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Economical Sugar Production.
New Iberia Sugar-Bowl.I

Sugar with less than two cords of
wood to the hogshead. Such was the
result attained by Mr.. C. H. Hinckley
of Charenton, who, after fully inves-
tigating its merits, put up an Escu-
der evaporator, and the results at
tanned were even better than he ex-
pected. He kindly sent us sample
of his sugar, and il was better than
any other open kettle sugar We have
ever seen. He personally informed
us that he only used an average of
one cord and three-quarters of wood
to the hogshead. These are not the
only merits of the Escudier evapora-
tor, however, for Mr.. Hinckley says
he alone attended to all the kettles,
skimming and transferring the juice
perfectly, while his little sons ran the
mill and fed the cane unaided. Think
of that, ye planters who have to en-
plOy fifty or hundred hands to take
off crop, and sometimes make no
more sugar than Mr.. Hinckley did
with this simple and effective appa-
ratns. Besides making eleven hogs
heads for neighbors, his crop was
fifty three hogsheads, which sold for
upwards of 5000, while the whole
cost of production was only $1,000
and he has corn, potatoes aud meal
enough to last for a year to come, all
made by himself. This illustrates
not only the merits of the Eseudiel
Evaporatnr, which will soon come
into common use, but also demon.
strates what men of small means car
do at sugar farming in Louisiana.
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centred around the President of the
Senate, has been suddenly transferred
to the "great unknown of the Su-
preme Court. Who is it to be n
which has only had reference to one
of the two Presidential candidates
heretofore, is now as earnestly applied
to the discovery of this unknown
man who is to figure so largely as the
arbiter of our destinies.
No one familiar with Washington
and with the habitues of the Capitol,
can fail to notice the presence about
the lobbies of the building during the
daily sessions, scores of we'll dressed
men of the world, apparently, very
affable generally, and well qualified
for their duties-that Of lobbyists.
They haunt the Capitol by day, and
in the evening are congregated in
knots about the hotel and newspaper
offices, or are engaged in making calls
upon members of Congress. It is
said that hardly one of the great mo-
nopolies whose interests are liable to
be affected by Congressional action,
is without its representatives here,
watching to defeat inimical legisla-
ton, and striving to secure new fayors
through the aid of needy or greedy
members of Congress. It had been
predicted that the prevailing business
depression and political complications
would act to deter them from their
maurauding purposes this winter.
But those most competent to judge,
estimate their numbers as considerably
larger than for years. The superiority
of women in this line has been recog-
nized, aud large numbers importune
members at their hotels, on the streets
and at the Capitol for favors that
would not be granted their male CO.
laborers.
After mountains OF abuse have been
heaped upon the Secretary of the
Navy, and after the lapse of year,
during which it was all the time pre-
tended that the House Committee
which had him under surveillance
was about to recommend his impeach-
ment, the committee has reluctantly
reported that no cause for impeach-
ment has been found. No man, nnless
it is the President, has been more
persistently vilified than Secretary
Robson. He has been made the spe-
cial target of the whole Democratic
press, led by the pirate editor of the
New York San.
The discontinue and humiliation
of Mr.. Hewitt have been made more
intolerable by the report of the DEM
ocratic committee with Cox at its
head, declaring that the charges
against Postmaster James were base
less.
The rain and warm weather of the
past week have released the Potomac
from it's fetters of ice but to-day an
other Arctic wave seems impending.
Social life here continues at very
low ebb. The city is almost bare of
the usual visitors, and no one seems
disposed to spend money unneces-
sarily and all eyes are turned long
ingly towards Lent, which will afford
a pretext for retiring from season
that has been deficient in spirit and
pleasure. Soup houses have been es-
tablished at various points, and still
many starving ones are unprovided
with food. SENTINEL.
n.-
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Our New York Letter.

A broadway FarIn-Sherif' 3
Omcers-Crazy Patent NEedi-
cine NHen-The Suffering Poor
Gold Hunting - Business -
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-13
WrestIinr IN Brittany.

The wrestlers appear (says Har-
perl in the arena, barefooted, and
clad only in short wide pantaloons,
or rather drawers reaching to the
knee, and new shirts, formed how
ever of the coarsest material. On
first catching sight of each other,
the two eomhatants advance into
the middle of the ring, and shake
hands in presence of the by-standers,
They mutually swear that they have
had recourse neither to sorcery, MOI
to any arts of divination or witch
craft, and promise to contend to.
gether fairly and Loyalty in the
approaching engagement, Then
they close, and the struggle begins,
And now, on all sides, are heard
the shouts and cries of the specta
tors, who, appealing to each wrestler
by name, bid him remember tina
he has got to sustain the honor of hi
parish, and the glory and reputa
tion Of his native village. Th,
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XIV MEMPHIS TENN FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1877,

Why, there isno end to this con-
fusion. Of course, Mrs. Parton
can't be aunt and mother at the
same time. The idea is absurd.
We see now where we were in error.
The exact relationship may be
stated thus: Parton is a father and
lis it a half or fourth grandfather?
No matter; call it a half. Conse-
quently that baby isis
Now Fanny Fern took him as
her third husband, and Parton's
present wife being her daughter,
and not his, that daughters baby
is no kin to him. That sounds
absurd, too, very. Allowing it is
Parton's child, to begin with. Par
ton is father, and he is just as
much its grandfather, unless it is
the intention not to permit the
poor thing to have any grandfather
at all. Fanny Ferns third hus-
band, and this baby is the child Of
the daughter, every time he takes
it to his knee-it couldn't possibly
be twins, could it? No, that isn't
it. Yet there does appear to be
two generations on one kneel That
is the most ridiculous idea of all.
Why, if that child were really Fanny
Ferns daughters child, and Parton
was third husband to Fanny, and
father to her daughter now, it amt
possible Parton could pick himself
up and dandle himself on his own
kuee. This is the most serious
matrimonial complication we have
tried to solve. We are unable tC
do more than crack the shell, the
real kernel appears to be shrouded
in complications as numerous al
the folds enwrapping an Egyptian
mummy. We are afraid to pursue
the subject any further, lest tn,
horrible suspicion that dawns upor
us that that baby should prove t.
be Parton's father should be veri
fed. AS it is, we think it ough
not to be Parton's father.
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had received in baptism that gen
tleman's name, and he considered
himself the foster son of his bene-
factor. Here was the explanation
of the mystery. Teoona, alias Mr..
Abercrombie, was man of more
than average intelligence. Besides
his native tongue, he spoke Eng
lish, German and Russian perfectly;
and he assured me that he knew
several other languages equally
well. His life had been devoted to
missionary work, and especially to
translating and printing the scrip
lures. He had labored first in
Astrakhan, then for four years and
a half in Persian the service Of
the Bale mission-and afterward
for six years in Siberia. The Scot
tish mission was suppressed by the
Emperor Nicholas about the year
1885, and all the missionaries ex-
cept two returned home. The son
Of one of these two Galloway ID
the only genuine Scotchman re-
naming. OF the Circassian
Scotchmen" " there are several, most
Of whom have married Germans
The other inhabitants are German
colonists from the province of Sar.
atof, and German is the Language
commonly spoken in the village
From Russia" by D. Mackenzie
Wallace.
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combat is very frequently sustained
with vigor for nearly an hour, for,
in order that the victory be com
plete and decisive, it is absolutely
essential that one of the combatants
shall succeed in throwing his adyer-
sary twice upon his back, in such
manner as to make him touch the
ground with both shoulders. When
the plaudits Of the crowd have
saluted the conqueror, the latter
seizes, by one of his horns, the ram,
the prize of his victory, and pre-
ceded by the minstrels, makes three
times the circuit Of the list, ele-
yating the animal above his head,
in order that it may be seen by all.
There are some wrestling matches
occasionally held in which may be
counted more than a hundred com
batants. Many adopt this rude
profession for the sake of gain; but
there are several wealthy farmers
who enter the arena for the mere
sake of the amusement derivable
from the combat, and the honors
to be procured by the victory.
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Iames PaElpn's Baby.
Pittsburg 0hroniGle.l

1ltOSpuIB SutOhNlosl
1t is stated that "Mr. James Par
ton is rejoicing over his first baby"
Parton? Parton? Yes, we remem-
ber, now, Parton married Fanny
Fern. Was her third husband.
And when she died he married her
daughter-his stepdaughter. But
he could not endure being q step
father. 1t was repugnant to his
feelings. So he married her, and
then discovered the laws of the
State did not recognize such mar
riageg, and asked the lawmakers
to make a little law for him, but
they refused, and he moved off the
premises without notifying the
landlord, since which time we have
not heard of him until this baby
reminded us Of these things, But
what bothers us now is to fix Mr..
Parton's relationship-or rather his
numerous relationships-to that
baby. In the first place, ought we
to call him a father or a grand
father? Because it is his child
and his grandchild. But if that
baby is his grandchild and Parton
is its father, bless us, Parton must
be brother to himselfl That il
quite clear. And if Parton is hi
own brother, why, then he must b,
uncle to that baby. That follows
Of course. And if he is uncle t,
that baby his wife must be its aunt
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GARIBALDI.
Something Absut His DOmeGti
Troubles.

Something AbSut His Domestic
Troubles.
Paris Correspondence New York world.l
Meanwhile a good deal of amuse-
ment has been caused by the dis
eoveries of one of those French
writers, to whom nothing is sa.
cred, and who has been prying into
the domestic affairs of Garibaldi.
1t seems that the Italian patriot has
allowed the law to complicate his
family relations in the oldest way.
He has two wives, one of them
legitimate, the other d" ofiicial;"
two bastard sons whom the law
holds to be the sons of another; a
son recognized by law who is a
bastard, and two bastard sons whom
the law will not allow him to rec
cgnize. One Of his wives is the
Marchesa Raimondi, who used to
live in a magnificent villa on the
banks of the Lake Como. The
father, an obstinate and fanatic old
politician, promised or rather Of
fered her to "the hero" but hel
heart was already given to a young
French officer, who carried her of
on her marriage night only tC
abandon her very quickly. and
to-day she is living in strict
seclusion with her son at Tomato
The other wife was the nurse o.
Garibaldl's son-in- law, a very differ
ent creature from the elegant, sen.
timental, vaporing marchesina o.
the Lake of Como. The Cincin'
natus of Caprera saw her while
engaged in her humble duties anC
loved her, and the Gazette now
announces that Nine Francesci
Capocci is the official spouse o
General Giuseppe Garibaldi. Thc
eldest son is the well known Ne
motif Garibaldi, who is said to dresI
and talk like cattle drover; tt
have drawn up the scheme of {
railway system for Calabria, t
which, when executed, the author
tiles objected on the score that tht
bridges were of card board and tn,
tunnels Of plaster; and to hay,
since made very reasonable littl,
profit cut Of religious corporation
and imaginary drainages of TIN
Tiber. Ricciotti II, being the beS
; looking of the family, was sent t,
England to swell its ancestral stor
by marriage, and it is needless t,
say that he soon found a "blond
, Miss d'Angleterre," who listened t,
his addresses. Unfortunately,
says our gossip, =" they had reck
oned without papa, my lord, VIII
disinherited them, Riociotti ha
] the daughter, but not tho money
! They have never forgiven him a
Caprera.n
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FemnIo Doctors.

The President of the Kentucky
Medical Society, at meeting Of
that organization held at Louis
vile last week, took occasion to- say
some hard things abont women
doctors. So says the Louisville
Commercial. We can see no reason
why women should not become the
very best of doctors. They GER
tainly would have as much sympa-
thy for their patients, and would
take as much interest in them, as
males. The idea that women are
incapable of becoming as proficient
in the profession as men is all bosh.
Intellectually men are not superior
to women. 1t is all a matter Of
education, and if women have the
same opportunities they will be
able to accomplish the same result.
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INSURANCE AGENT.
INSURANCE AGENT.
JOHN I. TOMLINSON.
No. II Madison Street,
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

Represents the following Insurance Cos:
Queen, of Liverpool and London,
Assets, SIS. .0OO,Oo
London Assurance, Of London,
Assets, Sl5,0oO,OO0.
Royal, of Liverpool and London,
Assets, SIG, ,555, OIL 16.
Mechanics & Traders, of New York,
CMarine), Assets, S620,sss.
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Trustees sale.

: - DHVIIU u ,lHNIUg NVUHNyI AVHH'
By W. D. CANNON, d. 5.
EdrinFton, Attorney for plaintiff. 31-97-4.
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ENGLISH sUPERSrITIONs.
The Necessity of Ghosts for Mnin
tanning Family Dignity.


tanning Family Dignity.
Mr.. Moncure d. Conway writes
as follows from London to the Gin
cinnati Commercial:
l know of some cases in which
the belief in ghosts is fostered in
a neigborhood simply through be-
ing necessary to a family legend.
Somewhere in the dawn of time
an ancestor appeared after death
perhaps to stimulate a vendetta, as
HamIet's father did-and the legend
having grown up that he always
appears at a certain time, is now
considered essential to the conse-
quence Of the family. Or it may
be that some doom is recorded in an
old ballad upon the representative
of an ancient family, and its regu-
lar fulfillment is part Of the family
archives. This is the case with the
Durhams, whose oldest member is
believed never to die in his bed be-
cause of doom upon the Lamb
tons. The recurrence Of the un-
comfortable death is a sort of certi-
ficate of descent from the famous
but very mythical knight (Lambton)
who slew the dragon. About
thirty dragons are maintained in
the peasant creeds of this country
in Difference to family histories
whose fame for prowess would be
dimmed by proving the combats oI
their founders with such fabulous
monsters to be mythical. Few old
families regard science as Of equaI
Importance with a picturesque page
in their romance.
How real a long-fostered belief il
a legend may become is strikingly
illustrated in the very general pre-
valence of the banshee superstition
among the high families Of ireland
This weird spirit, whose voice il
heard on the evening before dealt
in the family, is considered to b,
in every case specially related to tn
family it warns of calamity. Eacl
high family has its own banshee
and it is very plebeian sign to b
without one. A family without thi
invisible attendant is like one with
out hall porter in livery. Th
distinction of having a family ban
shee has so long been essential tina
the superstition seems to be quit
unoonquerable. recently met a
eminent physician in London wh
comes of an ancient Irish family
and while he could ridicule Spirit
uahsm and talk scientifically o
every other subject, no sooner wa
the banshee mentioned thar he re
lapsed into the measureless pas
and assured the company that h
had himself heard the cry of hi
family banshee, on the night befol
a death in the house ga voice jus
outside the windoW, unlike an
earthly sound he had ever heard
J
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RAILROADS.
Louisville and Great Southern

HIS p. m. hight Express Connects at Milan
for St. Louis and Chicago. at Mckenzie .SI ioI
Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta and the
Southeast, at5uthrie for HoPkinsyille, Hen;
derson and Evansville, at Louisville for all
points North and Eost'
ll:25 am. nay Express-Cennects fer 81.
Louis and Chicago. at Louisville for all
points North uRd East.
AIS pm. Milan Accommodation = Daily
except Sunday.
Pullman Palace Cars on either train 70 Louis
vile. and on Night train to Nashville:
Far tickets or Information, apply az IlcKe
Office, 2S7 Main, Northwest corner Madisor
street rr x,,,,r O.. 1r.,,,b;, D;x
LANES SPEED, Ticket Agent.
A
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LEGAL.
Sheriff's Sale Of Real Estate

DUBLIC NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN.
i that by virtue Of a venditioni exponas to
me directed from the Honorable Circuit Court
J. A GndersoS. administrator. vs.. Marv
Harris. judgment rendered on the Tth day of
June, 1875, for the sum of seven hundred and
thirty dollars and seventy-six cents, with
interest and costs of suit, to satisfy said judg
ment eta i will,
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On Tuesday, May 1, 1877,


in legal hours, in front of the Courthouse,
Memphis, Tennessee, proceed 20 sell, TO the
highest bidder, for cash, the following de-
scribed property, to-Wit:
One tract of land. the property of Mrs.
Mary Harris. situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
and about AZ miles southeast of the city OF
Memphis. beginning at the intersection of
Dunn and Otey avenues, running east with
the south side of Dunn avenue 10 chains and
63 links; thence south q chains and SO links
10 the northeast corner of the tract Mrs. Mary
Harris sold to Thos. W. Hunt; thence west
with the north line Of the said A-acre tract 10
chains and 63 links to Otey avenue, the north
west corner Of the said 2Lacre tract; thence
north along the west side of Otey avenue q
chains and 70 links to the beginning, contain
ing S6 acres by estimate, being all Of the CO.
acre trac. conveyed by Samuel p. Walker to
Mrs. Mary G. Harris in 1857 by deed regis
tered in the Registers Office, Shelby county,
Book 80, page 1893, excepting the "a acres con-
veyed by Mrs. Mary Harris to Ihos. W. Hunt
in 1853, BY deed registered in sail Register 5
office in Book SO, part /, page 45S, and refer
ence is made to said two deeds for further
description Of said So acres.
Also two lots in the city Of Memphis, Shelby
county, Tenn, known as lots SO and 60 in the
Wm. G.. Lane subdivision Of the Isler prop
erty, each lot fronting so feet on the west side
of Dunlap street, and running back l4S1a feet
between the lots conveyed by I'm. Ct. Lane TO
Jane, Bofo in 1860, BY deed registered in the
Register Office of Shelby county, in Book AZ,
page SIS, and the same conveyed 10 Mrs Mary
Harris in 1871 by deed registered in the Reg
ister's Office of Shelby county, in Book 81,
page 81. For further description Of said lots
reference is made to the said deeds above
mentioned.
Levied on as the property Of defendant.
Mrs. Mary Harris, to satisfy said judgment,
interest andoosts.
Memphis, 29th day Of March, 1917.
o. Il. ANDERSON,
Sheriff Of Shelby county, Tenn.
By W. D. CANNON, D. 5.
Edrinrtcn. Attorney for plaintiff. 31-37-43
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MEMPHIS g. LITTLE ROCK R.R-
,ShrOt Line to Arkansas and Texas

TIME CABDs
Leaves. Arrives.
Mo;r train. aaily.........5.OO pm. lilo pm.
freight train leaves Hope z,
Psssengers PyiI @ going on this road will take X
trains at the depot of the Louisville NashI MaiI
vile lie and Great Southern railroad: MAI al
trains make close connection aI A[gsnsss r.t III
rpeiIread and ut Little Rock with the Cairo
and Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
Arkansas and Texas. .u,;uht
trains. a T;,l,ot
offices 27s and 2S7 Main street, and at Depot
fSot Of Washington street, OF at Louisville
Nashville and Great Southern railroad depot
O. to tho undersigned. =, ,tA..
V. A. WILLIAMS, Pass. Ag't, Memphis.
". d. SMITH, sup't. Memphis Tenn.
rCQ I
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MISSISSIPPI g. TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
Change of Schedule.
MEMPHIS. TENN, March 8. 1917.

O,NAND AFTER SUNDAY, MARCH 4TH,
[ J ISL, trains will ruR as follows;
Leave. Arrive.
New Orleans mail, daily ;..S:4O pm. E;4O pm
sardis Ac'm 'dation, daily, Om -
leTeept sunday .:;...,;...ll;So am I'd g. u
Freight train, daily tex. s.oo -
cert sunday )....'''';;o' pn6Wr q; vi SiSD
TO-f Ms DO Rhht S1F :.
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New Advertisements.

opp a week in your own town. Terms and
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Portland Maine