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model IN Millinery.

A writer in London Society, describ
ing a visit to a man milliner's in Paris,
says: "a slight demsel, whom the mas
ter calls Mary, dark eyed English girl,
with that indescrbable air known as
pispd in Italian, ksta in Spanish, espiegte
or deliUre in French, and perhaps wide
awake in English, advances erect and
naughty, dressed as a rainbow. Like
the queen of comedy, she places herself
in the strong white light of the foot
lamps. The electric rays smite on mul-
titudinous scales and spangles. She
glitters frcm head to foot like pillar OF
golden ore, or like stalactite. The ex'
hibition has been noised through the
rooms, and visitors and employees gather
az the doorway, and mount on chairs to
obtain a better view. Happily, Nary is
not timid. She turns, bends, takes few
steps, drags that rainbow train after her,
never smiling, never needing the specta-
tors, simply fulfilling o mission. A noble
duchess is to wear the costume at an
Italian fancy ball The corsageis made
with basques, cut according to the fash
ion Of the middle ages; It is covered with
golden scales, and seems to explode un
der the converging lights On the chest
there is a rainbow garland; the skirt is
on tulle. very long vith iris colors on the
aounces. The head-dress is high, with
firmament of stars set on a field of the
same prismatic hues. The fan and
shoes are to match, even the gloves, even
the comb. The allegory is oonseieR-
tiously studied in all its details. Mon
sisur remains cool in the midst Of wild
enthusiasm. He is the composed de-
meanor of a successful author. he has
retired behind the counter, and salutes,
without bending, the company at the
door. Miss Mary stoops slightly. -Four
little girls advance bearing pile OF lilac
satin. The rainbow disappears, falls
suddenly. and on the simple black
costume left apparent, in a moment, as
though by enohantment or Porte St
Martin machinery, the dress Of an In
croyable is elaborated. An lncroyable
a Ia Vatican, with a species Of coat in
lilac satin, with long tails and enormous
breast-faps in pink satin. The skirt is
in lilac tulle, studded with small bou-
quets. A tall hat in gray felt, furnished
with big posy Of roses and feathers
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rhe River Rhine.

The great river Rhine takes its rise
in the mountains of Switzerland, and
drains not less than 10000 square miles
thereof and in passing towards the
sea, it flows through billy, rough,
mountainous country, as do its principal
branches, the Main and Moselle, and as
also does the parallel but smaller river
Mas (or Meuse). Any observing trav-
eler who traces the course of the rapid
Rhine can readily perceive the rayages
it has made on the hill and mountain
sides of the country through which it
forces its way. The multitude Of enor-
nous ravines, gorges, canons and valleys
which it has excavated, and thrown the
materials thereof into the sea, account
for the filling up of $4,000 square miles
of shallow ocean. The Swiss noun
tains whose rains and melted SHOWS
tumble in torrents towards the channel
of the Rhine, have been scraped and
torn by glaciers, and lowered in
hight, and reduced in size, by the action
of water and ice. The eye can detect at
a single glance where whole cubic miles
Of rock have been worn away, and car
ried off in the form Of boulders, gravel,
sand and sediment, and rolled or foated
into the Holland sea. The waters Of the
Rhine are never clear and limpid, but
always dirty and murky like those of the
Missouri, and never fit to drink, on ac-
count of the alluvial matter with which
they are charged The Rhine is deep,
rapid running stream, the apparent size
and width of the Ohio at relative dis
tances between its source and outlet;
but, in the course of year, it discharges
far more water than the Ohio, as it never
runs SO low; nor does it rise suddenly
so high, but continues to flow through
out the year with a strong powerful cur
rent, fed by the melting SHOWS of the
Alps in summer, as by rains at other
seasons. In the course of year it con-
veys into the sea an enormous quantity
of sediment-millions of cubic yards in
annunt
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More Beer.

Mr.. Medill, the editor of the Chicago
Tribune, now travelling in Germany, in
an interesting letter from that country,
says:
Drunkenness is so rare and infrequent
that it may be said not to exist, have
travelled thousands of miles through
Germany in various directions, visiting
nearly all the chief cities, and have
made diligent inquiry of American Con-
suls and other well-informed persons,
and received but one answer everywhere,
viz: mo drunkenness among the
Germans; public sentiment would not
tolerate it; the habits of the country
are all against it. The reason of this
freedom from inebriation is the total ab.
sence of whisky, and the substitution Of
the milder beer. Whisky is the hog
that possesses the spirit of the
raging devil, and the cultivation
Of whose intimate acquaintance
makes SO many beasts and Loaf
ers of Irishmen and Americans In the
United States. The German regards
his beer almost as an essential of exis'
tence; and it would be hard to convince
lllAd thdb ~ WIS NV NchNoih 40 huNh
nutriment at least as milk. If you soy
to German that many physiologits and
physicians esteem all forms of alcohol
ss poisoness, and therefor beer must be
Injurious e the physical system, he will
reply that his iorefathers have, in con-
siderable part, lived on beer for more
taan 1000 years; that his ancestors, who
fougbt Julius Caesar and his successors,
were beer-drinkers; and that in all gen
erations since the year one they have
maintained the national beverage, and
today are, as a race, both women and
men, as strong, healthy, long lived and
robust people as live in the world; and
they arc prepared to prove their man
hood, courage and hardihood on tho field
of battle against any power, Russia not
excepted who may choose to put them
to the test. And it is not vain or idle
boast. for they are now undoubtedly the
most powerful military nation in Europe.
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AnIndinn GoIgothn.

From the Continental (Geneva) Herald.l
From the time when a handful OF
English traders first established facto-
res on the muddy banks OF the Roughly,
it came to be received as a matter OF
faith about which there could be no ques-
ton, that Hindostan was a country Of
wonderful wealth, beautiful scenery and
high civilization. The Marquis of Sails
bury and Lord George Hamilton have
recently effectually extinguished the
delusion respecting the wealth of India,
but in the other two points Of the tradi-
ton most Englishmen, who have never
visited the country, are firm Delivers
Is not the land called the gorgeous
East" and does not its capital bear the
name of the "City of PalacesY Un-
doubtedly those phrases are in vogue,
having probably been invented by some
humorist as piece Of satire on the real
aspect of the country and its chief city.
In point OF fact, the immeasura-
bly, greater portion of Calcutta consists
of foul novels on which even q Come.
mara peasant would look with unuttera-
Bile scorn; while the gorgeousness of the
East is chiefly shown in ruins, jungles,
halfstarved human beings and a pre-
vailing tint of mud. AS regards civili-
zation and scenery, it will be sufficient
to describe pleasant spot, in the imme-
date vicinity of the City of Palaces"
which was visited by correspondent of
the Friend of India After advancing
four or FIVE miles through rice Swamps
aud mustard plantations he came across
plain go eddy ornamented as to give
him the notion that in prehistoric ages
it must have been used as base ball
field by race of giants. Scattered
thickly over the ground, or piled in
heaps, we're thousands Of what looked
like great white balls, but what, on
closer inspection, proved to be human
skulls. On all sides lay bones
of many sorts, while myriads of
loose teeth glimmered through the
scan:y grass. After inquiry the place
was found to be merely o Mussulman
burial ground which for want of due care
hsd fallen into a horrible state, although
described with enthusiasm by the cor
respondent in question, had better be
left to the imagination. Prosecuting
further investigation, il was ascertained
that the ground had been used for burial
purposes during many generations--one
informant vaguely stated for thousand
wears or so--by the Mussulman commu-
nifty, but no attempt appears to have
been made, within the memoTy OF man,
to keen che cemetery in decent order.
AS the Mussulmans in Calcutta are both
numerous and wealthy, no excuse can
be offered for permitting the ancestral
burial ground of their race 20 remain in
this shameful condition. But what gan
be said for that state of civilization
which allows the existence of such foul
place within a short walk Of the glori-
GUS City of PalacesT
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Chinese Txpogranhx.

Printing a book in China is done as
follows: Two pages are written, by one
trained to the business, on sheet OF
thin paper, divided into columns by
black lines, and in the space between
the two pages are written the title of the
work and the number of the chapter and
page; when the sheet has been printed
It is folded down through this space, so
as to bring the title, ETC., partly on each
page. The sheet, when ready for print
ing, is pasted face downward on a
block of wood, made usually from the
plum or pear tree. As soon as it is dry
the paper is rubbed off with great care,
leaving behind an inverted impression
Of the characters.
Another workman now cuts away the
blank spaces by means of a sharp
graver, and the block, with the charac-
ters in high relief, passes to the printer,
who performs his work by hand The
two points that he has to be most care
ful about are to ink the characters
equally with his brush, and to avoid
tearing the paper when taking the i'm
preston. From a good wooden block
some $1,000 copies may be printed, and
when the characters have been sharpened
up little Il is possible to obtain 5000 or
10, 900 more impressions.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-07
Oontnm1nnted Water.

The Journal of Chemistry warns the
drinkers Of water of wells near dwell
ings to beware of the typhoid poison
sure to be found, sooner or later, in
those reservoirs, if any of the house
drainage can percolate them. The &C.
latinous matter often found upon the
stones of we'll is poison to the human
system, probably causing, by its spores,
a fermentation of the blood, with abnor-
NAL heat or fever. Wholesome, untaint-
ed water is always free from all color
and odor, To test it thoroughly, place
half a pint in clear bottle, with o few
grains of lump-sugar, and expose it,
stoppered, to sunlight, in a window. If,
even after an exposure Of eight or ten
days, the water becomes turbid, be sure
that it has been contaminated by sewer
age of some kind. If it remains per-
fectly clear. it is pure and safe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-07
THE FRENCH ZOUAVES.

We recommend the following authen
tic story to the attention of the innum
cradle admirers of the French Zouaves
who have won such conspicuous place
in military history. The Arabs of the
Ben-Saussen tribe are great amateurs o.
gunpowde-, and never neglect an oppor
tunity of prowling about the French
camp, and offering the soldiers large
sums OF money for the coveted article
They pretended to be Arabs of the
neighborhood, friendly to the French
and say they want powder for hunting.
One day it was discovered that the
Zouaves had been selling their powder.
To paint the fury of the officer in COM
mand of the Arab bureau is an impos-
sihle thing, but he resolved to discover
the culprits and punish them severely.
An Arab in the service of the bureau
went in a mysterious way in quest OF
powder. An old Zouave brought him
four cartridges and asked him twenty
francs for them. The bargain
was struck, but the spy instantly
disclosed his official character,
and brought the cartridge vender
luc
is it you, then" cried the officer,
coward and knave, who would have
your comrades assassinated by the BENZ
Snessens"
"Yes. commandant, / did it..
"You have committed base action. )"
" | admit it, commsndant, but with
this same powder that sold | am going
to blow my brains out; that will save the
trouble of a court martial and the
Zouaves will not be dishonored by a
public sentence" "
With these words the Zouave took q
cartridge, loaded pistol with it,
dropped. round ball in the barrel, and
with superb GOODNESS put the muzzle to
his head and pulled the trigger. The
weapon missed fire and the Zouave
burst into a hoarse laugh.
"The judge has acquitted me, said
he.
How SOP said the commandant.
why, you see, commandment. that
the powder | sell to the Beni-Snassens
is only ground charcoal; the balls are
made of clay, the whole done up in gen
uine cartridges You have just seen
the proof of it."
1t was true. The Zouave had cheated
his customer, and he added with an air
of triumph:
THE first time the Benz Snassens
come into action ali their pieces will
miss fire, and you will gain the battle.
"Then you sold a good deal of pow
der."
Rather - and the Zouave exhibited
a formidable pipe, set with solid gold.
Though the Arabs may be pretty sharp
fellows, they are no match in cunning
for the Zouaves.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
CONSUMPTION Can BE CURED,
PULMoNIc SYRUP,


SCHENCK's PULMONIC SYRUP,
SCHENCK's SEA WEEp TOME.
SCHENOK's MANDRAKE PILLS,
Are the only medicines that will cure Pull
monary Consumption.
Frequently medicines that will stop a cough
will occasion the death of the patient; they
lock up the liver. stop the circulation of the
blood; hemorrhage, follows, and in fact, they
clog the action of the very organs that caused
the cough.
Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia are the
causes of Wo-thirds Of the cases of Consump-
ton. Many persons complain of dull pain
Ia the side, constipation, coated tongue, pain
in the shoulder blade, feelings of drowsiness
and restessness, the food lying heavily on
the stomach, accompanied with acidity and
belching up of wind.
These symptoms usually originate from a
disordercd condition Of the stomach or tor
pid liver.
Persons so affected, If they take one or two
heavy colds, and If the cough in these cases
be suddenly checked, will find the stomach
and liver clogged, remaining torpid and mac
tive. and almost before they are aware the
Lungs are mass Of sores, and liberated, the
result of which is death,
Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup is an expecto-
rant which does not contain epiam or any
thing calculated to check a cough suddenly;
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic dissOlves the
food, mikes with the gastric juices of the
stomach, aids digestion, and creates raven
GUS appetite.
When the bowels are oostive. skin sallow. or
the symptoms otherwise Of a bilious ten
denoy. Sohenck's Madrake Pills are required.
These medicines are prepared only by
J. II ScHEYoK i SoN,
N. E. corner Sixth and Arch sts., Phiia.
And are for sale by all druggists ana dealers.
eod-27-52
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MEMPHIS TENN. WEDNESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER I 1874

towers on the head. A long grey veil,
delicate pistache, green gloves, and lilac
satin slippers with pink bows, complete
the costume And Miss Mary takes a
tall gold-headed cane from the hand of
an attendant, and poses before us q per-
feet Thermidorienne. We are enthusi-
astic the ladies emit little shrieks; but
the maestro remains iced, and receives
compliments with an indifference replete
with deep eternal melancholy"
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CYCLoPEDIA.
j, III. FRELIGH g. co.
PnhlisherS, Agents.
Are now Canvassing the City for Subscribers to
AppIeton's American CycIOpsedia
Revised.

NOW IN COURSE OF PUBLICA TION, A
~ volume issued every two months till the
work is complete.
THIS CYcLoP .EDIA is strictly an American
PRODUCTION, and is TIE BEsT EvER PUBLISHED,
and as the latest and most thorough, will nat
urally find its way as an indispensable neces-
sity TO the library Of every one who aims TO
have the most reliable and autheotic records
at hand to refer to. It is no rehash Of preyi-
Gus Cyclopedias nor dictionaries, but is the
result Of original compilation and exposition
by the ablest and largest corps o. editors that
ever was engaged on such work. Our citi-
Eens will do well to make no contracts for
other CyclopWdias till they have examined
this.
]. H. Freligh viii call in person on all as
fast as he can. In the meantime. and at any
time, be will give prompt attention 10 letters
on the subject. through the postofhce.or left
at his Office. No. Al Madison street, Room No.
7. Planters Insurance Building.
REFER To-Hon. John League, Mayor; Hon.
John johnson, ex-Mayor; G. ". Goyer, Esq.
President Union ana Planters Bank; j. n.
Pettigrew, President Chamber Of Commerce.
24-49
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FRUIT.
WAVERLY HALL FRUIT FARM,
KERR AVENUE.
FRUIT,

nHE UNDERSIGNED Is PREPARED TO
1 furnish strawberry and raspberry plants
in quantities to suit purchasers. Orders lett
with Spicer 4 Ryan. S54 Main street, shall
have prompt attention.
JOHN +. SPICER. Manager.
October /, 1874. H-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-07

The highest inhabited spot in the
world is said TO be the Budheist cloister,
at Harle, in Thibet where twenty.one
priests live, at an altitude Of 10000 feet
above the sea,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-07
$4,000 TICKETs-6OOO CASH GIFT,
s. = , 1000 o o
TO BE GIVEN AWAY

II - - III
PRICE OF TICKETS:
Whole Tickets, $40; Half Tickers, IS; Quar-
ter Tickets Y 50; Eleven Tickets. 500.
NO INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS.
This Concert is strictly fer MASONIC pur-
poses, aud will be conducted with the same
hberality, honesty and fairness which char
acteriEed the first enterprise.
JOHN L. ROPER. President.
FOR Tickets and Circulars giving full inf0r-
nation, address,
HENRY v. MOORE. Sec'y. Norfolk, Va,
~ Information furnished by Joe Locke,
80 Main street. Room I, upstairs.
362 e0dkWZ7-a5
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-07

A mississippi newspaper notes the
sudden departure Of the Massachusetts
milk-sop for his New England home and
pappy-in-law," ltmeans Gov Ames.
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CONCERT.
CONCERT.
POSTPONEMENT.
SECOND AND LAST
GRAND GIFT CONCERT
IN AID OF THE
Masonic Relief Association
OF NORFOLK. VA.
DAY POSITIVELY FIXED.
THURSDAY. 10TH OF NOVEMBER.
LAST CHANCE.

THIS ENTERPRISE is CONDUCTED BY
Il the Masonic Relief Association, of Nor
folk, Va, under authority of the Virginia
Legislature TACT passed March s. 1873.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-07
The IenIousx Feminine.

In social life, success depends upon
the proper adjustment of little things.
How often do you see the effect of an
expensive and otherwise tasty toilet
marred by some slight defect or anach-
ronism. Observe the meeting of two
of those whom vile rhymer in these
passages has described as
Dear woman who divides our joys.
And trebles our expenses.
You will see each one sweep the other
with quick, pitiless glance from the
hem of her robe to the topmost twig OF
her bonnet; and if that glance darts
upon and fixes at some particular spot,
be sure that there misplaced wad has
been detected A little hole in glove,
an attempt TO disguise last years hat in
this years trimming, an interpolated
breadth in a skirt, glimpse Of some
mystery of underwear that is not quite
as fresh as it might be, some speck upon
the sun which is impercepible to male
vision stands revealed to woman's
quicker sense, and up goes little smile
of triumph on the one face, and the other
assumes an expression which sitting on
an ants nest might produce.
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INSURANCE.
INSURANCE COMPANY

Polieies issue5 upon Fire, Marine and lnlano
risks at equitable rates.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-10-09
AdniimistratOr's sale.

|N0TlCk j. hereby given. that the IN,
~ dcrsiagncd administrator OF the as.
'tlte OF MctriIlus Padget. decreased. " III
"ner for -aIe At public auction, at thu
residence Of Reuben Padgri. In Balm.
bridge township, Dubois county, Ind, OH
SATURDAY, October 3lst. 1874.
the personal property Of said estate. con.
sisfing Of farming implements, carpen-
tiers tools, one horse, &c.. &c.
TERMS.--Sums Of five dollars and
under cash; all sums over five dollars
a credit of twelve months will be given
purchasers giving notes Mt interest, waiv.
ing benefit OF valuation. with good se-
curity. sale to commence at 10 O'Clock,
A. If. WM. PAporT. Admir-.
Will. A. Traylor. Atty.
October 9th, l6l4.-3w.
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~ The fanyass 81 Hon. II. A. Pectl
81. g A. >. Gosrnsn, rs far Is they went
tri week. gave eminent satisfaction to
''.ir friends, and il ia hoped accom-
plished some good among those who
were no, heretofore friends. Their ex-
position of some Of rascalitics Of those
IA power made few ultra Radicals
squirm end squeal but fortunately the
day has gone by when there are many
Intelligent persons who DO not delight
To- see scality held up to public exccra-
ION, ~ matter 10 what party the rascals
GaN aim 10 belong. Certainly neither
party is .rcc from bad men, and the Re-
publican party having had a long lease Of
power, il is but natural the rascais In it
should begin to be found out---but the
surprise is that there are so many Of
them in important positions, and the
people are beginning to think this fact
shows an urgent necessity for . change
of rulers. SO mote IL be.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-10-09

~ Mr.. Miller, candidate for Auditor
lnHdn . lively speech at the church pic.
alr 3. Celesiine, on Tuesday, and seemed
ta ~. ae could manage the affairs OF
~ cou.ty better ii he was Auditor
ilsn tie Board of County Commissions
rrs. We didn't know befol the Audi
tor controlled the County Board. We
opposed the Board controlled him.
Ai- speech VAS answered by Messrs. s.
Main ard Z. Iicrbig. who denied fatty
come o. tie assertions made by Miller.
lns kind OF a canvas won't help man
into position in this county hardly.
Dr. Stephenson. also, calmly, forcibly
and logically explained the reasons
v bich governed In the redistricting of
the county into townships, so that all
who paid close attention to his remarks.
were better informed than they were be.
fore, and many fully satisfied 81 the Jus.
tice Of 1t, who had found fault before.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-10-09
County Institute.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Du
~ bois County Teachers Institute
will commence At Jasper, on
MONDAY, NOVEMBER I'd, 1874
and continue for five days.
The law requires all the schools in the
County to be closed during the session
Of the Institute; every teacher must be
In attendance five days, or have u DAYS
wages deducted for every DAYS
absence therefrom; unless such absence
be occasioned by sickness.
The Institute will be organized ut 8
O'Clock, a. m, on said day. promptly.
+. X. BRUNDICK,
County Superintendent.
October 9th, l37s.-3w
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-10-09

Mckee, the Campbellife or Chris
tan preacher, in his remarks ut Holland
ast week. claimed 10 he running in the
farmers interest, but made hiraself re-
diculous BY some oil his ignorant ssser-
lions. He was very earnest in his en-
beavers TO convince his audience, cont
posed st isrmers, that lie TOO, had hay
sccd i'm his hair. "Why, my fellow cit
izens.- said he, Il am farmer, in fact
was raised between two rows of corn. y
An old fellow not understanding the
point the speaker was trying TO make.
arose IRON his seat in the back part of
the audience, and squcaked out /:
Pumpkin by thunder and the au-
dience seemed TO generally agree with
the Oil farmers opinion OF the would
be Srn uor. lie hsi better stick to the
pulpit. and no. metd'e with things he
knows rgfa,rg aheGA