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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-06
brazilian Homes and Habits

Letter to San Francisco Chronicle.
The dwellings are universally made
of sapplings or canes crossed and
plastered with mud. The floors and
windows are never washed. Brooms.
used only in extreme instances, are
made Of a sappling tied around with a
few green branches. Scrubbing
brushes, mops, busters, and white.
wash, paint and varnish are unknown.
The windows have no sash weights.
but are held up when open by a nail
or piece of lion Of some sort. The
doors are made Of heavy wood hacked
out with AIDES and secured by locks OF
medieval pattern, having keys as
ponderous as the Bastile at Mount
Vernon; the doors have no covering
The bath tub is a tin basin; the towel
is made Of sheeting; soap is a luxury
Portugal is a hundred steps behind
America; Brazil is a hundred steps
behind Portugal; it is but a step 10
advance Of Africa, Everybody knows
how to ride a horse here; but nobody
can push a saw or drive a plane Such
a thing as a board sawed true" is
unknown. There are numerous little
saw mills throughout The country
where boar Is are sawed by means OF
water pow, IT, but the boards are
never Of elual thickness throughout,
ranging fron half an inch to two
inches. Nh are they of equal
width, var ling from six inches
to eighteen. Nor are the edges cut
straight; nor are they ever planed or
smoothed by machinery. Consequently
all the wood S0rk about the house is
Of the most wretched description, and
painting, withdrawing or cleaning is
almost impractioable. | have seen a
few sewing IN ,chines throughout the
country. They are all moved by
hand. l have seen three pianos 10
the course Of 800 miles OF travel.
They we're all cracked. [ have seen
houses that possessed illuminating
lamps. They we're 50 few that they
we're distinguished from the rest. For
instance, in this town OF l4U0 inhabi.
tants there are known to be three
lamps. Senior p. has one, Senior NJ
has another and the Baroness of r
has a third. People go about at night
through tho dark streets with a light.
ed candle in hand. A piece OF paper
incloses the candle TO keep of the
wind. Although 100 miles from a
railway and $50 miles from Rio, there
are but two mails a week, and wheu
one arrives the Postmaster, even 10
daytime, lets of a skyrocket to notify
the town. To send a letter to Rio
takes five days; TO get an answer
requires eleven. To GIL an order for
goods consumes q month. In conse.
quonce dirt, lazinsss and procrastina-
ton arc tho prevailing characteristics.
Nothing can be done, nothing is ever
proposed 10 be done, to-day; it is
always AMANDA TO. morrow. When
"a. morrow comes it is the same thing
oyer again.
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a N OF GRANT.
The Ex-President in n New York
Eltvated RAILWAY Car - His
Disregard of the Comfort Of
others.

The New York correspondent Of
the Philadelphia Press writes: In the
car with me were perhaps forty pas
sengers. Our elevated cars are divided
into two sections of seats, someslou
gitudinal aud others latitudipal. G n
Grant occupied one Of the latitudinal
seats. l sat Immediately behind him
in one of the seats of the longitudinal
section. de wore a stove-pipe hat.
dis hair has grown quite gray. Ills
neck was as red as bull beef, and
bis overcoat was quite rusty. With
the exception Of noted politician, an
aspirant and quite probable successor
to Postmaster Pearson here, | was
apparently the only person in the car
who knew that the old General OF
our a-mles was a fellow passenger.
lie has grown very stout, and as he
sits, throwing his left arm somewhat
akimbo, he occupies, perhaps, four
hiths OF the seat. Gradually the car
filled up, and, at the Blocker street
station, an under sized, clerical
looking fellow, in gold spectacles,
white cravAt and seedy overcoat en-.
tered and took the vacant seat on
Grants bench. Il was with some
difficulty that he squeezed into the re
mining 9th. | said TO myself. II
wonder If Grant will mover" Grant did
not.movs. Grant did not move his arm
de paid no more attention TO the little
new cOmer than the peasants of the
10 yer part of Germany are said to pay
70 the babies born in the harvest Geld
Had he Withdrawn his arm and held
it naturally the little new conner would
have been crowded, but more com.
Portable. Had he hltched up nearer
the window the little fellow would
have been quite easy, but he neither
moved his arm nor hitched up.
lie sat there like a great stub
born hog. 1t was a little thing.
but was it not illustrative of the
mans stubborn character, his utter
lack Of consideration for the feelings
and comfort OF others? Wasn't il a
type Of the man who relied upon brute
force, superior numbers, and the Ger.
tsinty hat the lesser must give way
to the greater during those frightlul
days and bloody nights ia the Wilder
aessI | never fancied Grant as a
man. | always did estimate his pluck
at its normal value; but [ must say
that il anybody On the face of Gods
green earth should feel under obliga-
tons to his fellow men for fame, for
fortune and for personal comfort, for
selfish ease, and for the certainty of a
happy, unembarrassed old aee, it is
this same General Grant. He might.
while wearing the clothing, ape, at
least, the manners of a gentleman.
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Facts About Fish CuIture.

AAnANIllhus
Any person in possession Of a
spring producing a supply throughout
the year of from nine TO n hundred
square inches Of pure water, MAY
grow, with the right appurtenances
and requisite knowledge and care,
from 3OOO to 5000 trout in one year
worth at present prices for stocking
ponds, 500 per 1000 pounds, or TO
raise 500 to $4,000 to weigh a pound
each, worth from so cents to 81 Der
pound. The first thing necessary in
trout culture is the construction of a
pond, or series of ponds is better
which must be fed by pure spring
water, and must be clear and fresh,
It is essential to the preservation OF
the fish that the temperature of the
water be observed at from "a 10 69
degrees. Trout require a temperature
OF water never exceeding 10 degrees
AT % degrees they begin to suffer; at
~ degrees, unless there is a strong and
broken current to give life TO the
water, they die rapidly, and not INC
Will survive a temperature of Is de-
grees. 1t is simply manifest that our
Southern streams are not generally
inhabltable for trout or stlmon.
Trout are found in the head waters
Of such as rise 10 the Allegheny range
Of mountains, but never in muddy or
sluggish rivers.
When we speak ofthe temperature
Of a pond or river allowance must be
made for springs to which fish will
have recourse precisely as men per.
ishing in a room for air would put
their mouths to 8 knot hole TO
breathe.
II there arc springs enough trout
will live In water the body Of which
reaches a higher temperature than
% degrees. So, also, a strong rush
OF water, as with a rapids, will enable
them to endure greater heat than
they could otherwise stand. Still. it
IS not safe to subject any OF the east.
erD brook trout to a permanent tenn
perature higher than s. degrees.
The success attendant unon tho
culture of trout is instanced in the
Establishments Of Seth Green.
Livingstone Steus, A. Palmer and
other noted trout culturists, who
realize handsome profits from this
source. j. L. WARNER.
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II. ast tAsa hsss y sts lsfss sAt
ooniinusd
And IksOW men who think tha,
passing a ladys fare 70 the box gives
them the privilege Of entering into
conversation with her about the
weather. crops, rate OF mortality, pol
itics, and SO forth. That isn't me,
however,
The speech had its due effect upon
all the passengers, including the vic
tim, aud the man let out another link
by remarking.
Giving up my seat 10 the car to n
lady does not entitle me TO offer to
assist her of the car, or ask if she is
married or single, or in any manner
break down thestern barriers of social
formality. aud | know it. 1t is sim
ply an act Of courtesy, and | shall so
considerit."
There was something painful in the
situation to the other six, but relief
came by the man reaching the end of
his journey. As he was ready to get
off he looked back and said:
Il have seen men whose cOuceit
Obliged them to lift their hats and bow
10 everybody in the car before step
ping of, but that isn't me l shall
step of without any formality, and
without hoping l will be missed"
When the six looked back aud saw
him sprawled in the dust they were
glad OF it
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-06
The AmerIean ..Iigern LIZ.
Special to Cincinnati Commercial.

GpeClal 70 NlhclnuAl commercial.
WASHINGTON, December 3.-The
Capital says to-day: The last two
nights of the Garfield fair lacked an
attraction which had been prominent
in the forepart Of the week. Miss
Gypsy Gilbert, the beautiful young
lady from Newark, n. j., who had
endeavored so faithfully to sell Mr..
Stuart's poem for the benefit of the
fund, was absent. Miss Gilbert at
tracted a great deal Of admiring notice
in New York at the Seventh Regiment
fair aud her portrait appeared in
the Graphic's gallery Of Types Of
American Beauty but in two weeks
OF the New York fair, though her
booth was nightly tbronRed with buy
erS, she evs experienced any annoy
snoe. and she was entirely unUrepared
Tor the rudeness which appeared on
several occasions here. Miss Gilbert
is a native Of Newark, N. j.. and is
the youngest of six daughters. She
has three brothers, one OF whom, Al
bert Gilbert, has been cashier of the
Market National Bank of New York
for twenty years One OF her sisters
IS married to Thomas n. Bolles, a
Pine street importer. Another
sister is married to Mr.. Ellis
Z. Meeker, Of the Railway
Mail Service. There seems to
have been a malicious purpose to mis-
represent her character and position
1t was said she was an actress, that
she had been married and divorced,
and that she was employed at a salary
by the managers Of the Fair. These
stories we're false in toto. No LADY
prominent at the Fair has a better 30.
cial position, and none were more in.
nocent Of a purpose to attract or mo.
nopolize attention. Her Ger.
vices were given as unselfsh-
ly and freely as were those OF
any who devoted time and money TO
make the fair a success. She never
was married and consequently was
never divorced, and her only connec.
ton with the stage is through member
ship Of the Home Dramatic Assoeia.
ton of Newark, which is a purely
amateur company of gentlemen and
ladies' OF the first standing OF Newark.
II would be an u~ngracious task TO
recount the acts OF vulgar inso.
lence which made her confirm
ance at the fair unpleasant.
but il is well to say that with scarcely
an exception they came from women.
some Of whom deliberately stood close
TO her while examining aud comment
ing in coarse terms upon her face. per
son aud dress. Several ladies Of other
booths tried TO shield her and shame
the rude persons. Ono lady. who
temporarily took a place in the booth,
was tapped on the shoulder and a ked:
Are you the American lily?" mol"
was the fierce reply, but | am a tiger
Ills"
Miss Gilbert returned on Saturday
10 Newark.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-06
SENSATION.
A Newspaper Venture BITTERLY
Denounced by the CathO.
lie Bishop.

The New York Herald's Montreal
special says: "A singular episode IN
the history Of the Catholic church 90.
CURED this morning in the issue of A
circular by the Bishop of St Hyacinthe
10 which he calls u pom the clergy M
his diocese to refrain from assisting
pecuniarily or otherwise the projected
newspaper to be called Est,ile an
Matin (Morning Starr. This enter
prise was announced at Boucherville
q few weeks ago by Archbishop
Rourget, formerly bishop of Montreal
Bishop Falere, of Montreal, who was
present when his senior bishop made
the announcement, LETT the church
and retired TO the sacristy, thus show
ing his disapprobation Of the scheme.
His reason for this doubtless was that
Bishop Rourget was thought by some
70 be playing into the hands of a SEQ.
ton Of the Conservative party called
the "Programmists, "or Ultramontane
wing, men who would be more Catho.
lic than the Pope himself. This
organ was to be the voice of
the bishops, and OF course was to cast
its weight with the Conservative marry
SO long as the De Boucheryille Ross
wing should So desire, the Liberal party
would be entirely ostraeised by this
move. Il is looked upon as a death
blow to characterization that the verv
bishops whose organ this venture was
to have been have denounced it so
emphatically, Tor the Bishop of St
hyaeinthe makes no bones about his
denunciatiOns He says that be
knows without doubt that the Bishon
of Montreal is opposed to the news
paper, aud that under pain OF disoi
pine those under his (St Hyacin,he's)
lurisdic ion must not contribute even
the very smallest part Of their eccle
slastlcal revenue toward it. He wa. MS
his flock that the men who started
he movement we're aware that the
Bishop Of Montreal discountenances
such a newspaper and that they aust
have no iollOsers ia his diocese. The
liberal Catholics are surprised at the
snub oftheir enemies; the program
mlsts are dumbf unded al the rejection.
the Conservative party are ohsgrinea
that they are losing power, and while
Protestants do not know whether to
rejoice at the step forward taken BY
The Catholic clergy in opposing Ultra
montanism, or to be sorry that the
Catholic church has such power as to
Interfere in such a manner as the cir.
cular does. The sensation caused by
its issue is without parallel"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-06
a pRAaAfI0 sEiUIDE,
Terrible windlBe-ap 10 = Rural
M~errysMakiBg.
Mobile Register. Novsmbsr Is.

-
Information was received yesterday
Of a curious as we'll as sensational
suicide which took place Thursday at
Buckatunna, a station on the Mobile
and Ohio road, in Wayne county,
Miss.
I. A Cox, a young nan employed as
bookkeeper by Mr.. D. Smith, a mer.
chant OF Buckatunna, attended a party
in the neighbOrhood Thursday and
danced with the young ladies until
midnight. He remarked once or
twice to his partners in the dance that
be would die that night after the dan.
cling was concluded.
About l o'clock, when the particle
pants in the entertainment we're get.
ting ready to go home, young Cox
called their attention to the way he had
arranged the chairs around the room,
and how be had placed one chair in
the center and covered it with a
shawl. lie requested the ladies to be
seated. One of the ladies took the
center seat, but he asked her to seat
herself elsewhere, as that particular
chair was reserved for himself.
After all had taken their places, he
seated himself in the center, and,
placing his hand in the bosom Of his
coat, remarked that he would certainly
die before day, and desired the present
witnesses to stay with him until the
end was reached. He said he had
been raised we'll by his mother, who
had sent him to Sunday.s,hoo and
tried to make a good Christian Of him,
but, in spite OF her care, had strayed
from the paths of duty, and could
never face his mother again. he
then drew a pistol from an inside
pocket, and saying, This never falls
placed the muzzle against his ear and
fired. The spectators we're taken
so entirely by surprise that they
could make ne movement to
prevent the rash act, and it
was not until his hand dropped into
his Ian aud the pistol fell to the hlor
that they fully realized the horrible
deed which had been committed.
When the gentlemen rushed to the
ceuter OF the room they found the
young man dead.
II appears that Cox posted his books
the day before and made a full and
correct account to his employer The
Cor lner held the inquest aud turned
the body over to Mr.. Smith The lat
ter provided a casket and paid all the
expenses of preparing and shipping
thu remains TO the suicides mother,
who lives up on the Montgomery rail
road.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-06
An Annlh,Intor Manted.

Washington Special Cincinnati Commercial.
The report that the Minister to
Turkey, Lew. Wallace, has been of
fered a prominent command in the
Turkish army by his friend, the Sui
tan, is revived This time it is stated
that Gen. Wallace has accepted the
position, and his resignation may be
expected at almost any time.
In this connection a good story il
told of Minister Longstreet's surprise
several years ago when the Sultan said
to HIM that he thought of o~fferinr
the position of Chief of Artillery il
the Turkish army to a DR.. Nc
Lean, of st. Louis, the high soundinG
names OF whose guns had drifted into
him somehow. lie said he thought the
man who could invent ''annihilators'
and "extorminators" oughtto be at the
head of the Turkish artillery, at a
salary Of $4,000 o. 10000. Minister
Lougstreet suggested to the Sultan in
surprise that it might be we'll to act
upon insufficient information. The
only thing he knew of DR. Mclean was
that he was q successful patent medi.
cine manufacturer, who had a curious
%penchant for spending his monev
in inventing curious guns. He did
not think that the Sunltan knew any
more about the man. He didn't be-
Iieve that the doctor had ever seer
artillery in the field, much less artil
lery in action, aud it was probable
that he spoke neither French nor
Turkish, and was proud Of speaking a
Western ~vernacular Of the English
tongue. However, the Sultan said he
wanted an annihilator at the head Of
his army, and thereupon wrote DR..
Mclean, offering him the position re
ferred to. This DR.. Mclean had the
good sense to decline. Other men,
under similar circumstances, have not
been SO sensible. DR.. Mclean, by the
way, was elected to Congress from St.
Louis this fall.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-06
How Some Doctors Get ID.
plOmas.

RNWAAAmFe
The exposure of a bogus medical
institution in Philadelphia has itS
counterpart in the revelations lust
made public concerning the manufao.
ture and sale Of diplomas by the
Bellevue Medical College," of Bos.
ton, Mass. The President makes some
remarkable statements He saws: II
granted the bogus decree" then adds.
to show his keen consciousness, II
did not think it was right, but East.
man 1.-THE Dean) said there was no
law which could touch me-"
Having thus unbosomed him
self he proceeds: Although
there was, Of course, a pecuniary mo.
tive at the basis of this whole thing
my connection with it was honest (sieI
and sincere" Then, in an explspS.
tory and refreshing burst Of oOnG i.
dence, he continues; This act nsnnot
be accounted for, even for myself
except on the ground that some mn.
common weakness, which Il had not
heretofore experienced, led me to be
influenced to do the act under the
peculiar circumstances Of my Official
position" Yes, be evidently was nm
commonly weak. He would prove an
interesting subject for ~vivisection bv
some OF bis surgical brethren. who
might perhaps discover structural
CHANGES Of the brain TO account ior
me mental twist which takes so pecu
liar a view OF the moral obliquity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-06
Attachment Notice.

Before John spelman, ] P for SheT,v .,r,,v
henn.-Edward steadmau vs.. Haden Z
y this cause an attachnent having baen
sueo Out undsr sectisn 1856 ofthe sod Of
property Of the defendants. HSden K DaviS'
and aiidavit aayinEbeen made thatdeeendsnt
= lndebtedto che plaintiff in the snm e ~
= y account, and, that tae cIhim Is
lusIS ana that the defendants are nom
residents of tho State Of To- nssVss,
II e therefore ordered that said delendants
maze their personal appearance before ma on
the ~ h day Of December, 1882, at Il O'clock
M , a. ny once. No; 81 Adam st Tai 2
attachment suit within the time prescri5sd
oy law or the same will be pro.
ceeded with ex-parte; and that a COPY of his
order 90 published once q week for four
weeks Ia the Public Ledger.
Ihis the 22t day Of November, 1882.
uU 10y JOHN SpkLMAN- i. p
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-06
Warned Away,
Detroit Free Press.

OetIOll HIoe frota.
While in Charleston l was talking
with a gentleman from the interior Of
the State. regarding the state OF the
country after the close Of the war, and
when the conversation had drifted TO
the Ku Klux point, | asked:
Colonel, did you ever receive a
warning to leave?'
Three Of en-" he calmly replied.
Regular notices."
Regular notices, and meant for
business"
90 account of politics2"
Not altogether. While [ am a
Democrat, in Que instance | opposed
the nomination OF an unit mar for
office. Not only that, but | beat him
out OF it, aud sub stituted an honest
man. That action produced results.
but the main object was to get my
land for a song and clean me out. The
notice gave me three days in which to
leave the State"
And what did you do?"
II mounted my horse, took my
shot gun aud rode to the plantation
OF the man who wrote the warning"
Did you know who it WASP
u suspected, aud | tested him. He
saw me approaching and ran for his
gun. That action proved him % be
the right man. He came out with his
shot gun, took a dead rest on a bar
and fired a handful Of buckshot at me
from a distance OF fifty feet. Sixteen
OF them struck me in the chest, arm
and shoulder, and | tumbled from the
horse.
And what did he do?"
Acted foOlish-very foolish: and |
have always wondered at it. Instead
OF waiting TO reload, he came run
ming up to finish me with his knife
and that was the chance to keel him
over. He didn I kick twice after j
fred"
And did that end in"
Practically, although he left two
soma who have been shooting at mn
OF and on from the brush for two O,
three years past If they continu,
annoying me I'll have to take a hall /,
day sometime this fall and hunt lem
out"
And his wife2"
well, the widow has offered IA
marry any mar who will kill me. bul
hasn't worked up any candidate
yet. Have a smoke or something /,
duink2" ="
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-06
Attachment, MO,Ica.

Before W. A. Goodman, j.. p for sb.R,
eSun5y; Tenn B Lowenstein 4 BiOs. vs..
\ this cause an attachment having bean
u sued out under section 3465 Of Inc Code ~
tennessee. and returned levied UPON the nToD-
erty OF the defendant, W. W. Curry. trsdsbv
unqer the name Of the Bluff City shirt Co..
ana atidayit having been made that defend,
ant is indebted b. the plaintiff in the snm
Of xl'sS, due BY account, and that the
claim Is Just, ana that tho defendant ~
y nonresident Of the State Of Tennessee.
y Y therefore ordered that said ~defeodSnt
make his personal appearance bsiore me-
on the 18th day Of December, 1880 M 10
o'clock N at nv office, No, 8 Madison At"
mpni Tenn, and defend SAID a-ttaohmsnt
s9lt within the time prescribsdby Law ns
me same will be proceeded with ox-narts.
ana mat a copy Ct this order be pubiishsA
YhSe . week Tor iouF weeks in the Public
lI1hts ths 10th day Of November, 1882.
u~ NH W A GOODMAN, I,P.