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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23
selecting Husbands.
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Baltimore Every Saturday.
1t has been profoundly remarked,
that the true way Of telling a toadstool
from a mushroom is to eat il. If you
die it was a toadstool, if you live, ii
was a mushroom. A similar method
is employed in the selections of hus-
bands; marry him, if he kills you he
was a bad husband; if he makes you
happy he is a good one. There is
really no other criterion. AS DR..
Samuel johnson remarked the proof
Of the pudding is in eating t%herereof.
Some young men that seem unexcep.
tionable, indeed very desirable, as
long as they arc single, are perfectly
horrid as soon as they are married,
All the latent brute there Is in the
heart comes out as soon as a sensitive
and delicate being seeks her happiness
in his companionship. The honey
moon lasts a very short time, the re-
captions and the rounds Of parties are
soon over, and then the two sit down
to make home happy. If she has mar
ried a society man, he will soon begin
to get bored; he will yawn and 60 to
sleep on the sofa. Then he will take
his hat and 90 down 10 the club 70 see
the boys, aud perhaps not come home
till morning. IL she has married a
man ~engrossed in business he will be
tagged out when he comes home. lie
may be a sickly man that
she must nurse, and morose
man that she must seek Ia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

Walker in 1858. Ned came back
with his pocket fnll of rocks. and
made my old legal friend, Fred Stan
ford, a millionaire by giving him gra-
tuitously a few shares in the new
bonanza. Ned also acted the part of
the generous be~nefaetor toward his
old ilibuster friend, the writer, by
taking him mas we'll as Fred. A Eli
buster has a grand soul, and he will
take his friends in at every favorable
opportunity. Ned Lyons was a fill
buster, every inch of him, and | am
more than happy TO hear from him,
even if he is living on the laurels of
his past achievements on the field of
adventure and spinning yarns about
the buried treasure, which / believe.
to be a reality, but which l greatly
fear, like the swag of the ancient
Kidd, or like Ned Lyons wife's
cousin, will become a misty tradition
or a mysterious myth.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

cheer, a drunken nan that she must
sit up for, and violent man that she
fears, a fool who she soon learns to
despise, a vulgar man for whom she
must apologize-in short, there are
thousands of ways Of being bad hus-
bands, and very few ways Of being
good ones, And the worst Of il is
hat the poor silly women are apt to
admire in single men the very traits
that make bad husbands, and look
with contempt or ridicule upon those
quiet virtues that make home happy.
Men with little personal beauty of
style, often make the wife happy
aud sometimes the reverse. The ways
Of being a bad husband is almost
as great as the number Of ways of be-
ing ugly, No one can tell frem the
demeanor ola single man what sort of
a husband he. will be. Meanwhile
she must marry somebody. Eat it;
il you die ii was a toadstool, If YOU
live it was a mushroom.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23
How the Alps were Formed.

Mr.. j. w. Judd, +. r. S., professor
Of geology at the Royal School Of
Mines, gave the Monday lecture at
the London Institution, his subject
being the formation of the Swiss Alps.
The result of geological observations
are, as the lecturer pointed out, that
four stages can be recognized in the
history Of these Alps. First, the ex-
istence Of a line of weakness in the
earth's crust nearly coincident with
the line of the present mountains.
This is evidenced blythe fact that along
this line of weakness there were vol
canic outbursts, the results of which
can still be traced. Secondly, there
followed along this line of weakness a
depression, and in this huge trough
Of miles in extent there were accumu-
lated sands. limestones and clays BY
various forms of water agencies, and
by animals living in the waters.
Thirdly, there followed the c0nsolida-
ton Of these soft and loose materials.
There is evidence that the accumuIa-
ton was of from six to seven miles in
thickness, and the mere weight of the
superintendent material on the lower
strata would have a share in effectine
consolidation. But this was not all.
Under this vast cOYeringheat had led to
capitalization from fusion. There was.
too, the crushing in from the sides OF
the trough. This was illustrated by
a model Of the late Sir III. de la Beche.
where lateral pressure was employed
on layers of different colored cloth.
showing how crumbling resulted, with
uplifting of parts of the accumulated
mass. Fourthly there had been the
sculpturing of all this into its present
form, which was the work Of rains and
frost. Some Of the existing peaks.
even 1000 feet high, were composed
entirely Of the disintegrated materiaI
resulting from the action of water
either as ice in glaciers or as rains and
streams. The amount of material re-
moved in this way was so stupendous
it was almost staggering to try to grasI
the facts. The sculpturing of The
contours il still going on. This fourth
stage was of quit recent date, speak.
ing geographically but the whole
history involved a lapse of time, which
at the beginning Of this century phi.
losphers would not have been prepared
to grant, even if this since acquired
knowledge of facts had been presented
to them. Professor Judd concluded
by pointing out the influence Sii
Charles Lyell had in modifying popu.
lar thought on such matters.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

Scorn not the amateur poet, grim
and grizzled occupant of the sanctum.
Do not chill his aspirations with cold
contumely. Do not blight his gentle,
confding nature with whitening a r
casm. We once knew a ~tuneful bard
whose spirit was thus crushed, and
the sweet milk Of his soul turned to
gall, and he went off and burned all
his harmless poems and commenced
to write articles on the benefits of a
protective tariff, which have carried
poignant anguish into innumerable
households, and made strong men
weep bitter tears of agony. Deal
gently, then, with the oet.-[Boston
Traveller.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23
A PEARL NECKLACE
Il Causes a Husslaa Countess Thirteen
MOsths' lmprlsOameut.

A correspondent of the Londol
Times, writing from Geneva, Switzer
land, says:
Some eight or nine months since
statement went the rounds of tn,
European press that a certain Madam,
Helene Gajewska, a native of Russia
had committed a series of considerable,
frauds in various parts of the Cont.
nent, notably in Paris and Berlin, anC
lastly in Berne, by obtaining loans OF
paste diamonds and passing off in.
geniously-made mock jewelry as genu-
Inc ON numerous tradesmen of the
cities in question. Among Others, she
was said to have victimizod the
Banque Federale of Borne. The tota.
amount of her depredations was esti.
mated to amount at the very least L
1000, 00Of., aud she was supposed t
have procured the dummy article,
which she had so extensively sold and
pledged by false pretences from a
house at Frankfort-on-the- Main. She
was furthermore accused of having
with intent to deceive, assumed the
title of countess, and represented her.
self as being on intimate terms with the
royal family of Russia. In April Of
this year Madame Gajewska was sur
rendered by the Austrian police, who
had arrested her at Vienna, to the pc.
lice OF Berne on the application Of
the Swiss government, and her trial
took place three days ago. 1t turning
out that there was only one plaintiff,
Herr W0og, Il money-lending jeweler.
and the only facts he succeeded in
proving being that he had advanced
the prisoner various sums of money at
the rate of thirty per cent. per month,
the attempt to show that she had mis-
represented the value of the objects
she had pledged most signally failed.
vi the jewellers called in by Herr
WOog himself, one testified that a
certain pearl necklace was worth 90
OOOf; the other swore that its utmost
value was 15,000f.; and the official
expert called in by the court said il
would be dear at 7000f. At this point
the public prosecutor threw up his
brief, and the jury was instructed to
bring in a verdict of acquital.
If Madame Gajewska be really in
nOcent of the offense laid to her charge
and it is to be presumed she is-she
has certainly had very hard measure
dealt out to her and is worthy of some
commiseration. Owing to the dilato-
riness of the Austrian police she was
kept four months in prison in Vienna
awaiting the completion of the for
malities in connection with her sur.
render to the Swiss authorities, and
she has been locked up nearly nine
months at Berne pending the prepare
tons for her trial. In point of fact,
she seems to have suffered thirteen
months Imprisonment because three
jewellers in Berne were unable to agree
as to the value of a pearl necklace.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

Attachment Notice.

No. 2l36-Before J, S. Galloway, j. P. for
Joseph Brooks.
this cause an attachment having been
j sued out under section 1856 Of the Code OF
Tennessee, and returned, "levied upon the
property of the defendant" and affidavit bay-
ing been made that defendant Is indebted 10
the plaintiff in the sum Of sos, due BY
account, and that the claim is just, and
that the defendant is a nonresident of the
State of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
that said defendant make his personal appear
anee before me on the 26th day of February,
1879, at IL m, at my Office, No. "a Madison ST. ,
Memphis, Tenn, and defend said attachment
suit within the time prescribed by law, or the
same will be proceeded with ex-parte and
that a copy of this order be published once q
week for four weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the 2d day Of January, 1879.
l4-l30-l36-142 j.. s. GALLOWAY, j. p.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23
The Land or Oranres.

There have been frosts in the land
of oranges. At Fernandina there was
a genuine snow-storm a week ago, and
at st. Augustine there was a rain that
was turnedinto sleet in the early hours
of the morning. At Jacksonville the
mercury was below the freezing point
for several days; at Green Cove Springs
the thermometer registered 2S0; atPa-
latka there were frosts on several sue
cessiye mornings and on the Ockla-
waha there were no alligators stirring
out of their holes below Silver Spring,
although there were hundreds of them
Of enormous size summing themselves
further up the river. Week before
last was the coolest that has been
known on the st. Johns formany years,
but it is not thought that either the
fruit or the young trees in the orange
groves have been injured blythe frosts.
The crop of oranges this season is
quite large, but there is considerable
rusty fruit. Although the Florida
spring has not opened roses are bloom
ing in every garden, and in quaint,
beautiful st. Augustine especially the
air is laden with perfume. The sports
men have net appeared on the river in
force, but there are ducks and birds
everywhere, with now and then an
eagle for a pot shot, while south of
Enterprise there are turkeys in album
dance, and on the upper 0eklawha
dozens of a~lligatOrs, fifteen feet long,
that are too stupid and chilled to turn
over. And now, after the coolest fort
night which has been experienced in
Florida since the year when all the
young orange trees were killed, there
arerumblings of earthquakes in Jack
sonville and st. Augustine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23
Attachment Notice.

No. 2liS-Beforc ]. S. Galloway, j.. P. for
Shelby county, Tenn.-B g.. Henning VS.. S.
NJ. Ward.
N this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 1856 of the Code Of
Tennessee, and returned, g levied upon the
property Of the defendant" and affidavit hay-
the plaintiff in the sum Of $4,000, due
by account, and that the claim Is
JUST and that the defendant Is q non
resident Of the State Of Tennessee; it Is there
fore ordered that said defendant make his
personal appearance before me on the 18th day
Madison st., Memphis, Tenn, and defend said
attachment suit within the time prescribed By
law, or the same will be proceeded with ex-
parte; and that a copy of this order be pub
l!shed once a week for four weeks in the Pub
lie Ledger.
This the 2d day Of January, 1879.
l24-l3O-l6-l42 Us. GALLOWAY, j. p.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23
SOUTHERN NEWS,

thursday Evening, JAN. rs, ls7o.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

Bleak, chilly March and November
are the two worst months of the year
for those suffering with pulmonary
diseases. Keep DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup near by, and such sufferers will
be able to brave this rough weather
without danger.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23
Cincinnati Gaxette.l

Colonel Robert z. Crockett, the
only surviving son Of Davy Crockett,
IS reported 70 be living in Hoad comn.
IS Texas, old, infrm and poor,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

Rev. w L. Checkley, assistant min
ister of st. Paul's Episcopal Church.
in Toronto, starved TO death, about
two weeks ago. Though his pay was
nominally $500 a year lac received
about 800. His family consisted of
six children Zone, the adult sou, has
ing lost both hands,, two children Of a
dead brother, and an invalid sister.
After Mr.. Checkley's death it was
ascertained that the large family had
lived on bread for two years. Dung
that long period Of suffering meat had
not been tasted in the household. An
ample fund will be raised for the widow
and children.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

A Hartford hmily eAectually wards
Fl tramps BY having a ton Of coal
dumped in it, front yard. -[Danbury
News.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
E0mGar1s.

New YORK Sept 6.-Cotton strong: sales a91
1bales; ,o Middling nplands s. ~ Midding Or.
exports to the Continents.
Futures closed dfm; sales 1000 bales: Sep
TENDER l2.38@12 80 October 11.o8@1lo9. Novem-
Der lo5salo5 50. December 10. go 10, January
1055@10.56. February 1066@1068 Marcn lotto
10 70, April 10.ss@10 80.
AFour Is without important change and with
a very moderate demand for export and
nome use: SoutEern flour steady; common tn
fair extra a., 81 5oG5 Is. good to choice do s. so
quiet, with the advauc1, lost: very moderate
export inquiry; ungreded win or ,ed 81 al 1c.
No; 8 do 81 osa1 90. No. 2 do ST 10zg1 1917. No.
Il % o ds Corn Better and &C
tive: unsraded 1904, steamer 4574. Ga s s@lc
better and In moderate demand At 311ag3lGl for
s3a3sl or No. whit. -321z@ss for No. l. 371
for No. white, mixed Western 29032A. Hops
about steady. with a fair inquiry for yearlings
at 4a10
Coffee quiet and steady: Rio quoted-cargoes
1l4@111. Job lots 11A0lG. Sugar active very
st1Gng far far t. good refining quoted at $685.
unchanged. Rice quiet and firm, fair trade,
Talow steady. fair trade, 574@57s Rosin quiet !;
Wool quiet and active prices favoring sellers ;
domestic fleece 33@43, pulled 1000, unWashed
l5g32 Texas 120sO.
Pork dull and weak. without change; middles
steady and unchanged. Lard shade ffrmer,
fair inquiry; prime steam spot 6.174, October
622a@6.25, November s5A6a5 90. December t.
DulstT q9ie! ana nrm, WHISKY nominal, 81 06
asked. Freights quiet
Hides remain firm, with moderate inquiry at
unchanged prices
BALTIMORE. Sept. Flour strong and I'M
changed. Squire rn wheat steady but active j;
Western steady AT the close; Southern red 81 oe
egl 10 amber 81 11@l Is. No. / Maryland 81 l2,4.
y No 4: Ne-tern Wlnter red, snot and September
81 oa2sgi OK. October 81 o92lG1 0a7G November
ST loci 165s. D-cemb-r 81 1891 1917 Southern
c m lower. but quiet: Western firm; Southern
sonthern 33@34, western white s2@s4. do mixed
3i@ az. Pennsylvania 3ag3I. Pr.yisions lrmer
and a unchanged Coffee trong; Rio. c4rgoas-
od ll1sgl42, new I1A@I54, Whisky dull at
81 0T@I 075s. Freights lower foe grain. Sugar
higher and active: 4 soft a@sSl.
CINCINNATI. Sept. 6-Flour QUIET and un-
changed. Wheat strong; 9o@s5. Corn quiet;
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
TRADE ITEMS. ETC.

There was an active demand for cotton yes
terday, and the market ruled strong WIN
sales or 1To0 or this saie15oO bales was ellect-
ed iii New York by one party on Friday.
The New York cotton market was strong,
showing nm advance 81 Ice. WIN
sales OF 39l bales. and 400 bales de-
iiyerea on contracts. Futures were iifin o.
nh advance of from A to 10 points, The Liver
pool market was reported ns hardening,
sales. FOOD bales. OF which beoo bales We're
American. Futures were firm At Havre
cotton was unchanged.
Business at the sugar sheds was quiet AMI
the feeling Ia prices unchanged.
The demand fox grain was limited, and
holders are steady.
There was only d moderate movement la
Hour, and prices were witheut change.
Under the influence or encouraging news
from the West, provisions here ruled tirmer
ut the close yesterday.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07

There is no room to doubt. says the New
York Public, that large amount of money
has been withdrawn from the market, fot the
time, by powerful combination OF specala-
tors. who are said to have $G,eoo,ooo ready
10 employ. first In putting stocks down, and
6fterward In buying ut low figure.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07

The board OF trade Of Louisville offer
premiums to the shippers Of cotton to that
market for the cotton year OF 1879 and 1880.
The premiums will be awarded on the basis
Of the number OF bales shipped by any one
marty or firm to that market between the
first OF September, 1879. and the first OF Sep
tnrs,banl. 1850
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07

Quinine has declined twenty-five cents per
ounce at the North and West from the i'd
vanced prices established just after the repeal
of the duty The quotation ID how 80 80 per
ounce. The imports are increasing, and buy
ers have held Off. expecting decline, instead
or contracting early In theseason for fall sup
plies. al has been the custom heretofore.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07

The New York Produce Exchange will not
begin the use of the eental system till after
the close Of this year. as some contracts al
ready out do not expire before December al.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07

The project Of building q railroad bridge
across the Hudson at Poughkeepsie has been
revived, and the capital stock Of the bridge
company has been increased to S4,o0o,ooO. II
win be remembered that work was actually
begun On the abutments some years ago, but
the panic of 1873 caused not only suspension
Of building operations, but Q partial abandon
smailt of the project.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07

United States four per cents ruled Teeter-
day ut to111tsDioi4 In New York, and at 1o45a
1u London.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07

! Oatmeal has become regular diet for the
breakfast meal In half the families OF the
towns and cities In nearly all the Northern
States. There are factories for Its manuiac-
cure In many OF tho States. The great oat-
meal mills of Canada have lately been forced
10 shut down by reason Of the tariff. Their
oatm al went to Europe, the West Indies and
South America. =
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07

State Consols yesterday ruled nj a71s@as.
against 37lls(Gs7'4 on Friday. AT New York
they were quoted at ~, market firm. Pre-
MUM Bonds closed at 2a'h0p2a'a, against 24ea
2ats on the previous day. No sales reported
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07

Tie stock Of cotton In New Orleans Is b22'
bales, against Aoao bales at the same Gtne last
year.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07

m investigation, II thoroughly conducted
will involve tho currency and tariff questions
and II they succeed In getting oil the informa-
ton for which they are coming, the report OF
the com mittee will be very interesting vol
tune or American notes.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07

The exports Of domestic produce and manu-
features from New York fer the week ending
last Wednesday. reached the enormous
amount Of so,9s2oao. These figures exceed
those of any previous week by about 81 $780,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07

There are now In existence more than 21soOo
United States patents There are but a little
over so, 600 English patents, $4,000 French and
10000 Belgian and German patents upon'in-
yentions. In 1s4o there were over 1000 more
English than American patents, there being
Rt that time 10000 English and something
less than 60O0 American. These figures show
how inventors of this country are progress
ing, as compared with those OF other coun-
tries In which the patent system prevails.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07

New YORK. Sept. g.. The weekly statement Of
the associated banks show the following
changes Loans. decrease $773500: specie. in
crease $50 1907 legal tendera decrease 81 100 400:
deposits decrease S2.la1 800; circulation in
crease a2o. 800: reserv'. decrease S575, $50. The
banks now hold 81 1sl 800 In excess Of legal re-
qutrements.
MINING STOCKS.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07

The New York Tribune says the ''name of
the Insurance com pany which did not know
that former president had misappropriated
nearly $4,000 Of its fund till Superintendent
Smyth appraised it Of the fact proves to be the
Knickerbocker, the oldest company In the
United States. The secretary makes the Gu
rious statement that the company has decided
~ say nothing about the Authorization the
riaficieney has been made good or not"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-07

Among those who predict still easier
money market are Messrs. Fiske Il Hatch, Of
New York, who, In new brochure on gov
eminent bonds, assert that, Notwithstanding
the recent apparent stringency In the market
and the temporary demand for funds to move
the crops, money will be plentiful for years
to come and that per cent or less will be the
rate of interest upon conservative invest
naents. Investors, they think, should not be
blinded to the fact that we are now the Gre
fiitor nation OF the world; that but a compar-
atiyely small amount OF our bonds is held
abroad: that the enormous balance OF trade
In our favor is being liauidated In gold, and
that the production Of our mines since the
resumption of specie payments add directly
to the circulating medium.
The committee appointed by the British
Parliament to investigate the cause OF COM
merciaI depression In England, who are
shortly coming to this country, intend to
make themselves acquainted with the causes
md conditions of New World prosperity, to
bet some idea Of the producing capacity Of
hecountry, to study freight rates. the coEl-
1erclul relations between America and Eng
md. and from those premises to decide
4 Ply ner English agriculture can hope to hold
gNn axainst American competition. Such