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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-29
Enlhcr Wnlsn,a Sfnfemenf.

The Father Mathew camp was dis
solved yesterday. 1t was established
this year on the 18th of July and
afforded refuge to 669 persons. OF
these two died Of the fever, and two
from other causes-three r.ales and
one female. There were four births
in the camps-three males aud one
female. The committee of safety
furnished the camps from the end Of
July with any allowance of rations.
The last, a twelve days allowance Of
rations, were issued on the 18th inst.
We also received during the last week
OF July 800 from DR.. Porter opt Of the
committees fund. One hundred and
seventeen dollars were contributed by
our Father Mathew Society. Since |
took charges of the camps, | received
as president Of the camps, and pastor
of St. Bridget's Church, the sun Of
S3,477.G5 for the camps, for charitable
purposes, and for our own maintcn-
ance. In the meantime | have ex-
pended, or become responsible for, the
amount of s5,256.69, or for Sl779.04
more than / received.
WIN. WALSH.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-29

K. Of H..
NOTICE TO PHYSICIANS
And Members Of the Order.

physicians attending on any member Of
i this order are requested, after being
called in. TO al once report such attendance to
headquarters, otherwise their fees for services
will not be recognized by the relief board.
Members taken sick and not having same at
once reported to headquarters, will DO de-
barred from all relief from this board.
JAMES B. COOK, Pres't.
w. B. GLIss0E, Asst Sec'y. 1907
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-29
Choice Liquors.

The wholesale liquor dealing house Of
Julius Nagel & Co, No 1877 Main street,
is again open to its customers and the
trade with a heavy stock of fresh goods,
carefully selected and of the finest, best
and oldest brands. A share Of the public
patronage is solicited. The firm feel CON
iident that the most fastidious tastes can
be satisfied, as they are provided with Il
bountihl list of the choicest goods.
Messrs. Julius Nagel & Co. call attention
especially to their superior WHISTLES and
brandies and bar stores generally. They
have a heavy stock Of imported wines,
and other stores, and persons in want OF
anything in their line would do well to
call and examine before making pur-
chssns.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-29
YELLOW FEVER DEATH LIST.

The following statement Of deaths
from yellow fever each day, since the
prevalence Of the disease became known,
IS made from the records of the board OF
health and other sources:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-29
A River Goes Dry.

A movement has been started to
make Williams, the colored member
elect, speaker Of the Ohio house of
representatives,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-29
For st. Francis river.
Special Notice.

pI mutual agreement of the s,enoa,
- undersigned, the steamer k@slIgSA-k
HARD CASH withdraws from s~N
the White river trade on May 2lst, and re-
sumes again on July 9th; the steamer JOSIE
HARRY withdraws. on July 18th, and resumes
on August Goth, thus equally dividing the
dull season and giving each boat an opportu-
nifty to make necessary repairs.
STEAMER HARD CASH,
II. G, Postal, master.
STEAMER JOSIE HARRY,
6lf NJ. Il. Harry, master.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-29

A few doses Hop Bitters cures sour
stomach, sick headache and dizziness.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-29

A LII parties having work given out by me
"A before the epidemic will please return
the same to "a North Court street and collect
their charges. Isl 56l A. SPIRO-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13

o'clock observed two men and two women
stop suddenly N trout Of a house, one OF
them seeming to be afflicted with seveTea A.
tack OF illness. Helping their female com
panions 10 the top of the steps, the two men
hurried off, and returned ID a few moments
with a cab Meanwhile he invalid had
given birth 10 a child but her heartless az
ten ants dragged her AWAY from II and
pushed her the carTiage. One Of the men
Jumped up behind her, while the other man
and woman walked of toward Third avenue.
All thi. time the naked and uHWashed Infant
lav on the COLI, hard stone but soon its
piteous c.ies attracred the sttsu non Of an
old coored woman living u, XII DOOR, who
carried the little sufferer into her house and
sent for the police. Then the wretched out
cast was transported % Bellevue hospit a.
Through the insjruWentali,y Of the cab
driver, the miserable father and mother
were traced and arrested, the former pre-
tending that he had forced his paramour 10
abandon their iiiegitimaie offspring. in the
belief that il was dead. He WAS loo keu Up
in a cell, while the wOmsn was taken 20 the
Emergency hOspjt ], where hen child is being
cared Tor TO remain until able TO appear in
court. The waif il a vigorous bit OF human
i,y, and wears q heavy crop of dark brown
HAIR. Her father acknowledges that he Is q
married man, but refuses 10 give his wile's
address.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13

report on the rsct'cabiiity OF improving
navigation, deepeniue the channel, and re-
deemng The slluvisl lands OF the Mississippi
bv mesns Of outlets into the Guif OF Mexico.
4 ter debate Mr. Sparks offered ~ amend
ment, striking out Ot the bill ali that aIi1des
t. the protection Of the luvld lands. The
committee rose aud reported the bill, and
the house adjourned.
In the house. on he 9Th, the speaker
announced the regular order 10 be the con-
siders'ion of the Mississippi levee bill. An
amendment WAS adopted striking out the
clause which gives the commi- Sioners lie
tenure OF Office. Also an amendment direct
ing the comm ssioner to complete the sur
vey Of the Mississippi river between Alton,
Illinois. and the passes a. the mouth Of the
river. The bill WAS passed-l55 10 To-.
The house then went into committee OF the
whole on the army appropriation bill. The
nun. Der Of aids-de~camp to which the
general Of the army shall re entitled was
increased from three 10 four. Adjourned.
In the house, on the 9Th, Mr.. HAYES
! introduced bill sppr0prIatiug S5OO,OJO Tor
| the improvement OF the l!.iuos ryer. lie
! TERED m Mr. Cummings presented reso~
| luton calling on the commissioner OF pen
sions for statements in relation 10 the
! amount required TO nay the arrears OF pen
sious Adopted. Mr.. Eden. chairman ol
the committee or war claims, reported back
| the bill making an appropriation for the
! payment OF claims reported allowed by the
| commissioners OF CLAIMS. The bill passed
| The house went into committee OF the whole
! Mr.. Carlisle in the chair, on the army APP
preparation bill. The pending amendment
was Ny. Whites, which compri'ed most OF
the features Of Mr.. Beebe's bill. IL was
adopted. Mr.. Hewitt moved 10 amend sec
| ton 2CG2 OF the revised statutes, so rs TO eX-
punge tnerefrom the provision that the army
/ shall be allowed 10 he at the polls on cleo
| ton days 20 Eeep the peace. AdoPted-93
to 80. Pending discussion, the house sd'
! joGrned.
n the house, on the 7th, the senate
amendments 20 the naval appropriation bills
we're uou-coucurred iu......Mr. Ackln subs
mitted q resolution calling on the secretary
| of the interior Tor ? copy OF the report made
| to his department by special agents Adams
and Hale in regard to the Calcasleu log
| seizure Adopted ... The evening SESSION
was given 10 the consideration OF the bill
! authorizing the United States treasurer to
| receive coins of the United States Ill ex-
! change for government notes. Adjourned.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13
MISCELL

Apopular bill TO allow the same reward
for killing stage-robbers as for capturing and
convicting them has Just been defeated in
the Nevada legislature.
Virginia is preparing to present 3
claim Of $4,000, and Maryland claim Of
$4,000. with so years interest, for moneys
advanced TO aid in the Original building Of
the federal capitol.
Canada is getting one feature o. great
nation, and that is great debt ne owes
about Sl50,000,000, and has Just arranged or
a new loan of $500 900. Her debr is prob
ably larger, IN proportion to her means, ia IN
that of the United States
The territory OF Aa,ka has q great
navigaDle river like the Amazon. J. is
named the Yukon, and rises III British Amer
ica. At point 90 mi Ies from the sea, the
Yukon is more than mile wide Uu.O-yu
nstely, this 6ne reain is too near the rctlc
circle 10 be an aid TO commerce.
There will come to this Country frum
Russia this year > 600 Mennouites t. settle
in the great west These people are German
utists who have considerations >erLn!rs
against fighting. Their ancestors set;le,r in
Russia long ago, having been guaranteed
immunity from military service. Enat
guarantee has been Withdrawn. he.c= tHr
exodus.
Ireland has lust got to the end Of
Jarndyce and Jarndyce case, arising out @
the game played by clever kntye, whose
over reaching ambition brought MIN 10 sui
cide-John SAdler from whom Charles l.
yer drew his character Of Davenport Duuu
with weak, vicious fool, Lord Kingston,
VINO owned the magnificent d~mvust sul
property of Mitchel>tOwn, Counts Ca4k.
II took thirty years TO Unrayel the wen " h ca
the wicked legal spider had spun. Dae
counsel spoke for nine CONSECUTIVE mouths.
and the agent of the estate was examined
four wears aud a ha'f. Tee Tichborne case
was a Joker to this. Mitchelstown castle
snd estates have now passed into the hands
of strangers.
Rabbi Yigdal, of Jerusalem Herat
Sholem writes 10 the New York II aid
The Chinese ere not all heather. In Foo
Chow Foo there is a lsrge population of Jews
who sincerely believe n the Lords annOint-
Ell, and, like all the Jews, are looking for
the coming Of a savior. Chinese Jew can
he seen almost every night IN cigar store
in Delaney street I, who talks Hebrew and is
circumcised. and, like all Jews, has heard Of
and believes in q Christ. These Jews are
also ostrdcIz I'd in the United States because
they are among the Chinese. Are the per
secuted Jews to have no resting>Flace in
this free republic It they come from China
and are born there?
A somewhat novel sensation in the
c -inlinal line was Cccasioned in New York
city not long since by the discovery OF
n newborn babe on tEe front doorstep of
hous. on east Sixteenth street. Persons
VINO happened 10 be abroad between and 9
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13

The FOOL pravs only in the storm.
The useless lie Is an easy destl.
Great hears, ike oceans, never con
geal.
Judge 10 man until you have stood in
his place.
4 straight line is the shortes: IN NOR
sis rs well As N mathematics.
Real virtue consists III integrity Of
heart ana loving your neighbpr as your
set.
Return equity and Justice FOR evil done
to you, and pay goodness by goodness.
Think not of faults committed in the
past when one has re 0Im-d his conduct.
What desire that Others should nos
DO for me equally desire not 10 do t0I
them.
WITHOUT the virtue of humility one
can neither be honest in poverty LOr en-
ieated in abundance.
The wealth o: man j. the number "a
things that he loves and blesoes, that II
is loved and blessed Dy.
Evil is ike night msre-the instant
you begin to strive with 1t, to oestlr
yourself, it is already ended.
How great ones virtue Is best appear
by occasion of adversely for occasions
do not make man frail, out show what
ne is.
tyou have built castles in the air your
word need not be lost; that Is where
thew should be. Now put foundation
under them.
Yield not yourself a servant unto cir
cumstaDces, but prove yourself their
master. then shall circumstances do ser
vice unto you.
When men first take an opinion and
then atterwsrd seek tor reasons Tor II,
they must be contented with such as the
absurdity Of it will allow.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13
Not ~.

IN the house. on the 81, the bill 70
make gold aid silver INTERCHANGEABLE, was
DEBATED IUl "a l36 Under the ca! o.
states Il 10 lowing bills were introduced
snd referred: ApDr"priating SlGO 0O0, 900
for the y 'ym-ut Of srr-arayeS OF pensions
Resolution OF the general assembly OF
Aab2ma king for an en5c- mtnt of laws 10
prevent he exercise OF Jun. dictiOn by the
United States III proceedings againsl muHi-
cipsl corporations. Author ling the Issue
OF four per cent. bonds 10 me amount OF
SI0,000,' 90, the proceeds of sale which shall
be devoted 10 the payment of arre5 RACES in
pensions. To establish a national board of
agriculture. For the the relief of persons
whose lands have been or may be washed
away or submerged by the Mississippi river
or its tributaries ......The house then COM
menced the memorial services in respect 10
the late Terrence J. Quinn, representative
from the State of New York, and adjourned.
In the house, on the h. the army
APPROPRIATION bill came no for consideration.
The debate thereon consumed most OF the
session LII the evening the Mississippi
levee bill was taken up. Ar. Reagan adj
vocsted an amendment which he offered,
directing the commission to consider AM
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13
WITH CLEARER VISION.
C-RLO1Ta PERRY.

I saw toni h; the msu l loved
Three ItI'e yeGr> ago,
4 cld not think saCr a time
Could change mortal 80
There were none like him in those VS.
% strong, 60 true, 50 WIse;
he had a .oity, marble brow
and teuJer, souLu VI eyes.
4 voice Of music hair by which
he ravcn's wing would seem
But pale, indee q a face sud form
10 hsuut sculPtOs's dream.
Bat when I 'ooEei At him tonight
I saw no single tgaCs
OF the OLD gloIy-oniY just
very CvmMoa f3c'.
No marble brow no soul-lit orbs;
The face vas round snd slick
That oace 20 my love-nauuted eyes
Was so intensely Creek.
know full well he has not changed
% VERY much All, rae
But WIS blind in those d ar dsyS,
sd nov. slas ! zee.
IT. very dreadful 10 he blind,
OI course and vet tonight
should De- happier far II |
Had not rec lived my sight.
One little th3u 1nt will trouble ma
Iulty Wish Euew
Whe'BrF Ec s.iil is b ind or IF
Ills eyes are ODel 800
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13
Revenue from Advertising.
New York Times.

As to what revenue comes from 2G-
yerlising. there can he little said &, this
is 4 part of the private business 0t the
concern. and figures are no. easy to a.
rive 1t. London and New York Dapar<.
however head the list, ana the London
Times and New York Herald enjoy the
largest patronage OF sny ne HspapeIs l.
the wor d. What these Eaper, nc-ive Is
unknown. hut 1t is said That the pro
priet0r OF the London Times gave the re
cejur of one department OF bis PAPER 10
his wife Tor pocket money, and it amount
eJ To four hundred Thousand dollars PEI
wear Several Partisan papers are re-
ported a. receiving one hundred thnus-
and dollars per year on advertising, AMI
plumber Of American papers eau equal
and excel this amount. Whatever the
amounts. the question is decided by more
than two hundred years of fair trial
that advertising pays, and the thorough
going business man OF the nineteenth
century consideres knowledge of the
best means OF advertising almost as nee
essary liz business as knowledge of the
goods he has to sell
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13
Curious Account of Deformity.

There lately died in Paris 4 hump
backed man, who, for the previous fifty
wears OF mis- life, nad given his time to Ie-
searches upon his hump backed brethren.
His heirs found, instead Ot viii, vol
luminous manuscript ~ two thousand
pages upon humps. He WAS ric1, and
travelled in every direction for in Orma.
ton. IL was IN the milder regions o.
Europe that be found the mis- Ortune
the most prevalent. Spain supplied the
greatest number, and in d circum~cnbsG
locality st the loot OF the Sierra MOrena
existed one humpbscked Individual
to every thirtee1 inhabitants. They
we're also found numerous in the valley
,. the Loire Ia Fsanc-. The writer's
conclusion was thai for every thOussn1
persons on the globe there was Ole hump
back, or az aggregate o; million aga nst
the thOu.and millions of the entire eartn.
TIE last psge OF the manuscript contains
ed the will of the deceased, which said
nothing regarding the disposition of his
property, but simply desired that hump
of marble should be raised upon his tomb
with the inscription " Here lies d
humpback, who had taste for humps,
and knew more about them than any
other humpbaek."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13

COAST thy bread upon the waters"
ssid a merry young man at Harwinton,
Conn, to lady sitting next to him at
table, and ne urbsnely emptied hand
full of crumbs into her goblet. "And
,nou shalt find it after many days" she
responded, very wittiIy. dashing the con-
tents of the glass into his face.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13

HISTORY, modern and ancient, show
that a party OF fishermen may start off
and forget their bait or some of their
tackle, but the quart bottle containing
g medicine in case one of the number
is bitten by shark or q sea serpent. or
an alligator, is never, never lett tehind.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13

THE plague-an enemy worse than
war = is devouriug its way slowly into
Russia, and so menscing has it become
that the Cars physician advises the
burning of the villages wnere the disease
is infectious, but it appears that it
would be more profitable lust now to
draw sanitary lines across its apparent
pathway and arrest It's progress. The
plague has crept up to the river Volga
from Astrschsn, al the north end of the
Caspian sea, and reached SaratOf some
weeks ago, and has proceeded up the
river. There is railroad running from
Saratof west to X )slow and Moscow, and
along this road the plague has already
advanced some distance. 1t has spe
pesred near Mini NOvgorod, far up on
the VOlga, also, and has thus secured
rail communication with western Russia
1t is no wonder that ali Europe is get~
ting frightened al this advancing horror,
snd that Russisu authorities are looked
10 to prevent its progress Courier
Journal
MosT boys believe that the hummjpg
sound made by the telegraph wires is
caused by the messages hurryisg along
TO their destination. Most men believe
that this sound is caused by the vi
bration of the wire in the wind. i
writer ia an Austrian journal. however,
calls attention to the fact that one who
gives close observation 10 both the wire
and sounds will E nd that the latter make
themselves obvious likewise when there
is total absence of wind and in quiet
morning in winter, when the wires APP
pear covered with frost tn the thickness
OF a finger, they nevertheless carry ON
lively vibrations aud swinging, while the
air is totally quiet. According 10 this
writer, therefore. the vibrations are due,
Not to the wind, but to the changes OF
atmospheric temperature, and especially
through the action of cold, as the lower
ing of the temperature induces a short-
eling of the wires, extending over the
whole length OF the cRductor A con-
siderable amount of friction is produced
on the supporting bells, thus inducing
sound, bo.h in the wires and The poles.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13

ST. LOUIS ia tormented by the noise Of
church bells. and su ordinance is under
discussion prohibiting the ringing Of
bells of over FIVE pounds in weight.
That would silence several fine chimes,
and it Is likely that compromise meas
ure will be adopted, restricting tie ring
Ing To certain hours.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13

The school textbook business in In
diana is a big thing. The Indianapolis
Journal shows that such literature costs
the 100000 pupils of that state So a
head, and the publishers make clear
profit of 20 per cent. on every book sold,
SO per cent. of which is spent on sgents
and school officers to get the trade, and
that so per cent. amounts to $3.50, 900,
which sum can be saved to the people by
some very radical reform in the method
of supplying the common schools with
text books. In California they have
wrestled with this subject for years, and
the regulation Tow is that text books
must not be changed for fosr years. In
most states the publishers get whack
at the people every year. 1t lisa burden
some tax.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13

NORMAN LOCKYER has been measure
ing with mis- scientific tspe>line the
mountains on the sun. One hundred
and FIVE miles is the height OF their prin-
eipal peaks, while the people on the sun
look on everything under forty or hity
miles high as mere hills, and no doubt
they are in the habit Of using mountains
like our taIlest ones for out of.door pots
10 CELLARS
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13

Now that We send beer to Germany.
it may be interesting TO know the amount
of that fluid consumed there. The
whole German Empire last year drank
Sal. OBS. 9S5 gallons OF beer. The amount
of beer cent to Germany in 1878 was
3 393 Sl4 gallons. Bavaria consumed
more than ffty-three gallons per head
last year, and is probably the greatest
beer,drinkIng plsce in the world unless
Cincinnati claims that honor.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13

OF seventeen samples of table syrup,
recently examined by L. G. Keddar,
professor of chemistry in the Michigan
State Agricultural College, fifteen proved
To be made from glucose; one sample
contained AL grains OF oil of vitrol and
724 grains OF lime to the gallon, and an
other which had caused serious sickness
to an entire family whom he krew, con-
tanned y grains of ell of vitrol, Is OF
cOpperas, and 1868 of lime to the gallon.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13

A SAN FRANCIsco leader warns all to
prepare " for hard, hard year )" and it
takes its cue not from the subsiding OF
The mining fever or the undertaking Of
Chinese labor, but from the brown,
bleak and backward aspect of the arabic
surface of the state. And this from a
state which is shipping gold eastward SO
fast, according to the Denver Times, that
a Chicago bank recently refused to adj
vance the expressage On $4,000 con-
Segment from the latter city. So hap
piness does not always lie in hard
rnnnev -
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13

TUE fashion OF reversing" in the
valse is all the rage just now at dances,
and bids fair to deprive the may
valse" of much of the elegance and
smoothDess which the poet has described
as " the poetry of motion" Those who
are proficient in this somewhat difficult
accomplishment, and, worse still, those
who are not, career about ballroom in
all directions, twisting and twlrling evil
IDENTIFY very much to their own sat
istaction, but greatly to the incCnveni-
ence and annoyance of the uninitiated.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-03-31
1.-THE MUSE. ,.

Supplementing the "Wornout Shoe and Modern
Rhymes" comes 1.-The Muse CLARK Hofelinn,
New Orleans). Like its predecessors, it is the work
Of an amateur But if not teeming with the divine
afiatus nor touched ever lightly with the mystic
wand OF the muse. this writer who shelters his per
sonality behind the shield of anonymity. has de-
hvered himself of preface that. a specimen Of
sublime impudence and bravado, has scarcely been
paralleed. In Ave page dedication the author Of
"The Muse" speaks of 1.-THE only mead" (sic) he may
receive with a reckiessness of photography most
fitting accompaniment to his rhetoric. The
leading feature the book aside from the preface is
long narrative poem. in STYLE poor in versi-
fcation, but not without redeeming force in
IDEAS 1t is entitled 1.-THE Rebel" 1t incred
ible that writer to whom poetic thoughts at least
to have been possible should have been capable
OF printing such rubbish is to be found among
his shorter pieces Let US hope that his readers. il
there be such. will not pronounce his epitaph in lit
erature out Of the poets own MOUTH
Kind reader, stop and say prayer
For the poor soul of Tom;
And II there be y heaven fair
For asses-he go therei