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, 1879-07-24

Of penny Ia rathor less than tuo-thtrds Of
cont per mile. This small charge az COM
pnrs1 With tbs rites ws nre accustomed TO
in this country had tbs effect not to bank
rnpt tho Company, hut to paok ita trains
with passengers md Oil It's Golfers with cash.
Ths usual American rnta OF fare III Jsce times
as high aa that charged by tho East India
NAilwny. The other India railroads exact
far highor farca from tho public, with tho
effect Of reprcsstng travel and reducing their
receipts md profits their theory being to
squeeze the most money ont OF travellers
for tho 1oast service In return, and this
ahort-sighted grecd defeats itself. Tho
East India main railway line Is nbout as
long M from Chicago to Now York, ita
passenger ohargo for that distance is sip dol
lars, whi1e tho American charge is as much
for one porson % tho India Rond would do
n,and for who1o family Of half dozen.
Tho four.nfths Of penny milo por ton o'
freight ID for Tho long ton Of 2,2A0 pounds
which ia about the equivalent of cent and
half m American ton Of 1000 pounda
This is the India rate on merchandise, the
general average on first, second, third, ant
fourth CLANS goods,-and It Ia equivalent to
dollar and a in!f ton for Toe. miles, or Bovet
nnd half cents per 100 pounds for 10'
miles. This rate does not differ nateriall.
FROM those charged by cur Weatern railway
on frcights. All the other 1ndin railroad
charge much higher, aad consequently hay
less froiehts offered for transportation
, 1879-07-24

And SO the Kentucky butcher, Duronp,
who hns been on trinl for tokiug tho life of
Judge EL1loTr, is not crazy after all. In
stoad Of to mAd-houso, he goes to tho Zen
itentiary for lifo. 1t must hayo been n diff
cult job to convince tho jury TINT tho MR.
ilerer was really IN sound mind, for, aa this
world goos and the criminal records run,
liberation is tho first and essent1a! elemont
in the porpetration Of M appalling deed. In
this instance tho gn'lows sigha over ono
moro victim lost, md tho Penitentinry must
,hiddcr to contemplate tho reton!ion OF one
10 terribly dyed in crime.
, 1879-07-24

SIMON O'DosNE11 is making good, prac-
tical, mnttor.of.facs, cornmon-sense Superin-
tondent Of Police. There is none Of what
Mr.. DICKENS called "bigod nonsense about
him. Ho has stricken off tho moanlnglass
titles, shed tho ehonldor-ssraps, and gons to
work vigorously III general crusade
ngainst the vicious classes. Those who
know him believe there ia not n
iii hGjf n1H nNAu. ttA iii uG~
, 1879-07-24

In tho course OF some remarks tnada BY
Mr.. SCHUYLER Co1rAx nt the Lake Bln1
canp.meeling, toushiug the overland ron!e
across tho continent, ho took OCCASION to say
that he Was opposed to tue cutting Of a
canal across tho 1sthnus Of Panama, and
wished tho mountains vera high enough 10
defeat the project because ho beloved the
natural highway botweon Europe md Asia
was across tho American Continent This
WAS very narrow vicw for an er-Vico-PEosi.
dent to take Of very broad subject. 10
carry out tho sane limo of reasoning, A1r.
Co1rAx ought to demand in tie interests ct
tho American poopls that the Panama Rail-
road should bs torn up, and asls Ito CAMP
mceting to pray that the passage around
Good uopo should 10 blocked up by iccbergs
or otherwise rendered unfit for vessols 1t is
nors in the interest Of Tho American poopl4
than of any other people in ntheworld thore
should 10 tho fullest competition, and tho
least subject to manipulation and comb'nn-
tiou, against tho trans-continantal railroads.
Producers md consumers alike, whothcr
they inhabit the Pacific or the Atlantic Coast.
ara ooncarnod in this, and the Burcst aud
most enduring competition possible is that
of a waterway frcs to oil nations. Tt will
save the cost and delay and extortion Incl
dent to tho unloading and reshipping over
the Panama Railroad, and 1t will prevent tho
railroad rings from subsidlzsng single
steamship company to keep up the rates, aa
is now the case. Wo hnvo rarely heard Of q
more irpraoticsblo project thnn A1r. COL
, 1879-07-24

Tile British Parliament has sanctioned tho
purchase Of tho East Indian Railway by tlle
Indian Government. It Is the leading rail-
road In Indin. Ths enterprise WIS started In
1854, and it was sllon .arrangol with tho
Company that At tho expiration of twenty-
tlvs years tho Government might buy tho
railway on certain presoribed terms, conf
puted on thu net earnings Of Tue road during
Tho last five Of the twenty-five yoars. Tho
price paid Is a large ono, because the line bus
been well managed and has yielded large
,,rotIt to the stockioldern. bloat lndiaa rail-
WAYS have been Improbable, even yield
ing enough to pay the Government guarantee
of or psr cont on THAR bonded dobt. But
the road In question ia a marked exception.
The London Iseetew explains tue cause of Its
ppying 60 we'll, and wo commend tho salno
to the consideration Of tho managers OF
American roads. It says:
stTbs Company owes iss great SUCCESS 10 !ta
good fortune In tbs choice Of In administrators,
And 10 the facs that IT. clat guides haye adopted
and catftsa ont an original mud bold policy. This
policy sscms sImplo wheu stasod, but. like many
other simple pollcles It nsedsd courage aud fore
slzht to put It In practice. II consists In charging
vefy low rates, 10 that tue traffic tatEted may hs
largo, aud packing The lratua sery full and tight,
50 tlat tho working expenses may % small. Tht
East 1ndisn Railway carries lts passengers u ~
aYeraga rate OF abous ouo.thrd OF = penny pol
milo snd it, goods 1t ths rate OF about fous-hf1h
Of peaay per ton peE mile. Tho traffic It thus 80
cures IL 4aor,xous. and 1t manages ts packing b"sl
ness 10 ad1ollly that ~ working oxpeises sso o1
| IN average only shout aa<.fA9Fd Of " arost n
| esapts."
l Tho tariff {og passenger fare Of one-thlr'
, 1879-07-24

England IT tho other two countries ',"a a''t-
age cropa' 1t Is stated t.'a'' o"1 o' 'a'"eo.
2oo and atN graf'!oa"eu se'S',n '''''s t'''ss
through tho Ohruanc'les IN '"ae' o"s "'~
wont beyond GibsalssF' in's circumstances
will le"vo tho bf'1'sa market el0"t " .,'s ~,
American s''fp'ns, "n'ea' 'a0 "'n1f'.Na ss.
orS sf'ail oserresen 'nemSe'''S 'n 'A"''''e
an exo1oltsn' p,'ee. .,,,- .u...
hiI'so th' fc'"'''o coho1''o, VI , nula,'o"'
and Enroponn crops Is sure 70 uo ol etea' ae.
vantage to 'his country inc a''aa.'um ~ "oe
Without IN dra~oaeKs' 4ae con'n'lon u
tMnes winch p1oo"seS .1".'"eAS iA""1os "
occasions my general suher'ng "'nons peo.
r!e eahao' 10 ID "nslioSeo oeasn. @ r, ~ NY
other nation. tho d's.fess Ill dteat 'F''un,
alfeeas ~1aesproeo' WIN Us largely 'hotaass', '
.oy tue te'l''fe IN 'ne csops' no '. n"'".".
tendency OF tue peopis "'l' NC 10 ocohon'm1 ,,,
IN the consonp1'ou OF "1eas -so'no WI
stafVe' many "'u SUBSTITUTE 8on'o 'ao,o lso,'
uia1 supply Oh 1ooa, anu ai e1eel,' 'no 5'u'''
vino afo tue low, Will n.'n' themselves 10 suo
nl'rsse neceas't'es' 1Ae american pe""e
een only eet Tue t"ll ooheis ol 'ao 1,'''ops@'
demand ny furnishing ofens'st"ns .. leaA'a.
able prlces' and Inc abundance ol .ao s.c'''
IN TINS country fehdcrs th'a ps"ct'c"pie' Hol
wal INC americans en]oy 10 ,i''icn ooasn'
IRON their own abundance ana tne 'osc'sn
ueeub ~ "ou4u uo |ue e"so - 1880 ~ VIZ
, 1879-07-24

THO dtapatchos from Lord CaELMBfonp to
the English Government convoy tho intel1i- |
gcnco OF tho virtual conclusion of tho Zulu
war. Upon the 81 Of July, Lord oHE1.ns-
FORD, ut tle head Of force Of soMo G,000
troops, well armod with ri0cs nud cannon,
crossed lilo Unoloosi River aud attacked tho
Xulus, Ii, 600 strong, under Tie immodlata
command Of CETEwA1o. The tight was
short but desperate ono, rcstllsing In tlo
comptsta rout of tho blacks with very heavy
loss, the capture Of all their supplies, aud tho
destruction OF Ulundi, CETEwAros strong
hold. This tlisastrous defeat il tantamount
to close Of lhewar. Nearly nil of iia Ohicts
have alr.atly surrendered to tho English, md
1t now ouly rcmaiua for OErEwAxo either
to make tlo best tesn,s ho can with tho En-
c!ish, or escape personal capture by flying to
aon,o Of his inaccessible Htrongholds In tho
interior, In either event his territory will
undoubtedly bo occupied Immediately by tue
English antl nluexol to their present South
African possessions. .....
Though this result Is exactly what has been
prcdlotod by TnE TRIBUNE ever since the
| outbreak Of tho war, it IL impossible not to
admire tho conraga Of these South African
blacks, and it would be unjust not to crodit
them with degrco Of military skill which,
uudor other CIRCUMSTANCES. might have in
yolyed the EAglish in \ war Of years inatoad
of mouths. UAtil recently they hnve out
Ronoraled nnl outfought tho English at
nl,nost every point, md have ma1s fearful
hnvoc, not only Of tho rank and file, but
| ,,.,.., t1,e n{f{anv~ r. Yhvhrt4n1tEH tna
, 1879-07-24

Ninetean freah cases of Yo1low-fever wore
reported in Memphis yesterday, but no
doatha-a fact that Is full Of encouragement,
eince it argnes that the ajseaso has not as-
aumcd violent and vir,llent type. but yields
to treatment readily. Under such circum-
Bsancea 1t II not strange that some Of tho
phynicians still persist in denying that tho
Cases reported rs such arc really yellow-foyer.
At all svonts, the outlook for Memphis is fnr
moro encouraging than it has boen since tho
first outbreak Of tho disoaso.
, 1879-07-24

Tho management OF horse-car liaea In Fhll2-
ielphia would appcar 10 ba paying business.
a.,I one IN which any capitalist could well a'1oFd
to indulge with I certainty nj fat returns upon
tbs investment In stock. Tie Times. Vt tie
aboye-pa1ued city, has wormed lts way bctHetn
the covers OF tl.n ledgers Of this various horse
car corporations the1c, aud showa That tho prof'
#. actrulug To twelye out OF seventeen fh4la'
as,pA!a sou,pau!es wero as follows, tlo 3eures
representing percentsRess ol.0, I, 10. tb,7, las'
IS, las, III, 1877, y, 10.4, oo4+ Tie dividends
Of these taelYo roads amounted 10 s7os,s1at
, 1879-07-24


must bo eu,fnontly fnllacious or uncertain, |
because at neithero Of thoso elections waa thore
anything like a general turnout, and b.
Gauss thcro Ia no n,cans OF knowing what !
The population of any State was nt either OF
those dallas. Wa know nf no means by which
.hepopulntion OF any State IN November, 1876,
can he ascortaincd, aud consequently any
calculation Of how many lawful votors there
wcre In any Slate ut TINT timc ia morcly con-
jccluta1, mud ia of itself wholly insufficient
rs proof Of fra,,d.
The frauds Mt tho election In 1876 in tho
Statos OF Louisiana, South Carolina, Florida,
Bussisairri, North Carolina, aud Alabama
stand on different order Of proof. They
produced fraudulent results, to son,o extent,
by ballot-hox stulfing, forged rolurns, and
falso counting, but principally by the forcible
prohibition Of Republican voting. Whole
counties mid parishes wero disfranchissd.
Wherever the colorcd or Republican votors
wero IN majority they were prevented from
voting by tho previous resort 10 the lash, tho
shotgun, and the riAe.~ Whole populations
Of datriols wera driven to the woods and
there kept in terror until aftor ths election.
In this way,--by the exclusion OF Ae-
publican voters in large numbers from
| nny participation In the elcction,-a
slight resort 10 balloLlox Btut1ing and
forged return, was all that was necessary to
secnre the return cf Democratic majority;
in this way tho Electoral votoa Of North
Carolina, and Alabama, aud Mississippi wero
secured for T1tDEN, to say nothing Of what
, 1879-07-24
AMERICAN GRAIN AND THE FOREIGN
MARKET

uapurv
rho t;rno ,,ae ro,na ,rhon nm annror;mate
.ut;,nsto ~ ,ha ,o,x nro;n c,on IN In limited
ata.aa au., +ho Eup,ncar oono,rau con la
so;r,,1 na;1o Tho conc,u,;on which !. ranch.
a. frorn the trustwo,tbv renorts from loth
s,,,aa NJ n. Atlantic IN. lint tho rrain SID.
,,1,. ~ nj. ,orntrv will ha so,nowhat 1arue,.
IT,, !, woz o.t vaar nnl also Tint lin foreiou
1arn,,,, % ,vi11 he nrnnortionato)v 1aroer. In
t,thor xyorf], It ia now manifest that Amcri-
I'm o,oin.nwnex will be ablo to disposo of
t,,o s,,t;ro u,rn,ra a1,ove A,norican conm,n,p,
~, At ,,ooa nriccs snocn,otiyo onerations
NV au,,,,rrasu th;a ACCOMPLISHMENT moro Or
49, ~, H. or,rooo ,,r;coa ,vi,t In ooo7 with
=. .tvndnrt surn1y md nm a5oonata demand,
~ .,,,1;,;.,r ~ ,i,;rc. ran ho ;r,ao;ned That
,,ou11 In 1noro favorable to American prou-
..s.;t~
p'.'s, A. - H., ,,,,,o cron ~ ,rhaot harvesting
.>.o,n.,,,1 fo, or,rol, ~ ;,o,,ro NJ 1s,ut M
,",,,a , oro,, M lost v.sr. v)cn tbo exnort Of
,'.esJa,.,a. o-oooi1a,, th.t ~ ony ,,rov;o,,u
,,.o. nd T., .,ror;a, ar, ;ncr.osa of nerbn,,x
IN M, M, ,nsbcla. Thrnurhont MANY south.
crn sia,cR there bas boeu notably increased
nrof,ust;on. trhia iB ospecially truo Of
MISSOURI lennoases, Not'nesu '. A"oalu''
viii hays q surplus for export over homo
,onsun,ption. Tho crops Of Intliane aad
obio viii be Ga largo as those Of Inst year,
which wore e1cept'on"'y f'cn' !" i1"nola
s''ofo has peoh o eoclooa lncsoasS IL tno
croI" OF soatAerh roFt'oas OF tna opt"'
which VIII overoalahee any shortage ~ tue
, 1879-07-24

Thy CntcAe Tn,fuKE has established branth o1ees
ferthc receipt Of subscriptions Aaa advertisements as
fo1,owa:
NEW YoeR-Room % 1rtbunt Building. F. T. ho'
FAnprN. Manager.
PARIS. francc-Eo. 1s Eue de- II orange' Bnte!tere.
b. MAHLEk. AGeut
LoNpuN. Eus.-Amrlcan Exchange, 44s BtEand.
N1xkY r. Gttf.ta. Agent.
WASHINGTON q. C.-l31a street
, 1879-07-24
"FRAUD PROVED By FIGURES"

Times upon the subject Of tho frauds COM
mittcd III the interest Of Afr. T1LpEx in the
popular vote ut tho Presidential election Of
1876. The article WAS prepared by tho New
York 7imts with great labor, caro-, and skill,
and occupied ten columns Of that paper but,
despite thu industry displayed and tho car
ncstncss Of tho writer, wa are forced TO tho
conclusion that tho results reached in mnny
particulars arc uus11staincd, aud tlat ms a |
whole tho paper rests 50 much on apecula- |
ton, gucsswork, and the ignoring Of rcason- |
ablo circumstances and conditions thnt it |
cannot bs accepted az entitled to special con-
fdeuco. Tho article roviows the returns Of
tho elections siaco and including 1898, and
endeavors to establish several propositions,
a1nopg which the following:
l. That not mora than II to 85 por cent Of
tho legal electors Of Stnto can bo fairly
brought to the polls ut m election.
2. That ut tue election of 1876 the in
crenso in Tho popular vote oror that of 1879
WAS grossly disproportionate to any increase
in the population.
8. That this increase, evideuofng gross
frauds, Was conspicuous in New York, New
Jersey, and Connecticut at the North, and
Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana at tho
South.
That there were frauds committed In nil
thosa s,ote. and IN othara in IAN. con
bar,1lv u oncationed Init wo tbint, ali Tho
f.c,s and circu,,atanoaa ostnbt;sh that tbo
fr,,,as l., ,1,o ao,,,o,, stotou ,ver. of n c,,,,-
.ato. ,u1,,1,, ,,;r,-,,,. fr,,, ,,,eo ,orrotr,to
T., 49, N.~t,,..., ut..o. NJ .,oh frs,,f,, .u
..a .a,,,,,;..o,7 T., .,,a so,,t,.~, s,atos ,gor,
ne.s;,Ja - -. .lo Nor,h. tho non,,la uo,,,a mi
| hsro ,,sr,,;tta1 t,,.,, ovor r. tbav ,xora ot.
,o,,t,,, viii thoso ,n,,,,,1,, co,n,,;t,o1 NJ
49, vss.,, 49,. -, -. l;nd ,,,,,.,, uou,,,,
aaao.ssfr, - ,;,,os mi, IN t;,n;..3 ,o.o1;tiov
ss',..~. w. .a.a.t.,, ,.;.,,ort .,s.oo,;on ,u;,
s.n,, 1,a ,.r1e,,. n-ova,tnd ,,v ,,ro,,a,. v;,,;-
80. 7r,,ua H. fra,,a, :, yo,r WI o;,r;,,
1oro ,voro o,,,,, r., ", rav11, ~ ,,;v,no lin
r,,,,..a.., ~ ~. ~ t,,.t u,ato =, s,r,,,.,n t,o
49,. .,.t s.u.,1ia., -, n,,,,, 1,,.i .,,5 a.t,au
.,sase,,,,aas ',orssto,1 -. .,<,I.sa, n r.a.,;
~, ~ a1c nno ~ t,.o nroot "a,,v.r for
~. .-..sss,,,,s-r .~.r,;ans .,.,,a ~ ia =,
49,. 49, sass;ea ~ c,,,aro.s tn ra,so1 - ~ .;,o r,.o
~: ss." c'.a., .-,,s,, ,..-"' s.
.'on % -. ~ w.. ~ wnrn ~ ~" w. 1rou,,. l.,
1olo ,Ss. ~ ~. ,,..,o,,,;sna n~,,1 - -
-..,. I ,.,,;s, s,.,.t, - ~ ,.a,. - .on..,;n,
'.,,,',.Nsn. 80. =, .a:.
~, .."t 1'"..1.' 49,. ,,,, ., r.a,,a
>, ,e,'. w. n w.. .i,.,,,,.' ,,a"',i,@, .hat .,,
:" .o ~, s.'t 1871 49,. w., VI, y.,,.,
fss,"% ~ 49, .roat - .nasa t,.,n1. ~ .hs,
ns.~ 'no ,ona., 49, ~ sarsas. .r.,,n,a,;ons :,
' ~ .'..Ia ~. ..s,,rs -. - "o1,, pra.;.1,.,;.l
, 1879-07-24
SOCIETY MEETINGS.

TIIoE, l., TURNER LODGE NO. 4r3, a. r. h A..
NJ. u Frce. .MAsona Hall, "a Monsoc.tt. {Amctican
rYojoc. jajy " 1t 3 H'cck for hnslntss and n1tnF.
tsnt work Iii nepsbefs ii thin Lnagc nrc rsaaestei
iohe present. Vlst2rs nIc cor.tlay tnyssd tg 'Hees
". ii. STANTON. Secretary.
, 1879-07-24

Becrc.ary SHERMAN spo]to Inst evening to
In Immense audience 1T Portland, 31c., md
was received with unreservol cortlinlitY in
1pite Of the fact that he is declared COM
petitor in the raco in which tho people Of
AIaine have entered their own "favorito
sols." Senator BLAINE appeared OF, tho plat
form along with b1r. SHERMAN, and the
latter was introduced by ex-Gny. WAsHBuga
in most flattering terms. Tho speech waa
1nnluly devoted to an exposition Of the
financial policy Of The Republican party, and
was admirnbly calculated to combat tho
Greenback folly which had nude consider.
ablo beadway in Maine while yet the SUCCESS
of resumption hung in tho balance.
, 1879-07-24
ANIUSENi ENTS

Ueo1eysa ThrntFe.
Randolph afreet, t~,wren clark md its*ssfe. En-
vAxement Of Emer1pn's Mekatl,trisu Mtnstrtls,
, 1879-07-24

Ifuverfy'e Theatre.
!. 1>+arnorn strrrt. corner Of Monroe, Enlargement
sY I'm C,trsro Church CnoIr Cpmpanf. M. ii. g.
rInaforc.".
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-31

The editor of the Nashville Ban.
ner, who is also secretary of the State
Board of Health, after recommending
the Nashville system of quarantine to
other towns in the state, continues his
advice as follows : eT-t
But to the towns and cities Of Ten>
nessee that suffered with it last year
we make an exception. Their towns
represent a magazine, and it only
needs the touch of one spark of flint
to explode them. To them We would
advise most rigid watchfulness, be
the trouble to whom it may. Not
eRe man should stop On their soil un-
der any circumstances that left the
infected districts. This opinion may
seeRa to conflict with some things said
in this paper in regard to Chattanoo>
GA. If so, we cannot help it. Safety
before consistency The situation was
not properly understood by the wri-
Ter. or be would not have reflected on
the action of our sister city of the
mountains. To those who have not
suffered as did the afflicted cities last
year, hospitality sounds very nice,
and is the handsome thing. But when
hospitality to a few men intficts
death on poor helpless women and
children, and carries desolaton into
every household, it ceases to be hos
pitality and then becomes murder.
So. while We can exercise that blessed
virtue SO commended by the Bible,
let those whostand on the brink of
the crater keep out the powder. There
are enough places to stay in besides
those threatened points, and let them
go elsewhere.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-31
Creole Treatment OF Yellow
Fever.

BY particular request we republish
the following, known as the Creole
treatment Of yellow fever which is in
dorsed by several Of the best physi-
clans of Memphis, and practiced by
some of them:
l. If the patient be taken with fe-
yer Immediately Zone or two hours
after a meal, give an emetic of mus
tard, salt and warm water, one teae
spoonful each of former to a tunlbler
Of last.
2. If the patient has eaten more
than three hours previously, give a
a dose of caster-oil. If the attack
commences with irritable stomach,
substitute dose of calomel and soda
for oil, FIVE grains each for children,
ten grams each for adults
3. If the skin is dry, give hot foot
baths repeatedly until perspiraticn is
induced.
4. If the skin is very hot, whether
dry or moist, sponge the arms, breast
and legs under the covering with
whiskey and water frequently.
5. The first night of attack give an
election Of twenty drops of laudanum
or Battly's sedaive should there be
much restlessness.
6. If the stomach remain irritable,
apply mustard plaster; if the irritabil-
ity continues, apply fly blister. Z
7. If the urine is scant give water
melon seed tea freely-half teaeup>
ful every hour. 1t can be taken iced
if preferred. cTrQ rrf. Tn n
S. Keep a cool cloth on the head If
hot or painful.
8. Nothing but warm or cold tea
green orange or sage-allowed spar
ingly, with smaR pellets of ice occa>
sionally, or mouthful of cool water,
for the first three days.
10. After the fever has entirely
disappeared, chicken broth, beef-tea,
milk, to be given in small quantities,
gradually increasing same as GONZALES
oence advances;
IL. The patient must not be allow
ed to sit up for week (use bed-pan9,
nor take any solid foed whatsoever fer
ten days after the attack
u. No one should be allowed to en-
ter the s;ck-room but the physicians
and nurses.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-31

The widow Sf a Normandy peasant
has exhibited a more than ordinary
share of woman's wit in the duty
which her husbands demise imposed
upon her Of executing his will. His
property consisted of a good horse and
a worthless cur, and he directed that
they should be sold, the proceeds of
the sale Of the horse to be divi led
among his other relatives, while the
widows portion was to be the sum
which the dog would fetch. This
discrepancy in the value of the two
animals was naturally not a little gall
ing to the lady, but after turning af-
fairs over in her own mind she discOv-
cred a means by which she could fulfil
her late husbands behest without suf-
fering peeuniary loss to herself. She
announced for sale horse for the sum
of five francs and a dog fer five hnn-
dred. Those wishing to buy the horse
were informed that they must also
take the dog; and when at length a
purchaser for the pair was found, the
widow handed over five francs, to be
divided among the dead mans family,
keeping for herself the FIVE hundred,
as thesum (which the dog had fetched. l"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-31
How Judge Arnold OutyyOrked
the Negroes.

From the Columbus (Miss.) Independent.
During the recess between two of
his courts Judge Arnold employed
number of negroes to work over his
cotton field. Tne negroes reported
promptly. The judge went with them
to,the field, and takinga hoe, said with
that peculiar smile in his eye which
meant more than they could under
stand: "NOw, men, all want you to
do is to follow me"
To follow "the jedge" up and down
a cotton row was as easy thing as
these trained sons of toll would have.
Down one row and up another they
went, laughing 10 think how soon
"the jedge" would tire. In about an
hour they quit laughing and began to
wonder if he want getting tired.
Then they commenced to inquire in
whispers, "Where you reckin the
jedge learned to hoe cotton?" AT y
N. Judge Arnold called off for an
hour, and sitting down under tree
ate his dinner.
AT the expiration of the hour the
judge called time and att they went
up and down and around until sun
down when lie dismissed them, per-
-suasively suggesting that they be on
hand early the next morning. The
negroes were promptly on hand, and
day after day they stuck to it and Sat
urday night Judge Arnold paid them
and requested them to be on hand
early Monday morning.
The spokesman said: ''NO thanky,
jedge, we hunt an easier job dan dis"
and now when those negroes hear
some one reading from Radical pa
per that the southern whites are indo,
lent and won't work or are delicate
and can't work, they say "dat man
don't know nuthin' he's talkin' bout.