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Symptoms Of a DiseasedLiyer.

pain in the right side, under the,
i edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
pn the left side; sometimes the pain is
Itelt under the shoulder blade, and il
frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
Tor rheumatism in the arm, The
stomach istaffected with loss of anne.
tite and sickness; the, bowels in gen
eral are costive, sometimes alternative
with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally considerable loss of men,
ory, accompanied with a painful sem
sation Of having left undone some.
thing which ought to have been done.
A'slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant. The patient complains of
WEAKNESS and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains Of prickly sensa-
ton of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer-
else would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex-
listed, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
DIR. c. McLANE's Liver Pulls, IN
CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when
taken with Quininc, are productive of
the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quininc. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them FAIR TRIAL.
For all bilious arrangements, and as
aslmple purgative, they are unequalcd.
BEWARE OF IMlrATIONs.
The genuine arc never sugar coated.
Every box has red wax seal on the lid,
with the impression DR.. MCLANE's LIVER
PILLS.
The genuine McLANt's Liver PILLS bear
the signatures Of G. MCLhEE and FLEMING
Bros. on the wrappers.
= Insist upon having the genuine DIR. C..
McLANE's LIVER PILLS, prepared by Flcm-
Ing Bros, ofPittsburgh, Pa, the market being
full Of limitations of the name 1IcLane.
spelled differently but same pronunciation.
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Snowman ON. tho Stu,flp.

BosToN, July 22-John Shermou, Soc
rotary of tho Treasury, was entertained by
tho Commercial Club at the Parker House
hero to-day, and made q speech aoknowl.
edging tho courtcsies extended to him, and
dwelling upon tho Importance Of a sound
currency, congratulatng his hearers upon
the improved condition and on tho fatte.
ring future prospects of our country, md
closing with the following words: "What
We desire in this country 10 to cultivate tho
broadcst national feeling, 90 that mon may
20 anywhere within tho limits Of tho u Uuitcd
Statcs,, everywhere respected, everywhere
protected, equal to caoh other, and by
mingling their ideas, thoir industries and
their principles, they may make real aud
actual all the great ideas Of the founders of
our government, SO that liberty, equality
and fraternity may exist among American
oitizens whorovcr our national jurisdiction
extends, and that all alike from North and
South will look upon tho National
Government as tho supromo protector
and preserver Of all their rights and
privileges as the citizens of common
country"
Brief speeches wore also made by Attor-
noy General Devcns, Mayor Prince and
others. Secretary Sherman will leave for
Portland Tomorrow.
e. .
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The HAPPY FAMILY -WAsu1NoToN,,
July 2O.-lt does not appear that thorc is
any definite intention on tho part Of tho
Administration to make change in. the
Federal oflioo holders in South Carolina.
Several whito Republicans from that State
have been here during the past few days
urging the President to mako somo changes.
They say that nearly all tho colored Repub-
lioans haTo been provided for, while tho
white Eopublcans Of influence have been
ignored and thos, appointed like Collector
Baldwin, of Charleston, aud District Attorc
ney Northrop, who have no political
strength. Among those who have had in
terv;cws with tho President is John r..
Cochran, who was chairman of tho lcgisla-
tive committee which investigated and cx-
posed tho carpct.bag thieves and who urged
the, President very strongly to DO something
for tho party down thcro. Me told Mr..
Hayes that whlo there were eight whito
Republicans out of 124 delegates in the
last Republican State Convention, it was
doubtful whether there would be even ono
white Republican in tho next conventions.
Cochran tells tho Administration people
that if thoy want to have tho party rosusci.
tated they must give places to such men as
Melton and q. w. NJ. Mickey.
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An Honest Rum-Sellers Adver-
tisement.

MEssRs EDIToRs:- friend has handed
mo tho following. Will you please give it
place in your paper md obligo ~
A. p. NICHOLSON. 81.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17
FIGHTING A %TARANTULA.
An Encounter in Which the AgOressor
Suffered Severely.
San Antonio Texas Correspondence of the
Atlanta constitutional

San Antonio Texas Correspondence of the
Atlanta constitutional
Texas natural history is not with
out novelties for the scientific or the
curious readers of more northern
chimes. Among them is a horned
frog, which inhabits the prairies west
of the Trinity from the tip of the
broad nose arises a c~imeter-like horn,
sharp as a knife-point, and on which,
if you happen to step with the naked
foot, in a puddle of water, a painful
wound is received. Not infreduently
has the otherwise harmless little ami
NAL been forwarded to northern mu-
seums as a curiosity. But it isn't
equal to another Texas creature-the
tarantula. He is the desperate of the
spider family frequently attains the
size of the hand, and with its great.
glaring, black eyes and frightful claws,
seldom fails to present an appearance
so formidable that a sensitive lady.
even if used to seeing the tarantula.
will scream at the sight. The taran-
lula is, in fact, only a big spider. and
usually makes his home in the open
prairie, dwelling with his family in a
nest concealed beneath the tall grass.
If you tackle him in his retreat you
Will very soon repent your temerity,
for he springs at you like a tiger.
jumping 10 an astonishing hight
sometimes three or four feet.
He is one of the most poisonous of
the family of the archna, and his bite
is said to be more fatal than that of
the %rattlesnake. In a settlement called
Grapevine Prairie, near Fort Worth.
some time ago, the son of a farmer
named Featherstone was one day oc-
cupied gathering rocks on the road.
side. Upon oyerturning a large Cat
rock he was suddenly confronted by a
tarantula the size of a mans hand,
snugly ensconced in his nest along
with a number of young tarantulas.
The big one was yellow and black
striped, and displayed the same mimi
table colors that nature bestows upon
the beautiful snake" Selling a
gOod-sized stick, Master Featherstone
attacked the enemy in his stronghold,
and was met with an unexpected re-
sistsnce. He succeeded in breaking
off one leg, or rather claw, of the
deyil-6sh Of dry land but the taran-
tula, enraged, sprang upon the aggres-
sor, and quick as thought, with his
great black eyes g%littering with fend-
ish ferocity, fastened himself on the
boys hand and arm. Before he could
be dislodged the tarantula had inflicted
two probable fatal bites on the hand
and arm, both of which subsequently,
swelled to three times their natura.
size-so virulent is the poison Of thi;
desperate of the prairies. The boy
however, succeeded in killing the tar.
antula. 4
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17

The Iron Trade.

Pail Mall Gazette.l Is
An interesting table has been drawn
up to show the fluctuations in the pro-
duction Of iron throughout the world
during the last twenty-seven years.
Since 1850, it appears from the figures
read at a meeting of one of the sOcie-
ties interested in metallurgy, there has
been a very large increase in the pro-
duction of pig-iron, in response to a
demand produced by the growing uses
of the metal and by formation of vast
constructive works in every quarter of
the globe.
In 1860, the production of pig-iron
in the world was believed to be about
4,500,000 tons last year it had risen
to 13,620,0O0 tons. 1t is interesting to
notice that of the iron-producing
countries Great Britain has in the
twenty-seyen Yeas trebled its produc-
ton, but in that period the output of
the United States has been quad
rupled, and that of Germany has pro-
crossed in nearly as rapid a ratio.
The make of France and Belgium
has varied greatly, but in both
countries it is now three-fold what it
was in 1850. In Rnssia, Sweden and
Austric- Hungary there is now a
double production the output OF
Spain has increased fifty per cent.
that Of Italy, is stationary; and that
of Norway shows a considerable fall
ing off.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17
The Curl Of the Illicit Still Ris-
ing to Heaven.
HuntsyIIIe I%ndependent.l

Huntsville Independently
Who would believe it! Here in
our good county of Madison, we might
almost say under the shadow of one
of Uncle Samuel's houses whence he
metes out punishment to crooked
offenders, the smoke from the illicit
still has been rising in graceful curls,
while the untaxed fiery liquid runs
with noiseless steadiness, winding its
way through the tortuOus worm and
dripping with musical patter into bar
rels, to which the green. Stamp was
unknown. In short, the moonshiner
has been abroad in our midst. Last
week, officers I. ]. Hewlett and Oscar
Fulghum proceeded to a remote plat
of ground some miles from New
Market and there, shut out from the
prying eye of man, they found a still,
with all the usual appurtenances.
The operator had probably just retired
for a hasty meal, and the fires had been
partially extinguished. The still was
still warm with life, however, and a
quantity Of meal, mash and so on, to-
gether with the apparatus, was destroy
ed. Williamson, the party said to be
interested, was not found. We learn
that another illicit still was found in
the limits of Madison and DESTROYED.
1t is supposed that this was operated
by parties who had slipped over from
Tennessee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17
EDwARD THORETOEs BALL
An 0ld-fashIoned, Iogial Dance at the
British Legation in Washington.

The Washington Sunday Herald of
the 9th says A ball at the English
ministers is, of course, not a thing of
every day occurrence. OF late the
residence of the minister has been
closed, or supposedto be 20, to society,
owing to the death of one of the royal
family. On Thursday evening last,
however, for the first time, the honse
OF the minister was open to the fash
iOnable world, and the grand ballroom
inaugurated. 1t was not, however, a
jam. The idea was to bring together
the intimate friends of Sir Edward
and his lady and the younger friends
of their two daughters, who would
appear for the first time after their
presentation TO the queen. Among
those present were Senator Bayard,
General Dick Taylor, General Meyer,
General Beal, Judge Lowry, Mr..
Riggs, and last but not least, Uncle
Sam Ward With him were a party
of swells-millionaires alive won't
recall their names. They we're here
to be entertained, and who could do it
as well as Sam Ward" the man of
men? Well, that is enough for the
natives. As to the foreigners, they
were all there with the exception of
the Turkish Minister, Aristarchi Bey
than whom there is no more accom-
plished representative of a foreign
power with us. He was necessarily
absent in New York. Colonel Au-
denreid, General Parke, Seaton Mum
roe, Mr.. Sevellon Browne, of the State
department, and Mr.. Chew were also
among the guests. The German was
dispensed with and young and old en-
tered into the full enjoyment of the
quadrille and the %lancers. The wind
up of the whole was, perhaps, the best
thing known in Washington for years.
All united in a Virginia reel. Com
sbicuous among the dancers was SEN
ator Bayard, who, on Monday last, was
heard delivering a powerful and effec-
tive speech in the senate on the Ed
munds resolutions. The spectacle re-
called the days when Calhoun, Web
ster, Clay and Bright talked there and
then went home to dine, and after to
such parties as this. Sir Edward
danced, Lady Thornton danced, Gen
eral Taylor, General Meiggs, Mr..
Riggs, Sam Ward, all danced the Vir-
ginia reel, and, at the wind-up, which
was about l am, there was one uni
versal glow of jollity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17
A STAGE ROMANCE.
How a Young Gentleman Entered the
Dramatic Profession Through
the Carpenters Shop.

Early in the present dramatic sea-
son, says the Providence Or. - Press,
while the GeneVieye Ward combina-
ton was playing in the Philadelphia
Academy Of Music, a youth of ex-
cellent address, fine personal appear
ance, and apparent education, applied
to Messrs, Jarrett and Palmer for a
situation in any department whereby
he might go on the then proposed tour.
He said that he needed no salary, was
a willing worker, a good mechanic, and
abundantly able to pay his own rail-
road fares and hotel bills, His object
was to thoroughly learn the stage
business, and to eventually secure a
speaking part whereby he might ad-
vance in the profession, His solicita-
tions were so persistent and his man
ner so persuasive, that permission was
granted him to act as an assistant in
the carpentering department. he
proved to be all he had claimed, was
steady and useful, and so skillful that
when the master carpenter was obliged
by sickness to retire, the newcomer
was promoted to the vacant place. He
was a universal fayorite with the com
pany, attracted the attention Of Miss
Ward and Mr.. Levick BY valuable
suggestions as to stage effects, and even
discussed Shakespeare with them in
a manner which showed his thorough
acquaintance with the works of the
great poet. In st. Catharine's s,
Canada, Mr.. Craig, who played John
Grist," in Jane Shore, was taken seri-
ously i'll, and the new conner, who
went by the name of Bob" Trimmer,
volunteered to appear in the part.
No one else was available, his offer
was accepted, and, to the astonish-
ment of all, he made an immense hit.
WAS called before the curtain, and the
next morning the press said that "Mr.
Craig, whose name was retained in
the bills, divided the honors with
the STAR The morrow found him in
his proper depav 1ent again, and he
made no references to his wondrous
histrionic success. He adroitly par
ried all questions as to his home and
family, and he remained a living
mystery until a few days ago, in
Hamilton, a letter was received By
Mr.. Tooker, the manager, dated at
Cambridge, Mass, and signed by the
mysterious young mans father, who,
by some means, had learned his SON
whereabouts, and wrote begging Nh.
Tooker and Miss Ward to use their
influence toward securing his return
to his home. The mystery was a mys-
terry nc longer, and the young man,
yielding to the desire of his parents,
returned to Cambridge, Mass, where
he is known as Mr.. Lawrence Otis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17
KepenIing the Test Oath.

New Orleans Democrat
The Republicans intend fighting the
bill doing away with the test oath for
Jurors in the United States Court.
Their course is strange, in view Of the
fact that a few years ago a Republi-
can house wiped out the test oath pro.
vision from the revised statutes. Now.
however, the Republicans view the
matter differently, and seeing that
there is no chance of the verdicts
they wish in the election cases unless
the test oath is continued on the
statute book, have sworn to resist its
abolition by every means in their
power. The Democrats, especially the
Southern Democrats, are equally de-
termined on the other hand to get rid
OF this law. They resolved in caucus
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17
VictorIa Id a ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

VIZ m III
1t will make some middle aged peo-
pie feel very old to hear that the Prin-
cess Royal, who was born in their
remembrance, is on the point of be-
coming a grandmother. Her daugh-
ter, the hereditary Princess Of SAKE
Meiningen, is expecting her confne-
ment next month; so that, if all goes
well, her majesty the queen will be a
great-grandmother before she is sixty.
Up 10 this time no queen Of England
has ever lived to see her great-grand-
children, but her majesty may now
reasonably hope TO be a great-great-
grandmother, and to see her grand
children's grandchildren.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17
A Remarkable Phenomenon.

The captain Of the steamboat Chill
lon, which was caught in the storm of
the morning Of January I'd, describes
in a letter to the local papers a scene
which is not witnessed once in a gem
Grafton. On lake Lemon, between
Rivas and St. Gindolph, the two
winds, the fohn and bise met, twist
ing the water up into a column
ly forty feet high and ten yards in
circumference. 1t was a veritable
waterspout, and, after retaining its
position for several minutes, took the
form of a vapory cloud and melted
away. The peculiarly of this phe-
nomenon is that the waterSpout did
not, as waterspouts generally do, de-
scend from the clouds, but rose from
the lake. The meeting of the fohn
and the bise is more common or the
Lake of Lucerne than that Of Gene
va but whenever it happens it is
terribly destructive, sweeping down
the tallest forest trees and wrecking
every craft smaller than a schooner.
During the same storm a slight shock
of earthquake was felt at Berlin.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17
A Boy of Comparisons.

london TRUTH
1t was a calm, still night; a soft air
played caressingly with the ~tresses OF
a lovely girl, and the moon shed its
gentle ray over the radiant brow of
her lover. Her small brother, mean
while, just home for the holidays. was
accidentally wandering in quest of a
bat in the neighborhood, when he
heard the voices of his sister and her
betrothed. Prompted by the natural
curiosity Of youth, he fingered to
listen. After a few inarticulate
murs, he became conscious of the
sound of OSCILLATION, and enioyed his
position exceedingly. Later in the
evening he met the pair at tea. ~
heard you kiss Fred, he abruptly re-
marked to his sister. What do YOU
mean, you rude boy?' cried the sweet
girl, turning scarlet. "0h, it's no use
denying it, replied her brother you
can't CANNON me. | know the sound,
you know it was just like a cow pull.
ing her foot out of a mud-hole." This
is an instance Of comparison which
was odious.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17
A Hearty
Virginia City rNev.l Chronicle.l

Virginia City New Chroniclc.l
About six o'clock last evening an
able bodied man entered a restaurant
on G street, and telling the waiter that
he felt a triae hungry, ordered and
disposed Of with evident satisfaction
the following articles A plate of soup,
9 dozen oysters, II pounds Of porter
house steak, 3 cups Of coffee without
milk, 2small cups of coffee with milk,
| bottle of ale, / cigar, 2 tumblers full
of celery, together with entrees. When
he had finished he threw a $50 gold
piece on the counter and was given
back SO % change, his meal costing
him exactly SIG Is. As he was going
out the door he asked the proprietor /:
What time do you close up? | may
want another little snack when the
theater is out" Hotel and boarding
house keepers are warned to look out
for this man, as he may try to engage
board by the week.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17

NAiAh NOOAuDS hS a bridge walker.
Nashville American, 14thl
Miss Jane Coombs and her company
were detained here yesterday morning
at the instance of Miss Ada Gaddis,
one of the company, who had been
discharged on account of a disagree
ment between Miss Coombs and her
self. Miss Gaddls got her walking
papers after the performance on
"Wednesday night, whereupon she had
the baggage of Miss Coombs attached
on a suit for salary, the manager of
the company having deducted five
dollars each night for FIVE nights
the company failed to play. She
also sued for her expenses back
to New York. The case was
tried before Justice Creighton, and a
verdict of $7 rendered against Mr.
Brown, Miss Coombs' husband and
agent. Miss Coombs knew nothing OF
the legal proceedings, and went to Che
train yesterday morning, her husband
waiting over TO settle the matter. AZ
ter arriving in Edge6eld she heard
what was the matter, got off the train
and walked back over the railroad
bridge. She and her husband left last
night for Louisville, having made a
deposit necessary to cover the expen.
ses of the suit. The detention caused
them to lose one night of their engage.
meht in Louisville.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17

some time since to tack the bill re-
pealing the test oath on to the sundry
civil appropriation bill, thus forcing
the senate to pass it or leave the
United States Courts entirely without
money to carry them on. Notwith-
standing this the Republicans are still
o~bstinately determined to fight this
measure, and viii, if necessary to beat
it, defeat the appropriation bill, thus
forcing an extra session, the blame for
which they will endeavor to thrust on
the Democrats.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17

Douglas Jerrold says: "Work for
ready money Take no bill upcG pos
terity. In the FIRST place, there are
many chances against its being paid,
and in the next, If it be duly honored,
the cost may be laid out on some piece
of bronze or marble Of not the slight
est value 10 the original.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17
CaliFornia,s ShnrIk Niorr.
San Francisco Ohronicle.l

San francisco Ohronicle.l
While the British bark Lutterworth
was becalmed in the tropics, a large
shark was seen swimming around the
ship. A large hook with a chain at
tached was baited with a foar-pound
piece of pork. The shark made for it
and bolted it. In hauling him up the
chain parted, and he coolly swallowed
the hook. Another hook was then
baited, which he instantly seized,
biting a three-inch rope in twain, and
also swallowed it with another four
pound piece of pork. Another hook
was then haited with a similar piece
Of pork, and with this the shark was
caught and landed on the main deck.
All hands cleared from him, for he
was in a terrible Autter. His tail was
cut of with the carpenters axe, and
this quoted him a little. He was cut
open, and the sailors found the two
shark hooks and chain and rope snugly
coiled away with eight pounds of pork
in his locker.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17

"They tell me Leadville is pretty
high UP, remarked a Denverite to a
visitor from the carbonate field.
High up" calculated the other,
well | should say. The air is so thin
that you've got to fan it in a corner to
get a square breath. Why, | live
sorter in a valley, but many a time
when | get home at night ] have to
push a cloud from the front door to
get in
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17

The greatest anxiety is experienced
lest there be a flaw in the title TO
property yet a daw in the title TO
health, as a cough or cold, is disre-
garded. DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup re-
moves all such at once.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17

Spring bonnets will be much larger
than those worn this winter, and will
tie closely under the chin.