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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-27
"WIPED OUT"
A stOry Of the Plains.
Detroit Free Prsss.l
WI IL

Detroit Free Prsss.l
What is that
Look closer and you will see that it
is gaNnt, grim wolf, creeping out of
the little grove OF cotton woods to-
wards buffalo calf gamboling around
its mother.
Raise your eyes a little more, and
you will see that the prairie beyond is
alive with buffalo. Count them You
might as we'll try to count the leaves
on a giant maple. They are moving
foot by foot, as they crop the juicy
grass, and living waves rise and fall
as the herd slowly sweep on. Afar
out TO right and left-mere specks on
the plain-are the fankers, brave old
bufaloes which catch a bite of grass
and then snuff the air and scan the
horizon for intimation of danger.
They are the sentinels of the herd,
and right we'll can they be trusted.
The wolf creeps nearer
All the afternoon the great herd has
led in peace, and as it now slowly
moves toward the distant river it is
all unconscious that danger is near
Look you well and watch the wolf, for
you are going to see such sight as not
one man in ten thousand has ever be.
held.
Creek-crawl--skulk--now behind
a knoll-now drawing himself oyer the
grass-now raising its head above a
thistle to mark the locality of its vic
tim. 1t is lone, shambling, skulk-
ing wolf, lame, and spiteful, and
treacherous. Wounded or ailing, he
has been left alone to get on as best he
may. and his green eyes light up with
fercer blaze as he draws nearer and
nearer to his unconscious prey.
There No, he is yet too far away.
Greek, creep, creep, Now he is twenty
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-27

Col. D. Q. Topp, venerable and
respected citizen, died at his resi-
deuce, in Holly Springs, Miss, on the
22d inst, of paralysis, at the age of
Y years. The Holly Springs South,
Of the 18th, says:
Colonel Topp was brother Of Jno.
S. Topp, former citizen of Coffee
Vile, and DR.. Topp, of Columbus, and
twin brother of Robertson Topp, of
Memphis. He was a man of no com
mon merit He had a remarkably
sound Judgment, an observing, accu-
rate and full mind, great energy, will
and public spirit; and was one Of
those whose demise will be felt by the
community, Before the war his supe-
rior business capacity had resulted in
the accumulation Of an ample fortune,
hut the results of the war and misfor-
times consequent upon it, combined
with his failing health, have kept him
in a condition Of depression for con-
siderable time. He has lived more
than a geberation of time in Missis
sippi was all his lifo large hearted
and conspicuous man, and leaves one
Of tho most interesting and excellent
families, with whom a whole commu-
nifty unites in sincere sympathy and
coincidence.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-27

SOME excellent gentlemen are nam
ed for the legislature, men Of expert
ence in public affairs, sound judgment
and representative character, among
others Major R. G. Williamson, Hon.
j. NJ. Harris, Colonel NJ. D. L.
Stewart, Hon. Jesse f. Brown, Colo
mel j. NJ. Crews, DR.. John McBrooks,
Esquire Maddux, Colonel w. NJ. Per-
kins and number of others. Shelby
county is entitled to six representa-
tives and two senators, besides having
hoater in common with Fayette
county and a senator in common with
Fayette and Upton counties.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-27

THE DAILY LEDGER will be mailed
tkree months, to any address, postage
PAID, for one dollar and a half. This
will cover the period of the fall cam
paign aud full election returns. The
WEEKLY LEDGER, mammoth sheet,
is only one dollar o year, or sixty cents
for six months, invariably in advance.
All who desiIe to keep thoroughly
posted in regard to national and state
politics and general news, and to read
a live democratic paper, that is max
ing a straight fight for the people,
should take the LEDGER during this
camnoign
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-27

AS seen by notice, which appears
elsewhere, it has been decided by the
democratic executive committee, of
this congressional district, not to
call any convention Hon. Casey
Young has no opposition so far
and convention would, un-
der the circumstances, be an un-
necessary fOrmality. He is virtu-
ally nominated by the people already,
irrespective of party, and will be
elected by an overwhelming minority.
1t is good, sound policy to return the
democratic congressman, who SO ably
represent Tennessee in congress,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-27
campaign.

We publish elsewhere the list Of
appointments agreed upon. at Nash
Vile, ior speaking by Messrs. Wright,
Wilson and Edwards, candidates for
governor. They will speak in Mem.
phis Monday night, September 18th
There are about ffty-siK appoint
ments, all to be filled in sixty days.
This will be made a very arduous and
fatig1ing canvass. Hon. Dir. Haw
kius will speak on his own account.
lie has already been over a good deal
Of ground and does not wish to retrace
his steps. Besides his friends think
that four men making long speeches
and rejoinders would take up too
much time at one meeting.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-27

Ii the Brownsville Democrat does
not apologize for the following mild
language, the editor may wake upsome
morning to find that he is sypathizing
with the "repudiators :"
"The proper way is for state credit
democrats to inform their low tax
neigbbors Of the true state of the
case as to the just liabilities Of Ten
nessee. How the debt was contracted,
I.v whom the past legislation on the
sub iect, the objects for which it was
incurred, and appeal to their good
sense AID honesty in Che matter,
Abuse anu hard names will only
harden opposition and produce untold
evil and no good. Explain to your
neighbors the exact situation, instead
of calling them repudistors. That is
the way to carry the election"
Brother Haywood, this will net suit
some of your cotemporaries.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-27
NO CONGRESSIONAL
CONVENTION.

VHE Democratic Executive Committee of
i tne Ient9 Congressional District of Ten
nnessee, alter having fully conferred with The
Democracy of the counties of Hardeman.
fnayette and Shell y, and being entirely salts.
ned that there will be no candidate for the
nomination against HON. CASEY YOUNG
our present able and popular representative
IN congress ,and regarding therefore a con-
ventjon Of the Democracy of this District IN
nominate candidate unnecessary, expen-
ave and inexpediert, hereby give notice that
no Nominating Convention will be called
Ana tho voters Of this District are earnestly
Inyitsd IE6it to give their support to HON. CASEY
iOuNu, VINO has 80 faithfully and efficiently
sl9nal District without regard to political
affiliations or predictions,
BY order Of the Committee.
,v Nj p L STEWART. Chairman.
j Nc 3nn0vs. Secretary. iSI
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-27

eral terms as our position that the
people have very large equities which
must be recogcized before any binding
or final settlement can be made. If
this be reputation in law, morals or
sound public policy, then letitcOme.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-27

THERE will be a grand democratic
rally, pole-raising and speaking at
Milan next Tuesday. Hon. John L.
T. Sneed, Generals Atkins and Camp
bell, and Hon. G. B. Simonton are
expected to speak.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-27
The Pleasant Hours soclnlEntertnInmant

THAT was to come Of at the Cottage Grove,
l. will be given AZ the M@nnerchor Hall in
5Oth, 1880. Those holding inyitationG for
same are respectfully invited.
By order Of the Committee.
J.kRESSENBERG,
1855 lA6 X. ii OERTFL
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-27

bert to permit through sympathy the
revival Of the temporal powers, which
having once recognized he of course
could not refuse to recognize.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05
OYerWOrked Hearts.

No organ in the body is so liable to
be Overworked as the heart. When
every other part of the body sleeps, it
keeps on its perpetual motion. Every
increased effort or action demands from
the heart more force. A man runs to
catch a train and his heart beats audi
bly,. He drinks wine, and the blood
rushes through its reservoir faster than
ever was intended by nature. His
pulse rises after each course at dinner.
A telegram arrives, and his heart knocks
at his side. And when any one of these
eXcitementS is over, he is conscious
of q corresponding depressiOn-a sink
ing or emptiness as it is called. The
healthy action of all the members of
our frame depends upon the supply of
blood received from the central fOun-
tain. When the hearts action is arrest
ed, the stomach, which requires from
it a large supply of blood, becomes en-
feebled. The brain, also waiting for
the blood, is inactive. The heart is a
very willing member, but if it be made
TO fetch and carry necessarily, if it be
put upon" as the unselfish member
of family often is, it undergoes a dis
organization which is equivalent to its
rupture. And this Reorganization be-
gins too often nowadays in the hearts
of very young children. Parents know
that if their sons are to succeed at any
of those competitive examinations which
have now become so exigent, high pres
sure is employed. Hence young per-
sons are stimulated to oyerwork by re-
wards and punishments. The sight of
a clever boy who is being trained for
competition is truly a sad one. The
precocious, coached-up children are
never well. Their mental excitement
keeps up a flush, which, like the excite
ment caused by strong drink in older
children, looks like health but has no
relation to it; in word, the intemper-
ance of education is overstraining and
breaking their young hearts. If in the
school-rOom some hearts are broken
from mental strain, in the ground
and in the gymnasium others succumb
to physical strain.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05

within him. He may be honest, indus
trious and conscientious, yet he is pain
| fully sensible that he has not the knack
of getting along in the world Distrust-
| ing himself, he feels that the world re-
CARDS him as a failure. His intentions
remain as good as they ever were, but
he has no means of putting them in
operation.
Under these circumstances there are
men who would spend what is left Of
their lives in whining. But winning is
poor business and does not pay No
body ever gave a man salary for the
laborious recounting of his woes and
failures. No sorrow-stricken man ever
opened for himself the avenues to
wealth and triumph by the habitual
recital of all his misfortunes and blum
ders and shortcomings. The man who
wasn't to turn over a new leaf and
change failure into success is not called
on to din into everybody's ear the
cherries story of how miserable he has
been. The world cares little about his
misery and wants to hear no more of it
than is absolutely necessary. What So
ciety wants to know is what the man
can do. For actual blows to be struck
and deeds to be accomplished it matters
not much how or where the man picked
up his learning. If he can do what is
expected OF hun, let him proceed with
all his might to demonstrate his ability
by actually doing it. If he cannot do
it, let him stand aside for somebody
who can. Whether the work is teach
ing a school, or currying a horse, or
digging a grave, or cooking a dinner,
or excavating coal, his doing it is proof
of his ability. In these days of change
and progression nobody need consider
himself above any class of work to which
he may be called. a mule-driver NAV
be nominated for the Presidency, and
the man who has unsuccessfully prided
himself on his college parchment may
be glad to earn wages by driving mule.
The genius who is now digging coal out
of the mines near Pittsburg is engaged
in an honorable employment, and we
wish him Joy and gladneSs as he draws
his wages and makes as judicious in
vestment of them as possible. The tide
in his affairs has changed, and he is
probably more pleasantly at work than
nishes no element of Encouragement to
the toilers in school and at college, or
to the army of young men who Lave
within the last few weeks received their
parchments from various institutions of
learning. 1t is to be hoped that all these
youths will do their best in finding the
proper sphere of life in which to make
living and to help On with the worlds
progress. If they fail in the first half
dozen or dozen attempts let them still
stick to it, and industriously follow fame
and fortune wherever it may seem good
to do so. And if fame keep out of
sight and hearing and fortune make its
only at the bottom of a
mine, let the pick and the shovel be
ready to be piled with all the determine
ton and diligence of man who means
to do his best Phiiadeiphid Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05
Worth knowing.

Keep salt in dry place.
Keep yeast in wood or glass.
Keep fresh lard in tin vessels.
Keep preserves and jellies in glass.
Keep meal and flour in a cool, dry
place.
Keep vinegar in wood, glass or stone
ware.
Sugar is an admirable ingredient in
curing meat or fish.
Crusts and pieces of bread should be
kept in an earthen jar, closely covered,
in a dry, cool place.
Lard orpastry should be used as hard
as it can be cut with knife. 1t should
be cut through the flour and not rubbed.
In boiling meat for soup use cold
water to extract the juices. If the meat
is wanted for itself alone, plunge into
boiling water at once.
To prevent meat from scorching dur
ing roasting, place a basin of water
in the oven. The steam generated pre-
vents scorching and makes the meat
cook better.
Broil steak without sailing. Salt
draws the juices in cooking. 1t is de-
sirable to keep these in, if possible.
Cook over hot fire; turn frequently,
soaring on both sides. Place on a plat
ter; salt and pepper to taste.
Beef that has a tendency to be tough
can be made very palatable by stewing
gently for two hours, with pepper and
salt, taking out about a pint of the
liquor when half done and letting the
rest boil into the meat. Brown the
meat in the pot After taking up, make
gravy of the pint of liquor saved
FLOrQL Cabinet
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05
"LittIe Ways" Of a Great Man.

There is something expressive in the
words, "little ways" Christopher
North had a number of these ways :"
coming out of the heart OF his domestic
life. 1t would not be good taste to in
trOduce an ordinary toilette to the at
tention of the reader, but with the Pro-
fessor this business was so original that
sketch of it will rather amuse than
offend.
BY fits and starts the process of shay
ing was carrie on; lathering his chin
one moment with soap then standing
the next to take a look at some frag-
ment Of a lecture; the reverie perhaps
disturbed by ring at the bell, when
he would proceed with his toilette's
task" At last he would get under
way; but the tying of his shoes and
the winding up of his watch were the
finishing touches. In his own words,
1--WE wound up our chronometer irreg-
ularly, by fits and starts, twice a day,
perhaps, or once week, till it grew
delirious and gave up the ghost" His
snuf-boX was always lost, at least the
one he wished to use; even that broad
brimmed hat was sometimes missing,
and his gloves and handkerchief, at the
moment when most needed were in
visible.
In later years his grandchildren were
his playmates. A nervous mother
would have been somewhat startled at
his mode of treating babies. One dav
he was seen coming down stairs with
what appeared to be bundle in his
hand but proved to be baby which he
clutched by the back of the clothes,
her feet and arms striking about, evil
IDENTIFY enjoying reckless position.
Noah's arks, trumpets, drums, pencils,
puzzles, dolls, and all the games of in
FAINT life seemed to possess interest in
his eyes-often going up stairs to fetch
a forgotten toy, or on all tours helping
to look for some lost plaything.
His library was a strange mixture of
what may be called order and untidi-
ness, for there was not a scrap of paper
or a book that his hand would not light
on in a moment, while to an observer it
would appear chaos, with no chance of
being cleared away. And there he sat,
in the majesty of unaffected dignity,
courteous to all, wearing his hOmeli-
ness with as much grace as courtier
his lace and plumes; at home and
abroad, he walked a simple, unaffected
7J,lfdSbiOll0bIe man
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Sailors always have hard time of
it. They are always in a mess.-BOSt0n
Post.
Fly time-when you hear her faith
er's heavy cane humping along the
hall.-N T. Truth.
-Sightless individuals should avoid
liquor. 1t is very easy to get blind
drunk. Philadelphia Chronicle.
How cool and breezy it makes one
feel to get hold of an editorial begin
ming: AFTER the terrible and oppres-
sive heat of the past few day-sr'-
Detroit Pree Press.
=" Another man overheard" the
landlady remarked when the dead-beat
skipped on Saturday night without pay
ing for his weeks board. Cincinnati
Times Star.
The word dear" is one of the
greatest inventions in the English Ian
guage. Every married man can say
my dear wife" and no one can tell
just exactly what he means Yonkers
Statesman.
-"Do not know commas when you
see themP' said the village school
teacher to the book-keeper of bank
ing-hpuse, whose education had been
neglected. What are these E., ;, y on
your grocer's bill?' " Beers" said he.
N. Y. Herald.
Boarding house keepers who wish
to make the most they can out of their
business should select if possible mis-
cradle people with grievances as
boarders. They may be sour and
crusty, but their appetites are small.
Real happy people eat too heartily for
a steady protit.-N z. COmnlercial-Ad-
CertiSer
-" Grand Marches" for Garfield and
Hancock published and dedicated to
them, were out within an incredibly
short time after the nominations were
made. The spontaneousness, as it
were with which composer can work
off an old waltz or march on new vic
tim is something remarkable.-NeD
Orleans Picayupe.
An Awful Crammer. of
boarding house (taking stout guest
aside) y" You'll excuse me, Mr.. Sharp
set, but your appetite is so large that
Shdu NC ColHpeIAeu W CHdISe you
shilling extra. 1t can't be done at two
shillingsr' Diner" No! For Heavens
sake don't do that! l can eat two
shillings' worth easy; but if 1 have to
do three-Ireally-afraid SHOULDN'T
I'll try!'-Punch.
He moved in town on load of dynamite,
And in just three minutes went up like
kite. -OSlCegO Record.
And Coroner's inquest was held, they say,
In fifty counties upon that dav.
OIL city Derrick.
And the verdict was that lie came to his
death
By his body being blown away from his
breath -KeObUb Gate City.
If not during life, the moral saith,
Then spread yourself like this man, after
death. Boston Transcript.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05
Textbook knowledge Not Alone Suffi-
cient for LIES Battle.

A queer story comes from Pittsburg
about a highly educated man who
seems to have found his Level in a coal
mine, and is exerting himself with SHOW
eI and pick on the black diamonds as
actively as if he had never learned so
much as his multiplication table. The
poor fellow has seen a great many ups
and downs, but principally downs, until
at last the burden of the song of his
life. if indeed his life have any songs
left in it, is Down in a Coal Mine. "
In the checkered history of his deeds
and his journeyings his education APP
pears to have been of but slender adj
vantage to him. There is no evidence
that it ever helped him to earn living
in any but the most precarious and I'M
satisfactory manner and to an extent
hardly worth picking up As to the
quality of the learning stored in the
mind of this unfortunate person in his
youth, nothing is said against it, nor is
there any record of its having been de-
icient in quantity. When at school he
was industrious. While in college ne
denied himself many luxury and had
q tooth-and-nail struggle with adverse
circumstance, which threatened to
swamp him. but which he finally over
came. In due time came the college
commencement, when the outside
struggle with the world began. Then
the world began to get the better of the
college graduate. There seemed to be
q fatality for him in every enterprise of
which he took hold. Naturally seeking
fortune and fame in the rosy walks of
literature, where a cultured man asserts
his right to tread, he found one path
after another open to his entrance, but
blocked against his progress. 1t does
not take many disappointments of this
kind to discourage a man of delicate
sensibility End nervous apprehension.
After trying several modes of making a
living and failing in all, his energy is
guenched and his soul seems shriveled
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05
4 Frontier Wedding.

Probably there has never been in this
country so much glorifcation over a
wedding as that which made Nils Pc
terson and Mali j. Aansen man and
wife. The ceremony was performed
last Friday at st. Olaf Church, north of
Sioux Falls, by the Rev. o. Sando. The
couple were accompanied to church by
twenty-five wagOn-loads of friends, and
from there they went to the home of the
groom, near Republican Post Office,
nine miles from here, where the glorifi-
cation was held. Feasting and dancing
commenced right away and were kept
up until the following Tuesday. Part
of the time there were as many as POO
guests present, and during the whole
four days there was a steady stream 60
inc and coming. There is no way of
knowing how many were there togeth-
er, but the preparations made for their
entertainment indicate something of the
crowd. For meat two large oxen were
roasted whole, all of which was de-
voured; one hundred pounds of white
fish were also served, together with lib
eral supplies of cavaire; bread and
pastry enough for a regiment, and
cheese, such as is made in the old eoun-
try, was spread prodigaly during the
whole time. The supply of drinkables
was almost a young deluge and cigars
were punished by the box. Six barrels
of beer had been home-brewed from
fourteen sacks of barley; whole barrel
of alcohol, forty-six gallons, was taken
out from town, the surplus to be re-
turned, and ten gallons of wine pro-
vided for the ladies. The alcohol was
diluted somewhat for use, and the whole
supply of liquor was continually on tap
for anybody who could hold any more.
While, of course, most of those present
felt the influence of their beveraging,
there was no beastly intoxication and
everything was carried on without any
breach of good nature. All the time
dancing went on, except during such
intervals as the participants were COM
PEELED to rest. 1t was altogether the
most extended jubilee that the North
west has known and will be long re-
membered by those who took part
SioasT Falls (Dakota) Paragraph.