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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-04

WASHINGTON, August 4.-For Tennet-
see, the Ohio valley and the lake region
rising barometer, northeast to northwest
winds, clear and cooler weather.
For upper Mississippi and lower Mis-
souri, valleys rising possibly followed by
stationary barometer, increasing south
east winds, partly cloudy weather and
possibly occasional light local rains with
slight change in temperature.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-04

Cincinnati Gazette.I

SlHclnHalu dhette.l
How naturally do shallow minds
declare in every difficulty that the
government must take charge Of
things! How naturally do the
same minds turn and declare that
popular government is a failure,
and that it is all up with us, and
our only salvation is the man on
horseback 1t is notorious that
for more than twenty years the rail-
road companies have controlled the
New York legislature; that when
Fisk and Gould had stolen the Erie
road they got whatever they wanted
of the legislature and of the courts
also to entrench them in the stolen
property; that the Legislature never
interposed while the stock of the
Central, Harlem and Hudson river
railroads has been successfully in
creased to more than double by
water; that Fisk and Gould found
New Jersey just as subject; that
the Camden and Amboy entirely
ruled the State Of New Jersey; that
the situation in Pennsylvania was
aptly drawn by a member of the
legislature, in a resolution that as
Tom Scott had no more at present
for them to do they do now adjourn;
that the united Pacific railroads
have their will in congress, and con-
troll the politics Of several States ;
and yet there are shallow minds
who declare that the only remedy
for the railroads is government
control.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-04
T%ELEGRAPHIC
STOCKS n BONDS.

NEw York, August 4, ll:lO am
United States skies of 1881, liz; United
States skies Of 1881, coupons, l24@l23
new four-and.a-halfs, S3@8s coupons.
8; %ive-twenties oflS65, new issue, Z; five.
twenties Of 1867, 9B@9l five twenties oil
1868, coupons, l.g@ll5; ten-forties, 9s@
q; ten.forties, coupons, l3B; currency
skies, 245; new ives, 10.
LONDON, August 4. 4 p m.-Consols
for money, IS Lie; on account, =;
United STATES new AS, 1861; of 1867,
1904; t~en-iorties, llO4; new fvesi 1917;
Erie. 81.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-04
OAKn.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness
early decay. loss Of manhood, etc., l will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
~sclf-addressod envelope to the REv. JosEpH
7. ISMAS, Station D. Bible.House. Now York
City. l2)-xxiv. l2Sdhw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-04
THE fact should have no

THE fact should have no moral
weight, but it is a fact still, that
Tennessee is not the only State la
bic to be stigmatized with repudia-
ton. The New York Times, speak
ing of this in its issue Of the LIST,
says:
In Minnesota, for example, the rail-
roads borro we'd money to construct their
lines. The State Endorsed their bonds,
and all went we'll for a season. The
bonds fell due, and the railroad could
not, or would not, pay. The State bid
in the bonds, and took possession Of the
property, but paid nothing The credl-
tors took the cause to the United States
Supreme Court, aud obtained a decision
to the effect that the railroad company
was out Of the case, but the State was in
bound to meet the debt. There
was no way to sue the State, and, by a
magnanimous course, the whole question
was submitted to the people. The bond
we're ready to take fifty cents on
the dollar. The people voted, BY a tire
mendous majority, to pay nothing at all.
In other words, the people have
heard so much about bankruptcy
and reputation hat they have be-
come gradually reconclled to such
ideas, and are too ready to avail
themselves of questionable rene
dies for public evils. When a State
Vi e tarmis, as it were, settles a debt
with public creditors, who can Won
Ter that wOrkingmen on starvation
yages-bread and water, as Henry
Ward Beecher would say-go on a
trike against tyrannical and ex-
ravagant capital used to grind
down.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-04

In the recent Orange riot at Montreal
two ladies wearing orange colors we're
set upon by a mob, on their way home
from church, we're shot at, and one OF
them was severely wounded. Seeing
that women can't vote. really o it
seems unfair to shoot a woman in q pc
litical riot.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-04

The subscription price Of The PUB.
Lie LEDGER is IS per Gnnum for
the Daily, and 81 per annum for The
Wesky-PostGg free.
Persons ledriag The city for the sum
mer can order the DAILY LEDGER
at 75c per month, or tioo dollars for
three months, in ddrdnce, Nth the
privilege Of changing posto6ice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-04

CoURIER-JoURNAL Washington
special 1t is now thought that the
President will not make his visit to
Virginia till after his trip in Sep
TENDER to the Louisville industrial
exposition. One of the plans un-
der consideration is for the Presi-
dent to return from Louisville by
way of Nashville, Bristol, Lynch
burg and Richmond, and it is quite
likely that this route will be chosen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-04

Providence, August 4 - John A.
Champiert, cigar maker of Worcester,
who was arrested here, charged with de-
fraudihg the government of revenue,
was placed in a cell where he shot him.
self, dying instantly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-04
rOoMBs ON

AOOAo1 Wv b6AAHh+
General Robert Toombs by in
Producing a resolution in the
Georgia constitutional convention
to legalize dueling has given the
enemies of the South an oppor-
tunity once more to point to him
as a representative Southerner,
which he is not. He possesses
genius and eccentrieity, and by
force of great intellectual power
has held his own in congress and
out for these forty years OF more.
He took a vow once not to 90
North until he could call the roll
of his slaves at the foot of Bunker
Hill monument. If we are not
mistaken he afterward bankrupted,
SO to speak, on that obligation and
went North, and for aught We
know he may have called the
roll of his former yassals
and slaves in the suburbs
of Boston, but it is not recorded or
likely that any of them answered,
unless he carried considerable
pocket change as an inducement.
He is the political Bob Ingersoll
Of the South; eccentric or nothing.
He would die of ennui if for any
prolonged period he failed to stir
up the public and see his
name in print. He was elected a
member of the Georgia consti-
tutional convention, but nobody
outside of Georgia seemed to be
aware Of the fact, and he thought it
was high time to let everybody
know where he was. So he intro
dueed the dueling resolution. This
was voted down by an oyerwhelm-
ing majority. Then to make sure
Of passing something that would
stick he offered another resolution
cOndemning dueling. This passed
almost unanimously. There are a
few papers in the South and many
more in the North that hold up
ToOmbs as a typical Southerner
and make political capital out of
his peculiarities. He represents
the South about as much and
well as George Francis Train
reprents Omaha and the North
west. He is an oddly, and
not by any means a fool, but
vain and fond Of notoriety. Even
as the Scotch lass who said, cit is
better to be courted and Tilted than
not courted at all" SO with Toombs.
lie would rather be abused and
DETAINED thannot noticed at all. As
to dueling, the barbarous practice
has been placed under the ban
of public opinion of late
years in the South as well
as the North, and laws have been
passed in all the States making it
a crime punishable by severe PEN
allies, the greatest of which per-
haps is disfranchisement and dis
qualification to hold office. IL is
hinted that Toombs has not
founded many cemeteries by his
duelistic propensities, and that he
has neglected some of the best op.
portunities Of his life, notably in
little controversies with Hon. JOIN
Bell and General George Nancy o.
this State, and Ex-Governor JC
Brown, Of Georgia. He has boosted
that he never read a book in hi
life, and might boast also that he
never sought to imbrue his hands il
the blood Of his fellow-man on any
kind of a field. Such men ar,
the most harmless Of all, but rarel,
understood.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-04
BRRADsTUFFs.

LIVERPOOL, August 4 Wheat, winter,
lbs; Milwaukee, red, lls@l2s; California
white, l2s3d@I2s6d California club, Us
5d@l3s2d. Germ. 25s9d. Pork, 54s.
Beet, So. Bacon, long clear, 37s0d;
short clear, 38sOd. Lard, 44sOd. Tallow,
Ais.
New York, August 4, l2:l5 pm
Flour quiet. Wheat nominal at 81 so;
Milwaukee red, 55@l s. Corn quiet
at 59l@6O2c. Mess pork quiet at IA 90
bid for September. Lard quiet at 9 22l
bid for August; . 80 for September; 9 30
for October; 8 10 for November. Whisky
nominal at 81 Is,
CHICAGO, August 4, Y m Wheat is
steady at | liz for August; O5b for
September. Corn irmer at 47l@47s for
August; 4G3@l6J for September; Az for
cash. Pork is quiet, with nothing doing
AND nominally at IL as for September;
ID so for October. Lard is quiet, with
sales at 8 IS for September. Receipts:
Flour, 675l; wheat, 20, 1885,; corn, 9ll, $40.
Shipments Flour, 696l; wheat, 1892;
corn, 277,5Sl.
CINCINNATI, August 4 Flour steady.
Wheat heavy; white, l POOL 35. Corn
steady at 47@49. Whisky is steady at
| Os. Pork and lard are unchanged
Bulk meals, moderate demand at 81, n.
"a. Bacon is unchanged.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-04
An Ola engineer on the strike.

new ANEh Gun
"Yes, sir" said an old engineer
of the Pennsylvania railroad yester-
day, George Barker broke the
strike on this road. If the other
superintendent had had the sense
Of George Barker, the men would
never have gone out on the Wes-
tern division, and there wouldn't
have been any blOodshed in Pitts
burg. Instead of conciliating them,
as he did, and talking to them as
one of themselves (for many a
freight train George braked on, on
the old Jersey railroad, before Tom
Scott got it)-instead Of hat the
men were browbeaten, and told,
There's your pay; take it or
leave it, They have conf
dence in him, and when he
gives his word they know that's
50. Now, Just look at the
contrast in Frank Thomson, the
manager at Philadelphia. Why,
he's a little king, No use to talk
to him about giving back our ten
per cent. When Superintendent
Gardiner, of the Philadelphia and
Pittsburg division, went to him and
told him, There is going to be a
strike if you keep on with this ten
per cent. business, and doubling up
the trains SO the freight men can't
make a liying;' he says, Let them
strike. They get enough to buy
bread and molasses, and bread with
out molasses is good enough for
them Then they had a quarrel.
Thomson called Gardiner a liar,
and Gardiner knocked him down
and BACKED his eye. Some of our
men saw the whole thing. He's a
nice plum to talk that way about
the men. Why, he spends enough
in special cars for him and Cassatt
and Gwinner, with their splendid
lunches and their niger attendants,
to pay the mems ten per cent. twice
over. I've often seen him order out
"a special engine to take him home
to Hayerford in his fine car when
there was a regular train leaving
five or ten minutes alterward. Yes,
and I've heard the men curse him
for it, too. He's the man that
brought over these English uni
forms for the conductors. He
brought over a uniform of the Lon.
don and Northwestern railway. |
believe it was, for Il pattern, and
made the conductors wear them
during all that centennial travel.
An English uniform was u nice
thing, wasn't it, for the road that
carried the people to the American
centennial? Then he made them
carry a bag strapped over their
shoulders like the English CON
ductors do. That showed his ig-
norance. The English conductors,
you see, have to walk around out.
side Of the car on a narrow foot
board to collect their tickets. and
the bag is handy for them; but it's
no use to a conductor on our roads.
and they hate to be made to look
Jike hunkies. I've heard them
swear about it often. Some OF
them left the road sooner than wear
it.
"Then Thompson must have his
train agents to keep the conductors
from knocking down; and he kent
'em until he found 'em out in a
regular conspiracy to rob the road
By wholesale. Now he's getting
them off gradually, and they saw
he's drilling a lot of fellows on
what he calls the Austrian system
They are to board the trains and
go over the conductors accounts
you never saw such red tape as
they got now for the conductors
Some OF them tell me they carry
printed stationery in them bags
; that costs enough to run an ordi-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-04

A Buffalo paper states that an intelli.
gent young English woman named
Adams, of apparently frail constitution,
performed the remarkable feat Of walk
ing to that city from a village ten miles
out. She carried her baby, only ten
days old, the eAtire distance, though the
day was intensely hot. Her husband
had deserted her, and she came in to
preseat her case TO the authorities. She
was taken care Of.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-04
MENKEN BROTHERS

A Receiver Appointed for the chi.
cage and Iowa hallway Conn
paoy.
CHICAGO, August 4 "A bill in chan
Gerry has been filed in the United States
Circuit Court by John N. Dennison and
John w. Brooks, of Boston, trustees,
againstthe Chicago and Iowa railway. A
decree Of foreclosure was asked for, as
well as the appointment of a receiver.
WIN. IL Halcomb, the treasurer, was APP
pointed receiver.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-04
E,ehIgh valley ROnd Omen

PHILADELPHIA, August The Lehigh
Valley read is now open for all trains
except trains Nos. s and Is.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-04
IIen

New York, August Colonel Grover,
of Ohio, died to-day in the Grand Cen.
trail Hotel
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-04
LIST OF PRIZES.

1922 Cash Prizes, amounting to..-S3IO,OOO
Whole Tickets. $40; Halves. $5; Quarters,
$3.50; IL Tickets, $780, SSh Tickets. $500; 56X,
Tickets, $500.
Remittances can be made by mail, express,
draft, posteiice order or registered letter.
made payable to g. W. Barrow & Co.
Reliable agents wanted everywhere. Send
references with application to prevent delay.
q. W. BARROW 4 CO.,
General Managers, Courier ournal Building,
Louisville, KY,
Or No. G West Court street. Memphis. Tenn
D4- Send for a Circular. dkwl94-1H
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-01-12
She was for Reform. too.

matilda, he said. as he arose from
the supper table, pnd wiped his mouth
on his sleeve, 1--WE won glorious vcto-
ry yesterday Reform has completely
carried the day"
Where are you going?" she loudly
screamed, as he picked up his hat and
started for the door
"Why, I'm just going down to the
corner too see if there is anything new
from South Carolina"
"John Bushbill," she calmly uttered
"the election is over now, and this thing
must come to a stop, / have not said a
word about your going out before cleo
ton, as there were ward meetings, torch
light professions. aud all such things to
attend to, but now | say emphatically
there must be an end to it,"
"But, Matilda" he pleaded, "remem-
Der we we're victorious. Remember
was for Reform"
"And so am | for Reform" she very
quickly replied. Reform. like Charity,
must commence at home, and now come
right back here and rock this baby to
sleep. | have ironing to do tonight,
sir
One look at those determined features
sufliced, and as he seated himself at the
cradle, he gently muttered, land has my
bleeding country suffered in vain? Art
thou, too, a sham, Oh Reform"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-01-12
WIT AND HUMOR.

Railway astronomy-telescoping freight
trains.
Mark Twain never laughs. He
''smiles" occasionally tho, when he's in
vited to.
Shakespeare would never have asked
whats in an aim ?" if he had been hit
on the head with brick.
If flock of geese see one of their num-
Der drink, they will all drink too. Men
often make geese of themselves.
The Colorado House of Representatives
has woman for engrossiag clerk. The
principal thing she cngrosses is the at
tention Of the members.
Marie, what's that strange noise at the
front gate? Cats, sir. Cats-well. when
was young cats didn't wear stove pipe
hats and smoke cigars? Things have
changed, sir.
"a woman" remarked Preston Off
eial, First loves fast man, then a good
man, and finally any man" Then his
wife appeared in the doorway, and he
went back into the cellar and began to
split up kindlings in an abject manner.
The late General Bartlett, after being
several times wounded, wrote to the lady
of his choice, releasing her engagement,
and she it was who wrote the memorable
words. "l'll marry you if there's enough
left of your body to hold your soul"
"Cussed, if the darned thing amt
a-going" was the surprised remark of a
sightseeing Granger from Maine, who
caressed the teeth Of circular saw in a
North End planning mill; and now should
you PROFOUND to him that fret problem
for young arithmeticians. "How many
fingers have you on your right hand p
he would bite that lonely thumb, and
sadly reply, Mary, stranger !"
After the battle of Chattanooga the
surgeons made several missions in the
leg of soldier who had been wounded
in the knee by musket ball. Out Of
patience at last, the soldier exclaimed
why are you carving me up so p
''We're trying to find the ball." an
swered a surgeon. "Why didn't you
ask for the ball in the first place 2" in
dignantly cried the soldier "here it is
in my pocket p
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-01-12

FIVE TnATs.--"Jack- pulpit"
(St. Nicholas for january contributes
the following: [ heard our school teacher
say that five that's could be used in sue
ccssion in a single sentence. She didn't
consider it elegant English by any means,
but said there was no rule in grammar
to forbid the use of them, if any one
chose to adopt such style of talking or
writing. Here is a specimen of that
iness :" Jane said that that that that
that boy wrote was conjunction" Now,
Jack, how would your St. Nicholas
children parse that that sentence
Yours effectionately.-M G.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-01-12
THE SENTINEL.
YOU KNOW YOU DO.
BY EMBLISE ERNEsTlNE.

BY EXELIsE ERNEsTIYE.
When "some ones step comes mp tho walk,
Your cheeks take'on a roster hue,
And though no other hears his knock,
You hear it well-you know you do.
When "some one'' talks about the grain,
And bows to pa, yet looks at you,
You see his glances-ah Ills plain
And give them back-you know you do.
And though it may be very wrong
When pa is quite ignored for you,
You sing for him your prettiest song,
You cunning thing-you know you do.
And when he talks OF other girls,
OF hateful Kate and Lottie, too,
You fling at him your auburn curs,
You jealous thing-you know you do.
You keep your eye upon the clock,
And wish 'twould jump an hour or two,
So that your pa would cease bis talk,
And go 10 bed-you know you do.
And when the folks to bed have gone,
And left some one' alone with you,
You wish the clock would stop its tongue,
Or you stop it-you know you do.
lie bushes deep, and looks afraid
To be thus left alone with you,
but your eyes Tell tnere ne er was maid
But could be wooed-you know you do.
You peep at I" some one" meath your curls
Until with love you burn him through
And make him hate all other girls--
In love for you-you know you do.
And when his arm steals round your chair
You give smolhered scream or two,
As il you didn't want ii there,
But you do-you know you do.
You nestle close up TO him );
Your head drops on bis shoulder, TOO
You think IL nice to have jim"
You naughty thing-you know you do.
You let him kiss your blnshng cheek
Somehow your lips meet his lips, too;
Non tempt him, silly thing, 10 speak,
You wicked flirt-you know You DO.
And when he timidly doth press
His wish to make wife of you,
With happy heart you answer q Yes
You darling girl-you know you do.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-01-12
FANCY PICKLES, SAUCES, &C.,
Is Z q IT q R. g

ofevery variety, constantly instore, aud TO
sale at reasonable prices
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-08-11
Odds and Ends.

In selecting beef take that which has
a loose grain, easily yielding to pressure,
of dark red color, smooth, with whitish
fat if the lean is purplish and the fat is
yellow it is poor beef. CRASHED is the
lightest, OK the best, and next the heifer.
The foolish man rusheth out to see
the mob, and is shot through the lungs,
but the wise man huggeth the Constitu-
ton of the United States to his bosom,
and abideth in the cellar until the evil
days be over.-HaWkeye.
An Australian newspaper is respon-
sible for the story that Lord Beacons-
fields great delight in his evenings of
govt is, while he is preparing for his
after-dinner nap, to set two favOrite TOM
eats, the one named Gladstone, the other
Bentinck, against each other. When
Bentinck triumphs, the sleep of the just
overtakes the Premier.
-Ice-water produces indigestion: in
digestion creates morbid appetite for
counteracting stimulants; stimulants
beget habits of indulgence in strong
drinks, and strong drinks produce
uTuflhstrus. lie Gnu VI u Ilftfu lct-
water drinker is in mania-a-pOtu. Let
the Murphy consider and beware.
10, the poor Indian, whose un-
tutored mind sees God in clouds and
hears him in the wind, is in the buckle
berry business in this section. His soul
proud science never taught to stray be-
yond the solar walk or milky way, but
he can pick greener berries and ask a
bigger price for them than any ether
living man.-OH City Derrick.
A Brunswick girl, who wished to
go on an excursion, feared she would
not wake early enough for the train on
the appointed day. She was in the
habit of sleeping late. What if she
should oyersleep herself on that day OF
all days! At last she hit upon happy
expedient. Before retiring on the
night preceding the holiday, she took a
couple of energetic pills. They called
her early, mother, dear, and she was on
ime-Brunsrick NeUs.