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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30
Fire at NrasOn,s Depot.

News came to the city this forenoon
that a FIRE had broken out at Mason's
Depot, Tennessee, en- the Louisville
railroad, resulting in the following
losses: Sam Grifin's saloon and
grocery house, loss $500, goods saved /;
M. M. Ryan, empty house burned,
also $500 loss on goods l. Watkins,
saloon and grocery house and goods,
loss $1,000; R. 7. Brodnax, loss $1,000
B. I. Booker 4 Bro, house, loss
5000, goods $1,000; Jennie Clements,
house $500, goods $1,000, saved $1,000
worthl M. Stevens, grocery and dry
goods house, insured for $1,000. f.
W. BOyd's grocery, j. S. Ross & Co.,
g. r. Stevens saloon and grocery, H.
Somerville and the Mckenzie House,
all sustained more or less damage.
The several houses destroyed range
from 800 to $500 in value.
INSURANCE.
In Darlington Mason's agencies in
this city the following policies are held
on the Mason's Depot fire r. I. Brod-
max, on house, $500, in the Hart
ford, Conn, company; on stock, $500
in Home Of New York and $1,000 in
Underwriters of New York. c. T.
Booker & Bro, $500 in the Niagara
of New York.
Planters Insurance Company have
insurance in the place, but no losses
up to latest dates-as the property on
which they have risks is on the oppo-
site side Of the street from the fire.
No other local companies, as far as
known, have interests at Mason's.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30
nc Cily Charter RepenIed.

1t is understood that Governor
Marks has signiied his willingness to
withhold his signature from the city
charter repeal bill SO that the city
officials may resign, ifthey so desire,
before the measure becomes a law.
The officials we're in consultation at
the city hall over the matter at noon
to-day. It is stated that General
Humes and Others we're urging them
not 10 resign.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30
Roots and Shoes

Everybody car get bargains at the
%closing-out sale Of the stock of the late H.
Harder, 245 Main street, near the corner
of Jefferson. His manufacturing depart
ment, lasts, etc. is transferred to Voogeli
& Co.'S shop, No. 1886 Main street, corner
Of Union, where you can always get a
good fitting boot or shoe made TO order.
1914
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30

QUERY: why will men smoke COM
mon tobacco when they can buy Marburg
Bros Seal of North Carolina, at the
same price?" [eod-xxvii-l46
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30

The assets of the estate of the late
Captain Il. B. Ward, of Detroit
which, at mis- death, were eseimated
at $5,377, 900 have dwindled In value
to $350,0O0. The debts amonnt IN
S64O,OOO. Iron and mining stocks.
whose nominal value is $3.50, 900, are
worthless.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30
Hey West Cigars, 4 for use,
At HendersOn's. 1911

GRAND clam chowder lunch at Capitol
saloon tomorrow.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30

MARKS Il BENzDoRF haye been ap-
pointed agents Of the old reliable Travel
ers Insurance Company. They have a
large number of policy-holders in this
city, and the company have acted wisely
in the appointment of these agents.
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FRESH OYSTERS
Received daily by Express.
Victor ID. Fuchs, 30, Al Jefferson.
al

IL the LEDGER job Office can be found
competent, skillful and tasteful printers,
who car give entire satisfaction in the
display Of any job printing. l28t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30
Type for Sale.

A font Of 800 pounds long primer in
good condition, with oil necessary " sorts
used about one year suitable fora country
Office. For sale cbeap by Immediate
application TO this Office. s9-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30
Our Eagle and
Gold Dust FIOurs
FLOUR,
In Barrels and Pa

SELF-RISING FLOUR,
In Barrels and Packages.
SELF-RISING
In Barrels and Packages.
Pineapple Hams, Breakfast
Bacon and Dried Beef: Sugar,
Coffee, MOlasses, Syrups, Crack
ers and Cheese. Western and
Creamery Butter. Agents for
Charm Baking Powder, CIymer's
JeIIIes I'm cases and 5 lib. and 10 lib.
buckets; also CIymer's SIince
Meat, Apple and Fruit Buffers.
Our Teas and Roasted COfIees
cannot be excelIed in the market.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30

'OdOrless ExcaVating Company"
Vaults, c%isterns and cellars emptied at
reduced rates. Offices 1872 Washington
and 45 Madison SITS, Kit Williams Block.
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A Race Of Prehistoric American
CannibaIs.

Lient. A, w. Vogeles contributes
some notes ON a lost race of this CON
tlnent to the January number of the
Naturalist, basing his remarks on the
discoveries made in the mounds at
Tampa, Florida. Excavations of the
Fort Brooks mound revealed the posi-
ton of the original fre-places, and a
large proportion Of the animal remains
consisted Of human bones, the larger
of which were charred and split. The
human bones were intermixed with
the bones Of the dog and the deer,
with burned oyster shells and portions
of the shells of the common edible
sea-crab. The race was undoubtedly
a cannibal one, and the explorers had
evidently come on the debris Of the
kitchen. The pottery and implements
found were Of a very primitive kind,
and indicated only a low stage of civ
ilization. From what has been cleaned
respecting this lost race, the author
infers that the habits, ceremonies and
manner of interment were parallel
with those of the ancient Danes, who
constructed artificial mounds for the
sepulchre Of their kings, and that the
oannibalistic characteristic are similar
to those of the Troglodytes of the
caverns of Mount Chauvaux in the
province Of Namur, Belgium.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30

Choice VenisOn Steaks and ROasts
QuaiIs, Rabbits, Squirrels,
Oysters, Fish, Celery.
=. CLEMENT, at BeaI ST. Bridge.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30
U-nappreciated Rhetorlc.

he was saying; "As the pearly col
umns of smoke in a winters atmosphere
rises unbroken heayenward, so my heart
rises to thee. AS the sunaOwer follows
the cruel sun which gives it life, so my
heart follows thee. As the blue brook
runs its unhindered course to the sea, so
my soul, in slavery, goes to thee" Said
she: "Izy, now that we're engaged, will
your nail-blade cut corns? and you must
promise not to smoke any other cigars
than those sold by Sol Coleman at BIG
Main street. My sensitive nerves won't
stand anything else in the shape of cigars"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30

A FREsH lot Of cheap gas fixtures at
l07tj Brownies, 258 Second street
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30

RED and black cotton ink At O. w.
Jones u Co.'S, 257 Main, Memphis. 1872
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30

Mr.. T. Avery Lamb was yesterday
presented by his wife with a fine
bouncing boy. Mr.. Lamb is engaged
in the nursery business, and he will
now have a chance to attend to a diff
ferent branch in the nursery line.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30

The Utica On. W Herald of Mon
day says " Boss Tweed's former
coachman tramped into Utica one
night last week. He walked from New
York to Fort Plain, where a news.
paper friend fed and brushed him IN
and paid his fare to Utica, where ne
has relatives. His wife and three
children died recently. The Boss
gave him $500 once for saving his
youngest son from drowning"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30
Down Goes Fresh Oysters.

Extra select, 40c; select, 3Oc medium +,
De prime, 20s 25e extra on every dozen for
shipping at j. A. signaigo's, 27S Second. I
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FOR RENT.

UHRRR nice rooms and kitchen, over store
Il No. Jos Main street. Good water on
premises. New house. 1sl-1S3
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CENTS PER WE X.
THE CITY.
LEDGER LINES.

Thursday Evening, Jan. so. 1879.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30

Turkeys and Chickens,
Fresh meats of all kinds,
Fine COrned Beef
All Vegetables i'm Season.
l.. SCHILLING d. BRO,
Corner Jefferson and Third.
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LOST.

Saturday, January 18th, 4 large. long,
" heavy gold chain in a watch box. news.
paper wrapped around il. Supposed 10 be in
Main street car, between Winchester and
for its delivery TO
~ll2s-lSsl JACK WALSH. al Second A.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30

IN Planters Insurance Building, double and
IL single Offices, suitable for lawyers or physi-
clans; and double and single bedrooms. All
well lighted and ventilated, and all modern
eonvenienees. Apply At Office Of Planters n
surance Company Il Madison st. 1sO-lS5
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30
BOARDING.

EIRST-CLAsS board. with furnished rooms
II Tor families or single gentlemen. Aiso
day boarders, at l79 Second street. Refer
ences exchanged. l2lis1
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A khlkAD desires ne 70 sell, AZ 4 bargain.
n tive hrst-elAss burial lots in Chapel HiIi
section, ElmWo0d Cemetery.
M-l& Z. II. WORD, q South Court 81
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GIVEN fat. young. well-broke uuley. An
y ply Al G5 Main street, 70
l1f WM, r. NOORYkCO.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30

ONE GOOD HORSE, wagon and harnes.
" price $50. The horse 3 vel worth ~
money 4sked Tor all, being q splendid roeks-
way or buggy horse. or we'll adapted FOR hesvv
E9Ik Address JOHN BEHRING,
- Care this Office.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-30

DESIRABLE cottages on Exchange, Fourth
IL and fernando streets. Also a number OF
lots 70 lease very cheap. A. C0RDES. corner
Of Market and Fourth streets. lT-la2
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-13
An Angel Unaware.

{, a good many years ago, the father of
the present head of a Partisan publishing
house was offered a manuscript by a pale.
young man with a large forehead. The.
publisher glanced over the pages and saw.
that the work was in verse. Without at
tempting to read it, he handed it politely,
back to the young author with a few Of
the usual phrases about poetry being a.
drug in the market, depression of trade.
ETC., etc. I am sorry, for your sake,''
said the young man impressively, as he.
pocketed the rejected manuscript. Ut
was about to propose to you contract by
which I would have assured you the right
to all future productions Of my pen. II
was fortune that was about to effer
you-but you refuse, and so 20 more need
be said" The publisher, struck by his.
manner, reflected fer moment, and then
fastened after his visitor to call him
back. But he was too late ?he young
man had disappeared. "Neyer before or
since" the old gentleman was won't to
say, when relating this story .have met
with young author who so fully be-
lleved in his own powers, nor with one
that had SO much reason for such belief,
for my visitor was Victor Hugo.'t
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-13
Who Should not be a Wife.

Has that woman call to bea wife who
thinks more of her silk dress than her
children, and visits her nursery no oftener
than once a day? Has that woman call
to be wife who cries for Cashmere
shawl when her husbands notes are be-
ing protested? Has that women call to
be a wife who sits reading the last new
novel while her husband stands before the
glass, vainly trying to pin together but
tonless shirt bosom? Has that woman a
call to be wife who expects husband
to swallow diluted coffee, soggy bread.
smoky tea and watery potatoes six days
out Of seven? Has she call to be wife
who flirts with every man she meets, and
reserves her frowns for the home Preside?
Has she call to lie wife who comes
down to breakfast in abominable curl-pa
pers, a soiled dressing gown and shoes
down at the heel? Has she call to be a
wife whose husbands love weighs naught
in the balance with her next door neig Oh
boris damask curtains or velvet CARPET?
Has she a call to be wife who. would
take advantage of moment of coniugal
weakness to extort money or exact a
promise? Has she call to be a wife
who takes a journey for pleasure, leaving
her husband to toll in close office and
have an eye when at home to the servants
and children? Has she call to be wife
to whom good husbands society is not
the greatest of earthly blessings, and a
house full Of rosy children its best furnish
ing and prettiest adornment?
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-13
HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN.
Save The straw.

Straw is worth m oney on the farm, first
ior bedding animals, second for throwing
into the feeding and barn yards, and
third, if there be surplus, for rotting
where it may happen to lie. All this Of
course with reference to its ultimate val
ue as manure. Yet large class Of farm
ers IN the West, yearly burn vast quaint
! :, OF u straw, thus reducing it simply to
It's inorganic elements.
English analysis shows that good wheat
straw contains quite as much nitrogen,
almost as much potash, and three ourtbs
as much phosphoric acid as stable ma
nure OF average quality. Yet as these
substances exist in the straw in insolu-
pie forms, the necessity of its undergoing
fermentation before being applied to the
land is evident. -
80 Tar as the mechanical action on the
land !, IS concerned, straw or other litter
IS valuable in its natural state on all our
still prairie loans and clays. This me-
chanical division is important. It is not
always an easy matter however, to pillow
under long straw nicely. If half rotted
however, this objection is not met. If
the straw is put on the land to the ex
tent OF ton per acre, as it comes from
the thresher, or after being tramped by
stock as it is pulled from the stack when
feeding, good plowman will find but
little difficulty in managing it. This
would have considerable effect in loosen
ing the texture of the SOIL Every farm
er must Of course understand the nature
and capabilities Of his soil. Course m a.
nure must not be allied to light porous
soil. It needs binding, and therefore
those manures, called cold manures, as
the dropping Of cattle, are preferable,
while the manure from the horse stable is
proper for heavy soils. But to return to
the straw @
Sooner or later the fertile prairies Of
the West and Southwest will need ma
nure, just as the older settled timber re-
gions Of the early settled states, do need,
and for long time past, have needed
manure. Even now some OF our timber
soils need it, and indeed the same may be
said of some Of the. older settled portion
OF the prairie region of the West. The
way to keep up the fertility of soil is to
take It in time and every farmer who
wastes valuable fertilizlng material be-
cause the land now may not seem to need
it, commits error; for just in proportion
will it, however rich it may be, exhaust
itself. It is cheaper to feed year by year
with what naturally accumulates, than to
wait until exhaustion appears, and then
gradually and tediously bring it back
through a long series of years Of nursing
to something Of its normal fertility.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-13
Charity and Its Abuse.

Few things are more remarkable than
the readiness Of charitable people to be
gulled by those of whom they know moth
ing, accomplished, as it sometimes is, bv
something like callousness as to the suf-
ferings of those with whom they are IA
miliar. Circumstances that have recent
ly occurred in connection with the detec-
ton of pair Of swindlers, show that the
appearance Of an advertisement in the
sagony column of a newspaper was suf-
fcient to draw from benevolent individu-
ais some very handsome contributions, on
the strength of which the advertiser lived
for a time in comfort. A wag, recently
dead, who was at the time an officer in
full pay, inserted, in pure joke, in one of
the London daily papers, an annouce-
ment to the effect that "a gentleman was
anxious to be supported by voluntary con-
tributions." Absurd as it may seem, he
received several applications, demanding
what were his claims to support, and the
like. 1.-The had chosen to profit by such
means, and had invented plausible tale,
he would doubtless have obtained money.
The charity a desirs to alleviate the
heavy burden under which some have to
suffer prompts those who answer such
advertisements, I do not doubt. am in
clined to believe, however, that curiosity
is an equally important factor, and that
a desire to De behind the scenes Of the
drama Of real life operates, unconsciously
perhaps, in stimulating such eimpuilsiye.
and reckless generosity. st<s t. a.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-13

breaks the standard Of Meigs' regiment.
but Ensign Ibhabod Spencer tears the
colors off, winds them round his arm and
keeps charging on. Out Of TWEEN
ty OF one Of the advance parties.
seventeen are either killed or wounded.
But on, on, the two columns 90. The
ascent is rocky, even precipitous. tt
takes time to open q passage through the
distractions, and men continue to fall.
At the second abatis Wayne receives 4
flesh-wound in the head. Thinking it
fatal at the moment, he calls on his two
aides, Captains Fishbourn and Archer, to
carry him along, that he may die in the
fort. In five minutes more the work is
done. The head Of the right column
reaches the sally-port Of the main fort
tirst, and the first man in it is De Fleu-
ry. "The forts our own! y he shouts, and
then strikes the enemy's colors with his
own hands. Right after him, spreading
along and climbing the parapet, fol-
low the forlorn hope and the main col
umn. Lieutenant Knox is the second
man in. Sergeant Baker, of Virginia,
wounded four times during the assault,
is the third Sergeant Spencer, from the
same State, is the fourth, with two
wounds. Wounded twice also is Sergeant
Dunlap, of Pennsylvania, the fifth man
over the works. The rest come swarming
in. On the other side the left column
appears at nearly the same time. 1sThe
forts our own! the forts our own!'' re-
sounds from every quarter. The Ameri-
cans dash in among the astonished British,
and ply the bayonet with terrible energy,
driving them into the corners of the work,
and compelling their instant surrender
Harper's Mngazine.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-13
THE ALBUM.

My photograph album? Certainly,
You can look, if you wish, my dear;
To me it is just like graveyard,
Though | go through it once year.
Any new faces? No, indeed. No
stop collecting some years ago
And yet, Jeanette, look well at the book:
It is full of histories strange;
The faces are just an index, dear,
To stories Of pitiful change
Drama and poem and tragedy,
Which alone have the power to see.
All! thought you would pause at that face;
She was fair as q poets lay,
The sweetest rose of her English home,
Yet she persisted far, far away:
In the black massacre at Cawnpore
She suffered and died-we know no more.
And that? Ah yes, It's noble head!
Soul sits on the clear, lofty brow;
She was my friend in the days gone by,
And she is my enemy now.
Mistake, and wrong, and sorrow-alas!
One of life's tragedies-let it pass.
This face? He was my lover Jeanette:
And perchance he remembers today
The passionate wrong that wrecked us both
When he sailed in his anger away.
Heart-sick and hopeless through weary wears.
At length forgot him-despite these tears.
That handsome fellow? He loved me too;
And he vowed he would die, my dear,
When told him Motifs long ago:
He married the very next year
That one liked a little, but he
Cared much for my gold, nothing for me.
Brides and bidegrooms together, dear,
And most of them parted to-day;
Some famous men that are quite forgot,
Some beauties faded and gray.
Close the book, for it's just as said
Full OF pale ghosts from a life that's dead.
-Harper's Weekly
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TOO LITTLE.

Johnny and May and Dickey and Bell
Y. Mere going down to the Daisy Dell;
!, know you're going, know very well;
Take me tool" said dear little Nell.
sToo much bother!p says lazy John.
May, Who wants you tagging along?
TOO littlep said Bell Course !" said Dick;
Hurry now, Nellie, and grow up quick.
Nv Two sweet lips to quivering fell;
loo. y. little for what?' said dear little Nell.
TOO little" cried mother, too little to bear
Our portion in life,-a burden. of care.
TOO little heart for trouble to weigh,
100 little for tears q moment to stay:
VI wrongs and rebuffs too little to know;
from mothers own side too little to go.
Let Johnny and May and Dickie and Bell
70 frolicking down the Daisy Dell;
But mother and Nell and pussy-cat-mew,
VIII have the merriest picnic too"
The quivering broke in showers of smiles
When mother went on to tell of pies,
" strawberry cakes, and candies, too,
With bread and milk for pussy cat-mew.
The four round faces visibly FELL
Looked sober enough at mother and Nell:
She nestled and said: aPd much rather stay;
amt too little for you, anyway"
Youths COMPANION.
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English Summer.

If one may judge the climate by the
glittering July, England is a land Of
sunshine as we'll as flowers. Light comes
before three O'Clock in the morning, and
it lasts through dreamy, lovely gloam-
ing till ten O'clock at night The morn
ing sky is light blue, dappled with slate
colored clouds. A few large stars are
visible there, lingering to OUTAGE the
dawn. Cooi winds whisper, and present
~ they rouse the great sleepy old elms !:
and then the rocks which are the low
comedians of the air in this region-be-
gin to grumble; and then the sun leaps
above the horizon, and we sweep into a
day of golden breezy cheerfulness; and
comfort, the like of which is never known
In New York between June and October.
Sometimes the whole twenty four
hours have drifted past as if in a dream
OF light and fragrance and music. In
recent moonlight time there was scarcely
any darkness at all; and more than once
or twice I have lain awake all night
within few miles Of Charing Cross
listening to the twitter of small birds
and the song of a nightingale, which is
like the lapse and fall Of silver water. 1t
used to be difficult to understand why
the London season should begin in Nav,
and run through the summer it is not
difficult to understand the custom now.