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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-27
For the Heather or for These ?
Wilkesbarre PAL Leader.l

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The house was small, and located
in one of the many little street,
that are hidden from the public
eye by reason of their modest pre-.
tension. A constable stood outside
superintending the removal of {
load of well-worn household furni.
ture. AT the door was a woman
clasping to her frail breast a little
baby scarcely six months old. AT
her side and hanging on to her thin
skirts were three other children,
the eldest not above eight years OF
age. No one else was near. Not a
word was murmured as chair, bu-
reau, bed and table went out
through the narrow doorway and
on the cart that was backed up in
the front to receive the goods. The
face Of the mother was a picture of
sadness and despair. Her eyes we're
dimmed, her lips trembled, and the
little one at her breast seemed to
creep closer as the sighs of the
parent broke out now and then in a
heartrending manner. "0h, NAM
ma, don't let him take my horse,
don't let him take my horse, don't
let him take my horsew suddenly
exclaimed the eldest, a bright boy,
as he saw one of the men carrying
to the truck the defaced remnant
Of what was once a decent hobby
horse. "My little chair, my little
chair" cried another, a wee bit of
a girl; ooh! mamma, he's doin' to
take it away" 1t was pitiful
sight to witness, and the mothers
heart could not help making one
plea for the things her darlingS
craved. 1t was no use. Everything
was taken, and in a few moments
after the poor woman stood in the
center of what had once been a
cheerful parlor, now utterly desti-
tute, with only the cold, barren
floor meeting her gaze. In another
hour she and her little ones would
be turned into the streets, without
q friend, without food, without
shelter.
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A MEXICAN MONsTROSITY.
A Boy with ~ Transparent Head
Ryebrewa Under His Eyes and

A Boy with - Transparent Head,
Ryebrews Under His Eyes. and
Other Interesting PecnlIayi 1es.
The Mazatlan Occidental, a Mex
lean paper, contains an account of
an extraordinary phenomenon in
human nature. The mother of
this living curiosity is named An
tonia Garcia, residing in Rosario,
State Of Sinaloa. Her husband is
Lorenzo Rodriguez, a native of
Ohapuderos, district of Conco-dia,
in the same State. About nine
years ago Antonio gave birth to
twins, boys, who still live. Two
years afterward she gave birth to
three children, all of whom had
reached a natural state. About a
year ago she gave birth to another
child, which promises to develop
into monstrosity. This boy child
was born at Copala, and as soon as
the phenomenon was known to ex-
ist the parents had good grounds to
believe that it would be stolen, so
they moved to Rosario. The child,
according to the story Of its pro-
genitors, was born without other
defect than having an indentation
on its skull in the shape of cross.
But shortly the head began to grow
enormously, and at the end of one
year was from twelve to fourteen
inches in diameter. The indenta-
ton in another sense may be said
to resemble a hand grenade in the
form of a cross, commencing at the
forehead and running back to the
nnca or nape of the neck. The
other part Of the cross extends from
ear to ear The indentations are
from two to three inches in width,
and slightly covered with hair. In
the night time, by putting a light
across the head, the brains and
other material can be plainly seen,
as if a lighthouse were shining
upon them. The eyelids of this
creature instead of being above the
eye are below and almost encircling
it, growing upward. The forehead
has almost disappeared on account
of the deformity Of the head. The
whole body is extremely rickety,
and the skin appears to stick to the
dry bones. The monstrosity weighs
a little over ten pounds, is healthy
and promises to live many years,
and is beloved by its parents.
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stranger raised his pistol, took de-
llberate aim, at the ghostly mur-
derer, and pressed his finger upon
the trigger.
The apparition approached quick
ly, but in no hostile attitude. The
stranger stayed his hand. At length
the ghost addressed him in a voice
that was anything but sepulchral:
Here, Wilhelm, ye move out of
yer perch this minute and give me
a helping hand. Pve hit the game
while on the wing, haven't l 2"
The stranger was nonplussed for
a moment, but recovering himself,
he grumbled something, unintelli-
bic and leaped to the ground. One
word to his horse and the brave ami
NAL stood perfectly still. By the
snow-white trappings on the would
be ghost he was next enabled to
group his way in the dark toward
that individual, whom he found
bending over blackness, about the
size of a mon, on the road.
AS the tiger pounced upon his
prey, the stranger leaped upon the
STOPPING figure before him, and bore
it to the ground.
81 arrest you in the kings name,"
cried the stranger, grasping his
prisoner by the throat and holding
him tight. "Stir hand or foot
until | have you properly secured,
and I'll send your soul to eternity"
This was. such an unexpected
turn Of affairs that the would.be
ghost could hardly believe his own
senses, and was handcufed and
stripped of his dagger and pistol
before he could speak.
care you not my Wilhelm ?" he
grasped.
"NO, landlord" replied the indi-
vidual addressed, 81 am not. But
| am an officer of the king at your
service, on special duty, to do what
have tonight accomplished. Your
precious son Wilhelm, who you
thought was leading an innocent
sheep to slaughter, lies in the road
killed by his fathers hand"
Two weeks later, at Bruchsalt
prison in Baden, the landlord Of
the sign Of the deer and the Ghost
Robber of the Black Forest, who
was the same identical person, hav
ing been proven guilty of nnmer
GUS fendish murders and artfnlly
contrived robberies, committed al
different times in the Black Forest
paid the penalty of his crimes b.
letting fall his head from the exc
cutioner's ak, since when travelling
through Schwartzwald has not beer
so perilouS to life and purse, no
has there been seen any Ghostl,
Knight of the Road in that section
of the world.
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What do you think the beautiful
word "wife" comes from? It's the
great word in which the English
and Latin languages conquered the
French and Greek. | hope the
French will some day get a word
for it instead of that dreadful word
femme. But what do you think it
comes from9 The great value Of
Saxon words is that they mean
something. Wife means "weaver.''
You must either be housewives or
house-moths; remember that. In
the deep sense, you must either
weave mems fortunes aud embroider
them, or feed upon and bring them
to decay. Wherever a true wife
comes, home is always around nor,
The stars may be over her head;
the glow-worm in the night-cold
grass may be the fire at her foot;
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S6l,0s1, ,17s.6s
DIsBURsED I'm 1879.
To Policy HOldsrs"...-.. ........S6. OILS, 1858. .es
s6l,0Sl,l79.ss

THIS Company is purely mutual, not hay
i ing dollar Of stock. Its policy-holders
are the only members OF the Corporation. II
IS therefore in effect. simple partnership OF
persons for insuring each Others lives. There
being no stock, there can be no sale of the
Company from one set Of owners and man
ayers to ancsher; but its affairs remain per-
Petually in the entire control Of the members
themselves, to elect board Of twelve direc-
tors each year, This board meets weekly,
and directly superVises all the business Of the
Company.
The Company issues whole life policies with
either annual premiums for life, which it pre-
ters and recommends. or with limited mum
Der of premiums; II will also issue long-term
endowments. Experience has shewR thai
these are the most advantageous forms of pol
icies, both to the individual and TO the Gem
pany. We shall, therefore, restrict ourselves
to them.
The surplus earned in any year is returned
TO the following year, only by reduction OF
premium, thus limiting the payments to the
actual current cost Of the insurance.
In thirty years, this association OF men,
united in interests and purposes. as a single
feature in its history, hag paid to the repre-
sentatives of seven thousand five hundred and
sixty members who have died. the vast sum Of
twenty-five millions one hundred and twenty
nine thousand FIVE hundred and thirty-six
dcllArs--S25, ,129 ,6S6. 6.00-as follows:
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but home is where she is; and for
a noble woman, it stretches far
around her, better than houses
ceiled with cedar or painted with
vermilion, shedding its quiet light
far for those who else are homeless.
This / believe to be the woman's
true place and power Ruskin.
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MEMPHIS q LITTLE ROCK R.R.
Shrot LING @ Arkansas and Texas.
TIMEOARD'

Leaves. Arrives
Mail train, daily......--".5.SO pm. 1l.3O pm.
Freight train daily lex.
sunday. )........... .....~..7 100 am. so pm.
Passengers going on this road will take
trains at the depot Of the Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southern railroad. Mail
trains make close connection at Argenta for
points on the Little Rock and Fort Smith
railroad and at Little Rock with the Cairo
and Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
Arkansas and Texas.
trains.
Fer tickets and information apply at Ticket
Offices 27s and 2s7 Aiain 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. Ag't, Memphis.
M. JAY, q. p. a9d 7. Ag't, Little Rock.
W. L. SMITH, Sup't, Memphis Tenn.
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RAILROADS.
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON
RAILROAD.

OCHEDULE ON AND AFTER SEPT. 10,
y 1877:
Leaves. Arrives
Mail and Express, daily..n 25 pm 5.45 pm
Somerville accem 'dat'n
daily lex. Sunday)".... 500 pm S.lS am
Tune Twenty Minutes Faster than
City rtms. an
sOmervIIIe train Will stop at reg
nlRr and nag stations.
The II. 80 pm. Train makes the quick
est IIme 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 Sts-
tions between Collierville and Memphis.
Ticket sfice 27S Main sSrset and Depot
Memphis and Charleston railroad.
JOHN A. GRANT,
Chief Engineer and General Sup't.
T. S. DAVANT,
13t Assistant General Passenger Agent.
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A merchant down town sells more of
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup than all other
medicines together. II surely must be
the best remedy for cough.
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MISS SSIPPl g. TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE:

SCHEDULE;
ON and after Wednesday, November IA,
" 1877, trains will run as follews:
Leave. Arrive
Main Train aaiiy........... 800 pm. 1:05 pm
Sardis Accom- 'nedation
daily (ex. Sun5ays) ""ll;50 am. 9;15 a. m
Freight Train daily lex.
Sundays) ......... ........,.. 6:0a a.m. 400 p m
64-t NJ. BURKE. Sup't.
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PUBLICATION.

IHE WESTERN METHODIST Is THs
official organ of Six Annual Conferences
the Methodist Episcopal Church South, viz:
Memphis. North Mississippi, Arkansas, Little
Rock White River and Indian MI n.
.emphiS ia the commercial an gOOrraphi.
cal centev Of the section over viii this paper
circulates. An average Of
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Arrival Of Train

Expi iess...., .......'.'....'..'''"4:l5 p IN
am
VILE, and on Night train to Nashville.
For tickets or information, apply at Ticket
Office, 2S7 nain, Northwest corner Madison
JAS. NTG0MRRY, sup't Memphis Div.
JAMES SPEED, Ticket Agent.
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Louisville eald Great Southern RR.

1850 pm. Night Express (on Saturday
this train runs only to Milan Connects at
Milan for st. Louis and Chicago; at No
Kenzie for Nashville. Chattanooga, Atlanta
Vile, Henderson ard Evansville; at Louis
vile for all points North and East.
Hoo am. Day Express-Connects for St.
Louis and Chicago, at louisville for all
points North and East.
4:40 pm. Brownsville Accommodation
Daily except Sunday.
Arrival Of Trains.
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Five Thousand Copies
Are read By at least
Twenty Thousand People
Are read By at least

old and young. every week. 1t is Just to say
that the patrons of the WESTERN
METHODIST belong to the best GLASS Of
community.
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MERCHANTS
FIRE AND MARINE
Insurance Company
OF MEMPHIS,
No. 20 Madison Street,
ONCE formerly oOcupied BY DssOtO Bank.
Capital Stock, s3OO. 900
ORFICERsi ng.
N. L. MEACaAM President
A. N. MCKAY, Vice President
WIN. GAY, :: Secretary
..r|aHH ..N
OFFICERsi
ROARD OF DIREOTORs. .
RAILKOAD TINE TABLE.

AND LOUISVILLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.
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We desire our business men to make note
of the above facts before completing their
advertising arrangements for the coming
season.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-08
GovRRNMENTs-Stealy.

RAILROAD BoSDs-Quiet and firm; st.
Paul, G. 4 N. Div, rose to l0lIsal0ll4;
Central Pacidcs sold at lO65S; Union Pa.
cites sold OF l06JS; Union Pacific firsts ut
lo0H; Chicago q Northwestern ConsolI.
dated gold coupons 9S9Is93lSi and Fort
Wayne frsts lls.
STATE SECURITIEs-Quet in the main;
TennesSeeS, however, were strong and ad,
vanced to 40 for old and 4jh for new and
10 for new series.
SToCEs-The market was quiet In the
forenoon. At the openSng prices advanced
lax per cent, but subSel there was
a general decline Of kalk per cent, In
the afternoon the market was character
lied by depression and in the late dealings
lower prices prevailed. The decline from
the highest point OF the day ranged from I.
to ~ per cent and was the most marked In
Lake Shore, Michigan Central, Western
Union, c. c. c. & I. and Granger Shares.
At times there was considerable pressure
to sell, and the downward movement was
aided by free sales OF long stocks. The de.
cline in Erie Is due to the decree for fore
closure entered in the Supreme Cont to.
day. The counsel for Eric says this move
is in accordance with the London plan. 10
the final sales there was a fractional recov.
cry from the lowest point in few cases.
Transactions aggregated 10000 shares
OF which 10000 were Erie, IS 800 Lake
Shore, $500 Northwestern common, /, 200
preferred $500 st. PauIs, $500 Ohios, 9 ,G0C
lackawaunR, 2s,0O0 Michigan Central, and
q, 900 Western Union.
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Goon WnlI.Inr nInrans,

A good horse should 70 well in all hiS
PAGES. He should walk, trot and gallon
In handsome style, and a. a saddle horse,
the first pace-thAt Of Wllking-is the
most important, for In warm weather,
questrians riding for pleasure, or on
business, do not care 10 20 faster, excep.
ting now and then for Rchange and 10
prevent being too long time on tho way.
A perfectly good walker can 70 Eve miles
In an hour with ease 10 himself and his
rider, and, generally speaking, when a
horse walks OF At this rate gracefully and
safely, without making any trips, he will
be found 70 move well In his trot, and
gallop well too. There ia wonderful
difference In horses. Some move 60
sptipgy and change their PAGES 10 easi.
y, that It's like sitting In q rocking
chair, while others are 20 rough In their
trot that II shakes man so as 10 injure
the watch be carries, and In galloping,
some will do that pace 90 harShly that Il
il really unpleasant riding. For man
who travels good deal on horseback,
and who likes to take everything AZ east.
ly "a possible, the walk and the canter
are the most suitable PAGES, for Of all ri.
ding, the slow gallon called the canter IL
the easiest, and also the safest, next to
the walk.
In England, where riding on horse.
back Is 80 universal, the horpe Is trained
Tor the walk, trOt, canier aud gallon. Old
farmers, 1t is true, will be seen 10 amble
along 10 market, and again on their way
home, but II is uniaShionable. In the
southern states, the Rmbls Tor movement
faster and somewhat differently Ia called
racking and pacing, and It Is surprising
how quickly and very easily 10 the rider
the milestones are passed when seated on
\ good PAGER or racker. Doubtless eve.
ry colt should have great attention paid
to his frat pace-the walk-lor II is the
foundation Of all others, and denotes use.
fnlness. In fact, when good horseman
mounts an animal he wishes to try, and
finds the walk free and good, he Is at once
impressed favorably, and little remiss.
meas in the other PAGES will be pardoued
il 1t ia a young h0ras, hoping and expect.
ing improvement will occur because Of
the good walking,
1t Is extraordinary that walking we'll
is not appreciated in the United States,
but rather il Is much overlooked, and In
some measure repudiAted. As an ms.
lance: AT the Orange county agricultural
show, gentleman offered premium Of
Sl0o to be given to the best walkers, and
althoughit was duly advertised,Athsre
were no horses brought to walk for the
money. Setting aside saddle horses, how
very importan. II is that farm horses
should walk well-in short It Is the most
essential pace on every farm.-CoUntry
Gentleman.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-08
Chicago.

CHICAGO, November 7.-Flour-Quio,,
weak and a shade lower, western extra 81,
T5a5 rs, Minnesota do IS 75a6 90, patent
50 5Oa9 90, superanes 5? 5Oa4 90, white.
extras IS 60a7 %. Enthusiastically un,
changed, but some sales rather higher, op.
tons firm, No. 1 Chicago spring 81 O6S,
No. 2 at 81 05ss cash, 81 05Ha1 05K
November, 81 0isGa1 AZ December. Corn
STEADY and in good demand at 4SsSc
cash, 42Xc bid November, 4la4l11fc De-
cember, rejected at 41IIc. OatS-steady
and firm at 24]Sc bid, cash, 24a24Isc No.
vember and December, rejected 2ikc.
Rye-Steady at. s. IEa53Xc. Barley-Qnlet
and weak at 5s5<a5S1sc. POrk-Ingood de.
mand and prices shade higher at SIS 25a
Is 80 cash, SIG 75al2 771i November, 49,
473fal2 50 the year, $l2 SIX, January.
LArd-Dcmand light bnt holders firm Al
s. l2I1c cash, Ssl5 January, So 05as OK
the year. Bulk Meats--Firmer, but moi
quotably higher. Whisky Unsettled and
lower ut $lO5S.
At tho close Wheat was unsettled and
lower at 81 O47Gl OK November, 81 CSJf
the year. Corn firm and unchanged.
Oats dull and unchanged. Pork steady
and firm. Lard firm and unchanged.
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le:QnfelliQeute1.
y
4 Recrnt address by NOnslguOr
C0pel.

Li4.1 .guoPouleacs.
4 hide extract from u recent speech
by N1uiiguor Capel will be ilIuminiug
He a,ked Lancashire audience what
VA, meant BY the committee now revising
the English Bible2 10 revive the Bible
mean! to say that II was not the Bible
lb,t they had had. /! had suddenly
bar-, UPON tho people that, after all tho
Bi5lc was no. thing sent down from
Heaven; it had suddenly burst upon the
EaSlish people thar, after all, our Lord
did not speak in English, nor did the
apostle, write in EOglish, and they had
nos learned the simple fact that their
Bible was a translation from manuscripts
thu, had been written in other tongues,
and tha. some OF these manuscripts did
no. sgree the one with the other, and that
there we're different readings; that trans
laltous that we're thought accurate 300
years ago wereno longer thought accurate;
that there were passages In their Script
nres which had been interPolaled; and 10
their a1tonishuent they were now wait
ing the publication Of the revised Bible.
Thiy, he said, would tend to arouse the
thoughtful to consciousness that there
was diglReIy-appointed authoritative
voice to decide between different inter.
pretalions what is truth. This same
Mrs. CaCel, talking with Mr.. Jennings,
answered n remark concerning the near
Agreement oiths ritualisB with the Cath.
oiic, thus "You aay er:ep. in the belief
Vi the pope, but that is all.importnnt.
That il at the fountain OF our faith. We
believe that our Lord did not leave the
vor!d with an uncertain mass Of doctrine,
10 be Interpreted. this way or tha! from
lge to age, bat that lie made provi.
sion i5r the succession OF an ihfailihle and
perpetual head oil bis church, who should
ION tine to time disclose his will to the
world. Without such an authority "a
that all written Scriptures must be i'm.
perfect. The Bible alone cannot meet the
auiiiiorm and varying requirements Of
usnkind. Men will Interpret it As they
pleass-will even discredit it. You see
hey are doing SO now. But we have an
authority on doc!rinal points which can.
not err, because it is inspired by God
hiu.eii'
Simple snd logical. II il only started ir0m
truthful ptenise.
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CINCINNATI, November 7.-Cottou -
Quiet aud steady at l0jfc. Flour-Firm:
family IS s5a6 90. Wheat-strouger; red
s. Goal %. Corn-Dull; old 4Sa45c, new
fair demand at SSa35c. oatS-Quiet and
steady at 27a3lo. Rye-QuIet at 59a6Oc.
Barley-Quiet; good TO prime western
spring at 65a5se. Pork-Qulet: old So 70,
new $l3 90. I.Ard-Kettle sISa9c. Bulk
Meats-Scarce and firm at 6a7a751c, all %
days In salt packed. BacOn-Dull at7Xa
9Ha0 liS9sSc. Green Neat Good demand;
shoulders Axe, sides exc, hams sasxc.
Butter-Dull; fancy creamery S2aS3c, prime
TO choice Western Reserve $50. Central
Ohio lsa2oo. LInseed 0il-pull at 65c,
Whisky-Steady at 81 o..
Ho6s-DemRnd fair and market lm;
common 81 coal 20, light 81 S0a4 so, pack
Ing 81 coal rs, butchers 81 s0a4 90.