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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05
A REMARKABLE SNAKE STORY.
How Two Children were Charm ed
by n MOnster Reptile.

HOW Two Children were Charmed
by n MOnater Reptile.
A correspondent writing from
Annapolis saws:
A remarkable story of "snake
charming" has been brought to
light here. Mr.. Luke Brewer lives
near the dock in this city, and is
the father Of a little girl and boy
aged respectively nine and six
years. He discovered on Saturday
last that his children had been in
the habit Of playing with a water
snake three and a half feet in
length. 1t appears that the reptile
had made its land home un-
derneath the kitchen flooring of
Mr.. Brewers dwelling, and came
thence through an orifce in the
ground just outside the house.
The little girl on the day above
mentioned informed her father that
they had a pretty pet just like an
eel that came out of a hole IN the
ground, and played with them and
the kittens. He asked the child to
show him where it was, but was told
that it would not come out while he
was there. He left for few min
utes, and while returning was met
by his daughter, who said she had
called her pet, and it was now
playing with her brother. The
frightened father hastened to the
yard, and was almost paralyzed with
fear on discovering his little boy
careSSing the snakes head. He
ordered the little fellow away. The
child reluctantly complied by STEP
ping back, whereupon the father
seized q club, when the reptile
commenced to make for its den
The boy then moved toward it,
calling it endearing names, and was
about to pick it up when Mr.
Brewer dispatched it, against the
earnest and fearful entreaties of the
infatuated children. The boy, O
robust, hearty little fellow, refused
to be comforted, abstaining from
food the rest of the day, and beg
ging to be allowed to bring the dead
serpent into the house. Mr.. Brewer
thinks that the children had been
amusing themselves all the summer
with their strange pet. The tail of
the snake for a distance of three
inches from the end bore evidence
that two kittens, which were in the
house, had also been participants
in the sport.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05

AON DOHhOH 0hHAS AAy Ou hOOiN.
What / am about to mention is
on a delicate subiect-so delicate
that it is told only in whispers that
there is such thing. 1t is con-
cerning ankles-those belonging to
ladies, of course; gentlemen never
have any. This is about ankles,
and the pretty boys who tend in
our fashionable boot and shoe
stores. 1t would seem at first as
though one had nothing to do with
the other, but they have a good
deal in common, and the more the
handsomer the customer. Recently
a young miss in my presence tried
on ten pairs of boots without a
fit, and between her desire
for a perfect one and the
prayer of the clerk for none at
all, there was a prospect of her
passing the afternoon that way. |
could not blame the fellow, for she
was a beauty, but was shocked at
the abandon of the lady. l do not
wonder why positions in such stores
are very desirable and very scarce,
especially in these days when there
is so much wickedness. 1t takes
me a long while to get at what l
intended to say, but l have reached
it at last. 1t is very improper for
girls to allow young menlto fit their
boots they should do it themselves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05
MEMPHIS TENN: MONDAY EVENING NOVEMBER s. 1871

laborer out Of the labor field. He
cannot contend with them except
by sacrifices he cannot make. Labor
in the hands Of the Chinese, what
becomes of business? Who are our
oustomersY Who will buy the
goods the merchants import or
those which the Chinese themselves
manufacture? The Chinese buy
little or nothing, yet they will abb
sorb the earnings of the laboring
class. If the Chiuaman could ex-
pand into u white man his presence
would not be so Objectionable. In
time we could teach him our ways
and inspire him with a desire to
raise above the animal life his con-
dition has placed him in. There
is no enmity against the Ohinaman
as an individual. No one blames
him for trying to better his condi-
tion. But we do object to eompe-
tition with a race so low in the
scale of civilization that provision
for their lowest bodily wants is their
only care.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05
Homan ami wine

OF the worst foes that woman has
ever encountered, wine stands at
the head. The appetite for strong
drink in man has spoiled the lives
of more women, ruined the hopes
for them, brought them more sor-
row, shame and hardship than any
other evil that lives. The country
numbers tens of thousands, nav,
hundreds of thousands of women
who are to-day widows, and sit in
hopeless weeds, because their hus-
bands have been slain by strong
drink.
There are hundreds OF thousands
of homes scattered all over the
land, in which women live life of
torture, laboring through all the
changes Of suffering that lie be-
tween the extremes of fear and
despair, because those whom they
love like wine better than the wo-
man they have sworn to love.
There are women by the thousands
that dread to hear at the door the
step that once filled them with
pleasure, for that step has learned to
reel under the influence of seduc.
tive poison. There are women
groaning with pain, while we write
these words, from bruises and bru-
tality inflicted by husbands made
mad by drink.
There can be no exaggeration in
my statement of this matter, be.
cause no human Imagination can
create anything worse than the
truth, and no pen is capable of por-
traying the truth. The sorrows
and horrors Of a wife with drunk.
en- husband are as near the realiza-
tion of hell as can be reached in
this world at least. The shame, the
Indignation, the sense of disgrace
for herself and children, the pov.
erty, land frequently the beggary),
the fear and the fact of violence.
the lingering, lifelong struggle and
despair of countless women with
drunken husbands, are enough tC
make all women curse the vice, ant
engage unitedly to oppose it every
where as the worst enemy Of theil
sex.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05
We AIIMaYa FnuIts.

He who boasts Of being perfect
is perfect in folly. l have been a
good deal up and down in the
world, and | never did see either a
perfect horse or a perfect man; and
[ never shall until two Sundays
come together. The old saying is,
Lifeless, faultless." Of dead men
we should say nothing but good;
but as for the living, they are all
tarred more or less with the black
brush, and half an eye can see it.
Every head has a soft place in it,
and every heart has its black drop.
Every rose has its pricklcs, and
every day its night. Even the sun
shows spots, and the skies are dark
ened with clouds. Nobody is so
wise but he has folly enough to
stock a stall at Vanity Fair. Where
l could not see the FOOLS cap, / have,
nevertheless, heard the bells jingle.
AS there is no sunshine without
some shadow, so is all human good
mixed up with more or less evil /;
even poor-law guardians have their
little failings, and parish beadles are
not wholly of a heavenly nature.
The best wine has its lees. All
mems faults are not written on
their foreheads, and it is quite as
well they are not, or hats would
need wide brims; yet as sure as
eggs are eggs, faults Of some sort
nestle in every mans bosom.
There's no telling when a mans
sins may show themselves, for hares
pop out Of ditch just when you
are not looking for them. A horse
that is weak in the legs may not
stumble for a mile or two, but it's
in him, and the rider had better
hold him up well. The tabby-cat
is not tapping milk just now, but
leave the dairy door open, and we
will see if she is not as bad a thief
as kitten. There's fire in the
flint, cool as it looks; wait till the
steel gets a knock at it, and you
will see. Everybody can read that
riddle, but it is not everybody that
will remember to keep his gunpow-
der out of the way Of the candle.
- John Ploughman.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05

OcIlUneI MdBdhlne lOr NOVomDer,I
Upon the table the canvas.b back
makes a royal dish, though few can
distinguish between it and the red
head when both are in season. Only
those very familiar with the birds
can tell which is which when alive,
and, when served, it becomes al
most an impossibility. The celery
flavor is more marked in the can
vas-back ih the best of the season.
1t is seldom served precisely as it
should be anywhere out of Mary
land. If allowed to remain in the
oven five minutes too long, it is
unfit for the table. A great deal
also depends on the carving. A
good quick oven will cook full
sized duck in twenty-five minutes.
1t should never remain in over
twenty-five. After a duck is
picked and drawn, it should be
simply wiped dry. Water should
never touch it, and it should be
fairly seasoned before going
to the fire. When done, the
birds should be placed in
pairs, in hot, dry dishes. There
is no need to prepare gravy; i'm
mediately they are cut they will fill
the dish with the richest gravy that
ever was tasted. One canvas-back
to each "coyer" is considered a fair
allowance at Maryland table, but
when the bird is only an incident
of the dinner or supper, of course
half a bird is sufficient for each
person. Slicing the bird is unheard
Of. The two-pronged fork is in-
serted diagonally astride the breast
bone, and the knife lays half the
bird on eacn side, leaving the "car-
cass" on the fork between. The
triangle of meat an inch thick COM
prised between the leg and the wing,
with its apex at the back and its
base at the breast, is considered the
most delicious morsel of meat that
exists. The canvas back in Mary
land is served with large hominy
fried in cakes, celery and a dry
champagne, or bottle of Bur
gundy that is Burgundy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05
BOmervtlIe train will stop at reg
nlar and flag stations.
Louisville and Great Southern R.R.

Hal pm. Night Express r-COnnccts at Milan
for st. Louis and Chicago, at Mckenzie for
Nashville. ChattanoOga, Atlanta and the
Southeast. at Guthrie for HoPkinsyille, Hen.
derson and Evansville, at Louisville for all
points North and East.
lilo pm Day Express-oOnnects for st..
Louis and Chicago. at Louisville for all
points North and East.
4:40 pm. Milan Accommodation - Daily
except Sunday.
Pullman Palace Cars on either train to Louis
Vile, and on Night train to Nashville.
For tickets or formation, apply at Ticket
0fice. 2S7 Main, Northwest corner Madison
street.
JAMES SPEED, Ticket Agent.
q q
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05
In a hight place.

Cornelius Roosevelt, father of
the newly appointed collector of
New York, was not a particularly
public spirited man. The story is
told that when the late Colonel
James Lee went to him for a
subscription to aid in the erection
of the equestrian statue of Wash
ington in the Union Square near
his house, he declined, saying, l
have no need of a statue to remind
me Of the Father of my Country; l
carry him in my heart, sir" "You
carry him in your heart, do your"
retorted Colonel Lee. "Then, al
low me to say, you have got the
Father Of your Country in devil
ish tight place" F"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05
why the Pope Dismissed his Ply
sictan.

why tne Pope Dismisseo ms Fny-
stefan.
The London World tells why the
pope dismissed his old physician,
DR.. Pellagallo. 1t says: "One
morning the pope, feeling a good
deal of soreness on one of his
shoulders, drew Pellagallo's atten.
ton to it. The doctor looked at
the place, recognized Inflammation,
jumped at the conclusion that cry
sipelas had set in, and left the Vati-
can, convinced that the days of
Plus TX were numbered. Crossing
the bridge Of st. Angelo, he met
the correspondent of the Nazoime,
on his way to the Vatican in search
Of material for a letter. How is
the holy father this morning. he
inquired. The doctor shook his
head and pronounced the word
erysipelas. 'Dio mio, then his end
is nearl' Exactly so;' and the
press man wheeled round, went di-
rect to the telegraph Office, and
wired the all-important news to
his paper. The discomfort felt by
the pope was caused by nothing
worse than an incipient boil; but
the 'scsre' having been traced to
the doctor, the irritation spread to
the portif's temper, and Pellagallo
was discharged"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05
MEMPHIS q LITTLE ROCK R.R.
shrOt Line to Arkansas and Texas.
TIME CARDS

Leaves. Arrives.
Mail train, daily 80 pm. 1130 pm.
Freight train daily lex.
sunday ......... .........7.00 am. $50 D. m.
Passengers going on this road will take
trains at the depot of the Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southern railroad. Mail
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.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
Fer tickets and information apply at Ticket
Offices 27s and 2S7 Main 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.
N. S. JAY. q. P. avd 7. Ag't. Little Rock.
w. i. SMITH. Sup't. Memphis Tenn.
l23-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05

I notice no gentleman assists me-
if he attempted it / would put on
such a look as would make him
wither. 1t makes me crawl to
think of it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05
Weekly Public Ledger,

Published every Tuesday at 81 Per annum I'm
advanced. Postage free.
Communications upon subjects Of general
interest to the public are at all times accept
Rejected manuscripts WILL NeT be returned.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05

One Of our most estimGbls citizens
may be thankful for the introduction OF
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. for its timely
use has saved his life.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05

OuUuoQuOut ihhSitiOub "
Eight lines of nOnparoil. solid, constitute
square. ft
Displayed advertisements will he charged
according to the sPACH occupied. at above
rates-there being twelve lines Of solid type to
the inch.
To regular advertisers we offer superior in
ducemeAts, both IS to rates Of charges and
manner Of displaying their favors.
Notices in local column inserted fert wenty
cents per line for each insertion.
:. Special notices inserted for ten cents per
line for each insertion.
Notices Of deaths and marriages, twenty
cents per line.
All bills for advertising are due when con-
traoted and payable on demand.
All letters, whether upon business or ether
wise, must be addressed to f
Z. WHITMORR,
Publisher and Proprietor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05
RAILROADS.
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON
RAILROAD.


CCHEDULR ON AND AFTER SEPT. Is,
- 1877:
Leaves. Arrives.
Mail aud Express. daily. so pm 5.45p.m
Somerville accem' dat'n
Time Twenty Minutes Faster than
City TimP.
B0mervtIIe train will stop at reg
nlar BRd flag stations.
The n. 90 pm. TRAIN makes the quick
eat sine ever made to Chattanooga, Knox
vile, Lynchburg, Washington, and the East
and will stop at all Regular Stations, and vt
Flag Stations when tagged, Except Flag Sta
tions between Uollitrville and Memphis.
Ticket sfice 27S Maiu SLraeS and Depot
Memphis and Charleston railroad.
JOHN A. . GRANT,
Chief Engineer and General Sup't.
7. S. DAVANI,
13t Assistant General Passenger Agent
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05
Half Tickets One DelIar.
LIST OF PRIZES.
1857 Prizes. amounting gtO."......,.....,S1l0,4 400
Write for Circulars OF send orders to
NJ. A. DAUPHIN,
P. o. BOx 692. New Orleans, La.
Or No. West Court street. Memphis.
EXTRAORDINARY SEMI
ANNIrAT nD AWTATd

EXTRAORDINARILY bEMI-
ANNUAL DRAWING,
Tuesday. December IL. 1877.
Tickets fl0. shares in proportion.
Capital Prize 100000; "a Capital Prize $50, 900
s522.5 0 distributed in prizes of different de.
nominations. Drawings superintended By
General q. T. Beauregard, of Louisiana, and
General Jubal A. Early, Of Virginia, Com
uissioners for the State and people. For IN
formation. apply to thom OF NJ A. DAU-
PHIN, postofice box 692, New Orleans, La.
rs 53whs
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05
PUBLIC LEDGER.

mHg PUBLIC LEDGER IS PUBLISHED
i every afternoon Except Sunday at Ne.
Is Madison street. ti+tffL ss ttrs
The PUEBLO LEDoER is served to city subscri-
bers BY faithful carriers at FIFTEEN CENTS
PER WEEK, payable weekly to the carriers.
By mail lin advancc): One year, s.; six
months, 81; three months, 81; one month. rs
cents. Postage free,
Newsdealers supplied at 21S cents per copy.
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LOTTERY.

A RPLENDID OPPORTUNITY no
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November 9Th.
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY co.
This institution was regularly incorporated
By the Legislature Of the state for Educa-
tional and Charitable purposes in 1868. with
Capital of Sl.00O.000, to which il has since
added a reserve fund Of $3.50, GEO. ITS GRAND
SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS will take
place monthly. 1T EEvER SCALES Or POST
PONIES. Look at the following scheme:
CAPITAL PRICE, $4,000.
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-04-18
Published, March q, 1877.
CHAPTER 225.

AN ACT relating to costs and fees, and amend
ing section 33, of chapter l33 of the revised
statutes, entitled "Of costs and fees
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
In senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section J. Section 80, of chapter 1873, of the
revised statutes, is hereby amended so as to read
as follows Each grand and petit juror, except
talesmen, shall be entitled to two dollars for each
day attendance upon any circuit court, and six
cents for each mile travelled in going and return
ing by the most usual route, to be paid out of
the treasury of the county by the treasurer there
of, on the certificate of the clerk of the court
proUjdcd, that the provision of this act shall not
apply to the county of Milwaukee. Each tales
man summoned and acting as IA juror in a court
for his services in each cause, to be paid in the
same manner herein provided for the payment
of grand jurors Each juror sworn before any
coroner, or any inquest taken by him, shall be
entitled to one dollar for each days attendance
on such inquest. Each juror sworn in any ac-
ton In n Justices court, or before any sheriff on
writ of inquiry shall be entitled to fifty cents
for each day S attendance, TO be taxed against
the losing party, and when in any action before
justice of the peace leXcept in criminal cases
any of the parties to the action shall demand a
jury trial such party shall before being entitled
to the empanneling of jury, pay jury fees for
half days attendance in advance.
Section 2. All acts and parts of acts contra
vening the provisions of this act hereby 70
pealed.
Section g. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after Its passage and publication.
Approved March 7, 1877. .e5 COPY.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-04-18

thereupon be a corporation, with all the powers
privileges and franchises conferred by and be
subject to the provisions Of this act; progitc :,
that II the parties purchasing at such foreclosure
sale, ana SO orgtnizing anew as herenbefore
provided, own or represent a majority of the
bonds secured by said mortgage or trust deed
and also include the pc SONS who, at the rend-
ton of such Judgment or foreclosure decree
owned majority of the capital stock of said
company the sale under such judgment or de-
cree shall not be deemed or held to besuch a sale
within the meaning of any law of this state, par
ticularly applicable to said company, as to de
prve the parties so purchasing and organizing
anew, or the company so organized, of any spe-
ciai exemption, privilege or immunity granted by
any law of tins state To the company which exc
cuted such mortgage trust deed and operating
upon any OF the property in such instrument de-
scrlbed, embraced or referred to; but such par
ties 50 purchasing in this provso first men
toned, and the company organized by such pur
chasers shall have, possess and enjoy any such
special exemption, privilege or immunty as fully
as the company executing such mortgage or trust
deed might or could have done if such foreclos-
ure or sale had not taken place.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 8, 1871 ~ COPY.