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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
RIVER INTELLIGENCE
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAT.

BOATS THIS DA1.
Arkansas river, Maumelle ......... pm
Friar's Point, George W, Choek~~...~....5 pm
st. Francis river, Batesville .........,......5 pm
Dyersburg, DyesrburR .........~..... pm
Nicksburg, Ouachita Belle .a.,.s...."".. pm
ARRIVED.
Steamer Maumelle, Arkansas river.
Belle of Shreveport, New Orleans
Gold Dust, st. Louis.
j. w. Guff, Cincinnati.
Annie p. Silver, st. Louis.
Hard Cash, White river.
Golden Grown, Cincinnati.
DEPARTED. 18
Steamer Annie P. Silver, New Orleans.
Belle of Shreveport, New Orleans
Gold Dust, Vieksburg.
" Shields, New Madrid.
50 0sceola Belle, 0sceola.
" Coaboma, Friar's Point.
Jay Hardy, Shawnee Village.
City of Nicksburg, st. Louis.
Golden, Crown, New Orleans.
IN PORT.
Ouachita Belle, George W. Cheek,
Maumellc, O. w Pierce, Dyersburg,
Batesyilie, Illinois, James w. Gait, Hard
Cash.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The river here is neal about on a
stand, but will be declining this after
noon the gauge marks % feet .
inches above low water mark. At
Cairo the fall was l6 inches, with 81
feet 10 inches on the gauge at 81.
Louis the decline was inch, with II
feet on the gauge at Pittsburg the
decline was y inches, with IA feet ~
inches on the gauge; at Cincinnati
16 inches, with 81 feet G inches on the
gauge at Louisville it rose II inches,
with 16 feet on the gauge at Evans
vile it is rising, with ~ feet on the
gauge. Cumberland river declined
II inches at Nashville, with Is feet on
the gauge. Arkansas river is falling
at Little Rock, With 81 feet from
there out, and 30inohes above. White
river remains in good Aayigable order.
MISCELLANEOUS.
April showers.
All-f00ls day.
Dull on the leveo.
The tlatboat season is about over.
The rain checked business in marine
circles,
A terrific storm passed over the city
at midnight.
Brooks April fool did not pan out
well. 1t was too thin.
No departures at New Orleans yes.
terday.
The Mary Houston left Louisville
Yesterday noon for New Orleans,
The Coahoma returned 60 Friar's
Point with a good trip,
The u. p. Schenck is due down to.
morrow for New Orleans.
Pluvius took a hand last night 10
cleaning the leves.
The Golden City leaves Cincinnati
this evening for New Orleans.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

A Story Of Seven Merry Children, who faced
the world for themselves, but always hanging
in a " bunch" By MARY HARTwELL GATHER
WOOD. PrOfusely illustrated by MARY A. LATH-
BURY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
The DOgberry Bunch.

OSOCA DhMAAChs
A Story of Seven Merry Children, who faced
the world for themselves, but always hanging
in a " bunch" By MARY HARTwELL GATHER
WOOD. PrOfusely illustrated by MARY A. LATH-
BURY.
Royal LOwrie's Last Year at ST. Olave's.
A jolly story of American School Boy Life.
By MAGEgs MERR1wEATHER, author of "a
General Misunderstanding" Illustrated By
Miss l.. B. HUMPHREY.
Don QuixOfe, JT.
The Adventures of Sir Miltiades Peterkin
Paul on his steed "Doughnuts," BY JOIN
BROwNJoHN. A funny story written expressly
for the Little Boys of America. illustrated
with comic pictures by l.. HOPKINS.
Our American Artist.
First Series.) Paper l., WM. H. BEARD.
With Portraits, Studio Interiors, and Engray-
lngs Of Paintings, by 5. q. W. BENJAMIN.
Th most attractive attempt yet made to
populariEe Art in the family and make chill.
dren acquainted with our living American
artists and what they are doing.
Funny Double-page Illustrated
Poems.
/. The Mince Pie Prince. By Kirk Monroe.
Illustrated by l.. Hopkins.
Some Novel Schools.
Comprising Several Important Experiments
in Both Europe and America.
/. Lady Betty's Cooking Glass: The History
Of an English Cooking School. BY Lucy Cecil
White Mrs. John Lillie.)
II. The Perkins Institution for the Blind,
By Emma f.. Brown.
Bright Short Stories and Poems,
Natural History Supplements,
Sketches Of Travel in Foreign Lands,
Letters from the Children,
Puzzles, ParlOr ADJUSTMENTS,
Music, Etc,
All with lots of pictures from the best art.
lists, making WIDE AWAKE for 1879 the best
and cheapest magazine in existence.
Only 500 a year, free of postage. Send
your name and money to
D, L0THR0P & CO., Publishers
BOSTON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
Royal LOwrie's Last Year at ST. OIave's.

A jolly story Of American School Boy Life.
BY MAGNus MEBRiwEATHER, author Of "a
General Misunderstanding" illustrated By
Miss u. B. Humphrey.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

DY virtue Of the terms Of a trust deed exc
- cuted to the undersigned on the Sd day Of
May, 1875, by Alexander Lytle and wife, duly
registered in the Registers Office Of Shelby
county, Tennessee, in Deed Book 10T, page 81,
TO- secure the Indebtedness thereby secured, I
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

Ouachitd Belle, George W. Cheek,
Maumellc, o. w. Pierce, Dyersburg,
Batesyilie, Illinois, James w. Gait, Hard
Cash.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
STEAMBOATS,,

Memphis aud Arkansas River Packet Co.,
For Pine Bluff Little Rock and through to
Fort Smith. The steamer
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
Don QuixOte, Jr.

The Adventures of Sir Miltiades Peterkin
Paul on his steed '~'Doughnuts." By JOIN
BRowNJoHN. a funny story written expressly
for the Little Boys of America. Illustrated
with comic pictures By H.. HOPKINS.
Daily globe., 1879-03-16
'"Send the Bill to my Husband y

Realize, reader, says NewYork paper,
the anguish of lady compelled to stand
by another lady wearing larger diamonds
than her own, or more point lace, or a
longer train. What will the world think
as under the chandelier this painful con-
trast comes out? Such moments of deep
humiliation cause sleepless nights, and
the next day results in bills that become
as criminal indictments to poor, over
worked men. Under the impulse of
such trying scenes as these, many anna
tron has gone forth on Broadway with
firm lips aud eyes in which glowed in
exorabie purpose, and placed upon her
arms and fingers, that might have helped
her husband forward, the gems that
would be but millstones about his neck.
There are many phases of heroism, but
if you want your breath taken away, 90
to leading and fashionable store and
see some large-souled woman, who will
not even count the cost, or realize the
dire consequences, but like some MARTYR
of the past who will show to the world
the object Of his faith though the heavens
fall, she marches to the counter, selects
the costliest jewels, and says, in tones of
majesty:
''Send the bill to my husbands"
Daily globe., 1879-03-16
Heaven.

Beyond these chilly winds and gloomy skies
Beyond deaths cloudy portal
There is land where beauty never dies,
And love becomes immortal.
A land whose light is never dimmed by shade
Whose fields are ever vernal
Where nothing beautiful can ever fade,
But blooms for aye eternal.
We may not know how sweet its balmy air,
How bright and fair its flowers;
We may not hear the songs that echo there,
Through these enchanted bowers.
The city's shining towers we may not see.
With our dim earthly vision;
For death, the silent warder, keeps the kew
That opes the gates elysian.
But sometimes, when a-down the western SKY
The fiery sunset fingers,
It's golden gates swing g inward noiselessly
Unlocked by silent fingers.
And while they stand moment half aiar,
Cleans from the inner glory
Stream brightly through the azure vault afar
And half reveal the story.
On, land unknown, oh, land of love divine!
Father, all wise, eternal
Guide, guide these wandering way.worn fee,
Of mine
Into those pastures vernal.
Daily globe., 1879-03-16
The Love of Home.

A man who is not ashamed of himself
need not be ashamed of his early condi-
tion. It did happen to me to be born in
a log cabin, raised among the snow-drifts
of New Hampshire at a period so early
that when the smoke first rose from its
rude chimney and curled over the frozen
hill there was no similar evidence Of
waite mans habitation between it and the
settlements on the rivers of Canada. Its
remains still exist; make it an annual
visit. carry my children to 1t to teach
them the hardships endured by the gen
erations which have gone before them.
l love to dwell on the tender reccllec-
tions, the kindred ties, the carly affec-
tons, and the variations and incidents
which mingle with all known of this
primitive family abode. ] weep to think
that none of those who inhabited it are
now among the living; and If ever fail
In affectionate veneration for him who
raised it and defended it against savage
violence and destruction, cherished all
the domestic virtues beneath its roof, and
through the fire and blood ofseven years.
Daily globe., 1879-03-16
He Was Odd.

He lived just mile from the village,
Out there by the forks of the road;
His farm, by the help Of good tillage,
Increased what he planted and sowed.
His dwelling was low and old-fashioned.
The roof was covered with moss,
But still by his fixing and patching,
1t kept out the rain and the frost,
He lived very peaceful and quiet;
We knew him as Jeremy Toad;
So plain was his dress and his diet,
The neighbors all said-he was odd.
The fashions he never would follow,1
MOI try to put on any style,
But owing dime or dollar
He paid it when due with smile,
His words were but few, and we'll chosen
Twas clear that he meant what he said;
His temper-not heated, nor frozen,
And calm was the life that he led.
He did not belong to the meeting,
And said very little of God;
But orphans were glad at his greeting,
And every one said-hc was odd.
If ever he offered to sell you
A COW, or an OK, or horse.
He made it his business to tell you
Each one of the animals faults.
he hired Billy Peters, the cripple,
To husk out out his corn by the day,
And heaped up the grain on the bushel
To measure the wheat for his pay.
His name was not on the subscription
To save the poor heather abroad;
His neighbors he helped in aff1iction.
The people all thought-he was odd.
Daily globe., 1879-03-16
A Little Girls Brave Deed.

whole b and of robbers was yerv
neatly trapped IN La Carolina, Spain, by
the bravery of girl of thirteen, who has
become the heroine of the neigh borhood
She is the daughter of a farmer named
Fueras, and is called Caramlta. The
family consists of the husband an wife
and daughter. The farmer sold some
cattle for $1,000, and had the money in
his house. A band Of robbers knew Of
the sale and the money, and laid their
plans to rob the house. After the farmer
had gone out with his work peop,e. q
couple of strangers approached the house
"a man travel.stained, supporting a
woman who seemed unable to walk anv
further. The man explained to the
farmers wife that he was going to a dis
tant village with his wife, and she being
i'll, had broken down on the way. BE
asked permission for the sick woman to
enter the house and rest while he went
to lind conveyance TO enable them to
continue their journey. Permission was
granted, the woman taken in, and the
man lett. The sick woman partook of
some refreshments, and the mother and
daughter went on with their work. Verv
soon Caramita discovered that their ouest
had on a pair of pantaloons, under the
gown. She communicated the fact to
her mother, unobserved by the visitor.
and the two managed quickly to slip into
another room, close and lock the door.
The visitor, left alone and knowing that
his character had been discovered, threw
OFT his disguise, and ordered the woman to
open the door or die. The door was not
opened, and the robber began to cut
through it with large knife. At length
ne hacked hole big enough for his body,
and he began to crawl through it. The
woman tainted and fell on the floor. The
brave girl seized her fathers gun, which
was IN the room, heavily charged with
ouckshot, placed the muzzle against the
sioe OF the man, now half way through
the hole, and unable quickly to get either
backward or forward, and pulled the
trigger. There was an instantly dead
man and loud report The other robber
lurking IN the heighborhood heard tho
shot and returned to the house to find his
comrades dead body plugging the hole
IN the door and hanging there. Before
he could remove the body, which was
helo IN the opening by the girl, and en-
ter the room where the mother and
daughtel were, the farmer came with a
force sufficient to capture the other rob-
Der. Then they sent for some police to
take charge of the living robber and the
corpse. On the person Of the dead robber
the police found two pistols, poniard
and whistle. The whistle was treasure
now, as there were doubtless more rob-
bers within its call. The police sounded
the whistle, and concealed themselves in
the house to await results. The shrill call
brought four more men into the house,
where they were Gagged and irened, and
all tive were marched to Jail in good order,
and the dead robber was buried. Little.
black'eyed Caramita saved her own and
her mothers life and her fathers money.
made six robbers fewer in Spain and her
self the heroine of La Carolina.
Daily globe., 1879-03-16
Snow in Norway.

It is always with a slight feeling of
anxiety that we read about heavy snow
storms in this country, for We know that
they mean, or may mean, the stopping
OF traffic at this point or that. So much
the more curious is it, when opening
Norwegian newspaper, to meet with pas
sages like this: "Fortunately, we have
had much snow in this part of the coun-
try, and there is good hope that it will
now remain solid on the ground for the
season." But in Norway the snow is itself
means of traffic, and that an important
one: When the snow fails, the lumber
trade, for instance, one of the most i'm.
portant branches Of the industry Of the
country, is seriously embarrassed. The
trees are felled during fall and winter,
and those huge, giant trunks which it
would be next to impossible to transport
in the summer time over the steep, rug
ged ground, where horses cannot be EN-
ployed, are in winter time drawn easily
along on the smooth, solid surface of the
frozen snow. Tied together in immense
bundles, they are thrown down in the
dry river-bed, and when spring comes
and the snow melts, the bundles are car
ried down by the stream to the very
gates of the lumber-yard. Thus the snow
which to us is an impediment, is to the
Norwegians an aid, and it is even some
thing mnch more, for it is, indeed, one of
the great national poets of the country. 1t
makes the houses so warm and cozy; it
makes the landscape so soft and so
mild; and it makes people so merry and
full of new plans and new ideas, for it
brings them together. Neighbors
who, in summer time, cannot visit each
other because the journey along the bad
roads-which creep in zigzags through
the glens, along the clefts, over the peaks
takes two or three days, can now reach
each other in a few hours, setting out on
their snowshoes or in the light sledges
drawn by reindeer. in a straight line,
across the gleas, the clefts, the peaks,
everything being buried under the snow
or bridged over by it.
Daily globe., 1879-03-16
TWO KISSES

When l made visit home,
And stole up stairs, good fortune leading,
Isaw, or rather thought saw,
My sister IN the study reading.
With noiseless tread forward crept,
With schemes of mischief most imprudent:
And leaning DER the arm-chair's back,
softly kissed the gentle student.
She turned to fly with burning. face.
AS if a brothers kiss polluted
Rapture! Twas not my sister Lu,
But Cousin Amy I'd saluted.
OF course I then began to beg
She wOuld excuse my having kissed her:
Protesting that, upon my word,
really thought it was my sister.
A conversation followed next,
Whose theme, be sure, was not the weather;
And then very blissful pair
Seated-well, rather close together.
And Amy with her roguish way,
When for the second time kissed her,
Said, archly looking up to me,
"Are you quite sure it's not your sister,"
Daily globe., 1879-03-16
How a Man Feels With His Head Off,

1t is considered on all sides that the
body does not feel one instant after de-
capitation-for the brain being the seat
of sensation to the whole frame through
the medium of the spinal marrow, every
part of the body beneath the point at
which the latter may be divided must be
deprived OF feeling. But it by no means
follows that the head is deprived of SEN
sation Immediately after decapitation,
nor that it may not retain its conscious
ness, and, like the head of the Irish
knight who was killed by the Saladin in
the holy war, get up and declare that it
was never cut off by so sharp cimeter
before-nor, like that of the assassin
Legare, swear roundly at the executioner
for not keeping keener axe; but it IS
quite impossible that it may be troubled
with very serious reflection upon the ir-
revocability of its fate, and the awfulness
of its deprivation. In support of this
unpleasant theory many facts are ad-
duced, with grave vouchers fA their au-
thenticity. Among others is the unfor-
tunate Queen of Scots, whose lips con-
tinued to move in prayer for at least
quarter of an hour after the executioner
had performed his duties. Wilt states
that having put his mouth to the ear of
decapitated criminals head and called
him by name, the eyes turned to the side
from whence the voice came, and the
fact is attestcd by Fontanelle, Mogore,
Guillotine, Nauche and Aldint. On the
word murder" beirg called in the case
of Grim inal executed for that crime at
Coblentz, the half-closed eyes opened
wide with an expression Of reproach On
those whe stood around.
Daily globe., 1879-03-16
Pet Dogs.

The New York Home Journal, referring
to the fashion of making pets of dogs,
says: "The amount of luxurious tender
ness that is bestowed on these worthless
creatures by some Of our wealthy citizens
is so astonishing as to be almost unbe-
lievable. 1t is not at all uncommon to
see carriage, with two liveried men up
on the box, driving through the park up
on pleasant morning with only a dog,
or perhaps pair of them, inside, taking
Daily globe., 1879-03-16
THE AWFUL BORE,
"Again hear that creakinp steni


He's rapping at the door,
Too well | know the boding sound
That ushers in bore.
He reads my daily papers through
Before Ive seen word;
lie scans the lyric (that Iwrote)
And thinks it quite absurd.
He calmly smokes my last cigar
And coolly asks for more,
He opens everything he sees
Except the entry door!
HE talks about his fragile health
And tells me of the pains
He suffers from score of ills
OF which he ne'er complains;
And how he struggled once with death
To keep the fiend at bay.
On themes like these away he goes,
But never goes-away.
mean to take the knocker off,
Put Grape upon the door.
Or hint to John that I am gone
TO stay month or more.
l do not tremble when I meet
The stoutest of my foes,
But heaven defend me from the friend
Who never-never goes"
Daily globe., 1879-03-16

a sniff of fresh air. They have had their
bath, their locks have been dressed, and
if they are very shaggy dogs, such as
poodles, Skye terriers, etc., fresh ribbons
are in the braid or curl of their topknots,
and possibly a tiny cluster of fresh bios
SONS is tied in the same becoming fasten-
lngs: A sleek, short-haired dog is care
1ully blanketed and perhaps stockinged
also with crotcheted comforts, the like of
which only the fortunate few among
CHILDREN are able to .possess.',
Daily globe., 1879-03-16

revolutionary war shrunk from no toll,
no sacrifice to serve his country, and to
raise his children to condition better
than his own, may my name and tho
name of my posterity be blotted forever
from the memory Of mankind.-Daasiez
Webster.
Daily globe., 1879-03-16

Restrain thy choler, hearken much and
speak little: for the tongue is the instru-
ment of the greatest good and the great
est evil that is done in the world.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-08-17
TO INTEllleENCER PATRONS.

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for existing subscriptions to either
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or to their order.
Also. all moneys due for advertising
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lst OF May.
Payments made to anyone other
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Publishing Company.
Seattle. May. 1879.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-20

CINCINNATI, March 19.-The Price Cur.
rent tomorrow will publish the returns Of
the winter pork packing at the leading
Western cities-CinCinnati, Chicago. ST.
Louis, indianapolis, Milwaukee and Lou
isville. The Price Current assumes that
the returns embrace over 100, 900 hogs be.
longing to the October account. The
aggregate at these places is $500, l42,
against 4,56i, ,6IS last year. The average
net weight is 2l7 5000 pounds net or N
pounds grces as compared with last wear,
The average yield OF lard per hog is
40 S9-l00 pounds, against IS Ol.lOO Inst
year. The amount ofpork made was 305,-
600 barrels, against 593, 900 last year. The
production Of mess pork was $4,000 bar.
rels, against 4S3, 900 last year.
The returns thus far received from ibe
interior places indicate about the
same falling off in weight. In the coun.
try points as at the large cities, the calcn.
lations being based on reports from places
representing nine.tenths OF the interior,
the packing is the same. The same paper
contains reports from $50 places in regard
to the prospective supply and time Of
marketing spring and summer hogs,
and arrives at the conclusion that in
Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana there will be
q marked decrease, probably small dc.
crease in Illinois, little II any decrease in
Iowa, probably as many in Missouri, and
more In Kansas and Nebraska. The most
liberal runs are expected in Nav and
June and the latter part OF the season. The
total packing last summer was about $50.
600 hogs, and 1t is regarded as likely that
there will be a decrease OF 20 to 25 per
cent this season.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-20

CHICAGO, March lO.-The Irish National
Colonization Conference to-day adopted
resolutions expressing satisfaction at the
appointment Of an Executive Committee
to remedy the existing evil Of crowding
into large cities the Irish immigrant pop.
ulation and recommending the Irish race In
America and elsewhere, to encourage and
aid this committee when possible, and also
recommending that the committee estab.
lish a statistical bureau tor dissemination
OF facts useful to immigrants who intend
to settle on lands, and il practicable TO
establish diocesanand parochical bureaus
to assist in the work. After hearing
several speeches and perfecting the com.
mittees, otc., adjourned sine die.