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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-01-14

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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-09
A story About King David.

The following extract is from an inter
esting article on the Talmud in the
Cornhill Magazine:
There is a touching passage in the
book Of Psalms-all the more affecting
for its mysterious wording--a passage
which few sincere Christians can read
without tears, in which David, who had
evidently been lately suffering some Sc
rious distress, prays to be saved from
the lions mouth, " for, says he Thou
hast heard me from the horns Of the
unieorns." Now here the difficulty, of
course, lies in the unexpected introduce
ton of the unicorns. Adam Clarke sat.
isfes himself with saying that the Psalm.
ist alludes to the Gentiles. Not so Rab
Hunah in the Midrash Tehillim, who thus
explains the passage literally without
recourse to allegorical exegesis. When
David was feeding sheep he found one
day unicorn sleeping in the desert.
He took him for hill, and, ascending.
pastured his flock. The beast, after
awhile, awoke, rose, and David, rising
with him, touched the heavens with his
hand. Then said the son of Jesse in his
unexpected emergency, If the Lord
will help me down ircm this unicorn ]
will build him a house Of hundred Gu
bits, the size of this animals horn.
Some say he measured its width, others
its length. Plenary agreement on any
subject in this world seems impossible.
What occurred2 A lion came. The
unicorn crouched in fear, and David de-
seended. Then he became anxious
about the lion, and it was on this occa-
sion or soon after it that the affecting
lines above alluded TO were composed.
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MEMPHIS TENN: THURSDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER g. 1875

nection with the Union and Central
Pacific roads; but her fair prospects
were ruined by the construction Of the
Utah Central, and she now lies at the
wharf, her only value being her aid in
making our imaginary ocean seem more
real. How this great basin of salt
water came to be deposited in the inte-
iror of the continent has been a study
for geographers and naturalists. The
water is so densely saline that it is i'm.
possible for body to find the bottom.
1t is capital place 10 acquire the art of
swimming with perfect safety. In
former times three barrels of water left
to evaporate would produce one barrel
Of salt; but the freshening within the
last twenty years has so weakened it
that now four barrels Of it are required
to obtain that quantity. It has become
fresh, therefore, in proportion of some
what more than one per cent. yearly.
Hence it follows that in less than one
hundred years the name of Great Salt
Lake should be changed; for by this
time it will, like Mormonism, be cleared
Of all its Impurities.
/ have previously noticed the regular
water lines, called benches, which are so
distinctly defined on all the mountain
ranges surrounding these various valleys,
and which afford such unmistakable evil
dence that in former days they enclosed
vast inland seas. The deep alkaline soil
Of the bottoms has led to the supposition
that these seas we're of salt water, and
that all of them, excepting this, have
been completely evaporated, Salt Lake
being the sole survivor, and that being
destined TO dwindle to puddle and then
to dry up forever. But the last part of
this theory is negatived by the evident
intention of the lake to assume some
what of its original proportions; while
it is becoming fresher it is growing
larger. Within the twenty.seven years
that the country around it has been set
tied it has encroached all along its low
banks nearly a mile upon the land and
deepened five feet. Several fine farms
are now permanently under water, aad
the road on which we travelled has been
moved far inward to accommodate its
aggressiveness. At the same time that
this change is going on atmospheric
causes for a part OF it are apparent.
The climate is becoming more mild,
although it is still excessively dry. But
each succeeding season brings a greater
rainfall. This has doubled within twelve
years"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-09
The Tled.Rack Dress.

The Boston Courier, in an article on
the pinned and pull-back style Of dress,
would not make Greek slaves and Lady
Godivas of the wives and daughters Of
the land, but neither would it have them
so swathed in clothes as to refute to the
eye all the anatomy of the books and
raise suspicion that these lovely visions
are constructed like mermads. 1t is
reasonable to presume, says the Courier,
that God knows how to build woman,
and that having finished piece of work
of that kind and pronounced it very
good, he does not require or desire it to
be so adorned that it can only be recog-
nized in its structural grace and beauty
by an act Of blind and laundering faith
Hence, after these many years of multi.
farious and unserviceabie wrapping, we
are inclined to regard the pinned.baek
skirt as revelation, with the finger of
Providence in it, intended to revive con-
fidence in the first chapter of Genesis,
and to restore to a cheating and doubt
ing world the old conceptions of the
female form divine, which the ancents
made classic in their history, their poetry
and their sculpture. 1t does not follow
that all display should be sacrificed in
this reformatory Tightening of the front
breadths of skirts. On the contrary,
there is still room, and to spare, for all
the richness of texture and color that
the most aifluent can afford. The simple
dress in which Homer enfolded Helen,
the same that Aspasia and Cleopatra
wore, wanted nothing in magnifeence
by reason of being so fitted as to reveal
the outlines of the limbs. Petrarchs s
Laura he'd only two dresses for state oc-
casions, but cut to fit the figure almost
like a glove; but the plainness did not
prevent their being splendid with gay,
and costly charms of hue and trimming.
There is no limit, and there should be
none, to the possibilities of brilliancy in
woman's attire; only let the spectacle be
honest, consistent and harmonious. To
quote from M. Blancs studies in this
branch of art-for art it is, of persua-
sive and fascinating interest" the pic.
ture should not be lost in the frame. p"
The face alone is not all OF feminine
beauty; and it is net too much to say,
with one Of our greatest latter day phi
losophers, that the woman who but casts
a shadow Of graceful figure on the wall
confers favor on the world. Good
luck, then, to the pinned-back skirt,
which suggests more in the way Of whele-
some and felicitous reform than all the
woman suffrage schemes that uneasy
brains have ever concocted.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-09
SPECIAL NOTICE.



The philosophy of disease is a subject which
is well worthy the attention of mankind, but
is, unfortunately, more generally neglected
than any other under heaven. Decidedly the
most important fact that an examination of it
discoses is that, in nine cases out of ten, the
originating causes of disease is debility, either
general or local, and that the earliest mani
festations Of its approach are identical WITH
those which evidence lack Of vital power.
Such being the case, it is perfectly clear that
tonic treatment is what is required in the first
instance. As an invigorant. Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters has received the most positive in
dorsement from eminent physicians, and has
long occupied a foremost rank among stan
dard proprietary remedies. It's properties as
an Alternative of disordered conditions of the
stomach, liver and bowels, and a preventive
OF malarial diseases, are no less renowned,
and havo been accorded professional recon-
mendation equally emphatic.
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$4,000 Challenge that this is the Cny Show Earth Having
FIVE TRAINED ELEPHANTS!


waltz
Chiain
Globe Represented
Performing Animals
EVER SEEN IN HARNESS! pealss
Elegant y ladies' Elephant
Challenge Exhibition
1T.
NO SCHEMES
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CONTEMPLATING THE SHOW

and trying to look as If we admired it.
NJ. Valaire rubbed his bristly chin,
stopped chewing a few moMents and
said he did not see enough to mention; /
was forced to agree with him. The
Able, like all polite Frenchmen, re-
marked that the exhibition was very
ereditable, and that he felt certain it
would receive a medal, When he as
serted his opinion as above his little
black eyes fairly rolled in their sockets,
and he had every symptom OF person
taken with apoplexy. ! saw plainly that
he was in possession of a big laugh
which was worrying him immensely; but
as he did not let it out, conceived a
great admiration for him, for | have
fancy for men who can exercise great
Self.restraint. He looked all the time as
if he was about to break loose, but he
never did. l began to count and said to
myself that he would commence before
| reached fifty, but suppose he changed
his mind, for he never laughed.
M. Farrenc said he felt very keen dis.
appointment on account of the way in
which he had been treated by the Mem
phis Chamber Of Commerce. He had
been authorized, in conjunction with Mr.
Bayliss, Of Memphis, to erect a stand
and had taken every precaution to OBJ
tain an honorable mention on the part
of the examining jury, but at the last
moment the promised articles failed to
arrive, and the jury passed by with the
decision, that o medal would have been
awarded the exposition if it had been
complete. All, we'll This is one of
TENNEssEE's LOST OPPORTUNITIES,
one of the "might-haye-beens" in the
history of the State. The milk is split
and there is no use crying, but just CON
slider moment what we might have had
in this regard. Tennessee was the only
State in the American Union that had
even an attempt at an exhibition; the
only State in the Union enterprising
enough TO wish to show to the world that
it has valuable resources; the only State
in the Union that desired TO pay this
compliment to the opinion OF the scien-
tiGc world in Congress assembled, and
all, or as good as all, lost on account OF
some ones negligence; whose | do not
know, but ! hope he will read this and
feel very mean and contemplate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-09

A writer in the Galaxy says: I'VE
drove for an hour along the southern
bank of Salt Lake, famed by the breath
of its sea air, and looking over its waste
of waters dotted with mountain islands.
1t required but little Imagination to
transport ourselves to the shores Of the
Atlantic, for extending as it does ninety
miles to the north, no land could be seen
beyond the line Of the clearly defined
horizon. Some years agoa steamboat
Of three hundred tons was built for
freight and passenger traffic in con.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-09
INTERNATIONAL.
EExpOsitiOn De L'Etat De Tennessee.
The Paris ShOw-A Monster Map
Tennessee--A BegRaTIy Array
of Empty BOxes-LOst
Opportunities.

The Nashville American, of the 7th,
publishes the following from its Paris
correspondent, who with M. Valaire, ed
itor of the Constitutional, the Able Du-
rand, Chief Prebendary at Notre Dame,
visited the Paris International Exposi-
ton:
Starting upon our round of inspection,
we soon found ourselves in a hall stored
for the most part with the telescopes,
transits, spectascopes, theodolites, ETC.,
which were used in observing the transit
Of Venus last Demcember; and here, all
alone in its glory, we discovered the
Exposition of the State of Tennessee.
We had been told not to be astonished,
but it was futile warning, for we were
and still are so. A brown colored pine
wood stand, with slanting top divided
into numerous compartments after the
fashion of q compositor's case, formed
the outline of the exhibition Examin-
ing particulars, we saw that all the holes
were empty with the exception of the
seven lower ones, wherein could be
viewed seven different brands of Ten
nessee cotton. 1t can be understood
from this, that the estand was about three
fourths empty. Arranged uprightly up
on the highest portion of the desk, we
beheld one of those buff. colored maps,
familiar in every town in the South,
which so conspicuously deleniate the
streets, and so woefully diminuate the
houses. The one before us purported to
represent the city of Memphis; this,
with the cotton above mentioned, was
the whole sublime effort put forth by the
State Of Tennessee in the year of grace
1875. There we stood
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-09

Bayard Taylor's protest against the
prize candy business in the cars is going
the round of the entire press OF the
country, and may lead to an abatement
OF an iRtolerable nuisance,
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RAILROADS.
MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
Change of Schedule.

ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, AUGUST %,
~ 1878. trains will run as follows:
i''0' ''"'''' Arrive. Leave
N. 0. Mail, daily ....... 2:5O pm. 2:OO pm
Express train daily (Sun-
days exceptedl .......".:... $3.50 am. 4:4O pm
Freight and Accommoda-
tiOn Sundays excepted) 4:SO m. 4;SO am
Trains on this road make close connection
at Grenada with New Orleans. st. Louis and
Chicago railroad for Canton, jackson, Vicks;;
burg, Meridian, New Orleans and Mobile. and
for ain points North and South; at Memphis
withlconnecting lines for all points North and
railway for ali points in Arkansas. Texas
and the West.
Tickets on sale at 2S7 Main street and at the
Depot. M. BURKE, SUP +
JAMES SPRRD, Ticket Agent. 1871
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LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
Great Southern Railroad.
SCHEDULE.

Express train leaves daily Except
Sunday $500 am
Mail Train leaves daily. ~ p m
Accommodation leaves daily---...... $500 ?. m
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
For tickets or information, apply at Ticket
Office. 2S7 Main. northwest corner of Madison
street.
JOHN Il. FLYNN. Sap't Memphis Div.
JAMES SPEED. Ticket Agent. ut
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GARD TO THE PUBLEC.

SHALL
beOn
startling features
animal will
and driven through the public streets leading
educate Gife Eland
the
until November 10th
JOHN ROBINSON.
Notwithstanding
OF admission has fixed children, 500.
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EF0R POSTERS, SHOW BILLS, CARDS.
i Circulars, ETC.. gotten up with the latest
style of types and on superior paper Of any
anime stock and prices,
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GRAIN RAESERS REFUSE To sub
nit to the wasteful and imperfect work Of
other Threshers, when posted on the pdst supe-
rioritp of this one. for saving grain. saving
time, and doing fast, thorough and economi-
cal work.
tageeus to run a machine that has no Beat
ers, Pickers," or Apron" that handles
Damp Grain, Long Straw. Headings. Flax,
Timothy, Millett and all such difficult grain
and seeds, with ENTIRE EASE AND
ERFECrIVENE ESS. Cleans to perfection;
saves the farmer his thresh bill by extra saw
ing Of grain, makes no Litterings;" re-
quires LESS THAN 0NE-HALF the usual
Belts, Boxes. Journals, and Gears; easier
managed; less repairs; one that grain raisers
prefer to employ and walt for, even at
advanced prices while other machines
are "out of jobs"
Four sizes made with @, 8, 10 and
IL horse " Mounted " Powers, also
- speciality Of SeparRtOrs "alOne,''
expressly for STEAM POWER, and
tO match other Horse Powers.
II interested in grain raising, or threshinR,
write for illustrated Circulars (sent hee) with
full particulars Of sizes, styles, prices, terms,
etc. NICHOLS, SHEPARD a. 90.
49-l53&w Battle Lretk. Michtadn.
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FLOOR COMMITTEE:
purple Rosette.)
Music by ArnOld's Band.

Ladies. i5i.xxiis
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RAILROAD TINE TABLES.

MEMPHIS AND LoUIRVILLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.
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COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS:
Green Rosette.)
Lieutenant Paul Kingston, Chairman
NJ Fenton John Russell
Rich Eustace p McCadden
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A Quaker Appetite.

He was solemn looking Friend, with
all the conscientious scruples against
permitting any body to get the better of
him in bargain that are supposed by
the worlds people to be characteristic
of his society. Being an hungered, he
went into one of our restaurants two or
three days ago and indicated to the
waiter his desire for bodily nourish-
ment. Meat, vegetables, and piece of
pie were set before him in such abund-
ant quantities that before he got to the
pie his hunger was satisfied. He arose
deliberately, and solemnly asked the
waiter, elbow much have to pay
thee?' ssFifty cents, sir, . was the re-
ply. The Friend looked down on the
table, and his glance fell on the un-
touched pie. sHave I to pay the same
whether eat the pie or notg' he asked
.ssJust the same" replied the waiter ];
s'it's fifty cents for the dinner. y
ssThen I will eat the pie,'' said the
Friend, and he took his seat again at
the table and finished the pie. His APP
petite was satisfied before, but his con-
science would not rest until he had con-
sumed every thing he could get for his
half dollar .-Ncacpor Nescs.
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sheet! it forms capital letters and -four
ishes; it reaches the bottom of the page !,
and then he takes the sand box to
sprinkle it over. Teresina has been
looking on gloomily. She has been
watching her little earnings ebb sadly
away with all those lines and strokes
and dots, and yet it seems as though
she were to get no good out of this let
ter. She IS very sore and angry.
is there any thing more?n said the
little man at last, in provokingly mild
tone.
"No, per Bacco, there is no more. .
Is not that enough9" she mutters cross
ly.
ssBut l have said no word as to
whether yon will have him or no.
ssEh, Holy Virgin! say what you
will, care not. For the rest, so long
as you make it fine, he will not under
stand much of what yon mean, unless
he is more of an ass than take him
for. Give here, - she concludes, petu-
lantly, ''till put on my cross. -
And the letter is sanded once more !.
and sealed and addressed, and Teresina
pulls out her silken netted purse.
'sHow much?'' she asks curtly.
s'Well, my daughter, for love-let-
ter so long and SO well written, you will
give me franc-and, more, two soldi
for the paper and sand.''
ssOh, | believe you. You may keep
your fine letter many day before / give
you franc for it. Ten soldi.''
''Eh, my child, you dream! Ten
soldi! l might have made two Spirito
Santos in the time. Impossible!
Eighteen.
''Nevermore,'' declares Teresina,
stanchly. '.Before pay you eighteen
soldi l take the letter to some one who
knows how to read, and l make my
self be told if you have said what I re-
quired.'
The poor scrivano begins to get
frightened. What would this bode? He
might never write a letter again.
'Orsu, make it fifteen soldi,' he
pleads.
And long and hotly they wrangle ere
the price can be fixed between them
But at last Teresina triumphs, and car
ries off the letter, and she has paid no
more than her ten soldi. The scrivano
is sorely discounted. Who would have
thought Of meeting girl so obstinate !;
and over love-letter?
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4 LOvE.LErTER.

he cappellano, besides being tiller
g me soil, curate and schoolmas-
q Is likewise the scfsua,so or letter
s1ler OF the neighborhood. Teresina
sllabs the broken stair without the
= sase, tapping softly at a window of
second story as she passes; there is
neht burning in this window; then
waits on the balcony. ssOh, good
ning, my girl, y says the little priest
u ne opens the door, for he has no
aiAr servant, as his more affluent
TER, only little girl who comes in
saly 70 cook . little, and to clean still
.And what may your business
NTH me so late of an evening? It is
e nom San Fedele.' -
Y have letter to write, Signor Cap
tslAno = replies the girl. "a letter
Ahonld have been sent some days
as only the work and the feste have
eome IN the way -
Very good, Teresina mia; come
= sard, and seat thyseH, till I hear on
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A Warning to Widowers.

The Hamilton (Ont } Spectator chron-
icles the appearance Of aspecter at Grims-
by. The haunted man was q widoWer,
known as Old Kitchen, whose deceased
wife had before her death a year ago
threatened to haunt him if he ever had
any thing to do with another woman.
He promised to comply with her wishes,
and kept his word until short time
since, when in company with man
named Taylor, he drove to Smithville.
to visit couple. of young ladies'. On
his return Nome late at night, Kitchen
became visibly uneasy, his agitation in
creasing as they approached an old
church, in a graveyard attached to
which his wife was buried. When OPP
posite the spot ssthe white-robed form
of woman was seen to rise from the
graveyard, and float through the air
towards them = Kitchen screamed out
in an agony Of terror. the horse gave
vent to wild snort o1zfear, and ran
down the mountain at break-neck speed,
and the apparition continued to follow
them, floating through the atmosphere
in terrible proximity to the faithless
widOwer. The other man states that it
"looked like the corpse of woman
with her death close on. The face was
quite dead and expressionless, and the
eyes were closed; one hand was extend
ed toward Kitchen, almost touching
his head, and the other pointing toward
Smithville. Finally the buggy was
smashed against tree and the occu-
pants thrown out, and when they recov-
cred from the fall the ghost was gone.