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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-18

Stains - Good ordinary, &c; low
middling, 93c; middling, l0ic.
Receipts Of cotton at all United
States ports for the past six days
were 107. 664 bales, against 1857 IS bales
the week before, and 98,644 bales
same time last year.
The total receipts Of cotton at all
United States ports from the 1st of
September to date are 4,336,267
bales, against 4. 083, 568 bales a this date
last year, and 1857, 255 the year before.
Increase of receipts this year com
pared with last, 252, 500 bales. The stock
on hand at this time is S39,998 bales,
against ,0O0,529 bales at this time last
year, and 825, 97l bales the year before
The foreign shipments to date, are
2,464, 1851 bales, against 2,3l4,059 bales
last year, and 2,329,269 the year be-
fore.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-18

John Walsh has received a lot Of
Kentucky coal at 55 cents. $50
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-18

Fresh lot Reelf0Ot Perch, FIOri-
da HIlad, Lake Erie Salmon and
Red Snapper. Choice lot fresh
dressed Il urkeys,fresh Baltimore
Oysters, ~" brand, at
J. A. SIGNAIGOiS,
148 27S Second ST.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-18
OLD PICTURES
Copied and enlarged
AT the Cottage Gallery.
Police POints.

Six cases to-day.
An ebony docket.
An innocent drunk or two.
The robberies have been supple
mented by a murder.
A steamboatmAn fired his little
pistol for fun last night and was ar
rested.
The amount of stolen property re-
covered by the police will run up to
nearly $1,000 this month.
The police and fire commissioners
held a meeting on Saturday to accept
the designations Of policemen who
left the force and confirm those put in
their places. Other business of in
terest was also transacted.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-18
QUICK KILLING.
Shot Dead About IA Gambling
Debt.

About dark last evening James
Goodman (colOred) was shot in the
head, and met his fate five minutes
later, by Peter Peirroni, an Italian, at
Charles Chiefs saloon, at the corner
Of Union and DeSoto streets.
The murdered man f~requented the
saloon, and had the reputation ofbeing
a gambler. Playing a game Of bill
lizards with another person, he did not
pay the usual charge, and this led to a
quarrel with Peirroni, the barkeeper.
The latter demanded fifty cents the
other said, "Ray the gambling debt
you owe me-" Then the barkeeper
grabbed;G oodman's hat, and the latter
tried to strike his adversary with a
billiard cue. Peirroni next threw a
bottle at Goodman, and as the latter
turned In his passage to the door,
apparently to resent II, Pelrronl tired
a pistol he had suddenly snatched
from behind the counter. The ball
entered the Inflated mans head, and
he fell to the floor. His slayer ran
away, but was shortly afterward cap
tured and conveyed to Jail. An inquest
was held on the body of Goodman,
and a verdict rendered in accordance
with the facts ELECTED.
Dressed Turkeys and Chickens,
Savannah River Shad,
Lake Erie Salmon,
Red Snappers,
Fresh Oysters.
n. SEESSEL, SIR, a. SON,
Corner jefferson and Second.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-18
PROFESSIONAL

PILBsl CURE GUAKANfBkDI
No painful instruments used.
De- j. D. WHITE, AS Main street. bi
d. COLEMAN, Justice Of the Peace,
- Notary Public and Commissioner OF
Deeds. Special attention given to collection
j. he COUNTY ONCE 24 won't ct nW-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-18

LIVERPOOL COTTON STATEMENT.
For the week ending Feb. Is, as
cabled to the Memphis cotton ex-
ehanpe,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-18
WAITED.

a GOOD milch Gov With young caii. Prica
~ must be reasonable. Address NJ, eme
Letter Carrier W. l47t
GUITAR Scholar, waited at III Monroe
" street. Can be seen tuesdays and fri
days from 3 til y l7 l53
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-18
ENGAHEMENT De

ENUAULMENI IF
MILE. SARA BERNMARDri
Supported byMr. Henry L. Abbey'sFrenchCo.
Friday Evening. ..-... ... February Is, 1881,
RROU-FROUi
ailberte Mile. Sara Bernhard.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-18
FoR SALE

ERUIT trees, shade trees, eve green, mag
il noiits, Sd ubs, vines, etc, CHEAP fr cash.
Appiy 70 RIG Ora q x co,
1850 36t Main street, Memoirs, Tenn.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-18

NTEWS INK, in ID n cans. finest article.
IN Also fne Gard and Job Inks, Of all celors
and qualities. at Ledger Office. ct
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-18

By s. GABAY.
Agent, Shelby Street Rag Warehouse.
Raes and Old Metal wanted. IA II
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-18
ADJUSTMENTS.

I EUBRIE's THEATER.
IL Joseph Brooks. Proprietor and Manager.
Three Performances Ouiyi
Friday and Saturday Feb. 18Th and
18Th, md Saturday Matinee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-18

Saturday Evening .....-~...fe February ~. 1871,
ADRIEAhE LEC0UtREuhl
Adrienne LeeOuVreur. Nile. Sara Bernhardt.
SIOUX or Pmcgs-s3. g, 81. according to
location. Matinee prices same as evening.
Sale of seats will on Wednesday,
February 10th, at am, at the Theater.
Mondqy. Feb, 2l-JOsEPH K. EMMETT.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-09
Sources OF Qulnlne.

The importance of an adequate supply
of this val liable medicine-quinine- always
on hand, independent of interruption from
wars, revolution, and short sighted leglsla-
ton in South America, cannot be over
estimated Many IN English magistrate and
English soldier has owed his life to quinine.
In Bengal it Is familiar to the natives as
'.quinyan, and we have rarely found the
smallest objection made to it on the score
of caste when dispensed by English hands.
A plentiful supply of the unadulterated
article, might be the means OF checking, In
some measure, the ravages of the epidemic
now known as the Burdwin fever. To
Englishmen sent to punish LoOshafs or
Nagas on the Eastern frontier, and to
sportsmen and explorers as prophylactic,
quinine is as essential part of their equip
ment as 8 er-proof coverlet or single
poled tent.
Whether quinlne will ever be manufac-
tured on such an extensive and profitable
scale as to take the place of opium in China
may fairly be doubtt d. But the very last
report from India shows that the planta-
tions of the Government are thriving; that
a large distribution of pants TO the public
is still going on; that the crop raised in
the Neilgherries alone was Ia, 900 pounds,
some of which was exported to England,
and that, after due provision for establish
ments, collection, buildings. roads and re
pair, there was a clear net profit on The
transaction of some 935, ,0C0.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-09

The oldest place of sepulture for the
bones of human being probably ever con-
ceivcd has just been discovered near Spring
Hills, In Champaign county. The facts
are as follows.
A party of men, consisting of Henry
Sefler and others, cut down large ASH
tree. 1t made two saw logs, each fourteen
feet long. The logs ars now in the saw mil.
On top of these, thirty feet from TIE ground,
inlbedded in the solid timber, and looking,
from the rings ground it, as if it had been
there for ages, was found the thigh-bone Of
an adult human being, presumably q
mans.
Let it be borne in mind that this bone
was in solid log, though too short for y
saw-iog; that the timber all around it was
green; no knot-holes or deadwood. How
did it get there When discovered one Of
the men struck into it with the bit Of an
axe. The axe broke, and the piece Is still
firmly imbedded in the bone. OF course
speculation is rife as to the mysterious
circumstances, and rumors of a murder
committed many years ago, where all the
parts of the body were discovered bat the
head and one thigh-bone, are afloat. Be
that as 1t may, the bone speaks for itself.
The neighborhood has something Of a
reputationfor occurrences of this klrd.
Several years ago a live frog frog being
liberated from the heart Of q large growing
tree.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-09
Booth and the Lords prayer.

When the elder Booth was residing in
Baltimore, plous, urbane old gentleman
of that city, hearing of his wonderful
power of elocution, one day invited him to
dinner, although always deprecating the
stage and theatrical performances. A large
company sat down to the table, and on re-
turning to the drawing room. one of them
asked Booth, as special favor to them all,
to repeat the Lords Prayer. He signifed
his willingness 10 crafty them, and all eyes
were fixed upon him. He SLOWLY and
reverentially rose from his chair, trembling
with the burden of two great conceptions.
! He had to realize the character, attributes
and presence of the Almighty Being he
: was about TO address. He was to trans
| form himself into a poor, SHINING, stuln-
bling, benighted, needy supplicant, Offering
homage, asking bread, pardon, light and
guidance. Says one of the company who
was present 1T was wonderful to watch
the play of emotions that convulsed his
ccuntenance. He became deadly pale, and
his eyes turned tremblingly upward, were
wet with tears. AS yet he had not spoken
a word. The silence could be felt; it had
become absolutely painfal, until at last TIE
81 81 was broken. as if by an electric shock,
his rich toned voice syllabled forth "Our
Father Which art In Heaven" ETC., with a
D uhos and fervid solemnity which thrilled
all hearts. He finished; the silence con-
tlnued not a voice was heard or a muscle
moved, until, from r, mote corner Of the
room, subdued sob was heard, and the
old gentleman (the host) stepped forward
with streaming eyes and tottering frame,
seized Booth by the hand. ''Sir, - says he.
in broken accents, ''you have afforded me
pleasure for which my whole future life
will feel grateful. l am an old man, and
every day, from boyhood 10 the present
time, have repeated the Lords Prayer
but meyer heard 1t before, never !" "YOu
are right" replied Booth ito read that
prayer as it should be read, caused me the
severest study and labor for thirty years,
and am far from being satisfied with my
.ndering of that wonderful production.
Net one person in ten thousand compre-
henos how much beauty, tenderness and
grandeur can be condensed in space so
small or Language 80 simple. That prayer
itself sufficiently illustrates the truth of
the Bible and stamps upon it the seal of
divinity"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-09
The Renes ade

was the acknowledged belle of Clinton,
a small village bordering on the Western
wilderness. could outshoot any one,- even
the old woodsmen that thronged our village.
Ny mother was kept in perpetual alarm by
my daring exploits; in fact, as the old
trappers SAID, was cut out for back
woodsman's wife had two lovers then !;
one was Harry Cleverly and the other Mark
Rutlson. Harry was splendid specin en-
of an American backwoodsman, with a
heart as true as steel, and to my inexperi-
enced eye, he was the very personification
of manly excellence.
Mark Ruthson was contrary to him in
every respect. Handsome he was, but on
his face wore such hypocritlcal express
sion, that actually detested him.
He seemed aware of my dislike, and as
suming an air of injured innocence, be
pressed his suit with the utmost zeal.
One evening as l was riding out enjoy
ing the mountain scenery, / approached a
little eminence on which there was thick
growth of underwood; as passed it Mark
Ruthson rode out end Joined me. He
pressed his suit with his usual fervor, his
hypocrltlcal face looking, If possible, more
repulsive than ever. He finally offered me
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-09
An Absent-M,nded Man.

Professor Sylvester. the distinguished
mathematician of Johns Hopkins Univer-
sitv, is described as one OF the most absent
minded of men. One day he set out alb
sorbed in profound meditation to go to his
lecture room. Arrived at a place where
the gas pipe was being taken up, he looked
helplessly at the ditch moment then,
instead of stepping into the street and 60
ing around, he quietly returned home.
The next morning the sidewalk was still
out of place, and his class had a second
holiday. On the third morning a plank
had been laid across the chasm, over which
the absent minded professor walked and
went on his way rejoicing. Every summer
he goes to England, and one year he had
reached philadelphia on the return, when
he missed paper on which he had written
the result of certain abstruse calculations.
Turning upon his track he recrossed the
ocean and had got as far as Liverpool
when he found the missing document In
his pocket-book, where he had turned II
over a score of times while on his way to
England in search OF it.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-09

A moderate share of W, alth Is good,

A moderate share OF W, alth 10 good,
To cheer us on our way,
For it has frequently the power
To make December Nav;
And so Is beauty, 80 is health,
Or genius at our call
But 3 happy, cheerful loving heart
Is better still than all.
A heart that gathers hope and faith
From every springinS flower,
That smiles alike at Nintry storm
And gentle summer shower.
Tia. blesses God for every good
Or sunshlne great or small,
Oh! happy, loving, hopeful heart
is better still than all,
A heart that gstt eis hope and faith
From every sprlnging hower,
That smiles alike at wintry storm
And gentle summer shower;
That blesses God for every good,
Or sunshine great or small,
Oh q lappy, loving, hopeful heart
Is better still than all.
A heart that by the ma ic notes
or music is beguiled
A heart that loves the pleasant face
or every little chi d;
That aideth weakness n distress
And heareth duty's call
Oh /! such q loving human heart
Ia better still than all,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-09

money which her husband had left in the
house
She kept an indignant silence.
They told her they would shoot both
herself and servant and burn the house
over their dead bodies If she persisted In
her ohstlnacy.
The cold muzzle Of pistol pressed
against her temple did not daunt her, for
she Indignantly refused to show them
where the money they sought was hidden.
1t was only moment before they
pounced upon the key above Il fire place,
and directly the iron chest was unlocked
and the money slowed about the persons
of the robbers.
Then they ordered her to prepare them
some supper.
She went about it with desperate
scheme rushing IN her brain.
A day or two before her husband had
brought home large quantity of strYch
nine for poisoning the rats, and this deadly
drug she put into the coffee she presented
to her guests.
They sat down to the table in high glee,
cracking their coarse jokes, and having
their loaded pistols beside their plates.
Their masks they did not remove.
Fortunately Tor the success or Marian's
plan, the men were thirsty, and drapk
greedily.
"May God forgive me-" she cried to
herself. "He knows am acting wholly
from sense of duty"
The meal was not half over before one
of the men was seized with violent con-
WILSON'S, and rolled on the floor in agony !;
and IN few moments the three lay to-
gether in the agonies of death.
At last the fearful stiffness and ngidity
of death crept over them, and Marian
rushed out of the house to call assistance.
Not far from her door she met a mount
ed officer.
She told her story in few dlsjointed
words, and the officer leaped from his
horse at the sound of her voice, and
hastened to give her a supporting arm.
Marian, " said he, "do you not know
me?"
She uttered piercing cry, and sank
senseless at his feet.
Lieutenant ST. John, for 1t was none
other than her old lover, lifted her up.
lie carried her in his arms to her house,
and laid her on lounge, while the servants
busted themselves in restoring her to
consciousness.
She sat up at last, and saw that it was
indeed st. John, alive and well, who stood
before her.
Assistance having been called. the
officers of justice took the stolen money
from the bodies of the robbers, and then
stripped the masks from their faces.
The last mask they removed. exposed to
view the distorted, blackened countenance
of Gabriel Mercer.
Marian saw through the whole thing at
once.
Her husbands covetousness had become
aroused by the possession of money, and
he had taken this method Of stealing ii,
doubtless fattering himself that the cunning
fraud would never be discovered.
Of course Marian Mercer was Mortified
when she knew that she had brought her
miserable husband to bis death.
st. John took upon himself the business
of caring for Marian.
He give her into the hands of his
mother, who nursed her through her long
and dangerous illness, and won her love
and gratitude.
And when again she rose 10 hea' tn and
strength, st. John led her to the altar, and
Ly loving kindness rendered her the
| happiest OF her sex.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-09
Exc cises In Articulation.

Let your elocutlon class practice on the
following sentences:
The bitter, clustering blast blew DER the
bounding billow.
The cautious cat contrived to catch the
crippled crow.
Deep in the depths of dark, dank dells,
he drew it deftly down.
Full fledged, from fancy's fearful fight,
he futtering fell.
Grim, gaunt and gray, he grasped the
grizzly groom
He hustled hard to hurl the heavy hero
headlong hence.
The Jews for justice join, and judge and
jury jeer.
Low in the level lands the long lank
leopards lay.
The madly moaning main much mis-
cry makes.
The builder OF hts fortdne must pro-
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-09

Money and fame are the two things
that men work hardest for, and after
death, one ia worth to them Just about
as much as the other,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-09

A BLACKSMITH of village in SPAN
murdered man, and was condemned
to be hanged. Tbe chief peasants Of
the place joined together, and begged
the alcalde that the blacksmith might
not suffer, because he was necessary
tothe place, which could not do without
a blacksmith to shoe horses. mend
wheels, etc. But the acalde said,
"How, then, can fulfill justice p
A laborer answered, "Slr, there are
two weavers in the village. and for sn
small place one is enough; hang one
of them"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-09

FIDGETTY LADY: "But what am
to do? Ican'r ride with my back TO
the engine." Insolent Youth: Be
ter speak TO the driver. He'll turn
the engine round to oblige you."
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-09

SOME one in Connect cut has discCv-
cred true and only remedy for chills
and fever. Scatter cayenne pepper in
your shoes.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-09

TURN up the big toe as hard as you
can tor q cramp in the leg and rub the
skin where the cIamp is briskly. This
toe remedy is the best possible for u
mn
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-09

ONE-EGG CAKE.-One egg, one cup
OF sugar, one half cup of butter, one
half cup of milk, two teaspOontuls OF
baking powder, and -four enough TO
make O batter.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-09

A SMALL quantity of diluted vitriol
will lake stains out of marble. Wet
the spots with the acid, and in few
minutes rub briskly with a soft liner
cloth till they disap >ear.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-09

The builder OF his fortune must pro-
perry use and apply his rule
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20

under all party dynasties; she does
net 90 back, and will not grovel in
the dust and will not he the footstool
of executive power. Her motto is
" Excelsior. Her Senators will not
advise" the President to make an
unworthy appointment nor will they
" consent to one as the price of Off
clal favor. In a crisis like this.
when an arbitrary demand is made
bv the President for Senatorial sub.
mission of n question which, under
the constitution, the Senators are to
decide on their oaths, unawed by
power and uninfluenced by Gre
wards" the Senators from New York
have done well to resist the exec
utive mandate and return their CON-
missions to the power that bestowed
them.
stanley Matthews Assumes his New
Duties.
WAsnINGToN, May 1S.-Stanley
Matthews took the oath of Office to-
day, and the Chief Justice assigned
him to tho 9Th District in place of
Bradley.
Two Hundred More Nominations Come
ing.
The President has informed the
Senate that lie has 200 more nomin-
atoms and asked that it not adjourn
before Saturday.
Notes of the Day.
The Democrats will not take up
the resolution to elect Senate officers
unless the Republicans should call
it up, which they will not do. 1t
will 20 over to the next session.
1t is stated that Chandler's nom
ination goes over. 10 December by
universal desire.
Albert W. Bash of Indiana, Col
lector of Customs for the District of
Puget Sound, W. T.; Wallace II.
White of Maine, [. $. Attorney for
Washington Territory.
Robertson was confirmed without
roll call. Merritt was also confirmed.
Badeau was withdrawn. The mega
tive votes on Merritt and Robertson,
were hardly heard and they are said
to have been less than half Il dozen.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20

There are over two hundred men
engaged on the railroad survey be-
tween Tacoma and the summit of the
Cascade mountains. The daily ex-
penses of such force is over 81 800.
Yakima City has q banker in the
person of woman, Mrs. L. j. May,
who divides her time between domes-
tic affairs, running store, loaning
money and dealing in exchange on
Portland and The Dalles. Enter
prising and spirited, surely.
A meeting of the stockholders OF
the Columbia and Puget Sound Rail
road Comhanv was held at Seattle
this week. The following directors
for the year ensuing were elected: L.
f. Cakes, b. Gatzert. j. \. Dolph,
A. A. Denny and /. =. Gault.
Superintendent L ucAley, of o. r.
and n. Co., has issued the following
order: "The use of Intoxicating
liquors and frequenting of saloons,
is strictly prohibited. Any employee
appearing Ia Il state of intoXication
will be forthwith dismissed, and
those who do not use intoxication
drinks will receive the preference in
employment and promotion"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20

NO. !, 3>I.
IN the District Court of the Second Judi
| cial District of the Territory Of WASH
ington, holding terms at Olympia for the
counties of Thurston, Mason and Cheha-
Lis