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Bonds $50 each.

The Industrial Exhibition Company will
furnish agents with Circulars, etc.. etc.
Eachnewspaper pablished in the town where
agent is located Will, as soon as agency is es-
tablishea be given an advertisement, adver-
tising such agency and the company, and fully
explaining the plans, purposes and objects Of
the Company. Such advertisement will con-
tinue in such papers as long as agency is sue
cessfully conducted.
The Industrial Exhibition Company is the
first to adopt the plan 80 long in use By the
European governments Of issuing bonds when
/ the principal is made secure and not risked.
but where there is a chance for large pre-
MUM, an investment Of so is sure to return
to the investor s2l-one dollar more than cost
and the holder of $40 Bond may obtain
premium either Of $50. 500, 500, $500, $1,000.
$4,000, $1,000. $4,000. S25 900 or slOO 200. The
interest, which is ordinarily distributed to all
the bond-holdeTs pro rata, is in this loan dis
tributed by chance. The purchaser Of bond
knows he will receive back his investment,
with small rate of interest added, and in
consideration of taking this small rate of in
terest. he has chance in the above named
premiums, which are simply the distribution
of interest on tho whole loan.
Each bond participates in four drawings
each year, until it has drawn premium, when
1t Is surrendered, the premium raid, and the
bond cancelled.
The Industrial Exhibition Company, under
a special charter, granted by the State of New
York, is given authority to issue these bonds.
The Legislature Of the State, recognizing the
great benefits which will arise from the sue
cesSOf this enterprise, have exempted all the
real estate and property Of the Company from
taxation and assessments for five years, and
has also conferred ether great privileges.
Every American who understands the pur
poses sf this Company will, of necessity,
feel pride in aiding it to a successful termi-
nation.
Each individual who buys bond becomes
an owner and an interested party, and when
he views the struetare erected with bis money
can say, " aided TO erect in our country the
most magnificent building the world has ever
seen, palace which. in truth. represents the
industry, energy and mechanical genius of the
American people,"
The manufacturers and the inventors OF
America are peculiarly interested in the sue
cess Of this enterprise. for the reason that tits
to bs their home. where all their inventions
and manufactures can be exhibited and Sold
The building will contain 5.SsO,oOO square
feet Of space.
Purchasers desiring Bonds before an agency
is established where they reside. will commu-
nieate direct with this office, from whore they
can be supplied.
Parties desiring to act as agents or to pur-
chase bonds will address
Industrial Exhibition Company,
No. IL East 18th Street,
BET. BROADWAY AND 5THAvENuE,
Now York City.
NoTR-All moaeys by draft on New York,
o. Express, or postal order-eharges paid by
condor SOd&wt
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Xxx MEMPHIS TENN: WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 80 1876

end Take the slang phrase "pan out 4"
such and such an event will not pan
out 1t is mining term; when a
miner wishes to know whether a claim is
likely to pay or not, be takes up a
shovelful Of dirt and puts in his pros
pecting pan, washing it all away until be
gets a grain or two of gold at the bottom
OF the pan, if there is any in the dirt.
10 this case the claim is said to pan
out right" But where English folk
surpass all others is in literary slang,
which has grown to such pitch that it
ls scarcely possible to take up any mod
ern novel, with few exceptions, without
finding its pages disfigured by this detest-
able fault Some use the heavy, pompous
style, with such expressionsas as outcome,
iearsome," etc; if the heroine CT es
she gives vent to bursts of passionate,
glorious emotion" tall dark man is
stalwart and swarthy;" the hero never
VIZ ks, but strides" and has an awk.
ward habit of occasionally biting his
neither lip until the blood comes. Then
there is the ballad style of slsng-Up
and spake Sir Somebody. All this arises
SIMPLY from the writer's not being able to
express themselves in good, honest Eng
llsh, and not 80 much, as they are fond
OF averring, from the depraved tastes Of
their readers. The use Of slang is the
surest test of weakness in writer, as
simplicity is the truest test of excellence.
Nearly any woman can make NJ" so as
to present an attractive appearance; but
a truly beautiful woman never looks so
well as when she is simply dressed.
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Slang.
London Globe.1

London Globe.
There are only three nations who use
slang to any great extent-viz: France,
England and America. OF these French
is by far the wittiest, American the most
appropriate, and English the most forci-
Bile and obscure. A Partisan gamin is,
probably, in his way the most ready-wit-
ted person in the world, but his slang is
SO pointed that it would be entirely lost
on an average Briton; even supposing
that he understood French, he would be
sure to miss the point. English slang is
never witty, and in its most general
sense is almost unintelligible to the un-
initiated. American slang, on the other
hand, is so palpable and clear that it can
almost be called an art by itself Take,
for instance that one of You bet your
bottom on that" Players invariably
pile up the gold pieces one over the
other, taking one or two of the top as
they require the stake. When they
get to the bottom coin, OF course, it
is their last chance. Then, again,
the expression, He died with his,
boots on, signifying that the gentleman
/ in question did not die peacefully in his
bed, but met with violent and sudden
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whose face sanetity and curiosity were
soleInnly blended, walked out to the end
of dock on the New York side OF the
East river the other day, and after leis-
urely examining Brooklyn through n
spy glass, shut up the instrument and
walked off again with the satisfied look
OF woman who had only done her duty.
A magnificent array Of bridal pres.
ents on the occasion Of brilliant we'd
ding." says a New York letter writer,
is indeed very pleasant sight to be-
hold Yes, but the pleasure Of looking
at such an array Of pleasant gewgaws
hardly compensates one for the sadness
he experiences on seeing them sent
back to the parties they have been hired
from.
A French doctor, by an examination
of matrimonial statistics, has discovered
that out Of one hundred blonde women
thirty-seven remain old maids by the
waysides, while out of one hundred bru-
nettes only eighteen stop without hus-
band. A little three year old girl, to
whom he impaired this information,
asked him TO make her brunette.
AS stranger was yesterday knocking
at the door Of house on Second street,
q boy came around the corner and in
euired Got anything to sell" "Yes,
| want to sell your mother box of tooth
paste Might as well git off n the
steps, continued the boy, as a smile
broke out around his mouth; she's got
store teeth, aud she cleans EN- with
woolen rag"
Recently man going West from Ro-
chester, New York, 10 alighting fran
car slipped on the platform and broke a
leg, Every sympathized with him
in his misfortune, but he waved his hand
and replied: It's all right; my old
woman was laid up for two years, and
now I've got a chance to get even with
her. Ii she don't have tc do some tall
dusting around and sitting up nights,
then my name isn't Jordan"
Although wooden goods are more en-
ployed than silk, the latter only being
used for trimming, or to make plain un.
derskirts which are entirely covered with
trimming, toilets are as costly as ever.
A dress which appears simple upon
careless examination, if made by fash.
ionable dressmaker will prove to be
quite the reverse. Underclothing is also
very expensive; ruffles, insertions oflace,
and beautiful fine Valenciennes are Law
ishly employed. Costly silk worked
stockings are also in use, and in spite of
their being concealed under CATERS,
their costliness is unchanged.
A pretty linen suit is of dark blue and
blue and white checked material. The
skirt touches the ground; it is of plain
linen, with two shirred hounces sur.
mounted by a plated piece. The apron
is of checked goods, and trimmed with
band of dark blue linen, and has pockets
on each side slanting; FIVE buttons are
on the bands OF the pockets. The apron
is shirred up in the back and trimmed
with a shell shaped piece OF plain linen,
under which it is fastened. The corsage
cuirass is of checked linen, opening on
one side. The collar, bouquet pocket,
cuffs and bordering of the basque are of
plain blue linen. Three mother-of-pearl
butt.ns are on the outside of the cuffs.
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southern NIocLInr Rirds

Alexander Clark. in Methodist Recordsr.l
But we must throw aside a handful of
botanical specimens and a page Of
memoranda for letter writing, else we
should linger in these Mississippi woods
all summer. Harkl Listen to the
mocking birdr YoOder on that water
oak, how proudly he balances himself on
the swinging bough. Will he sing /?
Yes Only hearken, His notes are
clearer than the notes Of flute, more
shrill aud ringing than the falsettos of
the most perfect Aageolet, endless in
variety as il his octaves reached into
the ethery skies, and modulated with a
grace beyond the range of words to ex-
press. l3e takes up the song OF the
thrush, the time-beat of the robin, the
caroling of some distant swallows too
family remote for our coarse ears to
hear, the victor call Of the lark mount
ing into the face of the sun, the chatter
ing of the blue bird and a score of re-
membeFed cadenoes from summers that
are gone, and-hearkenl BE traasposes
them into new creation. His original
variations surpass GOttschalk's s grandest
liberties with Home, Sweet Home. +"
He swells his mellow melodies into an
anthem; it rises, falls, repeats, strikes
on, a very blessed Babel of confusing
bewitching. captivating song, with notes
too quick for pulsing time or quiverinn
heart to tell-miIacle of melody And
all this from the throat Of stray mock
ing bird, one of million in the Missis
sippi woods If God has so endowed @
wild warbler Of the forest, what raptur
Gus surprise awaits us in the eterna
morning when the new song shall strik,
our ravished ears?
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ANS Not Lost.

When Jeremy Taylor had lost all
when his house had been plundered and
his family driven out Of doors-he could
still write thus:
Il have fallen into the hands Of publ
cans and sequestrators, and they have
taken all from me; what now2 Let me
look about me They have left me the
sun and moon, loving wife and many
friends TO pity me, and some to relieve
me; and can still discourse, and unless
| list, they have not taken away my
merry cOuntenanee and my cheerful
spirit andra good conscience; and they
have still left me the providence of God,
and all the promises Of the Gospel, and
my religion, and my hopes of Heaven,
and my charity to them, too; aud still
sleep and digest, eat and drink, read
and meditate-aud'he who hath so many
causes OF joy, and so great, is very much
IN love with sorrow and peevishness,
who loves all these pleasures and chooses
to SIT down upon his little handful of
thorns."
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AAILEnAD fIMn TABLES.

MEMPHIS AND LoUIpvlLLE RAILROAD,
Arrives. Leaves.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.



Who andoubtit? Do we not every iay sec
the vigorous and clear headed pushing on Ia
fortune, and the feeble and brain-befoTged
tarrying, by the way? Health gives energy,
pm; Wbat a healthy mind coneeives. 4
healthy body is prompt to execute. Diaieui.
ties which deter the invalid altogether, the
vigorous man surmounts at a bound. If we
would be successful, let us first be healthy,
The initial step to be taken toward arriving
AZ that condition, is to rally the falling ener.
gies OF the system. AS Ienovant of decay
ing vital power, HOstetter's Stomach Bitters
may be justly recon mendod in preference TO
all other tonies, since its superiority as an in
yigorant is the subject of daily demonstra-
tion. But L is far more than a simple recu-
perant of physical slrenath; it is a prompt
remedy for bodily irregularities, particularly
Of the stomach, bowels and liver. and a relia-
BILE preventive Of maladias begotten of MAS
ma, impure water, exposure and exhaustion,
the bal effects of which it invariably coun-
teraets. 10l -eod- ln66w
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NO. 1O5
BONDS.
Local Agents Wanted.

An Agent Wanted for Each Town
and County I'm the United States.
Parties desiring to act as agents must ac-
company their application By letter Of recon-
meRdaiion as to character and responsibility
from and signed by the editor Of newspaper
published in the town or county for which
ageat proposes to act. The agency is to sell
the bonds Of the Industrial Exhibition Com
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PROFESSIONAL,
MANHOOD.
MANHOOD RESTORED.

A VICTIM OF YOUTHFUL IMPRU-
n dence, causing premature decay, ner-
vous debility, ETC., having tried In vain every
known remedy, has found simple solf-cure,
which he will send free TO his felow-sufierers.
Address j. H.LREEVEs, Is Nassau street,
New York. S0eod'lVi
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GRAIN RAIsERs REFUSE to sub.
NIT TO- the wasteful and imperfect work Of
other Threshers, when posted on the rast supe-
rtoritg Of this one, for faving grain. saving
time, and doing fast, thorough and economi-
cal work
THRESHERMBN FIND 1T highly advan.
tageous to run machine that has no . Beat
ers, Piokers," or apron" that handles
Damp Grain, Long Straw, Headings, Flax,
Timothy, Millett and all such difficult grain
and seeds, with ENTIRE EASE AND
EEFECTIVEN ESS. Cleans to perfection;
saves the farmer his thresh bill by extra saw
ing OF grain, makes no Litterings;" re-
guires LESS THAN 0NE-HAl.F the usual
Belts, Boxes, Journals, and Gears; easier
managed; less repairs; one that grain raisers
prefer to employ and whit for, even az
advanced prices, while other machines
are - out of jobs"
-Four sizes made with 9, s, 10 and
12 horse Mounted" Powers, also
speciality of SepnratOrs "atOne,"
expressly for STEAM POWER and
10 mRtch other Horse Powers.
If interested in grain raising, or threshing
write for Illustrated Circulars lscai tree) with
iull particulars of sizes, styles. prices terms,
etc. NICHOLS, SHEPARD & co,
49-l59ew Battle Greek, Mehiaaa.
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which South African affairs are involved. Mr..
Froude no doubt feels the attraction which men
who have spent o long life in literary pur-
suits find in what are called mere practical pur-
suits in close contact with affairs And sense
of duty leads him. His mission is said to
include negotiations for the transfer to the Orange
River Free State of the diamond fields whichthat
commonwealth now claims sovereign rights. He is
at the same time to arrange for the entry OF that
State into federal confederation of South Africa
subject to the authority of the Crown. 1t will tax
chaos into which colonial questions have fallen
There is fresh rumor to the effect that MI
Dsrae intends at the end of the session to resign
his Premiership and retire from the leadership of the
Tory party. The reasons limited at are failing physi-
cal strength, and modification at the mistakes he
has been making this year. The first reason is not
yet sufficient one the second would be to him con-
elusive against resigning Mr.. Disraeli is not the
man to abdcate voluntarily in the midst Of disaster
He has Numbered good deal, but mostly on minor
points, and his recent diplomatic success may be
fairly set off against previous errors OF what can
be called disaster there has been nothing thus far
Checks and worries and humiatiOns the great party
leader has had to endure but nothing that can be
deemed likely to shake his frmness or impair his
brilliant courage / do MT believe lie means to re-
sign. G. WIS.
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THE NATIONAL VICE.
TO the EDITOR OF The Tribune.

the Edtt0r or The ITtoHHe
SIR: Allow me just word in answer to the
needlessly long letter Of arthur Gilman" upon the
Habit Of expectoration 1t is not very nattertng to
our yaunted notions OF national freedom from the evil
habits and vugarites commonly and therefore crrone
ously supposed to be Characteristic OF the English
people, to he told that "spittng is habit In which
Americans indulge because they have descended from
Engshmen !" nor is 1t consistent with our worldwide
reputation Of educational progress to be told to hook for
our examples in books which show how the English peo
pie behaved 300 years ago. Certainly our Amcsfcsn
manners to he gagged 10y those Of the nourcd"r
riches who stalk through the galleries Of the old world
They are to be gagged by grattOus professions oil
superior education and culture and when measured b5
that standard think found 20 be sadly wanting
IT, a. Americans we could have been willing to adopt
the vulgar habit said to have been practlced by the
English in the Sixteenth Century, how IA II that like
them we have not condemned disgusting and an
intolerable practice Let your Cambridge correspond
ent up and down the cities and towns OF England io
him attend religious and other public meetings convened
there and then let him say whether the sidewalks Their,
present such naseang appearance AS they do here anc
whether audience there Is Disguised by the repeated
expec tOaton OF speaker rs IL unfortunately too often
the here Oh out upon such dirty tricks IRON
wherpsoever whOmsoever they may come
Pr0stdeNce, H. J., May 20, 1875. y.
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TIE DELINQUENT COUNTY TREA SUFFERS

THE ASSISTANT TREASURER OF ULSTER COUNTY SAYS
THAT THE ACCOUNTS ARE BALANCED.
tFRoM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUSE.l
KINGSTON, ULSTER Co., n. Y, June 5.-JacOb
NJ Hasbrouck County Treasurer Of Ulster County,
among those mentioned delinquent in the payment OF
taxes due the State, and to the amount Of $24 Mr.
Hasbrouck residing at NewPaltz, could not be found,
and in answer inquiries the Assistant County Treas
urer d. Z. Keyser said to a TRIBUNE reporter, "The
Treasurer arms the unpaid resident and non-resi
dent taxes the unpaid railroad taxes amounting alto
gether ST. for which proper returns have been
made 10 the Controller Of the State and the taxes against
the New-York and Oswego Midland Railroad,
town of Wawarsing, amounting to about S2,4OO,
which tho collector has been restrained by
injunction from collecting, will more than
balance the claims of the State. We have felt assured
that the wafuy balanced until the reflections
on resident nonresident statements returned
I'D to this time the County Treasurer has received no
notice of proceedings taken against him by the Attorney
General. The State tax amounted to $S3,159 80 OF
which amount So, 900 forwarded to the State
Treasurer OF the balance GOA so has been placed
to the credit of the School Fund.- and 554 81 returned
TO the Controller as unpaid The principal item in the
unpaid tax Ulster County is against the Waikiki Valley
Railroad amounting to S11 ,5O4 O5. This road is now
operated by the Erie Railway COMPANY and The claim is
As proof that they were satis ed that their accounts
were balanced with the State, Mr.. keyser exhibited the
following letter TO the Controller: n s,u p.
The Hon. N. X. HOPKINS, COntroiter-Dedr ST: In
making of unpaid taxes we forgot to include the
ysy Rvn e TnS nGw or %
ment sent you with the other returns. As there is
probability of the against the NewYOrk and Oswego
Midland Railroad Town Of Wanarsing, amounting to
S2400 Whereabouts, being returned unpaid the Col
sg and he having made the return required by Chap
nothing further for me pay at present Respectfully
yours. JACOB NJ. HAsBRoUcK, County Treasurer.
Kingston, N. T., May %, 1875.
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| victory of Columbia or Harvard would be
triumph Of skill and nerve over mere strength;
and 1t was so in reality. Many of the crews had
very distinctive characteristics; that Of Columbia
was attention to business Attention to detail and
xiy of purpose were the mark OF these sons OF the
| business and professional men Of New-York. They
| went there TO win that race, and they lett
no stone unturned to do it. Every man
had his work laid out for him, and gave his whole
mind to it. They were first on the lake, and were
more methodcal and regular in their practice than
any other crew. They gave moro apparent atteii-
ton to detail of stroke and training than any crew
except Yale, and their discipline in the boat was 3D.
mirable Mr. Rees ascribes his victory OF last year
to the rule of eyes in the boat" more than any
thing else. The men knew nothing Of what was
going on about them, but concentrated their atten-
ton on their business leaving all matters outside TO
the bow, to whose department as steersman 1t be-
lOnged
This crew has the same busnesslike determine
tion The same attention to orders and discipline is
visible in this crew which marked that one, and 1t
is the more remarkable from the fact that five out OF
six are men.
Thepeculiarity Of the Columbia stroke, which at
tracts the casual observer is the sharp shooting out
of the hands before going forward-a very hard
thing to acquire ; but while l was looking at this
crew tney all ulu anu auu uAu ~ W
gether in the most careful and perfect way except
ing some slight defects before noted. Only man
who is familiar with the old crew can see how much
remains to be learned. When they have mastered
the motion SO that it becomes habit, as it is with
Mr.. Goodwin, they can put on all weight without
fear, the hands will shoot lightly forward like the
arms of machine and the boat of Columbia will
seem to fly by a single impulse, as she did on the
18th of last July.
THE NEW BOAT-HOUsE.
OF the Columbia boat-house it may be briefly said
that it will be the largest the Harlem-about 80
feet by ~ feet in dimensions, with two stories The
estimated cost is $4,000; $4,000 is pledged by the
college, and 81 900 has been subscribed already.
John j. Astor gives $500; VIM. b. Astor, $500; the
Hon. Hamilton Fish, $3.50; Joseph Wesley Harper,
$3.50; Hamilton Fish, jr, 300; VIM. r. Trayers,
800; Robert LenOx Kennedy, 800; Frederick De
Peyster 800; j. V. Stevens, 800; President Bar
nard, $780, besides smaller gifts. The house Will be
built on a scow so that it can be tOwed to any de-
srabe locality and may be located west of the rail-
road bridge possibly the north side Of the river