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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06
BURDENED WITH WEALTH.
The Trouble the ArgOnauts Had with
Their Gold Dust.
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why didn't l save my gold dust
when | had it, young fellow?' sneered
an old pioneer, last night, who had
been Dragging to the loungers in
Knox's court room of the piles of
gold he had dug and got rid Of in his
early days. well, p'r'aps it's nat raj
to ask that, SEEM you don't ever
know what dust looks like, let alone
what the heft of it is. In them days
a man had to be his W banker, an
the only safe bank was a feller's own
pocket. 1t wouldn't do to leave your
dust nowhere if you didn't want it to
turn up missin' when you went after
it. A thousand dollars in dust weighs
jist about five pounds, and when you
git about five thousand in your belt it
amt no easy load to pack around.
I'm blOwed if the dead weight in
many a mans belt hasn't druv him
from the diggins down to Frisco and
Sacramento jirt to have a whoop to git
rid of it. S'pose you try packin' ten
or fifteen pounds O. lead around yer
waist for a month or two, young Teller,
and then you'll savvy why | wasn't so
dreadful anxious to hold on to the
dust when | got it."
Having thus sat down on the pre-
sumptious Johnny-Co Come Lately. the
relic of the days when gold could be
had for the digging grew garrulous.
Lord, how free we was with the
dust Jedge, dye remember the time
when you waskeepin' bar in the Round
Tent in Sacramento? What tricks
you fellers were up to in them days.
Boys, I've seen the Jedge here take
his knife of an eyenin' an pick as
much as five or six dollars outen the
cracks in the redwood counter. When
one of us called up the crowd we Just
yanked out our buckskin sack an told
the ~barkeeper to take out four dollars
worth. They all had scales and a horn
spoon, an they'd shovel out an weigh
it. Some nd drop, an that's how the
Jedge here gouged high wages out O.
the crack of the counter. The Jedge
didn't take no chances them times,
neither. He had the barbuilt up with
rocks, an when the guns begin to 60
off he was on his belly behind that
there stun. Ha, hal I've seen that
old Round Tent of a mornin' lookin'
like a washin' hung out to dry. No
body didn't wait to 60 out O. the door
when shootin' was being done. Every
Teller jest out with his knife an ripped
a door for himself"
Dye see hat there bare spot on TOP
O. my c~oaconut?' inquired the vener-
able argOnaut, removing his hat and
holding down his gray poll for inspec-
ton.
The boys got up with one accord
and made for the door. They knew
what was coming. That was only the
first of eighteen bullet and knife
wounds that every man in town has
seen and heard the minute history of.
The Judge came to the rescde of the
deserted and indignant pioneer, with:
will you come and have a drink,
Billy"
will a teranteler sting?" responded
the old chap with recovered cheerful
| ness.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06

The true story ofthe diamond neck
lace Daniel Webster gave to Mrs.
Joseph Gales issaid to be this: When
Mr.. Webster made his celebrated reply
to Senator Hayne, of South Carolina,
Mr.. Gales, the senior editor of the
National Intelligencer, undertook to
report it, at the request ofthe orator,
who assured Mr.. G. that the speech
would not be more than half an hour
long. The editor was bnsy, hut he
thought he could spare time to take
down and write out so short a speech.
But as Mr.. Webster was ascending the
steps of the capitol on the morning
that he was to speak, he met Judge
Story, who told him it was a good op-
portunity to give his views upon the
constitution. Webster Roted upon the
suggestion, aud instead of speaking
for only half an hour, he spoke for
three hours. Mr.. Gales, under the
spell of the orator, wrote on, perfectly
unconscious of the lapse Of time. But
when he came 10 look over his notes
he found they were so yoluminous that
he would never have time to trans,
eribe them. The speech not appear
ing in The In~telligeaoer In due time,
Mr.. Webster called upon the editor at
his house, who told him that tho
speech was so long, and his time so
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06

She leaves this evening with a return
trip for Cairo, Louisville and Cincin-
natl, attending to all way business,
and ticketing passengers through to
all points East, at reduced rates.
During her retirement this summer
she has undergone a thorough over
hauling from the pilot house to the
kelson, has been reprinted in hand
some style, reuphOlstered and refur-
nished in elegant style. She is in
frst-class order, and one of the best
boats of the line to travel on, her
passenger accommodations are unsur-
passed. Captain j. A. Lindsay, a
gentleman who is recognized for his
prOmptness in business and universal
courtesy, is her chief clerk. He will
make all comfortable and at home
that take passage on the Vint Shinkle
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06
COMMERCIAL.
PUBLIC LEDGER OFFICE,
MEMPHIS, TRNE., DRc. 6, 1879 !

~t @NFHft NV ~ 80
The week closes to-day with a rush
ing trade in all branches. The money
market exhibits no features of excite
ment, though it has been to sonfe
extent disturbed by the lack of ability
to supply currency as literally as
needed, a general scarcity prevailing
at all leading financial centers. Gold
is moving into the pockets of the peo-
pie and will shortly be as abundant as
it was in the olden days of prosperity.
A sharp decline is noted in silver bull
lion in London, and various trades are
much affected by this circum-
stance. The huctuation of silver
abroad has no %perceptible effect
upon financial affairs here. AT pres
ent no speculative movement is noted
in any direction in this market, except
in the cotton trade. Real estate is
fiat, stock and local securities utterly
stagnant and money, while not strin
gent, is in fair demand for mercantile
uses, especially during the temporary
cotton freight blockade. Rates Of dis
count are steady, at 8 per cent. Coun-
ty warrants are quoted firm at SO to
9jc.
Exchange is firm but unchanged,
with lighter offerings of cotton bills,
owing to various freight lines declin-
ing to give bills of lading until
the blockade let's up. Sight
bills on New York and Philadelphia,
and demand on Fall river, Boston and
Providence are taken at &c discount,
while sight on Boston and Fall River
is &c discount. On New Orleans sight
bills are lc discount. Checks on all
points are sold at par.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06

much occupied, that he feared he
could not find time to write it out for
publication. While the orator was
expOstulating with the editor, and en-
d~eavoring to urge him to the work,
Mrs. Gales appeared and said she
thought shecould write out the speech,
as she had been in the habit of assist
ing her husband in transcribing his
notes. She undertook the task, and
in two days sent Mr.. Webster his
speech in full. A magnificent dia-
mond necklace was the rich reward Of
the Massachusetts, Senator. And thus
was preserved to American literature
the masterpiece of our greatest orator.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06
elegram
General Trade.

A scarcity Of oats and hay is
noted in this market aud both are firm
with an advancing tendency. In the
line of corn. bran and other articles
of feed there is no change and but
little movement. Flour and bread
stufs generally are strong. though
meal is not included, as it continues
weak and droopy. Mcats have been
affected by the speculative craze and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06

CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The river here rose 4 inches in the
past "A hours ending at noon, and now
stands 10 feet6 inches above low water
mark. At Cairo it rose7 inches with
Is feet 8 inches on the gauge. At St..
Louis the rise was 3 inches with II
feet on the gauge. At Pittsburg it
rose 2 inches with 4 feet l inch on the
gauge, At Cincinnati it rose inches
with 7.,feet 6 inches on the gauge. At
Louisville it declined 4 inches with 4
feet 4 inches in the canal. At Evans.
vile iii sstationary 6 feet 3 inches
on the gauge. Cumberland river rose
9 inches at Nashville with Z feet 3
inches on the gauge. Arkansas river
is stationary at Little Rock with %
inches on the gauge. White river
continues in good n~avigable order.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

Clear.
Pleasant weather.
Cotton is still advancing.
Slight rise again at P~ittsburg.
Plenty of mud on the landing.
Fair business doing on the levee.
Cotton seed is accumulating on the
levee.
Major Adams left last night by rail
for Washington city.
A better stage of water is antici-
pated in the Ohio river.
Amos Fisher has shipped as bill
clerk on the j. w. Gaf.
Memphis is now a better market for
cotton than New Orleans.
The Annie P. Silver left st. Louis
last evening for New Orleans.
The Centennial leaves St. Louis
this evening for New Orleans.
The Evergreen, with a tow of pro-
duce bargos, is due down to-day.
The John A., scuddcr leaves New
[ r,eaos this evening for Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06
OOTTOh EAOHANlE QUOTATIONS.
STANDARD International Classification. I

Of23,100 bales of cotton sold here
during the past week, 1880 bales
were to eastern spinners, $3.50 to ex-
porters, and 1900 to spectators.
Current freight ratet on cotton to
the east are Tic per cwt, to Baltimore,
re to Philadelphia, 74c to New York,
79c to Boston and Providence, and Soc
to Fall River for all rail, and 20 per
cwt. less by rail and river. Cotton by
river to New Orleans S1.25 per bale;
oil zoe per Dbl coke $500 per ton.
Freights from St. Louis per river zoe
per cwt. and 40c par barrel.
The total receipts of cotton at all
United States ports to date are $780,
AGO bales, against 1894 bales at
this date last year, and 1851 ,6l5 the
year before. Excess of receipts this
year over last All $40. The stock on
hand at this time is 696, 282
bales against 622,443 bales at
this time last year, and 72,
1856 bales the year before. The
foreign shipments to date are 1,264,443
bales agrinst 1,O2S,S33 bales al this
time last year. and 719,853 bales the
year before.
The receipts of cotton at all United
States ports for the week ending for
the day SUN up 1888 bales against
24S,264 bales last week, and 220,346
bales same week last year.
The receipts of cotton at New
Orleans to the present time sum up
$4,000 bales, and are 10000 bales in
excess Of last year at this time.
NEW YORK COTTON STATEMENT
For the week ending Dec. 9TH 1879, as
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06
RIVER INTELLIGENCE

ARRIVED.
Steamer Robert Mitchell, Cincinnati
Vint Shinkle, Cincinnati
John b. Maude, Vicksburg
Belle Memphis, st. Louis
Rapid Transit, Commerce.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Robert Mitchell, New Orleans
Belle Memphis, st. Louis
- John b. Maude, st. Louis
Ouachita Belle, Greenville
Geo. w. Cheek, Osceola
Oseeola Belle, Osceola.
James Lee, Friar's Point.
IN PORT.
Coahoma, james Howard, Rapid Tran
sit, Vint Shinkle, Shields.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06
Cotton.

The cotton market opened this
morning bouyant and tending upward,
influenced by an advance at Liverpool.
The demand is active and would be
greater, but for the difficulty of effect
ing shipments. Of the offerings yes
terday very few lists remained unsold.
The sales yesterday summed up
4,15Obales, divided, 300 to exporters,
$500, to shippers, and $50 to specu-
lators. The market closed &c higher
on all grades, as follows:
COTTON EXCHANGE ouoTArroNs.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-23
Something Worth Knowing.

Every little while, writes a correspon-
dent, we read in the papers Of some one
who has stuck rusty nail in his foot or
knee, or hand, Or some other portion of
his person, aud that lockjaw has resulted
therefrom, of which the patient died. If
every person in the world was aware of q
perfect remedy for all such wounds, and
would apply it, then all such reports
must cease. But although we can give
the remedy. we cannot enforce its appli-
cation. Some will not employ it be-
cause they think it too simple; others
will have no faith in it when they read
it; others often think such wound of
small account, and not worth fussing
over, until it is too late to do any good.
Yet all such wounds can be healed with
out the fatal consequences which follow
them. The remedy is simple, almost al
ways on hand, and can be applied by
any one; and what is better, it is infalli-
BILE. It is simply to smoke the wound
or any bruise or wound that is inhamed
with burning wool or wooden cloth
Twenty minutes IN the smoke of WOO
will take the pain out Of the worst
wound, and repeated once or twice will
allay the worst case of Inflammation arts
ing from a wound we ever saw. Peopl'
may sheer at the cold mans remedy" a
much as they please, but when they ar
afflicted just let them try it. It ha
saved many lives and much pain, and i
worthy of being printed III letters of gol'
ana put in every home.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-23
A Question Of Damages.

Some lawyers take very practical views
of cases in which they were retained. In
q certain town in Missouri Squire q. was
defending q charge Of malpractice. A
colored man was suing for damages. his
wife having died shertly after an opera
ton for the removal Of cancer. When it
was Squire G.'s turn to cross-examine the
plaintiff, he asked, "Mr. Wilson, how old
was your wife when she died?''
about forty.five, SIR
Been in feeble health q long time, had
she not, Mr.. Wilson, and cost you great
deal for medicine and helpa"
Z es, SIR
"You have married again, have you
not2''
Z Yes, sir. ~ u,
How old is your present wife9"
About thirty -dye, sir. Y
rs she stout and healthy, Mr.. Wilson ~
Yes, SIR 81
s'Then, Mr.. Wilson, will you please
state to this jury how you are sdamagsd in
this cAse2''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-23

100000 protestants. She was IN league
with his Jesuit cenfessors. She was the
life Of the court. Nothing was done by
the Cabinet which she did not approve.
She made the most important appoint.
ments in State and Church. She even
selected Generals and Ministers. She
ruled France, not wisely, like Elizabeth
in England, but vigorously, and With an
iron hand. It j. is astonishing how she
gained so great an ascendency IN the
government and over the mind oi the
King. She must have had great abilities
as we'll as great virtues. Nobody liked
her. Nobody can love such an in
triguing, cold, and calculating woman,
But she was power, and it is the prov
ince of history to take cognizance Of
reigning forces. The great flaw in her
character was her willingness to be as
persed in order to CRAFTY her ambition
to be willing to seem to all the world
to be only mistress, and conceal the fact
of her marriage. A great position was
| dearer to her than reputation.
And she paid penalty for her am
biton. She was insulted and neglected
by the royal family. The courtiers
Knocked her behind her back; her rivals
thrust upon her envenon.ed libels;
she it, was doomed to exhausting
formalities, she could not
escape bitter huuiliations. She was in q
| false position, and when the King died
she was elected from the palace and
compelled to seek quarters in the school
she had founded--one Of the best schools
| that France ever had. BY the pupils OF
| St. Cyr she was adored. She lived to be
81. She kept her faculties to the last
because she had used them. She ap-
peared in the most interesting light when
she reigned in society by her courtesies,
her urbanities, her plishments,and
| her good nature. And when the woman
reigns in society she fills no ordinary
sphere. She rises IN dignity when she
declines in beauty. 1t is the soul Of a
woman which constitutes our most per-
feet Joys. a woman who rules the social
circle has an envied power. She may
break up the distinctions of rank and re-
buke the arrogance of wealth, and destroy
the false and artificial, and exalt the
beautiful and the good. Such was Nine
de Maintenon in her best days. She was
the life of social circle from her attain
ments, her wit, her accomplishments, ane
her graceful manners. As such she be-
came, not the equal of man, but hi
superior, his guardian angel and his sta
of worship in that favored and gloriou
realm which Is alike the paradise and tn
empire of the world.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-23
Too Smart for Him.

& 'Would you mind readin' this for me,
sir2 I can't read myself" It was a snow
shoyeller on Walnut Street that spoke, as
he handed oyer an envelope enclosing a
telegram, which read: Nashville, Janu.-
airy 8, 1879. | will arrive at Louisville
by the three o'clock train this evening.
Jerry A. Taft" ''Wlll you read it again,
sir9' asked the snow ,shoyeller. It was
read again. eYou say it's signed Jerry
A. Taft ssThat was the name.n Please
read it once more" His request was
complied with. 1T goes right straight
alone, just them ere words, without any
hitchin or stumblin'2" .Just that way
sit can't be Jerry, then. It can't be Jer-
ry," he unused. "Jerry couldn't say that
many words without stutterin' all tc
pieces, to save his life. Some fellows
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-23
Little Johnny's Fables.

One time boy he cot a frog, and luke
and put him in his fathers bed and jest
fore bedtime the boy sed to his father:
1'It's been nifty wet wether lately,
and the frogs has all been drowned out of
the pond, and mebby some of them big
green tellers has cum in the house and
gone to bed like foxes"
Then the boys father he luked up from
his newspaper and he sed:
"Charlie,'' cos that was the boys name,
II guess you had better 60 to bed your
ownself cos yure intleck is wanderin'
wild agin, and you might do yure sellef
an injury by swollerin' the cole SHUTTLE,
| or buttin' your brains out aGinst the sofy
piller."
So Charley he went to bed, but after a
| vile he was woke up and see his father
standin' there with a candle, and his
father he sed:
| "Charley I dident pay much attention
to wot you was sayn bowt frogs, but
after had gone to bed, and seen things
was beginnin' for to turn OUT jest like
you had sed, Wy hollered rite cut, cos !
was so dlighted for to think I had sech q
smart boy. Dident you hear me holler
Charley, dident you hear yure old fathers
xcamations Of satisfy, and feel the house
shake wen he arose for to cum and fondle
! you?'
! Then Charley, he said wot did hi
father have in the hand which was be
Lind his fathers back, and the ole mar
he sed:
4 ooh, that's the fondler."
But my sisters young man, which toll
me the story, he said that the fondle
bore fancifile resemblance to blacl
snake Wip.
i But the rattlesnake, with the castanet
on to his tail, is the fel.er for me; yes, il
deed, wen he don't bite. One day Missy
that's my sister, she sees a little snak
! but six inches long in the garden, an sb
J hollered like pirates. s.Y
J, Snakes is serpents, and cells is fish, bu
!; the lion he is the king Of beasts and hi
I roar is Ollie
Once there was a opery man, wich hire
! foxes for to sings He was q goin' thr
t the woods and lion come along AM
> luked at him, and Wiped itsellef wit
9 it's tail, and stocked its name up, an
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-23
gHAREiE,s STORY.

was sitting in the twilight,
With my Charlie on my knee,
tLittle two-year-old, forever
Teasing, "Falk 'toiy, pease, to me. ~
ssNow," said, talk me tor "
SWELL" rehectively, 'mence.
Mamma, did see q kitty,
Great-big-kitty, on the fence"
Mamma smiles. Five little fingers
Cover up her laughing lips.
SIS 90 laughing es,n tell him, ,ss
But kiss the fnger-tips,
And say, aNow tell another"
'Well," (all smilcs) "noW I'll 'mence.
Mamma, / did see q doggie,
Great-big-doggie, on the fence"
'sRather similar-your stories
Aren't they, dear?" A sober look
Swept across the pretty forehead,
Then he sudden courage took.
"But I know nice, new tory,
'Plendid, mamma! Hear me 'mence.
Mamma, -seer--a--elfunt,
Great big--elfunt--o the fence"
Springfield Republican.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-23
How She Fixed Him.

The other day tall, lean, lank, slab
sided individual, clad in rustic suit Of
black, and white choker, walked into
a house in the suburbs, and depositing a
consum overlooking valise on the table,
commenced in this wise: Madam, am
the sole agent for one of the greatest life
giving medicines Of the known world
BOWS Celebrated Cough Cure and Con-
sumption Frightener. The wonderful
curative qualities of this great disease
killer have never been equalled since the
days of Valentine Greatcakes or B. F.
Butler. Why, madam, a few doors back
from here there lives man who
has uehed night and day for the last
twenty seven years. He bought bottle
of my wonderful medicine, and after
taking one dose it cured him SO COM
pletely that he couldn't cough now if he
drank quart of vinegar and it all went
down the wrong way. It's a well authen,
ticated fact, marin, that a tablespoonful
of this wonderful remedy for the small
sum Of"
''Ease up your jaw for a minute, mister
Did you say your medicine is warranted
to cure the bark of dog2n
II said just that, madam"
The old woman riz up, and opened the
back door and gave whistle, and tina
peddler got one glimpse Of an "1risl
BULL" and meandered through the front
gate, and went SO quick that he left tb'
seat Of his pantaloons for the pup to pla.
| with, while the old woman stood In tn
door and yelled after him, "That's tn
kind Of 'consumptive -frightner' I am
Portsmouth Weekly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-23
Shattuc's Office Boy.

General Shattuc, of the A. and G. W.
railroad, had vexatious experience with
a cold office, and one morning he said to
his Office boy:
swell, this a pretty 60. Didn't tell
you to have this room warm when got
down."
ssYes, SIR vhimpered Louie.
"Well, why don't you have it sos"
II don't know, sir"
ssNow listen to me. I'll give you an
other trial, and if you don't come up to
time and have that thermometer up to
seventy degrees, I'll get another boy in
your place. and the general pulled down
his vest and chucked his cigar stump in.
to the expectoroon.
Another morning came and all was
lovely; the thermometer stood high, ana
SO did Louie. After awhile some one dis
covered that the thermometer had been
tempered with, and Louie was called.
Said the general: stDo you know of
anybody fooling with this machinea"
mo, sir, don't know of anybody"
stammered Louis. q
you have always been truthful; now
don't go back on your record. Did you
fool with .ita''
Eyes, sir" whispered the frightened
lad.
| n "Aha, you didl Well, tell us how
ssWhy, you see, sir, you said I was to
/ have it up to seventy degrees or should
/ git. And when I seen you comm this
mornin', l knew the fire was hot, but
/ didn't know the blamed thing was
where you wanted it; so ! just itamatch
and set it under it, and whooped her
| Clear up to the top.
The boy's cuteness saved him that
time, and the general thinks he has q
boy in his Office fully as valuable Jas his
5000 dog.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-23
MAREa, NAY.

- ~ ~ e3 n
I've Il cousin, Mabel May,
Who IL young, and, may say,
a brunette;
But 1 grieve that must add,
For think it very sad,
Acoquette!
Though she's seventeen at most,
She's OF winning Wiles 3 host.
And she's pat
In an ogle or d pout;
utmy trouble is about
Worse than than that.
In the library one morn
Twas sitting tired and worn,
5# Hid away,
When, with laug ching song, there came
To the open windoW-trame
Mabel May!
Stepping in, hersinging ceased,
though she saw me not I'm pleased,
In my nest;
For she drew little case
From its happy hiding place
In her breast.
And she opened 1t and took
Such tender loving look
At the face
That | knew must be within,
. Il had hopes that I might win
In that race),
And her cheek flushed at the sight,
As she held it in her white
Finger-tips;
Then with tender looks OF love,
Did she put it---gods above!--
To her lips!
Der her shoulders fair 7 spied--
For woule know If I died
Who it was.
And I saw--the wicked elf
Wasted kisses ON herself
In her glassl