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heard grave and able men tell storie 6
about royal people and the aristocracy,
which they knew, as well as any one can
know, cannot have word Of truth as
foundation. II amuses. and Il fills a
gap ia the chat. The Prince Of Wales
is good.natured, easy going mau, fond
OF horses, OF sport and of slangy talk.
He is very kind TO his wife, and fond
Of his children. He has no harm in
him, nor has he any positive virtues.
But, il you tell folks as much,
they are disappointed aud shake their
heads. They want something much
more colored. Well, to-day they've a
story TO the effect that the Marquis Of
Lorne and Princess Louise do not get
on together" They have had rows
aBd the Marquis has gone away, while
the princess has taken TO religion. !"
The tale will reach America soon
enough, with plenty Of additions. But
my assurance is that it is as false as
were the far more definite and circum-
stantial rumors Of the same kind respect
ing the Crown Princess Of Prussia. For
a year the English public believed, and
chaied and fumed under the belief, that
the Princess was neglected for a mis-
tresS; that she was kept sort Of pris-
oner, aud not unfrequently was the sub
ject of literal ill-usage. II was not until
certain public men, one of them well
known divine, assured the public that
they had made special inquiry into the
statements, aud had found them to be
devoid Of a shadow of fact, that public
opinion calmed down. To Republicans
these scandals give special annoyance,
for indirectly they demonstrate how
closely the British people still identify
the fortunes of one particular family
with the nation.
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Lying and Trsacherous memories
From the saturday Roviow.I

From the Saturday Review.l
Few memories are entirely truthful.
We many of us End them false mainly
to our own cost or Inconvenience. We
are sure we put missing article where
we did not put it; that we read passage
in the middle of righthand page, when
it turns out to be at the top of the left.
The eye OF memory has the most distinct
recollection, and yet it is not true. The
most disinterested witnesses at trial
contradict one another because each is
sure Of what he neither saw nor heard
exactly as he thinks he saw or heard it.
Nobody is willing to attach any moral
taint to these involuntary errors, though
a certain steadness of observation,
habitual holding self in check, and put
ting positiveness to the test, might have
preserved US from it. Again, certain
ideas, certain forms of expression, slide
J into the memory unawares, and pass cur
rent for original thought, and betray
people into involuntary plagiarism. We
ksnspect that a great many persons as
snne to themselves faculty ofinvention
when they are only cheated by their
memory introducing itself as an original
conception and performing its feats in
disguise. Not many suffer under the
reverse deception, of which Charles
Lamb accuses himself when lamenting
the strange fatality through which every
thing he touched turned into n lie; relat-
ing how he once quoted two lines from a
translation of Dante which Hazlitt very
greatly admired, and quoted in book as
proof of the stupendous power of that
poet But no such lines were to be
found in the translation searched for
that purpose; whereupon he adds, II
must have dreamed them, for | am quite
sure did not forget them knowingly.
What misfortune" he plaintively con-
cludes, ito have lying memory" On
the other hand, a correct memory is the
most necessary of all aids to the liar, as
We are reminded by hackneyed pro.
verb; and it also prompts to lying in un-
principled hands. Wood tells a story OF
Hoskyns, the Winchester boy who, having
neglected to write his verse exercise,
| glanced for minute or two over the shoul-
der of more diligent school fellow, and
upon the master calling him up, said he
had lost his paper, but if he might be
allowed he would repeat without hook
the twentieth verse he had written,
which he was permitted to do. The
other boy was called next, and showed
the verses which Hoskyns had just re-
peated, and being taken for the thief,
was sorely whipped. Next to the lying
memory, and far more common, Is the
treacherous memory that fails us at a
pinch, hiding itself in darkness, leaving
us cognzant of its existence, but elud-
ing our grasp. Nothing is mere tanta-
lizing than this state of mind The
man who feels the fact, or word, or
name fitting just out of his reach is
misery to himself aud everybody else.
Very few people have philosophy enough
to give in; to reflect that what they
search for in such restless persistence
matters to nobody; for the time being
they have lost part Of themselves and
worry after 1t.
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A therapeutist Of London thinks be
has discovered an infallible cure for
rheumatism, namely: the administration
Of hot sand baths. He claims that the
advantage Of this mode Of treatment
consists especially in the fact that II
does not suppress perspiration Ike the
hot wsInr bath, but rather increases IL
and another siTantage it possesses IS
that il does not interfers Vlfh The resp
ration OF the patient as does the iie2p.
bsth or Turkish bath. Il is asserted
10 he body can endure the iahuenc'
al suct 8 ksfh for q much longer time
and much kiessg temperature can also
be applied. u oaH te 'Ess4 f1T infants
and permits Of easy sPPiicahqr - {
rart. OF 10 the whole body. u tbs rem
esr shall prove efiicacious for 20 Efrioui
a. ailnsnt, il will indeed be a boon TO ,
large class Of sufferers.
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MEDICAL.
CANCERS

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A young lady, in some Advice to
Young Men" tells them that when they
call upon a young lady in the evening
they should not stay later than ten
ociock-from which We infer that the
right youz nan has never called upon
her. She viii change her mind on that
subject before she changes her name
Norrisf0tou Herald
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A reviewer having said that novel
vas written with a flowing pen, an
editor reioins. We are glad 10 learn
that this auihoress uses a flowing pen;
she shows Der judgment; Il there y any
ihiaz that We despise, it is a pen that
Vonf gile ink Freely.
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RACES.
And continue FIVE days. with the following
PROGRAMME:


PROGRAMME:
First Day, Tuesday. ADrII go
Hurdle race. for Club Purse of s400. Of
which S100 to the second two miles, over
eight hurdles. feet inches high. Three
year olds to carry 10 lbs; year olds. l24 lbs;
5year ods anc upward. l30 lbs. Four to start.
SAME DAY-The Trial stakes, mile heats,
for year olds; a sweepstakes, Of S5O each,
p., 10 which the Club will add 800. Five
subscribers
THIRD RACE-Jockey Club Purse $3.50, mile
and half; free for all.
second Day, Wednesday. Aprta 30
Jockey Club Purse $500, dash of two miles;
for all ages.
SAME DAY-Jockey Club Purse $3.50. mile
heats; free for all.
Third Day. Ih a rsday, May l.
The Miner Stake, mile heats, for year old
colts and fllies that had not appeared in
public prior to the closing Of this stake; a
sweepstakes Of S2' each, PIP. to which the
SAME DAY-The Robbins Stake, a sweep
stakes of 500 each, hf. it., to which the Club
will add $500; second to save his stake; heats
ottwS miles; Tree Sg i9T all, Seven suoserioers'
Jockey Club Purse $3.50, mile and quarter.
SAME D2Y-Jockey Club Purse $50, milo
heats, best in O.; free for all ages.
Firth Day. saturday, MAY 3
Grand Steeple Chase. Conditions to be an
nounced on Wednesday. the second day OF
the meeting.
SAME DAY-Chickasaw Stake, two miles;
for year olds; a sweepstakes of $50 each,
PIP. to which the Club will add 500. Seven
subscribers.
THIRD RACE-Handicap for beaten horses
mile heats. Horses beaten once, allowed
lbs; twice, IA lbs; three times. q lbs. En-
trance, $40; money to 90 to second horse.
For purse Of $500.
The Club reserves the right TO postpone on
account of weather, or for other sufficient
cause. In case postpOnement is announced,
the entries for purses are off.
BB- No entrance fee to purses. Awalk-Over
entities horse to full amount Of purse.
Prices of admission as usual. Extra accom-
mOdatiOns for ladies. who are specially in
vited. JOHN DONOVAN. President.
@. STONE, Secretary pro tenn. sO-eod-5o
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Weekly Public Ledger,

Published every Tuesday at 81 per Annum lin
advanced; clubs Of FIVE or more, 81 80.
Communications upon subjects Of general
interest TO the public are at all times accept
able.
Rejected manuscripts WILL NOT be returned.
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RORED WELLS

n q. ROBINSON, SO sEC0ND sTREEI.
Bored Wells. The wells are ruaranteed - b
the cheapest, most durttle and conrenient
known. VIII give fan sgPFlY of Watsr ior
irg purpose, u no pay asked. ls-t
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-23
NAVAL WARFARE.

The fact that a war between Spain
and the United States would be mostly
naval, suggests some unpleasant re-
Elections. At no era in our history
have we been so destitute of the mate
rial that constitutes thevital element of
a navy, j. e. sailors From the days Of
Paul Jones up to the Inauguration Of
Radical legislation, there never was a
time that We could not swarm the seas
with privateers. How now? The pro-
tective tariff on every thing that goes
to make a ship has stopped ship build
ing, driven our commerce from the
ocean. and given our carrying
trade to foreign sailors. For
several years past We have
not been making American sailors.
Money will buy ships and equip them to
perfection, but money will not buy
sailors; they have to be educated for
years. Napoleon III. learned this to his
cost. In his ambition to rival England,
he dwarfed and crippled his armies to
build and equip a magnificent navy, of
which he expected great deeds of PROV
ess on the Prussian coast, and a diver
sion of the enemy's forces. But his
costly fleet came to naught in the Ger
man ocean for want of sailors. 1t may
be said the United States can enlist for
eign sailors, just as 1t entrapped thous-
andsof unwary emigrants into its armies
during our late war This is true, but
there exists aradical difference between
naval and land warfare. On the battle
field even mdisciplined negroes may
be pushed forward as food for gunpow-
der. to cover the movements and ad-
vances of veteran soldiers. In a naval
struggle, each ship is little world of
it's own, and to be efficient must possess
an esprit de corps which can hardly be
expected of mere mercenaries. The
experiment of depending on foreign
sailors for marines, viii at least be
novel, the history of nations furnishing
no precedent.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-23

AND now the Washington Chronicle
advises the Massachusetts, Legislature
to rescind the resolution censuring
Senator Sumner, because every at
tempt to degrade him must, and ought
to, recoil upon the heads of its au-
thors" What about the Craftsmanship
of the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations, from which he was degraded
to crafty Grants spleen?
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-23

Total products and annual income. $3.50 ,522, 81
Previous to the insurTection the
greater part of the capital and industry
of the island was of course directed to
the production of sugar, and many
branches of agriculture were, and are
still, neglected, which might be very
remunerative. The natives are greatly
wanting in industry and enterprise, and
the number of foreigners engaged in
cultivation of the soil is very small.
Many of the sugar estates are managed
with much system, but farming is gen.
orally done in careless way, and on
smale scale. Living is high in all parts
of the island. The commerce of the
country is mainly conducted by Span
iards and foreigners, and is done in a
leisurely, easy-going way. The value
of the exports for 1868 was $50, 182, III,
the portion secured by the United
States amounting to $50, 1l5,279. The
merchandise sent to Cuba from this
country in return, during the same
year, reached only SIS, 28S, 553 in value.
The latestreturns of the export of the sta
pie product, sugar and molasses, show
the following as the quantities, in tons,
exported from the ten principal ports
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The majority of the whites, or of
those who pass for whites, are native
born Or Creoles. The Spanish and for
eign population form very important
element, as they almost monopolize
the pursuits Of commerce and the me-
chanical arts. Previous to the insur-
rection tho free negroes arerepresented
as having been, for the most part, idle
and vicious, cOngregating in the cities
and towns, and contributing little or
nothing to the industry of the country.
The majority of the slaves were natives
of Africa, nearly all beingignorant and
superstitiOus. The Importation of Chi
nese coolies began about twenty-three
years ago, and of late has assumed very
large proportions. The usual custom
in Cuba is for the coolie to be contract
ed for with the importer at from $3.50
to $3.50 for term of eight years, dur
LCCClNC
inally, four dollars per month, with
subsistence and clothing. Few of them
have ever been suffered to return to
China at the end of their so-called ap-
premiership. This is certainly a most
undesirable population to add to that
of this country, and with every sensi-
bic man will constitute one of the
strongest arguments against the acqui-
sition of Cuba. But OF course Spain will
not listen to any proposition for the
transfer of Cuba to the United States,
and those prominent gentlemen" at
Washington who favor the annexation,
must mean that the United States shall
seize and hold the island, and appropri-
ate it outright or negotiate afterwards
for its purchase. They evidently think
that might makes right" in this case
at least.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-23

GAIL HAMILTON Miss Abigail
Dodge concludes one of her slashing
articles on Scripture characters in the
Nea0 York Independent, embracing a
highly wrought eulogy of Joseph, with
this naive suggestion: But if 1 am
ever on speaking terms with Joseph, 1
mean to ask him why it was that dur
ing the twenty odd years of his prison
and palace life he never communicated
with his father. His brothers deserved
no better; but the poor old gentleman
was blameless, and it would have been
such a comfort to him to know that an
evil beast had not devoured the lad"
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PRIZE LIST.


The title to the above real estate is guaranteed
perfect
The liberal terms of the scheme brings il with
in the reach of all-the greatest opportunity
ever offered for the poor man to rise to wealth.
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Single Tickets, $3.50; Eleven Tickets, $500;
Fixty-six Tickets, $4,000; One Hundred and
Fifty-six Tickets, S250.OO
The drawing will be made under the superin-
tendence of a committee appointed by the high
est officials in the State, duly to the faith
full performance of the duties assigned them.
The highest officials both of City, County and
State have not only endorsed Mr.. Abeles, but
also his scheme.
The demand for tickets is unparalleled, nd
all desiring to participate in the drawing shot,
at form their clubs and send in their orders.
Agents Wanted in all States, Cities and Towns
in the United States and Canadas.
rs Money should be sent by Registered Let
ter, p. O. Order or Express, with the full adj
dress of the purchaser in plain writing.
For further information and particulars, send
for circulars to the Manager and Proprietor,
and address
SIMON ABELES,
LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS.
sep23 eOd3m wed fri sun
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-23

SHOULD war come, which Heaven
avert for the sake of a -riddenpeople,
one beneficial result to the country at
large will accrue. Radicalism will
lose its sectional stock in trade, CONT
parative ''loyalty" will drop out of poll
tics utterly, the civil war viii be no
longer 1.-The late war" but drop back to
its proper mornings in history, and the
fealty of the Southern people to the
country's flag and fortunes will be
proven beyond the possibility of cavi.
The spirit of our section has been al
ready shown sufficiently to justify the
expectation that the South will actually
furnish more volunteers than the North,
in proportion to population. After
fighting side by side once more under
the same banner, no desperate poitici-
ans will be able longer to dupe the
North and West with talk about the
"smouldering fires of therebellion" and
such like falsehOods.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-23

JOSEPH BRIGHAM, of BOylston,
Mass. committed suicide a few days
ago because he could not live upon good
terms with his second wife. He left a
note asking one of his neighbors to
take good care of Rosa, who is about
eighteen, and his daughter by his first
wife. The Nea0 York Tribune asks:
"Why didn't he stay and take care of
Rosa, himself: If he loved her so
well why did he jnfict upon her this
misery of his disreputable death ? 3"
Get spiritual medium to ask the
question, and "see what hehas to say to
that"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-23

SECTION 1. Every person who in this city shall
dig or cause to be dug, in or adjoining any high
way, thoroughfare, sidewalk or public place
any excavation whatsoever, shall cause the same
to be fenced in with substantial fence, notle
than three feet hig H. the boards or rails of which
shall not be more than one foot apart; and every
person digging, or causing such excavation to be
dug, and also every person, including cOntrac-
tors for pubic works, who shall occupy or cause
to be OccP pied any portion of any public street,
alley, hi ghway or place, with building mate
rails, or any obstruction, shall cause two red
lights. to be securely and conspicuously posted
on or near such excavation, building materials
or distractions, one at each end of the space so
excayated or occupied and if the same space
occupied by such distractions shall exceed fifty
feet in extent, then such person shall cause an
additional light to be posted as aforesaid for
every additional fifty feet in extent, or portion
thereof so excavated or occupied as aforesaid,
and shall keep such lights burning during the
entire night. ANY person violating the pro-
visions of this section shall be deemed guilty OF
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not less than five nor more than
fifty dollars.
SEC. .. Any person who shall break, put out,
remove, or in anv manner interfere with said
red lights shall be deemed guilty of a INSIDE
meanor and upon conviction shall be fined not
less than five nor more than fifty dollars for each
offense.
Approved Nov. II, 1873.
1t THOMAS A. KERCHEVAL, Mayor.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-23

SO FAR, the United States Govern
ment seems to be the severest sufferer
by the September panic. The people
are economising, but the Government
is not. So the Treasury reports de-
creased tax receipts, while expenditures
are actually on the increase. The state
ment of the amount of legal tenders
outstanding shows clear loss to the
Government of over eight million dol
lars, and we have reason to suspect
that the Treasury cash has also been
drawn upon.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-23

THE Near York Tribune suggests that
if the general belief about the Chief
Justiceship is correct, that devoted Ad-
mimstration organ, the Noraojch Conn.,
Bulletin, will have a lively time taking
back all of this: ut is because the ap-
pointment of Conklin to the Chief
Justiceship would be so very uniting
that we have never had any fears that
the President will appoint him. OF
course the appointment of Conkling
would be disheartening to the whole
country, but let no one fear that the
President will do so unwise an act"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-23

THE Wilmington IN. c. Star ex-
presses the opinion that the Republi-
cans will make strenuous efforts to get
Messrs. Summer and SchuTZ back In the
party. and adds: after the harsh
things they have said of the Admins
tration, we should think they would
not find it pleasant thing either for
themselves or the Administration SEN
ators. We shall see what we shall see,
though, after Congress meets"
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Increase in 1913.

1HCiCehSC III ~-so~H
This is the bright side of thepicture.
The reverse is not at all inviting. In
deed it presents the strongest argu-
ment against the annexation of Cuba,
even if the way was perfectly clear.
We allude to the population, which is
composed of about equal numbers of
white and colored persons, large pro-
portion of the former being of such
character that they would make any
thing but desirable citizens of the
country. We subjoin the census re-
turns of three periods, as follows:
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-23

THE Governments of Spain and of
the United States are equally anxious
to avoid a muss-the former, because
the loss of Cuba would be the death
knel of the Republic, and the latter,
because it has been caught unprepared
Notwithstanding five years succession
of outrages in Cuba. This attitude is
decidedly different from that of France
and Prussia in 1870, both of whom
were anxious only for a pretext on
which to fght-France because she
thought she was prepared, and Prussia
because she knew it.