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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-31

Under and by virtue of a trust dead
~ cuted TO me April 10, 1876. by i
Prescott, TO seizure L. B. Mcfarland Il
sums therein Mentioned; and under the
81 the Chsnerry Court Of Shelby county
teredINay 3, 1888 in the cause of L. B,
taTAnd VS.. VIM. Allen ct al, reyiyin
order Of June IS. 1882, in the same cause
iault having been made in meeting the
ments TO DO made in said trust deed, |
Saturday, June 0, 1883,
within legal hours, at the door Of the .
house in said county, in the Taxing DIS
sell at public cutlery, to the highest bidd,
cash. the following described land in
county: ~
Beginning on the south line Of conn
~ and 81 feet east Of a stsk q Sta,
225-lOO chains east Of the souttY eat cor,
said lot 525, and running thear,e easf IN
more or less TO the southeast egrner Of Ia
OF Graham's plan of coaAnty lot b2S. II
north $50 feet: thence soaih 40 degrees VIC
feet more or less; thence south 250 feet !
beginning. = wv '
Reference = made to Book III pare 3
the Registers Office of said comfy. far a
Of the trust deed, All equity of REDEEM
barred, The title l believe to be good
make no warranty, ~
". W. GOODWIN. Trus
Memphis, May is, 1883. 8
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-31

WRlGHTNILLE, IA. Key. Elijah Will
son says Browns Iron Bitters have
permanently cured me ofchillS and fever"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-31
A DARK DAY cOMING.
HIS STAR WANING.

Lynchburg Ylrginian: all of Ma
homes assessments did not save his
sinking cause in Norfolk county. And
to think that his native county OF
Southampton, that has heretofore
chung to his political fortunes, has
now abandoned himl How sad His
star ia waning
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-31

Savannah Telegram: Malone pro-
fesses to be satisfied with the results
Of tho local elections in Virginia.N So
do his opponents.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-29

me of the men tasted it. He found it
50 good that he put his lips to the pipe
md took long gulps of the delicious
stuff. First one and then another drank.
They became what is known as drunk.
The owners visited the well, drank, and
were overcome. Operators came TO see
it, drank, and were overcome. The
people of the town who had heard of il
went up the hill, drank. and were over
come.
Little by little they came to realize
what they had been drinking. One man
was found in the crowd who had tasted
beer before. He affirmed that it was
beer, but they laughed at him. How
would this Rip Van Wrinkle elixir get
into the bowels of the earth? At last
they decided to call In undoubted au-
thority on the beer question, and sent
for Philip Grossman. Grossman came.
He tasted it once, twice, and then he
tore his hair. SIS it beer?' they asked.
Beer? Yes; it's mein own make.
Mein Gott in Himmell, you are pump
ing mein beer vault dry" Such was
the fact, and the way that well was shut
down was caution. They visited the
vault and found it to be so. Three of
the large casks were empty.-OU city
Derrick.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-29
PNEEMONTI.

It will be remembered that in old age
the lungs are much shriveled, less
elastic, and cannot be fully inflated j;
the air-cells are di1ated to about twice
their size, many of the capillaries are
obliterated, the breathing is more
feeble and shallow, and the power to
get rid of carbonic acid is greatly di-
minished.
Hence pneumonia inflammation of
the lungs IS not only one of the most
common diseases of old age, but the
most fatal-over three-fourths (some
say nine-tenths) of the aged dying of it,
The main work of the lungs is done
by the air-cells, the tiny laboratories in
which the smaller branches of the air
tubes terminate, as the branches of a
tree terminate in the leaves. Now it is
these that are the seat of pneumonia.
In the>first stage of the disease they
become-in some one part of the lungs
filed with a sticky fluid, exuded from
the blood vessels; in the second stage
this fluid becomes solid; in the third it
changes to pus. If the pus is absorbed
which is seldom the case in the old
the person may recover, but only after
months of convalescence. If it result
in Gangrene (mortifcation), the gan
creme may form numerous small alb
scesses through an entire lung.
In the aged the disease seldom COM
mences with well-defned symptoms.
In about one-half the cases there is
simply chill, or pain in the side. In
most of the other cases the main symp-
tom is a feeling of exhaustion. If
there is already chronic bronchitis OF
asthma, the person may merely feel a
little tired, and suddenly die.
Though most patients cough, there
IS for time no expectoration. When it
appears, it is at first scanty, gray and
frothy; then yellow, and at length red
dish and sticky. Patients seldom COM
plain Of pain or difficulty of breathing.
The more common exciting cause is
cold, especially dry, sharp cold. Nine
tenths of all cases occur between No
vember and May. During this period
the aged cannot be too carefully pro-
tected from exposure. They should
constantly wear flannel.
About all that can be done for the
patient is to stimulate him with drinks,
nourish him with concentrated fluid
food, and secure him absolute rest
Youths Companion.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-29
THE HEAD-LTNER.

The professors of journalism, who
periodically tell us about newspapers,
have failed to notice a comparatively
modern and very important feature of
the newspaper, namely. the headlines.
This is department of the paper which
has stealthily conquered for itself an in
fuence which even newspaper managers
sometimes inadequately recognize. It
often happens that the ingenious artist
in this department is really editing the
paper. He can convey an impression
which the writer's of ponderous leaders
are endeavoring to avoid. He can create
doubt or awaken suspicion by a
single artfully-chosen word, or SOW
broadcast an opinion which it may take
columns of writing to show is unfounded.
Suggestions that are buriedin the bodies
of articles may attract no notice but
the flaming headline takes the eye at
once, and its diagnosis of the matter
which it criticises may be very wide off
the mark without the average reader ap-
plying any corrective The headline
largely regulates the emphasis that is
given to the report of current events.
Small matters in this way may be mag
nifed, aud mere coniectures invested
with nearly the dignity of established
facts. Toronto Matt.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-29
sc DEAR MOTHER p,

In one of the county jails in Western
Pennsylvania poor old man died not
long ago who had been prisoner there
for fifty-one years.
In 1881 William Stamford an En-
glisL farmland near the village of
Umontown, became violently insane
and committed a murder. He was
tried and sentenced to Imprisonment
for life, and was chained to the floor of
the jail for eighteen years, according
to the inhuman methods of that day.
Finding that he was harmless, the
iailer at last took off his chains, but he
has remained in the prison ever since,
and was known as Crafty Billy" the
bugaboo of several generations of chill
dren.
He vas 81 at the time of his death.
During his whole life, and in all the
rawlings Of madness, he never was known
once to allude to his childhood, or to
his early days. When, however, he
lay dying on his pallet in the cell, the
old mR suddenly checked his foolish
babblings, and lay still and silent for
few moments. Then he looked up
with a grave, tender smile, and said
Dear mother!" He never spoke again,
The thought of his mother, who had
loved him, and whom he had loved,
had lain hidden in that poor, crazed,
foolish brain for eighty long years,
through all his imbecility and ferocity
md madness and woke at the last. AL
The misery and cruelty he had suffered
slipped away from him, and like little
child he came back to the "dear moth
Ell" whom he had lost nearly century
ago, and who had loved him best of all
the wcrld
If the happy mothers who, perhaps,
are reading this paper to their children
gathered about their knees could only
understand how long their memory viii
last with those children; how long after
they ale dust their words and actions
will influence the lives of their sons and
daughters, how different those words
and actions would bel
There would be an end then, we think,
of irritable wrangling, Of harsh judg-
ments and of petty deceits with the lit
tie ones; and every woman would hold
up her hands to God, asking Him to so
lead her that she may be the dear
mother" to whom her children will
turn smiling in their dying hour.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-29
BENEVoLENCE AND GRArIrUDE.

Tourguenef, the well-known Russian
author, has published a volume of short
stories of peasant life in the steppes,
and-has interspersed them with delic-
ious little fables or parallels, all bearing
the mark of his mastery hand. The
following is so exquisite. and withal so
true, that it may be quoted:
zone day, great Prince determined
to give fete in his beautiful palace.
All of the virtues were invited, but the
virtues alone, none other.
"There came a great many, large
ones and small ones. The little ones
were much more courteous and pleasing
than the large ones, but all of them
seemed very happy, and conversed po-
itely with one another.
"But the Prince noticed two beauti-
full ladies, who did not seem to be ac-
quainted with each other. He went to
them, then, taking one of them by the
hand, he led her to the other saying:
Let. me introduce you
"'Benevolence,' said he, indicating
the former; Gratitude added he, in
dicating the latter.
"The two ladies were indescribably
surprised. Since the world was the
world, and that was long time ago, it
was the first time they had ever met"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-29
HOW TO TRIM LAMP.

There is such vast difference in bot
the quantity and quality Of light pre-
duced by common coal-ol or kerosent
lamp when properly trimmed and tha
produced by the same lamp when IN
properly trimmed, that it is surprisinc
how any one Of ordinary intelligence
and observation can be satisfied to use.
even for single hour, an imperfectly-
trimmed lamp. Yet, strange to say, s,
large proportion of the millions of kero-
sene lamps that are IN nightly use are
not trimmed as they should be. Care
less housekeepers and stupid servants
think "it viii do just as well, in trim
ming lamp, to break the charred wick
with the fingers, to saw it with rough
edged knife. or to Maggie it with a pair
of dull shears, as it will to clip it
smoothly and evenly with sharp trim
mer. But people who are fastidious
enough to care for a light they can read,
write, sew or do any kind of work by,
with satisfaction and comfort, know that
such is not the fact.
Since kerosene came into use as a
lght-producing agent various nipple
ments for trimming lamps have been
patented and placed upon the market
but, after pretty thorough examina-
ton Of the most of them, 1 incline to
the belief that nothing has yet been in
vented for the purpose quite 50 con-
venient, cheap and effective as pair of
ordinary, medium-sized scissors. To
do the work properly, however, the
scissors must be sharp, for it is impos-
siLle to trim lamp perfectly without a
sharp trimmer.
The belief is quite general that to
prevent lamp-wick from faring at the
corners and breaking the chimney it
must be cut rounding" to correspond
with the cap or cover of the burner.
My experience, however, coupled with
close and careful observation, leads me
to the conclusion that the way to trim a
lamp SO as to secure the very best re-
sults-to get the most and pleasantest
light with the least breakage of Chin
neys, Is to cut the wick parallel with
the top of the tube of the burner.
When ready to trim the lamp remove
the chimney. Raise the cap of the
burner. Turn up the wick and with q
pair OF sharp scissors clip it even With
the top of the tube. Be careful not to cut
or squeeze the tube with the scissors.
See that no lint OF thread remains on
the wick, and that it has not been
pushed out of its perpendicular position
and cut diagonally. Close the cap over
the tube, put the chimney in place, and
the lamp is ready for use. If these d.
rections have been strictly followed, it
will, when lighted, yield a broad,
straight-edged flame without a notch or
indentation in it, and furnish a clear.
steady, pleasant light. Try it and see.
Emma P. Eaci'g, in Chicago Tribune.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-29
HE WAiS THE COOK,

M. G&ulthier de Rumilly, dean of the
Senate, received visit from his land
lord. It was question of repairs to be
made, and the Senator explained what
he wanted to have done. The proprie-
tor listened attentively, and promised
to have everything done. Six o'clock
struck.
six o'clock already" said the land
lord.
Exactly" replied M. de Rumilly
"but that doesn't matter, for 1 hope you
will do me the honor of dining with
me-"
you are very kind, " replied the land
lord, "but-"
Il insist; I shall not let you leave at
this hour; your plate is already laid"
1T is impossible"
"I shall be angry"
at is impossible, Notwithstanding the
desire 1 have to remain. Ny affairs
call me elsewhere at precisely this
hour"
You do not wish to share my din
ner?" said the Senator, slightly vexed.
"You will understand why. They
dine at III. de Rothschild's at 7 o'clock. "
"Ah, you are his guestw
mo, am his cook!"
Tableau.-PdriS paper.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-29
PROTECTION AGAINST ooNTAero,,.

Precipitated lac sulphur is one of the
most excellent as well as simple and
safe preventiyes against contracting any
and all kinds of contagious diseases.
1t is conveniently used by placing a
pinch of it in each stocking as often as
they are changed. Under the direction
Of the noted DIR. Herring, of PhiladeI-
phia, sulphur was used as above, with
the most remarkable success, as a pre-
ventive Of cholera during its terrible
prevalence in that city many years since,
as well as of nearly all other contagious
diseases.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-29

ad. man, in reassuring tones. "Aun-
bred nine, hund ten, hund Ieven-
course, hund fourteen-hain't done
much in rhapsodies since Helmbold
failed-hUnd twenty-three--good things,
though; we took a gross of 'em last
spring on Pad & Lotions column
hund for two-and I wore one myself
two weeks and it made-hun fift'-four
man of me. One hundred and sixty
eight lines, sir, and we'll throw in a
four-line head and won't count the odd
half line-$65. 20; call it an even $65
cash down. Just step to the business
Office and I'll give you receipt"
We don't know what happened I'M
mediately after that. We only know
that, when the footman opened the door
of the carriage to let us out at the mar
bic steps Of the Office, the ad. man was
leaning on the heavy bronze balus-
trades, gazing wonderingly at the fig
ure Of young man walking unsteadily
down the street, holding a futtering
manuscript il one hand and in the
other clasping his pallid brow.
"You may take my double-column
head for football, sir" respectfully
raising his hat and standing uncovered
as he assembled our broad stairway, eff
that young fellow going down the street
there isn't three-square lunatic from
GRANVILLE. Wanted me to pay him 500
for long rhyming puff without line
of business in it, sir" Hurting ION
HaUkege
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-29
THE COST OF STOPPING A TRAEN OF
CARS.

THE COST OF STOPPING A TRAKN OF
CARS.
The cost of stopping train of cars,
says the Hartford Couraret, is being
guessed at by experts in a very inter
esting way. And it is something worth
the inquiry of railroad men, especially
in Connecticut, where, beside the sta
tons, there are so many drawbridges,
at which the safety of the travelling
public demands full stops. Estimates
have ranged from I of cent up to s.
for stopping an ordinary passenger
train. The small figure represented
only the estimated loss of metal by ap-
plying the brake to the wheel. Some
of the real considerations that go to
make up the cost of stop are the coal
burned while the train is standing still
and in order to resume the former
speed. This the Pennsylvania railroad
people put at u to Is cents; then there
are the wages of all the persons on the
train, who, while the train slows down
and stops, are paid as if they were run
ming. This is insignificant in the case
of one person, but it amounts to some
thing when the whole train-force is con-
sidered; beside these, there is the wear
of rails. A rail lasts only one-third as
long where trains come to stop on it
as when merely run over. This is the
result of the action of the brakes.
Then, too, more accidents occur to en-
gines, to WI 9els and to axles, in coming
to stop in starting again, than
when runnin. right along. The Rail
road Gazette reports a discussion on
this subject, in which the conclusion is
reached that the actual cost of stopping
an ordinary train is about 80 to 60
cents. An amusing story is told of a
trial where experts testified that it cost
81 to stop train. They established
the fact. Then the counsel on the
other side produced the company's
timetable, with full list of all the
stops, including station, took the total
number Of its trains for one year, null
tiplied the result by $2-the experts
estimate Of cost-and demonstrated that
the stoppages alone had, if the estimate
was right, cost the company three times
as much as the entire amount of its
operating expenses for the year. This
reduction to a solid basis of fact upset
the 50 theory effectually.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-29
THE YOUNG POET AND THE ADFER.
TISING MN.

A timid, but really rather pretty,
young man came stepping softly in the
sanctum when nobody was in but the
advertising solicitor, who was writing a
haif-column puff of Slab s Headstone's
new marble shop. The young man
took eff his hat and said: Good
morning" and the advertising man
s1larled. What is poetry worth q
asked the timid but pretty young man.
Forty cents a line," said the adver-
Using man, promptly and rather ten
dotly, and you can't do better any
Where n America. The advantages we
az = fvr the publication of poetry are
rn:urp }ssed On either side of the Mis-
s;s.i::2i Our regulation, standing in
+" dsu es the first year, has steadily
! - as 4 three times an hour ever
g c, and poetry published in this
I placed in the hands of 100000
! M. - before night. How much have
.yca:
Pc. laps, said the timid young man.
! q, ceiling with delight, "its little
t."' .op +"
Wakes no difference" said the ad.
J.r'', canning upon him kindly; well
u I'll in, il we have to issue sup
} :.:t4,t. And everything over 5000
] .o~ toos at IS cents"
l IL iimid young man looked dis
D. r'n'el
Il isn't so much, then" he said,
ah, = 1t is very long"
Never" replied the ad. man, mag
-.''.i.oasiy. Never; less room, more
5 tho way you make your
Got your copy with you?"
~, replied the young man
e.; would you like to read it,
= ,.la.l : read it?"
don't care to read it just now.
= ..oau and we'll count it.
81 hey sat down and counted it.
"1'g heart, my heart, in throbbing
nc.a2 crs tells" read the adj. man.
o,.~5 medicine, young man?7 he
49, e., il the patronizing way Of man
wro knows everything.
10, sir" repffed the young man in
a.a~el tones, while the ad. man
cc--s,l away fer dear LIE. no, sir; a
rhapsody, sir"
ooh, yes; yes. of course" said the
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-29
REMARKABLE FLOW FROM IN OLE
WE'LL.

Any one familiar with the heavy oil
developments knows that a goodly part
of the drilling is done on the hill known
as the "Point, near Franklin. It rises
from the bank of the French creek in a
very abrupt manner. Philip Cheeseman's
brewery is situated at the foot of South
Park street, on the west side of the
creek. His beer vault is on the other
side. It is an immense vault, blasted
out Of solid rock, and penetrates into the
hillside nearly 100 feet. In this is
stored large quantities of lager beer.
The casks that hold the beer contain on
an average abont ten barrels each. One
cask in the rear end of the vault is used
as a supply cask. All the others are
connected with this one by pipes, and
the supply cask. being sunken, is al
ways kept full of beer. The hill at this
place is SO steep that it cannot be as
cended.
Above this vault, on the hilltop, Rial
& Son own lease. They drilled num-
Der of wells on their lease, and they were
all profitable. Some time ago they
located No. 9 directly over this beer
vault. The rig was built and things ran
along in the usual manner for about a
week. When they had reached depth
Of 400 feet, 200 feet less than where they
usually find the sand, the drill struck a
crevice and dropped away several feet.
The tools were Withdrawn from the hole
and TIE bailer run. It came up seem
ingly full of oil. Bail as they would,
they could not exhaust the supply.
They decided to tube the well, and were
ordered to do so by Mr.. Rial The next
day the well was tubed without being
shot. They commenced to pump it, aud
it threw the fluid out at a great rate.
Noticing something queer about the oil.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-29
HOW IT PAYS TO TAKE A EEWspz
PER,

Some papers are not Of much account
as to appearance, but I never took one
that did not pay me, in some way. more
than l paid for it. One time an old
friend Of mine started a little parer
away down in Southwestern Georgia and
sent it to me, and I subscribed Just to
encourage him, and after awhile it pub
hshed notice that an administrator had
an order to sell several lots at public
outcry, and one of the lots was in nv
county. So inquired about the lot.
and wrote to my friend to attend the
sale and run it up to $50. He did so.
and bid me off the lot for $50, and sold
1t, IN month, to man for 800, and
SO made $6S clear by taking that pa
per. Ny father told me that when he
was young man he saw a notice in a
paper that school teacher was wanted
away off in a distant county, and he
went there and got the situation, and a
little girl was sent to him, and after a
while she grew up mighty sweet and
pretty, and he fell in love with her and
married her-now, # he hadn't taken
that paper, what DO you reckon would
have become of me? Wouldn't [ have
been some other fellow, OF may be not
at all ?-LOdUeU Courier.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-29
EnEcrRIo1rr is now employed in

ELECTRICITY is now employed in the
rectifcation of inferior alcohol. The
electricity generated by voltaic battery
and dynamo-electric machine is passed
through the alcohol so as to disengage
the superiuous hydrogen. By this
means beet-rootalcohol, which is usually
very poor, can be made to yield so per
cent. of spirits, equal to that obtained
from the best malt.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-29
AMPHIBIoUs BOY DIVERS.

In the Singapore harbor and in other
places, we saw the boy divers spoken
of by all travellers in the East, writes a
clergyman to the Troy Times. The
moment We came to anchor our steamer
was surrounded by swarm of naked
boys padding about in their tiny canoes,
laughing and shouting to US throw a
copper or sixpence in the water, prom
Using to catch it before it reached the
bottom. In broken English they said:
Nov, you throw sixpence in water; me
go down; me catch 'em cherry time; me
good diver" Holding up piece of
silver we shouted, Ready" A dozen
eager tongues answered, Ready"
Next moment the coin was glittering
in the water ten or fifteen feet beyond
them. In moment two dozen feet
were in the air, and dozen black heads
cleaving the water. Every boy disap-
peared. For full half minute, which
seemed half an hour, there was silence:
then, one after another, up came the
boy-divers, one of them shouting, as he
held up the money, "Fve got it, mas
ter" Chucking the coin into the only
pocket he had (his MOUTH, he muttered
out: Now, pop in nudder one" We
popped In" another piece, still further
away, and down again plunged the am
phibious boy divers, never falling to
bring up the money.