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A. t. McNeal, C. A. Miller, Austin
Miller, A. II. Rose, DR.. Mask and G. w.
Armistead remained in the convention.
J. A. Manson, G. II. Anderson, A. NJ.
Lambeth, Alb. Coates, R. w. Smith, w.
M. johnson bolted. d.[-Bolivar Bulletin.
Yes, the boilers, as they are called,
were rather lonesome at Nashville,
but they are quite at home among the
manila
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Congressman Mcmillan.

Nashville Americans Special.
LEBANON, Tenn, August 49,
Hon. Benton McMillan's leg was not
broken. He is badly bruised but
will be, able to resume the canvass in
a few days.
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THERE will be a meeting of the
Wilson democrats at the court house
tomorrow at II o'clock am, to ap-
point an executive committee for the
county, and otherwise organize for the
campaign.
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Up to Tuesday last, San Antonio,
Texas had received but eight bales in
all Of the new crop Of cotton, and it
had sold at 8 to SIC per pound.
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

TT becomes my duty to proceed without do
!. ! lay to collect tho unpaid Memphis City
Taxes for 1879.
The subjoiRed letter from my attorney ex-
plains the situation and all payments Of
Memphis city taxes for l8'S,voluntarily made,
Will be received without costs until further
Please remember, the first day ofSeptember
county taxes for 1919
GEO B FLEECE. County Trustee.
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DIED.

POLLOCK--At her home, on the corner of
Suzetts and Georgia streets. Mrs. J. A. POI
LOCK.
Funeral from the residence THIS AFTER
NOON at o'clock. Friends and aequaint-
anees respectfully invited.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-20

The hackmen at Concord don t take
much stock in philosophy. "These
here western flosofers," said one of
the drivers last week, as he sat on the
floor of his hack with his feet on the
step, to keep from being sun struck,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-20

Hon. John V. Wright speaks at
Brownsville tonight.
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NEw YORK, August 20, 1920 pm.
Cotton firm, --and l16c higher.
Ordinary, 8 3-Sc; good ordinary,
8 7.8c; low middling, II 3.4c
middling, IL 3 lc good middling,
y l-4c; middling fair, 13c; faif,
ID 5.8c. Futures opened and is now
firm, at II to II points above last
nights closing prices, as follows {:
Deliveries for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-20

high reputation for ability, great
knowledge of Jurisprudence and most
estimable social qualities. Since 1873
ne had been circuit judge of Georgia.
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No. 1908, + 6-In the Probate Court of Shelby
county,. Tennessee-E N Apperson, exeeu-
tor Of Wade II Bolton, deceased.
hiS Is to notify all persons interested in
1 the estate Of said Wade II Bolton, deceas-
ed' that viii, at my Office in the city oy
Memphis, on MONDAY, August 9Oih, 1850, at
W cleck am take and state the partial
the will Of Wade Il Bolton, deceased,
This August 10th, 1880.
By JoHN +. SHEA, D. @. 1iS la
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At the Manhatten Beach hotel there
are among the walters three retired
Wall street lambs, two French, and
one Italian count, seven discarded
sons-in-law, and two poets, They
sling "hash" during the day and flirt
with the Mabel Mauds or Chamber
maids in the evening, as they listen to
the toutings of that musical cupid,
Monster Levy, Such is fortune.
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PUBLIC LEDGER job printingofhce
and book binderY, 13 Madison,
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MDME, A. LONGET,
DreSs-Making Rooms,
No.SS COURT STREET.
1914
RENTAL AGENTS.

MINTER PARKER,
Real Estate and Rental AGENT.
No. 2SO Main ST., Corner hFaeatson.
MEMPHIS,
Will buy, sell, or rent property on commits
sion, pay taxes, negotiate loans and mako
collections, Charges reasonable and attention
prompt nj
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Lighting n Cigar with n viii.


Wills have before now undergone
strange adventures, and the story of Il
Wills w~anderings must be n subject Of
interest, and therefore N upon which n
fiction may be founded, But these tales
have generally been based upon the
supposition that those concerned under
the will have done something to make
way with the document. In the Court
of Probate recently, however, we came
upon "A state of facts far more wonderful
than has ever yet appeared in the pages
of n novel, The President of that Court
is accustomed to the yagaries Of testa-
tors and to the wonderful way in which
relations will dispute overt the dispulable.
But, as n rule, when a will is left in legal
custody and produced for probate by q
lawyer, there is little or nothing to he
said against its being admitted. In q
case tried recently it seems, however,
that a serious question arose upon "a will,
although it was produced from legal
custody. And it Is still more curious
when we reflect that every thing o m
spired TO prove that no mistake what
ever ought TO have occurred. In the
cas of Thomas Sale, deceased, applica-
ton was made for probate Of n mutilated
will to be made to the widow. The
t~eStator was, it appears, n bankers
clerk. who left his will in the hands of
his solicitors; and this neglect, il such il
can be called, gave rise TO the application
For the solicitor proved that, having
10 clear out his papers, the will in ques-
ton was somehow thrown upon the
Office floor and forgotten. Whilst there
nsaI aw.aa1nN Al Ian. az 80 -,a.uv1. IL 800.
the solicitors clerk tore it in half and
used a portion with which to light his
cigar. He had of course, no idea of the
value of the paper when he SO used it,
and he would not have imagined that
such Il thing had happened unless il had
been recalled to his recollection. When
it came to proving the will he was able
to YEA that he had so used a portion
of this sacred document as 10 show that
otherwise IL was intact. Sir James
Hammer thought this was sufficient evil
dence that the m~utilatiOn had been nc.
counted for, and he accordingly gave
probate OF the will offered under these
most peculiar circumstances. Ii is
certainly a curious case, for the reason
that where u win is left with the solici.
tor who drew il, is looked upon as safe.
IL should be II lesson to lawyers clerks
not to light their cigars with any paper
that may accidentally fall upon the floor,
and so save their clients from the trouble
which in this case was involved. It is
quite enough anxiety for relatives To
have 10 find the wills of deceased per-
sons, hidden away, as they often are,
without their having TO speculate upon
the possibilities of what may have hap
pened TO them in the office OF the solici-
tors by whom they were drawn.-LOR-
don letter 10 P~hiadciphia Times.
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The Chinch Bug.

DIR. Cyrus Thomas, President of the
Illinois University, at Carbondale, and
member of the United States Eutomo
logical Commission, has completed
a valuable paper on the chinch bug, its
history, characteristics aud habits, and
the means of destroying it or counter
acting its injuries. He says the chinch
bug is unquestionably the most formula
BILE insect which the farmers within the
wheat-producing area of the United
States have TO contend,
The locusts Of the West are the only
creatures of this class whose multiple
cation causes more sweeping destruc-
ton than that of this diminutive and
seemingly insignificant insect. The
loss from this insect in Illinois alone in
1850 was estimated Mt $4,000, 900, an
average of $40 to every man, woman
and child then living in the State. 1t
attained the maximum of development
in the summer of 1864, in the extensive
wheat and corn fields of the Valley of
the Mississippi, and in that single year
th%ree-fourths of the wheat aud one-hali
OF the corn crops wero DESTROYED
throughout many extensive districts,
comprising almostth entire Northwest,
with an estimated loss Of more than
SlO0, 900, 900 in currency,
The center of their seyerest ravages
is in a belt in Illinois about on a line
with the junction of Iowa and Missouri,
and taking In q corresponding part OF
Southern Iowa and Nebraska and OF
Northern Missouri and Kansas. The
loss by chinch bugs in the State Of Iii.
nois in 1871 was upwards of $40 00, 900,
and taking an equal amount in Iowa and
Missouri, and again an equal amount in
Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska and Wiscon-
sin, the loss in the &c States alone from
this n species of insect was upward,
of $50, 900 900.
AS the species appears to have a
maximum of development about every
five years, the foregoing estimates, DR.,
Thomas thinks, render II probable that
the annual loss 10 the Nation by its op.
erations averages 500, 600, 600. The in.
sect first appeared in Illinois in 1910; in
ls47 in Iowa, in iS47 in Indiana, in
Wisconsin in 1854, and in 1871 over the
entire Northwest. OF the natural agen.
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"PrcdespernntiOn.''

An old.time Baptist preacher Of this
city, who has retired from active gospel
work, but who still keeps a firm eye on
the faith, has just had n little experience
with n colored man that causes him to
think very seriously.
Meeting the colOred man, the preach
or said "Dave, il you don't bring that
saddle home I'll have you put in jail
"What saddle is yer furren terp"
1.-THE one you stole from me"
"Parson, fore de Lord | nebber stole
yer saddle"
Eyes, you did. | saw you when you
took IL off of the yard fence, | believe
III have o arrested, any way
LOOK heah, parson, you'se a old
Babtist, isn't yerP"
eyes, and III have you sent to the
penitentiary.n
"Well, so is |, an now ketch dc pints
cz | gin 'em ter yer. Dan is jes' so
many saddles in dis worl' what is ter be
stole, an dar's ics so many men what
is ter steal desc saddles. Dis is predes.
pernation. Now, Of yer saddle happens
ter be one ob dc predisposed saddles an
/ happens ter be one of de predispOsed
iieilt NH i licp ltF bhi Wbo budhS iNl
instance. He couldn't help 'trayin' dc
Saviour, kaze de Saviour said, 'Judus,
sop in dis dish an go an tray me.
Hit wasn't Judus's fault, kaze he wa,
one oh de prcdisposed, so tended from
de foundation oh de worl'.n
al don't want n religious discussion
Dave. 1t isn't the saddle now that
care so much about it is that you toll,
me a lie in saying that you didn't stea
it.n
"Woll, den, parson, 'spose | take
back de lie an keeps de saddlePN
"A lie once told always stands. Iol
have lied TO me, you %scoundrol, and
believe it is my duty to have you ar
rcsted.n
"Parson, dar's ies a'certain amour
oh lies ter be tole in dis worl', an ef
is one ob dc men what is predispusc,
ter tell one oh desc lies, hits not IN.
fault, an / can't help HIT
"Iou 90 on now and get that saddl
or I'll swear out a warrant for your NJ
rest
"I'l do de bes' l kin, parson, bu
dar's ies a certain amount oh stole sad
dies ter be returned in dis worl'. +
Use II OBJ de predisposed men, an
b'lieves l is, you'll fine yer saddle hang
in on dc yard fence bout shutdown ii
ebenin' ."-LUic Rock (Irk,) Gnsette.
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cies which assist in their destruction,
Dr. Thomas says that the chinch bug
has no such relentless enemies rs those
that pursue the army-worm, plant-lice,
etc. There are n few insects that prey
upon them, but not sufficiently numer-
Gus 10 make any material impression
IN the vast hordcs OF these invaders of
our grain fields. The most efficient Of
these aids mentioned are the HerpUctor
Cinctus, or banded bug, and the frog.
Professor Ross expresses the belief that
the destruction Of the frog by draining
their natural haunts, Is one reason why
the chinch-bug multiplies rs rapidly as
il does in some seasons, and DIR. Fitch
is mentioned rs suggesting the idea OF
sprinkling. The artificial remedies
given by DIR. lie Baron, State Entomolo-
gist of Illinois, and quoted by Or.
Thomas, are.
l.. The plan Of sowing grain SO carly
in the spring rs to get In advance OF
their depredations.
2. The attempt to ave a part Of the
crop 10y preventing the migration Of the
bugs from one field 20 another by fur.
rows of kerosene oil.
). Inc method OF destroying the in
sects 10y burning Corn-stalks and other
rubbish in which they are supposed &c
hibernate.
A. The prevention Of their breeding
to any serious extent by abstaining iron
the cultivation Of those grains upoI
which they chiefly subsist.
DR.. Thomas suggests burning owe
the infested fields in the winter as IN,
best means of destroying them. Rolling
he also suggests.
DR.. Thomas concludes by saying tina
Glenn farming is the best under all cir
cumstRnces, and If adopted rs a rul,
viii tend largely toward preventing tn,
increase, not only OF chiuch-bugs, hu
Of all other injurious insects, lie ais,
believes in diversified farming. Mass
ing crops in immense bodies and cult
waiting the same thing year after yea
tend to increase the insects that feed OF
these crops.
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VEGETLNE
Purifes the Blood, RenOyateS and
Invigorates the Whole System,
IT'S MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ARE
rs MFUI'INNl INUIINIIEN ANE
Alternative, Tonic, Solvent and
Diurctic.

YEGETGNE Is made exclusively from the Juices Of
carefully srirciei baiks, r1Its ani herbs. and sI strong.
~ concentrated that h VIII e~iectuaIly eradicate lpu
the system every tAlHt NJ ScrOfuIa, Scroru1Ous
uunOr, TuHOrS, Cancer. Cnncer0us Hu.
Diseases. CRnker, FaiutncS- ~ the stom-
Rch. AMI All diseases tllt arise from impure blood.
SciatlCA, innRmmatorg aud ChT0utr
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, GOUt aud spinal
Complaints, eau only he e~footually CURED through
the biutd.
Fur Ulcers ana ErnptiVc Diseases ~ the
HklD. PastuIC=, PimpIcs. BIOtchrS. Bolts.
letter, Sraldhcad aud Itihg worm, we've
TINE has never failed toofsct a perinansnt cgso.
For Pains Ia the Htck, Kiduey Coma
plants, DropsS, FcmaIe weakness. Leu
cOrrhTR. arising from iuteTual alteration, and utter
Inc disease, and General Debility, YEGEIiSE
acts directly upon the ctugcf % N 'si complaints Il
lnyisolatfs and strength rs The whole system acts
uppn the sccreuye org ans, aiiyi inflammation, cures
u.cerhlm aud regulates The OlNclA
For Catarrit. Dyspepsia, Hnbitu1l COS
uNcnrsS, Palpitatioa 0f the Heart, HcaI.
ache, piles, Nervousness. nud General
Penetration of the Nervous System, n,
medicine has ever given such perfect satisfaction as tie
NBiEllNE It purlnes The bls1I. cleanyrs Az u the
nervous system.
The remarkable cures effected by VEGErISE have
Induced many physicians and anolhecaHes whom wo
KNOW, TO prescribe ani u5ei In thelr own families.
In fact VElEflNE Is the best remedy set discovered
for theabUSe dscastS.an1 Hthe uniy reliable BLOOn
PUItIfIEit yet placei before the public.
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THE Chinese are not so generally adj
dic,cd to the use OF opium as is COM
monty supposed. The Chinese RcrjctD
makes Il calculation on the subject,
based ON the amount Of opium imported
aud grown in the country, from which
it appears that not ten per cent, of the
adult males a possibly smoke opium.
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i. j. CtNpHELL. Of pulal ,lphia, undc, date
OF Oct. I ls59 ccrtined iu the wonderful en-
cacy oi Warmers safe rtli and safe Tavtr In
,cmuyiug a liver dIsc,sc accompanied by
chronic clEst patton aud yellow skin.
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Iris said that four million packages Of Fra.
Eer's Axle Grease were sold IN lSi9; aud we
believe 10.
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NEGEyrNE - BY It's use You viii prevent
many OK the disease. prevailing Ia the Spring
and S4mmcr season.
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DIR. Nichols suggests in DIR. Foote'S
Health Monthly for March that the rea-
son fruits do not digest well when eaten
after flesh is because the gastric juice
secreted 10 act on the meat will not act
we'll on the fruit. Perhaps on this ac-
count the better way is to eat fruit be-
fore meals rather than as a dessert.
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EVERY dairyman should saw off at
least two inches Of the tips Of his cows
horns. IL Is great kindness To the weak
and timid members of the herd.
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REprTSG's RUSSIA SALvE Is uuequaled fol
chilblaius, chappel hands, frost bites, etc.
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us,Thua per l.00O; slnplr box by mall. zoe agents
wanted. J. NJ. AGuERO. 246 dth av., N. Y.
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r EnSV 7 A TRIAL package Of IN. Evans Cure for
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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-11-26
Some Curious Facts.

Insects have no lungs, but breathe
through s%piracular tubes in their sides.
Scientists believe hat the lightning.
rod principle was understood and ap.
piled 500 years before Christ.
To purify the river Thames large
quantities of lime are daily thrown into
it near where the London sewers enter.
Scientists have discovered that the
mummied bull in the Egyptian museum,
London, is a specie of our common OK.
An ingenious instrument has been in
vented by the use of which the action OF
the pulse is accurately measured and
photographed.
There are some very large animals in
the new aquarium at Manchester, Eng,
They comprise a sturgeon six feet long,
three monk fish, each over five feet in
length, and numerous conger eels longer
still than these.
The English alphabet has twenty-six
letters, the French, twenty. five, the
Italian, twenty, Spanish, twenty-seven,
German, twenty-six, S~lavonic, forty
two, Russian, thirty-ive, Latin, twenty
three, Greek, twenty-four Sixteen until
4O3 b. c., when the twenty.four Ionic
characters were introduced), the He
brew, twenty-five, the Arabic, twenty
eight, Persian, thirly.two, Turkish,
twenty eight, Sanscrit, forty-four,
Chinese 2l4.
A plant of remarkable properties lis
described by Major Stuart in his report
on Hayti. Its narcotic properties are
so powerful that they a produce coma
Of any desired intensity and duration.
L priest putting himself under the inlu-
snce of an extract of this plant can simu-
late death and resurrection.
For the last fifty years a record of
hailstorms in Wurtemburg has been
kept al Stuttgart, the capital. From a
study of these observations it appears
that there is a decided difference between
forests of beech and forests of pine in the
liability to be visited by hail. The
former suffer greatly, the latter hardly
1t all,
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T0.nav and To. M0rrOM.

To-day we gcther bright and beauti-
full nowers--to-morrow they are faded
and dead.
To-day a wreath Of lea yes shades US
tomorrow scar, and, fallen, they crum-
bic beneath our tread.
To-day the earth is covered with a
carpet of green-to"morrow it is brown
with the withered grass.
To-day the vigorous stalk only bends
before the gale-to-morrow, lealess and
sapless, a child may break the brittle
stem.
To-day the ripening fruit and waving
grain--to. morrow "the land is taking
its rest after toll"
To-day we hear sweet songsters of
meadows and forests, tho buzz and hum
of myriad insects-to. morrow breathe
softly, all NATURES hushed and silent.
To-day there are cattle upon a thou
sand hills-to-morrow they fall by
daughter.
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and smelling it, one a tell
either the flavor is very salt or the
Contrary. AS regards fat. The raw fat
of beef should be of a slightly yellow
color, like fresh butter; that of mutton
should be very white. Lamb and veal
should also have very white and trans
lucent fat, whilst the lean OF both should
be pale, but perfectly evenly tinted.
The various internal parts of an ami
NAL are more difficult to choose, and
great care is necessary in seeing that
they are perfectly fresh, as they decom,
pose quicker than the outer parts, and
when decomposed they are very I'M
wholesome. Generally speaking, liver,
kidneys, ETC., may be safely eaten when
in their uncooked condition they show
a bright even color throughout, and are
quite free from marks of COMPOSITIONS or
bruises. But special word OF advice is
needed as to the selection Of sweet
bread, which is the thymus gland of he
calf, for butchers will sometimes send
the pancreas or stomach-bread instead.
This may be recognized, however. wen
when cooked and chopped up by its
large veins and arteries; and, as it is
very inferior in digestibility to the more
delicate gland, it is as we'll to be quite
sure about the real article before buy
ing it.
A young and therefore tender fowl
may be known before plucking by the
largeness of the feet and the leg joints,
and after plucking a thin neck and violet
thighs may be taken as invariable signs
Of age and toughness, especially in tur-
keys and fowls. The age of ducks and
geese is tested in a different manner
that is, by their beaks, the lower part Of
which breaks away quite easily when
they are young. One of the chief and
most Objectionable drawbacks to an old
fowl, duck or goose, is the rank and dis
agreeable SAVIOR, Young birds of the
gallinaceous tribe may be known by
their u~ndeveloped spurs, and young
cartridges by the pointed long wing
feathers, which grow rounded at the tip
with age.
In the use of fish, many people trust
to the sense of smell; but this is not
always to be depended upon, as it may
be deceived by the use of ice. The best
tests of freshness are the fullness OF the
eyeballs and the bright pink hue OF the
gills when raw, and when cooked the
firmness of the flesh, which in the case
of stale fish is iiabby and stringy, even
if preserved by cold from visible putre-
faction. The cheapest sorts of fish are
best to buy, for when any kind is cheap.
est it is sure to be most plentiful, in
fullest season, and therefore most whole
some. Great care is necessary in pur-
chasing caviare-the roe of the sturgeon
which should always be obtained
straight from a fishmonger, and as fresh
as possible. Fresh caviare is soft, pale
in color, and exhibits the ova quite dis.
tinctly; but when it j old and out Of
season it is black, homogeneous in tex
ture, and is very indigestible-in fact,
Aone but the very freshest is to be re.
commended for digestihility. The pre-
served sorts are to be avoided, for very
often they are extremely unwholesome
indeed, almost unfit for human con.
sumption.-LOndon Queen.