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The Masked wrestlor-A Paris Mystery

The Masked Wrestler-A Paris mystery.
George Wilkes correspondence of the Spirit OF
the Times.l
Among the most curious and interest.
ing entertainments to be found in Paris
are those which are given at the Arene
Athletique. These are performed in a
building at the northern end of the Rue
Pelletier, and are solely devoted to the
art of wrestling. / have been more fire..
quently to this establishment than to any
other. place of amusement in this city 1;
and when | say this, in connection with
what shall detail, feel no risk of being
convicted of a vulgar prediction.
| visited the Arene Athletique at the
first time by sort of chance; that is to
say, for want of somewhere else to go.
The occasion was at the end OF dinner
at Tortoni's, when it was too late to visit
the opera, or to "assist at the opening
of any of the theaters, which show at half
past seven. My friends and / were,
moreover, so languid under the results of
superb cuisine that we had no edge for
fine effects, and all that we required was
simple psstime for the eye. While
thus disposed, happened to think of the
Arene Athletique. Passing the subject
through the rings from my cigar, l
dreamily recalled glimpses of poster
which i had seen at various times plas-
tered about the streets, and which always
bore the presentment of two lusty Titans,
whose mutual object appeared to be to
stand each other on the head.
Here" said /, "we have an enter
tainment exactly suited to our minds.
Here is one of the things in Paris, which
have got to be done, and which, hap
PLY, will exact no labor from our
thoughts. Besides" added |, as rose,
this is The very place where we may
finish our cigars !" The motion was
seconded at once; but as my friends
and l approached the dull quarter where
the arena was situated, he suggested
that we would probably find a pretty
rough party on the ground Very
likely" was my answer, " but that does
not matter, as nobody behaves rough in
Paris" We saw, however, only gentle
men about the door, and we we're agreea.
bly, surprised on our entrance to find
ourselves in a very neat amphitheater,
containing rising rows of seats, around
a carpeted arena of about the dimen-
sions Of twenty-four foot ring. As a
matter Of course, We had bought the
highest priced seats, and as these we're in
front aud on level with the ground, We
we're sure to have a good view Of
the contestants. On taking a leisurely
survey Of the place, We we're struck
with the fact that the audience was Of a
remarkably respectable character; and
what surprised us most was, that II was
literally interpreted with ladies. We
Of course directed a very keen examina-
ton upon this portion Of the company,
but it bore our scrutiny and responded
in the conviction that these we're unmis-
takably good people. The male portion
Of the auaieHce, too, were evidently men
Of cwlivsii0n, sHd We sought without
availt0 6nd even common looking peo-
ple in the room. What puzzled us most
vas the easy and accustomed air with
which the lady visitors came in and took
their seats. They sometimes entered
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TURNER d CO., Sole PrOprIetOrS,
l2O fremont street, Boston, Mass.
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Notice to City Voters.
MAYORS OFFICE, CITY HALL, a !.

MhAIhist 1ENNss OCAouNI lout.
OFFICES FOR REGISTERING VOTERS
" for the next Municipal Election will be
opened this day, at 10 o'clock q. m, and for the
next thirty days, at the following places:
First Ward-R. d. Baugh, Register, No.
jackson street.
Second Ward-Wm. Chase, Register. No. 42
Poplar street.
Third Ward-F. j. Atwell. Register. No. 2l9
Second street
Fourth Ward--J. B. Woodward Register.
No. 80 Second street.
Fifth Ward-W. j. Marsh. Register, No. 46
Beal street.
Sixth Wsrd--Jamos Banks, Register, wald
ran Block, Main street.
Seventh Ward-J, D. WimberIy, Register,
Ferguson building Beal street.
Eighth Ward-Erank Taft.
Attention is called to the following extract
from the CITY Charter. in relation to the above.
The Register shall open books for the regis
tratiOn Of all persons allowed by existing laws
10 vote in any municipal election, and who re-
side in said ward and every voter in each
ward shall. before Offering 70 vote, cause him
self to Q registered in said books, and shall
receive from the REGISTER a certificate of reeis-
tration, which shall be numbered TO correspond
with the name and number on the books Of the
Register; and no person shall be suffered to
vote at any municipal election who shall not
have and produce to the judges Of election his
certificate as Aforesaid and ne voter shall be
allowed TO vote in any other ward than the one
whore he resides and is registered"
52-U W. o. LOFLAND. Mayor.
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Communicated.l

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EDITORS EVENING LEDGER We would
desire to give the people Of Memphis fit
illustration of the straits in which the
best in their midst are now situated. As
Death on the pale horse" has not been
very choice in its selections Of victims
as denizens of some graveyard, so in
our rambes we chanced in an old dilap-
idated house-the late fearful scourge,
or prevailing fever, had been there, and
cold in the stiffness of death lay the
aged partner of an old man who was
seated by FIRE, which could scarcely be
so called, for there we're only few en-
bers on the hearth. His hoary locks
flowed DER his decrepid shoulders; his
brow was fall Of wrinkles-care and sor-
row had indeed done its work. All
alone-no one to cheer his solitude
tears filed his eyes, which he brushed
away, reproaching himselffor such weak
ness, whilst he told us of the wife who
was then laying in deaths cold embrace
in the room of his daughter, who died
broken-hearted for her lover who, like
her brother-the old mans first born,
the pride and support of his old age
had fallen at Shiloh whilst bravely fight
ing for the Lost Cause" OH here
that attenuated form reeled to and fro
with the intensity of his grief Deserted
and lonely sat that old man, vainly at.
tempting to think how to gain a
support, or rather, mere means Of
sustenance Once in days of yore
he was surrounded with comfort and
ease now he is dependent on charity.
Bitterly he contemplates the future.
With bounteous and gracious hand their
HonorS, the late magistrates of Shelby
county, having provideda a poorhouse for
the INDECENT, the privileges of the same
are extended to the old man. Benevo-
lent creatures Well did it beft their late
worthy chairman to send some of that ILL
fated race (negroes) TO enjoy its benefits,
for perhaps they could appreciate it. We
are in quandary to know iftheir Honors
were likely to be similarly situated to
that old man, would they not have found
some more agreeable plans equally as
expedient? But whilst indulging in our
cogitations, our friend, the old man, who
represents, we might safely say, hun
dreds of others in this city, who must
either suffer or go to their poorhouse !
Go to the North to their poorhouses, and
inquire who are its occupants2 Why,
well tell you; it's not the respectable
poor, but more often debauehees and
persons too old to support themselves,
who've cast aside the mantle of virtue in
the prime of life, and seek refuge as
paupers. The idea of such a place to
the former persons is revolving. In the
North, as well as South, they would
rather face starvation in its worst forms
than be the ill.fated inmates of poor.
house. We feel certain that true philan-
thropy would suggest some other plans
equally as good, if not more expedient.
But what is to become of that old man ?
HARnTD
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I6- Timothy Pickering gives a curious
account of the food spread before the
students at Harvard College in 1859. The
standing dish was fresh beef baked, now
and then a plum, hard, Indian meal
pudding, and baked plain pudding once
a quarter. For supper they had their
choice of meat or pies, or pint Of milk
and a size Of bread. No mention Of veg
etables. Every scholar carried to the
dining table his own knife and fork,
aud, when he had dined, wiped them on
the table-cloth r.
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About Editors.

An exchange draws the following vivid
picture of an editor:
An editors qualifications are various.
1t is to work harder, more hours in the
day, with less recreation, on less sleep
and poorer pay than any of your fellow
mortals. 1t is to be busy when your
neighbors are idle, buster when they
sleep, and busiest when they are enjoy
ing good time. 1t is to be always in a
hurry, always under press of business,
always "setting up" when others are
lying down, and always charitably
distributing " the results Of our daily
paper. 1t is to have your opinions
always put to proof, and
seldom into practice. 1t is to advertise
other people wants, wishes and wares !;
to announce facilities for PLEASURE to
herald the approach of diseases and the
invention of cures for them to make
known who has been robbed, how much,
where, who is the robber, his personal
history, his trial, sentence, and its exc
cution. 1t is to receive nice fruit and
notice it, to be shown natural curiosities
and describe them, 10 be everywhere at
all times, and to be able to answer all
questions on all subjects. 1t is to
publish too much sentiment for
one, too much politics for another, and
too little news for all 1t is to make
dozen enemies to one friend,
and to be pitched into BY any
body who chooses TO consider him
self aggrieVed. 1t is TO talk compli.
mentary to everything and pay for them
in complimentary notices. Itisto be bored
BY friends suggesting how you should
carry on your business, and bullied by
those whom you have bit in vulnerable
spots. It is lie Of mingled good and
IN. trial aud triumph, never ending toll
aud never beginning felicity, wherein
you work out your allotted time with the
devil always al your elbow, calling
for the sole end in this life-a little
more copy.
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MOTHERS AND FATHERS
vOTTR, WIFE

Possesses charms in proportion to her health.
and she measures husbands love by the inte-
rest he evinces in her welfare while she is sick.
Now, if you wish 10 retain in tact your wife's
love and affection undiminshed, and desire
that she regain her health and former beauty,
you should. by all means procure one bottle Of
ENGLISH FEMALE BITTERS,
A compound that is actually restoring health
TO more sickly females than all other remedies
combined. It only proposes to cure those
Uterine Complaints peculiar to tho female sex:
1t is indorsed by the medical profession all
over the country. as it is no secret nor patont,
and effects cures bona fde cures afteriall other
means fail.
OLD AND YOUNG FEMALES
Have long needed medicine that would relieve
them of all those Female Complaints and
Irregularities which prove so troublesome all
over the Southern country, and they can now
confidently rely upon the curative powers Of the
English Female BiFers. 1t arouses. restores
and regulates. Is cures are rapid M and permIa-
irregular Menstruation, Mysteries. Leucorrhoea
or Whites Falling of tho Womb, liberation Of
the Womb, Chlorosis, and all those symptoms
which follow. this medicine will relieve you.
THAT YOUNG GIRL,
Whose bloom has departed from her cheeks;
whose eye has lost its lustre; whose intellect
has lost its brightness whose countenancs
betokens gloom and despair; who is pale, crna-
ciated, feeble, liaeless, repulsive with palpita-
ton oil the ncartt swimming OF tue neau, cOil
feet and hands, can be restored to perfect health
and beauty by using the English Female
Bitters.
MARRIED LADIES,
AS you value your life, and health, and per-
SO nal charms; as you are now troubled with
solue complaint peculiar to your sex; as you
have been under treatment Of some physician
without benefit as you have nearly concluded
that your case cannot be reached; let us insist,
let us urge you to y aside your fears and pre-
:d;caa in regard 10 .advprtiaed remedipg for
ene time in your life, and try one single bottle
of kVnglish Female Bitters.
We ere well aware that many persons snu
nj the idea of using an article that is advsr-
tised am We know of many snub bbinG individ-
nails IN This community, and if they had their
way, many I them would snub all you sickly
females in yo, " grsyes Cannot worthy medi;
nrocpre n hattie Of this powerful Uterine and
General Tonic, an .. regain your health. strength
and color. Sold by al u pT1GgsnspEs. = GG p,.
3Ql n fain street. MemEhis.
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seA- A French teuilletoniste has dis
covered copy-book in which Napoleon
/ wrote out with his own hand the geo.
graphy of the world, 1t is incomplete,
but it is very curious that the last line
should be "Sainte Helene (petite isle), !"
"Saint Helena; little island.
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EeA. The Paris Entr' acte says: " The
famous American clown, Agreat, called
the man-fy, committed suicide last week
at Berlin, in presence of two thousand
spectators, by firing pistol in his mouth
at the moment he was hanging by his
feet to the ceiling Of the theater"
IN:.L
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b6r The maintenance Of the English
troops that are TO be sent on the Abys-
sinian expedition, it is said, will be pro-
vided for out Of the revenues Of India
This will tend very much to tighten The
pecuniary call upon the English finances.
By the last official accounts from Egypt,
il appears that much activity has been
shown in obtaining and ses ding on mules
for the expedition. There we're two
thousand and eighty .6vc mules collected
in Egypt, Of which one thousand i've
hundred and seventeen have been shipped
TO Suez. and FIVE hundred and eighty
embarked for MassoEah
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12r Thomas Hood used to say: 81
often wish was two or three children
(but suppose can't bo), and wouldn't
l put off my three pairs of shoes and
socks, and 60 padding in the sea up to
my six knees
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B@Thurlow Weeds paper is severe
on Ben Wade. 1t says he evidently
enjoys hearing himself talk as much as
did Toots in writing letters to Toots.
AS to what he says, however, it's of no
consequence.
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Bdr DR.. Mcgowan estimates the loss
of life by the Tapping war in China at
twenty-five millions. AN intelligent
Chinese sets the total loss at four times
that number. Extremely modest esti-
mates, especially when we remember
that that deadly weapon, the gong, is
used in their battles.
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m MEDICAL.

- = :" - - - - -
OLA
Standard Remedy
IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SCARCITY
OF money, aud In. order 10 place II within
the reach Of all. We have reduced the price Of
our
KING OF CHILLS
To the low price Of ONE DOLLAR per Bottle.
This Is the most powerful and certain com
pound ever introduced for tho permanent
eradication Of all forms Of chils, Intermittent.
Remlttent and bilious Fevers. Neuralgia.
Dumb Chills. Sun Pain, and all those maarious
affections so common throughout the Southern
country; II. is put M In large bottles. with
plain directions, Is pleasant TO the TASTE and
does not affect the head. ears or nerves.
WHAT 1T CAN DO.
II cleanses tho Stomach. nrousss tho Liver,
opens the Bowels, and carries Of all Bilious
Matter. eiIecting quick and permanent cures.
RADICALS
Who have not become acclimated. and are CEN
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Bilious and full Of Aches, and feel an indispo-
sition to get about. should, by all means, uss
this truly valuable Medicinal Compound, which
is prepared by Physicians Of Twenty Years ex.
perience In this malarious country.
CONSERVATIVES
Who have no time to lose, fooling with various
mixtures of the day. and who have no money
to throw away, could not do better than b
spend One Dollar for the KTNG or CHILLS
and be euredlef all forms Of Chills, Fever, Etc.
Its taste Is pleasant, and 1t never affect the
head or ears.
MECHANICS OF MEMPHIS,
Your time is money, and why do you continue
with the Chills, Fevers, ETC.. losing so much of
your precious time when a remedy ia so near at
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remodels-by purging the system of all flaws,
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Send and procure one bottle, and be perma-
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FARMERS AND PLANTERS
Visiting the city would greatly consult their own
interest by purchasing supply Of this never
failing KING of ChiAs. Much time can be
saved by curing the Chills Immediately, and
this medicine uproots the disease and so
destroys the Gauge that 1t will not return, as it
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MERCHANTS AND CLERKS,
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house.
MOTHERS AND FATHERS
who have pale, swarthy, puny, and sickly
children. having little or no appetite. imperfect
digestion, inactive liver. indisposition 10 play,
but are cross. peevish and dropping about, with
slight fevers sometime during the day. can be
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| Memphis.
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S6- A Liverpool father and wife
wrangled about the funeral expenses of
their child, and the wife cut her spouse's
eye out, when he murdered her.
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B0- Mr. Lee ClaAin, one of the newly
elected Massachusetts Senators, is over
sixty years of age, and quite as active as
juveniles of sixty
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H@. W. M. Prtchard married his
fifth wife in La Pate, Maryland, last
week, though he has only reached his
thirty. fourth year.
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RAJ If Olive Logan writes Mrs. Lin
coins book for her, somebody can
dramatize it-and she can play it.
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H@. Winans, the American contractor,
has offered to buy the Moscow railway,
so long in the market at st. Petersburg.
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H0r A damsel in Boston recently
borrowed FIVE hundred dollars, and gave
herself as collateral" The note has
one year to run.
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16s~ The Indian on the border has
buried the hatchet. 1t was in the brain
of an Omaha peddler, bound West.
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E9r A Houston newsboy died of the
yellow fever on the I'd. His last words
=" Here's your Daily Telegraph"
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IA Brigham Young has fifty more
wives than the Sultan Of Turkey.
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DUSSELL, GROVE & CO., GAYOSO PLA-
IL ming Mill, 2l2 Adams street, east of the
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REDUCTION IN PRICE
OLA
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onF
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