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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-12

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pa virtue Of the terms of two certain deeds
Dof trust,the one dated the 18th day Of Jam.
1876, Otrecord in Book 10 at pagelS. and IN
other dated the 10th day 4 August. 1STT. n
record IN Book llyat png Sls. in the Countv
Registers 0llce, 10 JOhu 4, HGlt trusle and
MS successors in ofire, 10 rcure the payment
81 certain indsbtedness therein mentioned'
default having been made by Inc orantor
IN his undertakings IN aid trust deeds
and the debts heirg n,,t Jns
and unpaid, l james W.. Ur1sker tbe
legal successor Of the said John A. Holt.
VINO Is now deceased, will at the request of the
wednesday, the 3D. day Of March, 1850
between the hours of II am. and nm IN
ifOht OF the bank of Commerce, No. II, Mad
lSoh street. n Memphis, Taxing District Of
5nsioy county, Tennessee, sell to 1.-THE highest
oiuder lOr cash the following real estate in
N,heloy county, Tennessee. to-wit, Bein0 in
mar pat Of the late city of Memphis, now tbe
raAing District Of Shelby county. known as
fort Piekerlng, and being a part Of Block an
,rOnilng forty feet on Carolina street. with I
depth Of one hundred and fifty feet In parallel
lines with Ninth street, and adlojnipS' ami
east OF the Grieshater lot, together with tbe
improvements, which consist Of a frame COT
tage and outhouses. wv
Title believed to be good. but 7 hall ALL
ana convey only as trustee, ''
redemption waived and purchaser IN ea,
the absolute title. " SUI
JAMES W. CROCKER. Trustee
NJ. Is. IREzEyANT, Attorney, 19s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-12
COTTON EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.

standard International classification
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-10
A Funny Court Scene.

Last session the New York legislature
passed O law making the father OF q
minor responsible for the chiId's stealing
a ride on a street car. The penalty was
fixed, and the driver instead of brutally
beating the boy or throwing him of,
was required to hand him over to the
police. William Ryan got on a Christie
pher street car the other day and did not
pay his fare. He was arrested. His
accuser was somewhat Of a humorisu
and claimed that as William was only
twenty years of age he was legally an
infant. William was O. vi%gorous-look-
ing "baby," and q half-grown beard
seemed to utter q silent protest against
the application of such a term to its
wearer. "Poor little fellow" said
Justice Smith. The prisoner got red in
the face and bit his lip. us your papa
in court, WiIliep" Ryan fdgeted about
and looked as if he would like to have
the Judges head within reach as he an.
swered. savagely, "No." "That's toe
bad. You see your papa is responsible
for you, and he shouldn't-really he
shouldn't-let his children run about il
this manner. I think you should
have some guardian or n of YOU
parents accompany you to keep you on
| of mischief. You are a naughty boy
Willie, and I'll have to fine you 80
To look at Ryan's face one would hav'
thought be was in an apopletic fit. HI
stammered out something which referred
to ga man" and dignity" "Willie,'
said his honor, "you could ride in
cab much cheaper"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-10
A TuIch9n.

In the seventeenth century--tWo nun
dred years or 80 ago-the dairynen OF
Scotland, whenever they had an unruly
cow which refused to let down her milk
to the mixer, would bring out a tul-
chan. by means of which they COM
pletely deceived the animal, and in
duced her to give her milk to the dairy
maid freely.
A tulchan was simply a calfskin
stuffed with hay in a rude manner
Iris imitation calf was brought, its
head bent under the cow, and while the
mother thought her young one was
drawing off the milk, it was, in reality,
the cunning milkmaid who was doing
so.
In 1917, King James, as Carlyle, in
his CromWells Letters, tells us, ap-
pointed certain men for certain duties in
Scotland. The Scotch were very much
opposed to these new appointments, for
the object of them was to deceive the
people and to drain the money away
from them.
For this reason, the Scotch gave these
new appointees the lame of tulrhans-
pieces Of political mechanism con-
structed by the kings council, TO de-
ceive the poor Scotch and milk" them
of their revenue.
In life, there are, alas, tulchan friends
and tulchan friendships, even unto this
day. Many q lad is decoyed into evil by
tulchan promises and professions. ut
is 70 BARN Just to drink q lectle wine"
"just to play one game at cards;"" just
to bet q small sum-" just to 20 fishing
on Sunday this one time" What SORE
of friends are these? Real ones? A.
thousand times no. They are "tul
chans"-falsc-a mere similitude Of the
truth, Beware of them while they are
besuiling you. Satan may step in and
make you his prey.-Gollen Days.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-10
SUMMARY Of NEWS
Eastaru and Middle States.

A dispatch from the military department Of
Dakota states that Sitting Bull has sent word
he ia willing to surrender. The Indian runner
who brought this information said hal Situng
Bull had been Influenced in the determination
to give himself up by recent advices he nae
received from the Queen or British.
George s. Wheeler, OF San Francisco, muir
dered his s~ister-in-iaw, packed her body IN o
trunk and then gave himself up to the police.
DR.. Tanner informs q New York paper tina
h. will fast forty days in London.
Cornell university will send a crew 10 Eng
land next summer to row against crews iron
Oxford and Cambridge universities.
In an ore bed at Port Henry. n. T., re-
Gently, a petrided fish, weighing ~ POUNDS
fifteen feet long and three feet thick at tne
largest part, was found in a shalt thirty lee!
below the surface, and twenty feet in the solo
rock.
The ship Carisbrooke, from Calcutta, arrived
in New York the other day, having on ooats
the fourteen persons comprising the Grew o.
the American bark Witch, which was dlseoV'
cred at sea in O sinking condition. .
Sarah Bernhardt, the celebrated French
actress, arrived in New York the other day or
an ocean steamer from France.
Bv her will the late Lydia Maria Child, the
authoress, gives So, ono to th- Hampton agrl'
cultural college in Virginia, and S9,0Oo &c
several charitable institutions.
Frederick j. Vogel, a New YORK BOOK
keeper. proceeded to the door OF the Morgue
a lew days ago, rang the bell, and than sho'
himself dead.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-10
.wsstern and Southern States.

The epizootic or horse disease has become
ex iemic in nearly every town in Soutnern
New jersey.
E. 7. Loiseau hit upon the idea OF pressing
coal duet and coal tar into small balls for fuei.
He patented the process and formed q a1ocH
company. The manufacture was begun ID
Philadelphia five years ago. Ihepressed 1uel,
as it was called, was tar cheaper than coal, ano
abont as good tor some purposes; but the pub.
lie did not accept it readily, and a capital OF
5000, 900 was gradually lost. Having ruined
himself financially, and being censured by
some of the stockholders. Loiseau, the other
day, took 30 heavy a dose OF laudanum that
bis lite was save1 with much difficulty.
A family OF emigrants, consisting of one
man and two woman, were frozen to death the
other day near Springfield, MINI.
Henry Williams, a colored man, was hanged
mt Newton, N. c., tor the murder of Charles
Pearson, also colored.
The railroad war in the Vest has stopped nno
the former passenger rates been restored.
Fiitz Wolikin, while hear-hunting with two
companions near Spear Fish Falls, Dakota
was attacked by q large cinnamon bear. His
head was nearly torn from his shoulders, both
arms were broken, the lower jaw, nose ane
c,e eye were completely tori away before the
,.Aimal was killed. Death ensued in q few
honrs.
ILL.,, was shot and killed by Elliott Baker.
George Lovett, OF Char cston, Mo-, quar-
relied with his vile. beat her brains out will
a tat-iron, and then cut his own throat from
ear to ear. .,.
At Bolton, Texas, Matthew A. Mcknight
shot james Derrick, the ball passing through
the latter's neck and striking John W. Kemp
under the right eye, killing him instantly
Derrick was mortally wounded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-10
A Mexican POmpeii.

A correspondent, writing from
Mexico, says: Charney has discovered
what be very properly terms THE In
dian or Mexican Pompeii-a city buried
for at least 1000 years" In my last
mentioned the discovery OF a villa near
lula. That house has now been fully
uncovered, and found to contain twenty
five rooms, fifteen staircasas and twelve
corridors. Attached to it are two cis-
terms, with clay pipes which were used
to convey water 10 different apartments:
Some of the household utensils are OF
coarse clay, a few of porcelain and one
article of glass! Remember Tollan, the
capital of the Tolltec empire, covered
not only the present site Of the town Of
lula, but the spot where MI. Charney
discovered the villa, and now he is
unearthing, near the former building,
a large palace. Perhaps during these
excavations he may iud historical data
that will clear up all mystery with re.
gard to the origin of the first inhabitants
| of The Western continent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-10
A Singular Text.

Many doubtless remember the style
which obtained among ladies some years
since, of gathering their hair together
and piling it in a stationary mound on
the upper portion of the head by che aid
ofsundry little steel instruments. While
this fashion was in vogue, an orthodox
clergyman of a certain village, regarding
it rs an a~bomination, was determined to
use his influence against it and preach
it down." Accordingly, one Sabbath
morning, he mounted his pulpit, and
gave out as his text, "Topknot come
down" and in short the congregation
were much "exercised," because the
worthy pastor had preached from q text
not to be found in the Scriptures. On
Tuesday they called him before u con-
vocation of the saints for the purpose Of
making q formal charge against him
froln his cure. The charge was made.
and he was asked if he had aught to say
in reply. He mildly remarked that the
text was to be found in the Bible; and
that if they would hand him one he
would point out its location and read it
to them. A Bible was given him, and
he turned slowly to the place and read:
land let those upon the house-top not
come down." A vote CT adjournment
was then PASSED.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-10
From Warrington.

From q table composed by the superintend.
emit of foreign mails for the forthcoming annual
report OF the postmaster. general, it appears
that the amount paid for conveying United
States mails by aea during the fiscal year ended
June 30 was Sl96, 684, Ct which amount
Sl53 908 was paid tor the transatlantic mail
service, Sl2, 637 for the carriage OF trans
Puciic mails, and $50, l49 to miscellaneous
steamship lines conveying United States mails
to the West Indies, Mexico and South America.
The money discussed tor the transportation OF
mails TO Europe was all paid to foreign steam
ship companies, except $l,984 earned by the
American line from Philadelphia. The largest
amounts paid were to the Guion, Cunard,
Hamburg and North German steamship com.
panies. ,
Adiutant-G General Drum, acting chief signal
officer of the army, furnishes tor publication
an abstract OF his forthcoming annual report
in which he says: For the benefit OF agricul-
tural and commercial interests 1876 stations
have been maintained duling the year.
Twcnty-cight stations OF a second class, hith.
erto described as " sunset Stations" at which
a single observation is taken daily at the m
OF sunset, have been continued in operation
That may be further beneftei
propositions will be made to have vessels
engaged in tho coasting trade of the United
States furnish this Office with transcripts Of
their logs. The daily exchange of telegraphic
reports with the chief meteorological office Of
the Dominion OF Canada has been continued,
and warnings have been regularly sent from
this office to enable signals to be displayed at
the ports OF the dominion at times of threat
ened danger. The series OF daily telegraphic
reports from tho West Indies, extending from
Cuba by Jamaica to Barbados and the Wind
ward Islands, has been continued during the
seasons of special danger. these reports are
at times of Importance for the preannounce-
ment Of cyclones approaching the CUT Oh
Mexico, and threatening the coast OF the
United States.
The treasury "conscience fund" was in
creased the other day by $l05. .
The cost OF the bureau OF engraving and
printing for the year ended June 80 was
$500 O45. Among the work done was $780,.
240, $50 worth OF notes and securities, and
$50. 500. 266 stamps OF various kinds. Over
900 hands are employed.
The east wing of the new building going up
for the State, war and navy departments was
finished last year at n cost OF 81, .287. The
south wing cost $50, 1878, 939, and 5000 has
been spent so far on the north wing, and
$3.50, 900 more will be required to complete
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-10
Words of Wisdom.

The tongue of q fool is the key of his
counsel, which, in q wise man, wisdom
hath in keeping.
Speak of peoples virtues, conceal their
intirmities; if you IA say no good,
| speak no i'll of them.
Great powers and natural..gifts do not
bring privileges to their possessor, so
much rs they bring duties.
Somepeople think it an excess of mag
nanimity to forgive those whom they
have injured.
All of US who are worth anything
spend our manhood in u~nlearning the
follies or expatiating the mistakes OF
our youth.
There is q great deal of modesty in
this world which will gaze at almost
anything provided it can be seen
through 4 crack.
Good nature is the very air of a good
mind, the sign of q large and generous
soul, and the peculiar soil where virtue
prospers.
How narrow our soul becomes when
absorbed in any present good or i'll! It
is only the thought Of the future that
makes them great.
Spite is a little'word, but it represents
as strange a tumble of feelings and COM
pound of discords as any polysyllable in
the language.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-10
The AchineSe.

| Acheen has been some years at war
with the Netherlands, which Gains
sovereignty over al Sumatra, but which
have had no little trouble in enforcing
their claim. The kingdom of this name
extends from the river Sinkel to the
west end of the island, and has a coast
line rs long as that of France. It was
once q powerful state; has an area of
$4,000 square miles, and q population OF
about 450, 600. The natives oil Sumatra
are principally Malays, who profess,
rather than practice, Mohammedanism.
In appearance, manners and customs
the Achineso differ widely from all the
inhabitants, except the Lampongs, o.
other parts of Sumatra. They are tall,
well-formed, active, Intelligent, but
cunning, proud, perfdious and very
cruel. Their habits are simple, though
they are opium-eaters and slaves OF the
drug. Caste prevails among them rs
well as polygamy, their wives being
bought from their nearest relatives al
rates regulated by youth, physical con
diiion and personal experience. III:
Achinese houses are erected on posts OF
under one roof. Acheen alone pro-
duces 5000 tons of pepper annually, and
exports cotton, raw silk, benzoin,
camphor, 4satin'wood, sulphur, gold and
precious stones, receiving in exchange
salt. opium, manufactured goods, etc.
The Achinese will give anything for
opium-many of them subsist on it
even its weight in gold, it they ear get
it on no better terms. They are supe-
riorin every way to the other Malays of
the island, and are far more formidable
in war. Marco Polo visited Sumatra IN
the thirteenth century; Alvaro Talezo
in 1906, and Siguera in 1909, the Port1-
guese then beginning to trade with the
natives. Ninety years later, the Dutch
reached Su1latra under Houtman, who,
on a second visit, was treacherously
murdered at Acheen. Two vessels from
Iceland, with Commissioners General
DE Roi and Laurens Bikker, arrived
there in 1901; were kindly received by
the native king; procured full cargoes,
and returned with two Achinese ambas.
sailors. The Dutch afterwsrd drove the
Portuguese from their factory at Pulu
Tzinko to the south of Padang. which
became (l666) the seat of Dutch power
on the coast. Within o few years Ben
coolen was surrencered to them, and
the southern division of Sumatra soop
followed. Various rebellions have
since occurred, with the invariable re-
suit of increasing the territorial posses
sions of the Netherlands. An expedi-
ton was sent in 1865 to the king OF
Asahan, q small state on the northeast
coast, to compel him to submit to Dutch
authority, and, since 1872, the Neither
lands have been engaged in hostilities,
more or less &C i've, with the Achinese,
who are steadily melting away. They
have been the chief obstacle TO the en-
tire control of Sumatra, and their oppo-
sition cannot, in the nature of things.
last very much longer. The Dutch will
soon be absolute masters of the whole OF
Sumatra.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-10
Middle Age.

An exchange considers middle age as
the great test of a mans character. 1t
is the iive-barrcd gate which rises sud-
denly before him in the middle of his
Journey. Some men walk calmly up to
it, open the lock, aud pass through with
the same equable, steady step as before;
others spring over it and canter on.
frisky, reckless, and ridiculous as in
youth; while some, principally women,
creep under it, and 60 Sinking along,
pretending that they have never yet en-
countercd it. Single men and women
like these, who ignore their years and
try to be young, have been butts for
ridicule since time beg.:n; bays and
girls are Il always savageiy merciless on
t en-. And yet, this made-up, waltzing
old beau, this wan, worn woman, cOvet-
ing notice, aping the airy graces of rosy
girls, how pitiable and tragicalthey arr!
They have somehow missed their birth
right. They have not secured the great
possessions which mace the middle age
solid and iull, and must they give up
their youth, too? Shall they have
nothing? The desperate hold which
they keep on it isnot SO laughable when
one comes to think Of il.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-10
An A q cdote of jenny Lind.

In looking over an old pile of papers
we find the following anecdote about
one OF the purest and best women who
ever trod the stage. "Sweeter, clearer
and more heavanly than her own most
enhancing strains are the kind pulsa-
lions of Miss Lind's heart when its
chords vibrate to the touch of the beau
tiful and the holy. The following is
among the most recent Of her kindly
offices. One of the waiting maids who
Sad charge of the rooms she occupied at
the Clifton house, Niagara Falls, at
tracted her notice by her beauty, at
tention and fidelity. 1t so happened
that this young woman, by name Mar
garet Atkinson, was about to be mar
ried, and the rews reached the good
vocalist's ears. She Immediately pur-
chased for her o. becoming and beauti-
full bridal outfit, earrings, gloves, bon
net, etc, and with her own hands at.
ended to her toilet. This done, she
took her in her own carriage, having
first read to her and her future husband
the beautifpkand affecting passages ap'
| plicable to HE occasion"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-10
insufficient Air.

No matter how perfect are all other
hygienic conditions, good health cannot
be maintained if the air supply is insult
;cient. The purest air will become vi
tiated, resulting in disease. especially in
consumption, unless there is q constant
means of supply.
When the mortality from all causes
among the metropolitan police Of Lon
don was only ninety in 1000, that of the
Foot guards was al from consumption
alone. The barracks furnished the lat-
ter only about one-fourth as much air
per man as is allowed in prison-cells.
The armies of Europe generally are,
from a similar cause, characterized by a
large mortality. During the Crimean
war, the rate in the English ar.ny was
%. per cent. Of the total strength; that
Of the French 30; while in our civil war
with its open-air life it was les, than
six. Camp fever may be almost BAN
ished by cleanliness and fresh air.
In 1850, DR.. Brocklesby, having built
a large shed as a hospital for wounded
soldiers and the mortality proving Won
fully slight, though the treatment was
otherwise the same as elsewhere, said:
Il candidly ascribe their fortunate es-
cape to the benefit Of 8 pure, keen
air, which they breathel therein every
moment, than 10 all the medicine they
took" Thus, over q century ago. he
stumbled on a law of hygiene now uni
versally acknowledged by experts.
No expense was spared in The erection
ola new house for monkeys in the Lon
don Geological garden. to make it rs
much as possible like an English gentle
mans drawing-room. These animals
had been wintered in England several
years, and were healthy on entering
their new house. But in one month
fifty of the sixty were dead, and the rest
were dying of consumption. The whole
trouble was that the room was not prop
erly ventilNted.
Before 1886 the loss OF horses in
France by death was from $50 to 1877 per
thousand. Enlarged stables reduced the
loss to sixty-eight-ncarly two-thirds.
In England the loss is reduced to
twenty; in Germany 10 fifteen. Let it
not be forgotten that where the lack is
not sucn as to produce fatal results, it
may variuasly impair the health
Youths Cot,panion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-10
The CauitOl at Washington.

The capitol Of Washington stands
almost in the center of the plan of the
city. The corner stone was laid in 1893
by Washington. The building was of
free stone from Acquia creek painted
white, and was originally much smaller
and more symmetrical. 1t vas burned
by the British in the wal of 1912, and
was only rebuilt after a stormy debate
in Congress, which was assembled some
where else. But with the growth OF the
country it was found much too small;
the extensions were ordered, their COR
ner- stone was laid with Daniel Webster
rs the orator of the day, and they were
completed in 1863. The structure has
cost, in all, about 50, O00, 600.
One would gather little idea Of the
size of this building by being told THAI
it is $50 feet long by 1926 broad; one
might better comprehend it. perhaps, IN
learning that it's ground plan occupies
three and q holt acres.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-10
They Loved Each Other.

A writer in the London Truth gives
the following picture of life at Baden
The other day l went 10 dine in Il res
taurant. There was at the next table
to me a & rman and his bride. After
their soup, and after their fish they
kissed each other. During the rest OF
their dinner the pauses between the
courses were not sufficient for their fcel'
ings, and they kissed each other after
each mouthful. What was l, what
were the walters, what were the other
guests who were dining, to them? They
loI ed each other; eating and kissing
were their ideas of happiness, and they
saw no ease why they should not COM
bine the two because they did not hap.
pen to be alone. The mutual affection
of these artless beings amused me, al
though tLey were both so s~ingularly
hideCus tt t their oscu,atory exercises
seriously aSectc,. ~ appetite.