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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

hecsuse, forsooth, il Is her own and
the rubber trees arc near. She will
not even repair the structure. You
eau sec sky through the roof, but If
rain drives IN she will swing her ham,
mock in another corner, and shiver
through the night as best she may (;
for tomorrow there are rubber trees
to be tapped, and a fresh harvest of
the precious milk to be brought home
and what will you have? One must
expect discomfort in a swamp.
Back of the house the rubber trees
are scattered through the marshy
forest where we Chamber over logs,
and sink into pools of mud, and leap
the puddles where the mosquitoes are
bloOd-thirsty and nature is damp, and
dark and threatening; where the
silence is unbroken by beast on bird
a silence hal can be felt: it is like a
tomb in which we are buried, away
from the sunshine, away from brute
and man, alone with rotting death.
The very beauty of our forest tomb
makes us shudder by its intenseness.
1t is early morning, men and women
come with baskets of clay cups on
their backs, and little hatchets to
cash the trees. Where the white milk
drips down from the cash they stick
their cups on the trunk with daubs Of
clay, moulded so as to catch the whole
flow. If the tree is a large one, four
or FIVE gashes may be cut in a circle
around the trunk. On the next day
other gashes are made a little below
these, and so on until the rows reach
the ground. By eleven O'Clock the
flow of milk has ceased, and the
scringueiros come to collect the con-
tents of the cups in calabash jugs. A
gill or so is the utmost yield from each
tree, and a single gatherer may attend
to a hundred and twenty trees or
more, wading always through these
dark marshes, and paying dearly for
hts profit in fever and weakness.
Our mameluca hostess has brought
in her days gathering-a calabash Of.
the white liquid, in appearance pre-
cisely like milk. If left in this con-
dition it coagulates after a while and
forms an inferior whitish gum. To
make the black rubber of commerce
the milk must go through a peculiar
process of manufacture, for which our
guide has been preparing. Over a
s~mOldering fire, fed with the hard nuts
of the tucuma palm, he places a kind
of clay chimney, like a wide-mouthed,
bOttomless jug through this boiao
the thick smoke pOurs in a constant
stream. Now be takes his mOld-in.
this ease a wooden one, like a round
bladed paddle-washes it with milk,
and holds it over the smoke until the
coagulates. Then another coat
is added, only now, as the wood is
heated, the milk cOagulates faster. 1t
may take the gatherings of two or
three days to cover the mold thickly
enough. Then the rubber is still dull
white, but in a short time it turns
brown and finally almost black, as it
is seen in the market. The mass is
cut from the paddle and sold to traders
in the village. Bottles are sometimes
made by moulding the rubber over n
clay ball, which is then broken up and
removed. Our old.fashioned rubber
shoes used to be made in this way.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29
CINCINNATI.
Governor Dennison Elected Chair
man--NominatlOns.

CINCINNATI, May 2S.-Ex-governor
Dennisoh was elected permanentc chair
man.
Hon Richard G. Parsons, of Cleve-
land, nominated Hon. Alphons Taft as
a candidate for governor. Hon. Ben
EgglestoD seconded the nomination.
George Williams (colored), in an elo-
quent speech, followed in favor of
Taft.
General Gibson, of Senaca county,
amid great cheering, nominated Hon.
Charles Foster. His speech produced
intense enthusiasm among the dele
gates and audience. The nomination
was seconded by Mr.. jackson, colored,
of Cleveland.
General j. w. Kiefer, Of Clark
county, was also nominated, but was
withdrawn. The convention then
proceeded TO ballot.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29
POstaICard.

Louisville Courier-JournalI
There were some mad men in a GER
tain Kentucky postoficc a few days
AGO. A postal card was dropped into
the letter-bOx addressed to the Rev.
John PentecOst, ""." Ii was
an ordinary card, and the postmaster
was an ordinary postmaster. he took
it up glanced at the address, turned
is leisurely over ard read:
"-,@, May 2, lS79-You, to
whom this card is not addressed, and
who, nevertheless, have the cheek to
read it, are a contemplate, unprinci-
pied sneak, and a prying pusilanimous
coward. GEORGE L. DUGAN."
The postmaster laid the card gently
down and lounged to the other end Of
the house, softly whistling Nancy
Lee" In due time the clerk came
upon the card, perused it, and made
the neighborhood hideous with the
howls Of his pet dog, which he kicked
in the ribs. How the card Jared with
the various route agents through
whom it passed it is impossible to say,
nor do we know wheter it was read by
the woman who is postmistresss Of
the office where the Rev. John Pente-
cost is supposed to get his mail but
the report is hal on the day it reached
there she smashed a bottle of ink on
her husbands head, spanked the chill
dren all round, and chewed up ninety
FIVE cents worth Of wax. We cannot
be too careful never to write on postal
cards anything in the least calculated
to wound the sensitive delicacy Of the
postofice peoples feelings.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

Cincinnati Enquirer g
Some Journals indulge in very loose
writing occasionally. The Vicksburg
Herald certainly does when it says
Deny or avoid the fact as best We
may, we must acknowledge that the
Democratic party has little strength
in the North, and the Republican
party almost none in the South. The
Democratic party at the Presidential
election in 1876 gave Mr.. Tilden in
the so-called Northern States $780,
658, being full one million more votes
than the Democratic party in the
Southern States gave him.
The Northrn States gave Mr.. Hayes
2,927, 189 votes, and the Southern
States, according To Republican count,
gave him / Jos, $50.
That has reference to the popular
vote, and shows the Democratic party
in the North to have great strength
instead Of little strength " and the
Republican party in the South TO have
much strength instead Of almost
none,
A Northern Republican journal
INDUCES in like loose statements when,
in the spirit Of the individual whom
Christ spoke Of as thanking God that
he was not as other men in vile
ness. it declares that " the Democratic
party at the North draws its strength
from the least intelligent and least
progressive States" That bubble of
party %conceit is easily pricked.
There is abelt Of six States TO which
we call the attention Of our Republi-
can contemporary. They are New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. There is
no discount on those States.
They contain more miles ofrailrOads
than all the rest Of the North To.
gether.
They pay more internal revenue by
double than all the remainder of the
North.
They have more capital invested in
manufactures, and pay more wages,
than all the rest Of the North put to.
gether
They pay annually by many millions
more for school purposes than all the
other Northern States combined.
How did they vote at the late Presi-
dsDtial elaetiop2 Look.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

The General Omnibus Company of
Paris has for some time past made use
of electricity for subduing visions
horses. BY the process adopted in
tractable animals given to biting, a
ing and kicking are rendered molten
sive, and submit ~peaceably to be
groomed and harnessed. To obtain
this result a weak current Of electrici-
ty is passed into the mouth of the
horse each time it becomes FESTIVE.
The will of the animal seems almost
annihilated. The current is produced
by a small induction machine Of The
Clarke system, the wires Of which
communicate with the bit Of the bril-
die. The employment Of electricity is
said to produce q sort Of uneasiness or
torpor rather than pain, and is much
less barbarous than many tanning
methods hitherto adopted,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29
WASHINGTON.
The President Will Not Send In
His Veto To-Day.
The Departments to be Closed on
Decoration Day.

WASHINGTON, May q. - Subscrip-
tions to the 4 per cent. r%efunding Ger
tifcates since yesterdays report
amount to 81 ,292, $40.
The President will not send his
message returning the legislative, ex-
.ecutive and judicial appropriation bill
to the house Of representatives to-day.
By direction of the President all
the departments will be closed Friday
Decoration Day. that the employees
may participate in the ceremonies.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29
MIR. KiIIebrew's Travelling Ex.
. penSes.

Nashville American, 27th.l
We were about to suggest that the
leading iron men who are now travel.
ing in TENNESSEE and inspecting the
Fast Tennessee ore banks, should also
be invited by Commissioner Killebrew
to Inspect the great Western iron belt
in order that they may have a thor
ough knowledge Of all the iron regions
of Tennessee. We reflect, however,
that by hocuspOcus, or slight Of hand
Of somebody, or By some means, which
appears to have been unknown 10 the
majority, and indeed to almost all,
the legislature deprived Mr.. Kille.
brew of travelling expenses, and it is
rather hard 10 ask a man to find
himself and pay his own expenses in
the service Of the State, especially
when he is doing a good deal ofitauy,
how. We never did believe in riding
a willing horse to death. The fact is
that when the State has a man OF
whom it can require valuable service
it ought to draw on him and then it
ought TO remunerate him. We are
disposed TO acquit The legislature as q
body Of this unenlightened action.
but then we should like to know who
in the deuce did it. Certainly the
members can't II least find the hole il
which it was done and who were it
the hole at the time. Bomebody die
it. The great number say they di,
not, aud did not even know II. VIII
did, aud how II come outsider cam.
in aud tempered. with the laws, let
make a requisition for him. This Is
question which ought TO be asked IN
til it is answered. The membsF'
many Of them say the appropriation
bill was tempered with. They did no
know the change made, We knO'
nothing about il, they ought TO knol
and the people would like 10 know
you know.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

The following account of a most in
toresting industry occurs In the second
paper In the Scrihner series on Brazil
by Herbert H. Smith, who writes
from personal experience
The rubber swamps are all around,
but land travelling is out Of the ques
ton. SO an Indian canoe man il en-
gaged-a good-natured fellow. and an
adept IN wood-craft. He sets US across
the river at a half-ruined hut. where
bright vines Chamber over the broken
thateh and hang in long f~estoons in
front Of the low doorway but within,
the floor is soddep black clay. and
dark mold hangs on the sides, aud the
air is like a sepulcher. The single
sloyeplg mamelpca woman who in.
habits the place complains bitterly Of
the ague which fortunes her yet year
after year, until the house falls tC
pieces, she will go on dying here
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

VIM. Yoakum had bis trial and was
convicted Of murder in the first de-
gree. The Supreme Court over
ruled it last week, agreed to
a change Of venue and his case was
moved to fresno county. The mob
we're all masked except FIVE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

CINCINNATI, May pa fire at
Parkersburg, W. Va, this forenoon
destroyed Logan & Co.'S wholesale
boot house loss, slO,0OO-fully in
sured Caswell's dry goods house,
loss $60O0-insured for 5000 in the
Underwriters and Royal OF Liverpool
Hull's photograph gallery total loss-
uninsured. The fire originated from
a defective hue.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

A Philadelphia man who moved to
the country last month expects TO have
excellent sweet potatoes In the fall.
To each hill Of his white potatoes he
added two spoOnfuls Of white sugar.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

Gentleman's MagaEino.l
1t was about May 1883, that Ma
elise was introduced by Forster to
Charles Dickens, and the c~ongeniality
Of spirit that existed between the
great artist and the great novelist soon
made them close and firm friends.
Mac, as Dickens ever calls him,
was henceforth always a necessary ele-
ment in those pleasant social evenings,
merry excursions and exciting first
readings that made up so much of the
enjoyment Of Dickens life, and Mac
evidently contributed largely to the
humor and fun of those delightful
meetings. Here is sketch of him in
1893, when Dickens had taken a little
cottage for the summer at Twicken-
ham, where Thackeray, JeIrold, Tai
fourd and many other OF his friends
we're often to be found assembled,
and where the social charm
of Maclise was seldom wanting.
" Nor was there anything writes
Forster, in his Life of Dickens, that
exercised a greater fascination over
Dickens than the grand enjoyment of
idleness, the ready elf-abandonment
to the luxury Of laziness which we
both so laughed at in Maclise, under
whose easy swing of indifference, al
ways the most amusing at the most
%aggravating events at times, we knew
that there was artist work as eager,
energy as %unwearying, and observation
almost as penetrating as Dickens own.
A greater enjoyment than the fellow
ship of Maclise at this period it would
be difficult to imagine. Dickens
hardly saw more than he did, while yet
he seemed to be seeing nothing and
the small esteem in which this rare
faculty was held by himself, a quaint
Oddity that gave the shrewdncss itself
in him an air Of Irish simplicity, his
unquestionable turn for literature,
and a varied knowledge of it not al
ways connected with such intense
love and such unwcaried practie,
Of one special and absorbing art
combined to render him attractive
far beyond the common. His Gnt
genius and his handsome person, oil
neither Of which at any time h,
seemed himself to be in the slightest
degree conscious, completed tn,
charm" One of the first fruits 0
this pleasant intimacy was the pro
duction Of the we'll known portrait o
Dickens at the age of twenty-seven
which was first engraved as a fronts
piece for an edition of 'Nickelby,
and afterward by Mr.. Robert Graves
A. X. A., for Forster's Life" 4
/, delicate outline Of steel engraving 0
it by &. H. Jeens, giving not only TIN
head but the whole figure, is ais
given in the same work. "As a like
/, ness Thackeray once remarked, Il
is perfectly amazing. A looking glas
, could not render a better fac-simile
| We have here the real identical ma
Dickens, the inward as well as tn
outward Of him."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

That was a CHASTITY joke that a sin.
full toWAsman played on a stranger,
whom he promised to introduce To- a
rich planter, and then took him around
and presented him to the leading un.
dertaker.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

In that election our Republican con
temporary will see that the Demo
cratic party polled an absolute, though
a small majority over the Republican
party in those six controlling States.
The mote will get in the journalistic
eye occasionally.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

A glitteriug ballroom dress made of
strands of spun glass has been offered
to any San Francisco belle who will
buy and wear it. Prof. Theodore Gre
mer has done the spinning by blowing
glass into long strands and washing
them in a solution of water and beet
root sugar, which has a toughening
effect. The weaving was done on an
old fashioned hand loom, the warp
being nineteen feet long and the wool
four feet, a number of cOlors being
worked in so as to produce a bright
glass cloth. The dress is en- panier,
with loop sleeves and square neck,
ornamented with box pleating, and
bound in blue. With the new dress
there is a set Of beautiful blonde glass
curls of a natural hue upon the head
of the model reaching to the waist.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

The czar's government has made
special provision for the training of
doctors for service in the Russian
army, From the beginning of next
year the Imperial Medico- Chirurgieal
Academy Of st. Petersburg will be
wholly devoted to the work, and will
be known as the Imperial Military
Academy Of Medicine. The number
Of students is to be confined to five
hundred from the date Of their en-
try they will be considered in the
service Of the State, and will be called
candidates in medicine - they will
receive three hundred foubles a year
aud an allowance for equipment, both
at tho time of their entry aud at the
time Of their leaving, whom qualified
as medical men. Upon graduating
they will be required to give eighteen
months service in the medical admin.
istration of the army for every year o.
their aoademioal training,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29
Died from am Elevator Accident.

New YORK, May 28-Two servants
who were in the elevator ofthe Stonier
Hotel when the rope broke, on Mon
day last, have died from their IN
iuries.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29
Ladies

Do you want o pure, bloom.
ing Complexion II 20, q
few applications Of Hagan';
MAGNOLIA BALM will graf
lfy you to your hearts corr
tent. 1t does away with Sal
IOwness, Redness, Pimples,
Blctches, ard all diseases and
imperfectiOns Of The skin. 1t
OTercOmes tho flushed appear
ance of heat, fatigue and eX.
element. Itmakes a lady OF
THIRTY appear but TWEEN
TY; and so natural, gradual,
and perfect are its effects,
that it Is impossible to detect
its application.
uSasH.AH
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

If you are troubled with dyspepsia,
pain in the region of the heart, liver
or kidneys, or any other painful symp-
toms, de not wait to confirm the dis
ease, but break it up at once by using
DR.. Bulls Baltimore Pills, You will
thank us for the advice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29
GEO. p.
ROWELL
co.

Newspaper Advertising Bureau.
For Ten Cents One hundred page
Pamphlet with Lists of News
papers and Advertising Rates.
For Ten Dollars Four lines
inserted one week in Three
and Fifty Newspapers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per annum and
SOC per month . rless than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER is 81 per annum-
postage free.
Persons leaving the city for the summer
can order the DAILY LEDGER at SOC per
month in advance, with the privilege Of
changing pOstOhiOe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

The absorbing question: What viz
you drink Y"-[Puck.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

rhur.aay Evsnlns, may 20. ls7s
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-11-06
A HastY Verdict.

Tho majority of people aro ever
ready TO judge tho conduct Of their
neighdors, ir other words. "to cast
the first stoae" But. We have no
right to judge others until We know
all about the circumstances that
influence their conduct. In many
cases we initiate those we condemn,
under the circumstances A young
man employed in u printing office in
one OF our large towns incurred the
ridicule of the other compostors on
account Of his poor clothes aud un-
social behavior. On several occa-
sions subscription papers were pre-
sented to him for various objects, but
he refused to give his money, One
day compositor aske d him to con.
tribute for a picnic party, bat he
politely refused, Thereupon the
other accused him of niggariliness
An accusation which he fsrcely
refented. "You little know" he
said, show unjustly you have been
treating mo. For more than year
| have been striving to save money
enough to send my poor blind sister
to Paris, to DO treated by a physi-
elan who has treatsd many cases of
blindness similar to hers l have
always done my duty bore in this
office, and have minded my own
business. | am sacrificing everything
in life for another. Would either
OF you do as mice Could any one
do moref' He had been judged
without a knowledge Of circunstau-
ees. Be slow to censure aud con-
dean. We cannot read the hearts
" sthsrs. asd in maay cases 10 know
al is to scass ell "Judge not, that
30 ~ set istgsd!"
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-11-06

IiianIeralll o. ILl.i knti.

\ rrcont alir,ss ie,i'crci hy
Gucalon before tnu 'iIIuI Ioup =
gnc' C)nyea'ipn, ct,., attention to
various kiii, Of in,enn,rircs
winch htS Ssnetg'ty escaped attcu.
ton Ito speaks of tae use OF
tohlcco rs an increasing evil.
especially amInS the young. lu
at litlon to chewing aaI su urkiuy
be saws snhif dipping IA b'aDnlIs
ala st ua!yorsti. ruc use Of opium
als also increased tJ an GlArmn, ,
eX,ent. May umlu, ho says, at,
appeared on ;hc stage Advocating
trupcraGc, who ha IN his picket a
bottle OF llnum or bitca. irup'.
Iuc hly. too, carries chlbroiprm
and ether, 10 mpistca her hluiker
chief, with which to alliy nervous
oXclto.nlnt rIsrccI %, NJ qJsu.
ton but that opium eating has
Increased to fearful extent. Not
long since, from alton, Viginjl.
y conference of druggists report d
that the ratio ofincrctS OF sales IA
1877 over 1916 was niuety-two per
cent. ; in 1876 over that precel ng
year sixty-folr per cent anl Ia
1879 over the preceding year, itty
per cent. That was another section
of the country, was tapnglt t. b.
peculiarly characteristic OF the Shol.
andoah Vally. Bat We will venture
the assertion that the persen,age Of
increase III Maine has been quite rs
large, and the sales OF druggists
since the prohibitor, gislAtioa has
been in vogue will so show. ii such
is tho fact, the change fron the use
Of intoxicating hqnor t. opinm is
far from being an improvement.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-11-06

luuraung even " cue Vvussv wsv.s..I
ssd thrilling ever 3 ths tone: o.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-11-06
Mark Twains S Hotel.

Having lately opened a hlShery.
sent ynu thcse, my rules aud regulai
tio1s
THIS h,uso will be cousidere>
strictly incorporate.
Mono but tie brave deserve the
fare.
P,rspn' owin. hi lls ior board will
be bored for hi lis.
Barriers who do not wish - pay
IN aleance are requested to alvauce
and pay.
Borders arc expected to wait on
the colored cook-ior meals
Sheets will hc nightly changed,
once in six month, or more ii peces.
sarv.
Boarders are requested 10 pull Oft
their boots il they eau conveniently
do so.
Bids with or without bugs.
All moneys aud other valuables
arc to DO loft in charge Of tn, pr.
prietor. This is insisted upon, as he
viii be held responsible for :he los
ses.
Inside matter will not b. furnished
to newspaper men under any cons
sideration-reporters keep -carc,.
Single men with their families
will not be boarded.
Dreams will DO charged by the
dozen.
Nightmares hired oat at reasonable
rates.
Stone vaults will be ruraished to
Snoring orders.