Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-06
INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION.


Crowds Of vieitors nightly congregate
within the walls OF the Exposition
which has become the popular resort for
Memphians, as we'll as the large aosting
population in the city. There were last
night and to-day as large crowds as
usual
r. H. CLARK co,
will make special display tonight Of
diamond jewelry, embracing the largest
solitaire diamond in the southwest opals
aud sapphires; Jurgcusen, Nardin, aud
patek, Philippe 4 Co Swiss watches;
Frodsham and Hoddle English watohesi
three chronometer watches made by Jas
s. wilkins, jr,, in Memphis; the Amer.
can watham watches; fine amethyst
sets and rings, cameo and pearl sets,
etc. This beautiful and costly display
will be made in addition TO their stand.
ing display OF silverwsre and other
goods, and will be The grandest in the
building. The firm of +. H. Clark &
Co. never do anything by halves, but
undertake to have Excelsior " as their
motto in everything pertaining to their es-
,ablishment. They are one ofthe heaviest
importers and Wholesale and retail deal.
ers in the city in watches, diamonds,
iewelry. silverware, spectacles and
fancy goods, and have been doing
business in this city for thirty-three
years holding forth in their beauti-
full marble block for about twenty
years AMI are consequently well known
throughout the South. They make a
specially of dealing in American Wal
than watches, the samples Of which will
be on exhibition tonight The advance
in the art of measuring time may be
taken as an index OF the progress OF
man upon the earth. From that early
period when time was rudely marked by
the alterations of day and night, and the
changes of the moon-when the year
was vaguely divided into two seasons,
cold and warm, which, as Hesiod tells
us, we're marked by the coming and 60
ing of the birds, down to Professor
Rood s recent and wonderful demonstra-
ton that the electric spark, which lasts
but the twenty-five thousandth of Sec
ond. has nevertheless its history-lts
sequence of phenomena, the first stage
of which lasts but the ten-millionth
Of n second-between these two distant
terms of progress there has beer a
gradual growth of invention and con-
struction, in relation to the arts of time
measurement, which may be taken as
exemplifying the general law of advanc-
ing civilization. There is an advantage
which the public gains from patronage
of well.made watches, which, although
it may be thought remote, deserves to be
better appreciated; it is derived from
their durability and permanence ofvalue.
What relic Of the past is so suited to stir
the deepest sensibilities as that By which
an ancestor has guided the course of his
life until time removed him to where
there is time no longer2 The public are
invited to examine this beautiful display
tonight, where Mr.. Wilkins will person
ally superintend and willingly explain
everything in connection with the dis
play.
MARCUS JONES,
wholesale and retail dealer in paper
hangings and window shades, asks that
the public examine the many shades OF
wallpaper displayed in the southwest
corner of the gallery. We have seer
them and pronounce the display gener-
ally one of the best in the building. His
establishment is at 1861 Second street.
MRS. DE GRAY BENNETT
will give another entertainment on the
stage tonight with a number OF her
nupils in fancy costume See pro-