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Effects of Breathing Foul Air.

The air we breathe, which a great
English physician calls gaseous food,
may become impure to degree of being
indigestible to our lungs and utterly I'M
fit for the performance of functions
which are quite as important as those of
our solid and fluid victuals. Dull head
aches, nausea, loss of appetite and of the
sense of smell, and the sadness produced
by the unsatisfied hunger after oxygen,
are only incidental and secondary evils I;
the great principal curse of the troglo-
dyte habit is its influence on the respi-
ratory organs In 1853, when Hanover
and other parts of northern Germany
were visited by a malignant kind of
small pox, the great anatomist Langen-
back, tried to discover the peculiarity
of organic structure which disposes one
man to catch disease while his neigh
Dor escapes. l have cut up
more human bodies than the Old Man of
the Mountain with all his accomplices, }"
he writes from Gottingen in his semi-an-
nual report, and, speaking only of my
primary object, | must confess | am
no wiser than before. But, though
the mystery of smallpox has eluded my
search, my labors have not been in vain ;
they have revealed to me something else
the origin of consumption. am sure
now of what l suspected long ago, viz,
that pulmonary diseases have very little
to do with intemperance or with erotic
excuses, and much less with cold
weather, but are nearly exclusively (if
we except tuberculous tendencies inheri-
ted from both parents, | say quite exclu::
sively) produced by the breathing of foul
air. The lungs of all persons, minors in
cluded, who had worked for some years
in close workshops and dusty factories,
showed the germs of the fatal disease,
while confirmed inebriates, who had
passed their days in open air, had pre-
served their respiratory organs intact,
whatever inroads their excuses had made
on the rest of their system. | should
go into practice and undertake the cure
of consumptive, [ should begin by
driving him out into the Deister Ca
densely-wooded mountain range of Han
over, and prevent him from entering
house for year or two."-Pcpular
Science Monthly.
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An Upright Life Appreciated.
From the Boston Traveller.


An incident creditable to all parties
concerned recently occurred in con-
nection with the failure of a firm
in this city. 1t was an old-fashioned
failure the balance sheet of the concern
was one which would bear close inspec-
ton; and everything was given up to
satisfy the demands of the creditors
The head of the firm, an old gentle
man in his eighty-sixth year, was left
penniless, and without the means of sup
port. In this juncture military asso-
citation with which he had been connect
ed from his younger days met to devise
means for his relief, and an arrangement
was effected by which he is secured an
income of 81 200 year for the rest of
his days. 1t is pleasant incident in
these days of dishonest bankruptcies and
mammon worship
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-12-01
NOVEMBER.
BY JAMES O. CLARK.

The red sun gathers up his beams,
To hid the witbered earth iare"eii,
nd voices from the swelling streams
Arc ringing with the evening bell;
,rba cold lake sobs with restless grief,
Where late the water-liies grew,
while autumn fowl, and autumn leaf,
Are sailing down the rivers blue.
Forsaken are the woodland shrines
The robin and the wren have fed,
And winds are wailing through the pines
dirge for summers glorious dead
Fen man forsakes his daily strife
And muses. on the bright things flown,
AS if in Natures changing life
He saw the picture of his ewn
| ssten think, at this sad hour,
As evening weeps her earliest tear
And sunset gilds the naked bower;
And waves are breaking cold and clear
OF that glad time, whose memory dwells,
Like starlight Ger life's cloudy weather,
When side by side We roved the dells
OF proud New England's coast together
Twas on old Piymouth's rock-famed shore,
One calm November night with thee
l watched the long light trembling Ger
The pillows Of the eastern sea;
The weary day had sunk to rest
Beyond the lines of leaiess wood,
And guardian clouds from south to west,
Arrayed in hues of crimson stood.
We climbed the hill of noble graves,
Where the stern patriarchs OF the land
Seemed listening to the same grand waves
That freed them from tn oppressors hand;
We talked of spirits pure and kind,
With gentle forms and loving eyes,
OF happy homes we left behind,
In wales beneath the western skies.
/ few brief days-and when the earth
Grew white around the traveller feet,
And bright fires blazcd on every b. nth,
We parted never more TO meet
Until go where thou art gone,
From this dark world OF death and blight,
And walk with thee above the sun
That sank upon the grave tonight.
| hear the muffied tramp OF years
Come stealing up the slope of time;
They bear 4 train of smiles and tears,
of burning hopes and dreams sublime;
But future years may never fling
treasure from the passing hours,
Like those that come on sleepless wing,
From memorv's golden plain of flowers
The morning breeze OF long ago
Sweeps o. r my brain with soft control,
Tanning the embers to glow,
Amidst the ashes round my soul;
And by the dim and Pickering light
| see thy beauteous form appear
Like one returned from wanderings bright.
To bless my lonely moments here.
Golden Age.
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An Ancient Lutheran Medal
From the Baltimore Gazette.

from the Baltimore Gazette.
Mr.. NJ. l.. Sheets has a small silver
medal, supposed to have been struck in
1880, in honor of Martin Luther's labors.
1t is of silver, and about the size of a
nickel. On one side is design repre-
senting the hand of the Lord holding
the seven candles, and the people read,
ing by their light the Bible; on the re-
verse is representation of the covenant
of the Reformation. Around the edge
of the medal there is German inscrip-
ton. 1t is without date. Prof. P. G.
Beer is of the opinion that it was struck
in 1880.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-12-01
Vienna Rolls,

To one quart of flour add two tea
spoonsful of DoOLEY's YEAST POWDER
sift thoroughly, put in little salt, and rul
a tablespoonful of lard or butter through
the flour; use enough sweet milk for sof
dough, roll out and cut with round cutter
fold over like turnover, wetting the
edges with milk to make them adhere; wash
over with milk to give them gloss, ,lace in
pan so they will not touch each other, and
bake fifteen or twenty minutes. They are
delicious
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AN experienced boy says he regards
hunger and the schoolmaster's rattan as
about the same thing, as they both make
him holler,
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NETT'S EXTRACTS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-19
MEMPHIS TENN MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 49, 1871

more dance, sing, hear and see as
in his tender years. The miracle
naturally made a great sensation,
and when the fortunate pilgrim
went home to Marane, in the Maine
et-Loire, he became the subject of
general attention. Unfortunately
there was a skeptical doctor in the
neighborhood who desired to eX-
anime Riviere, but on the day fixed
for the examination, the happy pill
grim was nowhere to be found. This
sudden disappearance was about to
be attributed to another miracle,
when he unexpectedly turned up
between brace Of gems d'armes
who had arrested him for swindling.
1t then came out that he was a very
old offender, and had feigned the
infrmities with the object of im-
posing on public credulity and
charity; in short, he was a pro-
fessional beggar.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-19
sOmbOdy's mInIs as TO Beauty.

There is nothing more unfavor-
able to female beauty than late
hours. Woman who, either from
necessity or choice, spend most of
the day in bed and the night in
work Or dissipation, have always Il
pale, faded complexion, and dark
trimmed, weary eyes. Too much
sleep is almost as hurtful as too
little, and is sure to give the person
unwholesome fat. Diet also has a
marked Influence upon personal
beauty. A gross and excessive in.
dulgence in eating and drinking is
fatal to the female charms, especi-
ally when there is a great tendency
to " making flesh" Regularity of
time in the daily repast and good
cooking are the best means of seour-
ing not only good health, but good
looks. The appetite should never
be wasted during the intervals be-
tween meals on pastry, confection-
cry or any other ticker of the appe-
tite which gratifes the taste but
does not support the system, Exer-
else is, of course, essential to female
beauty It animates the whole
physical life, quickens the circula-
ton of the blood, heightenS the
color develops the growth, and
perfects the form of each limb and
the entire body. 1t also gives beauty
and grace to each movement,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-19

striking and magnificent. We are
animated at the moving pictures of
enjoyment and industry passing us;
we are excited at some short-lived
disappointment. The stream bears
us on, and our Joys and griefS are
alike left behind us. We may be
shipwrecked, we cannot be delayed; ;
whether rough or smooth, the river
hastens to its home till the roar of
the ocean is in our ears, and the
tossing of the waves is beneath our
feet, and the land lessons from our
eyes, and the floods are lifted
around us, and we take our leave
Of earth aud its inhabitants, until
of our further voyage there is
no witness, save the Infinite and
Eternal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-19
A Pious Fraud.

The French papers announced
during the altamn the miraculous
cure Of a pilgrim named Riviere,
This poor fellow had suffered for
many years from a complication Of
ills. He was afflicted with paraly-
sis, he had an ulcer in his left leg,
and was deaf and dumb and half
blind. lie went down to Loudes,
and no sooner drank of the holy
waters of the shrine than he was
instantly and completely cured Of
all his numerous ills; he could once
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-19
A BeautICai sen,Imoni,

Shortly before his departure for
India, the lamented Heber preached
a sermon, which contained this
beautiful sentiments
"Aife bears us on like the stream
of q mighty river. Our boat glides
down the mighty ehaanel-through
the playful murmuringof the little
brook, and the winding of its grassy
borders. The trees shed their bios
SONS oyer our young heads; the
flowers on the brink seem to offer
themselves to our young hands we
are happy in hope, and grasp eagerly
at the bpauties around us-but
the stream hunics on, and still our
hands are empty. Our course in
youth and manhood is along a
wilder flocd, amid objects more
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-19
Ane ,dote OF Lord BYRON.

Those who have heard anything
of the personal characteristics of
Lord Byron have heard of his ex-
treme sensitiyeness regarding his
personal appearance. The slight
defect of one of his feet was a source
of lifelong aud painful annoyance.
Personal cleanliness, even to the
very minutest particulars, he re-
garded as a prime necessity. A
speck of dirt under a mans finger
nail was, in his estimation, abomin-
able; at all events, he would not
give his hand to such. 1t is related
of the poet that once upon time
some one informed him that Walter
Savage Landor intended to intro
duce him satirically into a new
" Imaginary Conversation" "If he
does" said Byron, 81 will certainly
call him out; and you can tell him
So" When Iandor heard him, he
replied: "Well, l had really no in
tcntion of showing up his lordship
in Conversation but now | will.
You may tell him that, though he
prides himself upon being a good
shot, | am better. | will not kill
him, but l will either strike off his
nose or an ear. | shall be sure to
do it, and | will do it, too, without
harming another feature" This
was told to Byron, and it silenced
him; for though no man feared
death less, he had a horror Of mu-
tilation Of his handsome face which
Was mora than mortal
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MEMPHIS & LITTLE ROCK R.R,
ShrOS Line to Arkansas and Texas
TIMECARDi

Leaves. Arrives.
Mail train, daily...."~o-5.OO pm. H.lO pm
Accommodation trdl1'
(,unday excepted) ....S; W am. 1.i9 m.
Passengers going on this road will take
trains at the depot Of the Lonlsylliei Nashi Nashi,
trains make close connection at ATgenta ter
points on the Little Rock and Fort Smith
railroad and at Little Rock with the Cairo
and Fulton railroad for poipts IN Southwest
Arkassas and Texas.
Pullman alace sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
For tickets and information apply at Ticket
Offices 27S and 2T Ma n street. and at depot
foot Of Washington street, or at Louisville,
Nashville and Great Southern railroad depot,
or to the undersigned
r. A. WILLIAMS, Pass. AIT Memphis.
M, STAY q. P. a. d 4. Ag't, Little Rock.
W. Il. SMITH. Supt, Memphis Tenn.
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Il. wHITmORE.
Publisher and Pranrietor.
French Cynieism. Irish Wit, Eng
l1sh humOr.

There has been no one like Tai
leyrand for cynicism; for, though
Jerrold has reputation for bitter
aloes, there was generally some fun
about his satire, which prevented
irritation on the part of its object.
Imagine a lady hearing this said of
her: "She is insupportable," with
the addition (as if the prudent
statesman had gone too far and
wished to make amends): "That
is her only defect" Thulieres, who
wrote on the Polish revolution,
once observed 81 never did but
one mischieyous work in my life"
"And when will it be ended?" in
quired Talleyrand. 1t was he who
remarked upon the murder of the
Duke d'Enghien, that sit was worse
than a crime; it was a blunder. /"
Curiously enough, Charles, Butler
said Of this 'that such an express
sion could never be uttered by an
Englishman, and could be heard
by no Englishman without disgust"
and yet this saying has been more
quoted of late-and seriously too
than almost any other, both
by our statesmen aud our news
paper writers. Madame de Stael
drew a portrait of him, as
an elderly lady, in her novel Of
Delphine, and also Of herself as the
heroine. "They tell me-" said be,
=" that we are both Of ne in your
novel in the disguise of women"
Perhaps his very best witticism was
upon an old lady Of rank who mar
ried a valet de chambre, and it was
made at the whist table. aAh,'
said he, 9" it was late in the game;
at nine we don't reckon honors."
They played long whist in those
times; we should say, Of course, ''at
foar," nowadays. There is nothing
more humorous than the account
of Curran's duel with Judge Egan.
The latter was big man, and d.
rected the attention of the second
to the advantage which in this re-
spect his adversary had over him.
"Ile may hit ME as easily as he
would haystack, and | might as
well be aiming at the edge Of a
knife as at his lean carcass"
WE'LL" said Curran, "lot the
gentleman chalk the size of my
body on your side, and LET every
bali hitting outside of that so for
nothing"
Even Sydney Smith never beat
this; bpt he said many things as
humorous as this one of Curran's ;
and, indeed, was always saying
them. Here is one, also, as it hap
pens, respecting fat and leannebs.
Speaking of having been sham
pooed at Mahomme6's Baths at
Brighton, he said: They squeezed
enough out of me to make lean
curate." Every one knows the ad-
vice he gave to the Bishop Of New
Zealand, just before his departure
for that cannibal diocese: "a bishop
should be given to hospitality, and
never be without o smoked little
boy in the bacon rack and . cold
missionary ON the sideboard." The
above is perhaps the best example
Of the lengths to which Sydney
Smiths imagination would run in
the way of humor; &s the following
is the most characteristic stroke OF
Jerrold's eauSlic tongue: AT a GER
tain supper of Sleeps heads a guest
was SO charmed with his fare that
he threw down bis knife and fork,
exclaiming: "Well, soy !, sleeps
heads forever" That's egotism,
said Jerrold.
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RAILRoApa.
RAILROADS.
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
AND
Great Southern Railroad.
SCHEDULE.

Fxpress train leaves daily Except
satur day. ......; li;D9 pm
AL au Train leaves daily q. ID
Accommodation leaves daily lex
cent Sunday ).,..."....", ......''."''' 4'lo pm
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
For tickets or information, apply az Ticket
Once. Isl Main, northwest corner Of Madison
JOHN t. FLYNN, sap't Memphis Div.
JAMES SPERD, Ticket Agent, Izt
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MISSISSIPPI g. TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
Change of Schedule.

MEMPHIS. TENN, November 25, 1876.
.ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, NOV. 2STR,
" 1876, trains will run as follows;
Leave. Arrive.
New Orleans mail, daily ..S:35 pm. l2:45 pm
Sardis Ac'm' dation, daily
Except Sunday .:;..'.;..ll;OO am 9OV an
cent sunday ............7.99 am. 5:9Op.m
Isl M. BURKE, Sup't.