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No. 4Ol6-In the Chancery Court of SbeIbv
county Tenn.-Caroline Krekel VS. AlbSrt
appeaIlng from Sheriff's return in this
= eause, that the defendant, Albert Krekei,
Is not 70 be found In his county. VA
II is therefore ordered that he maka his
appearances herein, at the Courthouse 81
eneloy county, in Memphis, Tenn, on or be-
i9re the nrst Monday In August, 1883, and
plead answer or demur TO oomplSinant
pm 1Aa amended bill or the same will
HEsp lor confessed as to him and
Wy i9r nearing ex-parte; and that a COPY
q this order be. publishod once week.
Ior Tour successive weeks, in the Public
This 18th day Of June, 1888.
copy-Attest:
by ] M Bradley, D. G. an. ~
wright, folkes y Wright, sol's for compIt.
81 90 104 lid
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Worse Than Judge Hadden's
Worst. ~ han .r
New YOrk Tribune

New YORK Tribune.
1t was 2 am. aud in an elevated
train. He had succeeded in climbing
up the stairs of the station at Chatham
Square by judicious use Of the balus-
ters and had been assisted to the train
by the man at the ticket box. He
rolled all over the car and sat in every
seat before he reached the one he
wanted to occupy, at the extreme end
of the car. He was not Intoxicated
no, he was drunk-dea drunk. Tn.
train started, and the passenger nearly
put his head through the window
glass The brakeman recognized the
condition Of the man and, fearing he
would fall asleep aud bring up at Har
lem he went to bis assistance. LII
Where do you want to get Off" he
asked, tapping the man on his shout
der.
There was no response. The ques-
tion was repeated several times with
the same result. Then the brakeman
shook him, raped him on the head
several times and cuffed his ears. But
no sound came from the man in liquor,
Then the brakeman called some one
to help him, aud the two endeavored
to find out where the passenger in
tended to get out. They raised him
by the shoulders and dropped him
suddenly. Where's your station?"
both men beloved as they rolled him
over on the seats and ribbed his head
The man stillslept. Then they lifted
him by his trousers, and dropped him
in a lump on the floor, They re.
peated this pleasant diversion several
times, and then in utter disgust put
HMM his seat and went away. ia7i'
well" said the brakeman, as he
walked to his post, that's the worst
drunk | ever saw. He's drunken thar
new rum" ""'h aaiief
"Eighty.ninth street, shouted the
brakeman.
Several people got of, and the trair
went. ,f..
Ninety eighth street," shouted the
brakeman! i
The drunken man still slept.
Zone Hundred and Sixth street,
shouted the brakeman, and the words
had no sooner left his lips than the
drunken man at the extreme end o.
the car rose up aud walked out az i
nothing had happened. The brake.
man looked on in blank amazemenI
and as he closed the gate upon the
retreating form of the passenger be
recovered enough Of his consciousness
| to remark, "WelI, III be hanged"
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NOn.resIden, Not,oe

No. 4S.2-In the Chancery Court of Shelby
county, Tenn.-Lina Ketche. VS. Fred
ketoher.
| I appearing from the return Of the Sheriff
4 IN, this cause, that the defendant, Fred
ketchor, Is not to be found Ia his county.
1t Is therefore ordered that he make
his appearance herein, at the courthouse
or before the FIRST Monday In August. I8sS,
and plead, answer or demur to coinplainant
bill, OF the same will be taken for Confessed
as to him and set for hearing ex. parte; and
that copy. Of this order be published once
week, for four successive weeks, in the Pub
Ihisy.R day Of June. 1888. bt
y A copy-Attest,
r.. BLACK, G. an.
BY; George Mallory, D. q. 4 M.
n W hutunGhaus, sol for complainant.
'.. AZ o. ~ tnH
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No. 4074-In the Chanoerv Cam. - o,
b county, Tenn .-Alexandsr FAM SnGiiDy
William Black ct al, u d VI
appearing from affidavit in this eau,s
ssrd Una. the the residence of W Hunter, de- de-
ascstfaS \ st EN- is unknown and cannot be
trustee q the property Involved and 70
! ~ H'ii Is . OF the State o! Tennessee.
~ Is therefore ordered that he make his
SIX e eihr ice nefeiu,, At the courthouse 81
esneioy county, IN Memphis, Tenn ,on or be.
I0t9 me hrst Monday in August issS
S MI plead answer. or demur to Complainant
ohli o. the same will be- taken for
OSpts.sso as q him and set for hearing eT-
ReLtei and that o copy of this order be- pub-
hshed once 2 week for four successivS "a v pSpP
In the Public Ledsof. WI SUBMISSIVE weeks
This 18th day Of juno, 1888.
a eopy-Aljest; -
4Ays.r s Il 5sAC SH, Clerk }ns and Master.
~ % % Inl
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PuBLro LEDGER OyytcT

MhHFhIsi LhNNu June 70, 1888.
The financial market is essentially
unchanged, rates for mercantile dis.
counts ruling quiet at 6 per cent.
Exchange is steady, and bankers
parchase eastern bills at par
to to discount and sell drafts on
New York at to premium. On New
Orleans rates are to of buying and
par selling.
Miscellaneous securities are quoted
as folloMa. !
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The Beef Product Of. Montana

The beet product of Montana will
fall far short this summer Of What il
was last, Many Of our best posted
cattle growers estimate that the
seasons shipments will not reach last
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nsIgais All AEkaRSaw City Packet ca
Aesms Y, ., Mail Line-For Helena. Fr,sr,
Eeiph 0onSordlaa Terrsns, ArESns:v G iSrs
s S1a Hine Blue h k.-Ths new pasSepssr
Kate Adams, -
d K Cheek. magtsr; B W OUTLAW. clerk.
Leaves sVsry MONDAY and THURSDAY A
b.M. -
Captain deems unsafe 'AAe 'Ae
f0f information apply at Ma. 4 Madison st.
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E UEsE6lNAL
LITTLE HAVANA"
tBoULD Co.'D
pncmED 81
ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY
Humber for Rumbsr-Prize for PriSs!
WITH $50 ADDITIONAL PRIZES.
CLASS 1881, JUNE 20, 1888,
OuIy $4,000 TIOksts. I2O4 PAzsa
SCHEDULE.

Capital Prize. aonDn
lCapital ~
spitsi f,.i.s 1000
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% Pprisss' SSSO SSO
90 p..' az eaon-'''.. .......-............ loo
approximations, 500 each, to the
number preceding and following
the one drawing the s., zoo. ....' an
AspproE im q $50 each, Gas abovsl,
70 the 2,bOO................... IN
approximations, Se5 each (as sbovsI' ="
- 20 the 81 tOO0. ................ "a
20 Additional Prizes Of IS each tc the SSi "
tickets having as ending numbers
me Two terminal Inits the num-
per drawing the capital prize Of
''''''''''''''''''' l16o
liza Prizes. American aold..,.,,... coz 1So
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-12

the letter he brought; and it wasn't
ong before my father, Uncle Henry,
the three men-servants, and acouple of
policemen and myself, were hurrying
down to the bank.
1--WE reached there just in time, too;
had a grand scuflle, in which we came
out victorious, I'm glad to say, and,
well, the result is that four of the
burglars are in Jail, and the other two,
whom we found here, have gone to
render uptheir final account. The safe
is unframed, and none of us are in
jured, except a fewi scratches and
bruises"
l will end my story by saying that
Larry and 1 have been married two
years now. We are keeping house in a
coy, comfortable way, and most i'm
portant Of all u articles of furniture
is a cradle; but, after all, 1 don't know
which is the greatest pet, baby or my
little feathered postman, Bijou!
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Fish in the Great American Lakes.

DIR. Sterling, of Cleveland, Ohio,
writes: The whitefsh in Lake Erie
average three and one-half pounds, but
occasionally one or more are taken
weighing ten to eighteen pounds. l
speared one in 1914 at Copper Harbor,
Lake Superior, that weighed twenty
five pounds. On the north shore of
Isle Royale, Lake Superior, the white
fish average fourteen pounds. The
lake herring are the most uniform in
size of all III fishes. averaging less
than a pound in weight, and this aver
age will hold good if you count them
by the millions but, nevertheless, l
have had specimens brought to me that
would weigh three, four, or even six
pounds. The whitefish of the Yonkon
river, Alaska-sO say the government
reports-weigh as high as forty pounds.
The surgeons of tile Great Lakes aver
age fifty pounds, but now and then one
is taken that weighs 100 pounds and
over. l saw myself, at the Sault Ste
Marie, one taken that weighed 127
pounds. The catfish of our lakes are
of most superior quality, bringing in
the Southern markets Il better price
than any of II lake fishes, whether
fresh, sailed or smoked. The average
size is twelve pounds but yet l saw q
specimen taken with a hook and line
that weighed fifty pounds. In the
waters of the Mississippi yalleyit often
attains double that weight.-Americd1
Aaqler.
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determination not to be the rival, on
their own ground, of plutocrats' wives.
There was to be comfort as well rs
elegance in her establishment, but no
ostentation. AT Rideau Hall, her
Canadian official abode, she affects more
state. Once a week, when the Legis-
lature is in session, she gives a formal
banquet. A day or two after there is
an informal dinner, which Canadians
term "the scrap feast" To be asked
to it is thought a marked favor. A
piper dressed in Campbell plaid is in
attendance, and performs a dessert on
his noisy instrument. On Sundays
English visitors to Ottawa are asked in
quite IN uncerimonious way to partake
of a family dinner, which is snug and
well served, and e~nlivened by the
CHEEKY humor and rattle of Lady
Sophia Mcnamara, who is more re-
served when Canadians are present.
The Marquis sticks to the kirk.
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Fishing With COrmOrants.

In Nieuhoff's account of the embassy
of Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer
from the Dutch East India Company
to the Emperor of China, in 1865, it is
related that at Si-ning-chew, in the
providence of Shantong, on an artificial
channel of the Yellow river, the en-
bassadors witnessed the natives fishing
with cormorants. Here they saw them
catch fish with q bird called Lou-wa,
somewhat less than a goose and not
much unlike a raven. 1t has a long
neck and a bill like an eagle. They go
out in small boats made of bamboo
canes, placing the bird on the outside,
which on sight of a fish shoots down
and swims after it under water. AS
soon rs she has caught her prey she
rises, and the fisherman, having taken
it from her, sends her out to seek more.
To prevent the bird from swallowing
her prey they put an iron ring(D
about her neck. If the fish is too big
for her to bring up she makes a noise
in the water for the master to come to
her help. When they have caught
enough for their owners the ring is
taken off, and they are left to fish for
themselves. In case they are averse to
diving they are brought to it by beat
ing. The fishermen pay a yearly tri-
butte to the Emperor for the use of
these birds, which are much valued by
the Chinese. One of those which are
well taught is often sold for fifty tael
Of silver, which is about $50 guilders.
The Chinese method of fishing with
cormorants differs but little from that
employed by English and French anna.
teurs at the present day. In China
however, the birds, smaller than ours
and of a different species, called by the
Chinese "LeutZe," are carried on light
shallow punts or RATS, and are com
monty employed, not as here for amuse
ment, but as a matter of business. t.
supply the markets with fish. Twenty
or thirty cormorants, it is said, vii
catch six francs worth of fish Il day
fish being very cheap there. Thei.
owners club together, their respective
birds being marked, and divide thu
profits proportionately. a cormoran
may be used until ten years old, and
when well trained, they fetch as mucl
as sixty taels, or 100 francs a pair
LOndOn EieLH.
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Water.

Water is so common that few per-
sons think of it as the most important
factor in the building up and civiliza-
ton of the world. The rocks were
mud and sand made by water and laid
down by it, one kind on top of another.
Coal, made of plants, was covered up
by water, so that the rotten plants
were kept there and changed to coal.
Veins of lead, copper, gold, silver and
crystal, were cracks in the rocks, filled
with water that had these precious
things dissolved in it. And water, as
ice (glaciers,) ground up rocks into
earth, in which plants can grow, the
sea and streams helping to do the work.
Water builds plants, and animals, too.
Threc-quarters of what they are made
of is water. When you pay twenty
cents for a peck of potatoes you are
really paying fifteen of the cents for
the water that is contaid in the pota-
toes. a boy who weighs eighty pounds,
if perfectly dried up, would only weigh
twenty pounds. And there can be no
potatoes or boy without water. 1t
must dissolve things to make them
into new things and it carries them
where they are wanted to build the
new things. 1t softens food, and then
as watery blood carries the food to
every part of the body to make new
flesh and bones, then we grow and have
strength. 1t carries the plants food
up into the plant. Water carries mar
and goods in boats, and, as steam,
drives the cars. 1t makes the wheels
go in the factories. 1t is a great
worker, and we could not get along
without it. 1t makes much of the
beauty in the world.
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How 1t Feels to Fall 1000 Feet.

With regard to the recent sad sui
eide of a girl by leaping from one of
the towers of Notre Dame, Paris. DR..
Bronardeli's expressed view that as
phyXiation in the rapid fan may have
been the cause of death, has given rise
to some correspondence in Nature. N.
Bontempts points out that the depth
of fall having been about siXty-six
meters, the velocity acquired in the
time Qess than four seconds) cannot
have been SO great as that sometimes
attained on railways, e.. thirty-three
meters per second on the line between
Cbalons and I'ari., where the effect
should be the same yet We never hear
Of asphyxiation of engine drivers and
stokers. He considers it desirable that
the idea in quest n should be exploded,
us unhappy pers us may be led to
choose suicide by fab from a height,
under the notion that they will die be-
fore reaching the ground. Again, NJ.
Gossin mentions that a few years ago
a man threw himself from the top of
the Column of July, and fell on an
awning which sheltered workmen at
the pedestal; he suffered only a few
slight contusions. NJ. Remy says he
has often seen an Englishman leap from
a height of thirty-one meters (say 1O3
feet into IA deep river; and he was
shown in 1852, in the island of Oahu,
by missionaries, a native who had
fallen from a verified height of more
than 300 meters (say one thousand
feet). His ii was broken neal the
end by a growth of terDs and other
plants, and he had only a few wounds.
Asked as to his sensations il ia Eng,
lac said he only felt dazzled.
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The Whales Most Formidable Foe.

The thrashing shark has a tough
and ugly looking tail longer than the
body with which it thrashes and dis
ables its enemies. 1t is a formidable
and relentless adversary of the whale.
and hunts the leViathan of the deep in
company with the sword-fish. These
fish travel in packs like wolves.
When Il whale is attacked
the sword-fish go down under it,
and by pricking and cutting it in the
belly they force the monster to rise to
the surface of the water. Then the
thrashing sharks raise their tails and
lash the whale across the back. The
sword-iish and the sharks keep up their
combined assaults until their mann
moth, but as against them, powerless
adversary, is dead. The only part of
a whale that is eaten 10y the t%hrashing
sharks is the tongue. 1t is not known
that the sword-ish eat any part of a
whale. They appear to join with the
thrashing sharks in aSsaulting whale,
only out Of pure viciousness. With
all of their voracity, the sharks are en-
titled to the credit OF caring for one
another. Young sharks are watched
and protected by the older ones.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-12
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Fashion Notes.


Plated skirts are still popular.
Feather bands trim wraps and
dresses.
Velvet bonnets are the most fash
ionable,
Black m~atelasse dress goods are
much used in mourning.
A pretty fancy is to trim a black
velvet hat with a single white bird.
Satin buttons of oblong form come
on many handsome imported dresses.
Skirts continue to grow more bout
FAINT in the back and fuller at the sides.
Bands of grebe appear on some of
the handsomest bonnets and turbans.
Waistcoats as separate garments are
a feature in English women's dresses.
A golden brown shade called "avan-
turine" combines beautifully with
dcelle grey.
The newest cloth cloaks from Paris
are of repped cloth, which is tufted on
the wrong side.
The individual fancy is INDUCED in
riding habits as well as in all other
garments nowadays.
Scarlet cloth with eider-down woven
in it, is a light and comfortable fabric
for winter understands.
The leather straps with which some
cloth and flannel suits are fastened and
trimmed are either of red Russia or
yellow leather.
A plain, well-inished black cashmere
skirt and a jersey waist of any color
preferred, or black, makes the best
kind of Il utility costume.
The latest development in fancy
millinery is chenille and gold cord
braids in the style of the rustic wicker
basket bonnets of the past season.
On some of the Paris riding habits,
when the corsage is of light color, a
horses head in bright color is en-
broidered On the collar, facings and
cuffs.
Each leading dressmaker of Paris
makes dresses according to his or heI
own fancy, and, if possible, different
from all others, hence the variety in
styles.
Birds of every description are used
to decorate muifs. Duplicates of those
selected for the muff are generally
worn on the hat or bonnet which ac.
companies it.
Overskirts cut open here and there
and laced together with silk cords are
new and effective. With evening cos
tunes of silk or satin the bodice i,
made to match, and the lacing is don,
under the arms.
Black is no longer the exclusiv,
color for riding habits. Habits ar,
made of hussar blue, navy blue, hun
ter's green, and all shades of grey. Tn,
cOrsage is sometimes even of a differ
elt color from the skirt, but in thi
case the seams and bottom of the Skin
are piped or bound with the materia
ot the corsage.
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MINDLESS Rain.

The rain, the desolate rainl
Ceaseless and solemn and chilli
How 1t drips on the misty pane,
How it drenches the darkened sill
o scene of sorrow and dearth!
would that the winds awaking
To a fierce and gusty birth,
Might vary this dull refrain
OF the rain, the desolate rain.
For the heart of the heavens seems breaking
In tears DER the fallen earth,
And again, again, again,
We list to the somber strain
The faint, cold monotone,
Whose soul is a mystic moan
Of the rain, the mournful rain,
The soft, despairing rain.
The rain, the %murmuring rain
Weary, p~assionless, slow;
'Tis the rhythm of settled sorrow
The sobbing of careless woe'
And all the tragic of life,
The pathos of long ago,
Comes back on the sad refrain
OF the rain, the dreary rain;
Till the graves in my heart u~nclose,
And the dead who are buried there,
From n solemn and weird repose
Awake, aid with eyes that glare
And voices that melt in pain
On the tide of the plaintive rain,
The yearning, homeless rain,
The long, low, whispering rain!
Paul II. Hume
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Household Dirge.

/ drop my idle pen and bark,
And catch the faintest sound;
She must be playing hide-and-seek
In shady hooks around;
She'll come and climb my chair again,
And peep my shoulders DER;
l hear a stiled laugh-but, no!
She cometh never more!
1 waited only yesternieht,
The evening service read,
And fingered for my idols kiss
Before she went to bed;
Forgetting she had gone before
In slumbers soft and sweet,
A monument above her head
And violets at her feet.
-R. II. Stodddrd,
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS
reigns when it SHOWS.

itNO ANiSho NhNh ~ bhCN's
A matter of course-The race track.
Brevity is the soul of wit. The
hotel keeper who wrote to a delinquent
e~x-boarder, "Send me amount of BILL"
received for a reply, 1.-THE amount is
$1,000.
''How should a turkey be dressed?"
A turkey, in order to be well dressed,
should be wholly undressed. The
fewer feathers a turkey has when it
comes on the table the more angelic it
will appear.
"Pa, are we going to have any girl
vanized iron on our new house?' "Any
what ?" "any girlvanizediro 2" "Gal"
vanized you mean, don't you?' Eyes,
pa? but the teacher says we mustn't
say gal? it's girl?"
A young man finds himself in a per-
picking situation when he is unable to
distinguish between the ten-cent cigar
purchased for his own enjoyment and
the two-for-fives intended for his pros
pective father-in-law.
1t is the dog hat has the pants"
and the young man the pantaloons; but
it is not unfrequently the case that be-
fore the young man can get safely over
the fence it is he who has the pants"
and the dog the p%antaloons.
A boy in Il country school was read
ing the following sentence: The light
house is a landmark by day and a
beacon by night" and rendered it thus:
"The lighthouse is a landlord by day
and a deacon by night.
First masher "Well, did YOU make
the acquaintance of that strange girl
you were raving over?" Second ditto
yes followed her home" First NJ:
''How did she strike you:" Second
ditto "She didn't at all she got her
big brother to do it,"
''You know l am a member of the
fire department." said her father, "and
if l ind.y your young spark in the nous e
it will be my duty to put him out"
"But, father" replied his daughter,
"if you do. like as not 1 shall have a
new flame within a week."
A ~fashionably attired young lady
asked her doctor, the other day, if he
did not think that the great weight of
the large hats and bonnets now in
style had a tendency to cause disease
of the brain. "Not at all, my dear
Miss; ladies who have brains don't
wear those large hats"
\ Western cyclone went through
the open windows of a house, caught
up all the tides, pillow shams and a
pocketbook, and blew them miles away.
The man of the house refuses to go
look for the pocketbook. He is afraid
he might also find the Tides and pillow
shams.-Phladelphia Ne1cs.
The reason that an express train
always precedes Il milk train is not
because lS speed Is greater. III Is De-
cause the COW catcher on the engine
is used to catch the cows in time to be
MIXED before dark. After they are
caught they are run on the side track,
the cows we understand, doing the
switching themselves.
John" said the cashiers wife, drop
ping into the bank in the midst of q
shopping trip, you forgot to leave me
that money this morning What
name ?" Name, name.,' exclaimed
the lady. Il am your wife" No
doubt, no doubt" answered the cashier
mechanically, and going on with his
writing, "but you Will have to bring
some one to identify you.