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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19
The RHant OF Low.

Many Memphians have no doubt felt
the effect Of tina. all.sbsorbing and over
.powering emotion Of the soul called love,
but we venture the assertion that the
emotion has never been analysed so &C.
clrately as 10 the following newspaper
paragraphs, which just now are going
the rounds Of the press:
Norristown Herald: Love makes one
hundred and twenty.eight pounds Of girl
feel no heavier than a feather on a fel-
lows knee"
Fulton Times: And the same fellow
would have his leg cramped all out oil
shape by seventy.fve pounds OF wife"
Danbury News: That would depend
somewhat upon whose wife it was"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19
Buyers of
hay, Corn. Oats aud Bran
Call OIL w. j. CHASE d. CO.,
AZ Poplar st. 1876
An Anactinr Incident.

Fan Francisco News Letter
An affecting incident occurred at the
Academy OF Music lately. Among the
audience was a wealthy family, one OF
the members Of which has for years been
in delicate health, and was born deaf and
dumb. II has. been the custom of the
family to take their afflicted daughter
with them to the theater, as she seemed
to enjoy the excitement and action, al
though she could not hear a sound. 1t was
observed that she seemed very much
amused at the ~comicalities OF Mr.. Sol
Smith Russell, aud enjoyed the changes
of his facial expression as much as any
OF the audiences. When Siguor Tag.
liapietrs came on to sing it was noticed
that O curious light came into her
eyes. and, stretching ont her arm to her
mother she spelled on her fingers. with
the greatest excitement the words"
Mamma | hear" The next piece was
an orchestral arrangement Of "Trova-
tore AS the composition proceeded
the tears flowed down the poor girls
cheeks, aud her excitement became so
great that it was deemed prudent 70 leave
the theater. On reaching home the ex.
haustiou produced by the events of the
evening was such that the family physi-
clan was summoned. AS she lay on her
couch she reached for her slate and
wrote: Mother, l think heaven must be
music" The next day, in accordance
with her request, Mr.. Russell was sent
for, and he kindly came and sang for the
little sufferer. 1t was tos late. Death
had marked the child for his own, and
she did not even smile. The little lips
are cold now, aud there is vacant chair
in the family circle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19
How New York Bank CLERKS are
Watched. III

Every bank and every hotel in
New York city has its own private
detective, who watches all who
come and all who 90, from the
partners and officers to the bellboys
and messengers. 1t is told of TIE
president of o we'll known banking
institution that now and again he
sends for some one of his clerks
and holds some such conversation
as this:
"Last Tuesday," he will say,
''you spent the evening at Jones'
billiard saloon, did you not?"
eyes, sir" will stammer the
astODished clerk.
"You took during the evening
six rounds of drinks with your
three companions, which You paid
for four, did you not?"
eyes, sir" replied the astonished
youth.
Then you went to Mills and
lost fifteen dollars at faro, is it not
so? Don't deny It'll know. |
know all about you"
The president will then 60 on
and tell his man where he lives,
how he lives, whom he associates
with and where he gets his clothes;
all this to let him see that he is
watched, and to warn him against
wrOng-doings of any kind.
Without discussing the wisdom
Of subjecting a man to such a
system Of surveillance as this, with
out defending the man who has 80
little Self.respect as to submit to il,
it must be said that it is very efec-
tive in keeping young men in the
right path,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19
AOsne Pork.

Mr.. E. Mcdaniel, Of Upton county,
writes to hi, merchants here, Messrs.
Wormely & Goodman, that he made last
year ll,26S pounds of pork from the
pigs of two soWs,i in fifteen months, Who
can beat that? Suppose he sent it to
market, and realized only FIVE cents per
pound2 that would be $500 40. The cost
Of raising on q farm, where corn is pro.
dqced, would never be missed. The hos
and hOminy policy is not only the way to
independence but to prosperity and at
%auence. Cotton should be "a mere side
show"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19
Anothor Suicide.

Last night Nellie, or Nina, Gotdan, an
inmate of MOllie Bsrbour's bagnio, No.
l35 Main street, died from the effect Of
poison, she having taken a dose Of NOR
phiue sometime during the afternoon.
The cause Of the suicide was a quarrel
with her friend or lover. She was aged
about twenty, was tolerably good looking.
and some eighteen months age, which
was prior to her catering a house Of
shame, she kept a little cigar stand on
Main street opposite the courthouse.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19
The Ten per cent. Interest Law,

A private letter received here yester-
day from Nashville states that the ten
per cent. conventional interest law is
gone up, but that an effort is being made
to retain it for bank and mercantile pa
per. II is believed, however, that such a
provision stands no chance of being Sc
cured, as the present legislature is for
retrenchmeUt and reform, low taxes,
abolishiug offices, cutting down salaries,
etc etc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19
That kicker.

There is a young lady 10 the Soldene
troupe who in "Chilperic" created a
sensation in Louisville, at least we judge
SO from the newspaper criticisms. One
journal says, her kicks are preposter.
ous," aud another insists that " she can
kick an apple of her own head" but
both journals assert that the exhibition
was received with rspturOus applause by
the men in the audience.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19
Interestlnr Aunirsr,arx

To-day is the anniversary OF the birth
of Robert Edward Lee, the great Vir.
ginia captliD, which event took place in
1907 in Stratford, Westmoreland county
Va. His father was General Henry Lee,
the Light Horse Harry Lee" Of the
Revolution, Wasbington's personal and
political friend. The Z mple aud iuau.
ence of the father led Robert to aspire
to the profession of arms, and at the age
Of eighteen he entered West Point mill.
tary academy. where he graduated four
years alter, second in a class of forty.
six. In the seventeen years between his
appointment and the Mexican war he
rose only to the rank Of captain. BE
came out of the war a brevet.colonel
which he was till 1861. His subsequent
career as chieftain of the army Of Vir-
GINA during the Confederate struggle Tor
independence is too we'll known to need
rtclpitulation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19

Mt. aaoren, president Of the Chess
Club, New Qrleaps, and DR.. Liudhu, O
Sweden, who 10 one Of the most cele
broted chess players in the weld, played
three games, in which Mr.. Mauren wa,
victorious zoe Crescent City produced
ne greatest chess player Of the world
and now is aattered with hopes OF per
%petuatiAg the championship in Mr., Mau
zen.
Ullo, Fwedl What on earth are yol
walking about with that beAstly sansag,
under your arm forF Fwed; Wsll-aw-
fact ia, the othaw day | saw in thu
pspaws that a fella'd been sent TO tn,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. he'd got N
visible means of subsistence. Put M
to a regular blue funk, you knowl So
got this sausage to protect myself
hIneA.
Indian Territory Star indicator; Mr.
ELS. S%tilWell, United States interpreter
passed through town last Thursday viii
o party Of Comanches who hal been Il
Fort Smith attending court. These PEG
pie will have travelled a distance, wher
they get back home, OF $40 miles. How
much better it would be to have courts
10 the Indian Territory and save all thi'
unnecessary trouble aud expense.
Lynchburg Virginian; Rev. c. C.
Penick, who has just accepted the ap.
pointment of bishop Of the Protestant
Episcopal church Of Africa, is thirty.
three years Of age, unmarried, and O
native Of Charlotte county, Va. Els
FIRST parish was Bristol Goodson. He is
an iudeiatigahle lahorer and an earnest
preacher. The field Of the appointment
covers the west coast Of Africa, the Epis
eOpalf residences being at Cape Palmas.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19
1000 DOZ. FRESH EGGS
At zoe per DOE u.

Owing to the blockade and bad weather
the Ten-Gential cigsr has been reduced
to &c each or 5 for 25c. Remember the
Fen.Cential is made of pure Hayans
Glling. SOB CoLENAy, 326 Main ct.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19

A choice lot Of dressed tur-
keys from the Shakers, and
also VenisOn hams aud prai.
RE chickens, at Victor ID.
Fuchs, Al jefferson at. l22
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19
GROCERIES,
BkLF.RIsIRG BUCKWHEAT.

After ten years fair trial 10 Memphis
and elsewhere it is found that Self. RlGng
Buokwheat is better for general use than
plain backwheat, because
First. The best New York Buckwhest
is used.
Second. 1t makes nice light aud rich
cakes.
Third. 1t never makes a failure when
the directions are followed.
Fourth. It only takes FIVE minutes
time to mGke the best of cakes,
Fifth. Any common cook can always
make good light cakes. And it costs but
q trihe more than common buckwheat.
OLIVER. FIENIE & co.
For sale by ell dealers at our prices.
HIT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19
Anptner roeiaI seuna,lan.

The most elegant hats Of the season
can be found at Leidy & Co 8, on Main
street, opposite Court Square. Every
citizen should purchase one Of them I'm.
mediately, They are the best and
cheapest Ia the world.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19
Sid Cooks Peabody Billiard
Room is pronounced Hrsl
QIass ky all visitors. 3S-t
WOelIer House.

CORNER OF MAIN AND GAyoso.
Saloon and Boarding House,
Beet beer, liquors and cigars.
LUNCH daily. Meals, Is cts, J2t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19
Ths Nature OF . Turk.

Olive Harper, whe has been writing to
newspapers from various parts of the
world during the past few years, deliv.
cred a lecture on The Cross and Cres-
cent" in San Francisco recently. She
said: The Turkish women are short and
fat, ignorant, extravagsnt, deceitiul and
gossipy. They are ill.forned and not
handsome, and make unlaithiul wives, a"
Of the men shs said; There are no
men mora ignorant than the rank and
Gle Of the Turkish army. The Turks, as
q rule, are courageous, and at the same
time gentle and kind, except in war,
when they rival the worst tribes of In
disns by their acts of cruelty and cru.
tslity. They are not educated, Apeak in
metaphors, and are naturally polished
and refined. They are a handsome race.
rather short and thick 10 stature. They
meyer tell the truth when q Ito will on.
swer. They are temperate in their hah.
its, as regards tba use Of liquors, but
smoke and drink coffee iueessautly."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19
REMOVAL.

On or about the middle Of this month
A. F. bod & Co. will occupy 279l Main
street Boyle & Chapman old staad.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19
ADJUSTMENTS.
MEMPHIS

MEMPHIS THEATER.
THREE NIGHTS ONLY AND wRDNEs-
i day Matinee for tho farewell Appearances
in Memphis Of
AIMEE!
THE QUEEN OF OPERA BOUFFR!
With her entirely new and complete French
Opera Company, comprising Eighty Artists.
ing triumph in opera boufe.
CIR OFLE-GIkOFLA,
Aimee first time here az "6iroae- Girefa."
At the Grand Gala Mstinee on Wednesday
Afternoon, Jan. "a, att O'Clock, t
LA GRANDE DUCHEtsE
Wednesday Evening, Jan. "a "A new opera,
La JOIio pas tuuIsuse THE Pretty Per-
fumer)-Aimee first time in Memphis) as
=" nose Michou. /" in which che wilt introduce,
for the FIRST and only time in Memphis, her
world famous English song and dance,
" Pretty as Q. Picture
thursday Evening. Jan. 2j-Farewell night
Aimee's last appearance In Memphisl The
most popular OF AL operas,
LA FILE DE MIME ANGOT,
Aimee (frst time here) as "Clairette."
notwithstanding the ssif-egldent expenses
attending this engagement, the price of re-
served teats in Dress Circle and Parquet will
be $3.50, and to the remainder Of the theater
prices will remain as usual,
The sale Of seats and LibbrettOs will COM
menee at Hollenberg's music store on SatHr-
day, at y a IN. 1925
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19

FIRE and police scrip, receivable for
merchants tax, for sale at Mechanics
and Traders Bauk. l24
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A Model Challenge.

Some days since a gentleman from the
country, laboring under the influence Of
strong drink, imagined that be had been
iusulted by Memphian. He sent by &
servant the following hostile note;
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19

Bnrtee's homemade candy,
26c u pound, 39S Main At. 6.t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19


SIR-Last evening ynu treated me
very wrongly, indeed, nov, cir, de-.
msnd you to meet me at eleven o'clock,
January 18th, 1871, at any place explain
the matter, apologize. fight me il ueses-
sary any way. / was wounded last even
lpR was only resting my head not
sleeping % seemed to be. Mr.. - if
you are q maA Of actual nerve you will
meet me, tell me the reason you treated
me so else name your place time and
distance. ] am a gentleman not a loafer.
Yours,
The MsmphiaB read the rsdhot mis-
Sivs, and folding it up, sent it back by
the servant, With a message that the
writer Of the note was a drunken fool,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19

liz trouble nineteen years and just out
Of it.
How is that?
got one of FOrd's Alligator cook
stoves,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19

John Walsh, Updertaker,
BAL Second st., next to Postofice. Is!
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19

20 bfls SS'ehlgsn bucEwheSt -four,
25 brls ana half BIZ Missouri cider,
100 brls HOmIny and 6ritS.
500 pkgS Splced Tongues and Plga'
feet, at
lit G. A. ECKERLY & BROS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19
Albert Geessel's Meat Market,
No. lay Main street,
B Doors South Of Exchange,
BlGe Ribbon Reef.
Fresh meats Ofall kinds. [lO6t

What are teeth without q tooth wash9
Where's tho pleasure Of the breath
II the teeth are black or yellOw,
II tho mORta II foul as deAth2
70 what Do teeth Or gums amount,
Or breath, deprived Of s0z0D0NTY
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49,
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-25
From California.

The following extracts from a
private letter received by resident
of this city from friend in Califor-
MIA contains some information not
found in the newspapers anywhere,
we believe, although it is of consid-
cradle moment and will be read
with interest. The writer lives in
San Luis, Olispo county, California,
and the letter is dated April 9th
and 10th, 1877. So q
%, This year is remarkably dry, not rain
enough to raise grain, and the grass Is
now oil drying up. It is terrible.
There will be thousands of cattle die
from starvation. A great many are
dying already, and no one knows what
it will be this fall and winter before
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-25

In building societies, like other saw
ings institution 8. the parties Yho bor-
row, the money pay the profits, but un-
like most other savings institute pms, the
borrower gets lmck share Of TIC profits
in equal proportion to the alno,h bit Of his
stock Just the same as the man who
does not borrow. This il where the
building society ~ "s yet superior to all
other savings institutions for t De accu-
mutation Of small savings, besj des Civ
ing credit to each member equal to
the prospective savings Of seven or eight
years, at once. Here are two good rea-
sons why mechanics and labofing men
sho"l't secure stock in building societies.
The total disbursements for the year,
Of this society, were $64Gl2.34.
There were twcnty-nine loan made
during the year; all that were called for.
The total number Of borrowers during
the year has been 2S5 and of tlis num-
Der $50 have been repaid. Tie mort.
gage loans amount to $l64,l00, of
which $64.85O will be cancelled by the
maturity of the first series in July.
The borrowers for the last three or four
years have not been so numerous be-
cause of the general depression in bust
ness. With the revival of TRACE and
confidence, competition for the Bociety's
money would soon start up glin, and
the city would be the gamer by the in.
crease of new buildings. ~
The benefit to the city by the organi-
zation of building societies is Us great
as it is to the individual men, bers of
the societies, and the general public
who are not versed in the working of
the societies would be astonished if the
figures could be aggregated of the
amount of real estate which has been
improved and increased in value by the
advantages given to the owners to bor-
row small sums of money, which they
could not have secured in any other way.
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We have three or

grass comes again. We have three or
four thousand acres Of rancho, may be
enough to keep stock We dent wish to
dispose of. lis trying to sell all his.
W. sold at tho corral, a few days ago,
two hundred head Of hogs ut five cent
per ID. He only kept one hundred or
so, for he will not raise q grain this
year, though we put in II great deal.
It looks a little like rain and if it should
rain We may get some hay.
This year is fearfully dry, terrible.
You have no idea how much 50. Very
many are leaving California. We are
we'll off in comparison with thousands
here owing to our early sale Of stock,
and five happen to sell half "ur cattle
will get along very well. Flour is com
ing up very fast, and we arc getting
our supply for one year.
got a letter from brother D. few
days ago, he is living ore hundred and
forty miles north of here He says
every spear of grass is dry everywhere
near where he is. He is doing very
we'll, but says there are hundreds there
that do not have half enough to eat, and
thousands that are ouv Of employment;
business of all kinds dull. We will have
some fruit, such as almonds, peaches,
apples and pears.
The above was written on the Sth
of April, postscript dated April 10Th,
~ says: "The wind is blowing ter
riylb-everything drying up before it..
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-25

The proposed bonus to the
projected railway from St. Paul to
the Iowa State line is meeting with
a good deal of opposition from re-
sidents of St. Paul. The denizens
of that berg have had enough of
paying bonuses to railway compan-
les. They don't even believe in
taking stock by the city government.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-25
The Price Of Wheat.

The prospect is growing brighter
for the farmers of Minnesota as the
season advances. The ex pected
war between Russia and Turkey, a
severe snow storm in southern Eu-
rope, unfavorable weather in France
and England, and an excee dingly
blighting and protracted :drol nth in
California conspire to confirm even
the most respondent croak ers in
this favored region that there may
possibly "be good time CO. ming"
in the very early future. Indeed,
these causes and a disposition to
speculate has already sent the price
of wheat up, and last week we heard
Of sales being made at $1.53 and
some holders expect to get as high
as SITS. While we do not believe
it good policy to excite the hopes of
the community unduly, knowing
that people prefer surprises to dis
appointments, we cannot avoid the
conviction that the price of the great
staple production Of the Northwest
will be much higher during the COM
ing season than it has been for few
years past, and we believe that this
will be the case whether the eastern
war occurs Or not. a s'
The reports from the wheat grow
ing regions Of California, as will be
seen from extracts fro I'M a letter
which we publish elsewhere, are of
the gloomlest character. The dearth
these is SO great that hay enough
will not probably be produced to
feed the cattle, and these must eth
er be driven to more favored local.
ties or allowed to starve. From the
breadstuf producing n gions Of
southern and southeastern Europe
the reports indicate a decidedly
short crop and in England and
France the appearances are equally
unfavorable. True, all such reports
are apt to be exaggerated, for it is a
habit of human nature to exaggerate
its nliseries and misfortunes, but, af-
ter making ample allowance for this,
there is still room for believing that
the supply Of breadstufs generally
wall fall short Of the usual average
yield, and that high prices will,
therefore, be maintained. Unfortu
nately for Minnesota farmers, and
especially those Of limited means,
they have already marketed nearly
their entire last years crop and can
not, therefore, derive any benefit
from present high prices; but we
hope they may have big yield this
year for we are confident that prices
will continue high until their next
crop is disposed of.
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TIE GRANGE ADVANCE.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL. IS, 1877.
II. II. YOUNG, EDITOR.
The Governors Proclamation

Some "Sons of Monkeys" up in
the "Athens of the Northwest, "
(and we mean no disrespect in call
Ing them thus, lnasmuch as they
profess faith in the development
theory" Of Mr.. Darwin and claim to
have sprung from that source
Whew ! what a long parenthesis !!
AS we We're saying, some of these
qU0aruMana in the goodly city
aforesaid, in which sawdust doth
abound, are seriously distressed be-
cause his Excellency, Governor
Plllsbury, hath set apart the 10th
day OF this month for a day Of fast
ing and prayer for deliverance
from the grass-hopper scourge.
They are so greatly exercised that
their plants fill columns in the St.
Paul papers and make up tor omis-
sions OF the humorous departments
in said prints, for their productions
are almost as pointless as the ordi-
nary run of newspaper jokes.
We can hardly understand what it
is ofwhich these developed balloons
complain inasmuch as the Govern
or, in his proclamation, makes no
allusion to them whatever. He on
ly invites "Me People" Of the State
to observe the day. This surely
cannot be construed as meaning
monkeys, balloons, apes, ouran-out-
angs, or the offspring of these, no
matter how much developed or
well-dressed they may be, any more
than it might be supposed to include
horses, cattle, dogs, or jackasses.
Under the circumstances, therefore,.
we are forced to conclude that the
Minneapolitan developed monkey
leaguers are altogether too sensi-
tive-too thin-skinned. They hatter-
themselves in supposing that our
worthy chief executive has given
them any cause of offence. They
were not spoken to nor of, nor do
we presume that they were even
thought of in this connection. But,
seriously speaking, in issuing this
proclamation Governor Pillsbury
has recognized the fact that the peo-
pie of this State are generally a God
worshipping people. They may
not keep all His commandments;
may, indeed, do many wicked acts;
but the very large majority believe
in Him and in His providential care
for all His creatures, and in the
efflcacy of prayer. Hence, in SET
ting apart a day for fasting and
prayer, the Governor has wisely de-
ferred to this very popular sentiment,
and no one has cause to find fault.
AS for the fear that the impression
will obtain abroad, through the pub
lication of this proclamation, that
the whole State is impoverished by
this plague, it is all nonsense. In
the papers publishing the proclama-.
ton are paragraphs conveying cor
rect information about the grasshop-
pers and the extent Of their ravages
and the people who read the one
will, also, read the other.
Those anomalous creatures who
constitute the free-thinking league,
ought not to expect that the world
will submit to their dictation, even
if their fathers were monkeys, for it
is the nature of men to differ from
each other even in opinion, and
each one desires chiefly to have his
own way lnasmuch as he believes his
own way to be the right way.
From California.