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iX.AWeV... t BUSINESS HOUSE8.' f BANK-FIRST NATION AL OF MEMPHIS. F. B.JaB,JWtjNowton Ford, V. P. Scale Factor, 201 Main street. (Special plwiiuvm iiivuju loi'nirmg soaies. p ITY HANK, NEW BANK BUILDlNU Mi.on i street. 8. II. Tobey. Prea'ti 0. Kirk. Cashier: J. A. Haves. Jr.. Am'i. CAROLINA LIFB IN8. CO.. 42 MADISON et.J. Davia. Prea'tW.Boyle, Beo'y. DICKINSON. WILLIAMS A CO.. COTTON Factora, ilO Fl.nt atreet. IfiMMONS ABONTbOOKS. 6TATI0NKRY, . J.s-aiatelOJelTerson and 63 Real. C'ifiHKR. AMIS "C0.. MAHBLE-'WORKa JLand Pram Pipo.jiur. Adams and Second. It i ( 1 LEOPOLD, AGENT. DEALER ?-. rsans ana nw i rianos, 3fo Alain 1 1 KINKK'll. P. Ill A BKoTTCONKKa 11 tiona, Urocerlea, Liquors, eto., ZH Main. MoCOMUH, KELLAR A BYRNES. HARD- ware. Cutlery, eta., XSl'A and 324 Main, AKUILL BROS. A CO.. HARDWARE. CUT- v s lery. Agricultural implements, eu Front. QTEAM DYERS CLEANERS- O Hanson A Walker (late Hunt A Hanion), 24) Seoond iitreet. ST. JOSEPH'S INFIRMARY. CORNER Or JcfTeraon and Third street, in charge of kuxj niewTN ui ma urtier Ol Ol. UOIIllniO, BLIC it. I.i I -.: i i is .(... , . ;, By E. WHITMORE. LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION. Fifteen Cents Per Week VOL. XI. WIIJTMORE. K., STEAM JOB PRINTER. Madison street. , . , geon. ice: Brooka' Stablca, 447 andl INSURANCE. Statement of the Condition OFTHg PHtZNIX INSURANCE COMPANY ( Of liar I ford, Conn., Made) to IbeComptrollor oftheNtate otTTeuneaaee, on Jan. 1, 1871. ASSETS AT MARKET VALUE : 1 Cash on hand, in bank, and due from agent $154,335 SI United tftatea eeeuritiea . 157,42 50 Loans on approved securities 137,27f 00 New York bank stocks 89,500 00 Hartford bank atocke 44o,7IK) Oil Miscellaneous bank slocks 61,58U 00 Uonds Mate, city, railroad, and watr 654.400 00 Missouri Si ate Stock 27,9110 00 Real Estate 6.1S2 61! Accumulated mtereat 3,5w) 05 MEMPHIS, TENN.: WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB11UARY 22, 1871. NO. 150 PAPER. Paper! Taper! Paper! OF 1U KIlVllS. A. V. DU PONT fc CO."" Manufacturer! and Wholesale Dealer!, LonLjtilJe, . ' Kentucky Hare lust removed to their nw I... Jour-itory warehouse. No. 84 Main It. PUBLIC LEDGER. rnilK PUBLIC I.EUKH IS PUBLISHED X eyerr afUirnoon (epeit hunuay) oy Ei MnilTMO KK, At No. UMadiaon itreot. ' The Piim.in l.innii ii erved to cltriubtorl ben by faithful carrier" at FlI'TEKN CUNTS HER WEEK, payable weukly to the camera. By mnil (in advance): One year, $; tit months, 4; three monthi, $2; one month. 7ucenu. ' Newidealen inppUed at 2 eentf per eopy. Weekly Public Ijcdgcr, Publinhed every Tneaday at 2 per annum (la advance) club, of five or more, f 1 50. Communlcationa upon aubjecta of general Interest to the publio are at all timet aooept- abie. Rejeoted manuicrlpti will ot be returned, BATES OF ADVERTISING IN DAILY. Flrtt Inaertion Subsequent inaertione. For one week For two weoka For three weoka For one 'month. .. ...11 00 per aqu&re - 80 ". ... $ 00 " " ... 4 50 " " ... 6 00 " " Unadjusted losses, $96,808 42. I1.73K.921 98 Statu or TusNBSSnit, V.OMPTBCIl.I,R B UKriOK, Nashvilli, January 1st, 1871, I, KJ. R. Pennebaker, Comptroller of the Treasury, do nereuy certlly that the fhoenix Insurance Comnany. located at Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, baa produced to me aiitiatactory eviuenne that aniil uompnny has complied with all the requirement of thaluws ol ine dtaie oi 1 en nessee, imposed on insur ance comnanies: and I further certify that II. A. Littleton, agent of aaid Company, haa also complied with the requirements of the laws of .v.-.... i. i : i .. .1 ..i. Wherefore, said Inaurance Comnany haa au thority to take risks and transact the business ol Insurance in this Mate, at MemphiH, lun nessee. ED. R. PENNEBAKER, rt8-155 Comptroller of Tennessee. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INSURANCE COMPANY, or MeinplilM, TenncHROc, CAPITAL, - - - - 300,000! Office: No. 293 Main Street, Over German National Bank. F. S. DAVIS, President. K. V. VRKI'ENBIIHOH, Vice Prea't. W. .1. LITTLKJOHN. A ss't Secretary. II. OUONALER, Solicitor. DIRECTORS ; F S Davis, J W Dickinson, J J Murphy, W II Moore, F M Mahan, X R Smith, BcnJ Kiseman, i II Judah, N U Menken, Jacob Friedman U M Loewenstine, T BDiilard. Isaac .Schwub, J W Jefl'eraon, A Seessel, J T Fargason, W P Proudtit, R V Vredcnburgh, F W Smith, Newtou Ford. Fire, Murine and River Risks taken at as low rates as the hazard will permit, anil lofser promptly adjusted. 1 lit-12 41 Mntpmriat or the-Comlllion OF THX ' j Jtartibrd Fire Insurance i Co., Otf the 81st day of December, 1870. Made to the Comptroller of the State ofTon neasee, eonlorinity with tho laws of said State. j 1st. Tbo nnme of the eompany fa the Haht fuki) Flag iNHtiKAVrg CouPAKV, and is located at Hertford, Conneoticut, , CAPITAL. J 0,1 Tl. mn.inS nt .mDital Stock i, $1,000,000 00 3d. Theamount of capital atock ' paiU Up U. e i,lAR't'AJU uu 4th. ASSETS. Cash on hand and in bank...U 42,87.? !9 Cash in ttaml. tif Kirnn t. And in course of transmission t 136,142 60 Bills Receivable for loans, secured ; : , by personal and collateral ac- enrity '. W,TM Real Estate unencumbered 3H,1a 0a Kents and interest accrued, pay- able January 1st, 171 l.2fi 1 Stocks and bonds, aa per achedale filed in Auditor'! office-.-....- I.fl09,77. 36 BATES OF ADVERTISING IN WEEKLY. Flrat inaertion $1 00 reraquare. Subsequent inaertion! M " i Eight line! of nonpareil, solid, conitltute ! Iquare. Disn laved advertisemenu will be charged acording to the rpaoi occupied, at above rates there beina twelve lines of solid type to too inch. Noticea in local column in sorted for twenty cents per line for each insertion. Special notices ineorted fortenoenti per line for each insertion. Notices of death! and marriages, twenty eents per line. 1 Advertisements published at interval will be charim one dollar per iquare for each In sertion. To regular advertiser! we offer superior In ducements, bth as to rate ot charge! and manner of displaying; their favors. All bills for advertising are due when eon tracUd and payable on demand. All lettors, whether upon businesi or other wise, must be aaureaseu to. , K. WIIITMOKR, Publisher and Proprietor, ' WITHOUT THE CHILDREN. O the weary, solemn silence Of a house without the children ! O the strange, oppressive stillnesa Where the children come no more ! Oh the longing of the sleepless For the soft arms of the children ; Ah I the longing for the faces 1 Peeping through the open door Fuces gone for evermore 1 Strange it is to wake at midnighV And not hear the children breathing; Nothing but the old clm-k ticking, Ticking, ticking, by the door. Strange to see the littlo dresses Hanging u there nil the morning; ' And the gaiters ah I their patter, We will hear it never mora On our hearth-forsaken floor. What Is homo without the children? 'Tis the earth without its verdure. And the sky without the sunshine. Life is withered to the coral , So we'll leave this dreary desert. And we'll follow the tiood Shopherd To the greener pasturea vernal, Where the Lambs have ' gone befure " With the Shepherd evermore I THE LAW OF KINDNESS. Tho Old Woman's Knilnuy Hitrnal BY I,IIIU BI HUITT. t , $2.737il3 LIABILITIES!. 5th. Liabilities to bonks, or others due or not due.... " 6th. Losses adjusted and due 7th. Losses either unadjusted or Sth. Adjusted andnotdae f 162,92 2S Nth. Lasses in ausponse, awaiting i further proof Kith. All other claims agninst the Company, unpaid dividends 620 00 MIsKELLANCOIN. ' lllfi. The greatest amount insured in any one risk is $20,000, except in special casea. 12th. The amount insured in any one city, town or village depends upon its site and how built. i:Ub. The amount insured in any one block depends as above. 14th. Cortified copy of the Charter of the Com nnnv. as filed. Heretofore. 15th. Uenerel Power of Attorney for agents to accept service of process previously nieu. OEO. L. CHASE, President. J. D. BROWXE. Secretary. StaTK or CorTirtT. 1 . .j County of Hartford. J Haitokd, January 12, 1171. Personally apneared George L. Chase, Pres ident, and J. D. Browne, Secretary of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, and made oath that the foregoing state meut, by them subscribed, if a true, full and eorreet state ment of the affairs of said Company, and ex hibits, so far as can be ascertained at this date, its actual condition en the 31t day of Decem ber, 1870, Before me, GEO. SL'alNER, Notary Public. Statu or Tesnkkkki CoMrriKii.ina a Of fur, Nashvillk, January 1. lsTl I Ed. R. Pefc.n0"r. t'onipuwiicr ot ine located at Hartfuril, , has produced to : Treasury, do here'l' certify t t if Insurance Com . '1" T.flT;di Company complied with all the req.."ents J 1 . lie laws .1' the t-Ute of Tennesse.. -" " .ursnce Companies; and I fur.br "rt.fy tbt Henry A, Littleton, agent of aaia baa ai.oc implied with the requiremftJ- laws of th e Mate, made and provideu imtjm The most effective workintf force in the world in which we live 18 the law of kimlness for it is the only monil force that operates with the same ellect on mankind, beast kind, nnd birdkind. From time itnmcmoriul, music has wonderfully ullected all Uemcs, rcaaomnir, and tin reasoning, that have ears to hear. The prettiest idea and simile of ancient lite rature relate to Orpheus playing his lyre to animals listening in intoxicated iu lence to its strains. Well, kindness is the Hpontaneous music of good will to men and beasts; and hoth listen to itwith their hearts instead of their ears; and the hearts of both are affected by it in the same way, if not in the same degree. Volumes might be written filled with beautiful illustrations of its effects upon both. J he music of kindness has not only fhe power to charm, but to .trans form both the savage heart of man and beast; and on this harp the smallest fingers in the world may play heaven's sweetest tunes on earth. Home time ago we rend of an incident that will serve as an illustration of this beautiful lav, Jt was substantially to this eltect: A Dior, coarse ieatured old woman lived on the Jine of the Baltimore and Ohio railway, where it passes through a wild, unpeopled district of Western Virginia. She was a widow, with only one daughter, living with her in a log hut, near a aeep. pre cipitous gorge, crossed by a ruiiwuy bridge. Here she contrived to support themselves by raising and selling poultry and eggs, adding berries in their season, and other little articles for the market. She had to make a long, weary walk of many untos to towo where she could sell her banket of produce. The railway passed by her cabin to this town; hut the ride would cost too much of the profits of her small snlcs, go she trudged on generally to the market on foot. The conductor came finally to notice her alking bv the side of the line or between the rails, and being a good natured, be nevolent man, he would often give her a ride to and fro without charge. 1 he tm gincmeu were also good to the old woman, and felt ,hey were not wronging the interests of tneMuJVjjy company by giving her these free ride. Aiid soon au .accident occurred that proved that they at? ruite right in this view of the matter. In the wild mouth if Jfarch, the rain descended and the mountain sent down meir rolling, roaring torrenui ui mtniuu snow end ice into this gorge near the old woman's hut. The flood arose with the darkness of the ai(rhf, nntil she heard the crash of the railway lUy as it was swept from its abutments, and daiu.4 its broken timbers against the craggy sides of the precipice on either side. It was nearly iidniii)i. Tke rain fell in a Hood, and the darknes $ dP d howling with the sturm. In auolbaf half hour the expreas train would be due. What could she do to warn it agi'-iii.t the awful destruction it was approaching? She had hardly a whole tallow candle in ing its red, swaling, booming light along way up the track. Ia fifteen minutes it would begin to wane, and she could not revive it with green, wet wood. The thunder of the train grew louder. It was within five miles of the fire. Would they see tt tn timer l hey might not put on tne brakes soon enongli. Awlul thought Hue tore ner red Manuel gown from be in a moment, and, tying it to the end of a stick-, ran up the track, waving it in both hands, while her daughter swung round her head a Hazing chair post a little neiore. ine lives ol ft hundred unconscious passengers hung on the issue of the next minute. I lie ground trembled at the old woman's feet. Tho great red eyo of me engine burst upon her as it came round a curve. Like a huge, sharp- sighted lion coming suddenly upon a lire it sent forth a thrilling roar, that filled all the wild heights and raviues around. The train was at full speed; but brake- men wrestled at their leverage with all the strength of desperation. The wheels ground along on tho heated rails slower and slower,' until the engine stopped at the decaying fire. It still blazed enough to show them the beetling edge of the black abyss into which the train and all its passengers would have plunged, and into a death aim destruc tion too horrible to think of, had it not been for the old woman s signal, lhev did not stop to thank her lirst for the deliverance. J he conductor knelt down by the side of the engine; the engine driver and the brnkemcn came ami knelt down by him; all the passengers came and Knelt down by them, and there, in the expiring light of the burnt out pile, in the rain and the wind, they thanked God for the salvation of their lives. All n a line the kneelers and prayers sent up into the dark heavens such n mid night voice of thanksgiving as seldom, if ever, ascended from the earth to Him who seeth in darkness as well as in secret, Kindness is the music of good will to men; and on this harp the smallest figures may play Heaven s sweetest tunes on earth. ' - The Power or a Corporal. The Weston Democrat relntes the fol lowing story concerning lion. J. M. Ben nett, of that place, who was Auditor of the State of Virgiuia during the war: On one occasion during the war, when provisions were worth almost their weight ; .m : u:v, ij . in uiu in iwuiuiiuuu, oiiu wuiruuiuif; money at its lowest ebb, it was Air. lie nett's custom to go to market early the morning. On his return at the tim we spenk of, as he was wending his wny home with about $:ifl0 or $10(1 worth of provisions in a little basket, a soldi with gun and bayonet, and " in battl array, , marched hurriedly up to him and slapping him on the shoulder, said Sir, 1 want you you are conscripted into the armyl 1 reckon not, said dir. tiennel "I am not liable to military duty." J have heard that sort of talk be fore,' said the soldier, " so on you go, cut, said Mr. lien net t, 1 am State ollicer." "You can't come that game over me I ve told you to go on; and if you don t, 1 II touch you up with the bayonet. Well, take me to tiovernor Letcher "The devil take Governor Letcher. "Then take me to General Ureek ridge." ; t 1 have nothing to do with him so go ont ' , . .... . Well, take me to Jelr Davis, then. I) n Jell Davis! uen. Lee com mands us fellers, and (making a threat ening motion) it you don t go on 1 ...... !." .119'! uu' iv j uu uu LU.L D an I there was no help for it, and Mi Bennett trudged along. At last, seein a lady of his acquaintance, he hand her his basket, with instructions to tell his family that they would find him at Castle 1 bunder. Just as they were pass ing Broad street theater, another soldier, bearing upon his arms the stripes of corporal, huppened to see them, an coming to the guard he said: "What are you doing ! Ihis is Air. iionnett Stale officer you can't take him." Oh! said the guard, ot course it all right if you say so," and walked otf, leaving his late prisoner at liberty. Air. Hetinett then turned to the cor poral, and, raising his hat, made a most profound bow. ir, said he, you arc the greatest man in the armyl Whet Gov. Letcher, Gen. Breckinridge and Jeff Davis could not do, you did with all the ease in the world. I assure you that f I ever entered the army, I should make it a condition precedent that I should hold the office of corporal. THEORY YS. PRACTICE. A Profesiaor ed fcjr lb mm. KntTMri. "SK'rf ...) her hme; and no light she could n-.ke OU.me OI Auriiro iu .ui. phia, lenn ltt-ll ED. R. PENKEBAKER. Comptroller of Tnnes MASO.TIIC MUTUAL The Madera Neruion. .The Chicago Times hits off the ser mons of the day as follows: lhere is no doubt that preachers nnd sermons of the day may be divided into the secular and religious, with an in creasing majority among tho former. The time of uld-fashmnod exhortation, of oetritial argument, of scriptural expo tion, and ol purely religious thought the Subbath day church exercise, is un- oubtedly passing away. To review the life of the Savior of orthodoxy after the fashion of Kenan, to speak of St. 1 aul as an insignificant Jew, as Beecher does, to award progress a higher place in re ligiou than revelation, are the tenden cies of the modern preacher. Instead of religion thus displaced we have rhetorical considerations of the com mercial, political and social aspects .of the duy. J here is reason to doubt very seriously hether this pulpit innovation is condu cive to U.0 spread and respect of reli gion. The sTicces c,f fhe new school commercially has been well demon strated. The church has been rendered more attractive to those who are best ab!a to build magnificent temples and pay large si&r;rs. ine rich man, tor whom it was once supposed to be as dif ficult to enter the kingdom of heaven as for a camel to pass through the eye of a needJfl, flow goes jo ');y wide, swinging doors; listens to a sermon bii.b leaves no more disagreeable twinge of th con science than would the disuoursa of any of the peripatetics of the day, pays fur it as he would his box at the opera, enjoys the music and the display, and regards the whole affair as an appropriate and, on the whole, rather agreeable way of cf taliot. .r oil, if she bad it, would live I a moment in iuzf tempest of wind and rain. Not moineut o be lost; and ' l flinnfht was eaual to the ferment. Kite ecl the cord ol her only beduM),j srpnding a small portion ol luesawmlli. ,i , . i.i i . - : 117. . , . v,, ... i,A ... LlI8 ASSU.railC8 ASSOCiatlOn, I ,uj head piece- is-.' daughter followed I who nseJ to think of tie Sunday service v a r.l. itss I I lier with their two ?o'oe chairs. Up as of divine worsJiip consecrated to ii.e " " 1 i the sterpemliSt.kment UieychmtjAj.jnd vferupbU. Tr""w-j piled alflbiir fc(wseh(Jd furniture upon CIO CON.TITrr' VOtT A MEMBFR-. ,,e line, a fw TM Mre the black, 3 I Z Uu for policy, II examining tee. aad II f . ..j,sn,. curding ui jhe roar- Lord, intended as a respite from worldly iC"nlerationg, and the tittle due to I'roviJenwl, c"e driven awsy from the rhnrches ana thrown ron individual rT.h'of a rJK'i i - ! in '- Tke sliatniH xuaMbn fi rvsources of nnaanlterat.ej piety. och 11-'"- . the train came upon Jheut just a they is acareelr so wlfjustairiing as those 1 had fired the well oil 4 foan.usiMAiea.uuue conuiuciAies wnere two or mree i The pile blazed up into the diU, V9F-j ar gather: J together in My nasae." The Rev. Elijah Kellogg, in his capi tal story, " The Spark of Genius," relates this funny incident, and vouches for its trujh: ; . Th extent to which theory often falls in practice is furnished by a,venerated professor, a most distinguished mathe matician, whose works are still used as text-books in many of our institutions, and which occurred within the comnass of our own experience. ' lie went to Bethel. On his return he spent the Sabbath at Lewiston. Monday' morning he wag told the horse was sick. Nevertheless, he started. The horse went a few rods, fell down, and broke both thills, lie then sent his wife home, and also sent to Brunswick for another horse and carriage to take him and the broken chaise home. When the driver came thev lashed the two vehicles together and started. All went well till they came to the first long, steep hill between Lewiston and Bruns wick; on its summit they held a consul tation. The Professor had an exagger ated idea of his strength, and said, "Mr. Chandler, it is too much for tho horse to hold these two carriages on this steen descent; take the horses out; I will get into the shafts." '"Professor." replied Chandler, "the breeching is strong, and so is the arm. girth. But the horse. Mr. Chandler.! It is too much for the horse. Besides being strong, I know how to take advantage ot the descent, and manage it much better than the horse. j in, 1 ...... 11 ine horse can t hold it, . you can 1. Do you, sir, intend to place me. in point of intelligence and knowledge of mechanical lorccs, below a horse? I have made mathematics the study of a life- UllIC , I have no intention to he dinreRnect ful, sir, but I, know that a horse under stands his own business (which is hand ling a load on a- hill) better than all the professors in the United States. I was sent up here by my employer, who con- iiues in me 10 lane care ot his properly. If you will take the business out of mv hands, and bo horse yourself, you must e answerable lor the consequences. 1 ho professor had a habit, when a lit tle excited, of giving a nervons twitch at. the lappel of his coat with his right nana. i "I," ho replied, with a most emphatic iwitcn, nssnme all responsibility.) 1 lie driver, in .reality nothing loth to witness the operation, took out the horse and held him by the bridle; and the pro- icssur, gtntiiig 11110 me snans, tooK hold ..c m, it 01 mem at me ends, j lie lorwanl car- ringe was just descending the hill, and the hinder one a littlo.over the summit, when the professor trod upon a rolling stone, which caused him to plunge for ward, and increased the velocity of his load so much that he was forced to walk faster thnn-he desired, and exchange the slanting position with his shoulders thrown well back, and his feet braced which he had at first adopted, for a per pendicular one. At length he was poshed into a run; the carriuges were going at a fearful rate. . , At the bottom of tho hill was a brook. on each side precipitous banks. I The protessor was between Scvllaand Cliary lidis, going nine feet at a leap. In order to cramp the forward wheel, he turned suddenly to the right. The shafts of the forward carriage went two feet into the hank, breaking both of them short -off; the lashings of the binder one slipped; it rnu into the forward one, breaking the fender, and both vehicles turned over at the bottom of the hill with a tremendous crash, the learned gentleman describing a parabola one 01 histavonte figures and landing some rods away, lie ' rose from the earth a dirtier and wiser man; knees skinned, pants torn, a piece of skin knocked oft his forehead, and his best hat flat as a pancake, underneath the hind carriage, and looking rbund about him exclaimed: I "Is it possible I could have been so much deceived as to the momentum? It - i:..:.." wun piuuiiuiiai . 1 don t know anything about ninlnen turn, exclaimed Chandler, "but I know something about horses. I know makes a nighty difference about holding back a load on a steep hill whether the horse has two legs or four, and whether lie weighs a hundred and seventy-five or twelve hundred pounds. j . It cost the f rotessor thirty-seven dol urs and lilty cents to ascertain how much horse-power he represented. ( The Dowry or the Prlacrae Low ine Although there has been no little on- :.: : 1 - 1 j 1 . 1 . 1 position in ,iih,iu!iu lately to ine prac tice of supporting the soions of royalty. and a strong pressure was brought to bear against the granting of a dowry to the Princess Louise, soon to marry the Mara nis of Lome, custom has triumnlicil and Republican ideas in England have met with another rebuff. The llouse of Commons recently ununiiaously voted to the Princess j:W,8(I0 as a dowry, with an annual allowance of 0000. When Uueen Victoria surrendered the crown lands, with the exception of the Duchy of Lancaster, reserved to her self, and the Duchy of Cornwall, as- lgned to the rnnce of Wales, she re ceived in return a civil list fixed at 385, 000. The lands thus surrendered yield Burplus of some .I'liO.OuO. after rmvincr the civil list, not including the, grants, to the Prince of Wales, his ' brothe.rs"and .. 3 .u 1 ' t 1 . 1 1 . Hiers, auu uie tuiuunuge lauiny, wuicn, i th the revenue of the two duchies. bring the total expenditure on. the myaj family up to te'i.tlOU. hre children of the Queen, besides Princess Louise, ave yet to be added to the pension list. Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold and rincess Beatrice, and if the ordinary precedents are followed, these new grants will soon swell the expenditure on this account to 4i0Q,(JOQ a year, el usive of tbe sum paid in lump on mar riages, am the salaries as rangers of royal parks, uuIoueU of regiments, etc. afflicted with asthma, which was greatly relieved by the tobacco smoke,; and no bad effects ' from the child's smoking 1 1- , . . . nave ever Been ooserveu, except in the ursi trial as mentioned above, ami he has smoked almost daily ever since, lie usually uses a pipe filled with common smoking tobacco, but will puff away at cigar equal to any older inveterate smoker.., HcsidenU of Bristol who huvo often seen the youthful smoker" blowing n;.l I " , 1. f... .1.- viuuu, tuiiiu 1 'i me truiii ui this singular story. Our Western. co- lemporaries frequently print astonishing narratives of precocious children, hut we doubt their ability to trot out any thing that will " lay over " this scion of antiquated lsnstol. If they can we shall be pleased to hear of it. The Rev. John Brown courted a lady upwaru 01 six years, and was bo singu larly modest and bashful that he had never ventured to kiss her. One day it occurred to him that it would not be a bad thing to do. ,So, it is recorded, he saia: Jane, my woman, we ve been ac- ?uainted now tor six years, an an , n 1 . ! - - . . 1 l' . 1 I T 1 ,0 new kui a mis jui,, u ti ininK 1 may take one. mv bonnie luss?" The reply wns wonderfully characteristic of tne noottisn maiden. "Just, as ve 1iW. John," said she, "ony be bernmiri and proper tr tt. "Surely, Janet," paid John, we 11 ask a blessin . J he bless ing was asked, and the kiss exchanged. O woman, stud the enraptured but still devout minister, "O woman, but it was gude. we 11 1100 return thanks. And they did. JOHN J. O'FERRAII, DEALER IN CHOICE FAMILY. GROCERIES ! FINE TEAS, ETC., 400 Main Street, - - - - Memphis. irJool delivered FREE I any pari of the el ty. 144-12-143 SCJ ? ' 4 TSASAMD is M 2 COOK ST0YES! COOK STOYES I STOVES. Great Excitement OVER THS WONtlKruii BUCRKSS or BUCK'S BRILLIANT C3 X cs o o a a is o o ASSORTMENT OF S4 H a w H w a o 3 P o a. c 4 a B 9 SB 4 Cookins Stoves ! V ' TUB LARGE NUMBER OF PREMIUMS awarded " BUCK'S BRILLIANT " 000k- 11 r stoves at all the leadinir ruira in the country, together with the unanimous testi mony of tiie thousands of housekeepers who have used them, stamp them without a doubt The IJest Cooking NioreN Iu the World. Buck's Brilliant was awarded the r irst Premium at the M. Louia Pair, 1HTQ. First Premium at the St. Louis Pair, I). First Premium at the St. Louis Fair, lMe. First Premium at the St. Louia Fair, 1SC7. First Premium at the St. Louis Fair, St&. First Premium at the St. Louis Fair. iKtiu. First Premium at the Louisiana SLato Pair at New Orleans, 1MS. First Premium at the Louisiana StAte Fair at Newurloans, 1S7U. V: .1) 1 . i t;wr , . j- irm r iciuiuiu at in em pais r air, iyf. First Premium at MemnhiR Vntr. 1K70. First Premium at many other i'airs of less note. Defeating: in actual trial all the lendine: stoves of the country, including: the Charier uax, . narier, American, Champion, rashion. otewan, nome (yOiniort, anu many others: and to-day the ' BUCK'S BRILLIANT Stove stands WITHOUT A RIVAL. Kvery stove guaranteed to give entire satisfaction or tne money refunded in full. For sale by RISK & JOHNSON, Oen'l Ag'ts, And dealers in all kinds of Conking and Heat ing Stoves, Mantles, Urates, Tinware, Tin plate, Tinners' stock, etc. ; and also agents for the celebrated COAL COOhiNU STO VK "Back's Guarantee." The best ooal Cooking Store in the market. No. 300 Main St., Memphis, Tcini., A I HKAtlVU HTOVEM, TINWARE, 1IOM.OW-WARE, LAMPS, AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS GENERALLY. Rnoffinp. Gntterinsr and Stencil Ciitfinv nrnmnll milniA A taw I WORK of all dewcriptiona especially solicited. Orders from the couutry will receive the attention of prompt and efficient workmen. T. S. .TUKK8, --t TVo. nan Heoond Htreet, Memphla. REAL ESTATE DISTRIBUTION ! Ol MempliiN, Tor SHARES 4 5.00 EACH ! 1NHF.I)ITI I.Y AI'TEK TIIE MALE OF $500,000 WORTH OF SHARES ! THE FOLLOWING REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AVill be Drawn for at Memphis, Term. 1 New Memphis Theater..., 2 Palatial Residence on Beal street.-... 3 Business House on Main strel 4 Handsome Residence on Shelby atreet. o uusinta- House on becond atreet , ...jso.nott ... 5o,unu . 40.01 26.1SSJ 4O.0IX) C Beautiful Suburban Home, 2 aiVes fromtf in'oxsi 7 hlegant Kesidenoe on Shelby street 24 law 8 huainess lluii'-e on Second atreet " 1,,',.., Opposite Pcflbodv Hotel. Iw-t ATTORNEYS. C. M. BHH.'US T.I. BSAHI.gTTK, R.T. Dl'HBKTf. Late uovernor of hy. , BRAMLETTE. DDRBETT sj BRIOGS, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Office at W east side Fifth atreet. between Market anu Jetterson streets. I.onlavllle, ...... Kentucky THE ABOVE LAW FIRM, COMPOSED OF ex-Governor Thomas K. Bramletle, K. T. uurretl anu 'J. m. iirigga, will practice in tbe following named courts in Louisville: The Louisville Chancery Court, the Jefferson Court ol Common l'leas, tbe Jetterson CircuitCourt, the Jufferson County Court, the Louisville City Court, tne tJniteJ states lircuit Court, and the t nited states Uistrictturt, in which last-named Court all matters in liankruntcv are adjudicated. They will also give partic ular attention to casea in the Court of Appeals at Frankfort, Ky. Special arrangements have been made fur the collection ot debts not only only in Louia ville, but throughout Kentucky, Tennessee, anu onif rooumcrn states, vt uu reliable cor- respondents, selected with the utmost care from among tbe best lawyers at all points for which business ia undertaken, speedy collec tiuns and prompt remittances are assured. vie nave removed our onice to .o. 1 r. on the east side of Fifth street, nearly opposite to tue eouri-uoase, it-i.WT eTOipr IIALLUM, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 413 t n EST I T STREET, Opposite (Jourt House, st. tons, pii-i; MO, INSTITUTE. Child Wot risr Tsars Old kritnal Niwsker. at Ha. Publisher. 1 J Madisea'auaeU From the Providence Herald. It is stated, on what is claimed to be liable authority, that there is a child nw in Bristol, tour years of aire. that is a habitual smoker, and, incredi- e as it may seem, who has been ad ded to tbe habit for three years and, ne months. When the little A flow as only three months old he held out s band and cried for his father s cine. he Mem of the pipe was held to its mouth, when it took a few whiffs of the smoke and ' was made pick for a few minutes. I be baty was, as we I Mecha-aicq' Institute. -1EETS AT ODD FELLOWS' HALL. 7' J ,l o clock.' Regular business meeting, first 1ft ctinesilay night of each month. Regular colloquial meeting, every Friday night. M. BUKiU, President. F emw. Kcretsrv. 1 4-t Si 1 llll nts- BOJOK BINDERY Franklin Book Bindery, iXD BLANK BOOIf MAXCFACTORY. No. 15 West Court Street, Memphis. R. .'. TOOF, Proprietor. I)LAK BOOKS, PAPER RULINd. AND tending of e'very de?criptiuB. executed in a vry superior manner, and warrauWd to give entire .atifactiun. sar My Blank Book psperemkraoes tkefirt mills in America; my rturk cunnsta of the finest in lid entire market, and pricea to Com Lc,f aim any kou.-e in Vl.mpkis. Parties wilt iuj it to their interest lit mivm maaemll l.... "SrH. ! ,,r,i-r,ni .iMwhere. Hit , , . . .. . , V .MagniHcellt Buildinv Kit on V IU Fine Kesidcnce on Jiffi,Knn rirul 11 Handseme Building Site nn tt&.. vMn,'ii"""" 12 Substaniiul Residence on Orleans atreet. .. i. r-pifiiuiu uunuing one on ance atreet. 14 Cottage Residence on Jones avenue 15 Fine BuilJinir Sir nn V,n.. lrt Handsome 1 Suburban Home, 2Y mil"es'fromThe"cTt'y."l2 acrVs".'"""!"!!! 17 Beautiful Building Site on Bass avenue 19 Double Cottage Residence on Vance street " 1S lr ine Building Site on Bass avenue " 20 Cottage Residence on Vance street " L'l Handsome Building Site on lJunlap street........ V. 22 Neat Cottage Residence on Duniap atreet " " 21 Beautiful Building Site on Vance street...7..'.7.'.'.' 24 Double Cottage Residence on Dupre street " 26 r ine Building Site nn Monsarrat street. . " i' r.irimiit Dunning rue on lute street 40.CKAI 5.700 22.UHII 4,4iiO 8,(mo 4,8tK e)7.5taj 4,IU 12,UI0 4. (US) TtJl 4,WO 5..KIO 4,U"0 4.UKJ 4,W1 4.(JiJ 2,l 1.0 rr 11 1. u..:,r:.o:.. " ,i 1.' m.hmw uuuuiug on oo juouaarrat street. 2 PU0 All of the aboye ProTerty being In the City cf Memphis and H Suburbs. 28 Splendid Plantation, containing 900 aerce. in Panola county. Mississippi J32.000 n.riL'Jh".1 V of Re' EsUte. challenging com parison w.tn any distribution ever before oflered to the publio. e take pleasure in testifying to the above list of property being placed at a fair valuation. PASSMORE fc RUmN, Real Estate Agents, Memphis, Tennesuee. 29 One Chickerinv fjr.n.1 PI,.. 3U One Chickering Uraad Sguare.... 31 One Chickeri&g Hrand Square. ll.OV) , 72r , 7K) . 671 . ftu . S7A . !" . W SHO 475 ) 2IU A.I The prices, aa above, for Cklekerinv. Wian. r- . " " " ." w . r.n ,1.-:- .uu, Bua are correct. Jl. (J. H11LLr.Mlr.KtJ, 32 One Chickering Nrand Square."...., vui cvosewooo reven uotave ... 'M One Rosewood Seven Octave. " 'M One Rosewood Seven Oeljiv X One Rosewood Seven 6otava!l...'"i.i 37 ' ne Rosewood Seven Octave. .... 38 One Rosewood Seven Octave !." " "" " 3V. One Boudvjr Organ (Kstey A Co.) " 41 One Five Octave Cottage Organ...lZ Agent for Chickering A Son, and Kstey A Co.. iMruiphis, Tenn inclusive, eight H aU'hea ky StraUen, I; 42 and V, two Jules Jargensen Watches, 4.i0 each.. 4,4 to -, inclusive, eight Watches hy StraUen. ' 11 2 to fct, inclusive, eight t-'.lmu Watches kv Ravmnad u each W to "7, inclusive, eight UiaucaJ Sets, ssj each 1 to S7, inclusive, tweuty Hold M aU-bes and Chains lLa'di'ea'i 'ii4o each....; S-S to lUi. inclusive, twentv 'mmt hin. S.. I ... K li'H Sterling Silver Tea Service, mounted in guld..7.'JI3V."I!l."..."."" llH Sterlintf Silver Kerr ,e 111) Diamond Set . .11 Z-... "Z". Z. HI Diamond Pin Solitaire ZZ .7...."'.".T! " l. 112 to 131, inclusive, twenty Diamond Rings, llui'earh ........ 132 tine l-ull Set Pearls 1 (3 Sterling Silver Tea Service, mounted in gold 111 1.1.11111 ..1 I'M Stirling Silver Service HS to l."4, inelusive, twenty Diamond RinV. ili'ii'ch... '"Z"". IV, Sterling Mlver Service 1 si Sterling Silver Tea Serv,oe, mounted in gvld I OA) .. 2.ls) l.tss . 4,i 2, .- 1.2H) TiO M 2.1X1 l.tso . 2,iti 10 -. 7l M 2ii 4,i 3l 7tJ rerula Me certify that the abov list of Watches. Jewelry and Silverware are placed at nor reguli selling rates. F. D. LaR.N I M M Co., Importers and Dealers ia Welches, Diamonds and .-ilverwsre, Memphis, Tenn. The whole distribution will eaabrace the amount of 1E$C0 0,000 O O ! Divided int shares ofFlve Dollars each, which eaa be ekuined by addrminr Passatore " Agents, Mempoie. iissnm, or ui n--i Agenta throuiboet the country 1 be Manuera of thi. lli.triLatiwa feel coafiilent iif ierfetin tK.I. ., l ... earlier day than u originally contemplated, owing to the great Heniand f,ir tirkeu. Due notice, through tbe press aad agenciee, will be gitea as to (be time of drawing. committee, unexceptionable, will be selected tu ?iierifttend the same. n e reipeetleuy reler to any aasmeea saaa in Memphis, lenn. PASSMORE &RUFFIV 4?ents nnd Managers- lt o. 44 Adame I4trc-ef, I il 1 'j