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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-09
RAILROADS.
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON
g. RAILROAD.

CoHEDULE ON AND AFTER FEBRUARY
y o, 1878:
Mail and Express, daily-ll,55 pm 5.5 pm
Somerville train, daily
Except SundRy).......... 500 pm S.lo am
Grand Junction acoemo-
datieu daily Except
Saturday. 7.40p.m 8.t0a.m
Time Twenty minutes FnsGer sham
aaf f City Time.
The III. .66 pm. Train makes the quick
eat time ever made to Chattanooga, Knox
Vile. Lynohburg, Washington, and the East,
and will stop at all Regular Stations, and at
Flag Stations when tagged, except Flag Sta
tions between Collierville and Memphis.
SOmervfile train VIII stop as reg
ulRr and Eag stations.
The ll.55 pm. train makes close connection
at Granl junction for all oints south on Chi
cago, ST. Louis and New Orleans railroad.
The Z 40 p IN. makes close connection for
jackson, Tenn, and all points north Of Grand
junction.
Memphis and Charleston railroad.
JOHN A. GRANT,
Chief Engineer and General Sup't.
7. S. DAVAN1,
l4Ot Assistant General Passenger Agent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-09
Twenty THOUSAND People

Twenty THOUSAND People
old and young. e'ery week. 1t is just to say
that the patrons of the WESTERN
METHODIST belong to the best class Of
community.
We desire our business men to make note
Of the above facts before completing their
advertising arrangements for the coming
season.
We use our best efforts to keep our columns
free Of all irregular and irresponsible adver-
tiSingi for many good people seeing an ad-
vsrtissment in a paper. especially their
church paper. take it as a guarantee of re-
spOnsibility. Such confidence should not to
abused when it can be helped. We want.
therefore.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-09
MEMPHIS G. LITTLE R0CKR.R.
OF Line to Arkansas and Texas.
THMEOARDs

Leaves. Arrives
Mail train, daily 80 PIN. n.3O ,. IN.
Freight train daily lex.
sunday ......... ...........7. 90 am. $50 p. M
Passengers going on this road will take
trains at the depot of the Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southern railroad. Mail
trains make close connection at Argenta for
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.
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.
M. S. JAY. a. P. AID 4. Ag't, Little Rock
W. =. SMITH. Sup't. Memphis Tenn.
lQ3-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-09
RAILROAD TINE TABLE,.

MEMPHIS AND LOUIsvILIER RAILROAD.
sW Arrives. Leaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-09

MEMPHIS AND OHARL EsTON R.R.
- ~ Arrives. Leaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-09
Louisville and Great Southern R.R.

1850 pm. Night Express (0n Saturday
this train runs only to Milan -Connectg at
Milan for st. Louis and Chicago; at Nc
Kenzie fer Nashville. Chattanooga. Atlanta
and the Southeast at Guthrie for Hopkins
vile, Henderson and Evansville; at Louis
Vile Tor all points North and East.
Hoo am. Day Express-COnnects for st.
Louis and Chicago, at Louisville for all
points North AID East.
4:4O pm. Brownsville Accommodation
Daily except Sunday.
Arrival Of Trains.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-09

A bite from rsttlesnake ia sometimes
not more dangerous than a severe cough
or cold. A well.merited reputation has
DR. Bulls Cough Syrup, and this remedy
is sold by oil druggists Price 25c.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-09
MISSISSIPPI'& TENNESSEE
ABROAD.
CHEDULR.

ON and ter Wednesday. November IA,
" lS7,tr,i will run as foll0ws:
Leave. Arrive
Main Train daily.......;.... 300 pm. 1:05 pm
Sardis Accommodation
daily lex. Sundays ...1l;50 am. 9:15 q. m
Freight Train daily lex.
Sundays) .......,,........... 500 am. 400 p. m
6-t Nj. BURKE. Sup't.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-01-03
TIE FINANCIAL QUKS
IION.

From the Chicago Time.
Q-What was the American
coin standard ?
A-The silver dollar.
Otis weight ?
A-Four hundred and twelve
and one half grains.
What was the gold equiva-
lent ?
A-Twenty- five and eight-tenths
grins, nine tenths pure gold.
Q-The relative value!
A-Sixteen ounces Of silver to
one Of gold.
Q-How long had the silver
dollar been the unit cf American
value
A-For more than eighty years.
Q-When was it demonetized?
An 1873 and 1874, first by
dropping the silver dollar from the
list of coins in revising the laws
relative to the mints, aud second
bySmaking the gold dollar the unit
of values.
GLOW was this change accom-
plished ?
A-Stealthily and fraudulently,
by Withholding the knowledge OF
the transaction from the people,
sitting discussions, and deceiving
even the President and many OF
the Congressman who voted for
the change by concealing the real
purpose and effect of the acts.
Q-What was the purpose !?
A-To give the creditor class
the right to exact payment in q
single coin which would have u
greater value by reason of the ex-
clusion of its mate from monetary
service.
Q-What is the present value
of the silver dollar p?
A-There is 10 silver dollar
Q-What is the present value in
gold of the amount of bullion
which would constitute the silver
dollar if remonetized
A-Between 90 and SO cents oi
the gold dollar.
| Q-Will it not be unjust, then,
to restore the silver dollar at this
ratio of values ?
A-No.
Q-Why
A-Because it was the demo
netization of silver in Germany
Holland and the United States a
about the same time which threw
between 100000, 1000 and $780,
100000 of silver bullion on th'
market and brought on the depre
ciatlon.
i Q-WilI the reconciliation o
silver in the United States Civ
monetary employment to as mucl
: silver as was thrown out of use b
the German demonetlZation ?
. A-Ultimately, just about th
same amount, and thus restore th
equilibrium.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-01-03
REAL ESTATE IN NEW YORK.

CCorrespondencc.of the Raleigh Observ-
The shrinkage in real estate as well
as most other property has by no
means come to an end, A friend OF
mine who has owned houses and lots
in Rhode island borrowed Sl4, 200
upon a mortgage OF them few years
ago, when they were worth 100000
and yielded a rental of $500. The
rents have gone down to $4,000, and
in the meantime the taxes have in
creased, so that the animal income
would barely pay interest on his mort
gage and taxes and charges. He
considered himself very fortunate,
therefore, in finding purchaser last
week who gave him $500 eyer the
$4,000 of incumbrancc.
To-day's papers mention a still
more notable case. Six years ago Mr..
Belmont sold thirty vacant lots on the
Park for 100000, receiving $780,
900 in cash and taking a mortgage
for S35O,0OO. The purchaser being
unable TO pay interest on the mort
gage it has been foreclosed, and yes
terday Mr.. Belmont had to pay his
lots back at s2S0,000. The land
speculator who bought from him six
years ago has, therefore, lost the $780,
900 paid at first, all of the interest
which he paid as long as he could, and
now owes Mr.. Belmont SO, ,G00.-
The above are but instances of what
is going on here day by day, and
which indicate that the investment
which was considered five years ago
the safest of all, as the most profita-
BILE, was really the worst. 1t is the
last to show any sign of improvement.
That it will revive, is of course certain,
and this is the time for man who
has money to use it in buying prop
erty here but let him be sure that lie
can command the cash to ply taxes
and other charges, for he may find
himself without tenant. | pass
every day fl story store on Broad
way, 80 feet by 200, that has been
vacant for six or eight years. l sup
pose the owner requires too much
rent, and can afford to live without
the twenty Or thirty thousand dollars
a year that he could have gotten for
It. 1t is the general opinion here,
and very decidedly my own, that this
part of the country, with all its wealth,
is in a worse condition than any other.
and that the South. with all its pow
erty, is better of than any. 1t has
economical to wonderful extent,
and is less in debt than either the
North, the East or the West. With
restored good governments, coEtin-
ued industry and economy, it will
again become, with the blessing of
Providence, the garden spot of the
world. III.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-01-03
PURIFIED 10 TE.

All men and women must love
something. If our thoughts are
pune we love birds, flowers, and all
beautiful things. In Their con
temptation We are happy, and
there comes to our brain q steady
strength. 1t is such a rest from
labor to look upon the fragrant
flowers placed each morning on
our desk-to hear our pet canary
sing his roundelay of welcome-to
behold evidences of thrift and
neatpess all about, as these chill
dren of order and system reward
the senses. 1t is related of II man
that he called his wife, who Was a
hundred pounds heavier than he,
his little darling--his petite pet.
People smiled at him because they
did not understand his actuations.
He had q warm, trusting, loving,
heart, a great many love all about
the object of that love, aid 80 she
was his little ret--his darling.
We are like chamelecns, aud color
as We feed mentally. If We love
the beautiful we are happy. IL
we love the coarse, the vulgar, the
objects or influences that give no
sweet return, life becomes blank,
the soul cracks and shrinks into a
bundle of nailrods to lacerate the
mental man, and we are on the
direct road to ruin. What beau.
tiful world this would be If all per-
sons would only ornament their
homes and their hearts by cultiva'
ting and keeping alive their love
for pets, no matter what their form
or condition.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-01-03

that one of his elastics had be-
come unclasped, and had fallen to
the ground. At the same moment
it was perceived by the prettiest
OF the teachers, who made u fra .
tic effort to seize it, but was antici-
pated by the unhappy clergyman.
II was bad enough for him to know
that the teacher had discovered
his misfortune, but what was his
horror and amazement when, with
every appearance of anger, she
demanded that he should s.hand
her that" instantly. He was SO
astonished at her evident desire to
make sport of him that he did not
deign to answer her. but put the
disputed article in bis pocket and
walked away. Whereupoh the
teacher burst into tears and in
formed her confidential friends
that Mr.. Simpkins had had the
inconceivable audacity to steal one
of her-in fact, her private prop
er.v.
The scandal spread rapidly and
widely, and grew as rapidly as it
spread. At the end of half an hour
every lady at the picnic had cut the
clergyman in the most marked man
ner. Burning with shame and indig-
nation, he forgot to repair the 6efi-
ciencies of his toilet, and went home
feeling rather more crestfallen than did
the prophet Daniel, when he found
that the lions would rot recognize his
existance. 1t was not until he was on
the point Of seeking sleepless pillow
that he discovered that both his scarlet
elastics were in their proper place,
while the one which he had picked up
at the pic mic lay on his table. The
full horror of his situation flashed
upon him. The teacher had really
dropped scarlet elastic, and he had
seized it under the impression that it
was his own.
The utter hopelessness o. ever
making any satisfactory explanation
of the affair was only too apparent
Early the next morning Mr.. Simpk:ns
fed from Westbridge ruined man.
The fatal articles which had caused his
downfall lie lef! behind him, and they
teach with mute but powerful eIo-
quence the lesson that we should bear
the socks we have, and never dream
of flying to stockings, of which we
know nothing except by hearsay.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-01-03
NO. 5

Q-Why not increase the weight
of the silver dollar, say from 16 to
17l ounces to 1 Of gold, in order
to increase justice
A-Becausc such an increase, in
addition to the new volume acquired
by the use Of silver as m money, wunld
render the silver dollar more valna-
ble than the gold dollar, and this
would drive the silver dollar ont of
circulation. -
Q-But, in the event that those
representations fail, and the silver
dollar shall not be worth more than
93 cents, will not an injustice be
done the crecitor2
A-No.
Q-Why2 :.
A--Because the great bulk of
the present debts were contracted
at !. time and in currency when
the creditors loaned only abont so
or 85 cents in gold, and expected
to be paid in the same currency
They will not he swindled if they
receive from 10 to Is per cent.
more than they loaned, over and
above the interest.
Q-Does this apply to the public
creditors, the holders of government
bonds I!
A-Only IN part.
Q-Thcn, will not the pnblic
creditors be defraudcd by payment
in silver?
A-No.
Q-WLy?
A-Because Congress pledged the
faith of the nation, and the bonds ex.
pressly stipulate, payment, not in gold,
but sin coin OF the standard value of
the United States on July r., 1870"
which included silver as well as gold.
Q-Dii the foreign purchasers of
the bonds SO understand ii?
A-Undoubtedly; else they would
not have bestirred themselves so Wig
oroEsly to bring about tine demnneti-
zation of the metal, and thus en-
hance the value of their credits by
making them payable in the other en-
CluSlNely.
Q-Wherein, then, consists tue
swindle which is so generally charged
in this silver dispute!
Ain the original and snrreptitious
demonstration scheme, which sought
to contract the coin currency in the
interest of money lenders.
Q-What effect VIII the remoneti-
zation Of silver have on resumption
Alt will hasten resumption by
adding hundreds of millions to the
coin resources of the nation.
Q-Will the failure to rcmonetize
silver retarded resumption?
A-lndeiinitly.
Q-Why?
A-Because the nation cannot COM
mand sufficient gold coin in which to
resume specie payments.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-01-03

pet filled with crashes of power, and
yet intermingled all the while with a
sweet undersong of sweetest cadence.
His forehead giowed like q heated
furnace, his countenance was haggard
| liEe that of maniac, and ever and
anon he flung his long hony arms high
as if grasping after tliunderbolt.
He drew a picture of murdersin ap-
palling colors, that in comparison, hell
itself might look beautiful he painted
the slanderer so black that the sun
seemed dark at monday when shining
on such u monster. And then fixing
both portraits on the shrinking Hop
kins fastened them there forever The
agitation of the audience amounted
almost to madness.
Ali at once the speaker dies. ended
from his lofty height. His voicaswail
ed out to the murdered dead. and liv-
ing g-the beautiful Mary, more beau
tifui every moment as her tears flowed
faster and faster-till men wept and
sobbed like children.
He closed by strong exhortation
to the jury, and through them to the
by-standers the panel, after they
should bring verdict for the plain
tiff not to offer violence to the defend
ant, however richly he might deserve
it-in other words, not to lynch the
villain but to leave his punishment
to God. Ills was the most artful
trick of all, and was calculated to in
sure vengeance.
The jury rendered verdict of fifty
thous; | dollars, and the night after
wards Hopkins was taken out Of his
bed by the lynchers and beaten al
most to death. AS the court adjourn
ed the stranger said: "John Taylor
will preach here ut early candlelight."
He did preach, and the house was
crowded, l have listened to Clay,
Webster and Beecher, but never heard
anything in the form Of sublime words
even approximating to the eloquence
o: John Taylor, massive as a noun
tain and wildly rushing as cataract
OF fire.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-01-03
Sonnet.

Who hath not treasured something Of the past
The lost the buried, or the far away?
Twined with those heart-afections which outiast
All save their memories-these outlive decay
broken relic of our childhOod's play,
A faded flower, that long ago was fair
Mute token of love that died untold!
Or silken curl, or lock of siivery hair
The brow that bare them long since in the mould /,
Though these may call up griefs that else had slept
Their twilight sadness DER the soul to bring;
Not every tear In bitterness is wept,
While they revive the dropping flowers that spring
Within the heart and round its ruined temples
cling.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-01-03
FORESTS IN THE UNITED STATE

FORESTS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Within ten years, no less than
100000 acres of forest have been
cut down or burned over in the
United State. Much of the timber
is used for fuel, twenty live cities
being on record as consuming 5000
acres to 10000 acres each. Fences
use up much timber, and railway
sleepers require the product Of
10000 acres per alnnrn. The
amount of pine and lumber timber
yet standing in the United States
is no longer large. Tho sum Of
IA, 100000 dollars is estimated to
be invested in the whole timber
industry, employing 100000 mon
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-01-03
no " TIE TIDES 4 RE
PRODUCED.

There has always been difficulty
in the minds of teachers, as we'll as
in the mind of learners to cornpre-
hcnd the theory Of the tides as
presented in our text books. This
theory fails to give satisfactory
account of the cause of the tides
on the side of the earth most re
mote from the san and moon. Ac
cording to this theory, at that part
Of the carth's surface which is
turned away from the moon or
sun, less amount of attraction is
felt by her waters than anywhere
else on her surface; and the whole
earth is, therefore, in effect drawn
away from the waters on the far
side of her, and thus, the water left
behind, tide is produced on the
side at which the torce of gravity
acts directly. That so great an
absurdity should have been accept
ed SO long by our writers OF text
books is truly marvellous. 1t is.
Indeed, SO contrary to all known
facts and laws of physics, and if no
other influences are felt by the
waters at the far side of the earth
than attraction, there would be just
the opposite effect produced as that
alledged by this absurd hypothesis.
This can be demonstrated by actual
experiment, ard as conclusively as
any other fact coming within the
reach of experimental philosophy.
1t has been proved experimentally
that all bodies on the surface OF the
earth at midnight are heavier than
at any other hour of the twenty
four and when the new moon
occurs at midnight this increase of
weight or gravity felt by matter on
this part of the surface of the earth
is still greater. Now, if this theory
were correct, attraction would pro,
duce just the opposite effect {; that
is matter would weigh less at mid>
night than at any other hour of the
twenty-four. On the side of the
earth facing the sun and moon, the
weight of bodies is diminished, as
it should be, according to the theory
which | propose to establish in this
article. -Popular Scien ce Monthly.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-01-03

To MoRRow.--To-m morrow is a
world of prophecies the place
where human fancy most delights
to dwell. Silent and mute 1t lies
before US cleaning with hope and
happy anticipations. 1t has been
said that the two great pleasures
of living are in having something
to love, and something to hope for,
and the last of these is ever before
us in the promise Of "to morrow"
Tomorrow we may not know, and
it is we'll it is thus ordained to le
for beyond the invisible veil that
conceais alike its coming joys and
sorrows, our fancy may revel only
in what Is beautiful and fair, nol
see gloom or shadows of comine
trials and worldly Affections, that
could we anticipate as fixed reali
ties that were certain to come
would mar all our peace and en-
joyment of the present. Western
| T0bbacco journal.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-09-14
Citizen Of Jamison.

Let the American people proclaim
as their resolves; First-That they
will have free elections in all the
States. undisturbci and unawed by
Federal interference, civil or mill.
tary. Sccond-The verdict of the
people rendered ut the polls shall bo
faithfully recorded and shall be 40.
ceptea and obeycd. Third-That
The men or the party who shall stand
III the way Of these resolves shall DO
withered by the wrath of an honest
people who love civil liberty, intend
70 preserve it ior themselves and
their pcsterity. Senator Bayardef
Dc'owsys.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-09-14
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Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-09-14

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ny purifying ::,v b;TGs.,r -',...- i!-Sy r;,.
kiUEV$t t. horit!iy ,.ysb., ;.itsr'st. M, I,...y
g., aud Lhsist! Mature ~ ie7.r;4iug III Glu
dutI-s that iCcylv" mon l..s
. ih"ftnds OF lnyd!'tn n!c .uit.r:r, today fr0-a
thg aictts OF poNvnrful nWVauI!vI nneTrun,t,
II!1hi ~! uuttII;Ili|,- Ot uu!:iinC D,II iUi,r,l
Nn~;'H a. ur>r!!tr, neither Ui r!igh over lave. ur
wer Sou.u, reach tl.- ,.iS ..C4g gi ,asr complains
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-09-14
! SLY, fellows" remarked q Yam

aNY, fellows" remarked a Yam
kse 'oaier to some Of his companions,
lct us SEQ who can tell the biggest
lie "All right" said ono, "I'm the
biggest fool in America" ooh,
pshaw !" Exclaimed the first, contemp.
tously' "wc agreed to tell nothing
h"t lies, and you begin by tolling tho
truth,