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MUSIC, &c.
SHEET MUSIC! SHEET MUSIC
!. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. ss..

No. 1A@
have now on hand (,nd receiving daily the
largest and most complies stock of SHEET
MUSIC TO be found IN the city, which am sell.
ing at retail for ONE-FOURTH LESS THAN
PUBLISHERS PRICES.
Music from any cata ogue in the United States
or Europe ordered and same discount allowed
Also q lot of damaged Music at cents per
sheet.
Musical Instruments of every kird at lees
than New York retail prices.
Give me q call and be convinced. Teachers
will be allowed one-third discount
@. F. JOHNSTON,
Music and News Dealer,
fe 26 -dsw &w3m 9l9 Main Street.
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BURIAL CASES UNEARTHEp.-The
wolkmen engaged in excavating for new
building at the corner Of Bank and
Twelfth streets, to-day unearthed several
metallic burial cases, supposed to have be-
longed to the stock of John A. Belvin,
whose establishment stood upon the spot
at one time, but was burned during the
great fire of 1865.
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BoYDToy, VA
have long desired q Wilcox & Gibbs Ma.
chine. We have double-thread machine, but
cannot manage it. propose to exchange for one
of yours. NJ E. CARTER
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WINES AND LIQUORS.
- i. PtieNt FFICE, I
WAsnINOTON. ID O.. Z. bruarY IS. 1873.

-, 2. z TN FFN'EtS
WAsHIS9Tos, ID O., ~ bruary rs, 1873.
ON ToE pEttT IN Of X. NJ L. IN,
W OF CIR GLERSvILI.E Y RGINIA,
pr,ing for the extension of pa ent granted
To ~ on The tIsI dtv Of May, 1859, and re-
Issued on he l6lh d ~ of APP il, 1874. for an
imp oyement ia III " LtoIs:
IT'S ikDERtD hat the testimony in the
case he closed ON tn 9Th day o. April next !;
th9t The lin for Alag ar. ument. and the
Examiner report be limited To the ct d y Of
Mty.n .xt AMI that sail psLltiou be heard Ga
The latin dav OF May next.
ANY person msy oppose this extension
NJ. d. LEGGETT,
NH 4--law9w Commia4iqpef.
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@6 WILL PAY FOR SIX COPIES OF THF
UC WEEKLY STATE JOURNAL for one
year.
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a"OLD WHISKY! OLD WHISKY
JOHN K. MOI.LOY.

SPECIAL NJ i,E>
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MONTHLY MEETING OF THE METH
ODIsT S. s. SoCIETY.-rhis society
held its regular monthly meeting at
Clay-street church yesterday afternoon at
81 o'clock, Z. L. D. Walford, president,
in the chair; Charles P. Rady, secretary.
The meeting was opened with singing by
Clay-street school and prayer by Rev. W.
G. Lumpkin. Rev. A. G. Bledsoe then
addressed the meeting subject" Work
in the Sunday school for ALL" He urged
upon the members of the church the
Importance Of entering sunday-schools
and stated that it presented a
field peculiarly adapted to all
persons. He was followed by the Rev.
John E. Edwards; subject, The magni-
tude of the Sunday-school work." He
said the cause was great in its territory,
great in the, truths taught, great in the
agents employed, and great in the results
accomplished. He stated that the sunday
schools throughout the world contained
about 1000, 900 scholars, enough, placed in
a line about twenty-five inches part. to
make belt around the earth, and marched
at the rate of ten miles day, would require
seven years to pass given point. He
gave a glowing description of the sunday
school work. Rev. j. G. Cranberry made
the closing address, and though addressed
particularly to the little ones, it was food
for all; subject, Do right from princi
ple." Do right because God tells you it
is your duty. Little things show q
mans character; hence the
scriptural injunction to be
"faithful in the least" Other pertinent
illustrations were made of this subject. Dr.
ring the exercises Misses Ella and Annie
Seal sang beautiful duet called "Life's
Lot" Miss Alice Jordan also sang a
very pretty solo, with chorus by the
school. The singing was under the leader
ship of Mr.. John w. Cardwell. The
meeting was largely attended and the exer-
cises exceedingly interesting. The rolls
did not indicate as large an attendance as
during the previous month, owing to the
very inclement weather. Broad-street
school showed an average attendance Of
sixty-six per cent, which was tho largest.
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MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY,
MARCH l0iH, llTH, AND l2TH,
CHARLES MAO EyoY'S
ORIGINAL,

Each visitor will receive present of BOOl
con tanning seventy five songs and Rotations.
mh5-6t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-23
MEMPHIS. TENN. MONDAY EVENING JUNE 90. 1878.

Showing how easy II is for an indus
trious man with his wits about him 10
make living in London, a gentleman,
whose humorous name is Tabula Rasa,
writes to the London Times, telling Of
how poor workingman sold him ta-
BILE. The man, a cabinet maker, with
snow white apron, brought the table to
the gentleman's house, saying that he
lived in the east OF London, where times
were so bad that he was glad 10 carry
his wares up to the West End aud sell
them in the streets. Tsbula Rasa bought
the article for two sovereigns, not be-
cause he needed it, but because he would
encourage home industry. Then he felt
virtuous. In few days screw came
loose in the table and would not bite;
but just then the poor cabinet maker
with the snowy apron came to the house
and hoped the table suited; being shown
the fault in it he was much distressed,
and urged Tabula Rasura-not yet rasa-
to let him take it home with him to set
it to rights, adding that he would gladly
leave a sovereign as pledge Of its return.
Tabula spurned the money, and the hon
est fellow with the white apron trudged
Off with the table, upon which Tabula
never again set his benevolent eyes.
The man had left his address, so that
Tabula Rasa might kindly send him
other purchasers, but letter written to
it came back at last through the dead
letter Office.
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city omoiai Journal. ''a"ia
New MARRIED. Men.

Just married, destined 10 linger in
clover, new mown hay and such her
bage, from nine to twelve months, as the
cnse may be. Then some black, ras-
cally, stormy night you are turned out
in the street and ponds and mill.races,
or amid snow two feet deep. and drifting
like blazes, and told TO run for doctor
When you get home again, eight chances
to ten, little red flannel looking thing,
about the size Of a peachblow potato,
awaits you. They call II n baby, and
packed up with it you will find the first
real squalls Of married life, you can bet
on that. d,
One of these nights you will turn out
again. Barefoot, an icy, disconsolate
sense Of dampness all about you, only
a cotton shirt or such matter between
you and the distressing openness of a
cane.seat chair, you will distractedly
rock that baby back and forth, and bob
it up and down, singing, meanwhile,
with voice like a hyena in jungle,
This thing is played out, Susan,
Rockaby baby" or some such melody,
and all the time that baby yells. o
doesn't he how'll while Susan Ann, up
to her nose under the warm bed cover,
to help out, every now and then impa-
tiently put in, just at the wrong place,
why don't you trot him faster,
Samuel2P qe r..
Aud you trot him, yes, you do trot
him If you could only trot his wind
out so that he could never get it back
again, or break his back, or neck, or
something, you would be immeasureably
happy. But no; the little inncent seems
tougher than an india-rubber carspring.
just as you conclude to have a funeral
in the house in less than six months,
thinking you will freeze, the baby will,
from sheer exhaustion, fall asleep, and
then, with teeth chattering like Dr. Reid S
back vertebra, you crawl in by Susan
Ann and try to dose again when, finally,
Susan's dullcet tones awaken you with
the question, Samuel, / should like to
know if you ever hear this child cry?'
and that she wants you.t to bounce out of
bed and get that paragoric, quick as pos
sibIe. Probably you give a sort of grun.,
and quickly fly back to the land of
dreams.
Just think, you have this same per-
formance to go through nightly for some
three years. It's really jolly fun, amt it.
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A michigan Mumorist.

Detroit has what it calls funny man.
An old man named Gregg, who mends
furniture for a living, was sitting in his
shop recently, when a stranger entered
and asked the loan of dollar. Gregg
was startled by the impudence of the
request, and the stranger began laughing
uproariously and shut and bolted the
door. The stranger thea took off his coat,
rolled up his sleeves and stepped up and
seized Gregg by the hair and lifted him
up a foot or so. Gregg attempted to call
in the police, but the funny man seized
him by the throat and nearly ohoked him
to death. why don't you laugh2 "
said the stranger, saying which he began
to twig his nose. A stair-rod then came
into requisition, Gregg being constantly
requested to laugh. Seeing that his life
was in danger be did laugh, but it was
not a hearty laugh, and accordingly the
stranger began hitting at his feet with a
hatchst. A pair of shears were then
procured and the man began cutting of
his hair, until his victim was left bald.
He then cut off the mans whiskers and
t;ekled his feet with an old currycomb,
threatening to stab Gregg if he made any
alarm. Growing tired at last, the
stranger said he guessed he would go.
Ee was not in need Of any money, ne
said, but he liked to meet man who
could appreciate fsG, end be went out.
The carpenter was alive at last accounts,
but the funny man is still at large. 1t
is thought that the case is one Of emo
tionai insanity.
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The Paris women.

Heninrich Heine thus wittily c4ta-
logues and describes the charms of the
Paris woman: | am their greatest ador'
er, admiring them far more because OF
their faults than their virtues. / know
of nothing more fully appropriate than
the old legend which tells us that the
women of Paris are at their birth en-
dowed with every imaginable fault, but
that friendly fairy, taking mercy on
them, lends them to every fault spell
which converts it into a new charm.
And this friendly fairy is Grace itself
Are the Partisan women beautifully ?
Who knows? Who can penetrate
through all the articles of the toilet2
Who can decipher whether that which
tulle suggests be real, or that which
padded silk parades be false? And
even when the eye has succeeded in
piercing the shell, and we are about to
examine the kernel, it deity envelopes
itself in a new she'll, and then again in
newer one, thus by the incessant
change of fashions mocking mans 8
acuteness. Are their faces pretty? This,
too, it would be difficult to determine,
for every feature is in constant motion.
Every Parisienne has thousand faces,
each one of whichis more laughing more
intelligent, more charming than the
other, greatly embarrassing him who
wishes to decide which is the most beau
tiful, or which, in fact, is the real face.
Are their eyes larger What do | know2
One does not spend much time investi.
eating the caliber of cannon when the
ball knocks his head off. And he who is
not struck by their eyes, is at all events
dazzled by their fire, and is glad enough
safely to remain beyond their range. Is
the space between the nose and the
mouth broad or narrow Sometimes it
is broad, as when they turn up their
noses; sometimes it ia narrow, as when
they proudly curl the lip. Is the mouth
large or small? Who can tell where the
lips end and the smile begins? In order
to reach a correct decision, the investi-
gator, as well as the object of inyestiga-
ton, should be in state Of perfect
quiet. But who can keep quiet when
with Parisienne? and what Parisienne
is ever quiet2 There are those who i'm
agine they could closely examine a but
terny, II Lney Only nau IL plhueu iasI W
sheet of paper. But that both were
foolish and cruel. The quiescent, pin
ioned, is no longer butterfly. A but
terhy should only be seen when it hut-
ters among the flowers; and the women
Of Paris should be seen, not in their
households, where they seem like so
many butterflies fastened by pin which
pierces the heart, but in the saloon, at
balls and soirees, where under sparkling
crystal chandeliers, they hutter by with
their embroidered wings Of silk and
gauze. In such moments they reveal an
eager love Of life, willingness to plunge
into sweet stupor, a thirsting for sensu-
Gus indulgence that invest them with an
almost terrible beauty, and a charm that
both delights and shocks the soul.
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The Locomotive.

From present indications, the locomo
tive is destined to obliterate the barbar.
ism of Asia and let in the light of Euro
pean civilization, and thus anticipate
the slow process of conquest and armed
occupation by which Eng land and Rus
sia have for ages sought to absorb and
civilize the countries lying between
India and Europe. M. de Lesseps, the
engineer of the Suez canal, has projected
an immense railroad scheme, which has
progressed so far that it has received
the support of the Russian Government,
by which he proposes to complete the
existing railroad communication be-
tween Calcutta and ST. Petersburg To
do this he will have to fill gap of two
thousand three hundred and fifty miles.
The Russian roads already extend to
Orenburg, on the Ural river, fourteen
hundred miles from st. Petersburg,
Hence there is stretch of fifteen hun
dred miles across the desert of the
Kirghis Steppes to Samarcand, and
from Samarcand another stretch OF
eight hundred and fifty miles through
Bokhara to Peshawur, on the Brit
lSuf lHulan lrOHJleri HuCn VIII onOAT V
ly be the terminus of the Eng
lish lines from Calcutta. This great
chain Of communication, when finished,
will place Calcutta and st. Petersburg
only about one week apart. Baron Reu-
ter, the general European news collector,
has a still grander project on foot, the
Shah of Persia having granted to him
and others the privilege of building rail
ways with aid from the State, of con-
structing great public works, working
the mines, and farming the public reve-
nues. The first step has already been
taken in the negotiations of loan Of
G6,O00,O00 upon which Persia guaran-
tees the interest. The present visit of
the Shah to the various European pow
ers has undoubtedly some connection
also with this vast scheme. The loco
motive is yet destined to settle the Euro
pean question, which has been the vexed
question of ages, and from present pros
poets the solution is near at hand.
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sIander.

From the Dyersburg Gazette, June l4th.l
Reports of the most horrible kind
calculated to ruin two ministers of the
gospel, q young lady and married
woman-have been in circulation in our
county for several days past Though
the reports can be traced to no reliable
source, still men by wink, a shake Of
the head or a careless remark have
aided in giving them credence and
thereby contributed toward blasting the
reputation of two ministers and that OF
married woman, while the young girl
lust bursting into womanhood, will pass
through life with terrible suspicion TO
cast is gloom over her pathway
Il occurs 10 US that if damaging
reports aud rUEors, started by
rthey say" are encouraged by re-
spectacle people-then your owH CHAR
aoter and the reputation of your mother,
wife. sister and daughter may be blasted
At any moment by the poison of vii
lain's tongue. When a msu's character,
or that of his female relative, is untrutb-
fully assailed, it would be healthy pub
lie sentiment that would justify him in
taking the law and 6 double-barrel shot
gun In his own hands and blowing the
foul. eowardly slanderer into thoqsend
atoms too small for an inquestto be held
over the mass OF corruption. a Sian
derer is worse than murderer for, to
An honorable man or a yirtuous womAG,
character is dearer than life.
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The ladies Of Vienna do not keep them
selves housed up and out of sight, as is
the practice of those of Paris, In Paris
a really fine dressed lady is seldom to be
seen on the streets. If those who dress
well in parlors or in their carriages ven
ture out for promenade they put on
plain black dresses, and assimilate them
selves to the masses. In Vienna, how
ever, hne dressing is the rule of the
street. and you frequently see ladies in
complete velvet or satin suits, with trails
sweeping the pavements. The weather
has been bad for spring dresses and
bonnets, cold aud raw with intermittent
rains, but a CLEAN of sunshine brings
them on the street. and they make q
grand display on all the thoroughfares.
They are also decidedly handsome, and
some of them remarkably beautiful. A
lady of youth and personal attractions
must, however, never walk alone on the
streets, or she is liable to be joined and
probably insulted by the crowds of
smart-looking Austrian officers who are
always ogling the ladies. Two ladies
together can go anywhere with impunity,
even enter the cafes and gardens, and
take their refreshments as safely as if
they had male attendant, but singly
they must not venture anywhere. This
is better than in Paris, where ladies can
not go on the streets unattended by
gentlemas without being liable to in
suit, no difference how many of them
may be together. tq
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Cleopatra's Needle IS a solid, tspeHng
obelisk of red granite, cut from top to
bottom With deep, sharply defined, sym
bolic characters Sh;ch nobody under
stands, and which lies Eve feet below
the leFel Of the ground. Its mate was
discovered about thirty years ago Both
we're brought over one hundred miles
from the ancient city Of On, the great
university Of sneient Egypt where Moses
was educated. How such masses we're
transported such a distance-all the
Vay desert Of sand, loose and yielding
csn6at be explained; yet Pharaonie en-
~;neers accoiS. nlished the feat without
rsarnng he blocks Tie norizoh...ii one
VAS presented BY Nakcmed Ali to the
Enrlish government After some months
Of effort British artisans failed 20 raise
It ont Of its present bed, 50 vessel de-
tailed for carrying the curiosity TO Lon
aoa retHrne3 without q cargo.
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A gentleman applied in London po-
lice court recently to be protected from
the din Of q peacock kept by his nelgh-
bor. The applicant said that his wife,
am invalid, could not get any rest
through the noise. The bird began 81
thrse clock in the morning, continued
screaming through the small snurs, and
sometimes agaiE il The day. His tam, Y
had shifted from the front Of the house
10 the back. but the noise could be heard
for a quarter Of b mile. The justice
ssi4 that II the applicant was prepared
10 swear that the noise vas injurious TO
health, possibly be uight be able 70 in
terfers. A physician Who sccompanied
the applicant said The noisa was lni ur-
Gus TO the health Of the invalid.
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MONTGOM ERY
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, VA

fNHIS DELIGHTFUL WATERING PLACE
will be open for the reception Of visitors
& on the FIRST DAY OF JUNE NEXT.
Extensive additions OF new tnrnlture NV ii:N 9
been added, and the praprietors are making
i very ARRANGEMENT for the comfort ana conVe|
This Is the most beautiful and extensively
Improved Of all the nTmeToHs ne PsS usual
appliances for the comfort ane amusennie.h,t ~. nv Vi
the guests are provided. and Express, IleKet'
Post and Telegraph Offices are iound neIeii &c
The Bar will be under the management oi
Thornton A. Atkinson. and Will be suppneo
gTith the best of fliquors.
BIG TU N N f L.
or ,hs Va. and Tenn. division Of the A. N.
onS ~ r. X. is the station at which you take
tbe car for tie Springs-distant IL miles;
Ronnj tr;n 'okets can be procured at all the
principal towns end cities, a.. p.,;
G. A. OoLHoUN, tGr tTelYe yeaSs tne heiiI ,S;II
dent Partner Of inc .aStes s,t and be tenders 10
his old patrons a cordial welcome, Sna pleuEres r
his efforts TO render their stay pleasanS va
propOse to have none but the lnosLs
Servants. and orr supplies Of every deserlp-
tion will be selected from the best the eSantIy
and city afford II is the intention OF the neg
proprietors To SO improve this property Us 70
make it the
Leading watering Place I'm the
Mountains of virginia.
Its many natural attractions can pc SO na ini
proved and ornamented as to render TINS com
paratively an easy task. ..-.. -.-.
We employ none but the most experienced
servants, and eur supplies Of every descrip-
fion will be selected from the best the country
and cities afford. ..o
TERMs-S2 SO per day; SIG per week so
per month; for the month Of June, $40. Chill,
dren under ten and over two years old ana
servants. half price. ..,,,,,,
Proprietors.
Clerks: C. NJ. Obenchain. VIM. Wade and
VIM. II. Rose. o5-.ia
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MEDICAL.
DR.. Curtis on Manhood"
Onnah EnETWnN

Revised and Corrected by the Author, L. DE
i. CURTIS, NJ. D., ETC., etc.
A MEDICAL ESSAY on the cause and cure
of Premature Decline in Man, showing how
health is Lost and how regained. II gives a
clear synopsis of the Impediments to Marriage.
the treatment Of Exhausted Vitality, Nervous
and Physical Debility, and other diseases ap-
pertaining th ereto. and the remedies therefor,
the results of twenty years successful prac-
tiCe.
"'CURTIS ON MANHOOD. > There is no
member of society by when this book will mt
ceptor or clergym. - Londor Times.
Price so cents, by mail Address the author,
DR.. CURTIS,
40-xviii39 8 9Tremont Place. Boston, Mass.
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HAIR DYE,
Batchelor's Hair Dye.

THIS SPLENDID HAIR DYE rs THE
Il lest In the world. The only true and per-
feet dye. Harmless, reliable and instanta-
neous; no disappointment; no ridiculous tints
or unpleasant odor. Remedies the i'll effects
of bad dyes and washes. Produces MMRDI-
ArRLY superb BLACK OR NATURAL BROWN, and
leaves the hair CLEAN, soFr AND BEAUTIFUL.
The genuine signed w. A. Bachelor. Sold BY
all Druggists. CHAS. BATCHEL0R,
6l-eod-xvii-90 Proprietor, N. Y.
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dicinal properties Of Poke Root divested of all
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II. For Syphilis. or syphilitic taint, there is
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