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for every man, and Is security In tims
of need.
Cadet Whitaker An Georrin.

- wal nAuE-N-Wul nmuua
Ex-Cadet Whitaker, of West Point
fame, delivered an address in the col
ored Methodist church, on Foundry
street, last evening, to q large colored
audience and a few whites, led there
by curiosity. The speaker was a young
mar OF twenty years, and almost white.
He spoke in a pleasing style, and gave
every indication Of the fact that he
was well educated. In a speech Of
over an hours length yon could not
detect the first grammatical error.
His subject wal THE Color Line al
West Point" He began his grafton
in a way not at all aattering to the
Republican party. He spoke of the
fraudulent Hayes" the boss loving"
Grant and the accidental" Arthur,
with some tinge Of contempt, and said
that all he had suffered was from the
hands Of Republican officers. At
West Point be says he was always
pointed out and spoken Of as that
niger, and the only gentleman there
who ever showed him a kindness was
a cadet from Georgia, a Southern
State. The line Of his address was
that the true friends Of the negro are
to be found among the white men Of
the South, and not the Northern Re-
p~ublicans.
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The Tariff Commission at Col.
A. y. COIyar's.

A large number Of gentlemen, repre-
senting business and social Nashville,
assembled at Colonel ColyAr's elegant
residence, on Spruce street, last night,
at the invitation Of Colonel Colyar
and his sons, to receive and do honor
to the Tariff Commission. The affair
was an uno stentatiOus, but exceedingly
elegant, exhibition of hospitality aud
good taste. The members of the com
mission were received by the in
vi;ed guests, and partook of an
excellent and beautifully ar
ranged repast, entertained by
music the while, the ladies of Colonel
OOlyar's family being assisted in max
ing the evening pass pleasantly for the
members of the commission and
invited guests, by Mrs. John w.
Childress, Mrs. Jennie horton and
Miss Birdie Gleaves. Colonel Colyar
has set an example worthy imitation
to those who are able to entertain
strangers and exhibit Tennessee hos
pitality simply, without any great
display and yet with well bred taste
and elegance.
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For months I have had something
about me each time | went from your
side that has made me pay attention,
said he, mastering up courage to
speek. land | have found that it is
feas. You hold that dog, and the
fieas meander about your system,
picnicing by day and going for me at
night. When | come to you every flea
comes to me for & square meal. They
come forth like flowers, from your
neck, your corset, your shoes. The
woods are full of them, and my life is
a burden. Unless you swear of keep
ing dog, and rid yourself Of fsas, all
between US must be at an end. 1t
must be no dog, and no Aeas, or no
Ike. Which shall it BEL"
She thought long over the matter,
her eyes looking into the future, but
did not answer. He was a good match
and was long on pork, but she could
not make up her mihd to part with
her dear dog, that cost her n hun
dred dollars. Finally a bright thought
struck her, and she offered to compro-
mise by using insect powder. His
heart had seemingly been turned to
stone, and he told her he could not
consent to any compromise, and leav-
ing the house, he gave her two days
to decide. The next day he saw her
at a matinee with a hotel clerk, and
the clerk was constantly feeling up
his. sleeves or down his neck for some
thing, and he thinks she still keeps
the dog. Thus two hearts will be
broken-Chicsgo hearts, too-by the
poodle. dog.
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Co-operatLre Associntions.

AS an instance Of the real good chat
may come Of the present epidemic of
marriage and other protective %associa.
tions, the Chattanooga Tradesman
recalls the history Of a cooperative
concern in England started thirty
years ago with a stock of goods costing
$50. That corporation not AOwns one
Of the largest mercantile Establish
meDts in all England; buys grain by
the ship load aud grinds it in its own
mills; has a library OF thousands Of
volumes; a large reading room: an
immense hall for pablo meetings;
counts its membership by the thou
sands and its capital by millions; all
owned by work people. Other like
concerns in England have made SINH
lar records. The institution here
referred to is founded on s. shares. no
one ~stookholde- being allowed to carry
more than $50 exeeptin cases of heads
of families, and they are limited 10
$500. The suggestion is made that il
would be an easy matter for twenty
young men 10 pool their cash, say $50
each and embark it in some line of
trade or manufacture. Thatis $1,000 to
start on n of the corporation TO
manage the business. and at the end
Of the first year $1,000 be added, or
twice that sum. Several of the great
New England cotton and other indus
tries began in this way, and have
grown from just such beginnings. Now
what we suggest is this: Instead of
indulging in the fever Of insurance
speculation that prevails at present,
take up a form Of investment like the
above for your small sums. Such an
organization is of permanent and in.
creasing benefit to all the stockhold-
ers. Ii calls for so small an amount
that most any man may readily embark
in II. The matrimonial benefits are
hardly greater than the moral inAu
ence that grows out CT il. 1t fosters
a due economy and regard for the
future. II makes 0 we'll balanced lite
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THE WICKED FLEA.
He Brought About Trouble.
Peck's Milwaukee Sun.

As we pre- iicted long ago, the prac-
tice certain girls have Of wearing a
small, shaggy dog in their laps is
bound to maketrouble. A case in
point at Chicago will illustrate how
the fatal practice of keeping a pet dog
TO kiss will break up the best Of
friendship.
A young gentleman whs does bust
ness on the Chicago Board of Trade
was in love with a beautiful Wabash
avenue girl, and it was believed by ali
that he would soon allow her to lead
him and her dog to the altar, for she
kept a dog. He was not very much
mashed on the dog any of the time,
and it burt him to see her caress the
brute, but he thought when they were
once married he would take the dog
by its hind legs and knock its brains
out against a lamp pot. Her dog was
a her dog, and that fact annoyed the
lover more than would have been the
case otherwise. But the young man
enjoyed himself much in pressing his
suit, or his girls suit, rather, Of an
evening", after the dog had gone to
sleep and put in its eri5.m He would
SIT on the verandah with the object of
his alteration, and gaze out across the
lake front park at the stately ships as
they went by, and as one big shin
would seem TO be hugging close 10 the
shore, he would hug her-not The
ship-and she would hug back, ac
cording to Hoyle, and then she would
SIT on his lap and he would sit on
hers, and then he would get nervous
and go home.
There seemed to be something Bit
ing him. He could keep his nerve on
the Board of Trade, though wheat
went against him, but when the girl
got against him he felt a y~earning TO
scratch himself, q vague longing 10 get
up aud 80 away. He went to a doctor
aud was examined, and the doctor
charged him five dollars for the infor-
nation that he was covered with aeas.
I've could not believe it until he VENT
his room and got his room mate 10
help him catch a quantity Of feas. Then
his soul was up in arms. There was a
certain pleasure in the thought that
he had caught feas from the one he
loved, but when he reflected that she
had caught them from the dog. and
the dog had caught them from another
dog, and that the other dog had caught
them from an Italian, and the Italian
had caught them from a monkey, and
so on back, he was sick. That evening
no called on his girl, and, as She
rushed into his presence, and was
going to throw herself, dog and all into
his arms, with a frightened look. and
cry, as though the house was coming
down, he said:
Stand back There is that about
you that crawls and hops, and bites,
You have got feasl"
"Sirl' said she, her eyes flashing
with FIRE, this insolenee shall cost
you dear. / have no feas. Why dost
thou accuse me OF deas2y and the tears
came TO her eyes, but she wiped them
away with the dog and controlled her
| emotion,
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MountaIneering as Exercise.


Mountaineering is doubtless excel
lent exercise for the n~ervously strong
and the muscular, but it is unfortu-
nate that it should be the pastime OF
the very class of persons least we'll
fitted for its pursuit. Those who lead
habitually intellectual and, to a large
extent, sedentary lives, incur great
peril Of injury and accident when they
resort TO this arduous and altogether
exceptional form of exercise in their
annual holiday. They may be steady
Of nerve and clear headed, strong Of
Of wind and limb; but the strain is toe
severe, aud the oyertaxed faculties OF
sense and power may at any moment
give way suddenly. when life will be
jeopardizsd or sacrificed. Mountain
eering, like everything else, requires
long and continuous practice to make
it an exercise which can be reasonably
reckoned as salutary and within the
bounds Of a sound discretion. 1t is
too laborious, too exacting to the sense
organs, and 700 severely exhausting to
all the powers of life and energy, to be
undertaken without more than a mere
feeling Of courage and power, which
may be misleading.
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Champion Democrnts.
Nashville World, 2l.


Hon. s. A. Champion, Democratic
nominee for State Senator for Henry
and Weakley counties, is in the city.
When he is elected, as he certainly
will be, no man will grace the Senate
rial toga better than he. He says that
Hon. 5, Il. Wilson and General G. P.
NJ. Turner held one of the finest
meetings Of the canvass on the 18th
instant, at Paris. On the next day
these two we're reinforced at Como BY
Governor Marks, where splendid
speeches were made and great good
was done. BY some strange oversight
our special aud the one to the Appeal,
delivered at the Paris Office, were
not sent. This ought not to happen
in a we'll regulated Office, and we hope
the authorities will look into the
matter. The crowds were very large
at both points. Round after round Of
applause went up for the gallant ora
tors. Especially was this so at Paris,
and many changes were made on the
ground. General Turner will speak
at Dresden on the first Monday in
next month.
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MondaX. 0olohar q. lR82.

all ths interest Of defendantR B HAYS In the
real estate mentioned and described In said
decree as follows;
.Firsl-Tbe estatutory equity Of redsmp ion
Of defendant r b Hays in the following de-
scribed real estate, 10 wit:
Lots Is ard II in block AZ. in what
Is known az Fort. Pickering, lying Just
8 nth OF the city Of Memphis, 10 Shelby ccun-
", Tennessee, reference being made 10 sail
lots and blocks as laid down on Wiliamson's
map Of the city of Memphis and enyirons, is-
Beeond-The equitable interest of defendant
RIB Hays in the "WoOdlawn Place." referred
10 in the bill and described as follows:
Lying in shelby county, Tennessee, near
Wythe Depot. on the Memphis and Ohio rail
road. beginning at a large red oak marked
\, on the south side of Loosa Batchie
grees east, ,l20 chaips q links, to an elder tree
marked In a field ~orossiag the M. 40. R,R,
at 80 chains and so links; thence south 20 de.
greea east, II chains and 81 links TO a stake In.
the center Of the Brownsville road; thence
south, 52H degrees west, IA chains aud 20
limbs. with the Brownsville load to q stake;
thence south 20 degrees east, 90 chains and 81
links TO q stake In Haywoods' north boundary
line offs 6n7 acre tract;thence south ,87Ldeerees
west, with said HIywoods' line, 81 chains and
10 links to a stake near u branch, one Of Hay-
woods corners; thence north, q do rees west,
a.. ~ W om.AA HAAAhN WI bHt kOuLu SIDE
Of the BroWnsyille road; thence south 5S% dc
greee 'west, 70 chains and 20 links to Hay
woods northwest corner, from which south
III degrees east 66 links is a sweetgum mark
cd d. thence moth 30 chains and IS links 10 n
stake, 4O. links of hickory marked X; thence
west 30 chains TO an elm marked ET X; thence
north 90 chains. crossing the said railrOad for
merly known as the Memphis AID Ohio rail.
roao, but now called the Memphis and Louis
Vile railroad, at 7 chains and 40 links 10 A
sycamore tree marked II. on TIE touth bank
OF Loofa Hatchie river; III nee north b3 de-
grees east, cutting and equalizing the mean.
dering Of said river, Al chains to q stake, in
the south boundary line ofJ Wills $500 acre
grant; thence east Is chains to J Wills south
east corner; thence sorthw wi h said Wills east
boundary line, 4S chains TO Loosa Hatshie
river; thence with the moanderiDss Of said
stream, 80 CHI aims TO the beginning, Containing
by estimation SO acres. icing a portion az
what Is known as the "WOOd'avn Place u be-.
longing 10 the ate Samuel J Hays, aad con.
veyed by A j Hays and OF es to II h HAYS by
and Of record ia the office Of the Register az
Shelby county, 10 book u, page 2.d, to which
reference Is made,
Terms Of sale-On a credit OF sevon AID
twelve months. taking purchasers notes with
approved personal security, bearing interest
fiom date and retail ing a lea upO the nrop-
erty until said notes are paid. Equity Of fe.
demption barred.
jackson, Tenn, September q, 1882.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk,
LIB Mcfarland, solicitor. 1915
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Bob Ford 10 be Tried fOrMurder

Prosecuting Attorneys Garner, of
Ray county, and Lowe, Of this city,
held q consultation to day with regard
to the prosecution Of the case against
Bob Ford for killing Wood Hite.
which is to be called for trial Septem
Der 10. The following witnesses were
subpenaed upon behalf Of tho State:
Mira. Jesse James, Mrs. Samuels, Mat
tie Collins, Mrs. Bolton. Bob's sister:
Police Commissioner Craig and ex
Chief Of Police Speers, Of Kansas
City. 1t is reported that the Kansas
City officers will make no effort 10
serve the subpenaes sent them, but II
they fail in their duties other officers
will be found who will do so.
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The oldest InhabI,ant.
PHILADELPHIA Record.


William BasseLt, an aged negro
living 10 Camden, N. j., last Nav
celebrated his l26th birthday, and Is
without doubt the "oldest inbabitant'
Of the New World. Bassett was born
in Delaware in 1855. where his parents
were slaves, for many years owned by
the Bayard family. During the Rev
olution Bassett. then a young man of
twcnty-one or two, was working for a
farmsr by the name Of Wilson. While
there he married, and became the
father Of a large family, each member
OF whom be has outlived. Upon the
death Of his wife Bassett married
again. When tho war broke out in
1872 be became the body servant to
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An Industrial Convention.
Nashville American

A. W. Hawkins, Commissioner of
Agriculture, has prepared a circular
stating that on the 18th Of Dc
at Mont Eagle, there will be
held an Industrial Convention. The
Of the meeting is to bring land
owners and capitalists into communi.
cation with each other, and all owners
OF lands and all interested in the
purchase Of mining lands are especially
invited to be present.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-22

Colonel Morris, Of Jaokson's army,
whom he accompanied to the front at
New Orleans. He married his third
wife upon his return from the South,
aud had by her quite a numerous
family, all but one of whom died prior
to the civil war. For the last eighteen
years he has been taken care Of BY his
children and grandchildren, spending
the time between Camden and Moores.
town, to and from which places he
has travelled on foot many q time. The
last trip was made early in the fall Of
1881. His death is now looked for
daily. N-n d
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The Loss Ofthe Steamer Asia.

NIL hNIdlus ~
The disaster which overlook the
steamer Asia on Thursday last in the
Georgian Bay is aggravated by the
reflection skat the apparently over.
crowded vessel probably left Collinp.
wood with all the necessary weather
premonitions of the lake tempest. in
which she so suddenly fou1dered
September is well known as a stormy
month on the great inland waters Of
North America. The barometer which
had been as high as 30:l5 inches over
Georgian bay on Tuesday, also rapidly
fell on Wednesday (the day the Asia
left Collingwood), and on Thursday
morning the Signal Service reported
the severe lake storm as then passing
over the bay with a minimum pressure
Of 29,48 inches, 1t does not vet appear
whether the Canadian Meteorological
Bureau warned Colliugwood of The
approaching storm before the Asia left
that port. But it surely seems
that the barometric indications
alone ought to have suficed to
put the officers of the steamer ON
their guard, and TO have led them b
put into some place of safety before
the disaster overlook them. Ii ia too
soOn to fix the blame for this disaster
But the fearful fate of this vessel with
her human freight-'going down with
her engines working"-impresses. 4
anything can, the lesson chat
the storms of the lake,
are not less to be avoided than
those of the ocean. Tie evan
orations from these large bodies o.
fresh water, elevated several hundred
feet above sea level, is more rapid
than that from the ocean, and Inc
condensation Of vapor, owing to their
proximity to the cool interior Of
British America, is so much more
sudden than at sea that the monitions
OF the barometer must be promptly
needed to be Of any avail.
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Bad complexion restored with GIennis
sulphur Soap.
fifty cents.
Pixies TOOthache Drops cure in
one minuta.
The MANUFACTURE Of Whisky.

It is thought there will be more
whisky manufactured in Tennessee
this year than in any year previous.
Corn will be plentiful aud cheap. In
many portions OF the State the trans
p~ortation facilities are so limited that
the corn will have to be made into
whisky in order to get it out to mar
ket. A latge number of persons ire
contemplating the building of new
distilleries, and in some counties, too,
where such establishments have never
before existed.
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Chancsry Sale Of Real Estate

No. N5s, r Chancery Court Of Shelby eountv
I'M Provine and ] A%mmOnette. sdm'rs
Of Z 2 Steward, Iced, VS.. W B Stewart
RY virtue of an interlecutOry decree for
u sale, entered in the above causeson the
IN ld9y, OF July. 1858, renewed Juiy f0 1877
"a day Of June, 1882, I win sal. al pub,,
10 auction, to the highest bidder, in front Of
the lerk and Masters office, courtbonse Of
shelby county, Memphis, Tennessee, on
Saturday, September 90, 1852,
within legal hours, the following describsd
to-wit: 'Hn'b
Certain real estate as shown on Mat M. I Of
the sub-diyision Of estate Of Il Z Stewart, de-
ceased, of record in M. b. No.8. mage "a
ETC.. recorded November %, 1896. to-wit;
Lot No. 10, containing 81 feet front on Geor-
gia street by o depth Of $50 feet.
LOT No; "a, containing l6h feet front by $50
Lot Nj IS, containing 49, feet front by $50
Lot No. 81, fronting IS feet on fernando
Lot No. 40, fronting 1857 feet on Hsrnapdo
Let No. IS, fronting IS feet on fernando
Lot No. a, fronting 1857 feet on fernando
Lot No. IS, at the intersection of fernando
road and Lauderdale street. 2lO feet on Her
nanao road and IIS feet on Lauderdale street.
reference is here made 10 said plat or dia-
gran and record Of cause for more accurate
description, etc.
Terms Of Sale-Cash.
This August q, 1889.
RI BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By George Mallory, d. C.. & M.
Wilson 4 Beard, sol'rs. 1As 10
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The Arkansaw Election.
Little Rock Democrat

By the full returns of the recent
State election it will be seen that the
total vote for Governor was 147, 1863, of
which Berry received 1855, Slack
49, 352 and Garland l0,l42. Counting
all votes thrown out on account OF
fatal legal defects, it is safe to say that
at least 10000 votes were polled for
Governor. The largest number OF
votes polled for any candidate on the
Democratic State ticket was given to
Major w. p. Campbell. who received
1878, and the largest majority was
given to Treasurer Woodruff, who re-
ceived S9,O3S against 1861 cast
for Waterhouse, tho Republican can
didate. Chancery. Clerk Galloway is
next in his majority over his COMPETE
tor. The difference between the
highest vote, that for Campbell, and
the lowest one professor Thompson)
is only 40l4. On the Republican
ticket we 6ud that Colonel Gibson,
candidate for Attorney General, leads
the field, receiving 1884, which
clearly shows that the Democrat was
correct when it said that Tom Gibson
was the most popular Republican in
the State and could poll the biggest
vote for Governor of any man in the
party. Ii. p. Barry, G~reenbacker,
received $1,000 votes, which clearly
shows that he received nearly the full
Republican vote in addition to the
Greenback vote.
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The wearing Of bracelets by men as
we'll as by women is a fashion just now
decidedly on the increase in
Europe. The Archduke Rudolph, the
Austrian Crown Prince, wears upon
his left wrist a bracelet Of chain mail,
visible in a photograph taken imme.
diately after his marriage, and repre-
senting him arm in arm with the
Arehduchess Stephanie. The late
King Victor Emanuel always wore a
massive bracelet containing a medal
lion OF st. Hubert, the same that is
now worn in memory of him by his
son, Italy's actual sovereign. Austrian
naval officers are fond Of wearing
porte bonbeurs," in which are medals
bearing the efigy Of st. Peter, while
the bracelets Of the Imperial and
Royal Artillery officers are invariably
commemorative Of st. Barbara's piety
aud personal attractions. Rossi and
Salvini, the two great Italian TRACE
dians, being also excellent horsemen
have caused broad hands of silver,
framing medals Of st. George, to be
riveted upon their upper right arms
1t is believed that this bracelet wear.
ing fashion has spread to England, and
has been adopted by more than one
distinguished parsonage.
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The sad Case Of Mrs. MeIyiIIe,

WASHINGTON, September 19.--En-
gineer Melville ~telegraphed to-day to
friends asking whether it would be
wise to accept at this time the grand
reception for which arrangements have
been about completed, rendered him
by citizens of Washington, His friends
replied that it would be wise to post
pone it indefinitely. This will be
done.
A Washington special to the Gin
~einnati Gazette, September 10, says: A
dispatch received here states that En-.
gineer Melville's wife, who has just
been adjudged insane, Is a confirmed
opium eater and addicted to the use of
cigars. and that in addition there has
been insanity in her family. One Of
Melville's friends has a letter stating
that after the reception given him at
his residence, his wife held a loaded
pistol at his head and upbraided him
for not having left her more money.
One Of Mrs. Melyille's family died in
an insane asylum, another one is now
simple minded, and a third was CON
fined for years for insanity. For a
considerable portion Of Engineer Mel
yille's absence he allowed her but SIC
a month Of his salary, to secure which
a special order from the Navy Depart
ment wa necessary.