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The Russellville Democrat., 1879-02-06

The Boston Post has found out, and without much trouble. that some men who, at the close of the war, ad- vocated negro suffrage at all hazards, now are ready to admit that the right of suffrage is something that needs regulation according to the requirements of society and civil iZatiOn,
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-02-06

One thousand shingles laid four, inches to the weather, will cover one hundred square feet of surface, and five pounds of shingle nails will fas- them.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-02-06
SELECT PRIMARY SCHOOL. MISS MATTE CROMWELL, PRIN

Will reopen Jan. 6, '79, for term of five months-no deduction for loss of time, except in cases of sickness. In- cideutal fee of 30 cents per session, will he charged to those only that have noS paid same for the past months.
 TERMs-$l.5 50 per month, payable al lhe close of each month. [Jan.stf.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26
The Tiger.

His whole frame is put together to
effect destruction. In. cutting up a
tiger you are impressed with this.
His tendOns are masses of nerve and
muscle as hard as steel. The muscu-
lar development is tremendous. Vast
bands and layers of muscles overlap
each other. Strong ligaments, which
you can scarcely cut through, and
which soon blunt the sharpest knife,
unite the solid, freely-playing loosely
jointed bones. The muscle is broad
and short and obtuse. The claws are
completely r%etraetile. The jaws are
short. There are two false molars.
two grinders above and the same
number below. The upper c%arnivor-
GUS tooth has three lobes and an obtuse
heel the lower has two lobes, pointed
and sharp, and no heel. There is one
very small tuberculOus tooth above
as an auxiliary, and then the strong
back teeth. The muscles of the
jaw are of tremendous power. |
have come across the remains Of
a buffalo killed by a tiger, and
found all the large bones, even the big.
strong bones of the pelyis and large
joints, cracked and crunched like so
many walnuts by the powerful laws of
the fierce brute. The eye is pecu-
liarly brilliant, and when glaring with
fury is truly demOniac. With his
bristles rigid, the snarling lips drawn
back, disclosing the formidable fangs.
the body crouching for his spring, and
the 1.-the tail pulled up and swollen.
and lashing restlessly from side to
side, each muscle tense and strung.
aud an undulating movement percep.
tible like the motion Of a huge snake.
a crouching tiger at bay is a sight that
strikes a certain chill to the heart of
the on-lOOker. When he bounds for
ward, with a roar that reverberates
among the may labyrinths Of the in
terminable jungle, he tests the stead
fast nerve and almost daunts the
brayest heart.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

Every boy living in the country near
a telegraph line has listened the hum
which can often be heard near a tele-
graph pole. 1t is a juvenile theory
that the noise is caused BY the passage
Of the messages. The more general
notion has been that it was caused by
the wind. A writer in an Australian
journal, however, calls attention 10
the fact that one who will give close
observation to both the wire and the
sounds will find that the latter make
themselves obvious when there Is a
total absence Of wind and in a quiet
morning in winter, whom the wires an
peare to be covered with frost TO the
thickness Of finger, they nevertheless
carry on lively vibrations while the
air Is totally quiet. According to this
writer, therefore, the vibrations are
due, not 10 the wind, but 10 changes
OF atmospheric temperature-cold
producing a shortening Of tho wires
extending over the whole length of
the conductor. A considerable amount
Of friction IS produced on the support
ing bells, thus inducing sound both
IN the wires and poles,
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MORNING MIRAGE.
Remarkable Phenomenon in Dakota.

A correspondent of the st. Paul
Pioneer Press says:
We have had some still, clear and
very cold nights this winter, followed
by brilliant dawns, which have been
peculiarly favorable to the display of
the remarkable phenomenon common
" known here as morning mirage"
Dwellers on the prairies who are I'D
betimes, looking to any point of the
compass but the north, see on such
mornings shortly before sunrise a
much more distant horizon than usual.
Miles and miles of country ordinarily
cut off from the view by rising ground
or belts of timber will be raised. as Il
were, above the obstacles. Towns and
other prominent objects, twenty miles
away, are no longer invisible, but are
clearly revealed with all that lies be-
tween them andthe spectator. The win
dows may be counted in houses which
at othertimes can no more be seen than
If thoy We're at the antipOdes, and near
objects, usually just within the range
OF vision, seem to be brought much
closer. AS the suns orb rises above
the horlsOn the vision sinks below IL
Morning marriage y Is what is called
terrestrial reiraetion extraordina-
rlly Increased by a coincidence Of
conditions only to be met with where
the atmosphere is very cold, dry and
clear, and the latitude is so far south
that the sun rises rapidly, even in
winter AT the end of a still night.
with the thermometer some degrees
below zero, the atmosphere is not only
at ITS greatest density, but il probably
retards the passage of light in other
ways unknown TO us at present. Op-
tlcal effects observed in the arctic
regions favor the theory that this
excessive retardatiOn is due to lowness
OF temperature or some accompanying
condition of the atmosphere not indi-
Gated by the barometer. But the
rising sun raises the temperature and
lessons the density Of the higher
regions Of the air within our range
of vision before it affects the low.
or, Just as it gilds the mountain
tops before its beams reach The
plain, This difference of density and
temperature increases very rapidly.
owing to the considerable power OF
the sun, even within a month of the
winter solstice. The curvature of the
rays in terrestrial refractiOn is owing
to the fact that light generally travels
by the path which occupies the least
time, and therefore deviates toward
the rarer part of the atmosphere, and
the morning mirage results from an
unusually steep deviation. The APP
pearance of sunrise is always accelera-
ted at this time of year moro than
that Of sunset is retarded but on
mornings when, owing to the perfect
calmness Of the atmosphere, the in,
crease of temperature takes place in
horizontal planes, terrestrial objects
considerably below the horizon will
seem to be raised above it until the
lower strata of air being equally
warmed with the upper, there is nc
longer anything to cause the excessive
curvature Of the course Of the wave:
Of light.
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ment Of the others; for in the intense
darkness nothing could be seen. The
brief moment hal this silence lasted
appeared to me- like an hour or more
of time. Then a noise was made by
some one making a misstep in tho
room, and instantly it was lighted by
the fash Of a pistol, and the shrek of
the woman rose in a tone Of agony
upon the stiffness Of the night. Fol
lowing the report Of a pistol came
that of another, so suddenly that it
almost appeared to be the same, aud a
body fell with a dull thud upon the
earthen floor Of the room. That one
Shrek Of the woman was all she ut
tered-it was her last utterance, and
she must have died ere it had fully
passed her lips. AS tho light Of
THE FIRST PISTOL FLASH
was seen, our guide, who had, provi-
dentially, been facing the spot where
the oath appeared to proceed from,
with his pistol extended to fire upon
the least noise in that direction, saw
the face of the half-breed and 6sed at
him on the instant with a deadly and
accurate aim. There was a connection
outside of the house. and the sound of
running feet was heard gradually dy-
ing away in the distance. Still we
dared not strike a light, and did not
move for some time, until We heard
the mules renew their munching
sound as they began to eat again.
Then the guide spoke and struck a
light, and the dead bodies of the half
breed and his wife were lying where
they fell. She had a large knife in
her hand, and it was her misstep as
she was returning with it to where |
had been seated that caused her hus-
band to fire, as he supposed, at me,
and killing her instead. Evidently
she had noticed the positions each Of
us had occupied when the lights we're
extinguished, aud had determined to
use the knife for my destruction and
her husband not being aware Of her
intent, and having placed his hand
inadvertently on my shoulder, sup
posed when she made the noise that
it proceeded from me, and fred in
that direction, intending to kill me.
The Apaches undoubtedly at this
moment we're approaching the house,
intending to- attack us in the
dark, but the two shots had led
them to suppose that they were
discovered, and fearing they would
meet the fate of their companions
whom we killed at first, they fed from
the scene. 1t was their approach to-
ward the house that led the mules to
stop eating, and when they ran off and
were far enough away to be no longer
a terror to the mules, the animals
renewed their supper. 1t is a well
established fact that the mules in that
part of Mexico which is ~frequented
by the Apaches seem to have a natural
a~ntipathy to them, and can be cogni-
zant of their proximity, either by the
sense of smell or intuitively, when a
man would have no suspicion of their
being anywhere near him. Our guide
knew this, and he said as o o as the
mules had commenced eating again he
knew the Apaches had vamosed. 1t
was to their keen sense Of the Apaches
being close to us at first that saved
our lives. Since then, in travels
through Mexico, if my mule has
pricked up his ears and seemed to be
shy of a group of bushes, l., too, have
kept away from them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

both in Boston and New York, and
two wears ago Mr.. Miles tells me |
played 10 the largest houses he ever
had at tho Grand. l am satisfied with
my visit here, and have no reason TO
complain, only one thing, The press
here have blamed me for the company.
Why, | have nothing to do With the
company; | am simply engaged, and
send on my parts in manuscript. The
manager casts the characters, and |
cannot demur. There seems to have
been a wrong impression about this.
| am bound to accept what the man
agement offer. l simply contract to
play.
Il play next week at DeBar's Opera
House, in ST. Louis, then a week in
Chicago, at Haverly's, aud then go to
San Francisco, from which city | re-
turn to New York. l shall bring out
a new Irish piece next season, putting
it on in New York at Wallacks 1t
is highly probable | shall direct the
fortunes of Booths Theater next year
at least negotiations to that end are
now in progress. 1t is highly inn
pOrtant hal Booths should have a
theatrical manager, net a jobbing one.
The theater is the finest in New York,
has been sadly managed lately, and
should not be longer permitted to trail
in the dirt
DO you contemplate a trip South?H
mo, SIR he said, rubbing his right
hand over his broad forehead, and
with his left twirliRg his watch
charms; Il shall not go South. In
1855 and 81 l was in business in New
Orleans, and my old friends there are
all dead and gone, and to me it would
be like going to a city of tOmbs, and |
am too old a man to think of making
new friends now. No, sir; | go no
farther south than st. Louis. From
all | can learn the South is too much
broken up for theaters to succeed or
be profitable for actors or companies.
My most successful years were 1874
%. In fact, ! may say the season of.
70 was the most profitable for me,
this being the first season of the
'Shaughraun.
The time drawing near for Mr..
BOucicault's last appearance in this
city for the season, and wishing him
success, the curtain fell upon the
pleasant chat.
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on our Me.t nt.tart rronder.

As in cur busiest and most pcpulcus cities Of
the soabosrd and interior. Hcsietter's Stomach
Bittefs Is pro-eminently popular. Wherever
civilization plants il foot on this continent,
thither the great tonic finds it way. Nor Is
this surprising, forit is the medicine Of all
Others best adapted 10 the wants Of the West
ern emigrant, be he miner or asriculturst
Il Is an incompatible remedy for the diseases
20 which he is most subject, and which are
liable 10 be brought on BY a change OF climate,
hardship, exposure, unaccustomed air and
diet, aud miasmatic atmosphere and water.
Among these are disorders of the stomach
and bowels, rheumatic ailments, ard malari-
Gus fevers, for all Of which Hostctter Bitters
is a certain specific. A course Of the Bitters
before. departing for the new field of labor, or
o. arriving, will have the effect Of preventing
the evils for which tits such a signal remedy
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

Arecent c~ensussho that Portland,
Oregon, has 1925 inhabitants, and
that 1882 of them are Chinese.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26
TiIden and Grant.

Washington Star
While speaker Randall was re-
elected on his own merits, it Is un-
doubtedly the fact that his success is
looked upon by politicians as a decid.
ed indication of the success Of Tilden
in getting the Democratic nomination
for the Presidency. In fact the old
political stagers in Washington al
ready put it down as an assured fact
that Tilden and Grant will be the
part- candidates pitted against each
other in 1880. The figuring for Til
den is on this base; The Democratic
party can count upon carrying every
Southern State, and will only need ia
secure New York and Indiana, and
some small State III addition, to get
the requisite number of electoral
votes. 1t is doubted if there is any
other mar who would be as sure OF
carrying New York as Tilden. and OF
course Hendricks would be a winning
card in Indiana. Then it is believed
that Tilden would stand a good chance
Of carrying New Jersey, and a yet
better one of California, if that State
was not neglected, as the California
Democrats say it was in 1876 under
Hewitts management of the national
campaign. Thus, with Tilden and
Hendricks in the field, with a bold
energetic chairman Of the %nationa.
committee, an easy victory is figured
out by these calculatOrs. On behalf
of Grant. of course, the figuring i
reversed, and a nearly solid NORTH
is claimed for him, with some IN.
roads upon the South. Whatever
may be the results of the nomina.
tons, it looks to-day as if Tilden anC
Grant will be the nominees.
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wednesday Evening. March 20. 1879.
HUGE JOKE,
How They Established Mexican Trade

American Exporter.l
The party Of excursionists who went
down to Mexico went to establish
trade between the two countries about
as much as Noah went up the noun
tain to take a bath. They went "a
have a good time, and they had it. Its
manager needed money, and he made
it out of the excursionists. He had
an eye to trade himself, and he came
back Mexican consul at Chicago.
Some of the excursionists wanted
business, but a great many more of
them wanted a warm climate in cold
weather, a grand time at the expense
Of the Mexican government, and
plenty of Mexican whisky. They got
the warm weather and the whisky;
but all they got at the expense of the
Mexican government you could put in
your eye. AS a business undertaking
the expedition was not even a colossal
fraud-it was a very small hum
bug. To call it THE American
Industrial Deputation'' was enough
to make an overworked Mex
lean donkey smile. | have
before me a list of the excursionists
OF the eighty persons enrolled | can
pick out at a moments notice forty
four persons who had no business
whatever, ostensibly or otherwise. OF
the remaining thirty-six, not six actu-
ally went to Mexico TO extend their
trade; aud not four of these actually
did anything toward it. The excur-
s%iOnists were after riches, and they
found them in half the old idols and
~decaying skulls in the Mexican Re-
public. | might mention one of the
party. one who had no ~businessat all,
who would not have hesitatcd to 20
into a gentlemans house and ask for a
sample Of his plrlor carpet. This
gentleman brought home a cargo OF
Aztec Indian skulls, and enough roots
and plants to set up a second hand
botanical garden. Nothing could sat
isfy his rap4city; and he was but little
worse than a large majority Of the
party. The unlucky Mexican who
brought samples of his wares to the
principal hotels for exhibition soon
had to go back to his shop for more
samples. The ex~eursionists always
met him half way, and always
loaded themselves down with
his samples. Anything that was
free was soon gathered in. Many
Of the party were from quite rural
Western towns, and we're getting
their first taste Of rubbing against
the outside world. They scattered
their satehels and bundles all over the
republic, leaving one or two in every
town they stopped in. The mar who
did the most hourishing business wa,
a chrome man from Chicago. who sold
cheap but gaudy chrOmOs at high
prices, just as fast as the Mexican,
could make the change. The exhi.
bitios in the College Of Mines. if il
could be looked upon seriously as al
exhibit Of American wares. would b.
a standing disgrace to the country
The goods exhibited were of tn,
cheapest and most ordinary kinds
aud there were very few Of then
There is ten-fold better display 0
American goods in any paWnshopI
sale store in the BoWery than was ex
hibited in Mexico.
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TOGETHER

The snowy bloom il on the brier,
All frosty lies the fallOU:
Tho hunters gather round the ERE,
And sigh for hound and halloo.
Whilst bending DER a poets book,
Secure from wind and weather,
Within yelyet-curtained nook
Sit she and ] together.
THIS morning We we're strangers yet,
But IN those dreamy pages
We Ind somehow our souls have met,
And lived and loved for ages.
And life Is as q summer day,
Love laughs al wihtry weather.
The other worlds 10 far away.
And we 30 near together.
The golden sun shall shine again,
The chase demand is lover,
And l no more be lonely when
! eanter 10 the cover.
For through the world, Whate'or betide,
In storm or sunny weather,
We two shall ride on side by side,
Ny love and | together.
HILondon World
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

or late several copies Of a paper
called the Congressional Record have
been received at the Tribune office.
We don't know who sends Il and we
don't want II any longer. Thore are
no pictures in il; no cookery depart
ment with recipes for pie no instruc-
tons how to make tatting on spatter
work no instructions how to take
care Of babies no jokes; nothing but
bad speeches by a few Insignificant
gentlemen. We do not see how tho
concern exists II has no adyertidpr
patronage, and not 4 single letter AL.
ting forth tho virtues Of a baking
powder or q cough cure. II tho friend
or enemy who sends the thing 10 ne
will let us know the subscription
price we'll pay promptly 10 have II
stopped i Bismarck Tribune.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26
CARD.

To all who are suffering fromthe errors and
indiscrotions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc., l will
send a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discov-
cred by a missionary in South America. Send
a elf.addressed envelope to REv, JosEPH I.
IMAM, Station D, Bible House, New York
City. eo~d-2-xxx-1kw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

sympathy is best shown when prae.
tical in It's application. Therefore
when you s~ympathize with your suffer
ing baby, show II practically BY using
DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup and thus cure
your child, Price 25c.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

A great statue OF tho republic is to
b erected in Paris on the Place dc
Chateau d'Eau, on the site Of the
fountain now there. The name Of the
place will be changed to Place dc Ia
Republiaue.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26
PUBLICATION.
PROSPECTUS.
YGnOVFGVGI Of 1878.

THE Howard Association Of Memphis will
l. publish and have ready for delivery on or
about the first Of April mex a complete his
dates; alaO, a history of the Epidemic Of 1873,
which will embrace the names, with resi-.
dence, and date of death, of over five thou
sand citizens Of Memphis who died; the
names Of physicians and nurses employed,
diagnosis of the disease by the most cele-
brated physicians, cures suggested and best
adapted 10 coping with the dreadful scourge,
together with incidents Of the plague.
Also, q list of the names of contributors Of
donations, both in money and supplies, from
the generous public of America and Europe,
amounting in the aggregate TO near five hum
bred thousand dollars, and what disposition
was made of same.
In offering this permanent record Of a great
calamity to the general public, the Howard
Association is moved thereto by a desire TO
save itself the cost of publication Of a book
that will prove invaluable in the future, and
10 secure, if possible, enough funds TO pay for
n handsome monument, to be erected in Elm
wood Cemetery, TO the memory of Physicians,
Nurses and Members Of the Howard Associa-
ton and Citizens Relief Committee, who
died during the Epidemic Of 1878.
The book will be gotten up in the very best
manner, ON good white paper, we'll bound, In
size octaYo, and contain about five hundred
pages. Price $3.50. Address
HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
10 Madison street,
MEMPHIS, sti TENNESSEE.
BAH
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

and as he tried to regain his feet. a
second shot, this time from the guide.
dropped him also. AT the same in
slant
a SHOWER OF ARROWS
passed near us, one of them hitting
one Of my companions in his shoulder.
making a ragged hole in his coat and
merely scratching the skin. Fortu-
nately for US the Indians were on foot.
and although they were expert run
lers, they dared not make the free
use Of their speed lest the fate that
had befallen their two comrades might
also be theirs. After an hours ride
we reached the adobe house of half
breed Mexican, a fellow with a most
YillainOus expression of countenance.
and securing our mules in q strong
corral and giving them some feed, we
placed our baggage in the house and
prepared our supper, aided by our
host and his wife, a young and rather
pretty female Of eighteen years Of age.
Fearing an attack from the Indians,
the fire was extinguished as soon as
our hasty meal was eaten, and We all
sat silent in the intense darkness.
Not a sound was heard, either without
or within the house, except the
erunching of the food as il was eaten
by the mules. That sound soon ceased
so suddenly hat il almost appeared as
if We could hear il break off into
silence. Not one of us moved, or APP
peared to, at least. l was almost
startled into an exclamation Of alarm
as | suddenly felt a hand placed lightly
on my. shoulder, as IL some one was
feeling his way in tho darkness. 1t
was withdrawn as suddenly as il was
placed there, and not knowing but
that the next moment it would be fol
loved by the keen edge Of a murder
Gus knife, / noiselessly moved a foot
or so from the seat ! had occupied.
had scarcely accomplished this action
when an oath was uttered, aud at The
same time some one fell over the seat
| bad left. Instantly we were all upon
our feet, but maintained a breathlesi
silence, each awaiting for some move.