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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-17
90
Cotton Premiums.
$500 FOR TIE BEST BALE.
MEMPHIS COTTON EXCHANGE. !
MVNrpurq- SAINT III 1891

MEMPHIS COIION EXCHANGED
MEMPHIS, Sept. II, 1880.
Hon. Jacob Thompson, President shelby
County Agricultural Association:
Dear slr-Ata meeting Of the President and
BoaTd OF Directors Of the Memphis Cotton
Exchange, held this day, IL was
Resolved, That this Exchange, In addition
20 premiums already offered by your Associa-
ton, do offer tho following premiums on cot
ton, to be exhibited at your Fair, October
18th. That exhibitors be invited from West
Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, from that
portion Of Alabama lying north Of the Sand
Mountains, and from Missouri.
TERMS.
Each balo Of cotton exhibited to weigh not
under 459 pounds, to be Of the growth Of the
crop Of 1880.
No bale admitted that has beon exhibited
elsewhere.
Each bale Of cotton offered must be regis
tered on entrance under head Of First or Sec
ond Glass.
Experts 10 DO appointed by tho Board Of
President and Directors Of this Exchange.
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Trustee,s sac or EseaI Esfate.

virtue Of the power vested in me- as trus-
ID tee in q certain trust deed executed No
yember l3, 1873, by u 0 Banks, Martha w
Banks and J II Banks, to secure the indebt-
set forth and described in said trust
deed, l will, as trustee, on
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The PeonIe,r Candidate.

Fourth, We demand that no settlement Of
the State debt shall be made which is not sub
mitted to and ratified by the people at the bal
lot box, at a special election to be held for
that purpose.
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Trustae,a Sale.

TN COMPLIANCE with an order rom the
i Honorable Ohancery Court, No. 965l. RID.
Ch9s. Hermann Of al VS., John Linkhauer eli
al, / will, on
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National Democratic Ticket.

For PRESIDENT;
W. S. HANCOCK, OF PENNSYLVANIA
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FOR VTCE-PREsmEST:
W. Il. ENGLISH. OF INDIANA,
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UTsIEITI I~IGUIWH0s
First District CHARLEs R. VANCE.
Second District-W. Il. LsDGsBvOOp.
Third Distributions r. NEAL, Of Rhea
county.
Fourth District-JosEPH z. WAsHNeToS, Of
Robertson.
Fifth District-J. fl. BURSAN, Of Lincoln.
Sixth District-W. A. THoHA.
Seventh District-E. A. TALLtAFERRO, Of
Giles.
Eighth District-A. G. HAWKINS. Of Carroll.
Ninth District-T. b. RICHARDSON, of Dyer.
Tenth District-R. j. MORGAN. Of Shelby.
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DISTRICT BLEoroRs:

ELEcTORs FOR THE SFATE-Ar-LAReE;
JOHN .. 7. SNEED, Of Shelby.
JOHN u. FLEMING, Of Knox.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-30

girl may smile and smile, and be unwill-
ing still.
It's meet and drink that is depriving many
a family of food
1t is quite natural to eXclaim ''Holy Moses -
when bull rushes.
1t is happy provision of nature that peO-
pie do not know when they lose their senses,
and fools do not miss the absence of brains.
Mamma to Isabel q years old, who is
rather numerically teasing kitten" Isabel,
my child, you must not do 30. don't like TO
see it," Isabel-''Wel, don't look, NAM
ma"
Not long ago an Irishman applied to an
oyerseer in a Tyne shipyard to be put on a
job. He was informed that he could not
comply with his request but as Pat contin-
ued 10 gaze earnestly at an anchor which was
lying in the vicinity, the foreman repeated
his reply that there was no work for him
and advised him to 60 away Devil bit
will l storr, sorr," replied Pat, ''till see the
man that's going to use that pick
1t is related of a well-known merchant that
after making his will and leaving large prop
to trustee for his son, he called the young
man in, and, after reading the will to him,
asked If there was any alteration or improve
ment he could suggest "Well, father" said
the young gentleman lighting a cigarette, ''I
think as things go nowadays, it would be bet
ter for me if you left the property to the 9TH
er fellow and made me the trustee" The old
gentleman made up his mind then and there
that the young man was quite competent 10
take charge of his own inheritance, and
scratched the trustee clause out.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-30
NO. 5.

or are personally injured, are employees who
are constantly exposed TO risk by virtue Of
their employment, aud whose familiarity with
danger leads them TO be careless, and even
foolhardy oftentimes. But as Mr.. Adams
shows, the greatest and most regular cause Of
death and injury in the operation of railroads
is the reckless habit of walking on the track,
which is common with too many people, and
especially with those who are more or less
drunk. More than one-third Of all the rail
road casualties reported in Massachusetts, are
classified under the general head of accidents
to tresspassers, that is, accidents to men, wo-
men, and children, especially the latter, H.
legally lying, walking or playing on the tracks,
or riding on the cars. Mr. Adams says that
the best remedy for this dangerous practice is
the system Of broken stone ballast, covering
the entire surface Of the road-bed. This has
been adopted by the Pennsylvania Railroad
with the most satisfactory results, though the
company had other objects in view than the
discomfort Of pedestrians. The sharp and
uneven edges Of the broken stone form
a surface which the most inveterate rail
road tramp will shun. The adoption Of this
system by other corporations would not only
give their lines the best road-bed yet devised,
but would be means Of materially decreas-
ing the percentage of accidental deaths and
injuries.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-30

The SAFETY OF TRAVEL BY RAIL.-In his re-
Gently published Notes on Railroad Acct
dents, Mr. Charles Francis Adams, Jr, shows
that the percentage of loss of life and of per-
sonal injuries on railroads is exceedingly
small when compared with the amount of
travel, and that the risks of railroad travel are
much less than they are popularly supposed
to be- He cites statistics to prove that il is
actually safer for man to travel by rail than
to stay at home, thus coToborating the say
ing attributed to John Bright, that the safest
place in which man could put himself was
inside irst-class railroad carriage of a train
in full motion. During the eight years from
1870 TO 1873 the whole number of lives lost
in operating the entire railroad system of
Massachusetts, was /, loo, or an average of
lag a year, while in Boston the recorded
deaths from accidental causes during the ten
years from 1868 to 1873 was 9, 587, or an an
nual average of 259. These results show that
in the city of Boston alone the yearly num-
Der of deaths caused by accidents was so per
cent greater than the number reported on the
railroads of the State. This comparison is
not peculiar TO Massachusetts, but may be
taken as approximately accurate for other
places. Indeed statistics were published
years ago in France showing that people were
less safe at home than while travelling on the
railroads. Another fact which will serve to
reassure the timid is, that Of the whole num-
Der of persons accidentally killed or injured
on railroads, but small proportion are pas
sengers. Many of those who lose their lives
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-30

How CHANCE PLAYS WITH Us.-The hap
hazard of life and death was illustrated in
many ways by the Tay bridge calamity One
lady, who travelled with her maid, had order,
ed a cab for the morning train, which reach.
ed its destination in safety, but the cabman
oversight, and they were obliged to take the
next train-the one which was buried in the
quicksand at the bottom of the river. An
other instance of train missing turned out
more happily. A gentleman was determined
to go to Dundee, Notwithstanding his wife's
entreaties, and that prudent lady took pains
to have the cabman behind time 80 that her
husband lost the Inflated train. He was an
CRY at the time, but is reconeiled to the situ-
alton now, and entertains a favorable opin-
ion of his wife's weather wisdom. Another
man lost his life through the business shrewd-
ness of the girl to whom he was engaged. He
was visiting at her house in Edinburgh, and
was anxious to remain until Monday, but she
persuaded him TO return rather than incur
the displeasure of his employers by breaking
faith with them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-30

der. John still smokes about the lawn Of a
summers evening, while l sit by but tell
him he is growing fat and lazy. At which he
laughs and says he shall soon turn Otway
Mills over to his son altogether.
Our mother rests now from all earthly sor-
row, and her memory is like beautiful
presence among us.
On the table in my own sitting-r room is a
little hoOf shod in silver shoe. The relic is
kept under glass shade, and / always dust
it with my own hands. | am sure you will
know without my telling you that it is held
dear for the sake Of Lassie, the little mare.
You will divine that 1t is one of those willing
feet that carried me to Otway Mills through
the dusk Of memorable day to save a life
dearer than my own
That dear life cost another, for poor Liz
zie left her baby mothcIlass, and had to full
fill my promise. Weakened with fever, and
her recent trial, the strain of that errand of
love that she set out upon to warn me Of her
husbands plot against mine, proved too much
for her feeble frame.
kept my oath sacredly, and no one, save
John and l. ever knew that Jim's wife. with
noble disloyalty, spoke up agen her mon. -
Ill tie Yedr ROuHd
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-30

MoHAMMEDANIsM AS MISSIONARY RELIC
IoN.-Dr. Doellinger the "Old Catholic"
leader, has recently published paper calling
attention to the wonderful success of Mo
hammedanism as a missionary religion, equal
ling the early triumphs of Christianity He
states that in Africa whole tribes once given
to fetch worship have become devout adhe-
rents of Mohammed At Sierra Leone Mos
lem university is fourishing, in which are be-
ing educated thousand young men, whose
lives will be as absolutely surrendered to the
cause the school represents as were the lives
of the early soldiers of the Crescent who
counted it joy TO fall in its defence on the
field of battle In China the followers of this
ancient symbol have increased beyond COM
putation, fifty thousand residing in Tonquin
alone. Among the Malayans and the island
ers of the Eastern Archipelago, it is reported
shat eighteen millions have been won over to
its support and still one-ffth of the dwellers
on the earth are enrolled as its army, of whom
fifty millions are subjects of Her Majesty,
Queen Victoria. In view of such facts, it Is
preposterous to talk about the decline of No
hammedanism, or to represent it as huge
carcass without soul"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-30
n1nA.
tFrom Good Company, Number Five.I

lFrom Good Company, Number Five.l
In several temperate manifestoes Archbish-
| op Williams, and his Vicar General Father
Byrne, have sought to set before the public
the true position Of the Roman Catholic
church in the matter of the public schools
This position is, in brief, that Catholic schools
are preferable to the public schools because
religion is made in them the basis of morality,
and because there is no sure basis for moral
ity except religion that Catholic school
ought therefore to be established in every
parish where the pecuniary burden of its
maintenance will not be too great that
when a Catholic school is established Catholic
parents ought TO have their children educated
in it : that the priest may, in his discretion,
refuse absolution to parents who refuse to do
this, but that he has no right publicly to de-
ny the sacraments to parents who refuse to
patronize the parochial schools this pre-
rogative the bishop reserves to himself.
Such, then, is the revised and authorita-
tive announcement of the purposes of the
Roman Catholics respecting the public
schools. 1t is not likely that the policy out
lined by the Archbishop of Boston will be de-
parted from in any essential particular by
other prelates The public schools will be
patronized only when it is not practicable for
the priest to raise the money to support
parochial schools. The Roman Catholic chill
dren will be withdrawn from the public
schools as quickly as possible. A strong ef-
fort will be made either to obtain portion of
the public funds for the maintenance of
these schools, or else to secure exemption
from the school tax of those Catholics who
prefer to educate their children in the church
schools
With the strongest wish to be entirely fair
in the treatment of this vexed question, we do
not see how it can ever be possible for the
American people to yield either of these
points. If one religious denomination be al
lowed such favor every other will demand
it, and the public school system will be over
thrown. That is a result for which the peo-
pie oil this country are not ready, and which
they will take the most decisive measures to
avert. The public school system is not per-
feet, but it is on the right basis, and it will
be maintained. 1t is for the beneft of the
whole people, and the burden of its main
tenance will rest upon the whole people.
Any corporation may have private watch
man, but the fact that the company chooses
to protect its own property in this way is no
sufficient reason why it should not be taxed
for the support of the police. Any citizen
may lay out boulevard on his private prem
ises, for his own peculiar use but the com
munity will not therefore release him from
bearing his portion of the expense Of keep
ing the public roads in order. Any religious
denomination may establish system of sec
tartan schools but there will still be abund-
ant reasons why the public schools should be
maintained, and why all citizens should be
taxed for their maintenance.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-30
Bismarck. Country Home

Ample acres, and all the appurtenances of
prosperous and WE'LL kept landed estate sur
round the spacious Pomeranian mansion of
the chancellor The stables shelter many
thOroughbreds, the kennels are crowded with
Bismarck's fayorite dogs. The conservato-
ries TEEN with rare fruits and flowers; and in
all these things the master takes a keen and
watchful interest. But he is most often
found at Varzin, as at Berlin, in his study
This is a six-sided apartment, furnished with
rugged simplicity. An enormous chimney
and open fireplace fill in one of the corners /;
on either side of which rises a column bear
ing coat-of-arms on an emblazoned shield.
Bismarck is proud of his blood and his ances-
try. After the French war, he added to his
coat of arms the banners of Alsace and Lor-
raine, and chose as his motto, 'Trinitate
Rourb, My strength in trinity, an old
family device. And" suggested friend
lit may also signify my strength in the
three-in-one God.'" Quite So" replied the
prince gravely. THAT was what meant 4"
A bust of the emperor surmounts the chin
ney while before it are placed two stiff,
high backed chairs. The walls are adorned
as Bismarck everywhere is fond of adorning
them, with many curiosities there are Tu-
nisian sabers and Japanese swords, Russian
hunting knives and braces of pistols, militia
ry caps and quaint bits of armor. The furn-
iture of the room comprises sofas, divans, and
the chancellor's writing desk covered with
green cloth, and having upon it a white por-
oelain inkstand and two-armed student
lamp on a small table at one side is large
Bible, evidently much used everything is
solid, plain and substantial, like Bismarck
himself. This feature Of simple comfort is
discernible, indeed, throughout the house.
Nor is it without its mysterious staircase.
Such a one leads from a corridor into un-
known regions. The castle keep ?" asked a
friend, pointing to the door. THAT is my
sally-port," said Bismarck and he went on
whittier the great man was fain incontinently
to retreat when threatened by a raid of un-
welcome guests. Good Company, Number
Fire
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-30
Bidding the Sun sGoOd-NiEht' In Lap.
land,


when the short, bright summer Of LaplGnd is
ed, and the sun is about to set, to rise NO mort
seven or eight months, the people Of the hamlets
villages ascend the neighbOring hills to see the la
the Day God, and chant requiem, or farewell ps
for the parting dSy.l
"Come, little daughters, hasten,
Ye should be brayely dightl
Make ready, boysl for We go forth
To bid the sun goodnight.
''Four months with steady shining
He's made the whole earth fair,
And myriad blossoms greeted him,
And bird-songs allied the air.
"But now October waneth,
His setting draweth near;
We shall not see his face again
For more than half year"
So forth they 60 together,
Parents and children, all,
The aged, and the little ones,
Young men, and maidens tall.
From many ueighboring village,
From many humble home,
To climb the rocky summit
The thronging people come.
The sun hangs low in heaven;
He throws his slanting rays
Across their loving faces, turned
To meet his parting gaze.
Aud now he's gone! The darkness
Is settling like pail;
long, low dirge Of sad farewell
Breaks from the lips Of all,
In mournful cadence chanting
The requiem Ct the sun,
The dear, bright day departed now,
The long, long night begun.
And yet with cheerful prtence
They take their homewArd way,
The elders talking how the time
May best be whiled away,
And many youthful face is bright
With glad eIpectance still,
And mauy q merry little child
Goes dancing down the hill,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-30
Miscellany.


GrandmOther'n sermon
The sermon is over, the hearth is swept,
And In the wood hre's glow
The children cluster to hear a tale
or that time, so long ago,
when grandmammas hair was golden brown,
Aud the warm blood came and went
Der the face that could scarce have been sweeter heI
Than now In its rich content.
The face Is wrinkled and careworn now,
Aud the golden hair is gray;
But the light that shone in the young girls eyes
Never has gone away.
And her needles catch the nre's light
with the clicking music that grandma loves,
shaping the stocking toe
And the waiting children love it too,
For they know the stocking song
Brings many tale to grandma's mind,
Which they shall hear ere long.
But 1t brings no story Of olden time
To grandma's heart tonight;
Only a ain, quaint and short
Is sung by the needles bright.
Life is stocking grandma says,
"And yours is just begun;
But am knitting the toe Of mine
Aud my work is almost done.
'with many hearts we begin to knit,
And the ribbing IL almost play;
Some are gay-cOlorcd and some arc white,
Aud some are ashen gray.
"But most are made Of many hue,
With many stitch set wrong,
And many row to be sadly ripped
Ere the whole is fair and strong.
"There are long, plain spaces, without break,
That in youth are hard to bear,
And many weary tear is dropped
As we fashion the heel with care.
"But the saddest, happiest time is that
We court and yet would shuD,
When our Heavenly Father breaks the thread
And says that our work is done"
rhe children come to say goodnight,
With tears in their bright young eyes,
While in grandmas lap, with broken thread,
The finished stocking lies.
Ellen 4, Jetrctf.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-30

A saloon-keeper, having started business in
a place where trunks had been made, asked a
friend what he had better do vita the old
sign "Trunk Factory" "Oh," said the
friend, ''just change the u" TO ID, and it will
suit you exactly"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-30

its scenes our after fate may drift u.s. is traced
upon our memories in indelibe colors, and
forms picture upon which we turn and look
back, to marvel again and again how We liv-
ed through its horror and its anguish.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-03
NellOM Favor.

The engineers Of the Central Railroad OF
Georgia says:
Though exposed TO the worst miasmatic
influences of the Yellow Fever, by going in
and coming out of Savannah at different
hours of the night, and also in spending on
tire nights in the city during the prevalence
of the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1876, with
but the single exception of one of US (who
was taken sick, but speedily recovered) we
continued IN our usual good health-a cir
cumstance we can account for in no other
way but by the effect under Providence, OF
the habitual and continued use of Simmons
Liver Regulator while we were exposed to
this yellow Fever malaria"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-03

HusIness Notice.

Call on 4. c. Byrn, agent, Terrell, Texas.
He represents the very best fire insurance
companies doing business in Kaufman county.
He will sell or buy city or county property,
or give any information desired concerning
the same. Call and see him. He is also the
agent for the DALLAS DAILY AND WEEKLY
HERALD for Kaufman county, and will
deliver every morning the paper
anywhere in the city of Terrell, for
twenty -fvaGents per week, and take orders
for advertid ttants and Job work at publish
ers prices. Any business entrusted to him
will be highly appreciated. Office upstairs,
second-door east of the Postoffice, on Moore
avenue. Terrell, Texas.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-03
RECORDS VITAL RESTORATIVE

GULLY % PER CENT. of the human race are
4 victims to partial or complete lmpotency,
This startling assertion will be fully corrObo
rated by every intelligent physician. The
principal causes producing this disease are In
discretons or excesses, Some Of the common
symptoms are loss OF vlgor spermatorrhpa,
pain In the back, disposition 10 avoid society
languor, gloomy forebodings. mental distress,
nervous debility md leucorrhea in females)
facilitating dreams. NC. Let no false odesty
prevent the parent from warning the child OF
Jhis great evil Secret habits are the result Of
ignorance. The medical profession has been
almos, criminally negligent or ret'cent about
these things, us the demand for increased ac-
commodations ut the insane asylums amply
attest.
There is a well-known principle In animal
physiology that no vital action can take place,
except through the age1cy of the nervous sys-
TEN. If the nerve power In any organ is weak
ened, then that organ is'weak There is rem.
edy In Die reach of all, one that has stood tn,
test for over half century. DR. Hicord't
Vital Restorative has been scruii ul2ed and In.
dorsed by the Academy of Medicine in Paris
as an intal able specific for the above, contains
no phosphorous, canthsrides or ether poison
IL pHrely Vegetable, producing no reaction,
amt is permanent in effect; Is sugar COATED
pill and can be had of Levasser Co 10 bis
lie Richeiau Paris, (Francel, or of DR.. S.
Brown SlgesmOnd, sole agent for the U. y.
Singer Building, st. Louis, Mo-; box of IN
pilla, IS, box OF 400, SO, sent by mail upon re-
cept of price.
CERTIFICATES
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MIR. Fl. h., fifty years Ole, nau been widowed
twenty. five years, nervous temperament; har
suffered for thirty years with spermatorrhms
snd Tor ten years with nervous debility ant
en- ire impotency. For eighteen years he tried
every known remedy without any benefit, He
CAM 10 me and | advised him 10 try Ri
cords Vital Restorative After four months
he was discouraged, but / insisted upon hi
continuing its use, and IN nine months he wal
restored to full health and vigor- got married
and hastwo fine children.
out Of 3i9 patients TT ated 60 were cured
within 80 days, rs in six weeks, $50 between
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