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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-15

Market opens dull, with o falling CT il p1ic"'
and slight depression in tono. Flour continue
in light receipt, and s,les are slow. Wheat Is
s3c lower and 50 bushels sold at l23, IL, II
and $50, as 10 quality. Corn sold 81 t2a5l, whic"
is q decline, with offerings Of $50 bushels. MOI
ing doing in Rye or Oats. Country produce u
light receipt, ard prices unchanged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-15

NEW YORK, April 15.-Stocks strong ard
higher. Money 6 Gold lO05,lots. F!oH'
dull and declining. Wheat dull and w
changed. Corn quiet and unchanged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-15

How can | hay, a Gear and Brilliant c9n.
plexion? Simply by u.iog DR.. Bulls B o.!
Mixture aud observing the rules Of health.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-15

PHILADELPHIA. April l5.-Ca!tle fsi'Iy Sc
tive; good to primo 6ae!c; medium 5is3: com,
prime Gs6ic; MEDIUM 5ts6c; common !: ~
Hogs-msrket fair; good 6s6tc; mixed 3:a)' :.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-15


BALTIMORE April 15.-Virginis 6s. Old. -:
do. deferred a! do. consolidated Gl3; DO. : Sc.
ries g. Cotton quiet and easier; mlddling nom.
inslly 1Oislts Flour dull Howard street 81
Western Super 4sSl 50; do Extra i5.Sj .;
do Family 5Oa$G 81; City Mills Super 4 -3'
81 IS; do Extra 25sS5 IS; DO Rio br"n:s
ern quiet and weak Wc.tern t'mer; Southe'"
red ll8.l33; do amber l35sl36; Penns rel ~:
1873; No 2 winter red Western spo! nnd h:T.
lz95 May l3lsl3l4. Corn-Southern qn!"t;
Western active and strong; Southern whl:e ~:
81; do yellow 50a5l; Western mi1ed s2et NJ.
April 5ls5!t; May 52a52! June 81! ~! 80!
dull and heavy; Southern 32435; Western whit"
32s33; do mixed 3O.3l Penns 32s34 Rye dE.,
and nominal q! 6Ost2. Hay in fsir demand ani
firm; prime Penna and Maryland l4.Sl5: S"g"''
quiet and easy at .9J. C,ll.c more active aAd
shsde frmer; klo csrgoes lisl7 WhiiNey
steady at LGaSl 0c!.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-02-02

Charles H. Smith, a telegraph operator, Of
Munster. Illinois, was returning on New
Years night from party, walking along the
railroad track, when suddenly, on the middle
of uesae bridge twenty five fee high, he
was stopped by an armed tramp, who forced
him to throw up his hanbs and surrender his
revolver, $50 in cash, a valuable gold watch
and some jew elry well, old boy" said the
hishwayman, in delight, You are pretty well
heeIed,' ard he ordered his victim to hand
over his ulster. dress>coat aud vest. As
Smith took of his vest he watched an oppor-
,unity, and with desperate push hurled the
robber from the resiie work upon the ice
twenty-five feet below. Hurrying back for
assistance, on his return he found the highs
wayn,an lying senselsss, seriously if not fatal
ly wounded, on the ice, wife all his plumber,
and the man was soon in Jail.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-02-02

8. w. SM It'll.
P1PREP Il HAIR DRESSER,
4. IS. JOHNSON 4 CO..
MANU- ACrURERs. BANIOh. NJ

TTAS mos-d into hi new sI"I on L"''>
III street. ne doc" north "i W. l. Jones
,I,nr 2ayvilIe. aud pr","cd WI" All linus ~
perfumes. cosmetics AMI ha'r ayes hecess"'.
for the satisfactory execution oil Az ""rR 10
his line. aud respectfully sol'cits the pa
rronage of the public. He can shave, dye.
shampoo. and trim gentleman up IN any
styie and also keeps fancy toilet articles
on hand TO a, commodate the ladies.
June 3, lS75-tf.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-02-02
Valuable Lands for Salel
With a Large Deadening.

FNHE LARGE tract ofLand known as tie
"SmaIl Dead-ning' in Township Is, r. 6
East, containing in all abou, lAO0 acres. Will
be sold cheap, situated in Richand Parish.
Also valuable Cypress Brake together
with other timbered lands, situated in Qua
chi,a Parish.
For further particulars apply to
WILEY p. MANGHAM,
Rayvillc, La.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-02-02
DESOLAIE.

Like a funeral pail
Darkness lies over all:
Wierdly the owl doth call
From her lone steep.
Sadly the nigl,twind blows
Over December SHOWS;
Vain It's my eyes to Close
! can not sleep.
Thy voice is in my ear:
Once more thy woids hesr,
Bringing now hope, now fear.
But always love. .
And thy sweet face doth rise,
Radiant :" ith starry eyes,
Cloudloss as summer skies
In heaven above.
Once more al nights soft noon,
Under the prnsive moon
Of long vanished June,
With thee ] stray:
As wbrn in days Of old,
All my heats love ! told,
And To my pleading bold
Thou ssidst not nay.
When thou vast by my side,
Calmly the days did glide;
Like an unruiiled tide
Ny life did flow.
Then wa. each hour TOO brief;
Now but seek relief
From my consuming grief
Rest from my woe.
Now falls the scalding tear,
Shed from the presen, drear;
Shed for The past so dear,
So quickly flown
Over the lonely grave,
Hard by the sounding wave,
Madly the wind-gus,s rave;
lam alone.
Yes; but my whole life through
Leai have | been and true,
Trne shall be TO you,
As tue as then,
Till when that life is DER,
Skyward my life shall soar,
And on the heavenly shore
We meet again.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-02-02
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-05
BOARD AND LUDGiNG WANTED.

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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-01
JN: FRIDAY EVENING. MARCH !, 1878.

what do you think it comes from !?
The great value Of Saxon words is
that they mean something. Wife
means " weaver" You must either
be housewives or housemoths; re-
member that. In deeper sense,
you must either weave mems for
tunes and embroider them, OF feed
upon and bring them to decay.
Wherever a true wife comes, home
is always around her The stars
may be over head; the glow-worm
in the dewy grass may be the fire
at her feet; but where she is dwells
the spirit Of home; and for a noble
woman it stretches far around her /;
better than houses ceiled with cedar
or painted with vermillion, she'd
ding quiet light for those who else
are homeless. This is woman's
truest place and highest power.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-01
MISSING LINK OR KONKEY.
POgt-MOrtem Examination OF the
B0dy of Nip, the ChImpRnzse.

POst-MOrtem Examination OF the
b0dy of Mp, the ChimpRnzee.
The New York Tribune of this
morning says: The two chimpan-
zees "Nip" and his sister "Tuck"
have been separated by death, Nip
dying at 3 pm. Thursday. They
arrived at the aquarium about three
weeks ago. Nip contracted a cold,
which human skill and Tuck's
tears could not alleviate, and de-
parted, leaving behind a shaggy
skin, which will be stuffed. The
post-mortem examination, at which
no coroner assisted, took place
Saturday afternoon, and drew to-
gether an interested body of medi-
cal and scientific gentlemen, among
them being Professor Hammond,
Professor Smith, DR.. James r.
Wood, Professor Valentine Mott.
DIR. Little, Professor Sayre, DR..
Bates, Professor Darling and DIR.
JaneWay.
DR.. E. @. Spitzka, assisted by DR..
j. r. Taylor, laid Nip's physical
anatomy bare, and found that
the cause of death was en-
teritis, with general tuberculosis
Of brain and lungs. The physi-
clans declared that the brain looked
strikingly human. The diameter
OF the cranium was found to be a
little more than four inches, and
the circumference fourteen inches.
The brain resembled the human
brain in Its convolutions, was about
the size Of that of a newly-born
child, and the cerebrum overlapped
the cerebellum the requisite third
OF an inch to carry out the human
comparison. DR.. Spitzka said that
part of the brain which is supposed
TO do the talking, and which is
called the Island of Reil," was
fairly developed in Nip, who had
only lacked association and in
herited habit" to bO able to express
in words his opinion of America.
The undeyeloped potentiality of
speech was there. Those parts of
the brain which answer to the in
tellectual faculties, predominated
over those which are the seat of the
automatic and reflex functions. DR..
Spitzka believed the autopsy settled
every point of the controversy be-
tween Professor Huxley and Pro-
fessOr Owen in favor of the former.
A microscopic examination of the
brain and spinal column will be
made, and the result will be laid be-
fore the Neurological Society of
New York. Before the doctors get
through with Nip, they may decide
that what there is left of him is
entitled to a funeral,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-01
The Trus VIE,

What do you think the sweet
word 'wife" comes fromg 1t is
tha great syllable in which the
English and Latin language con-
lpered the French and Greek. |
hope the French may some day find
an expression for the idea in lieu of
that dreadful word femme, But
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-01
Louisville GalQ Great Southern R.R.

1880 pm. Night Express ION Saturday
this train runs only to Milan) connects at
Milan for st. Louis and Chicago at Mo
KenEe for Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta
and the Southeast; at Guthrie for Hopkins
vile, Henderson and Evansville; at Louis
vile for all points North and East.
Hoo am. Day Express-Oonnscts for ST.
Louis and Chicago. at Louisville for all
points North and East.
G:40 pm. Brownsville Accommodation
Daily except Sunday.
arrival Of Trains
Express.....,.. D. m
a. N
Pullman Palace Cara on either train 10 Louis
Vile. and on Night train to Nashville.
For tickets or inform alton. apply at Ticket
Office, 2s7 Main, Northwest corner Madison
street
JAS. MONTGO GOMERY. sup't Memphis Div.
JAMES SPEED. Ticket Agent.
62-f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-01
MEMPHIS q LITTLE ROCK R.R.
shrOt Line to Arkansas and Texas.
TIME CARD,

Leaves. Arrives.
Mail train, daily y..........5. 80 pm. 1l.3Op,m.
Freight train daily Tex.
Sunday)......... ........."7. 90 am. $50 m.
Passengers going on this road will take
trains at the depot of the Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southera railroad. Mail
trains make close connection at Arsenta for
points on the Little Rock and Fort Saith
railroad and at Little Rock with tho Cairo
and Fulton railroad for poiEts in Southwest
Arkansas and Texas.
Pullman palace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
Fer tickets and information apply at Ticket
Offices 27s and 287 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.
ri. S. JAY. q. P, ard 7. Ag't, Little Rock.
w. Z. SMITH, Sup't, Momphis Tenn.
12S-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-01

Vatican, when a nameless, strug-
Cling artist, timidly offered a paint
ing to a rich picture dealer for six
francs, and was on the eve of being
scornfully rejected, when a stranger,
who happened to be in the shop,
came forward, and, seeing some
talent in the work, spoke eneour-
agingly to the youth and offered
him $50 francs for the picture nor
was this all, for he became Wat
teau's patron and instructor. One
day a little shepherd boy was seated
near the roadside on the way from
Vespignano to Florence, drawing
upon a polished stone which he held
in his tiny fingers, A richly dressed
stranger who had descended from a
conveyance that was following him,
chanced to pass, and looking over
the boys shoulder, saw that he had
just sketched with wonderful truth
and correctness sheep and its twin
lambs. Surprised and pleased, he
examined the face of the young
artist. Certainly it was not its
beauty that attracted him. The
ckild looked up, but with such a
marvellous light in his dark eyes
that the stranger exclaimed, "My
child, you must come with me F; |
will be master and your father;
it is some good angel that has led
me here" The stranger was Gina
bue, the most celebrated painter of
that day; and his pupil and pro-
tege became the famous painter,
sculptor and architect Giotto, the
friend and admiration of Dante
and Petrarch.
An excellent landscape of Saliva
tor Rosa's, exhibited at the British
Institution in 1923, came to be
painted in a curious way. The
painter happened one day to be
amusing himself by tuning an old
harpsichord; some one observed
they were surprised he could take
so much trouble with an instru-
ment that was not worth a crown.
81 bet you | make it worth thou.
sand before / have done with it"
said Rosa. The bet was taken, and
Salvador painted on the harpsichord
a landscape that not only sold for a
thousand crowns, but was esteemed
frst-rate painting. Chemistry
and pathology are indebted to what
has often seemed the merest chance
for many an important discovery.
A French paper says it has been
accidentally discovered that in cases
of epileptic fits a black silk hand
kerchief thrown over the afflicted
persons will restore them imme-
dlately. Advances in science and
art and sudden success in profess
sions have often more to do with
the romance of accident than most
people imagine; but as we may
have occasion again to take up the
subject, we quit it for the present.