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Cirls nt PLAY.

There is hardly another sight in the
world, said Hawthorne in one Of his ro-
manoes, so pretty as that Of a company
of young girls-almost women grown
at play, and so giving themselves up to
their airy impulse that their tip-toes
barely touch the ground. Girls are so
incomparably wilder and more eferves-
cent than boys, moro untamable, and
regardless Of rule and limit, with an
evershifting variety, breaking continu-
ally into new modes or finn, yet with a
harmonious propriety through all. Their
steps, their voices appear free as the
wind, but keep consonance with strain
of music inaudible 70 US. Young men
and boys, on the other hand, play accord
ING 20 recognized law, old traditionary
games permitting no caprices Of fancy,
but with scope enough for the outbreak
Of savage instincts; for, young or old,
in play or in earnest, man is prone to be
a brute.
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SOUTHERN NEWS.

| sil tl iNAln ti. ----- i4Hi pr iIfft
Macon, Ca, claims, to be healthier
now than at any time within the last
twenty years.
IN Jasper conntyITexas, is said to have
rock that makes mill-stones equal TO the
French burnal hna 19iloo iaai isni s.'
Public schools are being organized at
Claiborne, La, with separate schools for
the colofed youths. ii'H a'e. s..,,.. 4, x.
loGThe lovers OF piscatorial sport, in Sa-
vannah, Ga, are amusing themselves,
off the Isle Of Hope, by catching sharks,
1.-THE Dahlonega (Ga.) Signal reports a
rain Of frogs in that county last Tuesday
They " literally covered the ground,
A man named j, L. Smith was ar
rested at Carrolton, La, on Friday last,
for murder committed fourteen years
ago.
The Texas Indians have converted
the Quakers. The Quakers now say
there is tnothng to be done with the
them but TO whip them. a ''@
The bodies of thirty-two Confederate
soldiers, Genioved from the Gettysburg
battlefield, were expected at Savannah
on MondayTTYeElgsrrf
A Lynehburg lVa. eolored woman
fell some thirty feet out of the third
story .of house, striking the ground
| bead foremost She was not hurt. sv,
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion of New Orleans, has commenced the
publication of a monthly periodical
called the J, M. CA. Chronicle.
The Fredericksburg (Virginia) News
predicts that more corn will be made in
Stafford county this year than the aggre-
gate crop ofthe last three years. 9iai
1a About three hundred Of the negroes of
Brazoz county, Texas, will vote for the
Democratic candidate for Congress in
the coming election. So says Texas
exchange. aEa
The whole of the Western railroad,
from Montgomery, Ala, to West Point
aud Columbus Ca, is being relaid with
new fish-bar rails. About thirty miles
have already been completed.
The Mexicans say that they depredate
upon Mexican cattle-grazers in the Rio
I.Grande valley in retaliation for the in
iuries done them in the war against their
country under Folks administration.
1t is proposed to hold convention of
Virginia land-holders in Richmond, Va,
in September, during the Pathological
and Horticultural Exhibition, to con-
slider immigration and the best means to
promote it.
The Mckinney (Texas) Enquirer says
Mckinney can now boast of the two
finest hotel buildings in Northern Texas.
The Enquier also says that many other
substantial buildings are under way, and
soon TO be constructed.
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test from Sol and the Planets.

From the Chicago Tribune, August 49, 4 sd;
A large portion of the suns surface is
again covered with spots. Yesterday
there was nearly circular spot not far
from the center, and four other clusters
distributed around it, in trapezium form
each being not far from midway between
the center and the circumference. Three
of these clusters were composed of sew.
eral spots each, one containing more
than dozen of them, and resembling O
huge cake of honey-comb. A very
small telescope, fitted with colored glass
shows all these spots distinctly.
The planet Saturn is now a conspicu
GUS object in the evening sky, being in
the south at . o'clock at night, and
then about halfway between the horizon
and the zenith. He is just above the
well-known bow of Sagitarius. His
rings are now in very favorable posi-
ton for observation, having the maxi
mum inclination to the eye; but the in
teresting phenomerou requires tele-
scope of at least three inches aperture
to see it with advantage. ..af-.t i..
,sThe planet Mercury is now nearly at
his greatest eastern elongation from the
sun, and will be visible in the west on
very clear evenings, about half an hour
after sunset, for three or four days. He
is easily seen with the naked eye when
the horizon is clear and may be known
by the peculiar brilliancy of his light.
Jupiter rises just before the sun. He
is now visible as morning star.
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The sun Dance.

From the Sioux City Journal l,5d ei snf
Just before the May Lowry reached
Cheyenne agency on her last trip. the
Sioux Indians Of that place had what is
known as the snn dance-so called be-
cause the dance continues for twenty.
four hours, without intermission, the
dancing not even stopping for refresh.
ments. II is during this carnival that
yohng Indians who aspire to rank among
the braves" are subjected to a trying
and cruel ordeal. Incisions are made in
either breast with a sharp knife, cutting
clear to the bone, when the muscles are
raised up and stout stick inserted be-
neath A similar insertion is made in
the back, and o stick passed through
the flesh as in the other case. Then q
stout cord is attached to either end of
the stick, so thatit may not draw out,
and the cord securely fastened to the
ceiling of the council chamber.
The candidates for promotion then
commence dance, jumping forward and
backward, throwing their whole weight
upon the cord, and this they keep up
until the sticks are torn through the
hSoh. lhC 1OuhS liiuluH WIZ gives up
from pain or exhaustion before he sue
ceeds in wrenching the stick from his
body, is declared unworthy to become
warrior, and is forever disgraced in the
eyes of his brethren. The scene is said
to be a most revolving one to witness.
The blood streams from the torn and la
cerated flesh, while the devotees, with
demoniac yells, plunge around in a per
feet frenzy. The spectators applaud
and taunt by turns, melting the poor
wretches to more desperate efforts to
free themselves, until, finally, as the last
sinew snaps, and they fall CORY and
exhausted upon the ground, there, is
raised such a series of savage whoops
and yells that one would well imagine
himself in yeritable pandemonium.
When the May Lowry left Cheyenne two
or three of the young braves were under
the charge of the surgeons of the post,
and one of them in particular, who
was suffering from a severe infam-
nation Of the wounds, was lying in a
critical condition ,.al,V ro
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Did Any of Them Get Aways

A rich joke is told on railroad con-
ductor who resides in a neighboring city,
just across the Indiana line. In his
absence his wife presented him with a
fine boy.
Some Of his wife's friends, who are OF
a waggish turn of mind, suggested that
they borrow two other babies in the
neighborhood, and present the three.
On the arrival Of the train in the even
ing the young husband, who had heard
that all was well, hurried home.
After fondly kissing his wife he asked
to see the little stranger. Imagine his
surprise on beholding three babies when
the coverlet was turned down.
After gazing at them in profound as
constituent for several minutes he turned
to his wife and cody asked: "Tillie
did any Of them get away2"
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WHEN FRIENDS PROVE FALSE,

When friends prove false and Joys depart,
And life seems drear to thee,
When grief lies heavy on thy heart
Then fly, love, fly to me. no
Be thou my only treasured guest,
Of all the world the dearest, best
While pillow'd on this faithful breast. "a
as From pain thou shalt befree. 10 as,af
saslf al Ernf.t.nf .taiax rrIufa a1f!i.
A selfish, sordid soul may know
The blighting touch of care,
But hearts that feel loves genial glow
Are proof against despair.
So, when life's storms around us rise,
And fate her keenest arrow ties, la'
Well gaze, love, in each others eyes,
And read our safety there.
LET courtiers fawn on royalty, ffunmg
Well pleased look to get,
I'd rather win smile from thee
rHsrThan wear n cor0net.
With thee life's darkest hour is bright;
Deprived of thee. life has no1ight-- ~ @
My heart thy throne is day and night, ii'
D Ny gems thine eyes of jet i'fi To
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BOOK sIHDERY.
Franklin Book Binderv.
-AND-
BLANK BOOK MANUFAcToRY.
No. Is West Court Street, Memphis.
sc. TOOF. Proprietor.
look BIRDERY.
= q. ToOF. Proprietor.

DLANK BOOKS. PAPER RULING, AND
ID binding Of every description, executed in
a very superior manner. and warranted 70
give entire satisiaction.
50 Ny Blank Book paperembraccs tz-e5ft
mills in America; my stock consists Of the
finest in the entire market. and prices 10 CON.
Ind Ii TO their interest 10 rivc ne a cali before
ordering elsewhere. list
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AGA Tickets DispOsed OF I'm July.


To insure ticket holders, the public are as
sured that If only 25.tOO tickets are sold, only
n. 900 numbers go in the large wheel, the ~
gifts awarded. but diminished pro rata. In
case $1,000 tickets only are sold. only to
n. .OO0 90 in the large wheel, and tho. III gifts
diminished one-half; and in case only. 5000
tickets are sold the entire III giitswill be paid
in full-it being intended thatno 9nsold ticket
shall participates. The manager has already
paid into the Citizens Bank $4,000 toward
defraying the expenses. and does not depend
on sales of tickets to pay his expenses Of
printing, advertising, etc. The public are IN
Sited 10 the utmost scrutiny IS TO the relia-
bility of the entire affair. Persons desirous
of acting as agents for the sale of our tickets
i'm any city in the United States or Canadas,
addres ChAs. X. PE1EKs.
Manager. Louisville. Ky.
Office: 10 Main street, johnson Block
RI. DuRrErT. President; W. n. H1IDE-
utN. Vice President; NJ. w. CLusKY, Secre-
fary; OIrIzsNs' BANK. Ireasurer. ll46.l4
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-25

A number of wealthy colored citizens
Of Philadelphia, with their wives, are
sojourning at Long Branch, at de ,cul-
led hotel" Benecia House, while others
Of a still higher tone occupy cottages on
Lafayette street, the aristocratic street
of the place. ~ tho fmAa ny HHA iIa'
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DARK AVENUE ACADEMY. sI-a

TJAhh n IN VI ANAULM \, , IL
and Charleston railroad W. Il. Miller, M. A..
Principal; 4. @. Miller. Assistant The ninth
SESSION will open September4. ISL students
prepared FOR the University Of Virginia or
any college. Twenty boarders can be accom-
modated. For circulars, apply 10 TAYLOR.
'kadford a Co.. and II. Wade a Co.. Mem
phis, Tennessee. l09-S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-25

(. BURYETr's CocoAINE prevents loss Of
.hair-kiIls dandruff. a'e'gf aa
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GRAND GIFT. CONCERT
AT 4oUIsYILLEs RX,oW
On Tuesday, October 81, 1871

On Tuesday, October 81, 1871,
uni ikrRsdirsction d thJ best haasdi talent.
100. 900 tickets of admission. $40 each in cur
rency; hqlftiekets, s5; auartortiekets. S2D
Each ticket will consist Of four quarters,
value so each. 1he holder is entitled TO
of gift awarded 20 it or its fraction. Tickets
number from 70 600. The Citizens Bank
of Kentucky is Treasurer. All moneys aris-
ing from the sale Of ticketswill be deposited
order of the President and Treasurer Of the
Library, countorsigned by the Business Man
ager. During the concert the sum Of
$780, 900 in Creenbaclks
will be distributed, by lot. to the holders of
tickets in the following gifts. viz:
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EpucArIoMAL.-.
EDUCATIONAL ...I
A G A ID Il M Yol
.fl aal -0F THE 4 NAa1i
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
JACKSON, TENNESSEE.

THE ACADEMY is UNDER THE CElARGE
j. of the Sisters of the Order Of ST. Dominic.
The system of education is the sams as that
pursued at st. Agnes. Memphis. II is every
way calculated to secure all the aims of edu-
cation-moral and intellectual culture, re-
finement of manners and physical i'm prove
ment. No effort will be spared to render the
institution worthy of an extensive patr onage.
The discipline Of the school will be firm and
uniform, while the strictest attention win be
paid TO the health, comfort and want of the
pupils. The course Of studies occupies all the
branches, useful and ornamental, that are
usually taught. The academic year consists
of two sessions of five months each. the first
commencing on the FIRST MONDAY OF SEPTEM-
RERi the second on the First Mon DAY or
FEBRUARY. ..y +.
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GIFT CONCERT.
$1,OOO.pOOOL,

pY AUTHORITY OF A SPECIAL ACT OF
- the Legislature of Kentucky, Of Murchl3,
1871. tie Irasteesi Of the Pubic bibraryA of
Kentucky will giyea
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The first thing young man learns
when he begins to T" clerk it " in store
is to inquire, Anything else" and it is
generally the last thing he Sorgets.
There is story of delunct dry goods
clerk who, after the funeral services
were over and the undertaken had put
the final screw in the lid of his coffin,
preparatory 10 interment, was heard to
say in faint and maffled tones, ANY
thing else2" A most remarkable illus
tration of ruling passion strong in death.
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rANNER on DRAyYINGr

will contain 100 900 numbers, plainly printed
on leather tags The other wheelgyill con-
tain 72l boxes, each containing gift. One
tag or number will be drawn from the. lOO, 600
wheel, and the frst box drawn from the sec
ond or III box wheel will contain Q gift, neatly
printed and sealed up. and the gilt 80 drawn
from the second wheel will be the gift Of The
tag first drawn, whether 500, $1,000. or SlOO, :
900, as announced.
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Terms per Session Payable half
yearly, invariably I'm advance.

following branches: Reading, Writing, Arith-
metic, knElishairammar, Geography. History,
Rhetoric, Composition, Criticism, Principles
Of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and Botany.
Marking-S75, $50 or $50. according the age
or class Of the pupil. For day scholars. tuition,
SIS, $40 or s25, according to age or class above.
No pupil of the Senior Department may ex-
peet promotion under q year. u u 1879
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-25

q The last chapter Of Planche's Recol-
lections," in London Society, contains
the following:agai6 Tdi~ IoA aIg
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72l gifts in all.................. .......s55OO OOC

After paying tho expenses, of the enterprise
and making tho distribution OF the gifts. the
balance of theproceeds rising from the sale
Of tickets will be appropriated to the establish
ment OF free library in Louisville, to be
called the
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PUBLIC LIRRARY or. KENTUCKY

II j L T II q
The concert and distribution will take place
under the immediate supervision of tho Trus-
tees mentioned in the act OF incorporation.
The trustees will be assisted by wei known
and eminent citizens OF Kentucky, who have
consented to be present at the. concert and to
superintend the drawing and distribution OF
gifts. The holders of tickets TO which gifts
are awarded will be paid on presentation OF
them or their fraction. at the Office in Louis
vile, the second day after drawing and every
business day for six months thereafter. and
may be sent direct or through any bank or
express company for collection. All orders
accompanied by drafts, postofice money or.
ders, or greenbacks, will be p. omptly attended
10 and tickets returned by mail. registered or
expressed, Us desired. Tickets are like green
backs-sood only to the holder; Buyers will
note that there are only One Hundred Thou
sand Tickets. instead of Two Hundred Thou.
sand, as in the San Francisco Gift Coneert,
and that there is 100000 more distributed.
! sold that and made the awards in four
months, and paid S4SS,000 10 ticket holders.
from November I'd to 18th, 1870. and turned
over SI2,VOOtO the Secretary due tickets not
presented. 1t will be particularly noticed
that it is a. matter of ofimpossibillty for any one
TO know what numbers draw gifts, MS IL is not
known what the gift of any number drawn
from the first wheel will be, until the. scaled
box, with amount Of the gift plainly printed,
is taken from the otner wheel and opened in
full view of the audience, therefore the larger
gifts may not come out until toward the last,
or in the middle of the drawing. The Sl0O,000|
gift in the San Francisco Gift Concert, under
the management OF U, X. PETERs, was the
2O0th number drawn, and was awarded and
paid to a gentleman in New Orleans. Seven
hundred and twenty one gifts is all that can
be drawn in one day. The numbers and gifts
are drawn by blind children from 70 IA years
of age. The drawing will be extensively pub
lished, Gnd parties ordering tickets will have
printed lists sent them. Parties forming
Clubs and desiring information will please
address this otice. ua,..., Il
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IITIcIS cts for sIOO; 2s Tick cts, Se55;
SO Tickets, $500; II3 rickets,SIOOO.

The undersigned, late principal business
manager Of the very successf Mercantile
Library Gift Concert of San Francisco. CAL,
has been appointed agent and manager of the
Gift Concert in aid Of the Public Library Of
Kentucky. The drawing win take place in
puslic, and everything will be done to satisfy
buyers of tickets that their interests will be
as well protected as if they personally super
intended the entire affair.
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POINTS OF EXCELLENCE

Needle stitch alike sides.
lightest running Shuttle Machines yet made.
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Central and South america.

The New York Herald Of Wednes-
day says: When our mails arrived
by the last steamer from AspinWall,
we were informed that, with the Cen
tral American republics peace and
prosperity reigned supreme-that war
was nos considered within the range
Of possibilities. Now, however, the
whole scene has changed, and a war
in which Guatemala, Salvador, Hon.
duras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica will
all be engaged, is considered the most
probable event that can occur. No
one who understands Spanish Amer
lean republic viii wonder at such q
sudden turn over Of the situation.
War and revolution is their chronic
condition; peace and prosperity the
exception to their rule: and so it goes
on year after year, and there appears
to be no way to better their condition
and no stronger arm is stretched forth
to exercise control over them. Coffee
and cakes must now give place to
artillery and small arms, and we nav
look for a struggle that, although Il
may Last for q few months only, will
ettectualiy destroy the benefits that
have accrued from a few years of
peace Sad tranquility.
Among the South American Re-
publies Of the Pacific coast Bolivia is
the only one at present wherein the
people are at war among tbemseIves.
The revolutionary party is certain Of
success (it always is 10 these South
American revolutions and the exist
ing legitimate government is certain
to be 0YerthroWn. When this is ae-
cOmplished, what next2 Why, before
peace is established in the one Repub-
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King Williams Coronation.

Contrary to general expectation,
King William Of Prussia, has been
crowned Emperor of Germany at
Versailles. It was supposed that the
Kaiser. saal, at FrankiOrt-On-the-Main,
would have been the scene of his cor
OnatiOn. But doubtless the palace of
Versailles was chosen for cOnve-
nience-pOssiblysin order to addition
ally humiliate the eX- Emperor NapO-
leon, That palace had been his resi-
dence, and it is now made the theater
Of his cOnquerOr's triumph. Apart
from this consideration, however,
there were weighty reasons for select
ing Versailles as the place at which to
hold the ceremony, for the structure
is historically nlustriOus. 1t was
built during the great reign Of Louis
XIV. in the year 1861, the celebrated
Jules HardOnin Mansard being the
architect, the same individual after
whom the Mansard roof" is called.
1t was in that year that the youthful
Louis assumed the government of
France, and soon afterWard COM
menced that career of aggrandize-
ment which led to the annexation of
domain. 1t was also at this time that
Louis famous engineer Vauban SUI
perintended the erection of those fort
resses from Basle to Dunkirk, which
during the present war have caused
the Prussians so much trouble. Those
strongholds were held by the French
for just two hundred years, namely,
from 1871 to 1871, when the
Germans, whom they were intended
to keep at bay, captured them. When
Louis XIV. erected the palace of
Versailles, for the glorificatiOn of him.
self and his dynasty, he little fOresaw
that in the magnificent Chamber Of
Mirrors, William the First of Prussia
would, on the 18th January, 1871, be
proclaimed Emperor of Germany.
Yet such has been the case, and with
uDusuai pOmp. The council Of
Princes, representatives Of the twen-
ty-five German States or Principali-
ties, were present, as Were,i likewise
the representatives of the Prussian
troops investing Paris. The splendid
saloons and galleries of Versailles
have witnessed the presence of Louis
XIV, Louis XIV, Louis XVI, the
D6dulllNu anu uuudppy NldAlS AAAOl-
nette, the wife Of the Dauphin; have
resounded with the din of the First
Revolution; echoed with the plaudits
Of. the First Napoleon; been
threnged with the leading rOyalists
who hattered the BourbOns on their
resOuBded with the &C.
raised on behalf of the
"citizen King" been the resort Of the
Napoleon worshipers on
the proclamation of the second EN-
pire; and now vibrate with the reyel-
~ that ushers in the new German
Empire. The first German Empire
was destroyed by Napoleon Bona
parte after the battle Of Austerlitz;
the second is established Immediately
after the downfall Of Napoleon the
Third.
It Is curious to glance at the won
ders wrought by time. In III Charlie
magne became monarch of France
and the greater part Of Germany; in
the present year William is Emperor
Of Germany and may annex a great
part Of France. When in 1906 the
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lie, we shall have a row In another.
Peru or Ecuador VIII have their turn I;
the routine must not be broken; the
ball Of internal strife must be kept
rolling on and no government must
be allowed to continue It's full term.
No; it must be Ousted by force as
soon as it is considered that the mem
.bers thereof have had their share Of
public plUnder. Certainly these Re
publies have remarkable recuperatfve
powers. They fight among them
selves and with each other year after
year, and yet they do not appear to
be Impoverished. Surely they must
carry on war et a small expense to
enable them to prOlOng hOstiliuies,
and we cannot but surmise that they
pay no one; that their officers and
men fight for nothing-fOr the love Of
the pleasant little recreation. We
await, not with much anxiety, how
ever, the result Of these little Unpleas-
antnesses, and when they are ended
we shall wait patiently for the next.