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an INCIDENT OF sPorTsYLVANIA.

As
In an article descriptive of the battle
of Spottsylvania, Mr.. j. H. Moore, who
was a member of the Seventh Tennes-
see regiment, says: "In conclusion, I
desire to call the attention of those who
participated in the battle of Spottsyl-
vania to what appeared to me the most
daring and desperate act of the war by
any battery. On the morning of the
18th, while I was within our works, I
saw to our right, distant about 500
yards and about the same distance i'm
mediately in front of our artillery, a
Federal battery advance at full speed,
and there, In an open field, halt. The
artlllerymen at once took out their
horses and sent them to the rear, as
much as to say: We have come to
stay This was within full view and
within easy reach of our forty pieces.
AS quick as the horses were started
back every man of that battery was
seen digging, yet I could hardly think
they were in earnest, for was satisfied
that if our artillery would but once
open on them not man could escape.
Presently our artillery opened, and as
soon as the smoke cleared off I could
see that digging with desperate energy
was kept up by the survivors Death
and destruction, I thought, would be
the portion of the battery and its brave
defenders, for it appeared at times as if
their very caissons were literally COW
cred with bursting shells, yet, strange
to say, few gallant fellows survived
the attack of the forty field pieces, and
amid showers of shot and shell succeed
ed in throwing up tolerably-secure
works. They came to stay and they
did remain. This was the bravest act
of the war. and in the hope that I may
yet learn who those gallant fellows were
/ mention the incident"
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1t strives to drive away its prosecutor.
At present the moon revolves around
the earth at distance Of about 24O, 600
miles. The reaction of the earth tends
to increase that distance and to force the
, moon to revolve in an orbit which is
continually getting lasger and larger.
Here, then, we have two remarkable
consequences Of the tides which are in
separately connected. Remember, also.
that we are not enunciating any mere
speculative doctrine.
These results are the inevitable conse-
guences of the tide. If the earth had
no seas or oceans, no lakes or rivers. if
it were an absolute rigid solid throughout
its entire mass then these changes would
not take place. The length of the day
would never alter, and the distance of
the moon would only fuctuate between
narrow limits. AS thousands of years
roll on, the length of the day increases,
second by second, and the distance of
the moon increases, mile by mile. These
changes are never reversed. It is the
old story of the perpetual dropping. As
the perpetual dropping wears away the
stone SO the perpetual action of the tides
has sculptured out the earth to the
moon, and still the action of the tides
continues. To-day is longer than yes
terday; yesterday was longer than the
day before. A million years ago the day
probably contained some minutes less
than our present day of twenty-four
hours. Our prospect Goes not halt here.
We at once project our view back to an
incredibly remote epoch, which was a
crisis in the history of our system. Let
me say at once that there is great un-
certainty about the date of that crisis.
1t must have been about $4,000, 900
years ago. Itmay have been very much
earlier. This crisis was the interesting
occasion when the moon was born.
wish [ could chronicle the event with
perfect accuracy, but L cannot be sure
of anything except that it was more
than 48, 100000.
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THEY TURNED 4 RULE.

Less than three months ago a wreck
of a man staggered into the Office of
weekly paper in Eastern Michigan and
asked for money. to buy whisky.
Strangely enough the publisher was an
old schoolmate. They were boys to-
gether. They were apprentices in the
same town. They worked side by side
as finished compositors. One had So
briefly and thrift the other had a good
heart and an open hand. Twenty years
made the one rich and influential the
other drunkard who slept in the gut
ter as often as in bed. The one had
made use of what God had given him,
but the other had deliberately made
himself wreck.
The meeting called up host of rec
elections, and the contrast between
their situations was so great that the
old drunkard was sobered as he realized
it. He was offered work, but he had
become too broken. The stick and the
rule were no longer for him. He was
offered a temporary home, but he looked
at his rags and felt his shame for the
first time in months. When money was
handed him he waved it back and said ::
II shall not want it. I ask, in the
anne of olden days and as fellow
craftsman, one little favor"
"It shall be granted"
"When you know that I am dead then
turn rule for me and give me single
line"
The promise was made and the old
wreck foated out again on the current
of life, borne here and there and feeling
that death was to be the end. Yesterday
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RICHES IN NEH YORK.

Ten years hence there will be no
middle class. In New York you could,
a few years back, count the nillionaires
on your fingers. You can't do it now.
can name a hundred men and women
here worth million each. When was
boy a man with 100000 clear was
rich. What is he now? That means
but s., 900 year, and who can live in
any sort of shape on that? There may
be few clergymen here and there who
can make both ends meet on that insig-
nificant figure; but, bless my soul and
buttons!- However, what 1 wish to
get at and emphasize is this: Our great
cities are loud with riches. On the
great avenue of New York there are
men to whom 100000 is but baga-
telle. I can take you to streets where
there are blocks upon blocks of houses
IN which no man can live on less than
$4,000 to $4,000 year. Hundreds of
men spend $4,000 year who are not
worth ten cents beside. In other
words, they spend all they make. What
Of it? Much. The rich grow richer
here and the poor poorer. Culture,
education and refinement do not neces-
sarily follow riches. Our railroad kings
are phenomenal in wealth. There are
so many of them that to be one is not to
be. singular; but in the extent and
amplitude of their possessions they are
unique and amazing. There are Sec
tions of New York where an annual in
come of $3.50 would make its owner a
curiosity, and there are others where
an annual expenditure of $4,000 to
100000 is nothing out of the usual rut.
This being conceded, am I right or am
1 wrong? Are we drifting into two
great currents-rich and poor-or not !?
Joe Ho1Card, IN Philadelphia Times.
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THE GREET WALL OF CBTNA.

1t runs from point on the Gulf of
Liantung, an arm of the Gulf of Pechili
in Northeastern China, westerly to the
Yellow river, thence makes a great
bend to the south for nearly 100 miles,
and then runs to the northwest for sew
eral hundred miles to the Desert of Cobb.
Its length is variously estimated to be
from 1850 to 1,5OO miles. For the
most of this distance it runs through a
mountainous country, keeping on the
ridges, and winding over many of the
highest peaks. In some places it is
only formidable rampant, but most of
the way it is composed of lofty walls of
masonry and concrete, OF impacted lime
and clay, from twelve to sixteen feet in
thickness, and from fifteen to thirty or
thirty-fve feet in height. The top of
this wall is paved for hundreds of miles,
and crowned with crenallated battle
ments, and towers thirty to forty feet
high. In numerous places the wall
climbs such steep declivities that its
top ascends from height to height in
flights of granite steps. An army could
march on the top of the wall for weeks
and even months, moving in some places
ten men abreast.
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over the prairies. It takes two drivers
to steer the stage. Nobody can ride q
Mexican mule but Mexican, but Mex
leans can ride anything. They are su-
perb horsemen- natural riders. They
seem to be glued to the animal under
them. To be thrown from horse would
disgrace Mexican, who is proud to be
one of nation of equestrians.-C Chi
hatdhatd letter.
Daily globe., 1883-08-03
LADIES' SPORT IN FR6ycE

A French amusement at present is
frog-hunting and shooting. Ladies mo-
nopolize this sport, and the owner of q
park, with well-stocked ponds, opens the
day with garden party. The weapon
is cross-bow, having an arrow retained
In communication with the bow by
means Of a silk cord; as froggy allows
his executioner to approach very near.
his fate is sealed-the lady hauls himin,
and bystander clears the arrow. The
poor receive all the game to make soup
money being added to purchase little
beef to make it stronger.
Daily globe., 1883-08-03
B[LsTH OE THE MOON.

At present, no doubt, the effect of the
tides in changing the length of the day
Is very small, writes Prof. Ball in Nat
"re. A day now is not apparently long
er than day a hundred years ago.
Even In thousand years the change in
the length Of the day is only the fraction
OF second. But the importance of the
change arises from the fact that the
change, slow though it is, lies always in
one direction. The day is continually
increasing. In millions of years the ac-
cumulated effect becomes not only ap-
preciable but even of startling magni-
tude. The change in the length of the
day must involve corresponding change
In the motion of the moon. This is by
no means obvious. 1t depends upon an
elaborate mathematical theorem. I can
not attempt to prove this for you, but
think [ can state the result so that it can
be understood without the proof. If the
moon acts on the earth and retards the
rotation of the earth, so, conversely,
does the earth react upon the moon.
Ihe Garth is tormented by the moon. so
Daily globe., 1883-08-03

copy of the weekly reached the Free
Press with proof that the editor had
fulfilled his promise. He had turned a
rule for the poor wreck, and had given
him line:
Died, September 81, 1SS2, George White.
That was all, but in that line was
such a sermon as no man on earth could
deliver. For every word there was a
year of woe and degradation. For every
letter there were tears and heartaches,
and promises and failures. s.-Detroit
Free Press.
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LEGEND OF TIE ROSE.

All, ladyl list to my tale.
twas the summers fatrest pride.
Inc nlghtiugale's betrothed bride:
In Shira's bowers sprane to birth
When love first lighted on the earth.
ana then my pure, inodorous blossom.
Blooming on It's thorny tree.
was snowy as its mothers bosom
h'slng from the emerald sea.
n9ung love- rambling through the wood.
round me in my solitude,
Drlgn0 with dew and freshly blown.
ana trembling to the zephyr's sigbs
Du'' as he stood and gazed upon
ne nVing gem with raptured ewes.
~ chanced a bee was busy there,
searching for its fragrant fare;
and Cupid STOPPING, too, to sip,
Inc angry insect stung his lip
ana gushing from the ambrosial cell,
one bright drop on my bosom felli
weeping, to his mother he
Told the tale of treachery;
And she, her vengeful boy to please,
Strung his bow with captive bees;
But placed upon my slender stem
The poisoned sting she plucked from then
And none since that eventful morn
Has found a flower without thorn.
= Vick'S Magazine
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THE CRADLE OF THE TARTAhs
WORLD,

Sir r. Temple read a most striking
paper before the British Association on
the cradle of the Tartar world, the gi-
gantic Asiatic plateau usually 1000 feet
high, which stretches from the Hima-
laya to the Altai and the mountain bor-
ders Of China, covers more than 2,OOO,-
600 square miles-two Indias-and is
walled out from civilization by mount
aims 10000 feet high. Though partly
desert-as in that strange dried sea, the
Desert of Gobi-much more is still fer
tile, while there is reason to believe it
contains some of the richest. mineral
districts in the world.
No territory is so little known to
Europeans, yet probably from hence
came many of the tribes whose pressure
drove the barbarians upon Rome; while
in the tenth century its clans SO in
creased in numbers and in kind of
civilization that in the thirteenth cent
ury Jenghiz Khan and his successors
ruled armies of 100000 cavalry, threat
ened the whole world, and conquered it
from the Yellow sea to the Baltic. A
Tartar reigns in China, and the last
Emperor of Delhi was descendent of
JenGhiZ.-Lo71GO71 Spectator.
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THE MEXICAN BURRo.

The Mexican burro, the ass of the
scripture, seen everywhere here, IS an
animal worth studying. He can carry
q load bigger than himself, and his en-
durance is amazing. His gait is sort
of trot. Sometimes dozen or more of
them move in procession, one behind
the other. The burden is tied on
"amidships," as :. sailor would say. and
tie driver, if he wants to ride,
jumps up astern. Frequently two men
mount one burTo, and saw one stag
gering along under two women and q
child. They are nice, gentle creatures,
when you know them long and intimate
ly, but they have no fancy for strangers,
and make no new acquaintance If they
can help it. They will hoist and buck
and kick if they don't know the party
on top of them, and unless the party
can hang on TO nothing, for there are
no sadd es OF br dies to cling to, he will
find himself sprawling on the ground,
and wondering where the blessed DON
key has gone to.
The mule, sort of step-brother Of
the burro, is another interesting quad
rdped. He is bigger, stronger and
more Vicious than the burro, has wick
ed disposition, an uncertain temper, is
entirely unreliable, and dead shot with
his heels If he can get within range. It
takes an expert to handle him. Hitch
ing him up is a dangerous occupation.
Mules are employed On all the stage
lines, two being at the pole and four in
front. They viii travel long distance
at nine miles an hour, but there is no
telling when they will take it into their
heads to Jump the trail and run awav
Daily globe., 1883-08-03

A YOUNG nan at Eikhart, Ind, has
started six-column weekly paper with
the avowed object of restoring to the
republic its wonted grandeur and pros
perity." You can't do it, young fellow.
We tried for six years to restore the re-
public to its wonted grandeur and pros
perity by publishing the ablest paper in
this country and taking turnips and
slab-wood on subscription, and never
had money enough to buy dog; but Of
late years we have let the wonted grand
eur Of the republic shirk for itself, and
the LIST Of January we had over So
PecEs San.
Daily globe., 1883-08-03

1T is said that Mark Twain is excess
lively bored by those who think they
must talk nothing but nonsense in his
presence. It would seem from this that
an author does not always enjoy quota
tions from his own works. = Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
Daily globe., 1883-08-03

IT is said that the oleomargarine fac
tories of New York have a producing
capacity of 116,O00,oO0 pounds; the
dairy butter factories of 111,0OO,OOO
rounds. Must delicious creamery but
ter lie supplanted by this uncertain
mixture?
Daily globe., 1883-08-03
THE 1IEXICAN BURRO.

The Mexican burYo, the ass Of the
scripture, seen everywhere here, is an
animal worth studying. He can carry
a load bigger than himself, and his en-
durance is amazing. His gait is q sort
OF trot. Sometimes dozen OF more of
them move in procession, one behind
the other. The burden is tied on
"amidships," as sailor would say, and
the driver, if he wants to ride,
Jumps up astern. Frequently two men
mount one burro, and I saw one stag
gering along under two women and q
child. They are nice, gentle creatures,
when you know them long and intimate
~, but they have no fancy for strangers,
and make no new acquaintance if they
can help it. They will hoist and buck
and kick if they don't know the party
on top of them, and unless the party
can hang on to nothing, for there are
no saddles or brides to cling to, he will
find himself sprawling on the ground,
and wondering where the blessed DON;
key has gone to.
The mule, sort of step-brother Of
the burro, is another interesting quad
ruped. He is bigger, stronger and
more vicious than the burro, has wick
ed disposition, an uncertain temper, is
entirely unreliable, and dead shot with
his heels if he can get within range. It
takes an expert to handle him. Hitch
ing him up is dangerous occupation.
Mules are employed on all the stage
lines, two being at the pole and four in
front. They will travel long distance
at nine miles an hour, but there is no
telling when they will take it into their
heads to Jump the trail and run away
over the prairies. It takes two drivers
to steer the stage. Nobody can ride a
Mexican mule but Mexican, but Mex
leans can ride anything. They are SUI
perb horsemen- natural riders. They
seem to be glued to the animal under
them. To be thrown from horse would
disgrace a Mexican, who is proud to ba
nnA,of a nation of equestrians.-C Che
Daily globe., 1883-08-03

TIE best things are nearest; breath in
your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers
at Your feet, duties at your hand, the
path of God just before you. Then do
not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain
common work as it comes, certain that
daily duties and daily bread are the
sweetest things of life.
Daily globe., 1883-08-03

PARIS has 2,263O00 Inhabitants, Ly-
ons 376 0OO, Marseilles 100000, Lille
i73.CO0, Toulouse 100000. Hayre 1O5.-
o09. Rheims $4,000, Anglers $4,000, Niz-
"a $4,000, Dion $4,000.
Daily globe., 1883-08-03

WITHOUT earnestness no man is ever
great or does really great things. He
may be the cleverest of men, he may be
brilliant, entertaining, popular, but he
will want weight. No soui-moving pict-
ure was ever painted that had not it's
depth Of shade.
Daily globe., 1883-08-03

IT takes 100000 elephants yearly to
supply the ivory for the world. When
the elephants are gone the COWS will have
to lock up their horns to Keep 'em.
Daily globe., 1883-08-03

CHICAGO gamblers annually fleece
Their dupes Of 100000.
Daily globe., 1883-08-03

United States from preventable diseases
and avoidable accidents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07
TRAGEDY UP THE RIVER.
A Citizen Badly Beaten and the
AssaiIant Killed.
PACIFIC PLACE, ,CRITTENDEN Co. ARK,
Nav 1892

PACIFIC PLACE, ,CRITTENDEN Co. ARK, |
May 6, 1888. J
ED. AEpGER-On the evening of the
9th, at Lambethville, in this county,
twenty-five miles up the river, negro
desperate named Andrew Hawkins, who
was employed by the Lambeth Brothers
at their saw mill, assaulted, with intent to
kill, Mr.. Eugene Estes, of Lewisport
KY, striking him on the head with an
iron bar Several parties Attempted to res
cue Mr. Estes, but the darky would
drive them away and return again
to his victim. He also swore VEN
peance against all who dared interfere.
Deputy Sheriff l.. L. Davis was sent for
and arrived in due time, institutinga Wig
orous search for the ruffian, which resulted
in the finding Of him at midnight, ,secreted
in the saw mill. He showed fight, attack
lag the Deputy Sheriff with L knife and
bar, wheregpon Mr.. Davis attempted to
shoot him, But bis pistol failed to perform
its duty, and he at.opce Ordered the posse
to fire. gll.h was done, and HaEkils fell
to the 5apad o corpse. A jury was
summoned byEsqlira Frank koccaH, and
their verdict was JustiAable homicide"
Estes cannot live and will be sent to
your city-by the steamer Mark Twain.
G. f. M.
M Estes, pllgded to above, was
brought down on the steamer Marx
Twain yesterday afternoon and placed
in the hospital, where he lies in a
critical condition, Il is barely possi-
BILE that he may recover, although his
skull is said to be badly broken.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07

COMMISSIONER McWhirter, at Nash
vile, has issued in tabular form esti-
mates of the acreage and condition of
crops in Tennessee, for the month of
April, as compared with April, 1882.
The total reports for West Tennessee
number 1913. Averages: Wheat
acreage 80, condition "a; rye-acreage
81, condition 8S; barley-acreage 10,
condition SO; clover-acreage ia, con-
dition l02; graSses-acreage l03, 3,condi
tion SO; cOrn-acreage 92,condition 88;
oats-acreage "a, condition 95; Irish
potatoes-acreage l25, condition 98;
garden products-acreage SO, condition
80; peaches condition Sc. Horses and
mules number So, condition ll2 cat
tie number Sc, condition 108; sheep
number 81, condition 100; hogs mum.
Der l2l, condition 10Y. The averages
for the other sections Of the State do
not vary widely from these. Consid>
ering the lateness of the season, these
reports are quite as encouraging as
could be expected.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07
The suns Eclipse,

Abiding to yesterdays eclipse of
the sun, an astronomer ut Columbus,
Ohio, writes as follows to the CinCin-
natl Commercial Gazette of Saturday
last:
When the moep comes between the
sun and the earth on the 9th, the total
eclipse OF the sun will be of longer
duration than is usual. The shadow
OF the moon coming on from the west
strikes the earth first about a thou,
sand miles east OF Australia, and over
eighteen miles south Of the equator
The central line Of tie eclipse then
passes toward the northeast, and
comes within about four hundred
Miles Of tho equator on the meridian
Of San FfanOisca. 1t then turns TO-
ward the southeast, and ends at a
point about seven hundred miles west
Of the coast Of South America, in
south latitude thirteen degrees. The
whole length Of the space wherein the
eclipse will he total ia about eight
thousand miles, and It's breadth varies
say from one hundred and thirty to
one hundred and fifty miles. The
total observation will be longest near
tke meridian Of the Sandwich Islands.
but ten degpesS south oil the equator,
and will there be about six minutes.
1t is scarcely possible to select
another slip of earth one hundred
and forty miles wide and eight thou
sand long through that part of the
Pacific ocean aud touch so few islands.
IL seeks " reach Caroline Island.
latitude ten degrees south, longitude
one hundred and fifty degrees west Of
Greenwich. The eclipse will be par.
tial over the southern part of the
faoiHo ocean, esstsgl part ef AUS.
tralia, the northwest ooRst OF South
America, In Central America and the
southern part of Mexico,