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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-12
PERILS OF AERIAL TRAVEL.

Eventual Voyage and snfe Descent
OF the Pilot of the Flying Ma
chine.
Boston Post.l
The many thousand persons who
saw the ascension of the flying ma
chine from the Common on Thurs
day morning admired the GOODNESS
of the operator, Mark Quinlan, in
making the attempt in the strong
wind. tfave
The word "let 60" was given five
minutes before nine o'clock, and the
machine suddenly shot upward to a
hight Of 20O0 feet, instead of as
cending gradually and smoothly as
was the intention. In attempting
to work the crank by means of
which the fans are put in motion,
Quinlan found to his horror that
something was binding the gearing
and that the machinery would not
work. The balloon, being inflated
with hydrogen gas, which has a
greater expansive power than the
ordinary Illuminating gas that is
generally used in ballOoning, be-
came of greater susceptibility to the
influence of the rarilied atm osphere
at such a great elevation, expanded
rapidly and began to crack, and the
bands surrounding the yulcanized
rubber cylinder or balloon began to
snap.
The situation of the aeronaut was
now one of extreme danger. lie
must do something, and that inn
mediately; he must get his machin-
cry i'll motion to descend into a
lower atmosphere, or accomplish the
same result by a more hazardous
expedieut of cutting a hole in the
balloon. He resolved that nothing
but the direst necessity would tempt
him to resort to the latter method
of regaining terre firma. He de-
termined not to resort to the cut
ting until all the other experiments
had failed, and taking a piece Of
hempen cord he wound it around
his left ankle, and then removing
his foot from the stirrup he fastened
it securely to one of the brass pipes
of which the frame Of the machine
is constructed.
Having fastened his left wrist in
the sam way to the frame Of the ma
chine, Mr.. Quinian got out of his
saddle and let himself down under
the machine. Having discovered
the cause of the difficulty to be a
loosened screw, the head of which
projecting out came in contact with
one Of the small gear wheels, he
took out his iacknile, and using the
point of the blade as a screw-driyer,
he turned the screw back intc its
place and fastened it securely. lie
: then regained his seat and found
that the fan would work, and that
under the influence of areverse mo
tion to the central or horizontal
, fan, he was descending, lie made
his first landing at FarnumSville
| near Grafton, at twenty minutes
: after 10 O'clock, having made tht
forty-four miles in one hour ant
a twenty-five minutes,
@ After q luncheon and a rest hC
|. made another ascent, with the hopt
|. that he might reach Boston in timC
+ to make two or three exhibitions, a
advertised. The machine this tim,
/ worked well, but after he had so
i we'll up he found that the lowe
S current Of wind was blowing in TIN
e same direction from which he ha,
h come, and in order to reotify thi
y he started for the higher current
g and found that it was blowing to
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In the Chancery Court of Shelby county. Ten
nessee-W. X. Thixton VS.. b. w. William
son ct al.
TT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
| this cause that the defendants, ID. X. Cook,
r. IL. Richards and b. u. Crane. are non res
idents of the State Of Tennessee; it is there
fore ordered that they make their appearances
herein. at the court house in the city of
Memphis. Tenn, on or before the first Mon
day in August, 1873, and plead, answer or
demur to complainant's bill and the cross bill
Of B. W. Williamson or the same will be taken
for confessed as to them and set for hearing
ex parte, and that cspy of this order be pub
lished once a week. for four successive weeks,
in the Public Ledger
This 2lst day Of June, 1873.
. copy Attest;
EDMUND A. COLE, C. and NJ.
Ry r. ]. BLACK, d. @. and NJ.
Humes Y Poston, Solicitors for complainant.
gAl0l-11O 1l6
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-12
A STRANGE SINGER.

joys the shyesl bird
Mortal ever heard;
Listen wrapt and silent when he singsl
Do not seek to see,
Lest the vision be
But futter Of departing wings.
Straight down out Of heaven
Drops the fiery leaveR,
Beating, burning, rising in his breast
Never, never long.
Canst thou bear the song,
All too high for labor or for rost.
Hope can sit and sing
With folded wing.
Long oontented in narrow CAGE;
Patience on the nest.
Hour by hour will rest,
Breeding tender things Ia hermitage.
Singers true and sweet,
Mockers bright anh feet.
Close about the door they fit and call.
One that will not stay
Draws thy heart away;
Listen! listen 1t is more than all.
Il The Spectator.
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mo. 2675.l
NOM-Resident Notice.

In the Chancery Court of Shelby County,
Ienn.-Elmira S. Ashby ct al. vs.. Henry S.
Test ct al.
IT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
l this cause, that the defendants, Henry s.
Test, Elizabeth G. Hart, Jacob Hart and Ella
W. Ashby, are nonresident Of the State Of
Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that they
make their appearance herein, at the court
house, in tie city Of Memphis, Tennessee, on
or before the first Monday in August, 1873.
and plead. answer or demur to complain
ants original and amended and supplemental
bills, or the same will be taken for confessed
as to them and set for hearing OK parte; and
that copy Of this order be published once
q week, for four successive weeks. in the
Public Ledger.
This 26th day Of June, 1878.
A Acopy-Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE. c. and NJ.
By Il. B. MCHENRY. d. @. and M.
u. NJ. Hearn, solicitor for complainant.
IsQ-I0g-1i4. 1o1
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NO lis

The beauty OF the ladies Of Baltimore
has become the standard of comparison
the world over. They maintain that pc.
culiar clearness and richness of com.
plexion by the occasional use las re
quiredl Of De Bull's Blood Mixture.
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On Saturday, July 20, 1875,

within legal hours, at the southwest corner Of
Main and Madison streets, Memphis, Tam
sell at public sale to the highest bidder for
cash, lots four. five. six and seven, fronting
on Pigeon Roost road and Monroe street ex.
tended; and also lots ten. eleven, twelve and
thi' teen, all in Memphis, Tenn. for more
perfect description of which and as a matter
made TO proceedings in t First Chanoery
Court in the causes Of Robert L. Brown VS.. Il.
g. galloway ct al. No. 933, R. D.: Isaac b.
lilliard ct al vs.. i. G. Galloway ct al, 93i.
X. D.; and w. IL. Iurley VS.. l.. &. Galloway
ct al, 1871 X. D, The title is presumed to be
only. s. p. READ, Trustee.
june IL, 1878. SB-l22
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OUR EARLIER PRESIDENTS.
Th y Always Refused 10 Aecep
Presents.

Tn Always Refused TO Accept
Presents.
Philadelphia RecOrd.l
"I'm sixty-seven," said Conductor
William Roberts. 81 believe l am
the oldest railroad conductor in the
United States. entered the rail
road business in 1881, and did not
relinquish active service until two
years ago.
"When the Baltimore and Wash.
ington road first opened, in 1885, |
was appointed conductor. There
were many incidents Of an amusing
character which came under my
notice while on that road. One
day we had a special car containing
two immense cheese for President
Van Buren. Some fellow sent them
to him all the way from Massachu-
setts. Probably he expected a post
Office by return mail. The cheese
very large, one being at least two
feet thick"
"The President accepted them, Of
course" said the reporter.
"Presidents in those days were
not like the present breed. They
didn't take brick houses, horses and
steamships. Mr.. Van Buren looked
at the cheese and smiled. lie
offered to purchase them from the
man but take them as a gift he
would not. There was no clause
which he could find in the constitu-
ton allowing the President to ac-
cepta gift from his people, so the
cheese was prepared to ship back to
New England. However, it was
stopped at the national capital, and
sold for fifty cents per pound, and
there was right merry fun while it
was being disposed Of. The Presi-
dent himself bought a couple Of
pounds,
"Then, there was James X. Polk,
of Tennessee, as we used to call
him. He loved horses. Indeed,
think he was as fond Of a fast steed
as General Grant. Many sleek ami
mails were sent down over the road
bearing a tag, showing that they
were for the chief executive. II
the horses suited his ideas he would
purchase them and pay cash, but
many of the critters were sent
back to their owners, because the
President was too conscientious to
receive them as a gift. Andrew
Jackson was the same way, only
stricteg than the rest, if anything
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-12
Trustees Sale.

DY virtue of deed OF trust executed to me
ID by W. IL. Turley in January, 1879, and
ant to demand from the executor of IL. ID.
NewcOmb. deceased the beneficiary therein
named, for the purpose Of iquidatng the de-
faulted nota for $3.50, due December, q. 1875.
with - per cent. interest flOm December %,
1878, intended to be secured by said convey.
ance, | will,
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On saturday. JulY 18. 1s7s,

the tract of land described in tho pleadings
and decree in this cause, ying in the Eighth
bounded as follows: Boginning at the north
east corner Of tract of 200 acros sold by John
Davidson TO Robert l. Chester and wife I;
thonce wet ia chains; thence south 6 chains;
thence west % chains 50 links TO the SOUTH
west corner; theace north Al chains; thence
east ~ chains 20 links; thence north 10 chains
50 links to tho northwest corner; thence east
liz chains so links 10 the northeast corner;
thence south 50 chains 50 links 10 the point Of
beginning containg 6j2 acres more or less.
Terms Of sale-cash.
June II, 1873.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
GEo W. WINCHESTER, Sol, Tor complainant.
~ ll6
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New Advertisements

NOADYERTISING AG BNT can insert an
~ ~ saygiyeTtlsement in our list of twenty-six
hno without losing money. Those advertisers
whe want TO obtain the best possible circula-
tion without expending more than from SEQ Ia
SlOO should address GRO. p, R0WELL d CO.
10 Spruce street. New York
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SYRUP MAKTNG.
LEGAL.
Trustee,s Sale Of Real Estate.

DY virtue of the terms of a certain trust
~ deed executed to the undersigned on the
18th day of October 1875, by James Cunning
ham and his wife. Ellen p. CUNNINGHAM, the
same being Of record in Book No. lO8, at page
COZ ct seq, Of the Registers Office of Shelby
county, Tenn, default having been made in
the payments under said deed, / will. ON
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saturday, Jalr 20, ISIS, at 1s M.

In front of tho Office of Royster, Waldran &
Bacon. 27S Main street. Memphis, Tenn, sell
for cash, to the highest bidder, the following
described real estate in Shelby county, Tenn,
viz; Being lot No. 25 of the ii. X. Austin
subdivision of the Maxwell tract, as surveyed
by Milton a. Carr, on the 25th of April, 1856.
and bounded as follows. tO-wit: Fronting on
East avenue six chains and nine links. thence
running back esstwardly between parallel
lines six chains and thlrty-three links to Mrs.
simmons line. containing three and eighty
five one hundredth acres, be the same more
or less, it being the same land conveyed by j a.,
5. White to G. +. Morgan. Equity Of redemp-
tion is waived. shall convey rs trustee only,
lll-l20 TH0S. II. LOCKWOOD, Trustee.
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On Saturday, July ls. 1878.

the tract Of land mentioned in the pIeadings
and decree. lying in Shelby county, Tennes-
see, containg 50 acres more or less. and known
and described as the east half of lot No. Of
section /, township l, range 9 west. and being
the same lot conveyed in the mortgage exc
cuted to complainant, d. W. Bynum, by de-
lendant, W. 0. Searcy, on the 3Oth Of August,
1871.
Terms Of Sale-Said land will be sold upon
credit of seven l7) and twelve u2) months,
purchaser executing notes with approved per-
sonal security for the purchase money, and
lien retained on the land until said notes are
paid. Equity Of redemption barred.
June u, 1878
JOHN H. FREEMAN, Clerk.
VANCE d ANDERSON. Soils. SO ll6
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In Supreme Oonrt al Jaekson.

L. L. Lanier ct al. VS.. NJ. l.. Bell OF al.
pY virtue Of tho decree pronounced in this
ID cause By the Supreme Court Of Tennessee
at jackson, April 8, 1878, | will offer Tor sale
TO the highest bidder in front of the court
house of Shelby county, in tho city Of Mem
rhfo
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-12
In supreme Court at jackson.

D. W. Bynum VS.. W. 0. Searcy.
PY virtue of the decree pronounced by the
- Supreme Court of Tennessee at jackson,
in this cause, April 3, 1878, will offer for
sale to the highest bidder. in front OF the
courthouse Of Shelby county, in the city Of
Memphis
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-12

DR.. J, G. Aver, the famous patent
medicine man, faded away in body and
mind.
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PlAN0BBISaatiifu1II 1IlI GGpSsTt ! sCO Grand nRGRM

2 lNIVUPian0s, cost $1,000, OnlyUNUNN
s429; Superb Grand Square Pianos, cost
SiloO only S205: Elegant Upright Pianos.
Pianos SIP so. Organs e35. Organs IL
stops, s72 SO. Church Orgaas rs stops
cost $500, only SIIb Elegant 1878 Mirrer
Top Organs only SIO5. Tremendous
saertiiee 60 Goose ont present stock.
New steam Factory soon to be erected.
Newspaper with much information abont cost
OF Pianos and Organs, SENT PREF
Please address DANIEL Z. REATrIE
Washington, N. j.
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Trustees Sale.

nEFAULT in payment of noto secured by
~ Deed Of Trust executed to me and regis
tered in Book No. s, page 20S of the Registers
office Of Shelby county, having been made.
will, on
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LEGAL.
In Supreme Court Of Tennes.
see at Jackson.

W. L. Beat, for use of the Insurance Com
pany of the Valley Of Virginia VS.. Geo. NJ.
L. Crook, Jane d. Crook ct al.
pY virtue of the decree pronounced by the
- Supreme Court of Tennessee at Jackson,
April 3. 1873. in this cause. will offer for sale
to the highest bidder, in front OF the coart-
house of Shelby county, in the city Of Mem
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A STRANGE STORY.

Francis NuVphy KeIRtes q start.
ling Incident of Hts Life aud Con-
flutes Some Current ISLANDERS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-10-10
The Two Pockets.

Tommy is twelve years old. His Sis
ter Mary is sweet sixteen and a half.
The other morning Mary accosted her
mother with: Ma, see what lot of
stuff l found III Tommy's pockets"
And she deposited on the table the fol-
lowing articles to wit: Eight marbles,
one top, a broken -bladed knife, leath-
fishing line, piece Of lead, a smooth
stone, four pieces of slate pencil,
worn out pocket book, an oyster-shell,
a wounded jewsharp, a piece of blue
glass, rubber ball, lump of chalk, two
dried fish worms, a sling-shOt, piece of
India-rubber, two corks, a fractured
comb, piece of licorice-root, a song
book, two medals, and a juvenile land
tortoise. Tommy looked thoughtfulIy,
as the contents Of his pockets were de.
posted before the eyes of his mother
and sullenly remarked that it was
none of SIS business, and he wanted
her 10 let his trousers alone"
Next day Tommy captured the out
side pocket of his sisters dress, and
carrying the contents to his mother,
sarcastically observed, in the presence
of Mary, MA, just see what lot Of
trash | found i'll Sis pocketI' and he
produced from his hat the following
knick-Kndcks, siz: Three nalr pms,
Soiled glove, piece Of cheWimg-gum,
three cards, a broken locket, elastic
garter, piece of ribbon, two S ate-pen-
ellis, another piece Of chewing-gum,
photograph, piece Of orange-skin, d
love-letter, broken toothbrush, more
ahewing-gum, spool of silk,a thimble, a
piece of cotton saturated with white
powder, two sour-bals, gaiter-heel,
ivory ornament belonging to a parasOl
handle, pen knife with broken blade. a
fan, five visiting cards, belt-buckle,
box of rouge, another piece Of chewing
gum, fragment of looking glass, a
peach stone, a cigar-holder stolen from
Charley" Il piece Of damask silk of
the pattern of her friend Lucy's silk
dress, an artificial flower, horse-hair
ring. long brown hair entangled i'll
hunk of taffy, and a slip of paper con-
tanning directions for handkerchief
flirtations.
Tommy placed the last article on the
table and slid from the room with a
grin of triumph on his roguish face.
His sister made an Intellectual grab for
him, aud as he passed into the street
heard her voice calling, You nasty
little brat, if you get at my pocket
again Ill slap your face" Tommy
thinks hOnOrs are easy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-10-10
Blackberry Root Good for Summer
Complaint.

We have great faith, says the Agri-
cuturist, in decoction of fresh black
berry root for looSeneSS of the bowels.
L St summer it completely cured a
severe case Of chronic diarrh G a. after
tI.e other remedies of the best physi-
ci. rs had proved unavailing, and it
Invariably cured in many other cases
where it was afterward recommended.
d, the green roots. rejecting those
th are large and woody. Wash thor
0ughly clean, and steep in water at the
rate of quart to half pound of the
root. Boil down one-half, and then
strain or pour off. Put the liquid in a
bo,tle with about ont eighth its bulk
Df brandy, whisky, or alcohol, to keep
it from souring, and cork tight. A
Jau espoOnful of this, rather less for a
"a Il, is to be taken three or four times
i day, say before each meal time. We
wolld not go from home, especially
S uthward, without taking this prepar-
Att IN along. The blackberry brandies
or cordials made from the berries are
of little account as remedy for diar-
rhCl. The virtue lies in the roots, not
in he berries.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-10-10
Quack Medicines.

At recent convention of pharma-
cists in England, says a New York
medical journal, was urged the import
ance of fixing some legal limits to the
wholesale poisoning of the public 10y
patent medicines. 1t was proposed
that even if it be impossible altogether
to suppress the reaction of dishonest
quaekery upon vulgar superstition, the
yenders of nostrums be compelled to
dlyulge the composition of their wares
and prevented from publishing mis-
chieyous and mendacious advertise
ments concerning them. Among the
examples cited, including sundry hair
reStorers, " which, in direct contradic-
ton TO theirs advertised pretensionS,
contain poisonous quantities of lead,
the most glaring one is a largely certi-
ficated Sure Cure for the Opium Hab-
it," which is found on analysis to give
commended to be taken thrice day.
1t is scarcely to be expected that Amer
ican apOthecaries, most of whom derive
the larger part of their income from
the sale Of these secret nostrums, will
join in the crusade preached by their
British cousins; but it would be well if
the American publ were taught that
ninety-nine hundredths Of the proprie
tary medicines which flood the market
are the products of uneducated imp0s-
tors, either wholly inert or positively
Qe.eteri0uS
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-10-10

The Widow Miller often told the
drinkers in her Chicago beer saloon
that she WOuld never marry again; but
Christian Beatrlm fell III love with her,
nevertheless, and supposed that he
could overcome her objection to sec
Ond husband. lie was mistaken. She
listened, smilingly, to his protestations
but her heart was not respons, We.
Christian drank beer at her bar in i'm
mense quantities, and over every glass
said, Here S looking at you!" or, MY
regards" OF even, ''Here's love to you,
Widowl" Perseverance was not re-
warded. One evening, after the saloon
was closed. Christian followed the
widow to her room, and again popped
he familiar question. She again said
no. He drew a revolver, and threat
ened to kill himself if size didn't say
yes. She still said no. He put the
weapon to his breast. won't YOU say
'Yes?' he asked. MOI she replied.
Last chance, Widow" MOP BangI
went the pistol, and Christian fell
dead.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-10-10

The rinderpest is rapidly carrying off
the comparatively few head of cattle
in Turkey which have escaped the raw
ages of war. A few weeks ago the dis
ease was confined to the European
provinces of the empire; but lately it
has shown itself and is rapidly spread
ing through Asiatic Turkey. Thou
sands of cattle are dying every week in
the vilayets of Smyrna and Hudaven-
dighiar; and unless the Government
promptly adopt and put in force meas
ures to prevent the further spread of
the contagion, one of the richest
sources of the wealth Of Turkey will be
destroyed. Already meat is becoming
scarce in the capital.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-10-10

To destroy bugs on squashes and Gu
cumber vines, dissolve tablespoonful
Of salt-petre in pailfull of water, put
a pint of this around each hill, shap-
ing the earth so that it will not spread
much, and the thing is done. The more
saltpetre, if you can afford tit is
good for vegetable but death to animal
life. The bugs burrow in the earth at
hight and fail to rise in the morning.
1t is also good to kill grub in peach
trees only use twice as much, say a
quart 20 each tree. There was not a
yellow OF blistered leaf on twelve or
fifteen trees to which it was applied
asst season. No danger of killing any
vegetable with it--a concentrated sOlu-
ton applied to beans makes them grow
wonderfully.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-10-10
Water in the Ear.

A timely warning, to those about TO
enjoy the summer luxury of sea bath
ing, is given i'll the Medical Record, by
DR.. ReXton, of the New York Ear In
tirlnary. He finds salt water to be Pc
culiarly irritating to the delicate men,
brane of the inner ear, while cold fresh
water may be equally injurious. Every
year hundreds Of people are sent to the
intirmary for treatment whose trouble
has arisen from getting water into their
ears While bathing, or from catching
cold in the ears at such times. He re-
commends, as precaution, the plug
ging of the ears with cotton before en-
tering the water, particularly in surf
bathing.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-10-10

M. Edward Andre has an article in
the Illustration Horticole, showing
that the original home of our common
potato is in South America, in the
Andes, near the equator. He first
found it growing wild on the summit
of Quindio, near the volcano of Tolima,
at a height of IL 400 feet in latitude 4
degrees "a minutes north. He next
found it at 6 200 feet high in the Cauca
in latitude degree SO minutes north,
IN May, 1866. It was growing as
handsome vine, supporting itself Oh
he neighboring trees and bearing mag
niticent flowers Of deep purple. NJ.
Andre also found it in North Lima in
the Amancoes mountain, where in the
midst OF very scanty vegetation the
potato is found growing in abundance.
1t is equally common in the island of
San Lorenzo, near Callao. M. Andre
is convinced that Humboldt is entirely
mistaken in his opinion that the tuber
did not exist either in Chill, New Gran
ada, or Peru,