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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27
When Lenn Yenr Occnrs.

The exact length of each year is
365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 1917
seconds, One day added every four
years is equivalent to 6 hours each
year. Hence at the end Of every
century not divisable by four, without
a remainder, leap year is suppressed
aud as nineteen is not divisable by
four, the year 1900 will not be leap
year. The year 1000 will be leap year,
so after the year 1900 leap year viii
occur every 4th year for 200 years, OF
until the year 2l00, when it will again
be suppressed. AS the chronologer
Of the LEDGER does not expect to be
around after that time he will not
pursue the subject further.
In 1896 February will contain FIVE
Saturdays, and twelve years later, in
1908, five Saturdays will occur again
in February but after 1889 no Feb
ruary will contain FIVE Sundays until
1920.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27

A hundred bales Of cotton have
been einned on Presidents Island, and
arc ready for shipment. There arc
SO prisoners on Forests farm, IS col.
ored residents, and a camp of So disin.
fected cotton pickers.
Seventeen bales Of cotton were
ginned and baled at Speers' establish
ment on Vance street, and FIVE bales
were ginned at Hayden's, on Poplar
street, yesterday. This is wholesale
destruction to the Plunket spore.
The lowest temperature during the
early hours this morning was 610; the
highest yesterday was 79o. The low
est temperature was claimed by Chat
tanooga this morning, 5O'. Wind
from the southeast this forenoon; no
rain reported from any point.
Father D. Reyeille, who died yes
49,
terday morning, was the fourth to fall
this siege and the twenty-frst priest
to die in this.city within the past six
years. The deceased prelate was a
native Of the Department of Charente,
France, belonged 70 a titled family.
was educated for a soldier at the mill
tary school of st. Cyr, and for a mum
Der of years past he has ranked high
in the church for his eloquence, abil-
ity and earnest piety.
This, according to Hebrew custom.
is the Day of Atonement and the tenth
Of the new year, one of the most
solemn and strictly observed ofall the
days Of the year, and similar in i'm
p%ortance to that of Ash Wednesday
among the Episcopal and Catholic
religionists. 1t is a day on which
pardons are asked, injuries forgiven,
peace and reconciliation sued for, and
all manner of work laid aside as on
the Sabbath. The twenty-third chap
ter Of Leviticus relates the circum
stances connected with the ceremonies
of the day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27
Paper from POPLAR.

Boston Transcript
1t surprises people to see the great
logs of poplar wood 60 through the
powerful machine at the Connecticut
River Pulp Mill, at Holyoke. The
wood, as it is brought to the mill, is
about the size of cord-wood used for
fuel, and in this shape the machine
takes it and gnaws it up very fine. So
rapidly does this process 60 on that
the machine eats about seven and a
half cords of wood a day, and this
makes between three and four tons Of
pulp. After coming from the machine
the wood is put into watts and reduced
by the action of the chemicals. 1t is
used for the manufacture of news and
book paper. The wood is obtained
mostly from Canada.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27
YELLOW FEVER.
Eight Deaths Since Yester.
day Noon.
New Cases Six
The Deal, List.

Eight interments have taken place since
yesterday noon of persons who have died
Of yellow fever, as follows;
Carl A. shermeyer, age 4, 12S Main,
yellow fever.
John D. Allen, age SO, 1870 Main, yell
low fever.
Margaret Manley, age 4, Mccall and
Front, yellow fever.
Mary Shines, age %, Raleigh road, yell
low fever.
VIM. Brown, age 20, poor-house, not
stated.
Chas. Mailman, age IS, Poplar road,
yellow fever.
John Dwyer, age 60, 81 Main, dropsy,
Edward Kapotoski, age 4S, Graham
place, yellow fever.
CoLoRED.
Louis Jones, age 3, Central Point, yell
low fever.
Harriet Archy, age %, Keel and Sec
ond, yellow fever.
New Cases.
The total yellow fever cases according
to the board Of health reports 1878. OF
these six have been added since yesterday
noon, as follows:
A. Borjeski, age %, % Promenade.
+. Goldcamp, age 20, 66 Second.
Allen Brown, age 80, Al Poplar.
VIM. Krause, age Is, Beal and Second.
Arthur Jones, age IS, Is Vance.
Peter Sample, age %, Webster, near
Main.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27
LEDGER LINES.


Cotton a shade better to-day.
The mercury climbed to 79' yester
day.
Oh, the dust, the dust; the dust,
dust
Thirty-four days to the first of No
venber.
Hazy and foggy all over the Soutl
this morning.
LEDGER job printing Office, 1;
Madison street.
The $500 match-drill comes off Al
st. Louis to-day.
The two hundred and seventeen
day of the year.
Temperature 6l0 just before day.
light this morning.
Magnolia hams just received by
Hadden & Harrington.
The Towards took in 5000 yester.
day, all from New York City.
Sales Of cotton at New Orleans yes.
terday $500 bales. MiddIing closed
at lOlc.
The leaves are fast turning brown, 9
sure admonition that winter is ap,
preaching.
First-class printing at low rates al
the LEDGER job printing Office, Il
Madison street.
The painted leaves are strewn along
the winding way by the playful south
east breeze to-day
Mosquitoes continue to worry, moi
quite as bad, however, as the pickets
on the highways.
Increased cloudiness with rain areas
are the weather predictions for thi,
afternoon and night.
The hues of autumn make the for.
ests glad, and o their summer
tresses will be gone.
Chickens are selling here to-day al
from $l.25@3 per dozen, according t.
quality. Eggs 169l7c per dozen anc
butter l2l@lSc per pound.
The coolest place heard from thi.
morning was Chattanooga, where the
temperature went down to so. De.
lightlul Chattanooga.
The LEDGER job printing Office, ];
Madison, executes everything in the
Job printing line as neat and cheap al
any house in this city.
A number of wagons come in with
loads of cotton in the seed to be ginnet
at the Poplar and Vance street gins
They seem to be coming from every
direction.
The daily PUBLIC LEDGER will b,
mailed to any address for fifty cent
per month. The subscription mus
in every case, be paid for cash il
advance.
Mr.. j. Troy, Of Tuscumbia, Ala.
secretary Of the Fathew Matthew Soci
ETY., has sent to Cornelius Rollins
draft for $50 for the society at Cam
Father Matthew.
M%acaronians and invited guests ar,
requested to be prompt, as the tuI
leaves the Anchor Line wharfboa
tomorrow morning at s o'clock, sharp
for Camp No. 209.
The wheezy blow Of the steam cot
ton compress will be heard here il
two or three weeks more. 1t will b
a relief from the present monotony
no matter how loud it roars.
First Lieutenant N. W. Talbot
won the blue ribbon or highest honor
in a match drill at st. Louis yester
day. There were SO contestants an.
they represent four different CON
anies.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27

The Knights this morning report
Carrie Walbrecht, R. S. Laurence
and Henry Crone all very bad cases.
A. Beirman, some better Mrs. j. D.
Stewart, better Mrs. Castex improv-
ing VIM Crone, getting better
Mrs. Beirman, improving VIM. Der.
gan discharged, cured Total Oh
hand eight.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27
Zee Ger IN
At Specht & Walters.


hatydids and GrOund-hesss
1t was on the 10th Of June last that
the katydids began to chirp. Old
backwoodsmen say that just four
months or 100 days from the
time they are heard to sing, Yellow
Jacks death, angel frost, is sure to
come. This would give us a cool,
healthy breeze on the 10th of next
month. As great minds differ, how
ever, even on subjects so momentous
as k%atydids, it may be the theory is
subject to slight modification, accord
ing to the mind and idea of the par
ticular person who happens to advo-
cate it. The I'd of February, some
times called Grounding or Candle
mas Day, is another pet with
backwoods people. It is said
that the rodent creeps forth that day
with unerring regularity. If he sees
his shadow in the sunlight, h okuowing
fellow goes back and shuts himself up
for six long weeks, because he is more
certain than old Tice that the winter
will not break before that time. Some,
however, contend hat if the ground
borer don't see his shadow be crawls
back into his hole for a six weeks
stay, all the same. Be that as it may,
he goes in his hole, and the theorist
can have his choice either way.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27
River Items.

The steamer Belle Memphis passed
up after 9 o'clock this morning.
The steamer c. p. Chouteau, from
St. Louis for New Orleans, passed
south yesterday.
The steamer Hard Cash is to leave
st. Louis for this port and Walnut
bend this evening.
The river has declined to within 4
feet of extreme low water mark.
There is now less than 8 feet on bars
between here and Cairo.
The steam tug Clarence did not 60
down the river last evening as was
expected, the freight offering being
insufficient to warrant the start.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27
Query.

If ten Howard visitors in buggies
were necessary to visit 1900 sick in
1873, how many are needed now to
visit fifty or seventy-fve? They say
tea. Their cash receipts of from $500
to $4,000 per day mayallow this lavish
though light labor and yet leave
enough on hand at the close of this
siege for a solid nest egg.
JANIToR.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27

A Vienna dispatch says it is now
clear that the object of the meeting Of
Andrassy and Bismarck was to main
tain peace in Europe by a strong ALI
ance, and to gradually separate Rus.
STA from the rest Of Europe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27
: Inlry Orders Also Solicited

When a man comes up to us and
mentions that little BILL we reply :
" Oh, yes; we should have fixed that
some time ago, but had TO 80 to Mem
phis TO write up the scourge. just
back to-day. Come down to the Office
aud we'll give you the money it's in
our travelling bag Aud he says
he's got to run to catch the train
Boston Post,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27

A Berlin correspondent reports that
Lord Salisbury and Waddington
agreed to reject the Russian proposal
for a European commission Of control
over the entire administration of
Egypt,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27
Special Instructions
TO
and Patrols

Hereafter you will make a daily
report to this Office of the date, name
of driver, residence Of owner, and
character Of cotton or other goods or
materials entering Memphis by the
several roads picketed by you.
Cotton in bales and cotton seed
are not prohibited by the orders
Of the State Beard Of Health,
but loose lint and seed cotton are,
and you will be especially careful to
obtain the name and residence of
every n who brings in or attempts
to bring in loose lint or seed cotton
and make report of same to me daily.
Hereafter all kinds of wagons and
c%onyeyances will be permitted to enter
or leave the city ONLY at the following
quarantine stations as established by
order of the State board of health.
viz:
Post No. /.
On the Horn Lake and Cow Island
roads, at the intersection of Kerr ave-
nue. and the Horn Lake road.
Post No. 2.
On the fernando road, at the in
tersection Of said road and Kerr We
nue..
Post No. 3.
On the Pigeon Roost road, at the
crossing of said road and the Memphis
and Charleston railroad, neal Rozzel
Station.
Post No. A.
On the State Line road, at the in
tersection of said road and Irrelevant
avenue.
Post No. ..
On the Old Raleigh road, at the in
~tersection of - avenue, at the
southeast corner of the "0ld VIM
or " Judge Selby place"
Post No. @.
On the New Raleigh road, at the
mouth of the lane just west of the
bridge over Cypress creek.
Post No. z.
On the Yates Lake road at the
bridge over Wolf river.
Post No. 8.
On the Randolph road at the bridge
over Wolf river.
By order of State board of health.
JOHN JOHNSON,
Superintendent of Quarantine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27
Oottoln.


The Liverpool telegram at 3 pm.
quotes COTTON firm; uplands 6 11-16d,
Orleans 6 13-16d; sales 1000 bales, re-
ceipts 9l0O bales, American $500; fu-
lures partially 1-16d better. Deliv-
cries for September G 23-32d, Septem-
Der and October 6s@6 7-16d, October
and November 6 1-32d, November and
December 5 15-16d, February and
March 5 15-16d. The New York tele-
gram quotes spots steady at l03c for
middling; futures barely steady; de.
liveries for September .50@1O.55c
October 10.3 .34c, November 1917
@lO.2Oc, January lO.149lO.27c. Re
ceipts at all ports for last week l28,7O7
bales; exports to Great Britain 17,491
bales, France 4O7, continent S62; stock
1913, 745 bales.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27
saturday Evening. Sept. "a, is7e.
YELLOW FEVER DEATH LIST.

The following statement Of deaths
from yellow fever each day, since the
prevalence of the disease became known,
is made from the records of the board Of
health and other sources:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27
K. OF H..
NOTICE TO PHYSICIANS
And Members OF the Order.

physicians attending on any member Of
J., this order are requested, after being
called in, to at once report such attendance 10
headsuarters, otherwise their fees for services
will not be recognized by the relief board
Moinbers taken sick and not having same at
once reported TO headquarters, will be de.
barred from all relief from this board.
JAMES B.. COOK, Pres't.
". B. Gibson, Asst Sec'y. 1907
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27
NORFOLK orsierr.

Fifty cents per can, first Of the season,
at Quentel's, 8O2 Main street. Restaurant
open day and night. %
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27

Wants good house right in town. Illpay
S2Oa month. tn Mckee, 2s3 Main, p
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27

Alittle Hop Bitters saves big doctor bills
long sickness, suffering and perhaps death
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27
Old

good wrapping paper at this office, 81
cents per 100. 1885,
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Furstenheim 6 Wexford,
ia North Main Street, St. Louis.
NIB
2zc Front street, Memphis.

w wau Keep our store open during the
a. usual from here o. n. Louis. lsg. Ia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27
PUBLICATION.
AWAKE
sa.OO a YcAr. Free Of POSTAGE.
The DOgberry Bunch.

A Story Of Seven Merry Children, who faced
the world for themselves, but always hanging
in a =" buncR.' BY MARY HARTwELL GATHERS
WOOD. Profuscly illustrated by MARY A. LATH-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27
WANTED.
FOR GALE.

old TYPE, better than Babbitt metal 70
" light, fast running machinery, at thi
oeSse. S3f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-27
ROyaI LOwrIe'a LAST Year al ST. OIaveIa.

A Jolly story of American School Boy Life.
by MA6Nus M~ERRIwEATHER, author of "a
General Misunderstanding" Illustrated by
Miss l.. B. HUMPHREY.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-02-15

DR.. Ponds Cancer Instis ute.

The continued and unvarying success Of DR..
F. L. Pond, Of Aurora, ILL.,, in his treatment
Of cancer and kindred diseases, is something
so extraordinary MS to be worthy OF more than
passing notice Since the Doctor first opened
the doors of his mansion TO the afflicted, hun
dreds of cases have passed under his care.
Some came in good time, before the dreadful
scourge had fully developed and fastened it.
self on some vital part of the system; but BY
far the largest number only came TO The Doc
tor when their family physieian had given
them up and hope had almost fled. Yet, not
outstanding what might properly be called
such unfair odds against him. the Doctor has
but seldom failed to cure even these desperate
cases. and in no instance has he failed TO give
relief. such a record is simply marvellous.
The Hospital Is capable Of accommodating in
the neighbOrhoosi Of 800 patients. 1t should
be said, here, that this institution is not hos
pital in the common acceptatiou Of the term.
There are no large wards. where numbers OF
patients are lodged together, to annoy each
other with their complaints. Nor Is the at
tendance of that mechanical sort So generally
afforded. AT a very moderate charge each pa
tient may have a room to himself, and the
most careful and tender ate ntion Is bestowed
on all. All afflicted with Cancer are advised
TO go at once to DIR. Pond.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-02-15
Business Failures.

Lack OF judgment causes fully so per cent
OF all business men to fail, earlier or later.
DO not an equal proportion Of physicians fall
to cure from the same causel At the Grand
several specialists, each having devoted years
to special department Of medical science, is
able TO cure large per cent Of cases hitherto
considered incurable. Many physicians, in
view Of the superior advantages Of this model
sanitsrium. bring there stubborn, obscure,
complicated. and surgical cases, for examina-
tions, operation, and treatment. Full partic-
ulars given In the Peoples Common sense
Medical Adviser, an illustrated work of over
200 pages. Price, postpaid. e1.5O. Address
ihe author, X. v. Pierce, NJ D., Buffalo, n. Y.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-02-15

"A New Orleans dyspeptic, COM
planning to his physician that he had
no appetite for breakfast" was advised
to take a walk down to the market and
eat an orange before his morning meal.
AT the next meeting of the doctor and
patient the latter made the same COM
plant, and when asked if he had tried
the fruit remedy. replied, ''Oh. yes, 1
went down to the market and ate ten
oranges. but had not bit Of appetite
when returned. boston Com. Blst-
lettn.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-02-15
Clinord's Febrifuge -P.latabie,

Clifford's F~brifuge -PaIatabie,
Powerful, AniipcriOdic aud Ionic
Natures remedy for Fever and Ague. Never
known TO fail in single case. This popular
remedy differs from all other Ague Cures, In
being free from all poisonous effects on the
system; it enters into the circulation and de-
stroys AL malarious poison, and thus eradi-
Gates the disease without producing any of
those distressing after sensations, such AS
fullness and pain in the head. ringing in the
ears and partial deafness. Try it once and
you will never be without il.
j. G. RICHARDSON, Prop'r.
For sale by all Druggists. ST. Louis.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-02-15
VOLUNTARY
= TESTIMONY.

Er,ract from TIE baltimore A,aerieaa,"
December 81, ISIS.
"The Pulvernacher Electric Belt is recon-
mended to general use for the following rea-
sons: First, for its wonderful properties for
the cure OF diseases of the kidneys, stomach,
liver and blood; secondly, for its extreme
simplicity, and the fact Of its being applied
outside, p.eeludes all possibility Of any in-
jury being done to the patient, as An external
remedy is universally acknowledged TO be
safe. Another advantage is the facility with
which the progress of the disease AMI cure
can be watched, and il the Belt be not quite
in the right place, it can be very easily read
iusted so as to cover the parts affected. The
Pulvermacher Electric Belt, xnd It's perfec-
ton, has been hailed with delight, not only
by the sufferers who have regAined health,
enjoyment, and new lease of life through
its benefcent qualities, but by the medical
profession, who very frequently prescribe its
use to their patients" fs.rIa
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-02-15

REDUCED PRIcE-Twenty-fve cents win
now buy hfty-cent hottie Of Piso's Cure for
Consumption thus the best Cough Medicine
is within the reach Of everybody. For sale By
all druggists.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-02-15

Lizards, flies, miniature squirrels,
and mice are now stuck here and there
over Partisan bonnets.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-02-15

CHEW Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-02-15

prescribed BY the first physicians In evefy city and
Town where II has been introduced and IL d th0rvpgn
v orthodox preparation.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-03

TIE NEW PROCESS IN FIGURING
WHEAT. W. p, Springs, Long Island,
asks: &" How, and of what part Of the
wheat, is the new process flour made?''
Reply. New process flour is made by
what is known as high grinding,that is by
raising the stone so us to leave wider
space than usual. The wheat grains are
thus cracked and the bran peeled off
without crushing the inner parts of the
grain. The coarse middlings or "chop "
thus made is run into boiling chest,
which separates the bran from the mid
dlings and what portion of fine flour is
made. There are three boiling reels in
this chest. The -four from this chest
consists of 26 per cent of the wheat of No.
|, 10 per cent Of No. 2; the remainder OF
the chop is separated into bran and No.
middlngs The middlings are run into a
purifier, where it is exposed to u blast
from fan which separates the fuzzy y
dust and other light impurities from it.
The middlings thus purified are reground
and Is per cent of the wheat is made into
new process flour and 1-2 per cent
into No. 3, leaving 5 per cent of No.
feed and 5 per cent of waste. In this
process there are four kinds of flour made
AS follows: New process, IS per cent
No. |, 26 per cent; No. 2, 10 l-2 per cent ;
No. 3, 6 IL per cent; and in addition, No.
feed, 5 per cent; No. 2, 10 per cent ;
bran, Is per cent and waste, per cent,
The new flour contains larger part of
The inner coat, which contains the most
gluten aud phosphntes.-NcU York Times.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-03

BONES AS A FERTILIzER.-The is no
question as to the fact that bones properly
treated and properly applied are one of
the most valuable and one Of the most
economical fertilizers, which the farmer
who cannot produce all the manure he
requires from The stock on his farm, can
apply TO his crops. But there has always
been great diversity of opinion as to the
method of treatment by which the best
results can be obtained. a correspondent
of the country Gentleman gives rs the
result of his experience that the best way
to convert bones into plant food is to take
ground bone in Tie proportion of II ton 10
Il quarter of u cord of good friahle soil,
place the two substances. the soil at the
bottom in alternate layers in some con.
venient place under cover, the same
quantity Of each in every layer. In forty
eight hou it will be too hot to hold youl
hand in. Let it remain for II week or ten
DAYS undstnrbed, then throw it over. In
a Gav OF two it will heat again unless the
previous fermentation has exhausted al
the moisture of the soil and bone. Con
tnue the operation by turning over unit
all the moisture is thus exhausted and il
does not fcrment any more and You have
all tie equivalents of II ton of superphos
phate at half the cost of II ton of that arti
Gle which can be packed in barrels ant
will keep for years without deterioration
and which when applied to the crops will
have better affect than any OF the super
phosphates in the market made by thu
usual method Of decoinposing the bon'