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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-07
Some Personal "Reminiscences of
Lord Macaulay. f.r

Rev. F. Arnold, in pleasant paper in
the current number of the New Quarter
" Magazine, on the =" Personal History
Of Lord Macaulsy," writes: " 1t is a re-
msrkable fact that he used to say that
he intended to give some years special
attention to religious subjects. This is
singular, as no man can be certain that
he will have the years, or that he will
really be able to devote them in the way
that be intends. When he went to re-
side at HoIlylodge, Kensington, he ap-
piled for sittings at that old parish
church at Kensington which has now dis.
appeared. There was only single sit.
ting in the building that could be spared
and that one was placed at his disposal.
He wished that the Wears collector
would call on him and explain all about
the charities, and he became generous
contributor. But large-heartedness and
generosity w1re Of the very essence OF
his Character He csed to give a sum
Of money toward the education o. a
number Of young children who might DO
be supposed to have some slight claim
on him. The children grew up, and his
help was not, strictly speaking, any long
er required. This fact was communlca::
ted to him by the clergyman who had
been the channel of his benevolence.
Macaulsy, however wrote back to say
that he should be glad to be allowed to
contribute as heretofore to the good of
these young people. knew a German
gentleman whose wife's researches into
early English history had been full of
interest to Macaulay. By a sudden re-
verse he lost all his property and was
eventually obliged to become teacher
of languages. What grieved him most
of all was the utter Indifference with
which the story of his fallen fortunes
was received by former friends. The
case was very different with Macaulay.
he received him with the heartiest kind
ness and made him accept a large sum
of money. But Macaulays outgoings
for exceeded the Scriptural 1.-THE. 1t is
calculated that he gave away quarter
of his means"
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LoufsIana Republican state Con-
Ven1fOu.

New ORLEANS, August lin the Re-
publican State Convention matters have
Quoted down. None but delegates are
admitted into the State-house except
by tickets. This action will doubtless
exclude many Of Pinehback's friends.
The action Of the caucus last night indi.
Gates that the Convention will get
through most Of its business to-day,
though it will not get to work till noon.
The delegates from the Third Congress
sional District met this morning and
renOminated Hon. c. B. Darrall for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-07
The Conscrlpt Drawing

A French correspondent of the Boston
Globe describes the draft under the con-
script law in a country village as follows:
I" The mayor calls in turn theyoung men
of twenty years, they coming forward as
their names are called and drawing one
of the numbers which are together in a
sack. When young man called Is alb
sent, his father draws for him; if the alb
sent is not represented the mayor draws
in his place. The number of men re-
auired to be furnished by the commune
is known, so those drawing a higher
number are assured Of their escape from
the service; they leave the hallrej oicing,
and are met by their friends and rela-
tives, who rejoice with them and cluster
about as they repair to the booths to buy
gay colored ribbons for their hats, which
some friend arranges, while the booth
tender stencils the lucky number upon
the pictured card chosen to be worn in
its front Others less favored by the
draft seek to hide their disappointment,
and likewise place their numbers in their
caps. Joining arm in arm, the fortu-
nate parade through the town, singing
TO the music Of drum; the wine
shops are afterwards filled with con.
scripts, some paying and rejoicing
over their wine, others drinking and
boisterously covering their chagrin, and
the day is passed by them in coarse de
monstrations and generally finishes by
intoxica.lon. Parents DO not and can
not take pride in their sons joining the
army, for il is forced service, and the
grief Of parting is not softened by the
thrill such as the mother feels who gave
her farewell tears and blessing to her
boy volunteer during the last Franco
Prussian wal"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-07

Ideal wives, according to an Irish
writer, are Of low stature and extremely
far. They are soft and gentle in man
ner and slow Of motion. They have blue
eyes, golden hair, rich, mezzO-soprano
voices, aud wear moderate dress improv-
ers. Their hair and its color are their
own; and hey fear strsng men, but like
to look at ITEM from windows, balconies,
carriages, and other places Of security.
They are a tr.ae happy, and have not
been married TO their first love. They
cannot sew over-vell, but they have a
positively maddeling way Of leaning
over the backs Of chairs while they are
asking their husbands II they shall wear
blue or pink ribbons. They have no
mother living. They care little for 60
ing into society. They never desire 10
obtain the good wishes Of other men.
save when their husbands interest is to
that effect. They are not painfully clever
musicians, but they know some sweet,
simple airs, and sing those at evening by
the open window. They are liable to be
defrauded by the servants, and are i'm
posed upon by trades people. They re-
gard their husbands as supreme arbiteri
ia all matters. They would stay IS they
are or fy to New Zealand with him, a
he desired.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-07

Congress, for his fourth term, by accla-
nation. This is one OF the strongest
Republican Districts in the State, Oar
rail- was returned by both boards at the
last election. e
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A swIndIlng Railroad Conductor.

BUFFALO, N. Y, August 7.-George
Smith, formerly q conductor in the EN-
ploy of the Lansing, Detroit and Michl-
gan railroad company, has been arrested
here by detective Geddy, Of Detroit, on
the charge Of embezzling a number OF
tickets from the railroad. About one
thousand tickets were found in his trunk
at the hotel.
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River kilograms.

CAiRo, August ARRIVED = Mary
Alice, New Orleans, IL m. Departed
Grand Tower, Memphis, 8 am. Weather
clear and hot.
CINCINNATI, August THE river is
ten feet eight inches and falling, The
weather is cloudy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-07

Thar man who carried thousand
vokes in his pocket was greatly astonish-
ed yesterday to discover that he had put
od the wrong pants. The others were
in wash, and the soap lady being of pure
Celtic blood, had consigned the whole
lot 10 the suds.
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probabilities.

WASHINGTON, August For Tennes-
see and the Ohio valley, variable winds,
gen orally cloudy weather and rain. For
the upper lake region, upper Mississippi
valley, Iowa and Missouri, slight changes
of temperature, variable winds, partly
cloudy weather and occasional rain
areas.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-07

%DIDN'r zoe beat EN- " said a patriot
last night who found out that the Bart
lett ticket would win just in time to
vote. This recalls the story of the fell
low who sat astride of joist while his
wife whipped bear and then slipping
down cautiously said: Sal, amt we
some in a bar 6ght2"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-07
NEW YORK.
Additional Charges Against Have
meyer-Reeepti0n of Mitchell In
the City of COrh.

Une Clty Oh COrA.
New York, August lit is stated
this morning that additional charges
have been presented to Governor Dix
against Mayor Havemeyer, alleging cor
rupt use of his appointing power; that
the Governor has cited the Mayor to
answer. Other charges are threatened.
A letter from Ireland says that John
Mitchell had e brilliant reception in the
city of Cork. The whole city was
afame with excitement He was waited
upon by crowds of his old associates of
ls4s and others. AT night the streets
were alive with bands of music and bon
fires, and there was torchlight process
sion to his residence in which 5000 peo-
pie took part.
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FUNERAL NOTICE

The friends and acquaintances of GEORGE
HKRBERs are respectfully invited to attend his
funeral tomorrow morning at o'clock, from
bis late residence, corner of Poplar and Third
streets. Requiem mass at st. Mary's German
Catholic church
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vAyrrrE COUNTY.

We learn that Fayette county has
rorIe Democratic by considerable ma
;ority This settles the complexion OF
the Tenth Congressional District. A
white man and gentleman will repre-
sent this district next time. SO mote it
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PENDLETON-In this city, on the It'll
inst, N. P. PENDLEroN. aged about Al years.
His friends and acquaintance are invited
to attend his funeral this FRIDAY) after
noon, at 4 o'clock. from his residence on
Huling. near Tennessee street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-07

On, by the way, who is Yardley2 The
Knoxville Press and Herald explained
once, but we often forget little things of
that sort.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-07

Mr.. 10 LOCKE has taken charge Of the city
circulation of the LEDGER. The public can
rely upon him for its prompt and regular de-
livery.
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no IndIYiduaI Reneflls.

This Concert is strictly fer MASONIC pur-
poses, aud will be conducted with the same
iiberality. honesty and fairness which char
acteriEed the first enterprise.
JOHN L. ROPER. President.
For Tickets and Circulars giving full iDfor-
mation. address.
Henry ". Moore secretary,
MASONIC RRLIzF ASSOCIATION.
VIRGINIA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-07

THERE was q slight breeze last night
which carried off the entire musquito
crop.
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s. = 3 1000 o o {!
TO BE GIVEN AWAY
A New Feature, To-wit: A Gift is Guarap
teed to one Of every ten Consecutive
Numbers.
LIST OF GIFTS.
con cAsH GIFTS. aRrreEatinE.

bVOJ UAoH UT 10 HEBIeBallnB.......,,-VzlU,O UU
Whole Tickets, $40; Half Tickets. IS; Quar-
ter Tickets. SO so; Eleven Whole Tickets or
twenty-five Half Tickets for 500. No dis
count on less amount.
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NOTICE.
NOTICE.

ON WEDNESDAY, THE 10TH OF AUGUST.
" between the hours Of 10 a. m. and 2p.m (,
l will sell to the highest bidder. for cash; IN
Of Monroe county. Miss, bonds, issued to the
Memphis. Holly Springs. Okolona and Selma
railroad, held by me TO secure one promissory
note for s23l3 and interest, Of Donohue q
Buckley to B. r. Thomas.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-07

Who struck Billy (R. F. Patterson
last2
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50 Agents Wanted Everywhere.
lll-xix-9
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S2.5OO.OOO
LIST OF GIFTS.

will be distributed by lot among the ticket
holders.
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PRICE OF TICKETS.

GRAND TOTAL 1000 GIFTS.
ALL CASH ........... 81, 500 600
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crop.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-12-04

The INHERITANCE OF A SINGLE NoTE.--0ne
vote in the city of New York returned re-
publican memner of the Assembly, whic' 4,
made majority in the Legislature of = mt
State for Thoma Jefferson, and gave hiy the
vote of New York, without which he eould
not have been elected. The whole pr ,licv of
the United States during the Jeffe son and
Madison administr ltion, a period of sixteen
years, hung on tina, vote. One .ote elected
Marcus Morton gov, srnor of v .assachusetts.
M IN an aggregate pop ular vote # nearly 100,
600. One vote el ected VIII am Allen. in
the Chillicot lie district, to Congress in the
year 1874, cd one vote 81 ID equently made
him Unite i States Scr iator for six wears
aiterward The followi ng case of the kind
IS still y .ore remarka' DE In 1890, Dan
Stone o Cincinnati as candidate for the
state 4egisla ture. Walking up Main street,
on II e morning ofthe election, he overlook
an .cquaintan ;e gcing to the polls, who in
Ter ided to vote the opposition ticket. Stop {
8 ,licited his yot e. ave are old friends ;
said he, ''and | tnow you will show frie nc
that mark of kint 'ness'' Party spirit wa.
then comparative ly quiet. The voter re
piled "Well, Dal,, you are pretty 81 evrl
fellow. don't cars if l do" That on,
vote elected Stone, a I'd gave majorit ' o
one in the Legislator e, which made Tn oma.
Ewing United States senator. Mr. Ew ing,
vote on the question o.. confirming the sp
pointment of Martin VI n Buren, as mi listel
plenipotentiary to Great Britain, enable the
vice president to give the castir g vote ga MS
it, and made Mr.. Van Buren, .rst vice presl
dent and then president, and deter nit ned the
general political policy of tine cou nry fol
four years.-Chieago Intr- fJoeon.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-12-04
Where and How Pins arc Made.

The correspondent Of the Hartford Times
writing from Waterbury, Conn, says; Inc
American pin company is joint stock con-
Germ with capital Of 100000, and was
organized in 1850. Like most Of the other
manufacturing establishments, that have not
fully recovered from the panic, though there
ir a bright prospect for the future. The
main building is of brick, one hundred feet
long by forty feet wide and four stories
high Then there is another building two
stories high and one hundred and twenty
feet long by thirty wide. They employ
about sixty hands, which is less than the
number employed in a driving season. Last
week they turned out two and q half tons OF
pins. They have capacity for eating up
twenty tons OF wire in week. Each ma
chine is complete in itself f. All that is nee
essary to do is to place one end of the coil
of wire into its greedy nav, and it will bite Oh
the wire the proper length, point it, swedse
up the head, and spit oat the pins at the
rate Of one hundred and seyenty-fye minute
Now slight knowledge of multiplication
will enable Us 70 get at the capacity OF the
concern, surprising they were driven to the
utmost, with to sets of hands, day and night.
They have seventy-fye machines each machine
CAPABLE of turning out l15 pins minute;
What do we see? For one machine II, 5OO
pins an hour; for ten hours ten times as
many, or l05, 600. Now the night hands
come along. and before daylight the busy
never firing brass eater has made the number
30 900. Then let US see what the seventy
five machines have been doing in the same
time. Seyenty-fve times 30 900 is 10, 90
900. Now that is the sum total Tor single
day. Multiply it By six, the number Of
working DAYS in the week, and you have
81 500 600 pins week. you have any
curiosity to follow it further you can multi
NV by the number of weeks in year, and
the grand total will be 4,9l4 ,000, 900.
Whew Enough TO take ones breath away.
That beats the national debt. They actually
have the capacity to make more pins In
wear than the United States owes dollars
The principal manufactures for making pins
in this country are Waterbury, Birmingham
and " insted of this state. No wonder the
question is asked. q" Where do all the pins
20 top For sticking them in paper the
pins are fed into a hollow revolving cylinder
and are taken into compartments OF longltu-
dinal ribs which extend along the inner sur
face of the cylinder, and drop upon an
inclined plate, down which they slide and
are caught in the links of an endless chain.
Each link in notched for as many pins as
make row. and each notch receives Its
pin hanging in it by the head. The whole
| is then left together in the paper. The
only attention the machine requires Is to
supply in with paper and pins The first at
tempt to manufacture pins in this country,
was made soon after the war of 1872, when
pins sold for 81 paper
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-12-04

tho net nrof, S.. % "onueieI Sna' might be
confidence in the organist's W .r,c;,r ny
wouldn't ask the velveteen-cl sd rr;nds We
Ignorant of the Simiam tongue We eon II
ask the monkey. As for the organ We d.
pise 1t too much to speak of il We rs.d
however, of rotary artf in Starr,au
Va. who, though ''raggei and ab;ect-Io ,'
ing was capitalist in his vay for !.
called at the bank there and rece;,sd ,v q zoo
In large notes for his C arrenev rsm 49,
which this musical mi .Ier made 10 ,ha ~.
tonished cashier show, that he anr..o;..
his long-tailed assistant. "De m.naIs
make it all" he soid- Poor Mopkevi
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-12-04

TELEGRAPHING Extra oRDINARY.-We have
heard much Of the wo nders of cable telegra-
ply in outrunning I me and aunihilatiting
space, but an anecdot related to US by Mr.
W. T. Phelps, ASSIST ant agent Of the State
Associated Pres in New York, who is on a
visit to to thi', city, surpasses anything We
have ever he ard. A gentleman of the West
ern Union telegraph Office at No. AS Broad
way, NJ " York, was sitting in the cable
room W len telegraph from Philadelphia
destip ed for Paris, came over the wires. This
mess age, like all Others for France, was to
go over the cable via Duxburv, Mass. The
or orator called Duxbury few times and
men said "That fellow Is asleep, evidently ;
but the cable men are always awake-I'll
have to get one of them to 90 in and wake
him up" 50 he stepped to another desk,
called Plaster Cove in Newfoundland, and
sent the following message ''To Gable
Operator, Duxbury Please 20 in and wake
up my own true love- This message Plais-
ter Cove FASTENED to send across the ocean
to Valencia. Ireland who in turn rushed it
to London thence it was hurried to Paris,
and still onward TO the European end of the
French csihi, Mt ST. Pierre the operator
there flashing it back to Duxbury. In less
than two minutes by the clock the message
had accomplished its journey of some eight
thousand miles; by land and sea, as was
evidenced by the clicking Of the instrument
on the Duxbiry desk, which licked out in a
manner a title more petulant THAT is a
nice way to do; 20 ahead. Your own true
love. Troy Wig
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-12-04

4 contemporary calls attention to the tact
that Bismark's would-be assassin, huffman,
gets off with light sentence when compared
with what the murders and intended muir
ders Of royal and official personages IN Eu-
rome used TO receive. The torture OF ku-
vaillac, the fanatic who killed Henry ~ OF
France, was frightful. The rack, boiling
pitch, melted lead and the boot were among
the preliminaries, while finally he was torn
asunder BY horses drawn different ways. \
century and half later, Damiens, who
merely scratched Louis XV., was subjected
to similar barbarities. \ bankrupt mer-
chant who shot Hon. Spencer Perceval'
Prime Minister of Great Britain, little
more than sixty yesrs ago, was hanged
though he was undoubtedly insane. The
English people had become more humane, OF
at least more discriminating, by 1870, iol
Oxford. who fred at Queen Victoria was
spared the gallows, in view of his unques'
tionable madness, bat consigned to an asy
lum for life. The nihili>t who shot at th'
Car Of Russia, about nine years ago, wa
hanged. Kullman has fourteen years o
imprisonment allotted 10 him, and Is to d
watched by the police during the remainde
of bis life. He Is thought to be partly but
not wholly insane. lie certainly seems dan
gerous enough to be kept under surveillance
Such facts strikingly indicate the real pro
gress which has been made in humanity an
| intelligence.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-12-04

The revenues of the two English unlversi-
ties, Oxford and Cambridge, are enormous
They are among the largest land owners IN
the United Kingdom, owning between them
3l9.7lS acres scattered through Eng land
and Wales, the land being generally OF an
admirable description. Their revenue from
tithes is 1883, $40 per annum; frcm houses
500. 725, and from stocks and shares,
1906, 500. The combined revenues In the
year 1871 amounted to SO, 722 OPS, OF which
a large proportion goes to the heads oil
houses, fellows and exhibitioners. The cha
pels is absorb twenty times as much as the
libraries.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-12-04

Upon a ranch in Nevada, on the Carson
river. there is herd of twenty-six camels,
all but two Of which were bred and raised
in Nevada Some years ago nine or ten
camels were imported into that State, but OF
these only to two lived to become acclimat-
ed. and from this pair have been raised
tventy-four animals. The men who have
them are Frenchmen, who had formerly
some experience with camels in Europe;
They find no difficulty in rearing them, and
can now show twenty four fine healthy AM,
mails, all of Washoe growth. The camel
NAV now be said to be thoroughly acclimated.
The owners of the herd find it no more DIT
ficult to breed and rear them than would be
experienced with the same number OF goats
and donkeys. The ranch upon which they
are kept is sandy and sterile in the extreme
vet the animals feast and grow fat on such
prickly shrubs and bitter weeds as no other
animal would touch When left to them
selves their great delight, after filling them
selves with the coarse heritage of the desert
is to lie and roll in the hot sand. They are
used in carrying salt to the mills on tho
river from the marshes lying in th'
desert some sixty miles eastward. Some o.
the animals easily carry 1000 pounds OF
their backs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-12-04

;.sss ,rzLizsfoE Gong North, on me se.no MOI,
Central 3 R. a; l2o sn. except Monday a aO,
-, ,,,. . b an and 40 snd 7.0p. nj 6o;;hs
-. - = q a. i24u and $40 p. H. doirg
s,nfn- ,so - Rutland and Burlington r. H. II
st1e1d fa.I5 a. n, As and $40 pm.
rE.f~y AKRiFK from the North sno Mes' q. 20 5o
80 iesrd STOP IN. , From the East at "a
~, a. a u. $50 and s. p. a From the
- a. +. y. an. 900 an; i.40 and 20 pm.