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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-24

Skeptics who insist that the forty
days fast in the wilderness was a
physical impossibility will not be
prepared to believe that DR.. Tan
ner, of Minneapolis, Mimi, has
lived on water for forty-two days.
He states that he was anxious to
prove that human life could be pro-
Ionged without the use OF any nour.
ishment whatever, and began his
fast under the eyes of an associate
physician, who examined him fre-
quentiy and kept a record of all
the symptoms. For forty-two days
he remained without food, taking
walk every day in the open air
and q swallow Of water whenever IN
olination prompted. On the fortieth
day walked Quito Lake Cedar and
drank too much cold water, in con-
sequence of which the action of his
heart was weakened so that not the
faintest trace of pulsation could be
discovered at the wrist. These
symptoms soon disappeared, and on
the last day Of his fast, although
he had lost eighteen pounds in
weight, be felt SO strong and we'll
that he was confident that he could
hold out for two weeks longer, On
returning to his feed he ate spar
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-24
MEMPHIS TENN. SATURDAY EVENING NOVEMBER a. 1871

Of the public houses. Within, they
contrast very favorably with other
places of business, and the tidy,
good looking bar-maids are a fea.
ture more calculated to attract than
repel good custom. When people
drink all beer the other places where
beer is not sold cannot well be
other than reasonably decent. |
would not be understood as saying
that the average English public
house is a thoroughly rep
utable place, but is less
Objectionable than our Amer
lean saloons. In most public
houses girls wait upon the bar, and,
so far as l can see, they are gene
rally quite as intelligent and well
behaved as those who wait upon
customers in other branches of
business. At any busy part of the
day you would not often look into
a public house without seeing a fair
sprinkling of women present.
There is plenty Of mere coarseness,
but little or no profanity, and very
seldom any real yulgarity. OF
drunkenness there is a plenty, but
it does not SO often manifest itseli
in real violence as in America.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-24
Louisville and Great Southern R.R.

ll20 pm Night ExpreSs-Daily except
Saturday Connects at Milan for St. Louis
and Chicago, at Mckenzie for Nashville.
CHATTANOOGA, Atlanta and the Southeast,
atGuthrie for AOpkinsville, Henderson and
Evansville, at Louisville for all points
North aRd East.
ilI10 am. Day Express-Connects for st.
Lo uis and Chicago. at Louisville for all
points North and East.
4.4O pm. Milan ACcommodation-Dail
excep, Sunday,
Vile. antt on Night train to Nashville,
Office. 287 n, ain, Northwest corner Madison
Jas. MONTG 0MERY, sup't Memphis Div.
JAMES SPEED, Ticket Agent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-24

Miss Majoribanks, the tiance of
the Earl Of Aberdeen, has made in
one day no less than three lengthy
speeches in reply to public deputa-
tions presenting addresses of con-
graduation upon the forthcoming
event, and this Notwithstanding
that the husband designate was pres.
ent to have replied on her behalf
had she deemed it necessary. Lord
Aberdeen, in replying to the con-
gratulations of the members of the
Social Congress, entertained by him
at his northern residence, made the
curious observation: 81 will not
deny that for some time back l have
had this matter very much on my
mind"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-24
CONFEDERATE COFFEE.
HOW 1t was Made and SWeetened-
Cookery Book HeeipeB.

HOW ft Was Made and Sweetened-
Cookery Book HeelpeB.
Mrs. NJ. P, Handy in Philadelphia Timesl
Rye coffee, with the coffee left
out, was the Confederate breakfast
drink, and when sweetened with
sorghum was a dose to be remem-
bered. Cane sugar, though it
brought high prices, and was re-
garded as a luxury in the last days
Of the Confederacy, was always to
be had in plenty, for those who
could buy it. Sorghum, however,
was the "sweetening" best known
and cheapest in Confederate times.
Every planter cultivated it, every
owner of even a few acres had at
least one Of those acres set in sor-
ghum cane. Hougekeepers rung
the changes on it in every possible
form. Sorghum cakes, sorghum
pudding with sorghum sauce, sor-
ghum pies-all these and more were
on their bills of fare. Preserves
were put up with it, and the syrup
itself was a standard article of food
on most Southern tables. Indeed,
it is scarcely too much to say that
the hardy Chinese sugar.cane was
one Of the pillars of the Confede-
racy, inasmuch as it became staple
article of food at a time when food
was scarce and famine seemed to
draw near. The list of recipes in
Confederate cookery book reads
oddly enough. Yeast from dried
apples" "ditto from life ever
lasting" " "calves' foot jelly without
wine or lemons" brand and vinegar
being the substitutes; "hard candles
without wax" and Confederate
gum arabic" which last was cherry
glue dissolved in vinegar, are among
those which | remember. Juvenile
Confederates had few sweetmeatS or
candies, ana one Of our household
trials was that we could never coax
sorghum into anything like taffy-
thick jelly-like syrup was the near
est approach thereto Of which it was
susceptible. Red pepper and must
ard were made at home in plenty
from homegrown mustard seed and
cayenne peppers. The mustard
was beaten in a mortar, or ground
in a spice-mill with comparative
ease; but the preparation of the
pepper was a trying time for the
household. First strung and dried
in the sun; then, to make
sure, dried again in the oven,
the pods were rubbed into pow
der with heavy wooden pestles
in a wooden trough, and run
through a sieve. This Suficed for
ordinary purposes, but for the cas-
ters the product was again dried,
pounded and sifted. The work was
done in an clubhouse by yelled wo,
men, but a general atmosphere of
sneezing and weeping always ac-
Companied the pepper making.
Black pepper-to be had only in
small quantitieS-rose steadily in
price throughout the war, until in
April, 1865, it was sold for three
hundred dollars pound, an amount
equal, at the scale afterward fixed
for Confederate money values, to
more than seven dollars in gold.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-24
RAILROADS.
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON
RAILROAD.

cCHEDULE ON AND AFTER SEPT. IG,
- 1877:
Leaves. Arrives.
Mail and Express. daily. y.ll,5Op.m 5.45 pm
daily iox. sundayS...... 5.OOp.m s.1sa.m
TiIne Twenty Minutes Faster than
City Time.
SOmerville train will stop at reg
mlnr and flag stations.
The III. 80 pm. Train makes the quick
est time ever made TO Chattanooga. Knox
vile. Lynchburg, Washington, and the East,
and will stop at all Regular StatiOHs, and at
Flag Stations when tagged except Flag Sta
lions between Collierville AID Memphis.
Ticket effice 27S MAiu street and Depot
Memphis and Charleston railroad.
JOHN A. GRANT,
Chief Engineer and General Sup't.
7. S. DAVANr,
I2+ Assistant General Passenger Agent
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-24
BRITISH PUBLIC HOUSES.
Drinking Habits of the English
PoOpls.

PoOpIF.
London Cor. New York SUM-
In Great Britain everybody, APP
proximately speaking, drinks wine,
ale or beer-women and children
not excepted. A very large ma
iority of the English people look
upon ale and beer as being quite as
necessary part of their living as
tea and cofee-and as being quite
as legitimate, In the United States
drinks that will intoxicate have
been nearly banished from good
society, except in fashionable circles
and among the lower strata of the
people. In England a man who
does not drink is an oddity. Alb
stinence is locked upon as a whim;
few can detect in it a real prin-
ciple.
When the temperance people get
together they do indeed make a fair
muster, but when they have dis
perSed, and all gone hither and
thither to their homes, they are few
and far apart, Nearly all families
keep jugOf beer or ale in the house,
and all partake daily. When the
jug is empty, the wife or daughter
thinks nothing of running into the
public house for a new supply.
In the United States our drink
ing places or saloons" (they are
never called saloons in Great Brit
ain) are mostly places where a wo-
man is rarely seen, and whore men
are often ashamed to be seen. The
English public house is compara-
lively respectable. The occupation
is itself considered reputable, and
the most attractive house fronts in
almost any business street are those
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-24
Remedy for FeIon.

Take the root of the plant known
as dragon root, Jack-in- -the-pulpit,
or Indian turnip, either green or
dry; CRATE about one-half a tea
spoonful into four tablespoonsful of
sweet milk; simmer gently few
minutes, then thicken with bread
crumbs, and apply as hot as posi-
bic. This can be heated again two
or three times, adding a little milk
each time. If the felon is Just
starting this will drive it back; if
somewhat advanced, will draw it
out quickly and gently. 1t is well
to put a little tallow on the poul-
tice, especially after opening, to
prevent sticking. This same poul-
tice is good for carbuncle or any
other rising.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-24
MEMPNlS B EITTLE ROCK R.R.
shrot Line to Arkansas and Texas.
TIME OARDi
Mail train, daily. 'oO p'Lh' ll.oV p,m
- Iof Inv

Leaves. Arrives.
Mail train, daily pm. n.3O pm.
Freight train daily lex:
sunday ........ ........,...7 90 am. $40 m.
Passengers going on this road will take
t-ains at the depot of the Louisville, Nash
VILE and Great Southern railroad. Mail
trains make close connection at Argenta for
noin Is on the Little Rock and Fort Smith
railro ad and at Little Rock with the Cairo
and Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
Arkansas and Texas.
pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
Fer tickets and information apply at Ticket
Offices 27S ana 2S7 Main ctreet. and at depot
foot of Washington street, or at Louisville,
Nashville and Great Southern railroad depot,
or 10 the undersigned.
Il. A. WILLIAMS, Pass. Ag't Memphis.
M. S. JAY, q. P. avd L. Ag't. Little Rock.
WE. SMITH, Sup't. Memphis Tenn.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-24

iugly at first, but soon had to blunt
the edge of an enormous appetite.
Whereunto, and unto much more
Of like import, he is willing to make
oath and affix his seal.
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MISSISSIPPI g. TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
sCH EDULB.

ON aud after Wednesday. November IL,
" 1877, trains will run as follews:
Leave. Arrive.
Main Train daily......... 500 pm. 1:05 pm
SSrdis Accommodation
daily tex. Sundays ..-1l;50 am. 9:l5 am
Freight Train daily Tex.
Sundayg) ......... ............ 500 am. 400 D. m
64-t NJ BURKE, Sup't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-24

This is to give notice that all citizens
troubled with cough or cold should at
once procure bottle of DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup. Price 25c
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RAILBOAD TINE TABLE.
MEMPHIS AND LOUISVILLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.

MEMPHIS Az h6hL sTON a.R.
Arrives. Leaves.
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PRINCELY SCANDAL.

Queen Victoria and Lady Flora Has.
tlngB-The Prince OF Wales and
Has FltrtattOns.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-27
Aneedoto Of Presldent Lincoln.

The following original and char
acteristic anecdote of President Lin
coin comes to US from Western
correspondent:
l am reminded very foreibly of an
interview which once had with the
martyr President by reading in the
Editors Drawer of your Magazine
what one of your correspondents re-
lates in regard to a similar interview.
l called upon Mr.. Lincoln soon after
he was first installed in the White
House. In the room where Mr..
Lincoln granted interviews, etc.,
were several persons who were wait
ing their turn to speak with him. |
listened to the requests of several
men and women, and l saw that
very few were granted what they
solicited. / had a seat at the other
end. Soon after l was seated, in
walked several officers in the Span
ish navy to pay their compliments to
Mr.. Lincoln. By some means they
were directed toward my end of the
table, and i saw they took me for
the President. Mr.. Lincoln saw the
same thing, and hastily signaled me
to ego ahead" as he expressed it,
and receive them. | rose, shook
hands with each officer, and ex-
changed a few words with them,
which would have been, / suppose,
appropriate, had indeed been Pres
ident. The moment their backs
were turned 1 looked toward Mr..
Lincoln. He was shaking with
laughter. l thought now l had
paved the way to win the position l
had come to ask. ] made up my
mind to address the President in a
new way, and thus add to the hold l
already had upon him. So, when
my time came, stepped up to Mr..
Lincoln and said,
"Sir, / have seen the annoyance to
which you are subjected by so many
and often-repeated requests for in
Vulnerable positions, etc. Now if
you will permit me to shake hands,
l will try and smother my desire for
a certain position which l had come
to ask from you.o
Mr.. Lincoln jumped up, and grasp
ing my hand, said,
'tSir, you are one man in a thou
sand. ] am dOst6ty indebted to you.
You have been the means of convey.
ing to those Spanish officers that the
President of the United States is a
very handsome man, and then you
do not even ask an office. But" he
added, shasr7y home. You may re-
pe,st."
1t is sufficient to add that l hur-
ried.-Editor's Drawer, in Harper's
Magazine for May.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-27

Opium comes principally from Turkey,
and the war with Russia, If it should be
protracted, will materially interfere with
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-27
A slight mistake.

The present Archbishop of Dub
lin, the gifted author of the work,
so widely known, an the Study OF
Words, is not in very robust health,
and has been for many years appre-
hensive of paralysis. At a recent
dinner in Dublin, given by the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, his Grace sat
on the right of his hostess, the Du-
chess of Abercorn. In the midst of
the dinner the company was startled
by seeing the archbishop rise from
his seat, and still more startled to
hear him exolaim, in a dismal and
sepulchral tone, "It has come! it
has come!"
"What has come, your Grace?"
eagerly cried half dozen voices
from different parts of the table.
"What l have been expecting for
twenty years." solemnly answered
the arehbishop-sa stroke of paraly-
sis. I have been pinching myself
for the last twenty minutes, and find
myself entirely without sensation.
"Pardon me, my dear aFchbish=
op,H said the duchess, looking up to
him with a somewhat quizzical smile
-tpardon me for contradicting you,
but it is 7 that you haze been pinch
ialg." EDITORS Drawer, in Harper S
Magazine for Nag,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-27
BLACK HILLS AND NEBRASKA
Resources, Relations, Railways
Rush of Immigration, Etc.


Messrs. Eds.-Sidney, the new point of
departure for the Black Hills, in the south
west corner of Nebraska, on the Union Pa
cific Railway, Ala miles west of Omaha, is
just now the scene of great building en-
terprise and business activity. The town
is amply supplied with stream of pure,
cold spring water by the government aque-
duct from Lodgepole Greek. Since the
completion of the substantial new bridge,
1900 feet long, across the North Platte, IA
miles north of the town, and the recent es-
tablishment of daily stage line from Sid
ney to Deadwood; with such ample militia
~ protection that no Indian depradatIons
have yet been committed on the route, Sid
ney has become great outftting point for
the Black hills country, which undoubted-
ly comprises the largest and richest gold
fields ever discovered. Capt. Miner, of
Deadwood. showed me nugget of pure
gold worth ffty-four dollars, and says that
he washed out $500 there last summer Ill
less than month, and that every claim in
Deadwood Gulch pays well. During the
few months this country has been open, the
area of placer and gulch mining territory
that has been sufficiently developed to
prove its unparalleled richness, is more
than three times as large as that of Cali
fornia. But like all good gold mining dis
tricts, the Black Hills has very little good
farming lands, and must secure food sup
plies from some other locality. South
eastern Nebraska is the nearest, and is a
superior farming and fruit-growing eoun-
try, as the innumerable small streams
which rise few miles south of the Platte,
flowing south and east-forming the Weep
ing Water, Nemaha, Big Blue, Little Blue
and Republican rivers, give more rich
valley land, in very mild and healthful
climate, than can be found in any equal
area on the continent. In colony of
about fifty families near Lincoln; there
has been but one death during the last two
years.
While travelling less than five hundred
miles over the Burlington & Missouri Riv-
er Railroad, last week, saw more new
dwellings, stores, barns, bridges, school
houses and churches, than in eight thous-
and miles through Texas, Arkansas, Kan
sas and Colorado, during the last year
From Lincoln, Lowell, Havard, Hastings,
Fairmount, Crete and other towns along
this road over six thousand carloads of
wheat were shipped during 1876, and a
larger quantity of corn is now eribbed
along the line. At Platsmouth and 0ma-
ha this road connects with the G. B. & Q.
and runs west, crossing the headwaters of
most of the rivers above named, connect
ing with the q. P. at Kearney Junction,
about 80 miles west Of Omaha, giving di-
rect railway communication with Sidney
for the Black Hills, insuring ready mar
ket and good prices for all farm, garden,
dairy and orchard products, EXAMINER.
Sid,av Nah ADriI 9TH 1877
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-27
Frog Soup.

Mr.. Breck's father was a rich mer-
chant in Boston, who was agent for
the French government, and brought
into close connection thus with the
French officers attached TO the
squadron which for time was an
ehored in Boston Harbor. His house
was the resort of the foreigners, who
were looked upon with unbounded
curiosity by the Boston people,
brought for the first time into ac-
quaintance with a nation uniformly
traduced by the British. It was in
credible to them that persons who
were popularity supposed to subsist
mainly on frogs should be so plump
and well-faYored; but the original
facts were stoutly maintained and
supported by the rumor that they
had been discovered hunting for
their faVorite food in the Frog Pond
on the Common.
'FWith this last notion in his head,
Mr.. Nathaniel Tracy, who lived in a
beautiful villa at Cambridge, for
merly Wsshington's headquarters,
and now Mr.. Longfellow's house,
made a great feast for the admiral
and his officers. Every thing was
furnished that could be had in the
country to ornament and give varie-
ty to the entertainment. Nv father
was one of the guests, and told me
often after that two large tureens of
soup were placed at the ends of the
table. The admiral sat on the right
of Tracy, and M, De L'Etombe on
the left. L'Etombe was Consul of
France, resident at Boston, Tracy
filled plate of soup, which went to
the admiral, and the next was hand
ed to the CONSUL. As soon as
L'Etombe put his spoon into the
plate, he fished up a large frog, just
as green and perfect as if he had
hoped from the pond into the tu-
reen. Not knowing at first what it
was, he seized it by one of its hind
legs, and holding it up in view of
the whole company, discovered that
it was a full-grown frog. AS soon
as he had thoroughly inspected it,
and made himself sure of the matter,
he exclaimed, 'Ah! mon Dieu! une
grenouille = Thsn turning to the
gentleman next to him, gave him
the frog, He received it and passed
it round the table. Thus the poor
crap0lSd made the tour from hand to
hand until it reached the admiral.
The company, convulsed with laugh
ter, examined the soup plates as the
servants brought them, and in each
was to be found a frog. The upFoar
was universal, Meantime Tracy
kept his ladle going, wondering
what his outlandish guests meant by
such extravagant merrlment.