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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25
ARKANSAS LEVEES.
What the People are Doing to Pro-
teCt Their Magnificent Lands.
Trade Exclusively with Memphis
and Need Encouragement.
AUGUST a, ISL.
To the Editor of the Ledger:

To the Editor Of the Ledger:
When universal depression existed
last June concerning Arkansas planting
interests | had occasion to report facts
to you, which published, helped to sus-
tain credits and consequently, it is be.
lieved, added somewhat to the crop pro-
duction. In furtherance of the same
end-holding up the planters efforts-I
desire to mention the big work going on
over there to protect the most magniG-
cent lands on the continent from over
flow. AT New Gascouy Colonel Creed
Taylor has taken the contract for rebuild
ing the broken levee, and with a large
force of laborers will o fill in the
creek which protects all the north side of
the river from Nichols down to Bayou
Metre.
On the south side satisfactory con.
tracts have been made for heavy levee
work in the neighborhood of Auburn to
Douglas Landing. Lower down Aaron
Coca, with a large force of men, mules
and scrapers, is undertaking to protect
the whole country from Silver Lake
along the Pendleton and Lennox fronts
to the southern line Of the Branch place;
thence to the cut off citizens OF DeSha
have formed a levee district and propose
assessing a voluntary tax on the open
land to cover cost OF repairing seven
miles Of old and building two and a half
miles of new levee, altogether one hun
dred thousand cubic yards of earthwork,
nearly all Of which can be done at a cost
OF about ten cents per yard, with mules
and scrapers, the route passing through
old fields peculiarly suited fol- such OPP
erstions.
Now to the point. Help is wanted at
Memphis for the Desha district either in
one way or another, by direct aid or by
an arrangement whereby first mortgage
claims held by Memphis commission
merchants be made to yield to contracts
covering the voluntary tax per acre
which the planters propose to put on the
open land for cost Of Ievee. This is sub.
Ject OF vital Importance, and it is hoped
everything necessary will be done by our
merchants to further The project. That
whole country deals exclusively here,
and unless the levees are built many
thousand acres will be untitled another
season. Colonel L. A, Pindle, a dis
tinguished citizen OF Arkansas, is ac-
credited to Memphis to present all the
plans. HIS missIcn is worthy of atten-
ton Please give it publicity.
Yours, w. II. HAYNES.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25

The Mississippi Central railroad,
embracing the line from Cairo to
Canton, Miss, was sold Thursday,
August 23d, at Jackson, Miss. The
Illinois Central is the purchaser.
The corporation had already
bought the lower end of the line
from Canton to New Orleans, and
the purchase of the remainder
thereof gives them a through line
under one ownership and manage.
ment from Chicago to New Or
leans. The Illinois Central were
creditors of the Mississippi Central
to the extent Of several millions.
We understand the former corpora
ton bid 1926, 900 in excess of the
debt due them. We presume their
next step will be to relieve the State
debt against the road and thereby
abolish the present r~eceivership. II
is also contemplated, and conf.
IDENTIFY asserted, that the headquar-
tiers Of this division will be soon
removed from Bolivar to jackson,
and that steps locking to the con-
struction Of machine shops at thai
place will be taken with as it'll,
delay as practicable.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25
sara,oaa Races.

SARATOGA, August rs -The first race
was for a consolation purse Of $500, one
mile, and was won by Courier; Sister of
Mercy second, Mary third. Time-l:4 AZ
Second race, free handicap for three.
year-olds, purse $500. one mile and a
half, vas won by Lady Saleyears in 1888;
Bushwhacker second, Bradamante third.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25
Trying - CO 80 Congress ON a Ma
jOrlIy Of One Vote.

san FRAYoIsco, August "a Referring
to the contest between Pachico and Wig
ginton, candidates for congress in the
Fourth district, in which Pachico had a
majority Of one vote, the Examiner, of
this evening, says editorially: I'VE are
Informed that an error has been discov-
cred ia the return OF Kern county for
representative in congress, by which
Wigginton receives an addition Of three
votes, which we're enormously credited
TO Pachico. This will give the seat to
Wgginton, as it more tnan oounterbal-
ances the claim Of a majority heretofore
made for Pschieo."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25

ANha
Levi Parsons, who has been a
helpless invalid for the past four or
five years, his lower axtremities
from the small of his back down
being totally paralyzed, has for some
time had enough faith IN the home
ly but excellent Indian remedy of
burial in the earth to try it for his
disease, On Sunday last he was
taken to Roswell Harris land, whore
is a field Of blue clay, and a hole
three feet dug, in which he was
laid and covered nearly to the arm
pits in the earth and allowed to re.
main about three hours. From
this one trial Q very decided i'm
proyomept is perceptible. His feet
and ankles wore covered with q
thick incrustation of dead skin.
This was peeled of, and leaves the
feet looking more like life. Blood
in the veins appears thinner and
flows much quicker, and he ha.
turned himself alone on his couch
twice since, a thing he has notdonC
alone before since his confinement
The result appears to be so bepeli
cial that he will follow it up.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25

Police Judge Warwick, of LATHE
Rock, is a defaulter to the city in
the sum of $1OSO, lost by gambling
when intoxicated. Still he holds
his place. His bondsmen made
good the amount, took a lien on
his salary and he has thus far man.
aged to keep in the position he has
disgraced. The whole affair is a
disgrace to all concerned.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25

CAIRO. August q. -Arrived-Capitol
City, St. Louis, 9 p m; Anderson, Evans
vile, midnight; James d Parker, Mem.
phis, 10 a m. Departed-Capitol City,
Vicksburg, 10 pm; Anderson, Evans
vile, 3 a m; Centennial, New Orleans,
4; Parker, Cincinnati, noon. Clear and
warm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25
T"ELEGRAPHIC
STOCKS AND BONDS.

STOCkS N BONDS.
New York, August %, ll:3O a M
United States skies of 1885, @llOt;
United States skies Of 1881, coupons,
llll@lll2; new four-and-a-halfs, l06k@
lO7; coupons, lO72@lO75; fve-tweuties
Of 1865. new issue, lO6s@ lO63; fve-twen-
ties Of 1867, = @lOsi; ~fve.twenties of
1868, coupons, = @llOl; ten.forties,
l08l@l0S3; t~en.fortles, coupons, lll5
a =; currency skies, = @l23i; new
lives, - @lO82
LONDON, August 20, 4 .m.-Consols
for money, 50 3 l6; on account, II;
United States fvetwenties of 1865, 1868;
United States fve.tweuties OF 1867, IO7t;
United States new four.and. halls, 1863;
United States te%n-forties, lOs; new fves,
1918; Erie, l0s
BREADsTUFFs.
LlvERPooL, August % Wheat, winter,
l2.@l2s %; Milwaukee red, los 8d@
Us Cd; California white, llslld@l2s Sd;
California club, Us 4'@l2s 81. Corn,
26s Od@26s Sd. Pork, Dos. Beef 95s Cd.
Bacon, long clear, S5s g.; short clear,
SIS Cd. Lard, AS 81 TAllow. Ais 81.
CHICAGO August %, ll;l6 p m.-Wbeat
active at .C81 for August; 985 for Sen
TENDER. Corn quiet at 42s@42A for Sep.
TENDER; 423 tor October 425 cash. Pork
pominally u ga for October Lard, 80
Tor October. Receipts; Flou,, 020O;
wheat, $685. coru, 24I 5sl Shipments:
Flour, 4lO4; wheat 100 42S; corn, 4l2,.
6l9.
New YORK, August 25, 1915 pm
Flour lie quiet, Wheat is quiet at 500
| 80. Corn is quiet at 53@54 Mess pork
is quiet at ~ 90 bid August; IL 95 for
Tor September; 10 05 for October. Lard
is quiet at 8 70 bid for September; 8 ~
for October 8 52l for November; s 30
for December. Whisky is Quiol and firm
at | l6
ClScISSATI, August rs Flour is quiet.
Wheat is dull aud lower white, ! $50
rs. Corn is unchanged. Whisky is 10
good demand at l 10 Pork is in fair
demand at u so Lard is Grmers steam
held at 8 rs. Bulk meat is stronger at
1886. 6 SO, 9 10. Bacon is unchanged.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25
WILL MEMPHIS EVER BE a WHEAT
MARKETl

A short letter from Little Rock
from a well-known citizen of Mem
phis contains an important sugges-
ton as to what might and should
be done here. While Little Rock
ships from one to two hundred bar
rels of flour daily to Boston and
other Northern points, nearly all
the -four used here is brought
down from st. Louis. The small
mills we have are inadequate
to the business that could be doGe
here, and consequently we have no
wheat market. The merchants
who would buy have to admit to
the farmers that wheat brought
here must be shipped to st. Louis
to be ground; consequently the
farmer ships to st. Louis himself,
directly or through his country
merchant, thus saving the cost and
commission of handling at Mem
phis. This is all wrong. Memphis
should have Touring mills that
could grind all the wheat
raised within two hundred
and fifty miles of here. As
it is, we produce no surplus and
import everything We consume.
The policy is wrong and ruinous.
Merely handling half million bales
of cotton annually will not build
up a city. There is capital enough
here to engage in other enterprises
and to induce men of skill and en-
ergy and capital to come among us.
AT present they are not coming,
and will not until we help orr
selves. There is a brighter side
and a hopeful view to take, but the
facts to which we allude to above
should be considered and acted
upon. 1t is too late to grind much
wheat here this season, but by COM
mencing early a stock company
could be formed to build a first
class Touring mill, which could be
put in operation in time for next
years crop. Memphis would at
once become a wheat market, and
the farmers far and near would put
in larger crops. There is no ques-
ton but what the enterprise would
pay. 1t is a money making bust
ness; all the mills in the country
pay handsome dividends. There is
no risk in it. Who will take the
lead in organizing a stock company?
A few good names at the start
would insure a long list of stock
holders and sufficient capital to
guarantee success. 1t would give
employment to many persons and
a new impetus to business. We
know of nothing that for the same
outlay would be such a benefit tc
Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25

An enterprising aud philosophical
hen in Litch6eld laid eleven eggs during
the FIRST week In August. One wouldn't
suppose she could do il without eggs
hurting herself too much -[Graphic
A Western Michigan husband explain.
ed am seventeen years older than
my third wife, who is on earth; nine
years older than the one who is in heaven,
aud the second one is 100 busy sassing
Satan TO care whether | mention her or
no.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25
Bank statement.

New York, August Is The following
is the weekly statement of the New York
associated banks: Loans increase, ST..
OO3, 300; specie increase, 1903, 800; legal
tenders decrease, 81, 9O7, 900; deposits
decrease, 1898 300; circulation decrease,
$4,000; reserve decrease, 81, 900, 625.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25
LEDGER.
oFFIcE-NO. ID MADISON STREET.
MEMFmIsi
Saturday Evening, Aug 10, 1877.

The subscription price Of the PUB
LILO LEDGER is IS per Gnnum for
the Daily, and 81 per annum for the
Weekg-POstGge free.
Persons tearing the city for the sum-
mer can order the DAILY LEDGER
at 75c per month, or tCO dollars for
three months, in adraRce, NTH the
privilege Of changing pOstotice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25
Didn't Enibuss Worth n Cent.
n~attanooDa Disnatch

0A@FAN
An old gentleman from Walker
county, Ga, called into Rosen-
baum's store recently and pur-
chased a hat for two dollars, which
was wrapped up for him, when he
remarked hat he would step down
street where his son was and get the
money and pay for it. Being an
old and reliable customer, Mr.. r.
thought it all right, but was sur
prised to see the old gentleman soon
come back, almost out of breath,
with his face beaming with happi-
ness and enthusiasm, with another
hat, which, he stated, had been
sold him by a merchant down town,
who had pulled him into his store
off the pavement. This happiness
was occaSioned by the fact that this
new purchase was, as he had been
assured by the gentleman who sold
it to him, a tile which had been
ordered for postmaster general Key,
worth fully three dollars, but
which, on account of it not fitting
that distinguished gentleman, he
had been enabled to buy for two
dollars and a quarter. The old
man was surprised that Rosenbaum
did not rejoice with him at his
great good luck in securing a hat
made for Judge Key. That will be
an heirloom in hat family for gen.
erations, and Rosenbaum has taken
the hint, and will sell no other than
Key hats hereafter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25

WASHINGTON, August 25.-For Tennes-
see and the Ohio valley northwest to
southwest winds, stationary, followed by
falling barometer, warmer, partly cloudy
weather and possibly local rains.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25

Az Old negro cook says, Sass Is
powerful good in everything but children.
~ petds some oder kind Of dressin' "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25
COMMITTEE.

John D HUM, Charleston Railroad,
K. q. Groves, Louisville Railroad,
|. N. Rainy, Mississippi and Tennessee Rail-
road,
g; g; Fisher, Paducah Railroad,
W. P. Paul, Steamboats,.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25
Excavation RafAs will be Extended
by all Asa1lrOads Leading:
10 the City.

COMMITTEE ON:PRoGRAMME. ETC.
R. j. Black, WA Collier.
+. M, Nelson. IN 157
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-25

Speeches by Generals N. B. Forrest, Gideon
j. Pillow, W. H. Jackson. A. W. CAMPBELL,
Gov. / G. Harris, Hon. II. G. Young,
I. IL. EogwOod and others.
Banquet prepared by Mr.. r. Meister) ats
O'Clock pm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-08-15
A Clerical Joke.

A clergyman, a widower, recently
created quite q sensation in his house.
hold, which consisted of seven grown-up
daughters. The reverend gentleman
was absent from home for a number of
days, visiting in IN adjoining county.
The daughters received q letter from
their father which stated that he had
"married a widow with six sprightly
children" and that he hight be expected
home ct a certain time. The effect of that
news was a great shock to the hsppyfam-
lily. The girls, noted for their meekness
and amiable temperaments, seemed an-
other set of beings; there were weeping
and wailing and tearing of hair, and all
manner of naughty things said. The
tidy home was neglected, and when the
day of arrival came, the house was any
thing but inviting. At last the Rev.
MI. K came, but he was alone. He
greeted his daughters rs usual, and, as
he viewed the neglected apartments,
there was q merry twinkle in his eye.
The daughters were nervous and evil
IDENTIFY anxious. At last the eldest mus
tered courage and asked: "Where is
our mother?
SIN heaven" said the good man.
"But where is the widow with six
children whom you wrote you had mar
ried r.,
''Why, I married her to another man,
my dears," he replied, delighted at the
success o6his joke.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-08-15
Expression Among Poultry.

No inhabitants of a yard seem pos
sessed of such a variety of expression
and so copious a language as common
poultry. Take q chicken of four or five
days old and hold it up to q window
where there are flies and it will immedi-
ately seize its prey with little twitter-
ings of complacency ; but if you tender
1t a wasp OF a bee at once its note De-
comes harsh and expressive OF disap-
probation and q sense of danger. When
a pullet is ready to lay she intimates the
event by a joyous and easy soft note.
Of all the occurrences Of their life that
of laying seems to be the most impor-
tant, for no sooner has hen disburdened
herself than she rushes forth with q
clamorous kind of Joy which the cock
and the rest of his mistresses immedi-
ately adopt. The tumult is not confined
to the family concerned, but catches
from yard to yard and spreads to every
homestead within hearing till at last the
whole village is in m uproar. As soon
as a hen becomes a mother her new rela-
ton demands q new language. She then
runs clucking and scudding about and
seems agitated as if possessed. The
father of the flock has also a considera'
BILE vocabulary. 1.-The finds food he calls
n favorite hen to partake, and if a bird
OF prey passes over with q warning voice
he bids his family beware. The gallant
chanticleer has at command his armorouE
phrases and his terms of defiance,
But the sound by which he is best known
is his growing. BY this he has beer
distinguished in all ages as the farmer
clock or larum-as the Waterman thai
proclaims the divisions OF night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-08-15
Getting the Best Of Him.

The New Bedford Mass Mercury
relates that, not long since a gentleman
travelling by rail from aneighboring city
to Boston, purchased a glass of soda at
q refreshment stand in a way station
and gave the attendant a quarter. The
latter apparently purposely delayed
making change, and his customer was
obliged to hurry on board the train with
a feeling of having been cheated, and
consequently "out" fifteen cents. At
the next stopping place he rushed to
the window of the telegraph Office and
dictated O message to be sent to the
soda water man, and paid for by the
recipient. 1t was as follows "Doyou
sell foam at twenty-five cents a glass ?"
At every station where there was q
chance lie repeated This message. Upon
reaching Boston, having thus revenged
himself five times, lie glided out of the
depot and set eff about his business,
with a quiet smile of satisfaction irradia-
ting his placid features that was refresh
ing to look upon. As for the soda water
man that night after shutting up he
drew up a little balance sheet o. the fly
leaf of his diary rs follows {: Expenses
of ~telegraphy, Sl.25 ; extra profit On
soda, fifteen cents ; out, Sl.10." Patrons
Of this establishment won't have to wait
40 long for their change after this rs
they did,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-08-15
A Benevolent MOcking Bird.

We find the following in the Eagle, Of
Reading, Pa: Some time ago two
robins mated and built a nest in one of
the trees in Colonel Borbon's yard,
South Fourth street. The fierce little
sparrows interfered and the nest was de-
stroyed. The sparlows then departed.
The robins then built another nest, and
in due course of time a brood of little
young robins appeared. Hanging IN
der a tree heal by is a cage containing a
hooking bird. Several days ago Col.
Borbon passed through the yard and
noticed the robins fly up against the
hooking birds cage, and the birds make
a queer squeaking noise, creating the
impression hat they were fighting.
Colonel Borbon at last thought so, but
when he endeavored to- chase the robins
away from the cage the women folks of
the house said they we're r,t fighting,
but, on the contrary, the mocking bird
was feeding the robins, SO that they
would have plenty for their little brood in
the nest. The matter was then inquired
into, and it was found just as the women
folks had represented. The robins fly
up and hang to the wires Of the hooking
birds cage; the bird inside hands out
all the dainty food provided for him,
consisting Of crackers, grasshoppers,
pieces of ard.boiled eggs and other
food. The robins receive it in their
mouths and fly to their nest. When the
robins come to the cage the hooking
bird makes a singular and unusual
souawking noise, and then proceeds to
share his food, unmindful of what his
own needs may be. The three big birds
and those in the nest are n happy family
of domestic goodwill, and their per-
formances are extremely interesting and
novel
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-08-15
Preventing HydrOphObia.

DR.. Gryzmala, of Kriuoe Ozivoe, Po-
dolia, reports that during the last ten
years he has treated at least o hundred
cases-in human subjects as we'll as
beasts-of bites of hydrophobic animals
with the powdered leaves of zanthium
spinosum, with success in every instance
but one, although cases of bites infict-
ed at the same time, but treated in other
ways, had terminated in death. The
drug is described as possessing sudorifc
and slightly diuretic properties. The
dose for M adult is nine grains of dry
powder of the leaves, repeated three
times a day, and continued during a
period of three weeks. To children
under twelve years of age half the
quantity is given.- journal de There
psut{gne,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-08-15
An Ounce and a Ten Weight.

An ounce weight and a ton weight OF
iron will fall down a pit with equsl speed
and in equal time. Until about 300 years
ago, all the learned men in the world dis
believed and denied it. Calico, an
italian, taught the contrary to the popu-
lar belief. The University of Pisa chal-
lenged him to the proof. The leading
tower of that city was just the place for
such m experiment. Two balls were OBJ
tainei and weighed, and one was foundto
be exactly double the weight Of the other.
Both were taken to the top. All Pisa
looked on, and crowds of dignitaries
were confident that young Calico, then
obscure and despised, but honored and
i~mmortalized now, would be proved to be
in error. The two balls were dropped at
the same instant. Old theory, and all the
world, said that the large ball, being
twice as heavy as the less, must come
down in half the time. All eyes watch
ed, and, 10 all eyes beheld them strike
the earth at'the same instant. Men then
disbelieved their eyes, and repeated the
experiment many times, but each with
the same result. The little ball was big
enough to destroy a theory 1000 years
old; and had it been little as q pea, it
would have destroyed it just as we'll, or
ever more quickly.
But how was this? Did not the earth
draw down the large ball, which was
double the weight of the smaller, with
double the force? Did not the double
weight indicate the double force? Yes,
truly; but in drawing down the large
ball there was a double force of resistance
to be overcome, and as the two forces
acted in a given proportion on the large
ball, and in the same proportion on the
less, the velocity of the two was equal,
though in bulk they we're unequal.
Let us suppose that there be two wagons,
one with a load of five tons, and the other
ten tons, and that the unequal loads are
drawn by an equal horse-power-should
not their speed be equal, though their
weights are unequal? No. There
must be double horsepower to draw
the double weight, to obtain equal speed.
Let a ten-pound weight and a one-pound
weight fall to the earth at the same time,
and the earth must draw down the heavier
weight with ten times greater force than
the other that they may have equal
speed, and it does SC. A ton weight Of
iron and an ounce weight, leaving the
top of a pit at the same instant, would,
therefore, at the same instant fall to the
hOttOm-