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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-15

Special to to the Courier-Journal.l
WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator
Hampton made his expected speech
to-day against the resolution to unseat
Kellogg. AS all his speeches do this
attracted great attention, and the
galleries were filled, The speech was
written, and that part of it which was
a defense of his own motives for vot-
ing against his party, and a reply to
Senator Hills entreaty to him not to
discOlor South Carolina, was very ell
oquent. While Senator HAMPTON
was undoubtedly guided by the high
est considerations in taking the DO
sition that he does, and while he re-
fleets credit on his party, which has
in two election cases this session risen
entirely above ~partisanship, his argu-
ment was not 6 strong one. He ad.
United that he could not argue the
question Of res adiudicata as a lawyer.
That will be done on that side by
Senator Thurman and Bayard.
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COMMERCIAL.
PUBLIC LEDGER 0FPIOE,
MPMPHIs. TENN.. Nav Is. 1881

An ample supply of capital seeks
investment in this market, and pro-
ductive stocks, bonds, or realty, if
offered, invariably brings remunera-
tive pieces. The sale Of the Elliott
block, near the foot of Jefferson yes
terday, bears testimony that there is
considerable financial life in the old
town yet. The outlook is quite en-
couragingr and while business pros
poets for the summer are dull, a live
ly time is expected in the early fall.
The comptroller of the national
currency, in his recent report,
speaking of the condition
of business, as indicated by the
banking operations of the country,
said that at no time since the panic
of1S73. has the financial status of the
country appeared to be in SO favora-
BILE a condition. There have been no
national bank failures within the last
six months, and since November last
more new banks have been established,
with a larger capital, than during the
whole Of the previous year, The
largest increase in the number Of
banks is in the western states, partic-
ularly throughout the Mississippi val
lev. There is no change Of rates in
the discount market. Mercantile
paper continues in demand at 8 per
cent among the banks, while loanable
funds in the open market are to be
had at from 6 to 10 per cent. Ex-
change maintains its steady posi-
ton. Cotton bills are taken
at 81 % per thousand on New
York and New England, where no
grace is asked, and 81 so per thou
sand for sight on Providence, Cohoes,
Fall River and Boston. Checks Oh
New York sell at tc premium. New
Orleans rates are par selling, and
&c off buying.
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NEW YORK COTTON sTATEMENT.
GENERAL Trade.

A fair iobbing trade continues in
the leading commodities, articles Of
prime consumption being in good de-
mand. Receipts during the past week
give fair indications of the business
movement. Flour came in to the ex-
tent of 800 bbls. The demand for
this article is fair for familyand choice
grades, while lew is totally stagnant.
Meal shows better feeling and is in
good demand at a slight advance; re-
CENTS Tor the week have been 25CO
bbls. Corn is scarce and firm, the
imports for tue week footing up 1850
sacks. Oats arc also firm and heavy
qualities are in demand at improved
figures. Weeks receipts, 1900 sacks.
Bran scarce and wanted, weeks re-
ceipts having been $50 sacks. No
potatoes have arrived during the
week except Louisiana, Of which be.
tween 200 and 300 barrels came in.
Prices are weak and sales slow. OF
hay, the market is weak and receipts
have been next to nothing. There is
a better demand for eggs, at slightly
improved prices. Chickens are also
in demand at full figures. Ducks sell
a little, while geese and turkeys are
out ofseason and in no demand. A
few of our people have home grown
potatoes ready for use, and shipping
will soon commence. Strawberries
offered freely yesterday and to-day at
81 % to 50 20 per case Of "a quarts,
strictly choice going at the highest
price noted. The season has been cut
short by dry weather. AS we have
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-15

MILFORD, Pa, May 14.-The terri
bic forest fires still continue. Over
three million feet of lumber, a vast
amount of valuable timber and several
dwellings and barns have been burned
Six thousand acres are ablaze. This
morning a light rain is falling.
The Stead saw-mill of Daniel Dale
& Son, at Moscow, vas burned last
night.
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Cooler.
Pleasant to-day.
Dull to-day at the landing.
But two local packets leaving this
evening.
Diamond 10. has raised the wages
Of his pilots $40.
Tho Annie P. Silver is due up to-
day en- route to st. Louis.
The Cons Millar leaves Cincinnati
this evening for this port.
Captain Irwin Dugan is rusticating
at Arkansas Hot springs.
The B~atesville departed for st.
Francis river with a good trip.
The big James Howard leaves New
Orleans this evening for st. Louis.
The hull Of the old Katie is to be
used as a wharfboat at Monroe, La.
The Golden Grown, passing up TO-
morrow morning, gets here 500 bales
cotton.
The Nellie Speers, with a tow Of
coal, passed down at an early hour
this morning.
Thus far this week Is steamships
have left New Orleans for foreiga and
domestic ports.
The rousters on the K. L. Lee
struck on Wednesday last for $50 per
month. They didn't get it.
The upper Mississippi is in good
stage, but the Missouri is very low,
and boats are having trouble.
The Kountz line steamer j. B. M.
Kehlor, two-thirds loaded, passed
down at 6 am. without landing.
The Grand Lake and barges are due
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Cleveland Plaindealer.l

OleFeland Plalndealer.I
There is some curiosity to know
what Mr. Matthews, of Ohio, was do
ing at the republican state conven
ton of Tennessee the other day, and
why he should make a short speech OF
twenty minutes before that
body, or in fact what
business he had there at all, not be-
ing a citizen of Tennessee, or a can
didate for Office, so far as any one is
aware. The object Of Mr. Stan
ley Matthews remarks according
to the associated press report.
seems to have been to assure the con
vention hal he had a choice for the
nominee of the Chicago convention
This astonishing piece of information
being duly impressed upon the minds
of the delegates, that Mr.. Stanley
Matthews had a choice and had
come all the way from Cincinnati to
say so, it was followed by the mysteri-
GUS announcement that Mr.. Matthews
did not deem it proper to name him.
This remarkable delicacy on the part
Of Mr.. Matthews was no doubt appre-
ciated by the convention, and fourteen
Grant delegates were shortly after ap-
pointed. Thus does the unobtrusive
Stanley Matthews go about doing
good In a quiet way.
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The lakes aud bayous Of Arkansas
will soOn be alive with game fish,
trout, brim, speckled, white, and Cog
gIe-eyed perch, pike, and other
species are the most prominent quail
ties Of those which abound therein.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-15
A Pertinent Inquiry.

EDITOR LEDGER: Why not build
the mammoth cotton compress and
the elevator adjoining one another,
and nst a mile apart. They are going
in to save in the expense of handling
the staple; why not make a saving Of
the drayage also? ~
Memphis, May 10, 1880.
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Saturday, Nav go, ISS0

real estate, to-wit: 'ou
Lying and being IN Shelby county. Tam
and near 70 sad east Of the city Of Memnh;s'
beginting at the intersection oi.Union avepue
wi.e NOR walk a.yenueI running thence
ten (UQ chains and forty eight links Ia ~ IN
terseotion Of Rope Walk with Henry aye9pe.
thence eest with the south side nf Henrv ave-
nue. SIX t) chains and eighteen iIS1 lipks ~ a
stake thence south ten CO. chains and forty.
eight ~ llnks to Union avenue; thence west
with the north side Of Union avenue Sly I6I
chains and eighteen tlsl links to The beriS-
Minimua, $500. iU
Terms Of sale-0ne-third oash, balance IN
sWo equal payments on q credit OF one md
swo years with interest from day Of sale. nur.
ellaser executing notes with good s~ocarity ana
: men VIII also be retained to focure deferred
This May ath, 1850,
IT. OWEN DWYBR, Clerk.
Harris. McKisick < Turley, solicitors for
0V~plalnanl' s. 626SN
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NOffOn

The market here to-day opened
steady and with a fair demand in
sympathy with that in New York.
No news came from Liverpool to-day,
owingto the Whitsuntide holidays and
none will be received from New York
on Monday, the cotton exchange to be
closed for the same observance. The
Liverpool exchange is to be closed
until Wednesday morning next. Sales
here yesterday were 1000 bales, d.
vided, 1850 to exporters, and 45O to
spinners, the market closing steady
and without change of prices from the
day previous, as follows:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-15

The LEDGER book and job printing
office, together with its book bindery,
is prepared to execute work with
neatness and dispatch.
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Probate Court Sale Of Real Estate.

No. w " DTln the Probate Court of Shell.
by County nennessee-F. NJ. Walaran and
othels VS.. Willie Hamilton, Wodruh and
X virtue Of a decree for sale, entered in
~! ~. 5 5s cause D0gem6er "a, 1875, in minute
70 tae highest bidder in front Of the court,
nesse door ON Main street, Memphis, Tenn,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-26
Making Use of Natural Laws.

Instances of more complex charac-
ter frequently occur where knowledge
of natural laws or forces may be brought
into operation to assist in surrounding
difficulties. Thus, a few years ago, an
iron bridge OF considerable length, the
weight being about 200 tons, was con-
structed in England and erected in a re-
mote part of Germany. By some mis-
hap, the bridge, when finished, was
found to be some distance "out" to
one side, an error which the proprietors
insisted should be rectified. 10 take
down and re-erect the bridge would be
simply ruin to the contractor. But ne
cessity is the mother of invention, and
so it proved in this case. 1t was sum-
mer time, and the contractor proceeded
to find the amount Of expansion which
was caused by tho heat Of the sun over.
the whole length of the bridge. He
next ascertained what contraction took
place in the night by cooling. Armed
with these data, he thought it might be
possible to bring the bridge to its proper
position in few days. The bridge, of
course, in its ordinary condition expand
ed from the center, pushing it's two ends
outward, or farther apart, and again
contracting toward the center. Taking
advantage of these conditions, one end
was made fast IN the morning, and the
bridge was forced to expand from that
immoyable point, instead of from the
middle, as formerly. When the iron
composing the bridge had expanded to
its full extent in the direction intended,
that end was released, and the opposite
end made fast. The bridge then con-
tracted toward it's true position. Thus,
whatever was gained by the days ex-
pansien was secured by the subsequent
contraction when the metal cooled at
night, and, the process being renewed
day by day, the work was successfully
accomplished.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-26
AnalOgieS In Nature.

The cOcoanub. is, IN many respects.
like the human skull, although it closely
resembles the skull of the monkey. 4
sponge may be so held as to remind one
of the unfeshed face of the skeleton, and
the meat of an English walnut is al
most the exact representation of the
brain.
Plums and black cherries resemble the
human eyes; almonds and some other
nuts resemble the different varieties
of the human nose, and an open oyster
and its shell are perfect image of the
human ear.
The shape of almost any mans body
may be found in the various kinds of
mammoth pumpkins. The open hand
may be discerned In the form assumed by
scrub-willows and growing celery.
The German turnip and the eggplant
resemble the human heart. There are
other striking resemblances between
human organs and certain vegetable
forms. The forms of many mechanical
contrivances In common use may be
traced back to the patterns furnished by
nature. Thus, the hog suggested the
pillow; the butterfly, the ordinary hinge;
the toad-stool, the umbrella the duck,
the ship the fungous growth on trees,
the bracket. Any one DESTROYS of prov
ing the oneness of the earthly system
will find The resemblances in nature al
amusing study, to say the least.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-26
4 jananeSe KfII.Or.Fara.

In the last number of the Revue Brit
anniQue is published an interesting &C
count of a modern Japanese dinner-par-
ty, from which We extract the following
extraordinary menu, recommending it to
the attention of those who may desire to
introduce some startling novelties into
the art of dining, as practiced in these
islands: Boiled ducks, chopped pigeons,
bird's-nest soup, roast mutton and bam-
boo buds, mussels and crabs, tea cakes,
turtle soup, black rats roasted with
sweet sauce, salt fish, roast pork with
rice patties. preserved melon-seeds,
stuffed sea-frogs, walnuts stewed with
betel leaves, ices, and fruits. Various
wines were served during this amazing
entertainment. The center of the table
was occupied by huge, covered bowl,
containing good store Of sea-feas, set
swimming Ill Burgundy just before the
guests sat down to dinner By the time
the meal was over these vivacious in
sects had become sufficiently inebriated
to exhibit an abnormal and eccentric
activity, SO that, when the cover re-
straining their saltatory exercises was
removed at dessert, they afforded excel
lent sport to the Japanese gentlemen
present, who displayed remarkable
smartness IN catching them with ivory
chop-sticl1s, and in subsequently eating
them alive. To British approximations
this may appear somewhat revolving
repast; but, remembering that many
dishes which they and the Chinese en-
Joy have ugly names that misrepresent
their real character we SbOu1d s11S,,ond
our judgment until we hear what the
delicacies mentioned are. Bird's-nest
soup, for instance, is very different
thing from what people who have never
been to China suppose it to be, and it is
quite possible that even the black rat
may be species of ground game un-
known in this country, but not less edi-
bic for all that. We confess, however,
that the sea-frog and sea-feas require a
good deal of explanation,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-26
His Mouth Saved Him.

John Hall, you were very drunk last
night" said his Honor, as send-off.
ST think not, SIR
"Wel, you have right to differ.
Officer, was this man drunk ?"
He was, sir.
How drunk %
"Well, he fell down four times in
crossing the road, and the last time he
fell he settled down for nap"
That's our case, Mr.. Hall. Have
you any defense ?"
81 have, sir. I had not tasted any
liquor of any sort all day long. Just
before I met the officer 1 got choked.
and that was what allied me when he
picked me up"
"Choked! What with %
With an apple
Have you got it %
Yes, sir. When the officer shook
me he shook the apple out of my outlet
and L put it in my pocket to bring and
show you"
He thereupon pulled from his coat
tail pocket frozen greening larger than
a cotiee-cup and laid it ON the desk.
Do you mean to tell me that you
had that apple III your mouth ?"
Yes, sir. [ was going to take bite
when it slipped down into my gullet.
and if the officer hadn't given me shake
I might have sufocated.''
81" You can't get the apple into your
mouth No such story will go down
here"
"See here, Judge" and he opened a
mouth big enough to take in quart
bowl, tossed IN the apple, ratified it
around and dropped it into his hand
again with smile of triumph.
You may go, - said his Honor, after
long silence. With such a mouth as
that you'll eat more than you can earn
IN any prison. Take your frozen apple
and go your way"
"Thank you. I'd like to bring my
brother in some day and let you see his
mouth. He can hold pint of hickory
nuts and sing a song at the same time. :"
--NeaO York Herald.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-26
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

ALTHOUGH the Chinese had gunpowder
many centuries before it was known in
Europe, they did not employ it in war,
but used it only in fireworks.
The leaning tower Of Pisa was built
in the twelfth century. It is 100 feet
high and leans thirteen feet from the
perpendicular. The inclination was
caused by the settling of one side Of the
foundation.
THE thread for the glass cloth, now
made at Pittsburgh, is drawn OUT of a
molten bar by means of rapidly-re
volving wheel at the rate of 1000 yards
minute. The weaving is done on
looms, about the same as with silk.
The coloring is done with minerals when
the glass is originally melted.
1t is the opinion of the Rev. J. G..
Wood, popular English writer on nat
ural history, that the cockroach and red
ant, which abound in England as in this
country, are not Indigenous there, but
were imported in merchandise from
America. The numbers of ants are so
great in some houses as to render the
buildings r!ninhabitable. The houses
have had the floors relaid, cement and
porcelain tiles used wherever possible,
but the house ants have retained pos
session of the premises The passages
to their nests are so small that boiling
water loses its heat long before the few
drops which can trickle through them
can touch the nest Insect powders are
equally useless, and sulphur smoke has
no terror for these. insects.
The proportions of the human figure
are six times the length of the feet.
Whether the form is slender or plump,
the rule holds good; any deviation from
it is departure from the highest beauty
in proportion. The Greeks made all
their statues according to this rule. The
face, from the highest point of the fore
head, where the hair begins, to the chin,
is one-tenth of the whole stature. The
hand, from the wrist to the middle fin
ger, is the same. From the top Of the
chest to the highest point of the fore
head is a seventh. If the face, from the
roots of the hair to the chin, be divided
into three equal parts, the first division
determines the place where the eyebrows
meet. and the second the place of the
nostrils. The height, from the feet to
the top of the head, is the distance from
the extremity Of the fingers when the
arms are extended.
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18th almost greater impatiepce than

with almost greater Impotence than
day before. Just as soon as it was dusk
they begged their mother TO send right
away to bring the boy Now they put
on the candles, laid the presents under
the fr-tree and waited joyfully for the
boy to come. Soon he came. The door
was opened, and as he entered, and it
was told him that that was his Christ
mas present, and his parents should be
helped too, the boy stood perfectly as
tonished. He stared now at the candles,
now at the presents, and tears of JOY
gushed from his eyes. The children
stood around him, their hearts beating
with JOY, and often afterwards they spoke
of that evening and SAID that they
thought it was their pleasant Christmas.
KRIss KRoss.
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Getting Square With Bursted Bank

GttkiHs, SuNiiiC Eltn a DNEStcN Sans.
During the bank mania in the West.
when every little village and hamlet
boosted its bank, one of these public
accommodations sprung up in Mount
Vernon, Ohio, under the cognomen of
"Owl Creek Bank" taking it's name
from a small but beautiful stream pass
ing through the village.
The affairs of the institution went on
swimmingly for a short time, but short
time only. Like al its kindred of
money presentation, it was declared
inSolvent. A morning or two after this
important fact had come to Light, a mys-
demonstrating person, wrapped up to
his eyes II a cloak, presented himself a.
the counter of the bank, rendering some
of their bills, and demanded, in a seri-
Gus manner, their redemption IN gold or
silver. He was told that the bank had
neither. He then demanded Eastern
funds.
mo funds on hand" was the brief
reply.
"Can you" said the mysterious per-
sonage, give ME tolerably we'll execut-
ed counterfeit notes on solvent banks
[ would prefer them to this trash
This was home thrust not to be SUBJ
mitted to.
"Out of the bank, you insulting
puppy"
Hold may have made some mis-
take. Am I right in supposing myself
IN the Office of the Owl Creek Bank ?"
Eyes, SIR"
81 have then my revenge for the loss
OF my money! have just shot your
President at the same time throwing
cn the counter, from under his cloak. a
large hooting owl.
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FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
.arthur's Christmas.

BY MRS. ADA L. COOLEY.
wish youa merry Christmas,
And lots of fun and sport,
Pm going 20 speak tonight
It's like me-sweet and short.
] heard about ola Santa Claus,
SO says l to myself:
'pil just hang up my stocking
Upon the mantel shelf"
So when said I'd do it,
No sooner said than done;
What Santa Claus put in it
l tell you made great fun!
Twas full Of candies, cakes and nuts
A horse and man TO ride,
A great big ball and humming top,
And lots OF things beside,
A nice, long whip--as long as that,
To whip my dog twill do.
And if my&orss gets balky,
He'll geta cut or two,
Amt he jolly Santa Claus,
To bring US such nice things?
Another time IN just set up,
And see what toys he brings.
think this hanging stockings up,
And Christmas trees all right;
But, then, Pm awful sorry
II don't come every night!
But must wait another year
wish 'twould come before.
I'spect if Pm first-rate boy,
Old San will bring me more;
And if he does, Pl come and tell
You all about the fun;
A merry Christmas to you all,
And now my piece is done.
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DOOR AND syusH8OW.
nY HENRY RIPLEY DoRR.

There Is a room, stately rom,
New bright with sunlight, now WRAPPED in glool
There is a door, stoel-alad door.
Lined with masses on hammered ore.
Closed with lock Of Titan weight;
Opened only by hand Of Fate,
There is a window, broad and Old.
Barred with irons of massive mold
Beck from The window, closed and fast,
Stretches tho vista Of the past
A,engthaning vista, faint and dim,
Reaching beyond the horizan's rim.
Men may wait at the window sill
And listen, hsten-but aA is sdu.
Men may wait TIL their hairs are white
Through the hours of day and night
Men may shower their tears like rain,
And mourn that they cannot pass again
Over the pathway Of the past.
But Travelled first il is travelled last!
Turn with me 10 the mon door,
Many mortal has stood before
Lift the latch! 1t is fastened down!
Its hinges arc dec1ed with rusty brown
Batter away at it's massive plates!
Harkl Do you hear the knocking FGtes?
IT'S the echoes that go and come
Like the measured beats of the Inufied dram.
Your hands are bleeding? Then co1ne>s15l.v,
Perhaps, at length, you have learned to-asy
That only when under the grass or SNOW
We learn what morails must die to know;
That only when We are stiff and cold
The door VIII swing On its hinges Old.
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TIE art Mrs HAYES possesses for q

TIE art Mrs. Hayes possesses for en-
PERTAINING, says a correspondent, is wor-
thy of study. With a dozen guests on
her hands, and others constantly arriv-
ing, she is always mistress OF the situa-
ton. Although full OF animation, yet
she is cool and self-possessed. Her
eyes do not wander while engaged in
conversation with single individual,
yet she appears to know the movements
of, every one in the room. She is very
ready in conYersation-always leading,
and very frequently contributing more
topics and comments than any one
present. She entertains, and does not
exact entertainment from her guests.