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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10

Receipts and shipments of cotton since last
Friday evening at all United States ports are
as follows:
NEwORLRANs. December 10. 1l:9O a.m.-Cot-
ton is in fair demand. Middling. Ice; sales.
1000 bales.
NKw YORK. December 10. 1925 a.m.--Cotton
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10
NEW LINE.

Memphis, Helena and Trf-WeekIy
Line.
ST. FRANCIS, Cummings, master.
I EAVES MEMPHIS ON TUBS
IL days. Ihursdays and Saiur- siirtr.n
days. For freight or passage ap- -
ply on board. est
Memphis. HeIena and Frfar's Point
bemi-Weekiy Lac.
The elegant passenger steamer
PHIL ALLTN. .-............--..Jaues Lee. master
L EANEs MEMPHIS on NON -.
ADAlS, WEDNk>nAls and 800
fhIDAlo- at 8 D m. -
Fer frsiEht or FassaEe apply on beard. G-f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10

AZ Yietor d. Fuchs, Al Jefferson street.
IS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10
ZOE SALE AID RENT.

TNOR SALE AND RENT-A DAIRY FARM,
II ID acres rich land, on Cow Island road. So
niles from Memphis. FortycowS, aeellmatea;
7 sale on the place, The place has been USED
AZ dairy, has good dwelling anu az r Z. -,
viii be rented and cows sold on reasenaolse
terms. Apply to Louis Hanauef. gnar1l,,11 N. o.
minor heirs. 256 Front street. ro-llo
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LOST

7 OsT-slO REWARD FOR A DIARY LOST
| 4 al the Theater last Friday night, valuable
only to the owner. whose name is on the CLASP
in gilt letters. Leave at Peabody Hotel. Si-o0
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10

One door west Of the Theater, Is JEFF
ferson street. Imported wines, liquors
and cigars, by J. SrEISKuHL.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10

S. Clement, No. 80 Beal street, has
fresh oysters at panic prices. 73t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10

DIR. Hfnaon. DENTIST
Has removed his office and residence t
the Irving Block, No. 256 Second street
DR.. S. Hinson, dentist; R. L. Watt, as
sistant dentist 96
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TIS " THE
st. Bernard Coal, at 65 cts
ooD LUM p.


NO. 3 MADISON STREET
70-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10
BOARDING.

DOARD AND ROOM "A GENTLEMAN
ID and wife can obtain n desirable front room
on tho first door. furnished or UNFINISHED;
with board. by immediate application at IS
Court street. References required. got
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10
COTTON.

The market this morning was quiet,
with very light demand The gloomy
and inclement weather retarded opera
tons, while the advices from Liverpool
we're not very encouraging. New York
opened quiet, with prices firm; middling,
l54c. Futures we're quiet and easy.
Liverpool was reported dull and easier;
uplands, Sid. The market here was dull
and heavy, with prices nominal and un-
settled. Holders offered freely, and
seemed anxious to realize, while buyers
were shy of the market and not disposed
to make purchases. The demand mostly
was for fine grades. Low grades were
not much in request. Operations we're
Of limited character. We learned OF
a few lists changing hands of low to
strict low middling at l4@l43c; mid
ding at l4ac. We give the following
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10
TAKEN UP.

mAKEN -ONE YOUNG DUN CoL0RED
on shoulder, white streak running from back
bone down right hind leg-portion white.
black horns, crop and slit in each ear. Owner
can have by proving properly and paying
charges. HENRY Thlud,
1891 McLemOre avenue.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10

Memphis and Ohio river Packet 90.
For Cairo. Evansville. Louisville and Cinein-
nati-The fine passenger steamer
JAS. d. PARKER Wise, master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE Ns-s.
w WEDNESDAY, 10th inst. at slllsipt7.if2
pm. aSa'@aa~szalR
S4-S6 266 Front street
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For city Tax Collector.

WE ARE AUTHORIZE 10 ANNOUNCE
w OiAkLkS q. LOCKE a. q candidate
for City Tax Collector, az the municipal cleo
ton 10 BIO held Thursday. January !. 1874. 10
CELIX W. ROBERTSON Is A CANDI-
\ date for re-cleotion 10 tho Office OF City
Tax Collector. Election Thursday. January
Let, 1874. 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10
THE CITY.

nj EN- II HIS.
Wednesday Evening. Dec. 10. 1873
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10

y50R RENT-STORES, COTTAGES. OF
fees, sleeping-rooms and one store room
on Main street. Apply to ,,,,,n
VI McRAE. MYERS * SNEED,
ST 2791S Main street. up stairs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10
ReguIar Independent Packe
For Arkansas River.

| For Arkansas River.
Memphis and Arkansas River Packet Com
| pany-U. S. Mail Line - For Pine Bluf
Little Rock, and all points through to For
| Smith.
CLARKSVILLE.... Barrett, master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE ON U~zs
w WEDNESDAY, 10th inst, slst4t7R
JOHN N. HARDIN, Agent,
1886 Office ON Wharf boat. foot of Court st.
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

nHE FRIENDS on w. 8. R0GRRs WHO
4 Il better knosn ~ Sanitary SorSoaul Hog
ernl announco him a. a candidate Tor Wharf
master at the municipal election IN January.
WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
w JOHN n. SMIriikk . candidate for
Mharlnaster at the ensuing election, January
lst. lhll. 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10

T1oR RENT-A BRICK HOUSE. NO; 10
4 Mrlh, ,rry street; nine rooms, never failing
c;stern of plire water. few steps from Beal
otSoet cers Possession on or before December
1st Amply on the premises, or to
is "a +nPP'' jos. ALDEN, next door.
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EoR RENT.

TTOR RENT--A COTTAGE ON. ROSS AVE;
very convenient; three rooms. VIII be
rented low. Apply to +. j. .ATTWO0D. al
Cubbins Gum x Covers planning mill. wash
ington street. oo-O
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10

NOR RENT-STORE HOUSE NO. 81 BEAL
4 street, near Second. 1noe
12l-t 34S Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10

NOR RENT : FOR THE YEAR 1874, MY
place on the Horn Lake road, three mile miles
from the city, and known as he Sseoo ocras Of
rr V attached, we'll stocked with fruit trees.
4 SPLENDID place for a gardener, Apply TO
6S-f j W. JEFFERSON, 10 Madison So.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10

NOR RENT-THE ROOM NEXT DOOR 10
Ledger Office, one OF tae oest sianus co co 9no
civ. Apply at Ledger office. os-I
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soR SALE.

NOR SALE-A LIGHT ROCKAWAY AND
= harness, good as new, and the best family
~ ~ IG2 WEILACE AZ GIBSON, $50 Second st.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-06-26
Sunshine I'm Dwellings

The time very likely will come when
sunshine or sunlight will be SO utilized as
co be the entire remedy used for very
many diseases. That it is a wonderful
yitalizer, none can doubt who knows
anything aboutit.
But how many houses are constructed
with view to getting all the sunshine
possible, especially wher SO much is
needed as in winter and in spring? The
living or sitting-room, at these seasons of
the year, at least, with large windows to
lo. in the sunshine. Sleeping rooms,
wardrobes, closets. passage ways should
receive the cleansing, vivifying influence
of the sun. Sickly persons should court
the sunshine as much as possible-sit in
it, lis in it. luxuriate in it. 1t doesn' t
cost anything, only appreciation.
A room warmed neither by sun nor by
fire is unhealthy and not fit for human
habitation. 1t is poor theory that
sends men: women and children off into
colo room to sleep, on health princi-
pies, when warmth has been excluded
for day or week, or perhaps months
The change in the temperature of q
room having both fire and sunshine, after
the sun goes down, is exceedingly
marked. A perceptible chill is felt.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-06-26

Some one has written beautifully to
the boys in the following manner. Here
is whole sermon in a few sentences
''Of all the love affairs in the world,
none can surpass the true love of the big
boy for his mother. 1t is love pure
and noble, honorable in the highest de-
gree to both. do not mean merely a
ddtiful affection. mean love which
makes boy gallant and courteous to his
mother, saying to everybody plainly that
he is fairly in love with her. Next to
the love of her husband, nothing SO
crowns woman's life with honor as this
second love this devotion of her son to
her. And I never yet knew boy turn
out bad who began falling In love with
his mother. Any man may fall in love
with fresh-faced girl, and the man who
is gallant with the girl may cruelty neg
lect the woen and weary wife. But the
boy who is lover to his mother in her
middle age is a true knight. who viii love
his wife as much in the sere-leaved au-
tumn as he did in the daisied spring
time
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-06-26
SMALL HORSES.

The Southern Farmer says "The
arguments may all be IN favor of great
size, but the facts are all the other way.
Large horses are more liable to stumble
and be lame than those of the middle
size. They are clumsy, and cannot fill
themselves SO quick. There is more sur
prising to Western men than to visit
Montreal and see the small but stout
Canadian Lorses hauling large two-seat-
ed carriages, full of people, with APP
parent ease. A horse weighing 90C
pounds in Maine takes chase or Con
cord wagon, with two men in it, and
makes fifty or sixty miles day over hills
that might have terrified Hannibal
But their weight is where it ought to be-
1t is compact, and not lying around loose
1t is muscle, not pulp, that we want in
a horse"
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-06-26
ROSE INSECTS.

IF any one is DESTROYS of keeping thei,
rose-bushes free from the small, green
vermln that frequently infests them, the
following remedy viii be found mos.
efectual one To three gallons of soft
water add one peck of SCOT and one quart
of unslacked lime stir it well, let il
stand for twenty-fours, and when the
SCOT rises to the surface, skim it off. =
Use syringe for applying it.-Scenct
of Health.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-06-26
NETTING FOR WINDOWS AND DOORS,

If we wonld have cool parlors, dining
rooms, kitchens, and bedrooms, during
the hot summer weather, we must have
mosquito netting or wire gauze in all our
windows, and, if possible, at the doors
| also. Window blinds cannot take the
place of netting or gauze, because they
exclude so much of the cool evening air,
and although they are very essential and
| needful to shut out the hot sunshine and
the beating storm, yet they will not an
swer all our needs. Mosquito netting
can be purchased at very cheap rate,
| and the ''gude mon" can easily make or
procure some frames to fit all the win
dows, which can be painted white, or
stained a dark red, to match the sashes
of the windows. Then dark blue, pink
green, or white mosquito netting can be
easily stretched and lacked over them by
the skillful fingers of the house-mother;
and after she has used them for one sum-
mer, nothing could persuade her to go
without them another season. They will
exclude mosquitoes, flies, moths, and all
other insects, and will not exclude the
fresh, cool air. They are very easily
taken out and put in OF they can be so
arranged that the windows can be closed
| on damp, cool days. Any woman can
tack piece of the netting over the low
| half of the window on the outside of the
sash, If that is the only means she can
employ. The wire gauze requires a
workman's handling, and it can be made
| into permanent shades which will with
stand all weathers. When we have tried
the good effect Of these shades, we must
also have the doors attended to. A slight
framework of pine can be..made, and fast
ened to the outer door posts by means of
strong hinges and with clasp to fast
en- it with, and handle to open it by,
we can bid defiance to flies and mosqui-
toes both by day and night. Common
tools and little ingenuity are neededto
prepare door, blind, or shade for the
outer kitchen piazza, which will add far
beyond its cost to the comfort of the
cook and housewife. Mosquito netting
can do duty for the shade when the door
frame is ready; but coarse wire netting,
such as is used for sleeves and the like,
would be far more preferable, because
it would last for long time while the
cotton nettingi is usually destroyed in two
years. In using the Gotten netting, how
ever, for the windows, it is well to select
the pure white for the parlor, pink for
the chambers, and green or blue for the
kitchen, pantry, and milk-roon.-ftD Daisy
Eyebr1ght" IN Country Gentleman.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-06-26
3arnr, 8onse a,rS 8arDen.
FARMERS SONS.

There are tens of thousands of farmers
boys throughout the country who are
dissatisfied with the life they lead. They
go about their daily work as if it was SO
much drudgery forced upon them. They
have no love for the farm, no taste for
the labor which it demands. Their hearts
are not in their work. They stick to it
through necessity, and spend half their
dreams over some happy combination of
circumstances that viii lead them to seek
their fortune in some populous city
They have read of some poor hiendless
lad who shouldered his bundle and turn
ed his face toward some great city, found
friends there who gave him employment
and helped him up the ladder of fame
and wealth, and they think that his
changes would be theirs if they had but
the courage to face the music as he did.
They forget that where one country boy
bettered his condition by city experience
thousand made theirs worse than be-
fore. The rare exceptions of success
find place on the record, but the count
less failures that go to make up the rule
are passed unnoticed. City life is ruin
and death to thousands who enter it. Its
victims come largely from the country
districts. Foolish young men, who were
reared on farms, had good homes and
kind friends, are to be found struggling
To Obtain q livinor in Gonna oboo,1ro y,1ooa
where the sunshine never enters. Temp
tations surround them ; some may stand,
but the majority fall, and CO. to swell the
fearful current of vice that sweeps thro'
our populous cities.
A word of advice to farmers boys If
you ere tired of farm life, and have some
wei defined idea of what you can do in
9 great city, go if you feel that you have
the requisite courage and resolution to
face the temptations that will beset you.
If you are sick of the farm, and don't
know what you would do in the city, but
feel that in the great crowds of business
men that you would meet something
that would ''turn up" to hslp you, stay
Just where you are abandon your idle
dreams get over your farm sickness, and
go to work In earnest. Take an interest
in the farm. IF you find it too small,
buy more land; make it large enough to
satisfy your energies, or if too large, cut
it down until it suits. The moment you
drop your city fancies that moment you
become another man. You will stop
complaining, labor will be light on your
shoulders, the old farm will look attrac-
tive for the first time since early boy
hood. and you have made the first step
towards an honorable career in the most
useful and honorable professions.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-06-26

During recent heavy rainstorm, a
beautiful young lady was waiting in a
doorway for car. Up came a polite
youth. and with Cherter6eldian bow
that would have delighted Edmund
Yates, said: Sc May I have the pleas
ure of protecting you with my umbrel.
LAP" and she answered, in a charming
voice, Elevate your rag" He looked
as though the remark depressed him
c1nSidoroh1v
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-06-26

EVENING Hours AT HoME.-Husband
your evening hours. The night is a
profitable season of mental culture, So
cial happiness and rest. Books, CONVEX
sation, music-these fit well the night.
Happy now are they who have homes.
A bed to sleep in, and a..table to eat from
do not constitute home. Any old bach
elor, with salary, can purchase SO much
of the worlds comforts. But the mag
netic Preside circle, the smiles of moth
or or wife, the talk of the sensible old
folks, the songs of sweet-voiced sisters,
the affectionate good night of children
the wholesale occupation of heart and
mind in social and intellectual enjoy
ment-these are the unpurchasable COM
forts of home, and the winter nights.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-06-26

The Chicago Post asks this conum-
drum: " Suppose there are six hundred
street-cArs in the city of Chicago, and
each street-car makes eight trips day,
and three ladies are compelled to stand
up each trip. how many brutes are there
In Chicazo?''
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-06-26

nCA<AE&I\E YS
FLU Id EXfR ACT BUCHu.
Is the only Known Femedy for Briehts. Dis
ease aa y bs ei b en5ed sgs case OF Diabetes q
ofthe Bladder and Inflammation Of the KidneVs
Liberation OF the Kidneys and Bladder. Reten
ton OF Urine, Diseases Of the Prostate Gland
Stone In the Bladder, Gravel, Brick Dust Deposit.
and , Mucous or Milky Discharges, and for En-
attended with the following symptoms LOSS
OF Power. Loss of Memory, bificulty of Breath-
ing, Weak Nerves, Wakefulness Pain in the
Back, Flushing of the Body, Eruption on the
Face, Palld Countenance, Lassitude of the
Used by persons in the decline or change Of
ing In children, etc.
In many affections peculiar to ladies, the Ex.
Ash Chlorosis or Retention, Irreguiarity. Pain
fulness or Suppression of Customary Rvacuatfons
liberated or Schirrus state of the Uterus en-
corrhsea or Whites, Sterility, and for IN com.
plants incident to the sex. 1t is prescribed
extensively by the most eminent Physicians md
Midwiyes for enfeebled and delicate constiu-
tfons OF Doth sexes and all ages,
KEARNEY's EXTRACT BUCRU.
Cures Diseases Arising from hpo,udeuce,
Haoats 0 Dissipation, etc., In all their stages at
little expense, little or no changein diet, no in,
convenience, and no exposure 1t causes fire,
auent desire, and gives strength to Urinate,
thereby removing DISTINCTIONS, Preventing and
Curing Structures Of the Ufetha, Allaying Pain
and Inflammation, frequent In this class of dis
eases, and expelling all Poison GUS matter.
KEARNErS EXTRACT BUCHU.
SIU0per bottle or SIX bottles for S. co. delivered
70 any address, secure from observation. Sold
py druggists eysr{whsre Prepared by
to whom all letters for Information shon1d he
addressed. w
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-06-26
SOLDIERS ENTITLED to HOMESTEAD
of 100 ACRES.
THE BEST LOCATION for COLONIES

FREE HOMES FOR ALL Millions of acres of
choich Government Lands open for entry under the
Homestead Law, near this Great Railroad with good
markets and all the conveniences of an old settled
country.
Free passes to purchasers of Railroad Land.
Sentional Maps, showing the Land also new edition
OF Descriptive Pamphlet with New Mrps mailed free
everywhere. Address
O. F. DAVIS,
Land Commissioner u p. r. r
OMAHA, NED.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-06-26

A DRUGGISTS MIsrAKE.-The Water
bury American says: A story is circu-
lating. which tells how fair young lady
went to drug store and told the man to
fix her up a dose of castor oil, and to
mix it up with something to take the
teste away. The man told her to wait.
In few moments he asked Eer if she
felt like taking glass of saltwater
She accepted the invation, and drank the
beverage. Presently she asked the roll
er OF pills Why he didn't give her the
castor OIL The man smiled triumphant
smile, and said: Madame, YOU have
taken it. mixed a fearful dose with
that soda-water p She turned na1e
she sank into q chair she easped = "Im.
MORTAL Jove I wanted il for INV moth
Tr"
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-06-26
SURE CURE For A oouaH.

A large handful of Hoarhound the
same of Life Everlasting large root
OF Comfrey large handful of Elecam-
pane; quart of molasses boil Until
as thick as syrup. For dose, take a
desert Spoonful, three times day.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-06-26

He was poetical man who described
q young lady's lips as glowing gates
for pork and potatoes.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-06-26
Avoid Quacks' and Innoetere

No Charge for Advice and Consultation.
Dr.. j. B. Dyott Graduate Jefferson Wed;eoz
Co1Sgs, Philadelphia, author Of Several valuable
works, can be consulted on all diseases of the
sexual or Urinary Organs, (Which he has made
an especial study either in male or female no
matter from what cause originating or of how
Long standing: A practice Of 80 years enables
MN to treat disease with success Cures guar
Enteeo. Charges reasonable Those at dis
lance can forward letter describing symptoms
ma enclosing stamp TO prepay postage
SEND for the Guide to Health. Price 10 Cents.
% D. D!OIT, MD Physician and Surgeon,
104 Duane st. New York.
1852
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29
ROYAL CURIOSITY.

81 y rs u
During the esrlier visits of tne royal fam
.Ily to Balmoral. Prince Albert, dressed In q
very simple manner, was crossing one OF the
Scotch lakes in steamer, and was curious
to note everything relatingsto the manage
ment Of the vessel, and among other things
cooking, Approaching the galley where
O brawny Highlander was attending to the
culinary matters, he Was attracted by the
savory odors Of > compound known By
Scotchmen asi''hodge which the
Highlander was preparing.
'sWhat is that?" asked the prince, who was
not known to the cock. ............ =. ai
.sHod&e. pod2e. sir" was the reply. f,, 3. 81
"Hew is it made - was the next question.
"Why, there's mutton intiI't, and tur-
nlps tntil't, anI carrots intiPt. and" 4ey
eyes, yes" rsid the prince, who had not
learned that sin Till It' meant into It," OK
pressed by the contraction .'intirt !" but
what is intilt s' '''.'.'..''-.... aj raa
''Why, there's mutton IntIl't, and turnips
intil't, aid carrots intil't, and"
s'Yes, see but what is intiIt 81 a...l D..
The man looked 81 him, aud seeing that the
Prince Was serious, he replied ...........
"rhere's mutton intirt, and turnlps intil't,
and ...'-.,............. .... .aH.. rrgf
'!Yes, certainly, know" urged the inquir-
81 but what's iutilt-tntilt go .....
Eye daft gowk - yelled the Highlander,
brandishing his big spoon. sam no tellinr
ye what's intn't? There's mutton intil',
and"
Here the interview was brought to close
by one of the Princes suite, WAC IVES fortu-
nately passing, who stepped in to save hii
royal higaness from being raped over the
head with the big spoon, in search for infor
nation from the cook 1rss.s ......... e...
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29
ANEODOTE OF M. TAME.

A Correspondent of the Boston
Advertiser writes: when stopp-
ing at one of the Oxford collie es
lately. [ was told a good story of
N. Taine, which is literally true,
and which has never appeared in
print. Max Muller went into a
dining-rocm ola hotel in Oxford and
there saw Taine sitting with dish
of roasted beef and vast quantities
of buttered toast. The learned Ger
man was surprised at the combina-
ion and at the huge quantity of the
Toast. is that French dish9' he
asked. NO said Taine; 'but they
keep on bringing it to me in spite of
a IL that l can say to the contrary
What did you ask for?' observed
his friend. What replied Taine
Il kept cling hi m to bring"p0tt'4r-
tost," and each time they brinq me
fresh dish of toast!' III. Taine's
pronunciation of potatoes was so
much like 'burtered toast that the
astonished waiter could not be blam-
ed"