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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-10
COTTON EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS..

The present visible supply Of cot
ton, including stocks in European and
American ports and aAoat for Europe
is 1881 ,945 bales, an increase as com
pared with the same date last year Of
9f,057 bales, and with the year before
of 1924 bales.
The total sales last week in this
market we're 1920 bales, divided
4S75 bales to exporters, SS75 to spin
ners, aud $50 to spectators. The to-
tai sales for the past eleven days sum
up 1850 bales. The price Of mid
ding is now lc higher than it was a
week ago.
The receipts of cotton at all the
United States ports on Saturday last
was 1852 bales against 30,T04 bales
last week on the same day, and 27,l8l
bales last year.
The totol receipts Of cotton at all
United States ports to date are 1883
2j0 bales, against 1,209,77l bales at
this date last year, and 961 ,349 the
year before. The stock on hand at
this time is 598,24l bales against 49,,
32j bales at this time last year, and
52O,6l4 bales the year before. The
foreign shipments to date are IT'S, 931
bales, against 529,6l2 bales at this
TINS last year, and 33O,099 bales the
year before.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-10
Alfred dc Mussct and the Dogs.

Alfred de Musset always declared
that he hated dogs for the reason that
twice in his life an animal of the
canine ace had come within an ace Of
wrecking his fortunes,
The first time Was at a royal hunt
ing party when the poet, Louis Phil
lippe's guest, when a bird was flushed
fired hastily and sent the citizen kings
fayorite pointer to meet Cerberus.
The second time was, when a candi-
date for the Academic, De Musset
went to pay the customary visit to an
influential immortal whose chateau
was in the enyirons of Paris.
AT the moment that the poet rang
at the gate an ignoble whelp Of in
credible u%gliness, covered with mud,
rushed to meet him with joyous banks
and fawned upon him to the detriment
OF the poets new pa~ntaloons.
Disguised as De Musset was. It
would have been perilous to drive of
the lmmortal's faithful dog, so he was
compelled to let the frightful animal
lick his hands, cover him with caresses
and mud, and precede him to The
drawing-room.
a moment later the academician
entered. De Musset noticed his en-
barrassment, at which he was not sur
prised, considering the behavior of the
animal. They adjourned to the
dining. room, followed by the dog.
which, after giving vent to his delight
by various gambols and cries, placed
two muddy paws on the cloth, seized
the wing of a cold chicken, and began
contentedly to devour it.
That the most abOminable brute
| ever heard of" thought De Musset.
and continued aloud, You are fond of
dogs, | see"
Fond Of dogs?" echoed the I'm
mortal. Il hate dogs"
But this animal here?"
Il have only tolerated the boast be-
C. use /. ia yours, sir"
"Mine?' said De Musset; 81
thought it was yours, which was all
that prevented me from killing him."
The two men roared with laughter,
and De Musset made a friend.
Late that Gay a yellow 36g crossed
the frontier of the Rhine at Strasburg
the air of an animal hat had
scored upon the tablets OF its memory
a decidedly unpleasant recollection.
and headed for Constantinoplo with
undiminished celebrity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-10

The business outlook is decidedly
encouraging. Heavy stocks of goods
are coming in by every train and
steamer and merchants are constantly
busy filling orders and making ship
ments.
BAGGING-Market firm on orders /;
fax, 9%c per yard; mixed, 9Lc (;
jute, lie; ties, $225@2 50 per bundle;
Irvine, l2Lc per pound.
BACON-Shoulders. 5H@5%c; clear
ribs S%c; clear sides, 9c; breakfast bacon.
Dc; hams, 10@1lo. Demand good prices
tame. Mess pork weak at Sl2 50 per Dbl;
bulk clear sides, ne; clear ribs, &c.
Stocks light.
LARD-Tierces, &c; half barrels, 7Lc;
kegs, DC; pals, nc.
FLOUR-Market weak, with fair job
bing demand. Prices for X. IS so
per Dbl; Xxx. IS 70@5 90; NIX, SC 15@
& rs; family, IS @@6 Is; choice, So 7j@
Z 90; fancy, 81 25@7 IS per Dbl.
CORN MEAL-Sales TO arrive at 81 55
per Dbl; on landing at - G0@2 60; or
ders, = IS; market weak.
CORN-Sales slow; yellow feed, SOC
per bushel, and white Doc in lots orders
60@62c,
BRAN-Market droopy; orders soc per
W and lots SIS per ton.
OATS-Market quiet at 42c for lots and
46@47c for orders.
HAY-In car load lots, $l7@22 per
ton; prairie hay, Sl0i per cwt on small
orders, Sl@l ~.
POTATOES-In n small way, 81 Is
az IS per Dbl; in sss, 50@55c per bushel
in lots; sweet, per bbl. in store, 81 35@
l so, onions, 50 IS per Dbl from store;
cabbage, 3 25@S3 80 per crate Rnd S1@S
per hundred head; tnrnips, 75c@Sl per
FRU1T-Apples scarce at So 0098 80
per Dbl. Lots, $2@2 IS per Dbl. Or
anges, s. 50@6 per bbl; lemons, So 90 per
box. Cranberries, half barrels, "A 75i
burrels, So
BUTTER-Dairy and Western table,
20@26c per pound; choice, 25@28ci COM
mooscarce; creamery, 80G35.
EGGS-Sales cf lots at lSc, and in a
small way AZ zoe per dozen.
POULTRY-ChieSeas, perdozen, 1925
as. as in size and quality tgrkeys, SO
10 per dozen geese dull at SAG 4j0 per
dozen; ducks, S2@2 90 per dozen.
GAME-Venison, whole, 607c; sad
dies, S@l0c Reelfoot lake fish, 5@7c
in lots; retail slightly higher.
FRESH MEATS-Hogs on foot, So 70
al so per cwt; dresaed, SAGE per pound;
latter for city dressed; beef, 2@4c for fore
quarters 4@6c for hind quarters mutton,
406c for dressed.
SUNDRIES-Pigs feet, perkeg, 81 l5ci
sauer kraut, s. % per half hbl.
SUGAR-Jobbing at s, 10, ll@llAi
hard, l2@l2A.
COFFEE-Ordinary, 15H@1G1gG fair
to choice, 10000.
HIDES-Dry flint, No. l., 18LG dry
salt do, l4@l5e green, &c; do sailed, SIC;
market very firm, with an upward ten
dency; tallow, 5@516c; beeswax, 2Oc.
LEATHER-Oak sole, B2@3ic; hem-
lock, 25@86c harness, 28@34c; skirting,
32@35c; French calf, 10000 per dozen;
domestic calf, S20@30 per dozen.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 10.
TOBACCO-Per ID 42H@GOc.
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CoMMEROIAI.
PUBLIC LEDGER OFFIcr,l
MEMPHIS, TENN., Nov. 10, 1879.

MEMPHIS, TESS., Nov. 10, 1879.
The local financial market here is
in a healthy and vigorous condition.
Currency is in fair supply, no scarcity
being reported in any quarter, while a
steady flow moves into the country to
satisfy the demands of mercantile cor
respondents. A fair volume of mer-
camille paper offers for discount, rates
being 6 to 8 per cent, according to the
time asked and security offered. The
business outlook is exceedingly en-
%couraging here as well as elsewhere
throughout the country. Over $780,
100000 in gold has been imported from
abroad this year, while the production
of the mines of this country are esti-
mated at nearly S50,0OO,OOO The in
fux Of gold from Europe shows no
abatement, and as long as this export
demand for grain continues, gold will
be returned to us in payment for it.
But little Of the yellow metal has yet
drifted in this direction, but it is said
to be circulating quite freely in cities
of the West. No movement is yet
heard of here in local stocks except a
brokers' demand for county warrants
at SOC.
Exchange offers freely, and cotton
bills are taken at discount on East
ern points, if carrying no grace, and J
discount with grace. Checks on New
York sell at par. New Orleans rates
are steady at par buying and ! dis
count selling.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-10
Choosing Electors.

Philadelphia Times.l
1t has Just been discovered that the
new constitution of Louisiana gives to
the legislature to be chosen in Deeem-
Der the right to choose Presidential
electors next year, and there is con-
siderable grumbling about it in Che
Republican organs. As the constitu-
ton Of the United States allows the
same privilege and we are now spell.
ing nation with a big n there doesn't
seem to be any help for It.
1t was the original method Of choos-
ing the electors; it was the practice in
New York as late as 1924, up to which
time Louisiana held to the system and
South Carolina kept it up for forty
years later. Florida has resorted to
the same method once or twice since
the war, and at the last Presidential
election the three votes Of Colorado
given to Hayes we're elected by the
Legislature. There are enough state
rights left to allow Louisiana to do as
it pleases about the manner Of choos-
ing Presidential electors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-10

promises to be hazardous ID yisw If
current and prospective prices Of
hogs.
Current prices Of hogs at leading
points are 75c to 81 per 100 lbs. higher
than a year ago.
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now "A Duchess lliIAed a 90

London World
The Duchess Of Montrose, wearing
a brilliant peignoir and sitting ON a
three-legged stool milking a thorough
bred Alderney in one Of the loose
boxes appointed to race horses at the
back Of Mr.. Crawfurd's pretty resi-.
dence at the foot of the Bury Hill
at Newmarket, recalls the early dairy
life Of the second wife of the first
Marquis OfExeteF. Nor am | Invent
ing a romantic story. The occurrence
happened during the recent second
October meeting at Newmarket.
whittier the valuable COW in question.
Cor whom her grace gave something
like fl00, was serS, wish special in.
structions as to feeding and milking
during the journey. On being in
formed Of its safe arrival, the Duchess
sent a request to Also Taylor, her hus-
bands trainer, to haye the COW MIXED
1t once; but neither Taylor nor his
heed-lad was au fait az the business.
Thereupon the Duchess, who was in
the midst of her toilet, hastily slipped
on a peignoir and performed the opera
ton with the skill Of the most ex
~perlenced milkmaid.
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4 Poor SOn for Such a Father.

Sedalia MOI Democrat
The son Of the murdered Indian
Agent Aleeker live. in sodalia. When
the news came Of the killing of Thorn
burg, and the report that his father
and sister were in danger of being
made the victims of terrible torture.
instead Of going at once to their as.
%sistanee, OF as near as he could get to
them, he contented himself with read.
ing the telegraph news every morning
probably borrowing the paper to do
Sc. A week dragged along, and at
last the fate of his father became
known, Even then, instead of going
at once to where his father lay a
mutilated corpse, he went to Wash
ington and hung around the secretary
of the interior 60 beat his vas out at
the expense of the government.
Finally an office was made for HIM.
and he was sent out as a special agent
of the government to recover the
body of his own father. II Is to be
hoped such a being will never get
back again. In manhood he is far
below the murderers Of his father.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-10

A female inmate of a California
insane asylum couldn't get pen and
Ink to write her troubles, worked a
statement on cloth in needlework and
threw it out the window.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-10

Upwards of 10000 carpenters were
on a strike in Paris at last accounts,
as we're many Of the sawyers and
painters of the city,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-10
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY

bv ms ~ institution was regularly incorporated
and Charitable purposes. in 1883. Fov 231ha XIV
.erm OF twenty-five Years, to which
c9hIraet the inyiOlable faith of the State Il
pledged with 9 capital of 81 10000, to which
II mas S1nSs added q reserve fund Of $4,000.
tsle nia olhgle Number Distribution will
following distribution: "O0A @' INC
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-10

Vice President Wheeler has injured
his throat so much while talking for
Senator Congling's ticket that he has
been compelled TO lay up for repairs,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-10

Nine Nilsson will receive $4,000
for twelve performances in Spain
during the wedding festivities of King
Alfonso,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-10
Cotton.

The cotton market opened here this
morning with an active inquiry and
factors holding steady, generally at Bc
above the quotations of Saturday.
Sales Saturday 1000 bales; to export
ers, 1000, and to spinners, 1000 bales.
Quotations being steady as follows:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-10

d -Secretary of the Treasury Nc.
CulloGh will build a country home
near Washington,
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE
noArs LEArrNa THIS pay.

Arkansas City. Ouaehita Belle. ......... pm
Commerce, Rapid Transit ....~~...5 pm
ARRIVED.
Steamer Annie p. Silver, st. Louis.
" Laura Davis, Ohio river.
" Grand Tower, st. Louis.
" Fannie Lewis, st. Louis.
Coahoma, Frlar's Point.
Ouchita Belle, Arkansas City.
Katie Hooper, Bradley's.
Dacotah, st. Louis.
" Alice, New Orleans.
Batesville, ST. Francis river.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Hard Cash, White river.
Geo. w. Cheek, Friar's Point.
w. P. Halliday, New Orleans.
Grand Tower, Nicksburg.
Fannie Lewis, Nicksburg.
Alice, st. Louis.
Annie 2. Silver, New Orleans.
Laura Davis, New Orleans.
IN PORT.
Coahoma, Katie Hooper, Hattie Now
land, Batesyille, Ouachita Belle.
CONDITIONS.
The river here came to a stand this
morning, and will probably be rising
slowly this evening from the effects Of
the rains Saturday night and last
night. The gauge mark reads2 feet
above extreme low water mark. AT
Cairo the river is falling, with 3 feet 6
inches on the gauge. At St. Louis it
is falling, with Z feet 6 inches on the
gauge. At Cincinnati it is stationary,
with 2 feet l0inchcs on the gauge, and
no immediate prospects of a rise. At
Evansville it is rising. Cumberland
river is rising, with is inches in the
shoals. Arkansas and White river
continue at low tide, with fair pros
poets Of a slight rise in Arkansas river
at Little Rock and points below
there.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-10
LOTTERY,

A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO
"A WIN A. FORTUNE-Eleventh Grand
9 Gis1rSputlon GLASS L. at New Orleans, Tues
ing. DIa"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-11
WOnGn and Mice.

Young man, beware of women who arc
not afraid Of mice. II is dangerous to risk
them. They arc either too good or too bad
FOR this world unl its washings. A woman
who can stand her ground unconccrnrtl
and mpcrturhcu at the advance of q
mouse, who can look upon the dun intruder
without the exercise Of Il lip or lid, with
out the lluttcr of heart or Il skirt, is not
the woman for ordinary wear and tear
She belongs to one of two forbidden trees
II to the first, she is too near cold pcrfcc-
ton, too much of II pulsclcss paragon "for
human natures daily food" Steer clear
OF her, young man; she will make your
life II perpetual Sunday, during which you
will bc doomed to the stocks Of stiff
shirt and climbing collars. You shull ever
rest beneath the shadow of her Sprouting
wings, and your sigh shall not be one of
regret If some day she plume them and
float away like Whit of stccly smoke in
to winter sky. If she belong to the other
class, she is woman formed of the dust
of pulvcrizcd granite and iron filings, into
which the breath of life WAS blown by a
sirocco, and who was tempered by being
set out on an iceberg and volcano by
turns. She it is who is fit for treason,
spolls, diplomacy, murder, bloomcrs and
boots, but not for you. If you would be
scalpcd, go directly to tho rcd man and
have it done III good order, but keep thco
away from Whitc-Squaw- not ot-Afraid .of-a
Niouse, Tor verify is she "yard wide and
all WOOL"
Turn away from these and come and
look upon the ideal womun-thc true ideal
of feminine bcauty--an ideal for which
PraXitilcs and Phydias sought in vain; m
ideal which all the philosophy of Plato and
his school could not create; an ideal which
never dawncd upon poet or painter in his
''drcam of far women; an ideal beside
which the OrO-faccd conceptions OF Raphael
arc lackadasical and lifelcss; an ideal
which all the world has looked and longcd
Tor, which all the world has had right under
its nose, and which all tho world has boon
too stupid to recognize when it saw 1t.
Look upon her if you WILL She stands in
chair in the middle Of the room her
eyes are rcsolutcly closed; her lips are
parted III half-supprcsscd shricks and hys-
tcrical laughter; her hands clutch her
skirts, which she frantlcaily llirte up and
down to ward off and frightcn the poor
little mouse, which has long since fled, ter
ror-strlckcn, away. Anon, you catch a
t3ntalizing glimpse of a pair Of dainty
slippers and ankles and the c0mical ripplcs
into which her face is broken, and the
shades of the lily and the rose, which shift
and Tilt after each other over it. add n charm
to the whole which ought to smitc as with
the rod the stonicst masculine hearts and
call forth the living fountains which some
where under the surface flow through them
all. Young man, this is not paragon or
an Amazon. This is woman. She is
your opportunity embrace it and be
blessed.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-11
An Astronomical Fact.

Two persons were born at tho same place,
at tho Same moment Of time. After an ago
of fifty years they both died, also at tho
same place ard at tho same instant, yet ono
had lived ono hundred days moro than the
other. How was this possiblo9 Not to
keep our friends in suspense, tho solution
turns on curious, but with little reflec-
ton, a very obvious point in circum- -naviga-
ton. A person going around the world
toward the west loses day, and toward
the cast. ho gains one. Suppcs sing, then,
two persons born together at tho Cape of
Good Hope, whence voyage round the
world may be performed in year; If one
performs this constantly towards the west,
in fifty years he will be fifty days behind
tho stationary inhabitants, and if tho other
sail equally towards tho east, he will be
fifty days in advance of them. One, there
fore, will have seen ono hundred days moro
than the other, though they were born and
died in tho samo place and at tho Same
moment, and oven lived continually in the
same latitude, and reckoncd time by the
samo calendar.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-11

IONS to force upon his fellow -finncs. The
gills of II fish may be compared to the nose
OF man, even in color, but most of them
arc great deal better set on. IL was evil
IDENTIFY designed by nature that fish should
live under water. This il why they take
on SO when hauled out, strung on Il willow
and carried around on boys shoulder
The bladder OF Il fish plays an important
part in his whooping around under the sur
face of Il mill-pond. by sucking in or cx-
pclling air he can rise to the surface to grab
fly; or go to the bottom to attend Il CON
vcnlion CT suckers. He is very carly
riser. You may think YOU can get up be-
fore he does, but he will be wide awake
when you arrive on the spot. His meals
are picked up from such things MS were left
over the oay before, and 1t is imlhatcrial to
him whether wcll-cookcd or not. No fish
is bound to any particular ncighborhood,
bit has the run Of the entire river or pond.
lie is out in all sorts of weather, and if he
comes home wet what is the diiferencel 1t
is generally supposed that fish stands Oh
his head to sleep. at least none have ever
been caught sleeping on their backs. They
see by night rs well as by day, and perhaps
little better. The tail of fish is not of
much account in the frying pan but 1t is Il
handy thing for the fish when sloshiug
around in Il mll-pond full of old stumps,
drowned boys and wrecked sksHs His
tail guides his head, and it seldom goes
back OH him. Nature calculated that he
would be Hopping his tail against bridge
ttmbers, stones, old hoop-iron and lost fish
hooks, and so she made him ono which
couldn't be hurt. 1t is simply membrane,
without nerves, and could be cut Off with
out the fish knowing it until he started to
dodge an old root and run his head into
the bank Fish may he divided into two
cusses-thc fish which catch boys, like the
shark, and the fish which permit boys to
catch them, like the mullct and bass. In
going a-tshing always sit on the vcranta
in the shade, if you can, and if you can't
let the fishing go and hang to the vclantlu.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-11
The Man Who is Short.

lie goes to the exchange. AT the door
he meets broker, and inquiries:
"Vat ish dc market 2"
s'Scventy seven and half"
"Py shiminyl Vat ish dc houtloois Z"
'1t looks strong"
He passed along and meets another
broker of whom he asks:
''Vot ish do markct2'
Seventy and one-cghth.n
"Py shiminyl"
Then he goes in and after standing III the
vicinity Of the bull-ring" few minutes,
asks another broker:
"Vat ish de market9"
''Scventy- eight and three quarters"
Spy shiminy crickcts."
This time it comes with an unmistakablo
emphasis, and he rushcs around until lie
finds his broker, to whom ho says:
spy me five at pest"
Then he leaves tho exchange, and after
half IN hour returns. OF the first broker
whom he meets he inquiries:
''Vat ish dc market nowY"
''Scventy and ono -clghth."
"Vat is dc houtlook 2"
cit looks very weak"
"Dang de Standard"
Then that worthy merchant goes in and
sells the five he bought at 1850 at TIC and
half an hour later he buys it back at Soc
Thus the festive game of "whip saw" Is
played, and tho man who makes winning
deserves a chrome and all extra copy to the
gettcr up of tho club.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-11
A Cotton Gin,

A cotton-gin machine is not as bulky rs
on ordinary tanning 1t is called q
'saw-gln," !" because circular saws, about a
foot across, arc sot upon wooden cylinder
perhaps half or thrco-fourths of an inch
apart For largest sized gins the cylinder
Is five feet long. Tho saw runs between
steel CRATES set in tho back of the feeding
hopper, 80 that the teeth reach just beyond
the bars and catch the f1brcs which adhere
strongly TO the seed, and pull them through
the openings between the grate-bars, leav-
ing the seed behind. The lint Is cleared
from tho teeth by revolving brushes, and Is
either blown by fan through spout to
the lint-room, or else, by an improved pro-
cess, Is famed into large vats, which can
be taken up and put, one after another, into
a pile TO form bale. A large gin, run by
about six-mule power two hundred and
fifty revolutions q minute, will gin one
hundred and fifty pounds of lint In an hour.
Sometimes carelessness or design sends a
frlctlon-match through the gin. There is a
flash, and an snd Of that years work.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-11
The Tinny TrIDe.

1t Is an almost every day sight to sec
boys catching fish, but yet not ono lad in q
thousand has ever given thought to the
wonderful construction Of the tinny tribe.
At tho outset OF this subject it might be re-
marked that no fish has a single bono too
many. You may think he has, especially
when you have perch for dinner, but every
little bone was put there by nature for
some special purpose Take away hand
ful OF bones from tho average fish and he
would die in less than week. Bones,
however, have very little to do with fish,
and a great deal less to do with catching
him. Let us draw your attention to tho
eyes, in the first place. They are SO placed
that fish can sec q bob-tailcd steamer
coming up tho river, and boy on the bridge
behind him at the aamo time, but for this
fact tho boy would catch him with dip
net mado Of an old hoop-skirt, or the
steamer would run over him. BY simple
roll Of his eye, fish can take in view
from all sides at once, and you can't pass
canoe off on him for q saw-log. If tho fish
could only geo ahead, his tail would be
grabbed at every hour in tho day. If he
could see only behind, he'd have to wear a
shcet.iron protector on his nose AS 1t Is,
hell dodge stone from one side and smell
Of root on the other ut the same motion.
The mouth Of a fish Is provided with strain
crs called gllls. But for this he'd have q
stomach full Of aawdust all the year round.
Without tho gills fls mouth would be open
Q great share Of the time, but with them
no kaeps Ms jaws together and has No opin-