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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
The Vain PulIet.
N. Quad.

hs Ruuus
A fine, fat pullet, who was roosting
on the limb of tree safe from danger.
was saluted by a fox with:
Good evening, Miss Pullet; | never
saw you look better. Your fig ire is
perfectly lovely"
DO you really think so?"
Certainly | do. I'd give anything
if could wear my hear done up in a
French roll, and have it become me as
il does you"
Aren't You jOking?'
II was never more serious in my
life. Your small feet and pretty mouth
are the envy of all the pullets in the
neighborhood"
Dear me, but is that SOP"
And everybody says you have such
a tony air about you"
"0bl la!"
II think if we we're to walk out to
gether we'd mash the whole town"
Really, now?'
The fox gave her more soft solder.
and in the end the vain pullet few
down and furnished square meal for
the crafty villain.
Moral: "Flattery," said an old
rooster, as he looked down at a few
bones and feathers. "flattery is the soft
purr of a cat. The sweeter the purr
the longer the claws and the sharper
the bite"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
sturdy Japnnese Women.

JAIan letter to San Francisco Chronicle.
Although the average stature of this
people is under the standard of most
OF the European nations, it is about
equal to the average of the French,
that is, of the male portion. The
females are very much below the
hight of Western women. But they
have the anne muscular traits as the
males. They have we'll developed
limbs and a capacity for labor and
fatiguing work that seems astonishing.
To see these women at work in the
fields, managing the immense hoe in
use there, with their scanty garments,
which allow the sun to look upon their
shoulders and the upper portions Of
their bodies, leaving their limbs un
fettered, they appear models
Of symmetrical development. Beau
tifully rounded arms and
limbs, with smallest of feet and hands,
and small boned, they present the
spectacle of what the human form
should be in its natural grace and
finish. An extraneOus appliance is
never permitted to assist Dame Nature
in giving shape or line to the compact
anatomy of their bodies. The chill.
dren are wondrously slror g also. They
are harnessed into the general care
of the little fry of the household as
soou as they are large enough to
have a smaller child strapped on their
backs. They learn very early the
skill of bearing burdens upon their
shoulders. As they increase in
growth the capacity for this sort of
work is duly fostered. Tie women,
young aud old, are to be seen bearing
loads upon their backs that the un
initiated in such work would not be
able to stand up under. They will
travel miles laden this way with a
speed that would be sufficient to tire
an average Western woman if entirely
unencumbered. In fact, there are
very few women who could at all walk
the distance the old women do while
bearing heavy loads. And all this is
performed on an abstemious vegetable
diet.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
THE DARK CLOUD
Which Hangs Over the Ruined
Home Of Engineer Melville.
Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.

Special to CinciHnati Enquirer.
NEW YORK, September 30.-To
the domestic history of Engineer Mel
vile there is a pathetic background,
in the shadow OF which has been fought
a manly, heroic struggle, to which
Arctic exposure and peril are but
boys play. And his is a soul SO loyal
that he will not say halt he might say,
in the light of recent events, to set
himself right before that part of the
public which delights in thinking evil
Of a man when it can find the smallest
excuse for doing so. While he made
ample provision for the comfortable
support of his wife during his absence,
yet out of his $3.50 month pay there
only remained for him on his return a
balance of s. month uudrawn. In
addition to this Mrs. Melville had
drawn $4,000 from Mr.. Bennett, of the
Herald.
This day NJ lie was in New York
before he left r San Francisco. l
met him at the Astor House, and said
to him that | VI he'd | were going with
him. IF thin 5 were the same Ia my
family as in you s." he said, "if | had
the same happy home as you have, old
fellow, there isn't money enough in
the Herald, or in Washington, to in
duce me to take such a trip" The
tears ran down his cheeks as he talked
Of his children, and when he wrung
my hand with good-by grip that seem.
ed not unlikely to be the last, he said,
with pathos | can never forget, but
what else can | do?"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
YESTERDAY was a touch dav "

YESTERDAY was tough day with
dealers in futures at New Orleans
and many were in a very uncomfor.
table situation. 1t was expected that
over 10000 bales would be called for
by buyers of actual cotton, while the
stock in the sheds for delivery was
less than 10000 bales. On Saturday
last the bulls drove Septembers up to
fourteen cents per pound, while actual
cotton was worth less than twelve
cents. Those not interested in tie
matter feel very little sympathy for
those who may suffer by being on the
wrong side of the deal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
BOSTON.
The COmet--COnsressiOnal Nom
inatiOn.

BosToN, October 1.-Two fine OBJ
servatiOns were obtained at the Har-
ward Observatory of the comet, which
almost definitely establish it as one Of
brief period. According to the
present data, it must have made the
semi Of the sun in two or three hours,
or at the rate Of four hundred miles a
second. The fact that the suns at
mosphere offers no check to its pro.
gress, proves it to be incombustible un-
like other meteorlites.
The contest for the Sixth Congress
sional District was continued until
$50 this morning, when Elisha S.
Converse was nominated on the both
ballot.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
Logging in Nevada.


A chute is laid from the rivers
brink up the steep mountains to the
railroad, and, while we are telling it,
the monster logs are rushing. thun-
dering, flying, leaping down the de-
cleyity, They come with the speed Of
thunderbolt and somewhat Of its
roar. A track of smoke and fire
follows them-fre struck by the tric-
tion with the chute logs, They
descend the 1900 feet of chute In four.
teen seconds. In doing so they drop
200 feet perpendicularly. They strike
the deep water with a report that can
be heard mile distant. Logs fred
from cannon could scarcely have a
greater velocity than they have at the
foot of the chute. The average veloc
lily is over 100 feet in second
throughout the entire distance, and at
the instant they leap from the mouth
their speed is 200 feet per second.
A sugar pine log sometimes weighs
ten tons. What MISSILE How the
water is dashed into the air. Like
grand plume of diamonds and rain
bows the feathery spray is hurled to
the height of 100 feet. 1t forms the
erandest fountain ever beheld. How
the waters foam aud seethe, and lash
against the short One log, having
spent its force by its mad plunge into
the deep waters, has foated so as to be
at right angles with the path of the
descending monsters. The mouth of
the chute is perhaps fifteen feet above
the surface Of the water. A huge
log, hurled from the chute cltaves the
cir and aligbts on the floating log.
You know how bullet glances, but
can you imagine saw log glancing2
The end strike with heavy shock, but
glides quickly past for a short dis
lance, then with a crash like the
reverberation of artillery, the falling
log springs vertically into the air and
with curve like rocket falls into
the water a long distance from the log
II struck.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
A California Beauty.
uhIcaro Record.

A young lady near Riggs, named
Bessie Dunlop, wearu her hair over
seven feet long The hair is blonde,
and she is said TO be beautiful, with
pink lips aud sparkling blue eyes. She
is seventeen years old, and has ad.
mirers in all the land around. Her
old man has plenty Of coin, and the
fellow who captures this sweet crea-
ture can count himself as being the
luOkiest mortal in the country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
Aucient and Modem EgyDt.

The ancient Egypt was reckoned in
its best days to contain population Of
15,00O,000, and it was the richest and
most prosperous monarchy in the world
before Rome came TO the front. Its
cities rival Babylon and Nineveh in
their days, and when Amru took Alex.
andria it contained over 800 600 inhab-
itants and the grandest library eollec
tion in the world. The modern Egypt,
though possessing none OF the ancieut
grandeur, is still country far from
despisable in resources and population.
Egypt proper, from the cascades of the
Nile to the sea, contains about 5000
square miles OF cultivSted and irriga-
BILE land in the Nile valley, and a
population OF 5,5OO,0OO. This is less
than the area of Massachusetts,. and
not much above the population of
the State Of New York, But the pro
ductive quality oithe lan1is such that
it might serve to support 2O,0OO,OOO.
The annual exports to Great Britain
alone ten years ago amounted TO $82,
$50 900, while the import from Great
Britain were but $3f, 100000, showing
a balance of trade in favor Of Egypt.
Since the opening of the Suez canal
Egyptian exports to England have
declined to less than SAG, 600, 900, and
the imports to less than Sl2,0O 10000.
The valley of the lower Nile is not all
of Egypt, though it is all that is vital.
The Kbedive rules over a region on
che upper Nile covering an area Of
I,5O0,0O0 square miles, and embracing
a barbarous population Of l6,O0O,O 900
This has been acquired by conquest
since 1873, aud includes Nubia and
Darfur. Nubia is that country which
the ancients called Ethiopia These
conquests may be made valuable BY
the construction Of railways, but that
will require European capital.
The present dynasty was founded BY
tho usurper, Mehemet Ali. He wal
appointed Pasha, or Governor, by the
Sultan of Turkey in 1906, and fv'
years after he compelled his master t.
make him Viceroy This title wa
continued through the descendants O
Mebemet Ali down TO the fifth, Ismail
vhs, in 1866, received the title o
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
Mill Opposite Gas Works, Memphis.
within the MILL l4xxxviH

Khedive-el- -Misr, which means King.
The condition Of this promotion was
that the Khedive should pay an annual
tribute of S3,600,000 to the Sultan, the
former tribute being but 81 100000
This, of course, is heavy tax on the
people. The allowance for the support
Of the Khedive, or King, is 1856, 600 a
year, and for hisrelatives $500 900. But
the late Khedive, Ismail, contracted
private debts amounting to
more than $40,000,000, and
otherwise so wasted the sub
stance OF the country that in 1879,
when France and England for the
protection Of their people who held
Egyptian securities, appointed each
an officer to control and regulate the
finances of Egypt, they found and an
aggregate Of public and private debt
amounting to $450,0O0,0OO. Ismail
was deposed and his son Tew6k, the
present Khedive, became bis sleaes.
sor. These financial complications
led to the present difficulties, these
and the Mohammedan hatred oi
Christians and foreigners. The rapid
decline of Egyptian trade with Eng
land, formerly her best customer, il
attributed to the Suez canal, which
enables England to trade on better
terms with India and her Oriental
possessions. And this fact is the secre
Of the aversion ofthe Egyptians to the
canal and their earnest purpose to de-
stroy it il they can.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
Thursday, Oct. s
Chicago Appraisers.

CHICAGO, October 3.-The reap
praisement of ginger ale, held at the
Customhouse, in this city, September
25th, resulted in disagreement be.
tween the General Appraiser and the
Merchants Appraiser. Yesterday
Collector Spalding decided to uphold
Appraiser Heyl's decision, that the
marked value on ginger ale in
Belfast, Ireland, was three shil-
lings ten pence per dozen pints.
OF the three cases decided by this
hearing one is represented by W. A.
Ross & Brother, of New York, and
two by Grommes & Ullrich, of Chi
cago. This decision makes the ap-
praisment here decidedly higher than
in New York, where the appraisement
made on old invoices at two shillings,
ten and one.half pence on impOrta.
tions of ginger ale into this country
amounting to 81 900 dozen pints.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03

CINCINNATI. October 3.-The third
annual convention of the North
American Bee Kempers Society began
their session h@e this morning and
will continue three days, DR.. A. j.
Cook, of the Michigan Agricultural
College, is President, with DR.. Ehrick
Parmely, of New York, as Secretary.
DAYTON, October 3.-0sceola R.
John yesterday afternoon shot and
mOrtally wounded Louise Gramlich
his wife's sister, duringa quarrel over
an attempt Of John to take away some
furniture from the house, he having
separated from his wife.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
Wall Street.

New YORK, October 3.-Stock
market opened irregular, but in the
main lower, the latter in Richmond and
Danville. In early trade, after an
advance Of I per cent in Louisville and
Nashville, the market declined !a2 pei
cent, led by Louisville and Nashville,
Oregon and Trans Continental, West,
ern Union, Allegheny Central, and
Texas Pacific This was followed by a
recovery of bali per cent, New Jersey
Central and Lackawanna being most
prominent. Wheat lasc higher, firm
and rather quiet,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03

DANGER threatened the neck Of
Robt. Wilson, the rObber and murderer,
and the apprehensive authorities, as a
precautionary measure, sent the wretch
to Nashville. Quietude will doubt
less reign by the time the trial comes
off and the submissive people will
perhaps let the law take its course
in its usual way.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03

The decrease in the public debt last
month amounted to $l4,sO5,94S, and
for the past three months $44,794,2 4,237
while the cash in the Treasury is
S246,S36;OOI, and should the present
rate Of extinguishment Of the debt be
continued, the entire interest bearing
portion will be paid off in less than
eight years more, provided the cash
on hand and to be collected is used fol
the purpose.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
Laramie (wyoming) Boomerang.

NWyVuIHJ DO0WeIanB'
The Rocky Mountains never looked
more grand than on Wednesday even
ing. The setting sun hung over them,
hidden by cloud which showed the
typical silver lining with great brilli-
ancy. The range was hazy, so that the
outlines, while distinct, were robbed
Of their customary harshness, while
the rays would for an instant break
through and fall like golden robe on
some green foOthill or glistening sum
nit. "How beautifull' came invol-
untary from many an observer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
Chicago Markets,

CHICAGO, septepbeF 9-At II
o'clock there was a general advance
marked on articles dealtin on change.
Wheat Iaic higher. Corn Halle
higher. Oats quiet and unchanged,
Pork 2iaSl higher, the latter on 0cto
Der. Lard lOal7 higher, the latter on
October Hogs--reoeipts $500; quality
poor active and 30 higher on the besl
gradesi light, ~ SOaS dOi mixed pack
ing, 81 SOaS so heavy packing aut
shipping, IS 6Oa9 10.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
The weather.

WASHINGTON, October 3.-For the
Ohio and Tennessee valleys, partly
cloudy weather and light local rains;
northeast to southeast winds, and sta
tionary or lower barometer no decided
change in the temperature. For the
Missouri valley, local rains, with east.
erly 10 southerly winds and lower
barometer. In the Mississippi valley
slight change in temperature, and in
the upper Missouri valley lower ba-
rometer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03

The quarterly interest on the ma
tiOnsl four per cent bonds became due
on the first Of this month, and is now
in course of disbursement by the
public treasury. The amount of this
interest is S7,3S5,65O, and a part of
the bonds are held in this vicinity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
ArItansaw PIeasantries.

PINE BLUFF, ARK, October g.
\. G. Brane, general manager and
bookkeeper on Colonel Breer's planta.
ton, was killed near Plum Point,
Sunday, by B. Barksdale. No details
have been received as to the cause.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
Liverpool Markets.

LIVERPOOL, October 3.-Lard-
prime Western, dull, at 63s; Shoul.
ders-dull, at 53s; Cheese-Ameri-
can, steady, at 55s; Oorn-mixed and
old, frmer, at Is 3ld; Turpentine
spirits-dull, at 37s at London.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03

The Memphis Mutual Aid Society
Psys a FOur-MOnth Marriage Bene-
fit, a TwenIy-DayN Natal Benefit, and
have thestrOngest One-DAy COmPa-
ny I'm existence. They pay charges
on applications by telegraph.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
RInIne Ill.

PORTSMOUTH,, N. H., October g.
James G. Blaine is stopping at York
Beach, and was reported very i'll yes
terday and the day before, but he was
more comfortable last night.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03

Statistics of the growth and con
sumption of coffee throughout the
world indicate large increases. A
quarter of a century ago the total pro-
duetion was about 339,0OO TONS in
1879 it was 100000 tons, or in Q fair
way soon to double the former total,
From 1923 to 1879 alone the increase
was something over 10000 tons. 0ul
own oogptry furnishes the greatest
market for the article, the censump.
ton in 1850 having been 10000 tons
This was an increase of $4,000 tom
over tho average for tho twenty year.
ending in 1876.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
A Marriage InRuranee Company
Fails.

Dallas Texas Special st. Louis Republican.
Over twenty Dallas young men held
POLICIES in the Daily Cash Marriage
Association, of Jackson, Miss, repre-
senting an investment Of naarly $4,000
The ASSOCIATION has failed, and Inc
pelicy holders lose all. Dallas people
for two months have gone wild over
marriage aid business. Over 200 com
pauies have been represented here. A
regular panic has set in among the
policy holders, and many arc offering
to sell their investments at a discount
There was one marriage last night and
the officiating minister collected over
500 for ewing policy holders certif
Gates ct fifty cents apiece.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03

Business men will find it to their
interest to have their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER job print
Office, l3 Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03
MASONIC NOTICE.

S0UTH Memphis Lodge lis, F. 6A.\A/
- MA call meeting will be held this Xxx
work in the 3. A. Degree. All n. AS frater-
nally invited. ALEX ALLISON, W. NJ.
W. X SINS, Seeiv.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-14
A FIGURING MILL.

With the expectation that there will be a
Touring mill in Benton within the next year,
there has been a great deal more wheat so wn
by our farmers than ever before, a sufficient
amount we think to supply an abundance Of
seed for a large crop next year. Of course
wheat will never be grown to any extent in
our valleys until there is a market for it, or
in other words until there is a mill to convert
it into -four. Once we nave the latter there
will be hundreds Of bushels Of this grain
grown in Choteau county for every one
now, and wheat raising and milling will be-
cone an important industry in this section
OF the Territory.
1t has been demonstrated in the last two or
three years that our valleys will produce this
cereal in great abundance, surprising even
the wheat fields of Minnesota and Dakota.
AS shown by an estimate given in the HoLI-
DAY RIVER PRESS the average Of this crop
in Choteau county last year was thirty bush
els, while in some instances the yield reached
fifty bushels to the acre. The acreage was
not large, but wherever wheat was sown it
did well and yielded abundantly. It has al
so been shown that the bench lands adjacent
to Benton will grow excellent crops of this
grain, and if we had mills to grind the
crop, thus furnishing a market to the farm
ers, it would not be long until Choteau coun
| ty would be producing thousands of bush
els Of this golden grain, and instead Of i'm
| porting flour from the States, might have a
| surplus for export, as in the case Of the po-
tato crop.
All that is needed to give a boom to wheat
raising is one or more extensive Touring
mills in Benton. And there is a fortune for
the miller in the enterprise. Here is a coun-
ty supporting thousands Of people, and Ca
pable of supporting hundreds Of thousands,
where the average yield Of wheat is greater
than any where else in the world, and not q
Touring mill within the limits of the county!
Capital must be blind when it will not take
advantage of this opportunity. There is nc
reason why a gigantic enterprise in the way
Of Q Touring establishment might not in 9
few years grow up in Benton, and the time
to plant the same has fullyfarrived. 1t oul
farmers can be convinced that there will be
a mill to grind the crop, they will SOW .
large acreage next spring; otherwise they
will not. If the Board of Trade were tt
present the facts in circular form or other
wise to the %enterprising millers of Minneap
oils anti others, it would not be long until
mill would be forthcoming. Nothing il
more needed in Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-14
A SHOP.

One of the pressing needs of Benton at
this time is q email machine shop. There
is nothing Of this kind nearer than Helena,
and as a consequence great Inconvenience is
occasioned to those of our citizens who need
repairs of any kind. There is every year
more machinery of all kinds introduced
in Benton and vicinity, and the present
season every boat almost is bringing car
loads of the same, from the steam engine
and thresher down. The time has arrived,
we believe, when q machine shop would
prove q paying investment, and we would be
pleased to see some good machinist come
among us. 1t is not necessary that it should
be an immense affair at first. A small
amount of capital would suffice at the start,
and as the business increases, as it will year
by year, additions could be made. There is
not q better opening for this business any
where, and if this article falls under the eye
of q person having the necessary skill and
capital to put such an enterprise on foot, we
trust he will give the subject consideration.