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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-21
MoNTvALE SPRINGS.

1,HIs FAvoRITE SUMMER RESORT. SIT
uated in Blount county, East Tennessee.
will be opened for the reception Of visitors on
the 18th of May, 1878. and maintained in
style worthy the patronage Of discriminating
pnblic. The marked beneficial results attend
ING the use Of these waters in functional de:
rangements Of the Liver, Bowels, Kidneys and
skin, and the cure Of chronic diseases, attest
their medical properties. All the accessories
for endowment and recreation at the best wa
tering places will be found here. Special at
tention will be given to the comfort and I'M
provement Of invalids.
Visitors TO Montvale necessarily. pass over
Sailread, making the city of Knoxville. Ten
nessee. a point; thence via Knoxville and
Charleston railroad to Maryville. sixteen
miles, whence passengers are conveyed in
mail stages, running in connection WIN the
Return tickets can be obtained at all promi-
int
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-21
RAILROAD. l.
PADUCAH & MEMPHIS
RAILROAD.
RAILR DAD.
onan AOr Freight and Passenger
Trade between Memphis
and Covfngtou.

0HAND AFrKR MOEDAY NEXT. JUNE
Zen iS73. trains will be run saily SUNDAY
in.lniedl helNeen Nemphll ne NoFln nL.on.
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PUBLIC LEDGER.

rrHE PUBLIC LEDGER is PUBLISHED
II every afternoon Except sunday NJ NO ~
Madison street.
The PuaLic LKDdRR Is served 2 city sabscri;
bers by faithful carriers at FIFTEEN CkNTS
PER WERk, payable weekly 10 the carriers.
BY mail lin advanced: One year, IS; six
months. q, three months. 81 one month";
" 'Nswsdealers supplied at 2% cents per copy.
Weekly Public Ledger,
Published every Tuesday at 81 per annum lin
advanced; clubs sf five or more. 81 so.
Communications upon subjects Of general
interest to the public are at all times accept-
able.
Rejected manuscripts WILL NOT be returned.
RATES OF ADVERTISING IN DAILY:
First inserton..,..;.............sl % per square
subsequent tnsertt0ns."........ ~ . a,
hor ono week eek...'.........'....'......' W =, ..
for TWO Weeke........................ vg =, a.
For % one ssS mont S......'. cnsS............... 90
RATES OF ADVERTISING IN WEEKLY;
First insertion % per square
Eight lines Of nonpareii. solid. constitute a
square.
Displayed advertisements will be charged
according 70 the sPAcE occupied. az above
rates-therc being twelve lines ofsolid type 10
the inch. 3D..
Notices in local column inserted for twenty
cents per line for each insertion.
Special notices inserted for ten cents per line
for each insertion.
To regular advertisers we offer superior in,
ducements, both rs TO rate Of charges ana
manner Of displaying their iayors.
Notices of deaths and marriages. twenty
cents per line.
All bids for advertising are due when con-
tracted and payable on demand.
All letters, whether upon business or other
wise. must be addressed to
Il. WHITMORE,
IH. Publisher and proprietor.
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Trains lssvinr Memphil will start ifeD tss
.fepot ofthe Memrhil and Little hqck - -
w. WILBUR. suPerintendent-
n NoVafrrsr. Gen'l Ticket AEent.
Meuphir, Jane =, lsIs A0i19
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Pnnch and the shah.

Mr.. Punch, not to be outdone by con-
temporary journals in enterprise, has
also interviewed" the Shah, and we
take this interesting report of the con-
versation from the last number received
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-21

- Memphis Merchants should not neglect
to advertise in this-locality. ST
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-21
THE INDEPENDENT SOUTH,
HOLLY SPRINGS. HISS.
A36.column Journal

THE BFsT ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN
North Mississippi. Addres
NV. a A. n. HPhHAW.
ST kdiicrI and froprielcrr.
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To Memphis Merchants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15
a Court Ball at the Hague.

The ethereal Kind of woman was rare N this
asseIaolage, but several might have passed for
those mighty Flemish women OF the Louvre
the huge-hmbed, pinky moist-skinned crea-
lures in which Rubens rioted In the general
type was the beauty OF health; no lank forms.
pale cheehs, nor sunken eyes. What these faces
mos, lacked was intellectually. There was not
much thought in the speech nor behind the
smiie' there was lao nimbIe wit nor quick M, ye-
nlent. The expression was gDod-natured and
hohest; no strategy or intrigue looked out OF
these rank, good eyes, hut contentment, peace,
ana the enjoyment Of material existence Few
emotions disturbed the even tenor of there Guiet
ilves. The greatest events of the year were
perhaps the palace balls and the interchanse OF
a few words with royalty, the glory OF ne "
dresses, and the gossip of the court.
Ia the physical beauty of the women, the thorn
ieet-probabiy the largest in Europe in any sim
lar class. In creating the Dutchwoman. Ma
ture dealt with her generously, forgetting 10
use ulseIetlon on coming to the endings nforrn
the color well and then this journeyman marred
his work by making large, fiat foot with low
lnsteP, and hand that might hold a cleaver.
But there Is always something lacking: and
had the small feet and hands been there. she
would doubtless have been wanting in other
points.
were here in modern gear. but most of the
guests had lost that look of virility and deter
mlnaton which we find in the old portraits.
These were not the men to hoist themselves
with tseir own petard by letting i'm the water to
repel the enemy, nor to suffer at Tie stake for
conscience sake, nor to sweep the sea OF British
ships and boldly push mp the Thames and Law
siege TO London. Their glory was in the dee Is
or their fathers; OF themselves they had done
little or nothing. -
Looking at the present king one could not
help thinking of the distance which separ..te.i
him from his ancestors who beat "a * Jhe hsssis
OF Spain and France, and were as wfSerin the
conncil-chamber as they we're brave ia the iaBi.i.
They were in the great cuTlant 0f aetuality and
pr0grS -, and were power because their ideas
were those OF the nation. The life OF TIE pres
1IeI mas see, i MN wsls pSsitli aI-
stitution under which the people live e as Oh
tanned from him under protest. The stream 0t
progress, sluggish as il is, flows b. the art.ssu,
ruler of the house of Orange All leaves ht,A in
that little channel of the pas. eaied the ii vine
right of kings-{ From "a CcR,T 3 ,is at "a.
Hague" 6y Albert Rhodes, in S rstslcg yor Feora-
drv.l ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15
NCLE 10.

Ihave In memory little story,
That few indeed would thyme about but me;
II, not Of iose , nor fame nor yet Of glory,
In very truth, i think as much, perchance
As most tales disembodied from romance
go lived about the village, and was ne phbor
To every one who had hard work to do;
III he possessed genius, twas for labor,
Most people thought, but there were one or
Who sometimes said, when he arose 10 go:
Come IN again ard sec u, Uncle Jo."
The 'sUncle, was a courtesy they gave
A nd felt they could afford g give to him
just n the master makes Of some good slave
A nj OF this dubious kindness 10 was glad
Poor fellow, 10 was all he ever had!
A mile or 80 away he had a brother
A rich, proud man that people did MT hire:
But 10 had neither sister, wifc. nor mother
And baked his eOrncake at his cabin ire
AIT the days work hard for van OF me,
But he was never tired-hOw could he be?
They called him dull, bat he had eyes of quick
For everybody that h. could befriend;
Said one and all. - How Kind he i in sickness -
Bat there, of eOurse. his goO,jn1ss had an end
Another praise there Mas might have been
given.
For one or more days ont 0. every seven
With his old piekax, swung across his shoulder.
And dOwncsst eyO, and SLOW aud sober tread
holder
Wondered and asked ~ome other who was dead:
I'It when he digged All iay, nobody thought
nat he had done wait more than he ought.
At length, one winter when the sunbeams
slanted
Family and cold across the church yard snow
The bel telled cut--sl3>, a grave was wanted .
And all looked snxiOg-iy for Uncle 10;
His spade stopd there against his own roof-tree
There was his pickax. too, but where was he?
They called and called again, but no repIviuo
smooth af the " ndOv AMI about the door
The snow Is cold and heavy drifts was living
He didn't need the daylight anv more
One shook him roughly. and another said:
e As true as preaching, Uncle 10 is dead.,
And when they wrapped him in the lin " fairer
And timer, too. than IL had worn till then,
i hey found picture-haT!y OF the sharer
OF sunny hope sometimes: or where or . hen
They did not care Ia, know, but closed his ewes
And placed il in the coffin where he liesi
None wrote his epitaph. nor saw the beauty
OF the pure love that reached into the grave
Nor how in unobtrusiye WAYS OF duty
He kept, despite the dark, but men less brave
Have left great naneS, while not willow bends
Above his dast-POor 10, he had no friends,
Alice Cary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15

PRoTEcTIoN or APPLE TREEs AGAINST RAs-
BITS.-As the time H. close at hand Tor the raj
bite to commence their depreciation on appl-
uots, ! send you my plan of preventing the
same For tie bencfit of those that know 81 NO
Dcucr pan than tying straw corn stalks
AROUND the trees, Ii il simply 10 paint the tree.
with blood and red clay. Have the clay palycr-
i1'd ard STIR in the blood TO the thickness OF
pant. IL can be spflicd with rag OF brush:
enc application a wear Is sufficient. a. the bard,
col rains will not wash 10 OF. ~ ~ = sure pre-
ventiNe against rabbits, goats and sheep.--H C.
ftokS IN Sotsfheyn CuIttra,or.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15

EXACTLY So!--OGr friend Chariey:-ssHaye
you read Darwins book Miss GiibbOns?, --.l
Miss. G.-s.Uh, yes.v s
4 - -
Miss G., lwho may have been asked the same
question before. Ill think II o very exhaustive
treatise upon the intermediate notifications in
which The sensibilities Of human nature are in
Vowed : (Chariev is rather sorrv he spoke.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15

GEEAT NCMRER or PERSONS are seen in the
streets OF Paris wearing in their buttonholgs a
bunch OF violets tied with black Grape. II has
been decided that the deceased En- pcror's
friends viii &C into msurning tor three months.
shop on the Boulevard in which were exhibited
two enormous reaths. One was made of b. ne
yioletS on which was traced in white flowers OF
the same description TO Napoleon III Paris
10Th January The other was OF irninorteiles
and bore in black letters: ITO our Emperor
who dIed IN exile, some friends, Paris" Each
OF these gariands was without exac gersTfea =
yard and half in diameter. They V p - sent
to-day to Chisehurst. The register / r;s st'ihe
hCtei OF NJ Rouher, for thosa VINO eyer she
death at the Emperor, received vust er,sy mere
than Il, COO signatures.-Pcris Lstfey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15
Odd Coats.

WOOL COATS, that formerly soii at prices ranging
from Sl2 t. sl6, which have determines to Ct 80
cat a. SO each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15

SHORT TINE SINCE a cat was seen sitting
quietly at the door of an optician in the * ae
mrunant, Paris, wearing pair Of spectacle.
The cats master explained that aniusls were
AS often short-sighted as men, aud endured the
same Inconvenience from that Infirnity
MANY horses, said he, ''are afflicted in the
same manner, and hope the spectacles. for
which have taken out a patent win have a
great success. But 1 do not stop there. We
often observe fowls in the poultry yards die sud
denly, though shortly before in good condition
This Is eaused by mslady of the eve; they no
longer see their fool and succumb from irlani
ton" And the ingenious artist showed several
h'','aii'fe 'airs OF niae ana white sl,ectacles,
sleh ~ Inisht re worn by dolls-supIosir z them
% need ,UCh sppeIi5ag :,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15

Under authority Of specia Legislative act &C raros
III III, ~; nS lr9s n;~ now ennoEnce the rhIRD
GEANP ttfT CeNtEHT, for the BeneIt vi thu
PUBLIC IERARY OF KENTUCKY, 10 come %
al Liberty Hall, Louisville, Ky on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15
TUE Az APRIL =. 1873.

AZ this Concert the best musical talent that can be
prOcure from All psrt- OF the country will AID pleas
ure 90 the enterts innrtf, aud TEN THOFTS1ND
ash Gil is, age eating vast TIDAL af HALFA
AlLllON DOLLARS currency, will be SlstribulI
by 10, IL the ticket holders, as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15

How AnNFRTfsISc rAVs-E NAr,v,-., -
rkGlENCE.-1he Richmond State Jovr,,t n
W. Wright, editor, tells how Edward NAN,
buiit MP ore of the largest dry goods trade 4.
rev England. 10 says: About eighteen vrar,
ago Mr.. Malley appeared in New Haven ani
opened small seven by nine dry goods store
on the principal busins ~ stFett OF thai ,it,-
Al That time the heaviest merchants ON tae
street scarcely advertised in the Local nv
la ere TO the extrnt OF more than t.s
squares each, and then in standing adver-
isements tor the season. Mr.. Nall'.y with
degree of sagscity that one else had
ever dared evince, struck out boldly IN the
saNeftislng line, engaging a column IN ea~h
OF the three local dsilies with the priyi,er.
oi changing the same every week ana
making his advertisements the most road
able part OF the newspapers. For this he
PAD each OF the newspapers st the rate %
si,oW year. The old fogy merchants stood
aghast M its hardihood, and every body predict
cd thar he would up In less than thirty dave;
and he did 90 up in less time than that-to the
very height of the mercantile ladder. His stor..
IN Tow months expanded from a seven by nine
ronm into the occupancy Of the whole building
M which n WAS situated. and I'm less tha a vesr
lac was doing the largest business of any NOR
chant IN the city. He kept up his reckless Ad-
veitising, as IL was called, and TO-DAY he bas a
store. built by himself, go feet deep, 10 feet
vice ana TWO toors-the largest and most sac
cessful mercantile house in New England out
SIDE OF Boston. He now pays the local iourns,s
n"t ies~ tban t2Sofo year for advertising sna
vet he frankly confcssCs that ne has m ls,e All
bis money out OF the newspapers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15

! |THLTN IHETUer TIrW ;. ~ nIIrs = N
Lave nitslC US nj an tnsef,iOus srick - at...-:
customers. IEs artist pretended &c could make
ltctccr ESo; geutieEafn 50 hfSiilct that tIe-.
eggs ~"lssd he sbse % Recognize them Hssn
these e0tD grspls were held ~, before he dogs
or the owners. the. dogs would WAC their tails
and lex she p.etIraE The other photocrs phers
or BeEiin, Ws.o were unable 10 perform anything
si,nila-, watched their solieague. and 6naIiS
disco ssrcd hls secret. IL wss very simple pro-
oeedlnE. Al he did was 70 cover the pho.o-
graphs with tim layer OF lard, which the degs
OF eouIse, sme.l.d. and Dion llesei on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15
EF~r OF GIFTS.

To provide means for this magnificent Cap-er<
o .'S III ; SBkE pit fhorSASD TICKETS oNLf
PRICE OF TICKETS:
WHOLE TTckErs sio, HALVES IS, hSo Quss-
l No 5rSeegs1 cs -. ss.s iSSssess:; sss,ss
70 tbs pAsas II o. ErlIra. ar ssre ia1i1 20 rrs.
duce grndef satisfsctor, The object Of ths
Witch, ~ the special act sIthorzins tue Concert fs
State This Concert viii De- conduciei likg the nrss
and second hertz lore gwen and Fun partculsr. of
rytsing neessa to tsrSTs sn aas si .n
wv is19 ssspP,S 60 end , Ar s9r Psh.s
:. 60 : any who apply The entire Iasnsgmsatd
loud TS SSse soP s By the
tass, ,S Sse% s IN pertaining 20 de
". Il HALpEMAN, Vice Prs.t.
fakERs bk sSi sss BaNk Sr-fE a. ks
Tisksts are n.E re.ay Tor sale aid a. oTasrs Cor
Sn H %a viii Ill s .seGisn When G
dressed 90 me as below ai,scied
isnii.e 8s 4 @ Agent pasis1 Library Ky.
THE MOST WONDERFUL DISCOVERY or
TIE 18Th CENTURY.
DIR. 5. ID. Hewe's Arabian Milk Cure
For CozsKHPfssa,
Cures ordinary Coughs and Colds in few hours like
magic; also
Or. ~ ID. Bewe's Arabian Tonic BisoS
Purifier,
witch is purely vegetable, cleanses the system Of
80 impurities builds Il right e. mp, and rnstes
For "Generai Debility -.Lost vitality" ss1
broken dow IA constit ut.ons.
~ ChaLsags rse kfsasssfA CsAtWp'
To hnd it sreual.
Every bottle Is worth It's weight in gold
Price : \ pei bottle; IN bottlt tor So
Sold Wholesale ard retail bv
CKAs. sToTT Co .Ae0 Pennsyiyanta svenas.
D. dr. CAT Psnnsyivs ass avenue. ~
Dc sST1 fasls -. Penn nm ave and I'd a.
A. D. We a Co, IAN snd Z si-esss
g.tR AkJos, yth Aha n strerts.
j. III. sfoNE, TIN aud L streets.
-. Is. CLAANH n Co. ~ etprof and P-nna. ave.
J. ,. JoNEs,1d ana street, scufbe
TA2ER Co, 53S .tn street southeast.
Z. y. powLIsa, a. and streets sou;nweN.
n. P. HcxLfNs. 5ci Pennsy wanna ave. and a =.
W. B. SzoNf, ccrhsr 7tb and u streets. =
wnyKrp 1fcLEop, Georsetovn. fsel2wSsrs
vlssE GREAT RKMEDIRs fcr ConsunvSsu,
u Wsainr, ana Indigestion, are eAv0BT =
BOoRElS Pancreatic Emulsion and Pancrestine.
thsf iife proiOu yed n reuikrkstie Manner sppe-
tts, also strength ana weight f.cressss Nessaica
greatly promoted, nsarlshEs~nt irpSr.ed, and the
general ocn9l,aon u he bSdy inprOFSl Sod "a
bottles b, seFory Moore fChenist 60 the Queen,
II. b. II. tue Prince of Wsies, His "A ighr - th-
khediye ~ BNPt. Sc ksS New Bond st<ests
London, a.ss "a sesaist<s Dtasss.s .1d stssekeeR-
tnrS1g,, nc ,,, sssies Aoxt- -. ,s sa 80 =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15

THT verne NAN with presence OF mind re-
sides in Detroit. Justas he was hftiag his rat
70 a couple OF young ladies' on Woodward ave.
'suy bOy ran Sled against his legs, and tsle
fashionable young man turned half = do zen
yigeon-wines and came down on all foars
Picking up biz hat without 80 much Is q fross a.
he remarked TO the ladies'. =" am always sab
ject TO these dizzy speiis I'd wiilttfl''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15

ALL OTHER GOODS AT THE SAME IMMENSE
REDUCTION.
liable BROS,
FAsHIONABLE OLorHIERs
fes-r NoRrHwEsI Cor TrH AMP Dsrs.
GRANDEST SCHEME OF THE AGE:
500, 600 CASH GIFTSf
100000 for only SIC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15

81 poly Varden noses are tho latest opsrs
sear 'en- - - I.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15

WAsHrSoToS coRRrsroSDrx- NJ "a. ~.
einn<u Com mercial tells O curious stor, -.
cernine case which VA reoentiy cons;ssr-s
by The United States Supreme Court 80
which Il perhaps the most estraordinar, IN
stance OF the lsv b detsv that has ever orr,y-raf
The case vas enc Involving the o~nership OF
immense landed estate in Prince GNorge,s
county, Md. Not only the parties who eriss-
Rally brought The suit are AL dead. hut also tn
defendant. the counsel ON both sides, and near /,
AL the witnesses The property was admitses
10 nave ten once owned ~ too brothers
named Crawford, one OF whom vas alleged q
nave been secretly married % Betsy Taylor
hoth brothers died after a time, and Benev
ela med the property. The claim was d.
puted by the only relatives OF the secea.eA
hrothcrs-a family by the name Of Blackbur..
before the case came 90 be decided however
pets.y died, and -er children brought the suit
/, nS blackburns claimed that BETSY was not
~ aNiul wife OF Thomas Crawford and therr-
,s., s.e ch,idfen were isitgitimate and rot en-
lieu 10 ashsre OF the property THE recoris
mssNmohy and rulings Rllad sexer.l ,oi,,n-.
ne case was brought before several co,- 80, IL
uhe yeuees were always divided AZ "a, a.
,eSho1 tAe supreme court. and the lowe, ,-,s,,
SWING dectdcd that there was a marriayS 81.
sulrtme court affirmed the decision about I.
is"''h ago, and the Blsckburns werc def,afss
.e'ilOe "a case as hrSt opened, Betsy and he,
Iour chfdrsn have died also the ,.ries. a.
NV, go h'r 10 Crawford her sister uesfh,r 80
bicuer, ana all the original sttaTpevs rs
ia>' CONTESTANTS for the IToptr,y ~ers Ee,.....
Grandchildren, who. nv marrtaya re-. 49,
the distsiG relatives OF the Blari burn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15

ESJeweiry made Of jet and cut stco, Is the
proper thing for half mourning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15

A GOOD STORY is tod OF the students 81 an
institute which L. located i'm the New, Kng.arla
states. A year or two since, lust before i@slf.
the principal of the school lectured the rows
upon the ,propriety Of abstainins from some ac-
customed article of diet during Lent, AND de-
upon a slip OF paper, and hand them Il hirn
neat morning nj tie opening Of the school The
papers were haHdest in, and upon ey-Srv ,ns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15

PLAIN ANsgER.--SiInrod: Shave Won seen
deei pssS THIS way sbogH Yea know what a
Nokel.-.sNoa, I doan'tn
Nimrod.-''Why, something Ike q donke.
with short ears. have yOu seen any th.ng a.r-
s1erIng 90 that description -
'.Nes, not I'll ses~ come By y"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15

JOIN s. CAIN, secA Public Library OF Ky.
FARMERS DRoTEEs' BANK, Treasurer.
Tickets are nog resdy for sale, AID az orders Coz
them, applications for Giro liars
tion etc, win meet with prompt attention when Cd
dressed 90 me a. below directed.
THos X BLAMLETTE Louisville. Ky.
janli-s. Atl IAprs Agent Public Library Nv.
National Republican., 1873-02-06
The New senator from TloriIn.

From the Florida Scniiupll
=. u. tOnONer was born In MhdCsrN county,
New Jersey, september -, 1910, aud II, runsU-
quenty, IN his thirty-thlr year Having pro-
ntcd by the advantages Of liberal preliminary
education, he was graduated as q doctor Gf
medicine In 1868. Very shortly afterwards he
received an appointment as assistant surgeon
IN the Army Of the Cumberland, and was sta
TONED At Nashville, Tennessee. After several
promotions In the line Of hls profession as
MEDICAL army Oflicer, he was ordered to Florida
In 1890, and stationed at Lake city. Shortly af-
terWArus he resigned his position In the army
and COntented himself with civic umplO yIneut
Politically he has always been u Republican
The hrSt vote he ever cast was Tor Abraham Lin.
coin, and he has preserved his feuty to his early
political principles to the present time, lie was
member Of the convention which framed the
present constitution Of the state. For his ser
Vices To the Republican party he was roWLrIed
by Governor Reed, on his Installation In the
GuhcrnatOrial chair, with the appointment of
state treasurer, the duties Of which Office he has
satisfactorily nlcd.
In 1903 he was a member Of the Chicago con-
vontOn, AMI with that body CO-UpeTAtcd In giving
General Grant his first nomination for the prcsl-
denCN. lie was ut that time appointed member
OF the National Republican Committee and
served as such for four years. lie was also
member OF the state executive committee OF
Florida. Having Just retired from his position Of
state Treasurer by the expiration of his term Of
ONCE, he was selected to preside over the dellb-
eratiOns Of the lower House OF the state Icgisla.
ture, OF which body he Ia n member us u TrpTr.
sentative Of the county Of Lon.
National Republican., 1873-02-06
nn.Inc.. Hour. u, the MLl,s IIou.c.

During the icinisr, In order 10 .tdciidts business
eoning bJors nm di much possible, the President
WHi, tr0m ten Z, hss!rs O'Clock each day, er-
e,IR Sunday, Tscsirs Senators and Representatives,
and from ttrsirs O'Clock until too each afternoon,
ereept Tuesdays and Fridays, chen, Cabinet meetngs
ltiHg held, hs ioR recciee BY card. The Gtsincs'
hours " hi. Osoc irW b. from tn O'clock a. ~. 10
three s'siodt p. M.
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past to which Gen. Butler points there ia
scarcely II prospect before the Democracy
except that Of dislntcgration and dissolution
and before the Republican excepting that Of
an indefinite lease Of power.