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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-18
The United states Frigate COnsti'
tuition Kissing.

WASHINGTON, April lS.-The Uni
ted States frigate Constitution left
League Island about ten days ago and
has not been heard from since. Some
apprehension for her safety is felt, as
it is said she was imperfectly manned,
and doubts are expressed as to hersea-
worthiness.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-18

For the first three months of 1880,
26,52O immigrants arrived in New
York, and the arrivals this year for
corresponding period and one week
over amount to Al, ,4lS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-18
MONU M EN- rs

T HAvE A VERY LARGE STOCK OF THE
L finest monuments Of all kinds, also fine
hguFe jobs and very fine rustic mona.
meRis, tablets, scrolls and headStones
Of all tiz's and designs, which / will sell at
actual cost of material and labor ON
them. You can save money by calling on
me and see my prices before purchasing else
where.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-18
Probate Court Sale Of Real Estate.

No. 39i, r D I'm the Probate Court Of Shelby
oounty, Tepn.-Juliet @ Colman, adminis-
tratrix OF Benz. Colman, deceased, vs..
George Colman ct al.
DY virtue Of decree for sale, entered In
- this cause April Is. 1881, in minute book
No. 36, pages $50 and 25l, i will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder, in front Of the
courthouse door on Main stteet, Memphis,
Tenn, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-18
SsI MAIN STREET, Memphis, Tenn.

The state medical society of Ar
kansaw will meet at Little Rock in
the hall of the house of representa-
tives on Wednesday, the 9th inst.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-18

SAVANNAH, April16.- The Masonic
bazar and fair, for the benefit of Solo.
mon lodge, was instituted by General
Ogelthorpe in 1873, and is the Oldest
Masonic body in America. 1t will
open on Monday, the 18th inst, in
Exhibition hail, erected especially for
that purpose. 1t will probably be the
largest exhibition Of the kind ever
held in the southern states. Contri-
buttons to it have been made from all
parts of the union. The attendance
promises 70 be very large. 1t Fill
continue from two to three weeks.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-18

The LEDGER Office book bindery,
l3 Madison street, is in the same
building as the newspaper and job
printing establishment; is owned by
the same proprietor, embraces all
machines and material used in a first
class book bindeEy, and Is oeadudted
by competent workmen capable Of
executing work in as good and sub
stantial a as can 90 done any
where.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-18
The Tide OF Gold.

The Tide Of Gold
New YORK, April 18.-The City of
Berlin and Mosel brought 1857 600 in
gold.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

In August the people of North
Carolina will vote 90 prohibition
amendment to the constitution
There is a strong probability Of it's
adoption. When the question came
before the Legislature the prohibi>
tionists showed themselves extraor-
dinarily strong. Their petition con-
tanned no less than 278, 900 sigma
lures and was Endorsed By the lead,
ing men of the State, including a
large majority of the legislature
That body might easily have passed
an anti.liqsor law, but it was thought
advisable, for political reasons, to
submit the question to the popular
vote, and accordingly an amendment
was passed instead. The prohibi>
tionists will make an earnest and
energetic canvass. They have al
ready entered the political field. A
convention met in Raleigh, some
days ago, and the programme of the
campaign was agreed on. Both
PARTIES and both races will work to-
gether 10 the movement.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12
WOOL COTTON.

Under this bead the Athens
Waterman says:
Mr.. w. 7. Patman, highly re-
spected citizen of Oglethorpe county,
brought to this office Saturday a
sample Of cotton which very closely
resembles wool, cad which be says
was grown ins that county by Mr..
Burnett Salmon. A daughter of Mr..
Salmon some two years ago, while
in Charleston, went on board Of a
vessel which had just arrived from
Zanzibar, on the coast of Africa, and
while on the Doe; picked up some
singular looking seeds from the floor
and brongiss them home, nhere they
we're planted, and PTsSaced this
wonderful imitation of qool. The
seed were all saved, and again plants
ed last year, when considerable
quantity was raised. Some of this
cot,on was ginned by Mr., Patman,
who says it will yield Que pound Of
lint to every pound of raw cotton.
It is believed to be equally as valu
able as wool, and produces as we'll
as ordinary cotton. The seed are
very small 10 size. Mr.. Salmon will
sell the seed in small quantities.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

SO ACTIVE is the railroad business
in this country at present that it has
become impossible to buy lccomo
tive within the United States. The
builders are crowded with orders,
their contracts covering the capacity
of their works for many months to
come, while some have orders for all
that can be turned out for a year
The rolling mills on both sides the
Atlantic are running to THEN full ca
pacity, and are unable to supply the
demand for rails. The car factories
are crowded with orders, and many
Of the new lines will have to wait.
Labor is also very scarce, especially
in the Southwest. The Denver and
Rio Grande Railroad Company, after
advertising in vain throughout the
North and West, is about to send
agents to Southern France to secure
10000 work men from that country.
An army Of $4,000 workmen will be
needed in constructing the railways
between tho City of Mexico and the
Rio Grande, and fully 10000 are
now employed in Texas, with con-
slant additions to the forces. Most
of the vessels coming to the Gulf
get outward csrgoes of rails and
other railway material from Europe,
and an immense impetus has been
given to the lumber and timber
trade of the Gulf by these great en-
terprises.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.

Macon will soon enjoy water
works.
The Eagle and Phoenix Mills at
Columbus are illuminated by the
Brush electric light.
Three mad dogs, with the symp-
toms of hydrophobia, we're killed in
Rome last week.
Fifteen thousand quarts of Charl-
eston Strawberries were sent TO New
York in one day, and 1900 punches
of asparagus also we're sent.
MisS, Phoebe Paris, aged so years,
has lived 10 Paulding county 40
years, has II children, 70 grand
children, So great.grand children,
and great grand child.
The Americas Recorder reports
that Mr.. w. D. Chapman and Mr..
James Wilkins, caught by l / o'clock
200 fine Dream and other fish, at
Chapman's mill, on Thursday.
The verdict gained by Hoke
Smith, ESQ.,, for Henry G. Tanner
against the Air Line railroad, $l4,
400, is the largest ever given in
Fulton county for damages. The
Constitution says the highest verdict
ever obtained for damages from
railroad 10 the State vas given to
Col. Jas D. Waddell. Of Cobb coun.
ty, aud was about $4,000. This
was compromised By Col. Waddell
taking about half Of the sum award
ed. DR.. Boring got, when his leg
was injured, $4,000 verdict.
Augusta News: He is planter.
He lives about sixteen miles from
Augusta, with the assistance of two
mules and wagon he hauled bale
of inferior cotton into town and sold
it for $50. With the proceeds and
with the aid of the aforesaid mules
and wagon, he hauled back to his
plantation the following items 100
pounds of sides, $3.50; ten BUSH
els of corn 81; one barrel of pota
toes, So 90 total cost of items,
S29. 40, leaving sixty cents to be ex-
pended in wet groceries. This
planter believes in planting every
acre of his land 10 cotton, and
thinks any man an idiot who asserts
that it is wise economy for the
planter to grow his own hay, cor
and potatoes.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12
A BIRD CONVENTION.

A sight so strange that it you'd
pay strangers to go miles to see, oc-
ours every night, on the cedar bluffs
of the Cumberland river, Kentucky.
Every evening just about sun down
the sky is darkened as far as the
eye can see by great Aocks of birds
coming to roost in these cedars.-
Your correspondent, accompanied
by a native and lantern, spent a
couple of hours last night among the
cedars watching this wonderful con
gregation of birds of every tongue,
| plumage and almost every country
this side of the tropics. Startled by
our approach, great crowds of the
chattering tribe would rise from
their perches in the cedars and fly
off with noise like deep and dis
tant thunder. We had to scream at
the top of our voices to hear one
another speak. Large limbs of the
trees were broken off, caused by the
accumulated weight of birds. Hun
dreds, blinded by our lanterns, would
fly into our faces. We could pick
thousands of them from the branches
of the trees. But what seemed 80
strange about this bird convention
was the seeming peace and harmony
that existed between the birds -
The hawk and dove roasted 10
peace on the same branch, while
hundreis of robins and sparrows cir.
cled in perfect safety around the
perch of large owls. In the early
morning, when these songsters of the
groves left their perches in the ce-
dars for the fields of the open coun
try, it was a most beautiful and
gorgeous sight to behold. With the
blue of the jay, the crimson and red
of the fence wren and red bird, the
yellow and gray of the yellow spar
row birds seemed like some grand
and splendid panorama of the floral
kingdom endowed with the power of
music moving through the air in y
procession composed of all the colore
of the rainbow. Hundreds of PEG
pie come every night to see this
strange wonder. A great many
poor people gain almost their entire
support by catching and selling these
birds.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

A neighbor, with coffee cup in
her hand, called in On Uncle Nose,
remarking: "Uncle Nose, | wants
to borrow a cup OBJ parched coffee
from you for break fast till to morrer.
Go right to de box on de shelf
and hep yersef.'
The neighbor did as requested,
but discovered the box to be as
empty as the head Of Legislator.
Uncle Nose dar's 90 parched cot
fee in dis heah box =
Does yer knaw why dar amt no
coffee in dat ar box 2
No, doesn't know muffin about it,
Oar amt no coffee in dat ar box,
said the old man solemnly, 'bekase
dat ar EN- de returned coffee box.
Eff yer had brung back all de coffee
yer borrowed last year hit would be
plum full
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12
THINK BEFORE YOU SPEND.

Think before you spend you mon>
ey. Do you really need the article ?
1t is probably a pretty article in
dress, in furniture, but what solid
benefit will it be to you? Or is it
some luxury for the table, that you
can as well do without? Think,
therefore, before you spend your
money. Or you need new carpet,
or a new bedstead or q new dress,
you are tempted to buy something a
little handsomer than you bad in
tended, and, while you are hesitat
ing, the dealer says to you, Its only
triae more, and you see how far
prettier it is.' But, before you pur-
chase, stop to think. Will you be
the better a year hence, much less
in old age, for having squandered
your money Is it not wiser to lay
up something for rainy day All
these Injuries crafty you only for
tho moment you soon tire of them,
and their only permanent effect is to
consume your means. II is by such
little extravagances, not much sep
arately, but ruinous in the aggre'
gate, that the great majority of fam
lilies are kept comparatively poor.
The first lesson to learn ia to deny
yourself useless expenses and the
first step toward learning this lesson
is to think before you spend.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

"Csp;sin R. NJ. McClatcby, who
has been connected with the Chero-
kee Iron and Railroad Company, is,
we understand" says the Co dartown
Advertiser, "now cleaning out and
preparing to operate the old Thomas
Jones copper mine in PauIdiug couu-
ty. The captain WAS 10 town on
last Monday, getting up a new set
of hands to open a new copper mine
about eight miles from one now OPP
Grated by Messrs: Tudor & Hart in
HARRISON county, We learn that
the outcropping of both these mines
are equal to the Tudor & Hart's
mine. McClatchy is a worthy and
estimable citizen. and we wish him
success 10 his undertakings.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12
A GRAVEL BATTER.

A remarkable case of man eats
ing meals of gravel daily from a
brook has come to light at Leake-
Vile, N. c., and ID creating great
discussion among the members of
the LeakviIe Medical Society. Mr..
John Evans, who lives in Henry
county, and is known as a man of
sense, is under the impression that
his tomach is like that of a crane
and that it is necessary for his di-
gestion 10 swallow after each meal a
handful of gravel. Every morning
after breakfast, and afternoon after
dinner, he goes to brook on his
plantation, where he has supply of
the gravel in water to keep it cool
and swallows handful, This has
been his habit for many years, and
he has been 10 robust health Once
only he had to call in physician to
extract the gravel from his body
He is 40 year of age.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12
NOT A PRETTY PICTURE.

The Dublin (Ga.) Post says; On
last Saturday Jones & Co, sold over
seven hogsheads of bacon of FIVE
hundred pounds each. Hightower
& Son got 10 lot Of corn, whica was
sold out almost by the time itreach-
ed the store. By night there was
not bushel to be had in Dublin.
Nine hundred sacks of guano have
been sod here this season, and the
demand for it is about as strong as
ever. 1t is impossible to buy buns
die of fodder ia the county and
Western hay is selling rapidly
More mules and horses have been
sold in the county this year than
ever before. The hard winter kill.
ed the oats and other small grain,
forced the farmers to feed away all
their corn and fodder to keep their
stock from starving, and then the
freshets and late freezes came along
and destroyed the stock after they
had already eaten their heads off
Cotton is down below cost OF raising
it, and not likely - get sbetter with
the prospects of to- heaviest crop
ever made just aLead. Banks and
merchants are getting sbaky and
breaking here and there over the
country. We heard hog and hcm
my raising farmer say the other day
t4a. the people would never pay out
of debt, but would have to be starry
ed out of debt and into prosperity.
1t really begins to look like it.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12
coLoREp CHURCHES.

Gen. DuBose tells US of an inter-
view he mad with a colored deacon,
who told him that when ore of their
church mem bers offered he was 'sot
back by not being permitted to
wboop lynne, ring der bell, tote
aroun' de hat, lead in prarer, or do
any udder hon 'rable an high thing,
which am reserved fur de shining
lights in the church, The minister
of that church was once caught in
an outrageous crime, but the congre~
CATION forgave him when be explain,
ed dat my heart an soul wuz not
wild my body at de time, but in de
church watchdog ober you niggers.-
De Lord dun say | wuz right. Do
you tink yosef better dan de Crea>
tor 9'-Ogketh0rpe Echo.
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ID HIS MONEY.
qonths ago an old gentle
ame Of CHI phlia,. who
L.

$1,000
-aame Of CHI ubIias. who
ut three miles from For
died, and since bis death
about ten thousand dollars have been
found buried on the old mans farm.
The first was found by his son in a
casket containing ten thousand dos
lars in gold under rock in - brook
near the old mars home. He had
told his son about where the money
was and ne made a search and found
it. A few days since about five
hundred dollars were found. The
circumstances which led to it's dis
covery we're these Once when he
was walking with bis wife in the
peach orchard he remarked that he
had some money buried near where
they stood. She remembered the
spot and going there recently and
having good recollection found the
above amount, was in silver, mostly
in Mexican coin. The old man was
about ninety-tbree years of age, and
had lived at this place since the set~
Ting of this country about sixty
years, and had accumulated cousid
cradle wealth. The money had evi>
IDENTIFY been there a great many
years, judging from the dates on the
coins.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12
Advertising Cheats.

1t has become so common to write
the beginning OF an elegant, inter-
esting article and then run it into
some advertisement, that we avoid
all such cheats and simply call at
teution to the merits of Hop Bitters
in as plain honest terms as possible,
to induce people to give them one
trial, as no one who knows their
value will ever use anything else. -
Providence AdUertiSer.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

Daniel A. Wyman has sold bis
twenty acre orange grove, near Fer
nandina,' Fla, to a Mr.. Tay lor, of
Boston, for IS 600 cash. Mr.. Wy
man landed in Florida from Eau
Clair, Wisconsin,, six years ago, nav
ing no resources whatever, but by
hard work has made in Florida with
in that short space nice little for.
tune He set the entire grove him
self.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12
TITS NO DISGRACE.

1t has been said that man must
be judged by his financial success in
life. This is all humbug. Many
scoundreIs succeed by dishonest
means 10 Accumulating wealth, while
our best rdeo, our best uriters, aad
those who AVE done the most gcad
for mankind, have died poor. The
accumulation of money is no evi>
dence that man possesses moral
worth or christian virtue, but in too
many instances is an evidence OF
overreaching and double dealing.
IT is indeed true that the impecun
ious condition of two many is caused
by want of thrift and carelessness.
But he that charges poor man who
does not pile up his gold, with want
of manhood, takes position alto
gether untenable and ridiculous in
the extreme. Manhood and money
do not always go together. On the
other hand, we claim that among
the wealthy is found the greatest
amount Of corruption. 1t is no dis
grace to be poor.-Quitman Free
Press.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

A youpg man with an umbrella
overlook an unprotected lady ac~
quain;aeco in rain storm extend
ing bis umbrella over her, he res
quested the pleasure Of acting as her
rain beau. oh exclaimed the
young lady, taking his arm, You
wish me to be your rsindear.' Two
souls with but a single umbrella,
two forms that step as one.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

According to the Cumming CIari-
OF. MIR. VIM Castieberry, of For
syih county, is seventy eight yeas
old. he has not hair CO his head,
his beard has all come out, and be
has no no eyebrows or eye lashes.-
He says that he has been troubled
with a strange feeling in his head
and that some time ego he commence
ed losing his hair until his face is as
smooth as boys and his head hair.
less as the palm of the hand.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

A man in Massachusetts cut off his
right hand, by the aid Of circular
saw, SO as to keep clear Of work y
He had been sentenced 70 twenty
years Imprisonment at hard labor,
and he took this noves means to
cheat justice.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

1t is rumored that Mr.. jill James
Of Atlanta, has cleared $145,0 900 on
stock Speculations since the railroad
excitement has commenced. It is
also rumored that Mr.. Pat Walsh OF
the Augusta Chronicle has made
$4,000 the same way, while sever
al other spectators have made-a
mistake, in not sticking to their le>
climate business.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

Women are such inconstant crea>
lures ? We heard young lady re-
mark rather elegantly, u must be
confessed that she hated that Biggs
fellow, be is such a soft cake =
Well, in less than three months she
took the cake.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

Every year of our lives@se grow
more convinced that it is the wisest
and best to fix our sttentisa O. the
beautiful and the good, al, dwell as
little as possible on the eyi, lad the
false.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

At hotel table ctfiide attracted
considerable attention by saying re.
peatedly. Il want cake You
have had five or six already, replied
the mother. 'Tbem's net the ones |
want. | want a fresh one
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

Cartersville Express SAYS Mr.. N.
S Eaves, while out at b, ore beds
near Cedartown, had onepf his legs
crushed by large rock; weighing
two tons, falling against 1t took
eight men ten minutes tfaa extricate
Mr.. Eaves from bis psu.>s.l posi-. IN.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

We learn that Miss Ida Dykes, s
handsome and intelligent Young la
dy, is the travelling representative of
a Columbus dry goods house.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

When two gushing yousg v,men
make a great display of biagiing esch
other good-bye, it may slisd
much adieu about nothipt
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

If you want any kind of job Printing
done, such as Letter Heads, Note Heads,
Bill Heads, Cards, Circulars. Handbills,
Pamphlets Tax Receipts, &c, we will
guarantee to do the work as cheap as Allan
a. Bring your work TO the journal Office
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

Gloves sre worn very lolg now
by people who cannot afford to- buy
new ones
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12

A turtle weighing GA po was
caught at Leesturg, Ga, saturday.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-12
che IN agletta 9Darual.

~
Marietta, Ga, Thursday, May 10, 1881
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Rates OF Advertising.

For each Square Of ten lines or less, for he
first insertion 81, and for each subsequent in
sertion IS cents.
The following are our rates for Advertising
by the month and year:
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ton and 10 cents per line>tor each subsequent
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each insertion.
All obituary notices, tributes Vt respect, oreT
,i1 lines, must oe paid for. All personal cards
charged for at regular rates.
The money for Advertising considered due
after first insertion.
All communications or letters on business
intended for this Office should be addresse i
t. 1.-The Marietta Journal.
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Publishers.
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Acworth, Gre
l.. .. EAGAN,

DEALER IN FOREIGN AND AFRICAN
Marble monuments, Tomb Stones, &c, &c
Sculptured Work, Carving &c, executed il
the best style of art. Designs furnished OF
application. Scotch Granite Monuments i'm
ported TO order
Marietta. Ga. deei2
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possible to supply the demand
Shipped to the North, it undergoes
certain preparations, and is then
used for stuffing mattresses, and for
other purposes