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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08
ODD ACCIDENTS.
How Certain UnlucIEy Persons
have Been Killed or Injured.

A man was made in an instant
baldheaded forever, in Mobile, by an
explosion ofa fire cracker in his hat.
1t was the work Of his playful son.
AT Dovecourt, England, boy
named Boast swallowed the sting of a
wasp while eating some preserves, and
died while running TO the doctor.
At Canton, o., james Little drank
some cold beer, which paralyzed his
stomach, and, forming carbonate acid
gas, which penetrated his whole sys-
tenn, caused nearly instantaneous
death.
At Neodesha. Minn., Albert Grant
was playing with Newfoundland dog
and dragging it by the tail, when it
jumped into the pond, pulling him in,
and he was drowned.
In Adalr county, Mo-, two young
men agreed to be photographed with
pistols drawn on each other. The
artist, while arranging their position,
discharged one Of the pistols. shooting
the opposite sitter through the lungs.
IL would seem that a man subj ct
to fits ought to be the last in the
world to climb telegraph poles; yet
Austin McIane, Of New Haven. took
the risk. He was at length stricken
while at the top of a pole, and fell
over backward; but the accident
amounted only to a warning, for one
foot caught in hook, and be hung
head downward until rescued.
At West Point. Lieutenant Archi-
bald Gibson could not, while on pa
rade, lit his hand to remove a spider
from his ear for a whole hour When
plrade was dismissed his ear was full
of blood The insect was only taken
out two days later. end Lieutenant
Gibson ultimately died of inhamma-
ton of the brain.
A little girl died at Bsrrytown.
Dutehess county, few days ago, from
blood poisoning caused by wearing a
pair of red stockings The shoe on the |
ri ht foot had rubbed off the skin. and |
through the abrasion thus caused the
poison from the stocking found it,
way into the system After death |
dlscoloratlOns W re apparent on her
lower limbs and the lower part Of her
body.
While Mr.. Gault, agent for a dyna
mite company. and having a lot Of
dynamite with him, was breakiasting
at a hotel in Australia, terrible ex |
plosiOn occurred. On the smoke and
dust clearing away, aud when the con
fusion had subsided, it was found that
almost the whole building had been
demolished. The landlady and her
family escaped unhurt, bnt was black
ened from head to foot. A search
was made for the unfortunate gentle
man, when one leg with portion of |
the body attached was found hanging
to the rafters, the trunk and a portion
Of the head being discovered on the
roof of the kitchen, thirty yards away.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08
Judge Sneed's speech.

A0rristown Gazette.
Judge John L. r. Sneed, late Of
the Supreme Bench, made a strong
speech in opposition to the 100 3 set
tlement Of the State debt, recently,
at LaGrange. He pronounced it an
iniquity which should be throttled in
the courts if possible, but advised a
quiet submission to it should the Su-
preme Court declare the bill constitu-
tiOnal in the test case which is now
awaiting its decision. No man per.
haps in the State is better known or
has more of the confidence of the peo.
pie than Judge Sneed, therefore his
late effort is attracting attention, es.
peeially so from the opponents of the
1908 bill.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08

Our neighboring STATE to the west
ward is improving its financial status,
by calling in lot of 10 per cent bonds
amounting to something over 100000,
issued in May 1874 and March 1876
The interest on the same will cease
with the close Of the present month.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08
River TeIeprnnls.

LOUISVILLE, December 8.-River
falling with Z feet 6 inches in canal
and 8 feet inches in chute on falls.
Cloudy and cool. The Dick johnson,
from Cincinnati; Andy Baum, from
Cincinnati; Pittsburg, from Pittsburg;
Charley Mcdonald and tow, from
Evansville.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08
7he Weafher.

WASHINGTON, December 8.-For
the Tennessee and Ohio valley warmer
and cloudy weather, followed by rain,
with variable winds, mostly southerly,
and lower barometer. For the lower
Missouri valley colder and fair
weather, with northwesterly winds
and higher pressure.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08

The old timbered house in Worces-
tershire, England. in which Butler,
the author OF Hudibras, was born, has
been razed to the ground, and the only
contemporary record Of his existence
is contained in the parish register.
which preserves the entry Of his ban.
tism on st Valentines Day, in 1912.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08
SKOrristOwn Fire.

MoRRIsTowN, TENN, December s.
Miss Hunters bourding. house, on
South street, burned this morning, and
Mrs. Anna Walsh, boarder, and
Lizzie Ketoh, servant, perished in
the flames. The other inmates we're
rescued from windows.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08

SECRETARY. Blaine is to retire from
the Department OF State week hence.
Previous to that date he will give
farewell dinner to the Diplomatic
corps.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08
Guiteau.


WASHINGTON, December 8. AS
soon as the Criminal Court opened
this morning Guiteau shouted out,
"a crank in Chicago says
[ talked with him about
this case. | don't know the man. 1t
is false"
Col. Corkhill called as first witness Of
the day Mrs. Julia NJ. Wilson, fLead-
vile, Col. She knew L. W. Guiteau
from her earliest recollections. He
was her uncle. Witness gave most
feeling account of the life and
character of her mother. Mrs.
Maynard. who, it had been al
legged by the defense, had died insane,
but who really died from pneumonia,
in 1856. Her mother was noted for
her lovely disposition and Christian
character, and her virtues are remem-
bered and spoken OF to this day. Wit
ness was her nurse and constant
attendant up to the hour Of her death,
and never saw the slightest indication
of flightiness or insanity. Witness
was questioned in relation to the eyi-
denoe Of Davis, one of the witnesses
for the defense. Davis testified that
he was at one time in Mrs. Maynard s
room during her last illness, and she
was very Aighty and incOherent, and
continually charged him Davis to
look out tor her husband and children,
for she feared they would go to the
poorhouse. The witness (Mrs. vii.
SOM smiled incredulousIy while tho
question was being put, and replied
that she did not even remember the
man Davis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08
DIED.

SHQF0RD-At the residence Of her father,
bsq J. ID Brewster, shelby county, Wedtes
day December 7th, 1881 SALLIs h., wife Of
Robert J. Hhuford
Funeral services from residence. Inter.
ment at Elmwood Cemetery, 2 o'olo X, pm.
this CTHURs NAYl D Gem or s.h.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08
Dividend Notice.

~ OFFIcE or
MENPHIs CITY FIaE AND GENERAL ks Co
A. ., ~ MADISON STREET,
n held this day, 'u VI D@''''ts'
Dividend of Five (5) Per Cst4
on tue capital stock was declared and ordsred
70 DO credited, on the stock otes Of the COM
pany. By order Of the Board Wv NO"'-
HENRY ] LYES, Cashier ''vSps sn y
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08
|. o. o. r.

M EMPHIS Degree Lodge, No. .,suu,,,.
NJ 3. J.. 0. o + The officers = fs
and members Of this Lodge ar, -
requested to meet at their hall 's9Hfss
this CTHURSDAY) night December 6th, a TX
o,cloe for work in the degrees, aud eli, ction
Of officers.
Visiting brethren fraternalIy invited.
BY order UHAS. Y. U 4RAOLL, d, NJ.
s. II. GIBs0N, Secretary,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08

BosToN, December s. Harvey
Jewell, formerly Judge of the Ala
bama claims commission, died this
morning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08

President Arthur is to occupy the
room in the White House in which
President Taylor and President Lin
coins little son died, and in which
the Prince Of Wales once slent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08
Crtcketcr Dead.

PHILADELPHIA, December S.-Jc-
seph Hargrave, a celebrated criketer,
is dead.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08
BARGAINS /!

OUR BEDROOM sETS are cen.
sidered the greatest bargains
ever offered TO the Memphis
trade.
We are In receipt of another new
line of CARPETS, comprising
all the latest designs, which we
are offering at PricestO suit the
times
We desire TO call special atfen.
tiOn 10 our CANE-SEAT CHAIRS
that never fail TO sell after being
examined and priced.
Our WINDOW SHADES are
marvels OF beauty, and we only
ask an inspection Ofthem before
purchasing elsewhere.
Remember, the place 10 get
Bargaius Ia Furniture and Car-
pets Is at
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08

It proposed to celebrate the 250th
anniversary of the settlement Of Port
land, Ne, on the Foulth Of July
next.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08
TO CONTRACTORS /

'hE Committee Of the County Court on
bds rSor SoI 10 House Construction will receive
p AsrERtNG and PRTSTTING on ~ o- X ~ hsSS; o,s
IAN Of December. Plans and ,peeiaestions
architect. VI Nu"aru jones'
IS S6 JM COLEMAN. Chairman
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-09-09
Married for Love.

The man who has married for
love is happy fellow. Lie Is
generally cheerful, and always
thinking of the loved ones at
home. He is rarely late at BUSH
ness, rises early, gardens o little,
eats q hearty breakfast, and goes
to the necessary labor with g
Light hears sad clear conscience
He often brings home pleasant
SURPRISES for his wife and chIl-
dren. You may recognize him
il trains loaded with parcel,
which he good-natoredly carries
with perfect unconcern OF what
others think-a new bonen )
music, books, a clock for his wife;
while in another parcel the wheels
of a cart, a jock n-she-box, a doll,
or skipping rope, intrude through
the paper ard suggest the nur-
sery. He is brave and kind,
though he makes no noise 10
the world. The humanizing IN
fiuence of that darling, red
checked little fellow who calls
him father, brings glow of rap
ture OF the purest pleasure earth
holds: fol the man who has never
felt a tiny hand clasp his will al
ways lack some thing-he will be
| less human, less blessed than
others. This is the noble, the
honest, the only form OF life thai
imparts real content and JOY
that will make death bed glo
rious and love see peace ,hrougt
tears. I is so purely unselhsh
so tenderly true; it satisfies th'
highest instincts; it stimulates
men to the best deeds they ar'
capable OF.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-09-09

George W. Holt, at one time one
Of the wealthiest merchants Of the
Crescent City, is now in absolute
poverty, in the seventy-ffth year Of
his age. His property was confis-
Gated and himself banisheo while
Butler commanded in New Orleans.
For the past two years Mr.. Holt
has been night clerk at the Wash
ington Hotel, Vicksburg, Miss.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-09-09

Statistics Of the Jewish race,
which have been prepared 10
Germany, place the total num-
Der of Jews now living in the
world at only 6.139,662, which is
considerably less than twice the
population of the largest city in
Europe. OF these 6 l39.662 jews
more than five. sixths: 5.225,9
live in Earape alone; 4O2 996
live in Africa, 1872 74 in Asia; 90
900 in Australia, and 307,862 in
America
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-09-09
Among the big trees in the

Among the big trees in the
world are the expresses OF Mon
tezuma in Mexico, and which as
long ago as 1882 had circum-
ference of thirty-fve feet and
must have been 1000 to 5000
years old, and the ancient cedars
of Lebanon about 900 years old
and a big tree near Constantine.
pie which in 1885 was ninety feet
high.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-09-09

The doctors have declared
soda water to be a compound
containing far more deadly pois-
on than exhilarating "fizz." Now
il the doctors would declare ice
cream to be fraught with more
danger than dynamite pills, the
frugal young man might get
money enough ahead to back a
good hand for what it is actually
worth.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-09-09

II you are not a wise mau you
will treat the world as the world
treats it. Show it only one side
Of yourself, seldom show your
self too much at time, and let
what you show be calm, cool and
polished. But look at every side
Of the woill.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-09-09

A party wanted to know OF
his waggish friend if there We're
many mosquitoes where he went
to. Not a single one there-no,
for they're all married and got
great big families.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-09-09

It is difficult for a woman to
keep a secret; and I know more
than one man who is a wom-
an.-[La Fontaine.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-09-09

Boge Jackson and Henry Hill
were sentenced by the Circuit
Court to be hanged on Saturday
the 22nd of October for the muI-
der OF Reuben Jorden.-[Ham-
burg Times.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-09-09
.sThe Hayo of Thousand Strings. y

Many of the readers OF the
Herald have often laughed at the
absurdities of the celebrated SER
mon, 'Srhe Harp Of a Thousand
String; Spirits of just Men
Made Perfect" and doubtless
many more will laugh at 1t to-
day. It is only necessary to
premise that the sermon Is sup
posed to have been delivered by
the Captain OF f1atbost, dealer
in whisky, bacon, onions, pota-
toes, etc., etc.. while his broad
horn vas tied up at a landing GU
The Mississippi river. Here is
the sermon of the Right Rever-
end dealer in fatboat sundries ::
Imay say to you, my breeth-
hing, that am not q edecateo
man. an I am not one OF them
AS believes that edecation is me-
cessary fur gospel minister, fur
[ believe the Lord edecates his
preachers jest as he wants EN-
to be edecated, an though | say
it. that oughtn't to say it, yet IN
t-~ SAFE Of Indianny, whar l
we, thars no man ss gifts a big
ger congregation nor what l
gifts.
Thar may be some here to lay
my breethring, as don't know
wha, persuasion I am Nv. Well,
I may say to you, my breethring
thai Tn Hard Shell Baptist.
Thar's some folks as don't like
Hard Shell Baptists, but Id
rather have a hard shell as nc
shell at all. You sea me here
TO day, my breethriDg, dressed
no liz these fine clothes; you
mont think I am proud, my
breethring, and though I've beer
preaching Nv the gospel fo'
twenty years, an although In
Gaping OF fatboat that lies 81
your landing, I'm not proud, my
bree,hring. I'm not q gwine te
tell you adzaekly whar my tex
may be- found; suffice it to say
j it's in the lids nv the Bible, ane
you'll find it somewhar between
the first chapter Nv the book O
Generations an the last chapter
Nv the book of Revolutions, an
Of you'll 60 an sarch the scrip
lures as I have sarched the scrip
lures, you'll not only find m,
text thar, but great man.
other texes as will do you goo'
to read; an my tex when 20
shill find il, you shlll find it to
read thus:
sand he played on harp 9
a thousand strings -sperits q
just men made per6ck."
Now, my dear breethrine
thar's q great many .lifferer
kinds Nv harps, an other music
ial instruments played upon
this sinful world. Some folk
harp upon pollyticks, while ott
ers harp upon no subject at al
some folks plays on the cymba
the jews harp, the banjo, the p
snny, the harpsichord, etc. NJ
Boosting, but I plays q leetle o
the fiddle myself; an then thar
David, he played on harp b,
fore Saul an the tex says: "a
played on a harp nv q thousan
strings--sperits Nv just me
made per6ck."
Ny tex. breethring, leads q
30 speak Nv sperits. Now, thar
. great many kinds Nv sperits
She world. In the fust plat
shar's the sperits as some foil
call ghosts, an then thar's tt
sperits nv terpentime, an thar
the sperits as some fOlkes col
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J |
with, en- thar's fox fire, camp fire,
Saint Anthony's fire, fire beiore
you are ready, FIRE and fall back,
and many other kinds Nv fire, for
the text says: HE played ON q
harp Nv thousand strings
sperits Nv just men made per
fick."
But I'll tell you the kind nv
fire as is mens in the tex, ray
oreetbriDg-it's hell fre-an
that's the kind Nv fire as great
many Nv you will come to ct you
don't do better nor what you
have been doing, for "He played
On a harp Nv thousand strings
sperits Nv just men made per-
fck."
| Now, the different sorts Nv fire
in the world may be likened unto
the different pers uasions OF
| Christians in the world. In the
fust place we have the Plscapa-
lyuns, an they're a high sailin
an high falutin set, an they
may be likened to turkey buzz
zard that flies up iuto the ar, an
he goes up an up till he Iookn SO
bigger nor your finger nail. an
the fust thing you know he kums
down an down an down, an is
q film himself on the carkiss Nv
a dead boss by the side Nv the
road, an He played on a harp
Nv a thousand striDgs-sperits
Nv just men made perick.' -
An then thar's the Pesberte-
rams, they a high minded kind
Nv folks, they bleeve in edeca-
ting their preachers, an SO they
remind me Nv a paper kite, and
the stronger the wind blows the
higher the kite flies until the
string breaks or it loses it's tail,
an then it dashes bead-lone
! down, down, down, slap dash
right into brier patch; an that s
J just the way of the Presbeterans
for the more education they
have the higher they fly, an you
, know a kite has to have ballast
/ to its tail to make it fly level
an my dear breethring, that's
! just the way Nv the Presbeterans
, fur their salary is their ballast
an the more you give EN- the
leveler are their heads, an O
you tighten their ballast they
kick up dust an skedaddlt
away like q wild boss running
away in harness until they fine
? some place whar thar's plenty Q
7 ballast, for the tex says: III
. played on a harp Nv q thousane
. strings-sperits unjust men mad
r per6ck."
An then thar's the Metherdis
Il an they mey be likened unto tn
' squirrel, runain' up into a tree
for the Metherdis bleeves il
!, gwine on from one degree
!, grace to another, an finally o
J. to perfeckshun, an the squire
o goes up. an up, an up, an uE
q an he jumps from limb to lin
i an from branch to branch, al
|; the fust thing you know he fall
|. an down he come ker fum-u
j. and that's like the Metherdis, fo
1t they is alters fallin' from grace
n ah, aud HE played on har
s Nv . thousand strilgs-speret
D of just men made perfck."
[e And then, my breethrlnI
ID thar's the Baptist-ah /! and the
10 have been likened unto a possul
on siaamon tree, and the thur
% ders may roll and the yarth ma
= quake, but that possum clipt
II thar still /; an, and yon shake or
q foot loose, and the others tina
q and you may shake all feet loos
q and he laps his tail round II
. limb an he clings, an he clins
Il an he clings furever, for n
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S. II. w. Meek's
G. r. " E. r Il l. II G Fl N Z !

For portable and stationary engines, u.
of different styles, saw and grist mlnsa
cotton gins, wagons, buggies, cane ana
sorghum mills, evaporators, and lmp1Jas a..
ed agricultural implements. Persons ao
sirous of purchasing would do wei, oa anh
receive advantages by buying throusn
this agency. Address, r
ST. w. MEEK,
Hamburg, Ark.
by letter, who will promptly respond -
person. Refers to Messrs. John basseI'
A. L. Bussey, W. A. Harrington, Co., -
Wn. Brown and Hon. Jas. Bussey.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-07-27
A Liar Himself.

Travellers are privileged to draw the
long bow when they return from their
wanderings, but sometimes they find
those who are not quite ready to swal-
low everything whole. It happened in
New Hampshire town that a young
native, after several years of knocking
about, returned to his home. There was
a gathering round the stove in the vii
lage store that winter evening, and he
was listened to with open-mouthed
wonder as he related his experiences.
But there was one in the company who
sat apart, smoked his pipe in silence
and gave no sign either of interest OF
astonishment.. At last one of the party,
ruffled by his evident apathy, turned to
him and said: "What's the matter with
you2 You don't seem to warm up q
bit" "No," he answered, slowly re-
moving the pipe from his mouth, "Tm o
liar myself "-Boston CatlticdtOr.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-07-27

their own limbs, properly used, they
possessed the most efficient life-preser-
vers, they would most likely avail them
selves Of them. In every school, every
house, there ought to be slate tank of
sufficient depth, with trickle of water
ct one end and syphon at the other
in order to keep the contents rure. A
pail or two of hot water would at any
time render the contents sufficiently
warm. In such tank every child from
the time it could walk ought to be made
to tread water daily. Every adult, when
the opportunity presents itself, should
do so. The printed injunction should
be pasted up on all lboat-houses, one very
boat, at every bathing-place and in
every school. "Tread water when you
find yourself out of your depth," is all
that need be said, unless, indeed, we
add: "Float when you are tired" ="
Every one, of whatever age or sex, or
however incumbered with clothing,
might tread water with at least as much
facility, even in a breaking sea, as a
four-footed animal does. The position
of a person who treads water is in other
respects very much safer and better
than is the sprawling attitude which we
assume in ordinary swimming. And
then the beauty of it is that we can
tread. water without any preliminary
teaching, whereas "to swim" involves
time and pain, entails considerable
fatigue and is very seldom adequately
acquired after all.
The Indians of the Missouri river,
when they have occasion to traverse
that impetuous stream, invariably tread
water just as the dog treads it. The
natives of Joanna, an island on the coast
of Madagascar, young persons of both
sexes walk the water carrying fruit and
vegetables to ships becalmed, or it may
be lying to, in the otfing miles away.
Some Croomen whose canoe upset before
my eyes in the seaway on the coast of
Africa walked the water, to the safe
keeping of their lives, with the utmost
facility, and witnessed negro children
on other occasions doing so at very
tender age. At Madras, watching their
opportunity, messengers, with letters
secured in an oilskin cap, plunge into
the boiling surf, and make their way,
treading the water, to the vessels out
side, through sea in which an ordinary
European boat will not live. At the
Cape of Good Hope men used to pro-
ceed to vessels in the offing through the
mountain billows, treading the water as
they went with the utmost security.
And yet here, on our own shores, and
amid smooth waters, men, women and
children perish like flies annually, when
a little properly y-directed effort-tread-
ing the water as 1 have said-would
haply suffice to rescue them every one
London Nature.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-07-27
Queer Advertisements.

Some of our advertisements are as
comical as Punch One landlady, en-
tirely innocent of grammatical knowl-
edge, a1vertises that she has 50 fine
airy, well-furnished bedroom for a gen
tleman twelve feet square !" another has
ga cheap and desirable suite of rooms for
a respectable family in good repair !"
still another has ga hall bedroom for
single woman Sx12." An English widow
became rather mixed by her grief, but
when announcing the death of her hus-
band she was not so mixed that she lost
sight of the main question: "His vir-
tues were beyond price, and his beaver
hats were. only seventeen shillings. He
has left widow and large stock to be
sold cheap at the old stand. He was
snatched to the other world just as he
had concluded an extensive purchase of
felt, which he got so cheap that his
widow can sell felt hats fraction less
than any other house in London. Peace
ohis ashes; thebusiness will be carried
on as usual"