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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-25

kESIDENCkS.
a Orleans near Adams,
~ ORLEANS, ne IT Adams,
236 S~afarana, corner 1hi-d,
IS Sa"arans,
16 Tn I'd, corner Washington,
3 7 Madison, near dep I,
S5S NJ in, second door only,
81 noe, rooms.
$40 Shelby, near bot,
Cottage on Bass avenue,
Cottage on Bass ayenue with garden,
Pope Ayres place, 8 acres, ? miles out on
fernando read,
Fifth street, Horn Lake road, cor. Caroline
STORES.
1884, Secoud, near JEFF erson,
! Popl r. with rooms,
1871 Second, with rooms and cellar,
25s Second, Irving Block,
"a isin, south or Adams,
So Poplar,
SA8 Second, unde' 0perahouse,
Madison street colt N shed
Groenlaw 0nerahause, pee night,
W ARTHUR WIFE IL Y, Agent,
6SH ain str ct. upstsirs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-25

Choice Reef TendeFIOins, zoe lib,
choicest steaks & ROasis, L2toII,
Pure Pork Savage, lac Ib,
Oysters, Fish aud Game received
daily.
sEEsSEI'S MARKET,
aSl Main, near Union. 09t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-25

DART OIL q hous three rooms. corner Su.
zette and Georgia street, south Of kstiva
Park MRS. POLLOCK $751;
Connecticut western news., 1882-05-24

ground dat man am but higher order of vegetable, an we respectfully invite de Lime Kiln Club of Detroit to agree wid us"
 Prof. Carnjfex Montgomery at once arose with smiling countenance to move an agreement, but Brother Gardner stopped him with:
 "Sot right down, Professor De theory dat man am a higher order of vegetable am perfectly satisfactory, but before committin' ourselves let us seek to diskiver what pert,ckler wege table we am. Am we 'taters, turnips, cabbage, squash, pumpkin or carrots |? Let us go slow on dis bizness. If we am higher order of Airly Rose 'taters it goes to show de mirackulous wonders of natur'. If we am simply an i'm provement on de cucumber or de pump- kin it goes to show dat we hain't nuth- in ter brag of. As de case now stands we am all mixedup. Samuel Shin m ay be 8 higher order of de ruta- -baga-Elder Toots an improvement on small pump kins, an Judge Holdback may repre- sent speckled cabbage head. De Seckretary will return de resolution an ask de Savants to give us de name of de pertickler vegetable"
Connecticut western news., 1882-05-24
A Bunch of Brevities.

Foundation for splendid crop of entrants is laid now with pruning-shears and loaded manure fork. Whitewash the stems of fruit trees, and kill the eggs and larva of obnoxious insects, as we'll as induce new clean bark. Years of constant growth have extracted all the nourishment out of soil around old pear and apple trees. Give them 8 fresh supply at once. A liberal dressing of decayed manure, or rich compost, now will bring reward in more abund- ant show from roses and other towering shrubs, and decidedly vigorous growth. Examine carefully the stems of all fruit trees, just beneath the surface of the soil, for borers. Dig them out with a pointed knife. All shrubs will not grow dense and round headed without arti- ticlal assistance; trim now and preserve symmetry. Don't discard old varieties, tried and true, after reading glowing de. scriptions of novelties that are going tc revolutionize horticulture. Test, if you will, and sift carefully the grain from the chaff. Fight cucumber beetle, cab
 bage-hy, currant-worm, etc, eff It takes all summer" Each spring plant at leas
 six peach trees. They are usually short
 lived, and it is good plan to alwayl have 8 succession coming on. People
 who follow this system have peaches.- Josiah Hoopes, Chester Co.,, Penn.
Connecticut western news., 1882-05-24
Beginning at the Bottom.

When Bradlaugh, after three years of service in the British army, returned to civil life he applied to the London bar rister, Rogers, for position as clerk. Rogers had none to offer him and Brad laugh was about going away disap, pointed when the former casually re- marked, "I am in want of an errand boy; perhaps you can recommend one to me-" Bradlaugh asked what the pay was, and being told, "Ten shillings a week." he decided to take the place him. self, somewhat to Rogers's dismay. The anecdote is told by a biographer of Bradlaugh writing in the current num- Der of the International ReUie,O, and it teaches lesson that young America is very much in need of learning. It may be galling to ones pride to begin at the bottom anywhere, but it paid Bradlaugh and it will pay everybody else who tries it. Exactly nine months were required for Bradlaush to make himself master of Rogers's common law practice and to get Rogers to build an office especially for his use.
Connecticut western news., 1882-05-24
Fashion Notes.

French lace rivals Spanish lace for trimming black dresses.
 Brocades give place to embroideries of elaborate designs wrought on Surah silks, in the Chinese stitches that are alike on both sldes.
 French costp mes grow more bouffant and promise gradual return to the basket draperies (paniers) of Marie Antoinette; sesthetio styles, on the con- trary, become daily more limp and clinging.
 Dresses of chine-fgured satin Surah are among the most tasteful importa- tions. They come with dark green or maroon grounds strewn with tea roses or carnations, and are trimmed with cream tinted fcelle lace.
 Pointed bodices are confined to even ing dresses, and the several points are softened by one or two puffs of satin gradually growing narrower in back and front, or by pleatings of lace, or by many loops of ribbon.
 Pompeiian red and black silk stockings are worn with the simplest and with the most elaborate toilets-no matter whether they are light or dark. Dark navy-blue and lighter porcelain. blue are also favorite colors for hosiery.
 Among the newest fabrics are moire grenadines of two stripes of contrasting oolors, to be made up with the repped Victoria silks, or with the glace Surahs that change through two or three colors, and are called chameleon silks.
 Small scarf-shaped mantelets com- plete elaborate costumes for the carriage and street. They are black, almond color or drab, and are of repped Sici- lienne silk, India cashmere or China orape, with full trimming of sleek chenille. fringe falling over jet.
Connecticut western news., 1882-05-24
LIVES OF DEEP SECLUsION.
How the Mem bers of the Order ot
 the Buried Alive Live.

The order of the Buried Alive in Rome, the Convent of the Sepolte Vivo, Is a remnant of the Middle Ages in the life of to-day. The London Queen s correspondent had the privilege of an entrance within, one after another, of the five iron doors, and talking with the Mother Superior through the thick swathing of 8 woolen veil, but ordinary communication with the convent is car ried on through the "harrel, " which fills an opening in the wall. Over the bar rel is written: "Who will live contented within these walls, let her leave at the gate every earthly care." You knock at the barrel, which turns slowly around till it shows a section like that of an orange from which one of the quarters has been cut.
 You speak to the invisible Sister, who asks your will; and she answers you in good Italian and cultivated intonatiop. You hear the voice quite distinctly, but as if it was far, far away. She is really separated from you by slender slice of wood, but she is absolutely invisible. Not the smallest ray of light, nor the smallest chink is visible between you and her. Sound travels through the barrel, but sight is absolutely excluded. These nuns live on chsrity, keeping two Lents in the year-one from November to Christmas, the other the ordinary Lent of Catholic Christendom. Living therefore on charity, they may eat what ever is given to them, saving always flesh meat" during the fasting time.
 If you take them @ cake or a loaf of bread, roll of chocolate bonbons, a basket of eggs, it is all good for them. They must be absolutely without food for twenty-four hours before they may ask help from the outside world. And when they have looked starvation in the face, then they may ring bell, which means: "Help us we are famishing p Perhaps you take them nothing eatable, but you place on the ledge of the cut orange, by which you sit, some money, demanding in return their "cartolini, ' or little papers.
 The barrel turns slowly round, then back again, and you find on the ledge, where you had laid your lire, 8 paper ot ''cartolini. These are very small, thin, light printed slips, neatly folded in tiny packets, three to each packet, which, ii you swallow in faith, will cure you oi all disease. After your talk is ended, the barrel turns round once more and presents it's face as of an immovable and impenetrable looking barrier. One of the pretty traditions of Rome is that each Sister has her day, when she throws flower over the convent wall as sigl to her watching friends that she is stil alive. When she has been gathered te the majority, the flower is not thrown and the veil has fallen forever.
Connecticut western news., 1882-05-24

"Oh p said Miss Simmons, sitting up straight and setting her spectacles more firmly.
 "And now that you've learned all that you can, said John, turning round to her, still holding Betty, "why- you may gop
 The chair was vacant. A dissolving view through the door was all that was to be seen of the gossip, who started up the road hurriedly, leaving peace be- hind.
 "Betty," said John some half-hour afterward, "what was the sigh for ? don't care now, but did think, dear, and it cut me Go the heart, how you might have married richer. longed to put ten times ten into your hand, Betty, and it galled me because l couldn't"
 Betty smiled, and twisted away from his grasp. Running into the bedroom. she presently returned, still smiling, with 8 bundle rolled up in clean towel. This she put on her husbands knee, who stared at her wonderingly.
 "I didn't mean," she said, unpinning the bundle, "to let it out now, but l shall have to. Why, John, day after tomorrow is your birthdayl"
 "So 'tis P said John, Gracious has it come round so soon?"
 "And you, dear boy" said Betty, shaking out before his eyes pretty brown affair, all edged with silk of the bluest shade that presently assumed the shape of dressing gown-"this is your present. But you must be dreadfully surprised, John, when you get it, for oh, didn't want you to knoww John made the answer he thought best. When he spoke again, he said, perplexedly, while small pucker of be- wilderment settled between his eyes:
 "But I don't see, Betty, what this thing" laying one finger on the gown, Chad to do with the sigh"
 "That," said Betty, and then she broke into merry laugh, that got SC mixed up with the dimples and the dancing brown eyes that for moment she could not finish. "Oh, John, I was worrying so over those buttonsp They weren't good, but they were the best could do, then. And I'd only bought em yesterday. Two whole dozen. And when you put that ten-dollar bill in my hand didn't hardly know it, but I sup. pose did give one little bit of sigh, for I was so provoked that I hadn't waited buying them until to-day"
 John caught up the little woman dressing-gown and all don't think they have ever quarrelled since-at least have never heard of it.
Connecticut western news., 1882-05-24
Grape and Canister.

heard soldier sheer the other day, says M. Quad, at what he called |" the grape and canister taffy" of war. Stand here with me on Powder Hill. Here were massed twelve or fourteen guns, and for half an hour they used nothing but grape and canister, pouring their doses into Cleburne, Cheatham and Walker. Follow me down to where the Confederates were struck by this storm of death. Here Is hollow into which three hlllsides dip; it is a spot compris- ing half an acre of ground. In this basin that day lay the bloody fragments of 500 Confederates. Heads and limbs were torn off, bodies shattered, men bored with holes through which one could thrust an arm. To the right were scattered more of the horrible fragment to the left windrows of dead. Thirty rods of brush fence was swept clean away. Whole tops of scrub oaks were cut off and the branches flung for rods around. The odor of death is there yet, and witnesses yet live who felt the hor. l TOT of that shower of death.
Connecticut western news., 1882-05-24
A Cold Water Wave.

On the train everybody talks temper ance. There are only two topics of conversation in Ohio in these days the May festival and temperance.
 The people who talk of the May fes- tival never talk about anything else, but all the rest of the population of Ohio talks temperance and intemper- ance, as the case may be. The man with the red nose, who speaks such broken English that he seems to get all the parts of speech in one word, declares in the most astonishing polyglot that the Smith bill is making slaves of us. He says his fathers fought in the Revo- lution, but if they did it must have been in the Hessian contingent, and he de- clares that before the American people will submit to this tyranny, blood will flow. However, there is no immediate danger. It is likely there will be more beer flow than blood.
 Men have fought, bled and died, but not for beer. Arnold Winklereid did not throw himself upon the Austrian spears because he was ordered to close his saloon at nine o'clock. Wm. Tell did not hide the arrow under his coat to kill the tyrant because the edict had gone forth that the free born Switzer should not drink keg of beer every Sunday. Freedom did not shriek as Koziosco fell across whisky barrel. Warren did not die that beer might flow as the brooks ripple and murmur seven days week. Tea, mild, harmless, efr feminate, much sneered at, temperance beverage as it is, holds higher place. is 8 grander figure, and fills brighter, more glorious pages in the history of noble struggles for human liberty than beer. Men liked it, but they fought rather than take it.
 The fights around barrel of whisky do not pass into history; they pass into police court records. Even the battle of Brandywine was not fought that whisky might be free. No clause in the Declaration of Independence declares that Sunday concert garden with five brass horns and sixty-eight kegs ol beer is the inalienable right of free people, and the cornerstone of all good government. The battles of this world have been fought for grander things than free whisky. The heroes who fall h the struggle for the supremacy ol rum are usually shot in the neck, and their martyrdom is generally clouded by the haunting phantoms of the james jams. There will be no temperance war. Whisky makes men fight, it is true, but they usually fight each other, And if they don't, the chances are all in favor of the temperance people. Il is a poor sober man who can't get away with his drunken neighbor, if he car get him drunk enough.-Ha,okeye.
Connecticut western news., 1882-05-24
4 WOMAN'S ARG UAIEN7.
BY LILLE E. BARR.

Outside it was dreary and cold and wet
 Inside on the hearth was the bright wood fire, And Larry lounged happily in it's glow
 And talked of his farm and the men to hire Of the seed and soil and the planting days, Of bis toys and girls and their pleasant ways. While now in her rocking chair by his side Their mother sat sewing with busy skill There were stockings and coats and frocks to
 mend.
 But her needle worked with a right good will Till some one knocked at the door, and then Her parlor was crowded with eager men. They wanted Larry he must not refuse The Party on every good man had claim, And the club had got most important news, Which they must discuss or be much to
 blame."
 And indeed stranger might we'll have thought That the country had been both sold and
 bought.
 Then Larry stood up with an anxious look. But Lizzie said : " What is it all about? For you see, good friends, us a bitter night, And husbands are far better in than out" "Weli, Mistress, you can't understand the case But we want the right man in the right place |" Then Lizzie looked up with a gracious smile "I agree with you, friends, and I'll tell you
 why:
 Tis principle full of rare good sense,
 And exactly suits both Larry and I. Only this is the way state the case, The right man, Masters, in the right place Is husband at home in the eveningr' They bowed to the wife with candid smile, And one of them answered: "Men never
 would roam If all of us had such pleasant wife,
 If ell of us had such cheerful home; And Larry would be neither happy nor right If he left his wife and home tonight And then when the house was quiet again Larry stopped low to his wifes pretty face |: Dear little woman, so wise and so true, You have made out most excellent case; There's daytime for duty of every kind And you may be sure you will always find Your husband at home in the evening""
Connecticut western news., 1882-05-24
Bright's Disease of the Kidneys.
AVOID ALL oUAoKs AND oUAcK MEDICINE

SS~NS~AS
 In work on Bright's disease of the kidneys, Dr. Pancoast, of Philadelphia, gives some general advice which may be of value to people predisposed to this terrible malady, which manifests itself insidiously, and progresses very slSwly. The kidneys are morbidly sensitive, and must be protected from cold and damp ness. Warm clothing is indispensable. Flannels should be worn the whole year. and in the winter the clothing should be thick and of wool, Canton fannels are of little use, as they do not prevent the elimination of caloric to any great extent. In summer lighter fannels should be worn, but should be changed for heavier with any material alteration in the temperature. Dr. Pancoast rec- ommends that light raw silk shirts should be worn under the fannels and in the summer months without the fan nels. The feet should be carefully pro- tected from cold and dampness.
 AVOlu6O. The diet should be nutritious and of a mixed character. Animal food should be eaten, except in the most advanced stages of the disease. But food ia of no use unless vitalized, so as to be assimilated, consequently it should be various. And exercise in the open air should be had whenever favorable opportunities offer. A tepid bath once or twice week is almost indispensable, and should be followed by thorough rubbing with coarse towel. A good deal of sleep in well-ventilated room is indispensable. Cheerful spirits, { contented mind, accompanied by clear conscience and firm will, are better than medicines in warding off diseases and prolonging life. Above all, avoiG quacks and their pateut remedies as { saint would avoid the fallen angel, ant be careful not to take enormous doses of iron under any circumstances. Fo the rest consult skillful physician. would seem from what the doctor says that the secret of preventing Brlght'G disease lies in protecting the system from nervous debilitation. And whateve tends directly to strengthen the nerve and build up the general health, als' tends to prevent this malady and t. cure it in it's earlier stages. And il curing it, proper nutrition is in | calculably better than medicinas FoO
 is medicine.
Connecticut western news., 1882-05-24

GEoRaIA's PEACH CRoP.-The best and largest peach crop ever grown in Georgia will be ready for the market in few weeks, but growers are complain ing that they have not adequate facili- ties for getting it to market. In conse- quence they anticipate that thousands of bushels of the fruit will rot on the trees, and that for what is sold con- paratrvely small price will be obtained. 1t is suggested that the individual or company that should secure system atic and rapid freight service to the North and West for the peach crop oi Georgia would make handsome for. tune and add greatly to the wealth ol the State.
Connecticut western news., 1882-05-24

TEE RUSSIAN JEws.-A number of influential Jews recently met in St. Petersburg to consult upon the mlseries of their race in Russia, and to devise measures for the prevention of further atrocities. After several persons had spoken, none of whom had anything to recommend except emigration, an aged man named Schmerling, representative of the community of Berditcheff, began to relate the trials to which his neigh bors had been exposed. As he pro- ceeded he grew more and more excited until, apparently overcome by his emo- ti ,ns, he fell upon the floor. An ex- animation showed that he was dead.
Connecticut western news., 1882-05-24

THE cigarmakers have formed union. We fear it will prove union of cabbage leaves, paste and ssltpetre. Boston Zrdnscript.
Connecticut western news., 1882-05-24

THE WISDOM of the wise, and the ex- perience of ages, may be preserved by quotations.
Connecticut western news., 1882-05-24
Connecticut Western News.
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Connecticut western news., 1882-05-24
HOW TO DO IT.

The Committee on National Corrup. tion, to whom was referred the query from Indiana, "How can we purify the ballot-box ?' reported that they had given the matter patient investigation and consulted the very best medical au- thorities, and had decided to recommend chloride of lime. Sprinkle it oh the box night and morning for a week and thorough purifcation is guaranteed. NAME YOUR VEGETABLE.
 The Secretary then announced the following communication from tbe "Colored Savants' Ooterie" of Charles. ton, s. 0.
 Resolved, Dat dis body do take the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-09-13

of the islands, where 1t will grow and
thrive and spread as 1t never had q
chance before. Speaking OF this new
departure and experimental DR.. Fitch's,
DR.. Emerson, who resided for some time
in the Molokai settlement, recently said ::
Hawaii can not afford 10 retreat from
the advanced position she has taken OF
this point. The population Of these
islands is too small to be trihed with and
risked in wild experiment. There is
danger it will be lost in the process.
Due consideration for the welfare OF our
own non-1eprous people and that of the
increasing number of visitors, and those
who seek homes with us, make it incum-
bent upon us to cling to the safe doc
trine of contagion, which is also the
plainly taught doctrine of experience in
other lands. The necessity for isolation
is sad fact. Courage is needed in ma
ton, as in patient, to nerve it to the
dread ordeal of painful surgical opera
ton. However unwelcome the facts
may be, it becomes us, as true and hon.
est men, to meet them squarely, and not
to imagine we can dodge the force of
their blow by closing our eyes to the
trutl -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-09-13
The Misfortune of Finding Gold.

(From the London Telegraph
A man who finds G12, eco worth of
gold hidden away in an old wall is gen.
orally regarded as a lucky individual;
but the civil tribunal Of Dion has just
proved that even find of this magni-
tude may be anything but fortunate
occurrence to the discoverer. In the
month of April last joiner named job
in, taking down the paneling of an old
house about to be demolished, belonging
to DIR. Chanut, at Dion, found sum of
100000 france in gold of various dates
just previous to the great revolution.
The coin was packed ia rouleaux and
wrapped in pieces of Moniteur, published
duling the reign of terror. With the
money were certain scraps of manu-
script, showing it to belong to one who
was mayor of Dion at that period. His
descendants on hearing of the discovery,
brought an action against DR.. Chanut
and M. JOHN to recover the treasure,
and the court, after duly investigating
the claim, gave judgement in favor of the
plaintiffs. What is even more CALLING to
the finder of the treasure and to the pro-
prietor of the house, where it had re-
manned concealed for nearly century,
is that they were mulcted in the cost of
the trial.