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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-12
Sunday Nigh1's Dispatches.

Evansville, March ll.-River fall
ing. Departed: Golden Crown,
New Orleans, pm; Cons Millar,
Cincinnati, 2;3O am; P. G. Brown,
Cincinnati, 3 pm. A few flakes Of
snow fell this evening.
Louisville, March ll.-River rising
slowly, with 8 feet 4 inches in the
canal, and z feet 4 inches in the chute
on the falls. Arrived: Dick
Fulton, Memphis. Departed Andy
Baum, Memphis, Thos. Sherlock,
Nav Orleans, Alice Brewn and tow,
New Orleans.
Cincinnati, March 1l.-River %
feet 3 inches and rising. Clear and
cool, Arrived, John Gilbert, Ten.
nessee river.
St. Louis, March 1l.-Arrived.
City New Orleans, New Orleans,
Morton and barges, Cairo. Departed:
None River fallen 8 inches; % feet
BY gauge.
YiCkSburg, March ll.-River rose l
inch and stands 43 feet. Departed:
Charles Morgan, New Orleans, m.
New Orleans, March 1.-THE Will
S. Hays repaired her aue which col
lapsed last evening and departed this
evening for Cincinnati. The Dippold
had not arrived up to dark. Fair end
pleasant. Arrived j. B. Williams
and tow, Pittsburs.
Music books, magazines, illustrated
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Notice to Passengers q ShipDers
Memphis a. Little ROciR Il. r., Co
tAs REoRGANIzED,)
4. X. SIBLEY. ReeeIver.

OTFIcE OF SUPT. AND CHiEP EEe1yKrn.
wt,,o Memphis, February "a, 1888.
nWlNH 10 temporary break. caused BY OK
Memphis and Madison are ior the present.
discontinued.
During Tue suspension a line Of steamers
will run daily, making clo5e connection AZ
Madison fir Little bock aud all points West.
The. Rene Macready" will leave al O'clock
this s(SATURDAYl evening and the ''i;pi.k
Hooper" on MONDAY evening, each leayis,s
on alternate days thereafter, except Sun1,ys
Passengers and all freight. except posisb-
or at the foot Of Poplar street,
No freight VIII be received afser ! oisloolt
p.m;, and none for points between Hopeasld
and Madison.
No interrupted TO freight cr t-arsk
EKSIBLRY,
Receiver and Genarai Nanaqef.
-, ne FLEMING,
last baP't aud Nnici Eltuser.
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Charlie Brown, a white youth stole
suit Of clothes, watch aud $25 In
money from William Ryan and then
skipped for Louisville, in which city
ne was arrested on telegram from
Chiet of Police Davis. Detective
McCune went to Louisville after
Brown and returned with him last
night, and lodged him in the station
house. Brown will be leetured by
Hadden tosday.-[Scimitar.
1t is almost needloss to say this is
not Charles G. Brown. g-sndson o
Mrs. General Glenn; he is at Williston.
The similarity Of names is unfortun-
ate
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TOUEIGN AFFAIRS.
a Brief Summary of the Most
Important Events Transpir-
log in the Old World.

LONDON, March l2.-The Times
says From many sources we receive
news indicating that fthe new Grim
insl procedure bill in India, which
allows native judges jurisdiction over
the whites IN some cases, is perse,
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Vered in, the results are likely to be
serious beyond conception.
The Daily News states that the Cab.
met Council Saturday was chiefly oO-
cupisd With discussion of affairs in
the Transvaal. It is believed that the
government has determined to exert
its influence to protect the natives
against the injustice and oppression Of
the Boers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-12

GENERAL John s. Marmaduke, of
st. Louis, was in Nashville the other
day, and it is mentioned that he is
understood to balm the field as a can.
didate for Governor of Missouri.
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ClearinghOLse ReDorf.
FUNERAL NOTICE.

WRIGHT-Diod:March l2. Jas. W. Wright,
aged Is yelrs.
Funeral from the residence of his father.
Thomas Wright, corner of Walker avenue
and College street, to morrow. tuesday 18th,
at 10 o'clock a m. Friends and a,quaintanees
of family invited 10 attend
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uyTELEPHoME CONVECTION.
EIactlon of DIrectOrs.

C.0.&S.W W. R. R Co.
HNHE annual meeting Of the stockholders Of
the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern
Railroad Co., will be held at the office of said
90 pany in ths city Of Memphis, Tennessee,
on Monday, April 2, 1873, at 10 o'clock a. M.
for the election OF Director, for che. ensuing
ness as may properly be brought beiore seid
nesting, By order Of the Board Of Directors
S1 l. e. GATES, Secretary.
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The House refused Saturday to
pass the intermediate court bill. and
this action is regarded as 6Dal,
although a motion to reconsider was
entered.
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Clerks BuiIdinu and Sayinus Assn

tIiHE regular monthly meeting Of this
Marth II, 1883. at the office of the secretary.
NO; 264 Second, corner OF Court street, al ~
O'Clock, p: m. Fines will be rigidly enforced Il
dues and interest are not punctually paid,
BY order Of the Board.
l0l2 Pr. JONES. Sae,v
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SECURITY

Buildtng and Loan Association.
DEGULAR Monthly meeting of this Asso-
~ citation will be held at the office, No. 2S1
Second corner Of Court street, TUESDAY,
March Is, az ". o'clock, pm. Dues and
By order Of the Board,
AS, LIVERM0RE, President.
2. B. JONES. Secretary. 10 n
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TEE Irish societies Of Boston are
to parade on St. Psuick's day fol the
first time 10 six years.
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MECHANICS

n"iA~AnS anu savings Association
p OCULAR monthly meetingWEDNEsDAY
lO evening, Mar. II, at ~ o'elock. Dnes and
interest may be paid to T B Jones, 264 Second
street. during business hours.
lO ~ q. V. RAMbAUT, President
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BANK OF COMMERCE..

NNAFhl5t AhNN.i Marcn y, loe3.
fNHE annual meeting Of the'stockholdera oe
j. this bank will be held at the banfing
house on TUESDAY, April 10th rrox, foy ths
purpose Of electing Directors f.r the ens.dnS
year. (S35) j. A. OMBERG. Ca5I,ier
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MASONIC NOTICES.

r ELLA CoTTLODGE No. 2Ss r. and .
~ a. 81 will meet ia special COmmu-XN
18th. at " clock, for work in The M M
Degree. Visiting brethren fratelnally in-
Jas. s. MAHAYPY, Sec'y -'A''' 49,
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Music books, magazines, illustrated
papess, ete., bound at the PUEBLO
LEDav = hiSdery, l3 Madison street.
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pENN ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER Nc.
L Y will hold a stated cOnvocation w
Tonight, (M0NDAY) the 18th inst ut ~
n oio.nk, Tor dispatch of business. Visiting
complp ions fraternaly invited
By order Of JOHN BEAMISH, HIP.
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AdminIstrator,a Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that letters Of
IN administration were this day Issued to
me upon estate Of Samuel h, Crrsa. decd,
By Probate Court Of Shelby county, Tens.
February &c, 1893.
BESSIE N. CRUISE, Adm'x.
aPOSton 4 POatOn, Attorneys. $50 n
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GAFF, FLEISCHMANN & CO.
OnMPREHHEn YEAST.

The undersigned aro now delivering the
above yeast, daily, to. all parts Of the city.
Our customers will confer a favor upon us by
.-eportina any negligence on part OF the dri-
Ser, OTTO ScHWILL d co., Agts l0Oi
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Angerona No. l6s, assisted by TIE sevsral
lodges OF tse city Of Mem phis, will confer
on TUESDAY, March l3. 1883, al ~ nm
vited. '"i'' '"-
By order of 7. J. GRAHAM, WIN
Attest: U. O TRADgk, Secretary.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05
The Bible and the Counterfeit Manu-.
script.

BURDETTE'S ADVICE TO A YOUNG MAN.
You will perceive, my boy, that every
time man undertakes to manufacture
little Bible on his own account, he
makes Notifying failure of it. He is
caught at it, and in one-tenth the time
it took him to conceive his fraud, in rs
many hours as it took him months to
prepare it, he is exposed, and his hand
made edition to the Bible is swept
away in the other rubbish of other coun-
terfeiters. You see, my son, the Bible
doesn't need any of these nineteenth
century proofs of its truth; il needs the
word of no man to establish its genu-
ineness; it has stood by itself, ian anvil
that has worn out many hammers"
through century after century, UNI
changed and Interchangeable. Everx
time a man manufactures n new verse
or a new chapter, we know it is not
genuine; we detect the counterfeit.
The Bible has no need of the support
ing prop of fraudulent ark or a leather
Deuteronomy. There was complete
Bible centuries before Shapiro hap.
pened, and there will be the same Bible
ages after Shapiro and his patent Dcu
teronomy have together crumblcd into
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. uSt. L nc DiDlc uOcS
not need our help, our testimony, our
Endorsement. And if there had never
been discovered, in all the world,
bit of parchment, piece of broken
pottery or scratched stone, the Bible
would be just rs strong as it is to-day,
and men would believe just as firmly
and trustfully in its truth. Don't you
worry, my boy, because Shapira's an
cient manuscript was written with Lon
don ink, and don't fret because the ark
in the glacier turns out to be put to-
gether with Pittsburgh nails. That all
the frauds on the Bible and its history
are SO quickly and easily detected
should only convince you how impossi.
BILE is it for man to counterfeit the work
of God. Wait until some man fools us
with an artificial moon; and until some
philosopher stores away the sunlight in
parlor lamps, before you believe that
man can successfully initiate what man
never made. Burtington HdUkeye.
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LTuE ESD.1
A Dog Story.

"Did | ever tell yen about McGwig-
gan : dog? Mr.. Jackson asked. rs Inc
helped the new hoardcr to- n second sup
ply of beans. We old bOardcrs had
heard numerous stores regarding Mr..
Jackson's friend McGwiggan. We could
not TccOllcct any dog story, however,
so Mr.. jackson prOccCdcd ale was
the curiousest dog ever saw. Not that
there was anything strange in his breed.
He was just an ordinary. middle-sized
dog. that could be either pctted or
kicked with perfect safety. The oddity
was in his color. Some days he would
appear with a green head. red body and
yellow hind-quartcrs. Other days he
would have blue head and shoulders
and maroOn%kin. Then again he would
have an orange larboard and blue
starboard, like Northumberland man
on the l2ih of July. Occasionally he
would be all the colorS of the rainbow,
and as handsome aS patent whcclbar-
row Ut country fair The dogs color
was originally white, but that was the
time McGwiggan was carrying on the
business of n draper. ard the dog would
keep fooling around the dye-pans and
get n swish of one color now and another
again until he was as variegatcd as 4
Kaleidoscope picture. 1t was funny 10
see Gyp-that was the dogs name go
capcring up to neighbour dog for Il
bit OF fun, and see the other dor walk
few steps sideways and look Gyp all
over from the coriirr of his eye, and
then drop his tail and scoot for the rear
est alley. One day Gyp was loaiing
around in n lonely way, having some
extra grandeur in the way of a g.,ss-
green shoulder and vcrmillion ham,
with q general ultramarine ground
work. when n fellow who had just come
out of the Washingtonian Home came
along. He propped himself against q
tclcgraph-polc and looked at Gyp with
a steady look. % Lord Got 'em
again. he gaSped, wheeling around and
striking bee line for his old quarters. "
Is the dog hving?' the new boarder
asked.
mo; he's dead. You sec, he got 50
cOneeited about the sensation he caused
that he used TO 60 dipping himself in
dye-baths nj unreasonable hours, and
McGwiggan at last sold him to glue
factory Chicago Tribune.
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Remove the Old Canes Of RaspberrieS.

Charles A. Green, one of the bes
fruit-growers, says he used TO think i
of little consequence when the old canes
of black caps were removed. But re.
cent experience and experiment has
convinced him that they should be re.
moved as soon as the fruit is gathered.
The old canes may be cut easily with s
sharp hook attached to n handle two
feet long. and after they are removed
and burned the field may be more freely
cultivated than if they were still in the
way.
But aside from this, the old canes APP.
pear to draw on the vitality of the plant
and seriously affect its subsequent
capacity for bearing fruit. 1t is now
held by scientific men that deaC
branch exhausts the vitality of the tree
as much as though alive. The deac
canes on raspberry bushes would appear
to affect them in like manner Bushe:
not cleared of old canes produce small
defective crumbling specimens. The
first year or two the bushes are not sc
seriously affected. Hereafter we viii
trim ours as soon as the fruit i.
gathered, sweep them out of the space:
between rows with a One-horse rake
similar to a steel-toothed hay-rake bu
very short and no wheels, and save tn,
ashes.-DetrOit Post and Tribune.
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Fattening Swine.

1t is generally conceded that there
should be no stand-still period in the
correct system of feeding, but that
growth ought to begin with young pigs
aud he steadily and continuously in
creased until the animal is ready for
the butchers block. While every body
nearly accepts the mo stand-still'' sys-
tenn rs correct in theory, most farmers
in reality keep their pigs during the
summer months on very poor and
meager rations, waiting until cold
weather to begin feeding with view &c
fattening. E.ttfa
Growers who practice the plan of
making the most of the summer season
by regular feeding testify to the decided
advantage of this system. In very cold
weather. unless the hogs can be well
housed and kept at a temperature OF
about sixty degrees, what the animal
eats goes to keep up the heat, and the
food fails to produce the same amount
of fat it would in warm weather. There
remains no question but that il paws tc
provide warm, comfortable houses fol-
swine during the winter season in rig
orous climates. us
Inc cACtcStNc A8S Rd4ucd Dy excessive
breeding of fat-producing foods object
ed to by many consumers. who prefer q
larger proportion OF lean with the fat.
The Life Stock Journal SAYS on this
subject that the hog is naturally grass
and root-eating animal, but in its do
mestication. being fed almost wholly in
this country upon cone ,ntrated food,
has come the habit of deposit ng this
excess of fat. If young pigs are kept
upon food that win grow the muscles
and bones and develop a rangy frame
they win, in the opinion of the authori-
ty referred to, possess so much muscle
when half-grown that moderate length
of time in fattening. even on corn. viii
not pile on an excessive amount of fat.
Pigs fattened in Canada partly upon
barley, but largely upon peas "a highly
nitrogenous food, yielding large pro
portion of muscle-prodnce more lean
meat than do swine fattened almost
wholly upon corn-an excessively
starchy and fattening food.-N y
World.
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The Way to Cook Oysters.

Tho oyster is eaten in variety o.
styles-fried, broiled, stewed, steamed
scalloped and raw. Some people in
Chicago eat them picked. No matter
Chicago is young yet, and will Learn
better after while, So wealthy ano
enterprising city can not remain for
ever unciviliZed. The best way to ea
oysters is in the old-fashioned Mary
land stew. Shuck your oysters, and or
pain of death let not drop of water Oh
milk touch them. Let them repose for
few moments in their own liquid
while you cut up very small quaint y
of fat. new bacon, with a shred here
and there of lean with it. About al
ounce of bacon to quart of oysters.
Ham is not the best, neither is mid.
ding; good, new shoulder is the arti.
Gle. Put the bacon in a frying pan and
heat rapidly over vigorously burning
fire. When the bacon is done to a crisI
pour in the oysters. Stew for two min.
utes and a half or three, no longer
Pepper to suit taste while stewing. I
the oysters are good saltwater bivalves
they need no salt Then pour out ane
eat, thanking God you live in lane
where the art of cooking oysters proper
ly is not wholly lost. IL you eat oys
tiers cooked in this style you Will nevel
eat them in any other if you car help it
WASHINGTON Republican. -
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An Old Mans Paint.

Most everybody is dead. That is, all
the old folks. There are mighty few
left of the old stock that used to move
around so lively and take the lead in
business and public affairs. Some of us
are gett 'ng lonesome now. The ranks
keep filling up, but we don't know the
new recruits. Old Father Time is a
conscript officer, and he won't take any
substitutes nor give anybody n bomb
proof place. There are no quarter
masters nor commissaries nor potash
getters in this war, but it is fight, fight,
tight all the time. Fight as they did at
Thermopyle. where there were only
three hundned against one million, and
there was no possible escape. Sooner
or later all of us have got to go. We
cant desert nor dodge nor play sick
nor shoot a finger of, and there are no
furloughs and no pensions and no dis
charge. There is not even a promo
ton for good conduct or noble daring.
There is nothing but to do and die.
Well. it's all right / know or it
wouldn't have been so, but it grieves
me to hear the bell tolling all about
and to see the old stock passing away.
BIZ Arp. ia Atlanta Constitution.
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4 particular Providence, though you allow
general Providence, you strike at the founda1
tons of all religion. For without the belief
OF Providence. that takes cognizance of,
guards and guides, and may favor particular
persons, there Is no motive to worship q Deity.
to fear His displeasure or to pray for His pro-
lection. will not enter into any discussion
of your principles, though you seem TO desire
it. At present, j shall only give you my opin-
fon that, though your reasonings are subtitle
and may prevail with some readers, you will
not succeed so as TO change the general SEN
uments of mankind on that subject, and the
consequence of printing this piece will be,
great deal of odium drawn upon yourself,
mischief to you, and no benefit to others He
that splits against the wind splits in his own
face
would advise you, therefore, not to at
tempt Enchanting the tiger. but to burn this
piece before it is seen by any other person;
whereby you will save yourself a great deal
of modification by the enemies 1t may raise
against you, and perhaps great deal of re-
greet and repentance. II men are No pictcd
scith religion, ,rdt ,ootid they he II ithOut fti
intend this letter itself as proof of my
friendship and therefore add no professions to
'.B. FRANKLIN"
N Y Observer
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The British West Indies.

Fifty years ago the Emancipation aci
was passed. A couple of years previous.
ly the value of West Indian exports was
f9,932, 800. In 1880 the value of ex.
ports was fS,904, 900. Meanwhile the
population has grown from 958,S40 to
], 493,062. A population more thar
half as much again produces for expor-
tation millions worth less. Of the
diminished exports two millions worth,
it has been calculated, is raised by the
labor of n hundred thousand coolies
Each negro is computed to produce moi
more than Is worth of exports rs
against more than double the value hall
q century since. Wages are small. In
Jamaica they are ordinarily shilling 8
day. In Barbados and Trinidad, al
though the average is about the same,
men in crop time and by piece-worb
frequently earn double. Wages OF
women are a fifth or sixth less.
Three pounds of rice or three pounds
and a half of corn meal, with
ten ounces of salt fish, or an equivalent
quantity of meat, are required to keep
in health a man and his wife if in
regular work. On IA scale somewhat
lower the food of household consist
ing of two parents and two children, il
is reckoned, would absorb a shilling
and eightpence halfpenny day, leav-
ing little for rent, taxes and clothes. In
the United States similar family
would consume 480 pounds of meat and
80 bushels of grain. Except in Bar
bados and Trinidad the children of the
negroes are declared to be everywhere
miserably underfed. In Antigua, it has
been stated, the lamentations of the
hungry children are heard throughout
the estates and villages while the
mothers are away at work. In many
places the infant mortality exceeds 81
per cent. of the recorded deaths. A de.
sire, resulting from poverty, to escape
the pecuniary burdens OF paternity
shows itself in the terrible figures Of ii.
legitimacy. Sixty per cent. of the
births in Jamaica are illegitimate. =
London Times.
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Fall Flowing.

There is much difference in opinion
as TO the best time of the year in which
TO pillow different soils. Many farmers
are willing to admit that fall blowing
is desirable upon heavy soils, but con-
tend that spring blowing is best upon
light soils. All are willing to grant
that the tenacious character of clay
soil is reduced, and its texture opened
and rendered less compact by the oper-
alton of frost. The Jumps fall apart
and are disintegrated by the mechanical
effect of expansion, caused by the freeZ-
ing OF the water held between the par
ticles. The field. which was left by the
pow in mass of Jumps, is mcllowcd
and brought into condition, through
this influence, that any amount of plow-
ing and narrowing would have failed to
bring about.
The same force which has caused the
clods TO fall apart, also performed n no
less important chemical work by rem
dering the soil more soluble, and max
ing available the supply of plant food,
which would otherwise have remained
locked up.
Now, is it possible that this change
can only take place in a clay soil? Diff
ferent soils are formed by the varying
proportions of the constituents, which
20 to make up soil. If, then, clay
soil is benefited by fall blowing, is not
also n clay loan? And if a CLAW loan
is benefited, a sandy loan must be ben
Gifted in proportion To the amount of
those properties therein contained,
which form the chief constituents of the
clay soil.
do not claim that il is advisable to
trust 10 fall blowing alone, for it often
happens that a winter is open and wet,
and the ground becomes considerably
! packed, so that the cultivator is hardly
capable of lOosening it up. In such
cases it should be replowed in the
| spring, and thoroughly narrowed until
in good condition for seed.
There is still another advantage in
fall blowing, and that is, that it en-
ables the farmer to get his seeding done
earlier in the spring than he could have
done had the blowing been left over
winter. Work is more evenly divided
for both teams and men, when blowing
/ is done in the fall, while the weather Is
cool and no other work pressing.
! Three years ago it was so wet in the
fall that the farmers of this sectien rot
very little fall blowing done. The sue
ceeding spring there was great Se-
mand for horses and men, the supply
falling far short of the demand. MANY
fields were plowed in the worst posi-
be condition. while those who waited
for good weather were many days late
with their seeding. The yield per acre,
that season, was third less than the
average. This experience was not
without good, rs it converted many,
before ind flc: emf, into siaunch believ-
ers in fall blowing Well plowed fields
in October ind cate good farm manage.
mcnt.-COr. Western PlOtCmdn.