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safurdaY. EsbruarY lsth. I8aI,

the property described in said trust deed as
follows, tO-Wit: Lot 81, block 81 OF the south
Memphis subdivision beginning at a point on
north side Of Linden street Sl2% feet east OF
Lauderdale street, having n front of 62% feet,
By a depth Of 100 feet, on which stands a frame
dwelling.
Equity Of redemption barred. Title believed
to be good, but l sell as trustee only.
1914 X. A. PARKER. Trustee.
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CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.
100000 Tickets, at Two Dollars Each,
Half Tickets. One Dollar.

y APPROXIMATION frlzes Oh zVV."... l,N
9 Approximation Prizes Of lO-.... yJ
1857 Prizes. amounting to. ...............Sll0, 400
Responsible corresponding agents wanted
at all points, to whom liberal compensation
will be paid.
For further information, write clearly, Civ
ing full address, Send orders By express or
N. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La,
or NJ. A. Dauphin, at
No. 319 Broadway, New York,
or ID. Il. Gillespie,
Not West Court street, Memphis, Tenn.
All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are
under the supervision and management OF
Gems. G II. Beauregard and Jubal A. Early.
w6s196
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HARD CASH,

d O Postal, master; Charles Postal, clerk,
leaves Memphis EVERY WEDNESDAY at 5
pm e" 'fs J.sT3. v %PH lsihSs G1RSN .RSgt.,
81 Madison street.
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Lot for sale.


DY virtue Of the power and authority re-
D served in a deed, executed By me on the
S1st day Of January, 1874, to Verge Henderson
and duly registered 10 Shelby county, Tennea-
see, in book No. %, rage 375, ETC., and be-
cause { default in the payment Of eight notes
described and secured therein. / n. l.. Bacon,
will proceed on
I4th day of FEBRUARY, 1881,
at the southwest corner Of the intersection Of
Main and Madison streets, in the Taxing Dis
tric,, or city Of Memphis, to sell a~tpublic auc-
ton to the highest bidder for cash, the follow
ing described lot or parcel Of land situated IA
Shelby county, Tennessee. viz:
A nart If lot No. 81 Of the j. A. Carnes' sub
division, lying on the east side Of Ayers atIeet
and beginning at the southeast corner Of the
Junction Of Lane avenue and Ayers street;
thence ,Outhwarcly along the east line o. ssii
Ayers street sixty l61) feet 10 . stalk; thence
eastwardly between parallel lines 70 a detth tC
one hundred and sixty JED ieet. 10 orc or less
By the terms Of said deed the equity Of "a
demTt ton expressly waived. and the tile b.
the lot Is believed % be good.
By The RAINING Of said deed ! 1tn emyAu.r.
cd make 10 the puichascf nt raid aie o dosi
in Zoe simple.
ls ls n. l.. BACON.
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Trustees Sale.

DY virtue of trust deed made to me byW L
ID Cameron and his wife, Charlotte NJ Came
ron. dated april 1lth, 1877, and recorded in
book III, page as of the Registers Office Of
Shelby county, Tenn, to secure . certain debt
ton, l will sell for cash, at public cutlery, at
the southwest corner Of Main and Madison
streets, Memphis, Tenn, at IL o'clock noon
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Thnrsday, March BAL, IasI.

Equity Of redemption waived, and title be.
lieved to be perfect, but l sell only as trustee.
CHAS. N. SMITH, Trustee.
Nicholas Williams, Atty. 1872
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Memphis and Little Rock.
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Paducah and MempIlis.

LEAVE. ARRIVE.
Vail 4 passenger, daily. $50 5 4OP.m
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POSTOFFICE, MEMPHIS, Tenn.

and Departures Of Mails.
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RAILROAD TIMETABLES.


New Orleans Mail, daily H. pm. 1910 am
Bardis Accommodation,
daily Except Sunday 3.4b pm. 9.15 am
Freight train daily lex
cent Sundayl...m........ ITO a.In.l 2.3 pm
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gauge. At Cincinnati it is on a stand,
with 10 feet 8 inches on the gauge. At
Louisville it rose 10 inches, with s
feet 10 inches in the canal. At Cairo
it fell 2 feet 3 inches. with Is feet 2
inches on the gauge. The Mississippi,
at st. Louis is on a stand, with 8 feet
10 inches on the gauge. The Cumber-
land, at Nashville, rose 20 inches, with
IL feet 4 inces on the gauge. The Ten
nessee, at Chattanooga rose 7 inches,
with 6 feet 6 inches on the gauge. Red
river, at Shreveport rose 3 inches,
with Ia feet 8 inches on the gauge.
Arkansas river is on a stand, with 2
feet on the gauge at Little Rock.
White river is in good boating con-
dition all the way from Jacksonport
to the mouth.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
For Arkansas City, Josie Harry. SEQ. 5 p m
a." Dyersburg, Dyersburg ......,.. 5 m
-" New Orleans, james Howard 8 p m
ARRIVED.
Steamer Mark Twain, Dyersburg.
Josie Harry, Arkansas City.
DEPARTED.
Steamer james Lee, Friars Point.
Z" 0sceola Belle, Osceola.
-" Henry Frank, New Orleans.
" S%ilverthorn, Cairo.
IN PORT.
Josie Harry, G, w. Cheek, Dyersburg,
Mark Twain.
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Soda for Burns.

All kinds of burns including
scalds and sunburnS are almost i'm
media,ely relieved by the appliea-
ton cf a solution Of soda TO the
burnt surface. It must be remem-
bered that dry soda will not do
unless il is surrounded with a cloth
moist enough to dissolve it. The
method of sprinkling it on and
covering it with a wet cloth is Oh
ten the best. But it is suficientto
wash the wound repeatedly with a
strong solution. 1t would be well
to keep a bottle Of il almays on
hand, made so strong that more or
less settles at the bottom. This Is
wha, is called saturated solution
as this is formed when the dry soda
il sprinkled on and covered with q
wet cloth. 1t Is thought by some
that the pain of a burn is caused
by the hardening Of the albumer
Of the flesh, which presses on ti'
nerves, and that The soda dissolve'
,he albumen and relieves the pres
lure. Others think that the buzz
generates an acrid acid, which tn
soda ncu,ralizes.
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foosns nsosbl,issnooa

When ikedNyHfepfuoniHys
oftbs ib.iblelpId, rfet ifbe had
feld Di,iss hook Geoefd RIh.
eH Toomhs dd
ono, arii never intend lo I
do no' recognize Nlr Dnhs hls
tory Il would have been o. great
dead better of him and tbc South
ifitmdnotrrbcon written Most
Of The people In lblf country regret
that 10 ever was written The
truth i', the bulk or the people OF
the South pity Davis rather Than
admire him The trouble with
Davis was and 10 that hc has an
exalted idea Of his own importance
lie has some ability, but no nerve,
and has not the slightest capacity
for managing men, ! have not a
thing against him cNccpthis Gollics.
lie wanted my photograph 70 put
in his book, but declined to give
it, didn't want my picture to 90
down TO postcrity in any such com
pany.. They say he has one in
the engraving showing his origi-
nal cabinet which makes me look
about nineteen years old
"Were you present when Mr..
Davis held his last cabinet consul
taiion here in your bcaudlultown2'
"No sir; | did not even invite
Mr.. Davis to my house when here.
| never spoke to him after ! left
the service. Breckenridge and
Reagan Of his cabinet were my
guests during their stay in Wash
ington. Davis stayed at a Mr..
Robinson's. | offered to send my
carriage for his use and do any
other act of kindness, could. but
| could not receive him at my
house. When the thing had final
ly burst | told Breckenridge and
Reagan TO say TO Mr.. Davis that
lwould get him out ofthc country
without any trouble, and any mem
Der Of his cabinet who desired to
60. | said il would take only five
days TO reach the Florida coast,
and would have a vessel there to
some foreign contry. do not
know whether they ever told him
or not, but | did assist all the
members except Mr.. Reagan. who
decided TO stay with Mr.. Davis
and Mr.. Benjamin, who left the
party some twenty miles before
they reached this point. 1t was a
sorry party, indeed, but what else
could you expecii"
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4 Bcasllful Incident.

On board the ill-fated steamer
Scawanhaka was one Of the Fisk
singers. Before leaving the burn
ing steamer and committing him
self to the merciless waves, he
carefully fastened upon himself
and wife, life preservers. Some
one cruelty dragged away that Of
the wife, leaving her without hope
except as she could cling to her
husband. This she did, placing
her hand firmly on his shoulders
and resting there until her strength
becoming exhausted, she said, 81
can hold on no longer "I'ry a
little longer, was the response Of
the wearied and agonized husband.
"Let us sing Rock Of Ages. :"
And as the sweet strains iloatcd
over those troubled waters, reach
ing the ears ofthe sinking and dy-
ing, little did they know, those
sweet singers Of Israel, whom they
comfortcd.
But 10 ! as they sang, one after
another of the exhausted ones
were seen raising their heads
above the. overwhelming waves,
joining with a last effort in this
sweet, and dying, pleading prayer
Rock Of age. eleil Tor me.
Let me hide myself In Thee.
With the song seemed TO come
strength another and yet another
was encouraged TO renewed effort
Soon in the distance = boat wa,
seen approaching. Could they
hold out a little longer1 Singing
still, they tried, and soon with su.
perhuman strength laid hold Of tn,
life-boat, upon which they wer'
borne in safety to land. This /
no fiction; il was related BY tn,
singer himself, who said he "be
lieved roplady's sweet Rock o
Ages saved many another beside
himself and wife,"
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IIuman Endurance In tho Mater.

Men and animals are able TO su'-
tain themselves for a long distance
in the water. and would do so
much oftener were they not inca
pacitatcd, in regard TO the former
at least, by their terror, as well as
complete ignorance Of their real
power. Webb's wonderful cndur-
anee will never be forgotten. But
there are other instances only less
remarkable. Some years since,
the second mate OF a ship fell over
board while in the act of hosting a
sail. 1t was blowing fresh the time
was night, and the place some miles
ou, in the stormy German ocean.
The hardy fellow, nevertheless,
managed to gain the English
coast. Brock, with n dozen other
pilots, was plying for fares by
Yarmouth and, as the main-sheet
was Delayed, a sudden puff OF
wind upset the boat, when present
ly all perished except Brock him
self, who, from 4 in the afternoon
of an October evening to next
morning, swan thirteen miles be-
fore he was able 10 hail a vessel al
anchor in the ofling. Animal.
themselves are capable Of swim
ming immense distances, although
unable to rest by the way. A dog
recently swan thirty miles ii
America IN order to rejoin his mas.
ter. A mule and a dog washed
overheard during a gale in the Bay
Of Biscay have been known TO MAKE
their way to shore. A dog swan
ashore with a letter in his moutl
at the Cape of Good Hope. The
crew of the ship to which the dog
belonged all perished, which the
need not have done had they only
ven,ured to tread water as tho dol
did. As a ship was laboring heav
ily in the trough Of the sea, il wa
found needful, in order to lightei
the vessel. to throw some troop
horses overheard, which had bee
taken in at Corunna. The poo
! things, my informant, a staf-suI
, peon. told me, when they foun
themselves abandoned, faced roun
and swan for miles after the ve'
J sel.--Popular Science Monthly.
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thtisa tntgtffaffnfH.
ONE n Nh ypsstffi If ~ HsHfs's slf
fftgs tesisailaa rfaf4dfafis
M hsfst.

Tbelliiss tba have taken part
In tho WomrBa suffrage Coa,er.
ton 10 thia eiiy,myaaNew Haven
paper the past lWo dlVs. .le0 Sow
llaycn to-day. vIth the exception
of Rcv Mrs olympia lltoua.
who remains u diy Or lwo Mrs
y L. Saxon went % Boston. and
The others to New York While
the party were In the depot this
morning Mrs Elizabeth a Nlcrn-
weather Of Memphis. Tenn WAS
aeeosied by two young men who
purposcd 70 be Yale theological
students, and who acted In the
most astonishing manner. One of
them even knclt down beside Mrs.
Mcrriweathcr and began praying
for the conversion Of her soul. The
lady, as soon as she could find
words to express her ama1emcnt
and indignation at being thus made
the subject of the attention Of the
crowd in the depot, advised the
young man to get up off his knees
and to desist from his prayers.
Everybody will think you are
making love to me-" she said.
81 do love YOU he replied,
"just as Jesus loves YOU and every
one else, and | want to save your
soul"
81 don't think it is love-" was
Mrs. Merriweathcr's response,
"but dyspepsia"
This rather cooled the young
mans ardor and he got up.
1t is said that the two young men
followed the party down from
Hartford, and have been most as
siduous and annoying in their at
tentions. During the conyersa-
ton between them and the ladies
at the depot, during which they
expressed much anxiety regarding
the safety Of the ladies in another
world, one OF them asked what de-
nomination Mrs. Merriweather be-
longcd to. When told she was a
Congrega,ionalist he said he was
glad, because. Universalists, Unita-
rians and Catholics went to hell.
Officer Tom Kennedy says this is
the frs, prayer ever made in the
new depot.
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Rev. John Jasper, the negro
preacher made famous by his SER
mon arguing that the sun and not
the earth moves. is dying at Rich
mond. lie has had the largest
congregation Of any preacher in
the South and ono Of the largest
IN the United States. II has Num-
bercd about 1000. He has re-
peated his sermon on the rotation
Of the sun 100 times. lie Is mod
es, and quiet and has grea, inilu-
ence with the members Of his con-
gregsiion.
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mop sNg Hta"
sttts af'i'f'oso'

-
.nm cbsf's fearI'' pf'y"
.sa.lf, felsf - sui'e'
~ siilpa n.''ft
!. IN ~ paiset''l 'lf
III. mIsiit plant i'ia die''
..,,sf f,slioa. biilef pfld'
| n M ,,aefda, he'd lent
ns, viii TO i''tiy'' nds,
N, \. ,oIss hath gfaadly bleni
4 ~ high swelling p.iiloi Ples'
.csda,e me pf''II'o' r
[....ln lhn. Thy ccwsfd hand
Ill., II, t,.cle.' malice knew
!. ,oI,I, down, but mAdly through
| .,,Ion. giant hsarilhaili plsnned
.tdgou. stroke 10 pierce
s.hefIng .iIll ana strong and fierce
Ia h,,ping fsr out oil fhe land'
m ,olumsd curses on Thy head
,b,r MaInc's chilly torrents pour
\, s.w,fd water. mountain ted
Ishr III, ,acIes slowly 80"
vDd III, scorched sierra'' crest
I.m ,1e bIIlowing prairie. Of the West,
n,ll ,h, son,hlsnd's sunny place
!, l,,p. iis old high. hearted race,
,om palace homes, in spIcndor dressed.
l.. lswlIe,t vine wrcalhed door
W s',r the nations columns stand,
o,d based in Freedoms deep content,
/ swell, on high the prayers beht't,
God save the President ~
/ no land Of lord and Car,
tn wrestling with peoples will
poisoned iount OF tonglrless III
sre. the wild assassin war,
state with sore, uneasy load,
ut feels the despot's iron goad,
Then turns for crime
herr within her chosen bound
c,h freedom take her open road,
|. deep within her breas, is found
!, generous pulse Of brotherhood,
ai thfobbins in an hour sublime
bill, through the reused continent,
. irrmsns hearts to irccmen bent
on all sare ircemen's noblest mood,
God save the President =
10 though the honored head shall fall
Ne patriot hearts such stern decrecs
spare vel nearer hearts than these
u L. Frecdsm's proudeSt state
y equallaw that reign' for all
parlsrers steel b. consecritc
y 1t the sword Of Faction rust,
nirUver grow old diseontent,
broader human sentiment,
hile o'sr fallen leaders dust
euy to Heaven still is sent
God save the President
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10 Hospital NEEDED.

No pala,ial hospital needed for
Hop Bitiers patients, nor large sal
aried talented puhers to tell what
Hon Biuers viii DO or cure, as
they tell their own story BY their
certain and absolute cures athome.
New York independent.
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BIG TREES.
|slAlpy ibonl the GlRnis Of Calsrer-
a. County.

We hl,chsd a couple Of farm
Fss 10 a wagon, filed it with
fsslOnS, tents and blankets, and
fck out for the mountains, trav-
lrom fifteen to twenty miles
day, The first place we reach
q Importance was the big trees
Iaaveras county. ! must adj
nat they staggered my inn
slnatOa and exceeded every
sin the vegetable growth that
adeser before seen.
! Ihe stump Of one Of these trees
a''com thirH-;hree feet across
pia' and il requires a ladder Of
seen steps to ascend to the top
le log, on which was built a
P'n alley. 1t has been burnt
'a' the body Of the old, char
monarch OF the forest still re-
MS Think of it-a hollow log,
1gn which one can ride on
sOack one hundred feet and
out through a knot hole |.
a' are some ninety Of these
II Measuring from fifty to one
aled ieet in circumference, and
Na'ng up to the skies-from 200
10 feet.
~. are the remnant Of a past
saa' one time was more COM
r. Ou' are now confined to
aoien groves scattered from
II" hlngs river-grand old
mat have withstood the
a' Of thousands. ..ofwinters, ,and
,'aphngs when Moses was .
10y, found in the bulrushe,
Nile Nile. What a history could
. 'slll What a monumen, o
aa' Enough to shame til,
~ Of proud cheops, the build
sae Pyramids. They hav,
r, md lifted their heads high
q higher, while the prou,
and empires of Egypt, Per
any. '>''"e nave pas
llvcd and ilourished whe
Preached repentance to III
|, a'd we're full grown whe
!, aaglO-Saxon ancestors ra
i %'As y woods andpaintcd the
H. -se ! ihs Indians. From Ii
H., a's1 denote the annui
ssas,'o's' = ihcsc trees science h,
<...sa so'ne Of them to be 70,
z,l a.. = .eaIs old, while the
IL ,,'.''. sI ,allen bodies Of a mu,
RI oss'h, 81 covered over wi
- - :. .'sFF-r growing trees,
~, =. = 'he peeuiiariiies Of Ii
k.,s.n % decay. II appea
sz'ss q rcd wood. C
. Examiner.
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Holly Springs Mississippi has a
rooster that is said lays eggs. lie
Is said to bo an amiable "euss !"
and his tenderness Of heart has led
him to this new departure In order
TO relieve the hens during the
cheated term" We commend
this ehivairous example TO the
grea, fraternity Of roos,ers the
world over.-Coaccville Times.
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fitDfN ~ tnf sifttflUs,
fhs lsstsslnaiisn me- Result NJ lhs lts.l
foWef Possessed ~ W. rfeilfsm,

W. Tildch Sts asked what be
thought of ile assassination NJ ihc
President Prom Il national
point oi yicw,' he answered. "our
yong American civilization and
our system u elective constitutional
government cannot afford the frc.
q1cnt recurrence of attempts 10
change The administration of gov.
crhmcnt and the possession " indi.
yidual political power by the act Of
an assassin ! don't mean 20 say
that our so,ooo,ooo people can. In
any way, be made responsible for
the crime Of u single intcgcr Of
that vast aggregate. OF coursct
such acts may happen in any coun.
try, or any age, but the consc-
quenccs are none the less calcula-
ted to fill with dismay and DISCUS,
the whole community, and to weak
en- the confidence in a system like
our own, where they are less cx-
cusablc than anywhere else in the
world" "
"What effect do you think the
attempt will havc?'
"At present we are all filled not
only with concern for the public
effects Of such a crime, but with
sympathy for the distinguished VIC
tim, his family, and his immediate
friends. 1t is too early to moralize
upon the subject, but two things
are so obvious that they cannot cS-
cape consideration even now. The
first is the great peril that attends
the enormous and increasing power
Of the chief executive magistracy,
1t addresses temptation too strong
for public safety TO the interests
and passions Of millions ofperSons.
"Do you refer to the civil SER
vice?"
"Fartly only--more particularly
this: The putting up periodically
at the end Of every four years Of
the vast power of the government
Of fifty millions of people, the en-
ormouS expenditures that ii invol-
yes, and the redistribution of the
one hundred thousand offices at a
rattle, in which the whole people
actively participate, must be fruit
tul OF evils yetunsecn. Civil lcom-
motions, fraud, and violence are
the natural results.
"What is the second conSidcra-
ton to which YOU reierred?"
The seconl one, perhaps
/
grows out of the first. 1t is the
unbounded RIGHTEOUSNESS that
charactcrizes our party competi-
,ions and political disscnsions, the
assassination Of private character
and the unscmpulous methods re-
sorted to to influence the public
Judgment. All good men OF all par.
ties ought to do their utmost to limi
and restrain this mischief. The
undue stimulus to mad passions
arms the hand Of an eccentric In
dividual, who assumes 70 hItIiseI' u
work out results, perhaps under
the insane ambition Of the noto'
riety of iniamy. But ! turn from
the subject with feeling that now
when every public sensibility an'
every private sympathy is deeply
wounded. | am not equal to draw
ing the lessons which the deplor
able event suggests to our people
Let us hope that President Gar
fields recovery will reduce to
minimum the public evil of his as
assination, while il will remove tn
weight of the private bereavement
which fills us all with concern an
sympathy.
Soda for Burns.
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SIS ss. 4 Z .:s., ::s s;,' e: i.. 8. !: ;.';. Y
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Having secured the services. of Mr. ". A.
Adams. of Memphis, who has had twenty
years experience a. an adjusisf and repair.
rf OF al Kinds ol Sewing machines ! am
prepares to Repair. Adjus, and Rebuild
sns and al kinds ~ Sewing machines. Az
work GUARANTEED ONE rHAR.
spNfkt.--i wish 10 trade .; Sewing
Machine. foF good beef Cattle and Sheep
Nov j. ynut time
b.4.u w. i. DGk,
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HUNTSVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE,
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA.

The thirty second year begins Angus,
,ist. A more healthy location eanno, be
Iound' The College was never IN more
prosperous condition. a fall Faculty of
thorough teachers. splendid hpildings. and
and complete oaiat for all departments
literary. zillslc. languages and an. Ohcrs
The hixhss, advantages. A delightful Home
fur pupils. Prices reduced 70 rIi, the
times. Special Inducements oiisrei. For
Terms and New Csisioazss. address
Rev. a. Is. JONAS 4. 81. Pres.
July lin