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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-15
A Rancher,s Life in Colorado.

A correspondent Of the Troy, New
York, Times writes "We at the East
can hardly realize the isolation often
times attending ranch life. A few
days since we renewed the aequain-
lance of a young gentleman whom we
met in Denver last year. He is of a
distinguished family Of Northern
New York and a graduate Of
one Of our Eastern colleges. He
came to this State about a
year since for the benefit of his
health, which was considerably i'm
paired. His physician advised him to
20 on a sheep ranch, where he would
have constant out. door employment.
He soon engaged himselfto two Scotch
shepherds to assist them in the care OF
sheep, and for FIVE months the three
men managed the affairs of the ranch,
both indoors and out, each taking his
turn in the art Of cooking, and each
doing his own washing. This ranch is
situated seventy-ive miles from Col
orado Springs, which is their base Of
supplies.
The unvarying duties of a shep.
herd are about as follows At sun
rise to take his flock, usually from 40O
to 900, accompanied by his trusty
horse and faithful dogs, to green pas
lures and beside still waters, if he
can find them, and there remain all
day long with a watchful eye over hi:
charge to see that none fall into ditch
or 60 Ostray. When the sun goes
down behind the Rocky Mountains il
is time to start for home.
The signal is given by the shep-
herd, the dog is on the alert, the
bell wether'' leads the way TO the
fold or corral for the night, and
when safely protected from foes with.
out, such as prairie wolves, the day
work is done, only to be repeated day
in and day out, month after month.
The dog is a valuable auxiliary in the
care Of sheep. The Scotch collie
surpasses all others in his natural an.
titude for this work, and oftentimes
one well trained sells for $780,
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KENTUCKY.
A Shooting and Cutting ScraDe on the
Streets.

FRANKFoRT, May IA difficulty
occurred here at 1870 o'clock between
DIR. w. II. Hall, a prominent druggist,
and j. NJ. Stephens, a butcher, in
which Hall was stabbed in four places
dangerously, and Stephens received a
pistol shot through the clothing. The
origin of the difficulty is not known.
Mr., Hall met Mr.. Stephens on the
street, drew a pistol and fired, when
Mr.. Stephens wrenched the weapon
out of his hand and stabbed him four
times with a knife. Mr.. Stephens
could have killed Mr.. Hall with his
own pistol, but after disarming him,
stepped back several PAGES and waited
till he saw the sheriff coming down
the street, when he called to him to
come and arrest him, and gave himself
up. Mr.. Hall was taken to the Office
Of DIR. Duvall, and now lies there in a
critical condition.
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From Yesterdays Second Edition.l
WASHINGTON.
Joint Committees on the
Washington Postoffice.
Subscriptions to the Four Per
Cents.
The Habeas COrpused Indians Or
dered Released.
Eads Wants Another Half Million.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE SEN
ate and house committees on public
buildings and grounds to-day adopted
the following resolution offered by Mr..
Murch
Resolved, That the postmaster gem
eral, and chairmen of the senate and
house committees on public buildings
and grounds are hereby constituted a
commission with authority to lease
such building in this city for the pur-
pose of a city pOstofice as in their
Judgment the good of the public SER
vice may require, provided said lease
shall be for a term of not less than
three nor exceeding five years, and at
an annual rental not to exceed $4,000.
Subscriptions to the four per cent,
refunding certificates since yesterday
report amounts to 1886, $50.
Secretary McCreary, in conformity
with the decision of Judge Dundy in
the Ponchas habeas corpus case, has
directed that those Indians be re-
leased.
Captain Eads has made application
for an additional amount Of $50O,0O0.
claiming that he has obtained a chan
mel at the mouth of the Mississippi
river twenty-five feet deep and two
hundred feet wide.
L. Il. Eggers and +. S. Stumbach
of Kansas, had a hearing to-day be.
fore the senate committee on priv.
leges and elections in regard to the
allegations ofthe memorial signed by
them and others, charging that the
election of Senator Ingalls, was pro.
cured by bribery.
Mr.. Hoffman, the American charge
at st. Petersburg, informs the depart.
ment of State that every one coming
into Russia must be provided with {
passport, verified by the Russian consul
He must be registered at the polio,
station, and must comply with tht
regulations or be subject to fine o.
Imprisonment.
The decision of Judge Dundy, a
Omaha, in the Standing Bear habeai
corpus, in which he virtually declares
the Indians citizens have the right Il
go where they please regardless 0
treaty s%tipulations, is regarded by the
government as a heavy blow to tn,
present Indian system, and if sus
tanned, will prove extremely danger
Gus alike to the whites and Indians.
If the power of the government t
hold Indians upon their reservations
or to return them when they escape
is denied, the Indians become a bod.
of tramps, moving without restrain
where they please and exposed to at
tacks of frontiersmen without redres
from the government.
The district attorney at Omaha ha
been instructed to take the necessar
steps to carry the question to a highe
court.
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WOnlan's sympathy.

Allentown ~Chronicle.l
A joke is told on a certain gentle
man which is too good to be lost.
Our friend, who shall be nameless.
purchased a pair of pants a few days
ago, which, upon being tried on al
home, he found to be too long. That
night he remarked TO his wife that he
wished her to take off about an inch
from each leg, which would make
them the desired length. Being fond,
as a good many wives are, of t~eazine
her husband, she told him fiat
footed that she shouldn't do any
thing of the kind, and he retired,
finally, without having obtained a
promise from her that she would at
tend to the matter. Soon after he had
left for his room, however, she, as a
matter of course, clipped off the
superAuous inch, as she had been
asked to do. The family is composed
of six female members, in addition to
the. good man" and it CHANGED that
each one of the FIVE, who were
in adjoining rooms, including the
mother of our friend, heard
the dispute between man and wife
about the pants, and after the latter
had taken off the required inch and
retired, the old lady, desiring to keep
peace in the family" and not know
ing what her daughter-in-law had
done, cautiously slipped into the room
and cut off another inch. In this way
did each of the Ave ladies, unknown
to the other, and all with the praise
worthy object of preventing any mis-
understanding between the married.
couple, clip an inch from the legs OF
the gentleman s trousers. The follow
ing morning, all unconscious of what
had taken place during the night, he
rolled up his pants in a piece of paper
and took them to the tailor to be
shortened to the desired length. Upon
a hasty glance the latter ventured the
opinion that they we're already rather
short but the owner was too well
posted on hat score and insisted
that they were fully an inch too
long. The tailor had no more to saw,
and our friend retired. On the follow
ing Saturday he called for the pants
and took them home, and the next
morning when he came to put himself
inside of them, he was supremely dis
gusted at finding that the legs reached
only a trifie below the knees. In other
words, they had been altered to the
fashion of a century ago, when knee
breeches were in vogue. He straight
way accused the tailor of having
ruined his pants, and his indignation
was expressed in language anything
but mild. His wife heard him and
came to the rescue of the knight eli
the shears, explaining that she had
taken an inch from each Of the legs.
and her acknowledgment was fol
lowed by that ofeach of the other five
ladies, when it was discovered that
altogether the legs had actually been
shortened to the extent of seven
inches.
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Why, l went right into the house
and into the ladies' dresSing-room
whence | sent a note to the hostess,
saying that | had Inexperienced her
invitation aud was not in appropriate
costume. She ran up and assured me
by telling me that they had come to
see me and didn't care for the dress,
and carried me right down with her.
All in full dress and the ladies with
out hats, and hair deliberately dressed,
| with brown dress, bare hands, bon
net on. | soon recovered the self
possession which the faux-pas some
what disturbed and was greeted with
splendid c~ordiality In a few minutes
Mr.. Livermore edged around behind
me and whispered, !" Didn't you think,
Mary, that all these ladies had on
white kids when you came in p l
looked around and they were all bare
handed Moreover, l observed that
half a dozen had bonnets on. This
half a dozen rapidly increased, till we
we're in a majority, and l soon diseov-
cred that no lady who arrived after |
did had removed her hat Now, that
is what | call %politenessl'
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FACTS ABOUT MEXICO.
What lis People Are, What They Do and
How They Live.

Mexico City Cor. Chicago Times.l
There is a high civilization in Mex
leo among a certain class. All the
people, high and low, are outwardly
polite. All the rich people dress with
taste and live well. The restaurants
in the capital are as good as ours
often better. The barbershops, il
slow, are good-the Mexicans, like the
French, are fine shavers and hair
cutters when they want to do it. There
are as many lines of street cars, and as
good, in the City of Mexico as there
are in st. Louis. The capital contains
100000 people Leon, 10000; Pue-
bla, 10000; Guanajuato, $4,000; Qua
dalaiara, 10000; QueretarO, $1,000
San Luis Potosi, 10000, and the cities
of Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Lagos,
Durango, Saltillo, Monterey, Mon
clova, Cuerreyaca, Jalapa, Vera Cruz,
0rizaba. Acapulco and Chihuahua,
average from 10000 to 10000. There
are many more of the same class,
but | cannot enumerate them
here. The cities are not built of
adobe, but of stone, and Of right solid
stone, too. They never get on fire.
Nobody ever heard of a Mexican city
being burned down; some have been
battered down, however. They have
State colleges, in most of their six
and twenty States, and have municipal
schools almost on the model of ours.
There is no such thing as domination
of the priesthood, whose power was
overthrow in 1851 by the Liberal
party. Consequently, there is no
church education to any influencing
extent. They have an army of forty
three thousend men, not including ten
thousand Of the rural guard" who
are better material than the regulars.
They "conscript" when they cannot
get volunteers, for the constitution is
not regarded when a necessity for
men arises. Santa Ana used to write
God and Liberty" with his signature
to official documents. Diaz writes
Liberty and the Constitution which
is magniloquent and insinoere. There
are complete lines of telegraph be-
tween the City of Mexico and all
the large cities, south Of Vera
Cruz, east to Matamoras and Mon
terey, west to Acapulco, and north,
to Chihuahua. These limos all
follow the stage roads, and most OF
them have been put in under Diaz's
administration. There is one through
line, via Matamoras and Brownsville
connecting with the United States.
There is a magnificent railroad
through one of the finest countries in
the world, from Vera Cruz to the cap.
ital, with a branch line running from
Apizaco to Puebla, and a tramwa,
from Vera Cruz to Jalapa. There i,
a narrOw-gauge railroad from the cap
ital to Cuatitlan and other points il
the valley of Mexico. Another mar
row-gauge road is being built from
Celaya to Guanajuato. There ar,
street car accommodations in a few o
the larger towns outside the City o
Mexico. Their climate, except 70
the long droughts, is better than our
neither hot in summer nor cold il
winter, after you leave the gulf an,
Pacific coasts and the line Of the Ri
Grande.
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Fred Douglass on the Negro
Exodus.

Washington Dispatch to Cincinnati En-
quircr.
Fred Douglass, the well known
cOlored man, has written a letter op-
posing the negro exodus from the
South. He says am opposed to
this exodus, because it is an untimely
concession to the idea that colored
people and white people cannot live
together in peace and prosperity unless
the whites are a majority and control
legislation and hold the offices of the
State. | am opposed to this exodus,
because it will pour upon the people
of Kansas and other Northern States
a multitude of deluded, hungry, home
less, naked and destitute people, to be
supported by aims. [ I'm OBJ
posed to this exodus, because
it will enable our political adver-
saries to make successful appeals ia
popular prejudice Gas in the case OF
the Chinese), on the ground these
people, SO ignorant and helpless, have
been imported for the purpose OF
making the North solid by outvoting
intelligent white Northern citizens.
| am opposed to this exodus, because
rolling stones gather no moss, and !
agree with Emerson that the men who
made Rome or any other l%Ocalit,
worth going TO sec stayed there
There is, in my judgment, no partof the
United States where an industriou,
and intelligent colored man can serve
his rae more wisely and efficiently
than upon the soil where he wa
born and reared, and known. | an
opposed to this exodus, because
| see in it a tendency to con
vert colored laboring men int
detested travelling tramps, frs.
going North because they are perse
cuted, and then returning South be
cause they have been deceived anC
disappointed in their expectations
which will excite against themselve
and against our race an increase,
measure Of contempt and scorn.
am opposed 10 this exodus, because
believe that the conditions o. existenc
in the Southern States are steadily i'm
proving, and that the colored ma.
there will ultimately realize the fulles
measure Of liberty and equality &C
corded and secured in any section q
our common country"
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LEXINGTON.
The Report From the Races To-day.

LEXINGTON, May 1.-THE wealth
er continues fine and the track is in
excellent order. The first race was
for a purse of 5000, one mile. d.
Swigert's Peru, by imported Glen
garry, /; Ben Pettit's Glendalia, by
imp, /; j. II. Williams Checkmate,
by Planet, 3. Time, LA. The con-
test between Peru and Glendalia was
close at the finish and was won by a
length.
SECOND RAoE.-A selling race, one
and a quarter miles, eight entries.
Caligula was largely the favorite in
the pools. j. 7. Williams Enquiries,
by Enquirer, Ii John Jackson's Bril-
liantine, by War Dance, 2; +. B. Har-
per's Dunkirk, by Enquirer, 3; w, II.
Vance's Crystell, by lWardance,
20; T. j. Megibbens' Grapple, by Bay
Wood, O; Hunt & Scully's Stilton
by imp. Strachino, O; Reynolds
Caligula, by Enquirer, 0; Richards
f., by Wardance, Time, 2:11.
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To-day the machine has been con-
stantly on the run but the blaze has
to be a wild one that battles this fire
department. 1t is a superb one, with
no superior in the world.
A car load Of dynamite is agitating
Beloit Wis, 1t reached that vicinity
from Montreal, Canada, before its ter
rible nature became known. 1t now
rests in a gravel pit Railroads swear
they will not touch it, and Beloit
officials swear that the railroad which
brought it there will have to take it
away. The trouble will soon COM
mence, said an acquaintance to me
this afternoon, lust in from Beloit.
J. Ross Robinson, proprietor of the
Toronto (Canada) Evening Telegram,
is socially circulating in Chicago.
The second veto of the President
was not unexpected here. Republi-
cans wink and smile, while represent
atiyes of the people at large do not
hesitate to say hat Mr.. Hayes has
developed into a pretty good-sized
partisan, unworthy the title of Presi-
dent. Liberal Republicans do not dis
guise their contempt for such trickery,
and say that congress should not pass
the appropriations bill, but adjourn,
and if called together by his acct
dency" then take a recess until De-
cember. To your correspondent it
appears strange that the executive
should override the will of the people.
But he presumes Rutherford b. can
not withstand the influence of the
party lash. Aud this seems strange,
too, because Mr.. Hayes was a brave
0 Temporal, o mores! Most
certainly, if Mr.. Hayes acts a partisan
part, congress can use its constitu-
tional prerogative and adjourn, The
of this broad land will under
stand the rebuke thus given the one
man power element. Congress owes
this course to its honor. NAYR.
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The Investigation Case Thrown
Out Ofthe United States Court.

RICHMOND, May 14.-In the United
States Court to-day a writ of habeas
corpus in the miscegenation case of
Edmund Kinney and Mary Hall, now
confined in the penitentiary for a VIC
lation of the State statutes prohibit
ing the intermarriage Of races, was
refused by Judge Hughes on the
ground that United States Courts have
no jurisdiction over questions Of mar
rage.
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while on the road displayed it to a po-
liceman with whom he was familiar.
The latter invited him to enter the
hut, and closed the door after him.
Half an hour afterward the inn
keeper, Morozoff, alarmed at the abb
sence Of his boy, sent out some men
to seek him, and with very little diff
Guilty they traced him to the police
mans "bootka." The door they found
fastened but the window they pushed
open, and then the dreadful sight re-
vealed itself of the boys headless
trunk lying on the table, and the po-
liceman ~concealing the head beneath
the flooring. Other policemen were
speedily summoned to the spot, and
the gorodovoli, with his hands still
stained with blood, was taken before
the district magistrate, who at once
committed him for trial.
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Prince Louis Napoleon has arrived
at Cape Town. The prince landed
without cheers or tuck of drum or
waving of banners, or having to pass
beneath triumphal arches. Next day.
as he was leaving for Natal, it seems
that a considerable crowd got together.
One person, it is said, uttered some
uncomplimentary observation in
French. The Daily News says: " On
every ground we are inclined to wish
that Prince Louis Napoleon had
remained at home. He would have
been free from the suspicion Of get
ting up q mere political demonstration
playing to or at the Bonapartist gal
leries. His baptism of fire was ride
ulous, but to him personally harmless.
We 'can only hope that no greater
harm and not so much ridicule may
come Of what may, perhaps, be called
his anabaptism Of FIRE"
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The Moscow papers state that a
great sensation has been caused at
Moscow by the murder Of a boy in A
policeman's hut. The boy had been
sent by his master, an nn-keeper. 10
change q twenty-five rouble note, and
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LATEST BY CABLE.
Principal Russian Ministers Well
Guarded.
Its Sex Discovered-A Girl, Not a
Boy.

ST.. PETERsBURG, May 1.-THE
governor of O~rdenburg t~elegraphcd
on the 18th inst. that another FIRE
there, on the Sth inst, was quickly
extinguished. The fire of the 18th
inst half consumed the Cossack quar-
ter.
BERLIN, May 14.-The Princess
Charlotte gave birth to a daughter,
and not a son.
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IPOliteness is Kindness.

indianapolis JOurnal.I
While at Providence. r. II met
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore at the house
Of a friend. AT table the converse !
ton fell upon the subject Of polite.
ness. The hostess told of a friend OF
hers, a little antique in her manners,
Tor whom a reception was given by one
OF the Beacon street aristocracy OF
Boston. At dinner the guest poured
out her tea IN her saucer to cool it-a
method Of refrigeration which was
quite au iait thirty years ago. The
guests looked surprised, and some
were inclined to smile at her simple
ity and ignorance of high -toned pro.
priety, but the lady Of the hous,
poured some tea into her saucer ant
drank it therefrom. This was consid.
cred a hint to all, and the guest WA
immediately placed at her ease.
Mrs. livermore said was ono,
the recipient of very marked polite
ness Of a similar sort. When / wal
IN London my husband and | receive,
a verbal invitation from Lady Villas
whom | had met once or twice pleas
antIy, to come to her house the mex
evening and meet a few friends of hers
we accepted and went. But | wa
deceived by the informality of the in
utati0n and supposed it was merely Il
meet half a dozen neighbors or init
mate friends of hers. 30 we went ON
riding in the afternoon, stopping Their
on our way back to the hotd. Judq
OF my amazement to find the hous
Illuminated and a very large and bril-
liant party assembled in full dress n
my honor. There / was in a plaiI
carriage dress, bonnet and blacI
glovesl'
What in the world did YOU do Z?
inquired a young girl at the table, i'm
natient for the d-anouomant
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REVENUE RAID.
A Notorious Bushwhacker Killed
Near Cumberland Gap.

LYNcHBURG, Va, May 1.-THE
revenue officers had a fight with some
bushwhackers neal Cumberland Gap,
in which the notorious Burt Gaines
was killed.
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George G. Harding, the indianapolis
editor who tried to shoot the editor Of
another publication, lisa we'll known
journalist. Several years ago his
daughter. a young lady of fine talents
and greatly respected, committed sui.
eide after confessing to her father that
she had been betrayed by a young
merchant Of Indianapolis. Harding,
nearly crazed, went in search Of this
man, shot him and left him for dead
in the street. The man recovered,
but the sad death Of his daughter
made Harding a changed man.
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Ladies

Do you want a pure, bloom
ing Complexion? Ii so, a
few applications Of Hagan's
MAGNOLIA BALM will graf
ify you to your hearts cor
tent. 1t does away with Sal
lOwness, Redness, Pimples,
BlOtches, and all diseases and
imperfectiOns of the skin. 1t
OvercOmes the flushed appear
ance Of heat, fatigue and ex-
element. 1t makes 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.
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Said the nurse to the doctor. Sure,
sir, l only know Of one good medicine
for the baby, and that is DR.. Bulls
Baby Syrup"
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KINGSTON SprinQs.

THIS %well-known summer resort will be
l open for the reception Of visitors June /,
nessee, twenty-fOur miles from Nashville, on
the air line between Nashville and Memphis,
the Nashville and Northwestern railroad, and
only 800 yards from Kingston Springs Station,
where good hacks are in waiting for each
The air is cool and invigorating, and free
from mosquitoes. Accommodations frst-class.
Rates of Board.
Per day.. l so
Per week .........." 9 90
Per month.-....... 80 90
Special rates to families. DR.. John w. Nc
Alister, resident physician. Correspondence
solicited. j. X. WINBOURN & co.
6l-S6
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Truth is stranger than dction-tC
eli Perkins, Toledo Commercial,