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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-14
MULES AKO HORSES.
RIVER INTELLIGENCE

BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
Friar's Point. George W. Cheek-.........5 pm
Arkansas City, Phil Allin -............. .......5 pm
bt, Louis, City OF Chester. pm
ARRIVALS.
Steamer Mollie Moore, New Orleans.
John Gilmore, New Orleans.
Nellie Speers, New Orleans.
City Of Chester, St. Louis.
Phil Allin, Arkansas City.
Geo. W. Cheek, Friar's Point
Cons Millar, Cincinnati.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Thompson Dean, New Orleans
James Howard, New Orleans.
Mollie Moore, St. Louis.
Andy Baum, Cincinnati.
Hard Cash, White river.
Coahoma, Frisr's Point.
0sceola Belle, Johnson's Ld'g.
John Gilmore, st Louis.
Nellie Speers, Ohio river.
BOATS IN PORT.
Phil Allin, George W. Cheek, Cons
Millsr, City Of Chester.
Condition or the Rivers.
The river here fell 3 inches in the
past "A hours ending at noon, and
now stands 10 feet 6 inches above
low water mark. At Cairo it rose
Is inches, with 21 feet 5 inches OH
the gauge; at st. Louis the decline
was 3 inches, with IL feet Z inches
on the gauge; at Pittsburg it de-
clined IA inches, with z feet s inches
on the gauge; at CINCINNATI 1t rose
"A inches, with 81 feet 9 inches on
the gauge; at Louisville it declined
G inches, with 10 feet in the canal;
at Evansville it is falling, with 90
feet 3 inches on tn. gauge. Cum
berland river declined 20 inches at
Nashville, with 70 feet IL inches on
the gauge. Arkansas river is re-
ceding at Little Rock, with 9 feet
on the gauge. White river is fall.
with a good stage of water from
Jacksonport to the mouth.
s1TsceIlaneous.
Moist weather.
There is a dearth of business in
river circles.
The Kehlor and Golden City
bound for New Orleans passed
Vicksburg yesterday.
dense fog prevailed on the river
this morning.
The Belle of Shreveport is due
up for st. Louis.
The street force were doing good
work this morning by cleaning the
filth and mud off the leyee.
The John Gilmore and barges
passed up last evening for ST. Louis.
The Nellie Speers passed up this
morning for the Ohio with a tow
Of empties.
The Vint Shinkle left Cincinnati
last evening for Memphis.
The Oakland, with a big tow of
coal for New Orleans, passed down
at noon,
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Trustees Sale.

nBFAULT having been made In tho pay
IL ment of a debt secured by a deed of trust
dated June 20, 1874, registered in Book No.
iQ2, page 1928. / will, ON
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new YOsK. February "A. 1890 a.n.-Spots
frmer, with futures steady.

NEW 0RLE tNs, February l4s-Cotton irregu-
ar. Middling, l0h. Receipts, 69 beles;
sales 800 bales,
GALVESTON, February 14.-Cotton irregular
and lower. Middlings, 10h. Receipts. l443
bales; sales. ll4l; stock, 1890.
NHw Y0pK. February IA. 1875 p.m.-Oottan
quiet, with futures quiet and hrmer. Sales
for future delivery 5000 bales.
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1913 1885,
Chancery Sale Of, Real Estate,

Cbancery Court Of Shelby County-John w.
Garter ct al; vs.; Virginia Owen ct al, and
George W. Webb VS.. Il. Trby.
DY VIRTUE OF AN INTERLOCUToRv
- decree for sale, entered in the above causes
on the 18th day of December, 1876, and re-
newed, ETC., February l. 1878, I will sell, at
public auction, to tho highest bidder, in front
OF the Clerk ana Masters Office, court house
building, Main street, Memphis. Tena.. an
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sTEAMsoATs.
For VIohsBurg.

For VioksBurE.
Memphis and ST. Louis Packet Co.-Apcbor
Line, carrying the q. S. Mail-For helena.
Arkopolis, Greenville, Vicksburg, and way
landings, connecting at Arkopolis with the
railroad for Pine Bluff and at Vicksburg
with steamers for the Yazoo river and New
Orleans Steamer
GRAND TOWER, l.GE,s
Lenn0X-........ .....,....,. .......master &h12aG
VIII leave from the Elevator Building en-
5 pniDan, seernary u; AZ ~ q In, ncketing
Pint Bluff and all points on Yazoo river.
AID STORM,
Stunt Mississippi River Elevatsf Co.
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LEoAL.
Trustees sale.

II virtue Of a trust deed made 10 me by
~ W1 s91' A. pooley on the 10th day Of Febru-
w ton. and recorded in the Registers Office
OF shelby county, Tenn, in Book No. Ii6.
page S5l, and being requested by the benefoi.
airy to toreclose it, l will, on
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Trustees Sale.

Rf yikIUE Of a trust deed made to me
~ ana recorded in the office of the Register
OF Shelby county, Tenn, in Record Book M.
%, page go, l will sell at public outcry. for
casn' LOT the purpose Of paying the indebted
ness secured by said trust deed,
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LEGAL.
lR. 2~l57-26iA.l
cHAhcEHy SALE 0F REAL ESTATE
INCLUDING A.
Portion OF the GreenlaW Opera House

ChAneery Court Of Shelby c~ounty-Sam p.
walker, Trustee. etc., va. d. X. McRae,
pam Tate OF al, and G. Wallace OF al. VS..
M. p. Jarnagin ct al.
Rf VIRTUE Of an in~torlecuto.y decree for
~ sale entered in the above cause on the
iQth day Of March, 1876. and renewed. etc.
March IA, 1871, and December a, 1871, viii
sell at public auction, to the highest bidder.
IN front Of the 0roenlaw Opera House build.
ing Second street. Memphis, Tenn. on
Saturday, March 2, 1873,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn.
and in the city Of Memphis, to-wit:
The south wing OF the Grand Opera House,
with the ground IL covers, fronting on Second
street % feet, and running back westward
ten-ioot alley.
Terms of sale-cash. Equity of redemption
This February 6, 1873.
D., q. A. COLE, O. and NJ.
~ X. J. BLACK. D. G. and M.
Att irneys. ISS-5
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Trustees Sale.

II n WIFI % WEW MI
By R. j. BLACK, D. @. and NJ.
Humes az pOgtOn, Attorneys, 132.Ib'
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
What Voices Indicate.

There are light, quick, surface voices
that involuntarily seem to utter the
slang g wont do TO tie to-" The mans
words may assure you of his strength OF
purpose and reliability, yet his tone con
tradicts his spet ch.
Then there are low, deep, strong
voices where the words seem grou nd out
as If the man owed humanity a grudge,
and meant to pay it some day. That
mans opponent may tremble and his
friends may trust his strength of purpose
and ability to act.
There is the coarse, ,boisetrous, ,dictatorial
tone. invariably adopted by vulgar per-
Sons, who have not sufficient cultivation
to understand their own i1significance.
There is the incredulous tone, that is
full of covert sneer, or a secret YOU
t-dupe-me- sir" intonation.
Then there is the whining, beseeching
voice, that says ''sycophant as plainly
As if it uttered the word. 1t cajoles and
hatters you It's words say: II love
you; l admire you; you are everything
that you should be-"
Then there is the tender, musical, COM
passionate voice, that sometimes goes
with sharp features as they indicate
merely intensity of feeling) and some
times with blunt features, but alw avs
with genuine bevevolence.
If you are full of afff citation aud pre-.
tence, your voice proclaims il.
IT you are fulI of honesty, strength
and purpose, your voice proclaims it.
II YOU are cold aud calm and firm and
consistent, or tickle and foolish and de
ceptious, your voice will be equally
truth telling.
You cannot chsnEe your voice from 8
natural to an unnatural tone without its
being known that you are doing so.
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
pEnihiNers.-aA Character. :,

In a late issue of the Chicago Inter
Ocean we find an opinion expressed by a
Judge of the Iowa supreme court, on
drummers, or travelling statesmen. 1t was
on a case where one of the commercial
travellers had been elected from a train
tor insolence, and brought suit. The
picture is not oveTdrawn, although many
of these men are gentlemen and excep-
items to the general rule. When we
consider The fact that the number of these
commercial drummers travelling through
the United States is about 80 000 whose
expenses comes out of the pockets OF
consumers, and that as q class they are
the mcst Iotd Inouthed and unscrupu-
lous opponents of the grange movement
aud cooperative business enterprises, we
cannot but rejoice TO know that there is
one Judge in the land brave enough to
tell some plain truths about them. The
opinion is a. follows
90 II may be stated now, as a matter of
history that the court will take judicial
notice OF, that this class of men are the
hardest lot on earth. They monopOlize
all the best rooms in all the best hotels
they insult or seduce all the chamber
maids between Maine and the gulf of
Mexico, and between the Atlantic and
the Pacific oceans, every month in the
calender year they rush into the ladies
car on every railroad in the United States
and Canada every day, and crowd into
the seat of every respectable lady travel
ing alone, and insult her in FIVE minutes
a'terward they travel with harlOts .and
make assignation houses on every Satur-
day night of every hotel in America ;
they have firtatioDs. intrigues, and
elOpenents With innocent, unsuspecting
and respectable young girls in every city
and village on the continent they pursue
virtue and goodness as sharks pursue a
ship with the yellow fever-and still the
learned counsel thinks the conductors
ought TO be amiable enough to love them.
There may be men in other callings
who, for a single vice, can challenge a
comparison with commercial tourists, but
| have never seen them. But for combi-
nation in harmonious blending in dis
honesty. impudence, cOwardice poltToon-
cry, lechery, and lepr0us rascality of all
varieties, they stand without a rival and
without peer"
The ab We talk has struck such an
unresponsive chord in the breast OF
commercial travellers, that they propose
to retsliate and make it hot for Judge
Hubbard, who thus expressed himself
Hubbard is attorney of the North western
railway, and the drummers are going TO
concentrate their efforts 10 divert trade
from that thOrOughtare 10 such an extent
that it will be compelled to get a new
attorney. And now Wen see whether
drummer i bigger than judge or a
railroad Iowa paper.
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
Disrespect in the Family.

One of the greatest evils known in the
family circle is the disrespect 80 fre-
quently shown between members, one to
another, in speech, action and dress.
The gruff eyes" or "no" of husband
to wife, in answer 10 a pleasant query.
leads to unpleasant consequences, and
begets a cold, calculating style of address
on either side, which sooner or later is
adopted by the younger members, and
the love and affection which should
dwell within is dispelled like dew before
the morning sun. The indifference often
shown in little acts of duty, and the
manner in which they are performed,
seem to carry the expression: " I'm glad
that's out of the way; don't trouble me
again" In dress and personal appear
ance the husband goes unkempt and
unshaven, and the wife slipshod and
shabby. Anything is good enough for
home when there are no strangers about.
Thus are the habits of disrespect formed,
and one of the great dangers of home
life bred and fostered. Many OF Us have
seen the play of " Flannigsn's Home, -
where Pat comes tumbling into the
house at dusk, dumps his nod in one
corner, his hat and coat in another,
kicks the cat through the window,
dsmns Biddy, swears the grub isn't "ft
for man to cal" and raises a general
row all round. 1t is a good thing for the
well-to-do in life TO study the character
of the extremists of the loWerstrata and
ask themselves if there is not room for
improvement in their own more preten-
tious homes.
Some homes are full of love and sun
shine for strangers, and all ugliness and
gloom for the ones for whom they live.
To constitute truly happy home there
should be pretty little personal adorn'
menis on tie part OF the wife, who
thereby shows a desire to please her bus
band, and TO add 10 the general attrac,
tions Of her home. A pleasant word on
/ her part, when the Overworked man
comes home, often eats away the raw
edge of some trouble on his mind, and
draws out corresponding desire to be
both agreeable and respectful, which
characteristics are always accompanied
by affection What is true of manners
is true of dress also. RudeDess, rough
ness and jmpatienee are soon followed by
insolence, and when sweet temper gives
way to anger and discord the home circle
is no longer attractive.
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
FARM AND HOME.



Mr.. Joseph Harris makes the following
gem irks in the Agriculturist A bushel
of corn and stalk" said the doctor, g csn-
fains about three-fourths pounds otpIos-
phoric acid, and bushel of wheat and
straw about the same amount. And we
sbaIl not be far wrong in assuming that
bushel of wheat and straw contains one
and halt of nitrogen, and bushel OF corn
and stover about the same. Why agiven
piece of land that will only grow, with>
out manure, Fl iiteen bushels of wheat will
grow thirty bushels of corn, is a question
that, at present, cannot be answered.
You need more experiments, and Plof.
Atwater is entitled to great credit for
what he is doing in this direction"
r;All of which, +" said the deacon ironi~
cAlly," is wonderfully Interesting. As
sume, for the TIME being, that the reason
is because the Germ, growing in warmer
weather, and perspiring freely, can drink
a much larger quantity of water. If it
sucks up twice the water from the soil.
1t would get twice the amount of phos~
phoric acid, nitrogen, and potash. This
is easy enough to understand, and you
may as well take it for granted and go on
with your story" Very well" said l,
then it follows that (1) if corn and wheat
brought the same price, corn would
be much more profitable crop for the
chemical farmer, than wheat. The
wheat might leave m ore than half the
chemicals in the ground, while corn
might take up two-thirds or more
OF them. (2), It follows, too, that land
may be much more rapidly and COM
plete'y impoverished by growing corn
than by growing wheat but (3), on the
other haud, If the crop is fed out on the
farm, corn can be used to a great advan-
tage in developing and increasing the fer
fility OF the farm. 1t will gather up the
nitrogen, phosphoric acid. potash, ETC.,
from very weak solutions in the land,
and when the crop is fed to animals, from
so to 95 per cent. of the valuable ingre.
dients of plant food will be left in the
manure, and the manure can be used for
growing crops which need larger supply
of plant-food in the soil, and which com
mand higher price"
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10

man wants, FIRST, a good horse, a good
Sp. ing6eld rife; then good revolving
pistol and knife. Evidently the days
of sabre and bayonet are numbered.
They both did good work when they
were young. The sword is mentioned
more than three hundred times in the
bible, and it has been the aristCcratic
weapon of all ages. In the early times,
when men were brutes and fought foot
to foot, the sword was far the most
effective arm of every military service
The bayohet was invented near Bayonne
in France, whence its name, about two
| hundred and forty years ago, and was al
first a sword whose handle was stuck
into the barrel of 4 nnuskst 1t su per
seeded the pike, and was very useful in
the old days or short-range pOint-blanR
fighting. 1t is the improved artillery
the carbine and the repeating rifle thai
have rendered swords, sabres, and bay
onets cumbrbus and Useless. Scientific
precision and various death dealing de
vices have united to relegate all weapons
which imply personal contact to the ole
museums, where the spears, shields
battle axes, bows and arrows and halberd
wait for rusty reinfOrcement7-1N n. Y
GraphiF.
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
Shall sabres be Mustered Out :

1t begins to look as if sword and
bayonet were to be mustered out of
service and regarded as no longer dan
gerous. They have been for centuries
almost ideal weapons; they have given
visible picturessueness to armies and
lent eIoquence to the orator and poet
Now they are themselves the object of
an attack which seems likely to cause
their withdrawal from "the field of
poised battle" It has long been sus-
pc ected that the bayonet was a very
harmless sort Of braggart, and now the
sword must answer to the same indict-
ment
The medical staff of Germany. in its
report of casualties in the war with
France. chronicles SIS, 100 killed and
sounded, and OF these only 2lS were
killed or wounded by the sabre or bayo-
uet-and only six of these were killed !
Of the cavalry only 1873 were killed or
wounded by the sabre, out of a
total loss of 1886 The caval-
nv numbered 10000, and they
swept fercely over France forsix months,
most of tne time in raids in the rear of
the enemy, and in all that time they
suffered only six deaths from the sabre.
It is not likely that they inflicted more
That is to say, 10000 cavalry in both
armies swung their terrible sabres for
half year when the armies were close
together all the while, and they killed in
the aggregate twelve men.
The record of our war of the rebellion
Is equally discouraging for the sword
swingers. Out of 253, ,142 wounds re-
corded on the union side during the four
years contest, there were only 906 in
flicted by either sabre, sword or bayonet,
and of these only 80 were fatal. In the
Franco German war less than one in
500 of the wounded suffered from sabre
or bayonet; and in eur own war there
was only about one in 279.
These facts have inspired General Ben
net, chief of the United States ordnance
bureau, to write letter to the secretary
Of war suggesting that it Is time to
Danish such useless weapons from the
army. In my mind" he writes,
there exists not doubt that the days
OF the sabre and bayonet are numbered,
and that the only question to be decided
i whether the time is not already at
hand when they should be discarded"
Gen sral sherman concurs, stating thai
1t is probably time that their use, or,
rather. their disuse, were discontinued;
and Phil Sheridan, says: The clvalry-
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10

pound brown sugar, one-quarter pound
raisins, salt, and all kinds of spice to
taste; put on the stove in a porcelain
kettle, and let boil slowly for half daV
To estimate weight OF cattle measure
from root of tail to top of shoulders, and
round the body behind the foreTevs
Multiply the square of the girth in
inches by the length in inches, and divide
the sum by 1928, and multiply the
quotient by fourteen, and you will get
the weight ir pounds.
TIE Milch Zsitung communicates q
plan of testing milk, which possesses
the merit at least of simplicity A well
polished knittiug needle Is dipped into a
deep vessel of milk and Immediately
Withdrawn in an upright position, when
it the sample be pure, some of the fluid
will be found to adhere to it, while sueb
is not the case i; water has eeSn added
to the milk. even ii the sm allest propor
tion.
THERE is one perception that horse
possesses TO which little attention has
been pail, and that is the power OF scent.
With some horses 1t is aedte, "a with q
dog; aad for the benefit of those who
have to drive at night, such as physicians
and others, this knowledge is invaluablc
Never check your horse at night, but
give him free head, and you may rest
assured that he will never get of the
road, and will carry you expeditiously
and safe.
For ribbon cake, take three eggs, one
half cupful butter, o3e half cupful sugar,
one-half cepful of milk, two euPfuls o.
-four, one teaspoon'ul of cream Of tartar,
one half teaspoonful Of soda; dissolve
the soda in the milk and mix the cream
of tartar with the flour; beat the butter
and sugar; add the eggs, well beaten,
then the milk, and lastly the aOur. Take
one cupful of this mixture, add to it one
large tablespoonful of molasses, one OF
cinnamon, one quarter teaspooRful each
of cloves, nutmeg and allspioe, one quar-
ter pound shred citron, one half cupiul
of raisins, the same of curTsnts, and one
quarter pound chopped walnuts OF al
molds; bake them in two shallow tins.
ALEG offresh pork, two tablespOoniuls
powdered sage, two of sweet marjoram,
one of sweet basil, one quarter ounce
mace, powdered, one half ounce cloves,
two nutmeps. one bunch pot herbs,
chopped fine, one loaf stale bread grated
fine, one-half pound butter, two eggs,
one tablespoonful salt, black pepper to
taste; mix all with grated bread and egg;
take out the bone of the leg of pork, rub
+ the meat on both sides well with salt,
spread the seasoning thick in the hole
made by taking out the bone, and tie up
tightly and in good shape, and skewer
well; put in dripping pan with water,
and bake two hours, basting well. This
makes an acceptable "collared pork"
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
Carlyle on the Lords Prayer.

Thomas Carlyle, though an lconoclast,
is as reverent a man as lives. In letter
written in 1869 to the late Mr. Erskine,
he says: g was agreeably surprised at
the sight of your handwriting again, so
kind, so welcome The letters are as
firm and honestly distinct as ever-the
mind, too, in spite of its frail environ.
ment, as clear, plump-up, calmly expect.
ant as in the first days; right so SO be
it with US all till we quit this dim 90.
iourn, now grown so lonely to US. and
our change come. Our father which
art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,
thy will be done;' what else can we saw {?
The other night, in my sleepless tossipgs
about, which were helpless and miserable.
these words. that brief and grand PRAYER.
came strangely to my mind, with an
altogether new emphasis; as il written
and shining for me IN mild, pure splen-
dor on the black bosom of night there
when l, as it were, read them word bv
word-with a sudden check to NV i'm.
perfect wanderings, with a sudden soft
ness of composure, which was much IN,
expected. Nor for thirty or forty wears
had I once formally repeated that
prayer, nay, never felt before how in
tensely the voice of mans soul it is. the
inmost aspiration of all that is hi0b and
pious in poor human nature; right
worthy to be recommended with an
After this manner pray ye.'"
The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
Fnr Husbands.

Don think when you have won a wife
that YOU have won also q slave.
Don't think that your vile has less
feeling than your sweetheart Her rela
tion to you is simply changed, not her
nature.
Don't think that you can dispense with
all the little civilities of life teBa ard her
on marrying She appreciates those
things quite as much as other women.
Don't be gruf and rude at home. Had
YOU been that sort of fellow before
marriage, the probabilities are that you
would be sewing on your own buttons
still.
Don't make your wife feel that she i
an incumbrance on you by giving grudg.
ingly. What she needs give cheerfully
as if it were a pleasure to do 50. She
will feel better, and so will you.
Don't meddlein the affairs of the house
under her charge. You have no more
right to be poking your nose into the
kitchen than she has 10 walk into youl
place of business and give directions tC
your employees.
Don't find fault with the extravaganza
in ribbons, etc, until you have shut
down on cigars, tobacco, whisky, etc.
Don't leave your wife at home to nurse
the children, on the score of economy
while you bolt down town at night tC
see the show or spend dollar on Lil
lizards.
Don't belt your supper ami hurry OF
to spend your evenings louDging arounC
awav from your wife Before marriage
you couldn't spend your evenings enough
with her.
Don't prowl in the loafing resorts til
midnight, wasting your time in culpabl;
idIeness, leaving your wife lonely a
home to brood ever your neglect and hel
disappointment.
Don't think the woman you promised
to " love, cherish and protect" becomes
your servant IS her part of the contract
Don't think that board and clothes art
n sufficient return for all that q wife doe
for you.
Don't expect your wife to love anC
honor you if yourove brute, unworthy
I of love or honOr.1
Don't caress your wife in public, anc
snarl and grewl at her in private. This
proves you both hypocrite and a dog.
Don I wonder that your wife Is not 81
cheerful as she used to be, when she Ia
bors from early nom till late at night t
pander to the comfort and caprice ci 8
selfish being, who has not soul enough
to appreciate her,