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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
Ten Cents a Day.

No matter how large your salary, you
will save nothing if you spend money
too freely. Men are continually indulg-
ing in small expenses, saying to them
selves, that it's only trihe, you forget
ting that the aggregate is serious, that
even the seashore is made up Of petty
grains Of sand Ten cents a day is even
thirty six dollars and half a year, and
that is the interest of capital Of six
hundred dollars The man that saves
ten cents day only is so much richer
than he who does not, as if he owned a
life estate in house worth six hundred
dollars; and if invested quarterly, does
not take half that time But ten cents
II day is child's play, some will exclaim.
Well, John Jacob Astor used to say, that
when man, who wishes to be rich, has
saved ten thousand dollars, he has won
half the battle. Not that Astor thought
ten thousand much, but he knew that in
making surh o sum, man acquired
habits of prudent economy, which would
keep him advancing in wealth. How
many, however, spend ten thousand in a
few years in extra expenses, and then,
on looking back, cannot tell, as they
say, "where the money went to-" To
save is to get rich To squander, even
in small sums, is the first step toward
the poorhouse The habit of extrava>
gance is easily formed, but almost
impossible to break up
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
JOHNNY SKAE'S BIG CHANCE.
Worth $4,000, ,OO0 Two Years AGO, To-day
Working for u Good Living,

tFfOm hs Cursor cay IWe,D
A little moro than two years since
Johnny Skae, whom everybody knows,
would visit Carson several times a month,
and as he passed down the street from
the railroad depot with an Independent
swagger, and more independent look
in his eye, men would enviously gaze af-
ter him and express their convictions
that he would soon outstrip any single
member of the Bonanza firm in the pos
session of millions This was when
Sierra Nevada and Union were selling at
from $50 TO 800 dollars per share, and
Skae was supposed to hold $4,000 shares
of the stock of those two mines. AT that
period he would have had no difficulty
in realizing 10,000,0O0 dollars in cool
gold coin for his stock; but no, he was
ambitious, and desired no longer to play
second fiddle even to such colossal
financial power as the Bonanza firm.
He fancied that the prospective dividends
of the Sierra Nevada and Union Consol-
idated mines would be greater by ten
fold than those paid by the California
and Consolidated Virginia mines. John
was over-sanguine; he imagined himself
a 100 millionaire, whose millions were
safely deposited in the bowels of the
earth, Of that he felt certain.
In the meantime he entertained his
friends in regal style. He invited them
from San Feancisco to participate in
princely fish and champagne banquets,
which we're spread near the reservoir Of
the Virginia and Gold Hill Water
Works. from which the luscious trout
were taken, and in various other ways
extended his hospitality to friends in
such a manner that they privately called
him prince John" In the midst Of
this, however, he did one prudent thing,
and that was in settling 250,000 dollars
in bonds upon his wife. Believing that
the stock of the mines of which he was
so heavy holder was sure to reach al
last LOCO per share, he hypothecated the
same to the Nevada Bank, and purchas.
ed several thousand shares on margin
Soon thereafter the market crashed, and
it was not long before his stocks were
quoted at so and 60 dollars per share
OF course that nearly ruined Skae; but
being man of nerve and desirous of re,
trieying his lost opportunity, he kept Oh
dabbling in stocks which at one time
might have placed him in an enviable
independent position, until he had lost
all that he had saved from the first blow
and it is even said that the 250,000 dol
lars which he settled upon his wife went
the way of the rest. Now Johnny Skae
is in Arizona in place Of living in luxury
and superlative elegance, seeking bon,
ANA, which he probably will never find.
1t is only once in lifetime that one man
in million is SO enchantingly smiled
upon by fortune as Johnny Skae was two
and half years ago.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Only two Harvard graduates-John
Quincy Adams and r. B. Hayes-have
become Presidents of the United States.
The contractor for building the Cana
dian Pacific Railway advertises that he
will want 1900 white laborers during
the coming summer.
There are now 500 cities in the United
States supplied with water works,
involving 1900 miles Of pipe, 10000 of
which are of cast iron.
The military prison at Leavenworth,
Kan, is reported as having TUNED out
in the last fiscal year 25,225 pairs of
boots, and 81, ,220 of shoes.
Joseph Fuess, lad, whose arm was
broken and his scalp torn off by the fall
of school house in the Erie school dis.
trict of Pennsylvania, has recovered q
verdict. He sued for ten thousand dol
lars damages
A writer in the Cincinnati Enquirer,
after critical inspection Of New York
women, says that the higher you 60 in
the social scale the further you get from
beauty, and that the Bowery shop girls
are, in that respect, far superior to the
"swell" young ladies.
William F. Tolley, a bookkeeper at
Kingston, n. Y, is said to be an electric
al marvel He is so full Of electricity that
when he slides across carpet, even
with his boots on, he can light the gas
with his fingers, and when a person
touches his nose or an ear with their
fingers, shock is received in the arm
and bright spaak is emitted.
The Northeastern Lumbeymoa, which
is rendering an important service to the
country by awakening people to the fact
Of the ever increasing denudation of
forests, estimates the loss involved by
the fires of 1871, in Wisconsin, Michigan,
and New York, at 215,OO0,O00 dollars.
In 1873 the woods on Lake Superior
we're afre almost continuously for 100
miles.
Mr., Lawrence Oliphant, on his return
from the East, declared that he saw the
followers of a certain Sheikh Russian
Abouton, of Damascus, devour live
scorpions and snakes, and then finish
off by ychewing and swallowing mouthfuls
of glowing, red'hot charcoal. Mr..
Oliphant not only saw this done, but
felt the sickening smell of burning flesh
as "they crlmched the glowing morsels' >
Prof Fort, i'll paper on artificial
respiration read before the French
Academy, states that he was enabled to
restore to life child three years old
three and a half hours after apparent
death by practising artificial respiration
on it for four hours. Another physician
reports somewhat similar case. He
terminated a person nearly drowned
after four hours of artificial respiration.
The person had been in the water ten
minutes, and the doctor arrived an hour
after asphyxia.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
A BIRDS Wit,

Some time since, while riding slowly
along a dusty macadamized road I was
startled by the hurried fight close by
my side of small bird which dropped
in the road few PAGES ahead, and after
futter in the dust sat perfectly motion
less. I drew up my horse to watch
events, when moment later a hawk
swooped by, but missed its prey, and
went off into an adjoining field. The
sparrow remained still in its place, and
all covered with dust, looked for all the
world like one of the many loose stones
in the roads-so much so, that no Won
der it should have escaped the sharp
sight even of the hawk.
But one explanation Of such freak
seemed possible; and when we reflect
that these birds generally take to the
bushes or to the lichen spotted rail
fences, when pursued by hawks, and
that dust is not constant factor of the
environment, we stop to admire so bright
spark of intelligence kindled under
such trying circumstances
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
She Paid O Commission.

A Chicago merchant accompanied q
Milwaukee gentleman-an old friend
to his home, where he had been many
times a guest before. In conyersa-
ton with the charming daughter of
his host, he rallied her on her contin-
uance in state of single blessedness,
She replied that none Of the Milwau-
kee beaux were to her taste, and in
an Indifferent way inquired if Chicago
had any nice young men disengaged.
Receiving an affirmative reply she re-
mained minute or two in a brown
study, and then Frightening up said
in bantering tone, "Well, you are n
commission merchant; send me down q
nice young man and l will allow you
q commission of 10 cents pound"
The Milwaukee girl got her nice young
man in due time. The commission
charges were just 19 dollars and 90
cents.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01

One fact is self-evident, when we see
two persons engaged in the warmths of
a mutual affection, that there are certain
qualities in both minds which bear re-
semblance to one another. A generous
and constant passion in an agreeable
lover, where there is not too great a dis
parity in other circumstances, is the
greatest blessing that can befall the per-
son beloved, and if overlooked in one,
may perhaps never be found in another
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
The Lash in Pioneer Days.

In a lecture on "The Lawyer as a Pi-
oneer," delivered in Chicago by Thomas
Hoyne, of that city, a contrast was drawn
between some of the laws passed by
the Government of the Northwestern
Territory in 1871 and 1900, under the
ordinance of 1887, and the Legislation
of the present day. Larceny was then
punished by 81 stripes well laid on,
and the thief was required to restore
the value of the stolen property; fail
ing in that he was sold to any one
who would pay it, for term not ex-
ceeding seven years The forger was
fined double the sum of which he at
tempted to defraud an individual, and
was set in the pillory for two hours.
Arson and horse-stealing were punish
able by death, hog-stealing by a fine
of from so to 100 dollars and from %
to 80 lashes, and burglary by 300
lashes well laid on
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01

Eastern Colorado is full of dead cattle
This is another of those delightful sec
tions of country whore cattle ore said to
winter all right without special feeding
or shelter.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01

The "horrid" man who paragraphs for
the Philadelphia Herdh announces that
fashionable spring bonnets will he com
posed of fifteen cents worth Of bonnet
and fifty dollars worth Of trimmings.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Regular rates OF advertising, 81 per square
ficst insertion, aud 50 cents each subsequent
Insertion.
Special contrasts will be made for An sdver'
t,sements for four insertions or over.
Transient advertisements always payable
quarterly III advance.
Marriages ard obituary notices, over ons
,ouare. chg ged for at half regular rates
All locLi news 10 cents lh.J for esch in
lsrtion.
No notices inserted for less than ffty cents
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-14
AFTER TWENTY YEARS.
Ex-senator Yulee's Greeting of
General Cameron,

Philadelphia Press.l
About six weeks ago from the front
porch of the Egmont hotel at Feruan-
dina, Florida, saw an old gentleman
some eighty years OF age alight from
his carriage directly in front of the
house and step briskly across the gray
eled walk and up the steps of the ho-
tel. He was one of group of men
who left the senate of the United
States in 1861 because the conflict of
leas between the north and the south
was getting too warm, even in the
councils of the nation, to be calmly
and peacefully discussed, like many if
not most of those southerners who
went out of congress at that time, be
mistook not only the temper of the
people of the north, but the purposes
of the bold spirits of his own section
who made the act the stepping stone to
war, to which majority of the people
of the south were opposed. AS he
reached the porch he walked few
steps to the left, where General Simon
Cameron was conversing with some
friends and greeted him cordially.
The two shook hands and the grasp
bridged twenty years of separation.
He said: General Cameron, | am
very glad to welcome you to my home
in Florida"
Thank you, Senator Yulee, l am
glad to be here, and doubly so to meet
you once more, replied Mr.. Cameron.
I'VE have not met for twenty
years, said Elk Senator Yulee.
1--WE were friends for nearly as long
as that before the separation" res
pondod General Cameron.
Most all of our associates in the
senate have gone to their final ac-
count, but we have lived to see great
events since then, both in war and
peace. | hardly dreamed when [ left
the capital that it would be two de-
cades before we should meet again, I"
said Mr.. Yulee.
II felt at the time the departure of
the southern senators from the senate
was a more serious matter than most
of them thought. Indeed, most of
our representatives, as we'll as our
people, could not realize that that
event marked the first act of rebellion
-peaceable, of course, but rebellious,
nevertheless, replied General Came
ron.
That is true, replied Mr.. Yulee.
II believed firmly when | left there
would be no war. Thought the ques-
tions at issue would be settled by
of the states, and call to
mind that as / was leaving the capital
for the south, in 1861, l met Senator
Collamer, of Vermont, on the steps,
one of the ablest men in the senate,
either from the north or south. We
shook hands and bade each other good
bye. As | turned to leave him he
said second time, Good bye, Yulee,
and added, We shall meet again in
The next national convention. I have
meyer seen him since, and he died, /
am told, soon after the war"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-14
The PriEe Cal Essay.

The prizes in the New York cat
show have been distributed, Spot,
the performing feline, drawing $3.50
and a gold me lal. The prize for the
cat essay ($l0) was awarded to Walter
q. Quevedo, Brooklyn, his effort be-
ing tbe best of 557. 1t was attached
to a common wooden Zip" cat, such
as little boys play with. 1t was as fol-
lows: "ehis is a Cat. "
The inclosed eat knocked at our
Office window a few years ago, and
then came in without being intro
duced Since then it has never eaten
anything, nor shows an inclination to
become acquainted with the back
fence. 1t is perfectly docile, but is
apt to jump when stroked upon the
back. Besides this species there are
two other kinds of cats-the cat Of
nine tails and the cat of niue lives.
The cat proper and improper derives
his name from the manner in which
you address him at night thus
"Scat "
The cat is a cuss that news and
purrs, becuss purr. haps it ANEW. ses
him. He is covered with fur, Is filled
with deceitfulness and abounds in
cheek. | said that on purr-puss. He
can place himself outside of a canary
in full bloom, and then come and sit
by your side and look up In your face
.-.tl . .,,,,Io Abot 20 HobildliLa end
bland" chuck full Of penitence and
canary. Canary other animal do this?
His fur is soft aRd glossy, but what
this is fur cannot say. It isn't so
soft, however, but what it will break
bricks. The cat is a smaller bird than
the mule. AS a general thug tie cat
can draw more than any other ami
NAL except mustard plaster.
/ have known him to draw
two bootjacks, scuttle Of coal, two
or three charges out of gun, two
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-14
Go YournolC

On the railway train from Nash
vile the representative from Crockett
was aboard and spoke earnestly on the
subject Of education. He also men,
TONED that he had the privilege Of
naming a student for scholarship in
the State university at Knoxville. II
he could only find some nice, bright
youth In need of learning and ambi-
tious to receive an education, he
would be only too happy to appoint
him, he said. After several repeti-
tions Of this kind OF remark, a fellow
traveller said to the gentleman from
Crockett: why, my dear sir, don't
you name yourself for the scholarship,
and go to the institution and learn
something" The bystanders smiled,
and the legislator had no more to say.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-14

Our neighboring city of Little Rock,
with a population of 3,l85, according
to the United States census, owes a
debt of $335,243, or $25,42 for each
man, woman and child in the place.
The value of property assessed is $4,-
465, ,2O5, or 1880 per capita. The an
nual tax levy is $l7l, $40, or Sl3.04 per
capita, and 1886 on each 500 worth
of property. The annual expenditure
is set down at $lO5,4 ,403, which in :
cludes ordinary municipal expenses
and interest on the debt, and divided
it is an average of $500 for each per-
son, The city of Louisville, KY,
owes $500 for every man, woman and
child in the place, and the city of Sa-
vannah, Ca, sll1.95. The rate of
taxation in the latter is $3.50 per
500, and in Louisville $228. The
latter city owes over 100000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-14

THE city of Key West, in Florida,
the extreme southern limit of the
United States, the. jumping off
place as it were, ought to be and GER.
tainly is one of the most delightful
resorts on the American continent.
With a population Of 1890 people, the
rate Of taxation is but$2. 15 per capita,
and the assessed valuation Of the
property aggregates $173,3OO, an aver
age Of $s8 for each person. The entire
debt of the city is but $4,000 or sl.O1
per capita, while the ordinary reve.
nue. is $4,000 per annum, and the
annual expenditures slO,95O. No
city in the country of its size and pre-
tensions can show up SO handsome a
statement.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-14

The other side of the political ques-
ton in Virginia will be heard from
tomorrow, when an able article from
an advocate Of the "funder's" view
will appear in reply to "True Demo-
crat," who writes in defense of the
"readjusters'" or Malone policy. By
perusing both, outsiders will doubtless
obtain a fair understanding of the
issues involved in the muddle, which
has attracted so much attention
throughout the country, and which is
doubly interesting now, in consequence
of the position General Malone occu-
pies in the United States senate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-14

or three swears out of man. and
other articles of bedroom furniture
out Of a third story window. This
can also be said of the average German
baud. In fact, they are somewhat re.
lated, as the discoverer Of the fiddle,
listening to the music of q cat, cut
him open to see where the noise came
from, and thus laid the foundation for
fiddle strings. Cats and 6ddles thus
became ADMINISTRATORS of suicides.
They are unfeeline. l would say
something about the cat.o'.nine tails,
but it is a painful subject; another
reason is, l don't know anything about
them. See Mr.. Bergh. Please send
the $40 by any Of my kind reporterial
friends. You might also send po-
liceman with the reporter. Yours,
categorically.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-14
BY CABLE.
The Irish World Charged
With Treason.
Dr.. Carver Challenges Ten of
EngIand's Best Shots.
James paly Arrested Under the
Coercion Act.
BY CABLE.
BeacOnSfIeId Slightly Improved.

PARIS, April 14.-J. B. Dumas, one
OF the French delegates to the none
tary conference, is secretary of the
academy of science and president of
the mint commission, and Cerenuschi,
another French delegate, is a we'll
known economist and bimetalist.
A semi official paragraph is pub
lished foreshadowing a plan for in
stalling Greece in the territory ceded
by Turkey.
BERLIN, April 14.-Bismarck has
done nothing yet on the motion lately
passed by the reichstag in regard to a
political asylum.
LIVERPOOL, April 14.-The Irish
authorities have made arrangements
to seize in future copies of the New
York Irish World in transit between
New York and Queenstown as a
reasonable publication.
LONDON, April 14.-Dr, Carver, an
American marksman, has challenged
ten of the best shots of the Hurting
ham club and gun club of London to
a pigeon shooting match for e500, the
Doctor shooting a thousand pigeons to
his opponents hundred each.
Archbishop Croke, of Cashel, had
to apologize in writing to Archbishop
McCabe, of Dublin, by superior or
der in the amplest manner for bis at
tack on Archbishop McCabe's Lenten
pastoral.
LONDON, April 14.-Lord Beacons-
field is slightly improved.
James Daley, the proprietor of the
Connaught Telegraph, was arrested at
Castlebar, under the coercion act. He
will be conveyed to Dublin, The ar
rest caused considerable excitement.
LONDON, April 13.-Rev. w. Nor
ley Punshod, LID, a distinguished
Wesleyan minister, died this morning
at Buxton of complicated disorders.
BERLIN, April 13.-The anti jew
ish petition was sent to Bismarck yes
terday. It consists of twenty-six vol
umes, comprising $4,000 sheets, with
225,OOO signatures, including those of
noblemen, retired generals aud off
cials.
MADRID, April 13.-Lqst evening
three large petards were thrown into
house, in this city, causing some dam.
age to property, but no person injured.
LONDON, April 14.-Dr. Quain has
been called to defend himself before
the college of physicians for consulting
with DR.. Kidd, who is an electric
DR.. Quain explained
that before seeing Lord Beaconsfell
he received letter from DR.. Kidd
saying that he was not treating the
case homeopathically, and that every
direction and prescription of DR.,
Quain's would be faithfully carried
out. From a letter Of DR.. Kidd to
the medical journals, it appears that
Sir William Jenner absolutely refused
consultation, prior to the summoning
Of DR.. Quain.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-14
River TeIegrame.

Louisville, April IA: River rising,
16 feet 6inches in canal, and 13 feet
6 inches in chute on the falls. Wealth
eF clear and pleasant. Arrived
yirgie Lee, Cincinnati to Memphis;
Coal City, from New Orleans; Andy
Fulton to Evansville.
Evansville, April "A: Arrived-J.
D. Parker, 2a.m; Wyoming, 3. De-
parted-Parker, Cincinnati, 3 am;
Wyoming. St. Louis, Gam. River 80
feet 2 inches and rising. Wind south.
Weather clear.
Pittsburg, April IA: Arrived
Scotia, II am; leaves at A pm.
River lS feet 5 inches and rising.
Clear and cool.
Wheeling, April IA: River % feet
2 inches and rising. Cloudy and cool.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-14
'CHE MOREY LETTER.
James O'Brien Pleads Guilty of
Perjury.

New YoRK, April 14.--James
O'Brien, alias Robert or bob" Lind
sey, who during the last political cam
paign deposed he knew II. L. Morey,
tho individual to whom was alleged
President Garfield wrote what is
known as the Morey Chinese letter,
and who subsequently confessed he
perjured himself, this morning pleaded
guilty to an indictment for perjury
presented against him and Judge Con-
way sent him to the state prison for
eight years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-14
Railway Sold

PITTsBURG, April 14.-Tho New
Castle and Franklin railroad, thirty
six miles long, was sold under the
hammerat New Castle, Pa, yester-
day for S775,OOO, Thomas P. Simp-
son, representing the Pittsburg, Buff
falo and Western read being the pur-
chaser.