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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-20
Trustees Sale.

NDER and BY virtue Of two deeds Of
~ trust executed to me a. trustee BY Sarah
Provine, on October IL, 1876, and Aprii II.
lSII, and recorded in Book No. ia page
lIS, and Book No. III, page, ,962, respectively,
0t the Registers office of Shelby county.
tennessee, to secure TO the Bluff City Build.
ing and Loan Association the payment Of GER
TAIN Indebtedness mentioned In said deeds az
trust, will. on "
Friday, July 9, 1883,
during lega, hours. at the southwest corner
Of Main and Madison streets, in the citv ~
Memphis (now Taxing District Of ShsIh,,
county, in Shelby county, Tennessee. oiTsr ~
public outcry, and sell for cash, to the hieheat
bidder, certain lot Of land ia the County az
Shelby and State Of Tennessee. near the c,te ~
Of Memphis, being in lot No. 81 Of K & TodS
plan for, Milloughby Williams'. which is
described IN the quit claim deed from VIII
lougn3y, mllnsms TO James NJ PrOvine, duly
pe!0t Tpeoo!L1eH IN BOOK No 70, page 400, Of the
The lets hereby conveyed being lots Nos' IA
ana " or Provinces subdivision Of saiI lot
mo- o. lylng on the south side Of the La.
grange or memphis and Selma Railroad
snioaaWay, II extended,) and between The
~ ~ i.ti rOa9 anu frank avenue, beginning
and frank avenue, and running theneo south
o5 D. lOO feet; thence wen 100 feet. thenca
north TO the Lagrange road Si 3 10 feel.
thenee Win said road 24l $40 feet 10 the be-
glnIIPlnng ana being part Of the land vested in
ls. ssle ssiah a froviae by decree In the Chan
q al; also lot No. rs Of said Proyine's sub
DIVISION, sonth II and adjoining said lots
NOS. 10 anu Y and fronting 10 feet on Frank
aYeruo By depth Of $50 feet.
SIMON STURN, Trustee.
Tho above sale is, mon application and hv
content, postpone and win be held at plaee
IN foregoing Advertisement mentioned on
July 20, 1888.
July6.lS. SIMON sTURM, Ttustee.
The above sale is, upon aDpIeat;on and H.
eonsa' T. postponed and will be held AZ piaes
Ia tor-roins advertisement mentioned on
july 25. 1883.
Juy2O 1873 izi.s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-20
instructions 10 Quarantine
officer at shin island

WASHINGTON, July 18.-The quar-.
antine officer of the Marine Hospital
Service on duty at Ship Island, Miss,
has been instructed to prevent all non
infected vessels from anchoring within
two miles of the quarantine station.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-20

Tho above sale Is, mon application and h.
contont, postpone and viii be beld at plnesa
IN foregoing advertisement mentioned on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-20
DIED.

SCOTT Friday morning, July 20, 1888, at
10 O'clock, at the residence of his mothor,
Mrs. NJ. II Scott, lS5 Mosby street, EppIe
Il. ScoTT, aged 20 years 3 months and6 days.
Due notice of funeral in morning papers q
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-29
Qualifying for Exemption.

A correspondent sends the following
curious story: ''For some time past St.
Petersburg has been perplexed by the
appearance of an epidemic of kleptoma-
MIA to which many young Firms have
fallen victims. During the past few
months the tribunals Of this city have
been conYicting Finnlanders Of petty
thefts, the cuIprits in nearly every case
having been young men Of family and
fortune who had apparently no tempta-
ton to steal watches and rings. At last
the authorities discovered a method in
this madness. 1t was recoLected that
last year the exemption Of FINLAND from
universal compulsory military service
ceased; and at the same time the fact
that the law Of Russia disqualifes any
criminal or misdemeanant from even ser
vice in the ranks was also hvted In
choosing st. Petersburg as a theatre for
qualifying for exemption from the hard
ships Of soldiers life these young men
acted with discretion For in the king
dom OF FINLAND larceny is regarded as a
much more serious offense than it is in.
holy Russia; and a petty theft which
would only be visited by a months i'm
prisonment by Russian magistrate
would meet with years hard labor from
a Finnish court.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-29
The Moral Influence Of Good Cooking.

Writing in Popular Science Monthly on
the "Chemistry Of Cookery W. Mat
tieu Williams says: Some people may be
inclined to smile at what am going to
say, viz, that such savory dishes, serving
to vary the monotony of the poor hard
working mans ordinary fare, afford con
siderable moral as well as physical ad-
vantage.
An instructive experience Of my own.
will illustrate this. When wandering
alone through Norway in 1856, | lost the
track in crossing the Kyolen field, strug
gled on for twenty-three hours without
food or rest, and arrived in sorry plight
at Lom, a very wild region. After a
few hours rest pushed on to still wilder
and still rougher quarters, and continued
thus to the great Jostedal table-land, an
dnbroken glacier Of five hundred square
miles: then descended the Jostedal itself
to its opening on the Sogne fjord-five
days of extreme hardship, with no other
food than fiatbrod (very coarse oatcake),
and bilberries gathered on the way, varied
on one occasion with the luxury Of two
raw turnips. Than | reached compare
lively luxurious station Ronne9, where
ham and eggs and claret were obtainable.
The first glass of claret produced an eff
feet that alarmed me-a craving for more
and for stronger drink, that was almost
irresistible. l finished a bottle Of st,
Julien, and nothing but violent effort
Of viii prevented me from then ordering
brandy
attribute this to the exhaustion con
sequent upon the excessive work and in
sufficient unsavory food of the previous
five days: have made many subsequent
observations on the victims of alcohol,
and have no doubt that overwork and
scanty, tasteless food are the primary
source Of the craving for strong drink
that so largely prevails with such de-
plorable results among the class that is
most exposed to such rrivation. I do
not say that this is the only source of
such depraved appetite. 1t may also be
engendered by the opposite extreme of
excessive luxurious pandering to general
sensuality.
The practical inference suggested by
this experience and these observations is,
that speech-making, pledge-sisning, and
blue-ribbon missions can only effect tenn
porary results, unless supplemented by
satisfying the natural appetite of hun
CRY people by supplies Of food that is not
only nutritious, but savory and varied.
Such food need be no more expensive than
that which is commonly eaten by the
poorest of Englishmen, but it must be far
better cooked.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-29
POPULAR SCIENCE,

The new glass recently invented In
Vienna contains neither flint, potBsh,
soda, lime nor borax.
Recent investigations at Hochst-on-
the-Main, where no fewer than 672 per-
sons are employed in the aniline color
works, go to prove that though aniline
is admittedly poisonous, Zone of the men
who became i'll died, and those engaged
for eighteen years in the majenta house,
although Redeemed with dye even to the
inside of the mouth, suffered no serious
bad health.
The mysterious explosion of a very
innocent looking glass ball belonging to
New York gentleman has called atten-
ton to the fact that the bits of un-
annealed glass sometimes found lying
about the floor Of factory are danger
ously liable to explode, and should not
be carelessly handled. They are never
sold, but persons sometimes take them
away for their beauty's sake.
NJ Tissandier, of Paris, well-known
and enthusiastic baloonist, recently made
trip from near Versailles to Chatou IN
a specially constructed balloon, furnished
with a screw governor driven by an cleo
tric motor. The current was supplied by
bichromate cells The motor was one
made by the firm of Siemens, and was
connected with the screw, consisting of
two lutestring wings or sails Of about
$50 metres diameter, by means Of gear
ing. It's said that during his trip, which
lasted for about three hours, M. Tissandier
made several successful trials of his screw
governor, although a strong wind was
blowing.
In paper on myopia, or shortsighted-
ness, DR.. Henry Power, F. r. G. S., states
that the defect is one of civilization and
culture and shat it does not appear among
the untutored savages. 1t is prevalent in
civilized countries, but especially SO in
Germany, whore the subject Of bettering
the eyesight OF the nation IS receiving
great amount of attention. Among the
causes of myopia have been found the
overtaxing Of the strength Of children as
well as their eyes, the use Of books poorly
printed in small type on rough paper,
reading and writing by a dim light, the
use in school rooms Of desks not inclined
nor of the proper height to enable each
pupil to sit upright when writing, to-
gether with any work requiring the close
application of the eyes for considerable
time. 1t has also been shown by some
authorities that the German type is much
more liable to cause injury to the eyes
of young students than the Roman letters
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-29
Not 70 Be Outdune.

No one person is expected to know
everything, yet many persons fall into
blunders and are laughed at because they
have not the courage to say, 81 don't
know A young Japanese of high rank,
sent to the United States to be educated,
was very unwilling to admit that all was
new to him in our country. He took
great care never to express surprise, and
to gain information in some other way
than by asking direct questions.
Being a guest one day at gentleman's
table, he so far forgot himself as to ex-
press ms relish for the mince pie.
Every fine, nice pie, 7 he said, bowing
and smiling at his hostess. whats it,
name ~
"We call this 'mince pie. I'm glad
you like it. Do you have mince pie in
Japanl" asked the lady.
aoh, yes, thank you; mince pie in my
country he replied.
''Of what do they make them theres"
asked the lady.
A gentleman Of his rank need not have
blushed to say, Il do not know;" but he
felt bound to keepup the honor of japan
so far as it rested on mInce pies Again
tasting the pie slowly, and with the air
of critic, his face frightened up as he
said: DIn Japan mince pies are made Of
pears and fish,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-29
Historic Plaques.
large.

The Buenos Ayres, South America)
Herald says : The threatened cholera ep-
idemic has called attention to the great
plaques recorded in history and a glance
at some of the events may reconcile US to
grateful feeling for the comparative
freedom from pestilence in late years. Of
the earliest plaques of which there are
any account those described in Exodus
occurred in Egypt, 1491 B. c. In 5S4 B.
c. there was plague at Carthage SO ter
rible that parents sacrificed their children
to propitiate the gods. In 1877 B. G. in
the Greek islands, Egypt and Syria peo-
pie died at the rate of 2, 900 day. In
Rome AID. so, 10, 900 persons died daily
Another plague at Rome A. D. 256 took
off 5000 a day. In 430 Britain wss
scourged 50 that the living were hardly
able to bury the dead. During the years
746-749 Constantinople lost 200, 900 ofits
population. At Chichester, England, in
672, "a, 900 people died, and in 954
Scotland lost 40, 900. Ireland was sorely
visited in 1172 and 1904, and again
in 1889. At that time 200 people
were buried daily in London. In 14O7
London lost 80, 900 citizens. There was a
fearful pestilence at Oxford in 1741. The
dreadful sweating sickness occurred
in Loadon in 1906 and again in 1917. In
most of the towns half the people died,
and Oxford was depopulated In 1922
thousands were swept away in Limerick.
The sweating sickness revisited England
in 1928 and again in 1851. In 1904
3o,576 people perished Of plague in Lon
don. Constantinople again lost 600, 600
people in 1911. In 1926 London lost
85, All inhabitants. In 1882 Lyons lost
$4,000. In 1856, 400, 900 people died at
Naples in six months. In 1864 London's
great plague took off So, 500 inhabitants.
In 1920 go, 900 people died at Marseilles.
In 1878 $4,000 inhabitants Of Bassora,
Persia, died Of the plague. In 1892 so, :
600 persons died Of plague in Egypt In
Barbary 5000 people died daily, and in
1899 247, 900 persisted at Fez Asiatic
cholere- appeared in England at Sun
derland, Oct 26, 1881, and in North
America at Quebec, June 8, 1882, and in
New York June 20, 1882. It revisited
the United States in 1884, slightly in
1s49, severely in 1865 and again lightly
in 1867. In 18s9-3o 500, 600 people
died of cholera in Russia and Germany.
In 1889 So. 1913 people died of it in
England and Wales, and In 1854 these
countries lost eO,097 and Naples 10, ,OoO
persons. In 1865 500 people died Of
cholera at ConstantinopIe.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-29
Ia.
FUN.

England annually consumes $40, 600,
900 eggs. Hens, her subjects willingly
submit to the yolk.
The Boston Post says that Of the coo
who made the famous charge at BalakIava
not over 2, 500 survivors remain.
The Omaha Herald notes that the SEA
serpent has gone into winter quarters.
The sea serpent is continually ondraught
in the East. Hartford Post.
"That prisoner has very smooth
countenmce, !" said the Judge to tie
sheriff "Yes," said the sheriff; lshe
was ironed just before he was brought
in."
a correspondent asks: "Does per
SONY ! is caused BY drowning
die Of disease Y" Can't say. Next time
you see man drowning ask hum
Boston Post.
''The difference" 3" said Twissem, be
tween a good-natured lover and bleak,
open plain, appears 20 be TINS: Ones
mild wooer and the others wild moor.
-Pitts5rlrg Telegraph.
"Did you give Johnny the medicine.
Mrs. Brown n asked the doctor. Oh
yes, doctor, 2 replied the loving mother;
then sne added, innocently, and it don't
seem to have done him the least harm. r
-SomsrviHe Journal.
A writer in the Agrieuzturist asks:
What shall we do to make the kitchen
bnghtg" You might accelerate the fire
with tilt Of the kerosene can. That
generally tends to brighten up things for
an hour or two.-Haokeye
Andrew Mcclellan, farmer aged 11e,
and Mrs. Martha Wilson, a widow of
twenty-seven, have been married at Blythe
vile, s. G. tits understood Andrew took
this important step without his parents
consent.-Nes0 York World
A Philadelphia man captured burglar
by hitting him on the head with a pitcher.
Of course, it will now be fashionable to
wear pitcher over the head instead Of
a nightcap while asleep in order to be
prepared for an emergency Chronicle.
Sometimes mid the rush Of business
comes a pause Of worldly cares, sings a
Detroit poetess. Not only sometimes,
but often, is the case. The pause usually
comes when lady gets to the stamp win
dow Just before the man who is rushed
arrives. p -Courier-sJolnnas.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-29
le was stunned, and I leaped after him.

he was stunned, and l leaped after him.
He warded off my next blow with his
right arm, but it cost him dear, for it
broke the bone short off above the elbow
The knife which he had drawn fell to the
deck and before he could recover him
self l succeeded in knocking him down.
Stephens first blow had been more ef-
fective than mine, for his man sank be-
meath it, and was securely bound before
he could give any signs of returning con
sciousness. Jack had sprung to my as
sistance, and was ready with mis- pistol
just as broke the villains arm; but he
saw how matters were going, SO he re-
served his fire, knowing that l wished to
take the fellow alive if possible. We
bound his legs together, but when found
how badly his right arm was broken
left that one hang, and lashed the left
arm to his body
AS soon as this was accomplished we
put the schooner about and made pack
toward the bay, for was determined to
land the rascals in Mobile as quickly as
possible We moved them aft upon the
quarterback, and when they came to
their senses and realized what had hap
pened they raved in all sorts of shapes.
They swore that no jail or prison could
hold them-that they should surely get
away again, and that their first work
should be to send me and my two boys
out of the world; but if we would let
them 90. they would be more considerate
and would not harm us. They kept up
that strain until they found it would not
work. and then they assured US that they
had untold sums Of money concealed in
various places, and if we would let them
go they would make US rich.
But they succeeded no better than be-
fore, and then they went into the bloody
threats again. This they kept up until
they found that we were paying no at
tention to them, and then the one whom
| had attended to, and who proved to be
Matt Vickers, seemed to discover that his
arm wanted caring for, and ere long he
began to groan with pain. But could
give him little help. l fixed cushion
for his arm to rest upon, and thus he had
to remain and make the best Of it. He
begged me to let him up, but there was SO
much ugliness in his tone that wouldn't
trust him.
We dropped anchor close to the city
about eleven o'clock at night, and Jack
pulled ashore in the boat and soon had
some officers aboard, into whose hands
we resigned our prisoners. Matt Vick-
ers had his arm set by an experienced
surgeon when he got ashore, but not long
afterward he had his neck broken by the
hangman, and in this latter catastrophe
Adolf Leroy kept him company.
The reward of $4,000 was cheerfully
paid over to US, so that our little bit of
trouble and excitement turned out well
for both Of us and the community at
large.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-29
Christmas.

When Irving was reproached for de-
ssribing an English Christmas which he
had never seen, he replied that, although
everything that he had described might
not be seen at any single house, yet all
OF it could be seen somewhere in Eng
land at Christmas. He might have an
swered, also, that the spirit of what he
had described was visible everywhere in
Christendom on Christmas-day
"some say that ever 'gainst that season
comes
Wherein our Saviors birth is celebrated.
The bird Of dawning singeth ell night long;
And then, they say, no spirit dares stir
abroad;
Tn nights are wholesome, then no planets
strike,
No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to
charm,
So hallow'd and 50 gracious is the time.n
This is the Christmas sentiment Of to-
day, as it was Of Shakespeares time. It
is the most human and kindly Of seasons,
as fully penetrated and irradiated with
the feeling of human brotherhood, which
is the essential spirit of Christianity, as
the month of June with sunshine and the
balmy breath Of roses. Santa Claus
coming down the chimney loaded with
gifts j but the symbol Of the gracious in
fluence which at this time descends from
heaven into every heart. The day dawns
with benediction; it passes in holiday
happiness; and ends in soft and pensive
regret. 1t could not be the most beauti-
full Of festivals if it were doctrinal. OF
dogmatic, Or theological. Or local It i
a universal holiday because it is the
jubilee Of a universal sentiment, moulded
only by new epoch, and subtly adapted
to newer forms of the old faith.- George
Wm. Curtis, IN Huper's Aagasine
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-29

''How long have YOU been married2"
asked the clerk at the hotel desk, as the
elderly bridegroom registered.
4sTwo weeks. +" replied the happy man
s'Frontln cried the clerk, show the
gentleman to parlor H. Fifteen dollars
a day, sir
"Third wife, calmly said the guest.
'sOh, excuse me. Front, show the
gentleman to sc4, back. Take the eIe-
vator. -Four dollars week, sir. -
Harksys
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-29

A new fuel has been invented in
Mexico, called ''turbato, consisting
principally Of bog peat, of which there
there are large quantities in the countrT,
and which is mixed with a proper pro
portion Of bitumen, Of s'chapopote, \
The fuel is made Of five different descEip-
tions, for locomotives. stationary engines
smelling purposes, smiths fires and house.
hold purposes. It is said to burn freely
and without much smoke, giving higher
dynamic equivalent Of heat than the
same amount Of wood, and one nearly a.
great as the best English coal. It can
be manufactured and sold IN Mexico Nh
q price considerably below COL III wood
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-29

An English country paper contains the
following curious instance of mispunc-
tuation: 'Lord Palmerston then entered
on his head, white hat on his feet, large
but well-polished boots upon his brow,
q dark cloud in his hand, his faithful
walking stick in his eye. d menacing
glare saying nothing
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-29
WINTER SONG.

Summer joys are DER;
Flowerets bloom no mere,
Wintry winds are sweeping;
Through the snow-drifts peeping.
Cheerful evergreen
Rarely now is seen.
Now no plumed throng
Charms the wood with song;
Ice-bound trees are glittering;
Merry snow-birds, twittering,
Fondly strive to cheer
Scenes so cold and drear.
Winter, still see
Many charms in thee
Love thy chilly greeting,
Snow-storms tiercely beating,
And the dear delights
Of the long, long nights.
From The German
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-29

For he nest three months a rcd1c'ion OF
TEN PER CENT. will be made from our
present. very low prices. Parties wishing
goo5 W rk viii find 1t 70 their d 7sntage 10
small amount of II oGey. My b. .ect in max
ir g the above reduction IS to elem up large
sock on hand, wi h 1 Go not want to carry
ever the win.e-. Thanking the people of
Woo dbury and surrounding country for their
liberal patronage, 9, l hope, by Fair and Square
Dealing, to merit continu nee of the same.
DAN'L R. RANTHORN,
Cooper Sir eet Woodbury., N. J.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-29

Michigan i a state of small farns,
the average being only Little more than
ninety two acres.
The Osceola times., 1883-07-07
An exchancc saws:


Total abstinence from all that in
toxicates is rapidly becoming con-
dition Of employment OF engineers,
pilots, conductors, brakesmam, and
other helpers, by all the leading
steamship and railroad companies.
Employers find that prohibition
pays-and they adopt and enforce it
in self-defence. 1t was a much
needed reform; and now since il has
been 50 successfully inaugurated, it
will spread to all branches of indus
try. Cool heads and steady nerves
will be the rule and not the except
ion.
Very few people object to prohibi-
tion-rigid, cast iron prohibition
when enforced by steamship and
railroad lines. Nor have we ever
heard it charged that "prohibition
does not prohibit" in such cases
The rule works well where ever ii
has been tried. Employees under
stand that they "must go" if they
indulge, and so they indulge not
On the Southern Pacific railroad this
rule is rigidly enforced.
The Osceola times., 1883-07-07

We presume there is hardly a la
dy to be found in our broad land
who, if she does not already possess
a sewing machine, expects some day
to become the owner of one.
But after the mind has been fully
made up to purchase one of these
Indispensable articles, the question
arises as to what kind of a machine
to buy.
ltthould be SO simply constructed
that the most inexperienced can sue
cessfully operate it. The other points
mainly to be considered, and which
are the most desirable, are durabili-
ty, raPidity, capacity for work, ease
of operation, regularity of motion,
uniformity of tension, and silence
while in operation.
The Light Running New Home
fills the above requirements, and is
SAID to combine the good points OF
all sewing machines, with the addi-
tion of many new improvements and
labor saving devices.
The price is no higher than that
of other machines, and every lady
who is the happy possessor of one
may rest assured she has indeed a
treasure.
All who send for the company's
new illustrated catalogue and enclose
their advertisement printod on an
other page) will receive a set of fam
cy advertising novelties, of value to
those collecting cards, sc. Their
address is, NEW HOME SEWING
MACHINE CO., 30 Union Square,
New York.