sabre made for him Of
extra length and weight, wherewith
he slsshed away in q very heroic fash
ion. He . great boxer, too. One
day, when he was dri ging, q gigantic
costermonger, riding, as is their
wont, upon q barrow behind the
most diminutIYe donkey possible,
stopped the way, as is also their
wont. On being called upon 20
move, he fatty refused, and jeeringly
offered to fight for the road. Lord
Tweeddale, nothing 10th, got down,
fought him there and then, and in
i've minutes reduced him to q pitsble
state. The costermonger then gave
in and, wiping the blood from his
face, said swell, Pm blessed il
thought there was anybody but Lord
TWiddIe as could lick me :" "Ah, y
replied His Lordship, 81 am Lord
TTeeddale go "Then, blow me, it's
not fair! II you'd said so at first
I'd let you pass.n
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-02-01
Mortality Among children at chicago.

Scarlet fever and diphtheria are
sweeping the children at Chicago to
the grave-yards. The Times, in an
article on the subject, intimates that
the deaths within three months do
not fall much short ofeight thousand.
The cause is supposed to be imperfect
drainage and bad ventilation, but the
Times calls loudly for an investigs-
ton. We make the following ex-
tracts from leading editorial on the
subject.
"The city is full of grief-rRachel
mourning for her children because
they are not.' TIE ample statistics
given in q late issue of the Times
show how great is the present mortal.
ity among children, and demonstrate
that the ravages of diseases among
infants have nearly the deadly force
of q pestilence. The conclusions Of
the article are that the principal dis
eases which affect this class are scar
let fever aud diphtheris, and that the
prime causes of their spread and ma
lignancy are bad drainage and impure
air arising from imperfect ventilation.
What the Times started out to say
with reference to scarlet few er is that
there ia a most marvellous and wholly
inexplicable supineness on the part Of
the public with reference to the raw
ages of this complaint. Yellow fever
and cholera have been made the sub
jeet of special studies, and the inves-
tigatiOn of commissions and vet
neither of these diseases is compare
lie in their deadly results to those Of
scarlet fever. In England, alone,
the annual number Of deaths by
scarlet fever reach the extraordinary
dimensions of 72,000I Suppose that
even oLe-fourth OF this number were
to die OF cholera or yellow fever each
year in England, what panic would
ensue, and how instantly would be
brought to bear on the evil every
appliance within the reach of scien-
tifice Investigation In 1873 there
ragged in the United States both ehol-
era and yellow fever, aud both pro-
duced an alarm that pervaded the en-
tire Nation. Now, what does the
reader suppose was the mortality
resulting from the presence OF these
two frightful diseases ? 1t was less
than S,000-nOt very many more than
Chicago has lost, in three months,
from scarlet fever and diphtheria.
During the same year in which the
country was psnic-stricken over the
prevalence Of cholera and yellow
fever, there occurred over 10000
deaths from diarrhoe, dysentery, and
cholera infantum and this is not
above the average annual mortality
from these diseases. The special
tables Of mortality in the Vital
Statistics Of the Ninth Census shows
that there is, in this country, an
average annual mortality from such
more or less preventable diseases as
smallpox, scarlet fever, typhus fever,
enteric fever, and consumption, Of
over 100000. And yet these frightful
results attract no attention.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-02-01
4 HAWK Among Hens.

Gilbert White tells a most dramatic
story Of q neighbOr who had lost most
Of his chickens by q sparrow-haWk
that cane gliding down between 8
faggot pile and the end Of his house,
to the place where his eoops stood.
The owner, vexed to see his flock
diminishing, hung 8 net between the
pile and the house, into which the
bird dashed and was entanRled. The
geutleman's resentment suggested a
fit retaliation he therefore clippe'i
the hawks wings, cut of his tslOns,
and, fixing a cork on his bill, threw
him down among the brood-hens.
iImagination," says Mr.. White,
"eannot paint the scene that ensued ;
the expressions that fear, rage and re-
venge inspired were new, or at least
such as had been unnOticed before ;
the exasperated matrOns upOraided,
they execrAted, they insultsd, they
triumpbed. In q word, they never
desisted from bufeting their adver-
sary till they hsd torn him In q hun
dred pieces.-iScri6ner for February.