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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-15

Washing day in many parts of Ger
many (where it is the pride Of every
housewife to have a large stock of linen
comes only two or three times year Ii
is thus describ ID BY q correspondent OF
the New York Evening Post, writing
from Melsungen:
When washiug-day does come
round it is a very great occasion, Hall
q dozen women are called in to assist
and Immediately after their arrival van.
ish into the cellar Here they pass the
first day wrapt in a cloud Of mystery
and stesm-through which have never
sought to penetrste--from which they
emerge at evening with great baskets
piled high with wet, clean linen, ready Ia
be taken to the blesching-feld. This
field is about half o mile from most Of
the houses, and is the property OF the
town. ltis point of low meadow land
which extends out into the river. Al
one side is a little stone hut in which a
man and dog pass the night guarding
the clothes. In the center Of the field
is a stone curbed we'll Hlther in the
evening the clothes are brought on
trucks, frequently drawn by large dogs;
and here, in the cool OF the day, they
are spread upon the grass, sprinkied
from large tin water pots, and left for
the dews to finish the work which the
soap-suds have begun. The next day
the sheets and table-cloths and larger
pieces are put through process Of shak
ing and turning sprinkling and spread.
ing, which, to the skeptical mind, ap
pears rather unnecessary, while the
smaller ones ore hung on the lines to
dry.
"0f a bright, sunny morning the
bleaching field, in which from two to
half a dozen different parties usually
are at work, is a very pretty picture
The peasant girls, with old handker.
chiefs or wells tied over their heads, gay
stuff dresses and bare feet, run about
between the long rows of snowy linen OF
stand on tiptoe at the lines with their
hands and mouths full OF clothes-pn ms,
struggling with refractory skirt. Others
stand awaiting their turn at the well
with vsteripg-pots on their heads or at
the tubs up to their elbows in the
rinsing water; one refreHhes hsrselt With
long drink of water from an uplitted
Jug; a group Of women sit 10 the shadow
OF the stone hut eating their breakfast
of black bread and sausage, while the
children make themselves useful by
chasing stray pieces which the wind
whisks away, or ornamentally turning
somersaults and playing leap frog.
Everything is stirring and fresh and
pretty to sse. The clothes flap and tug
at the lines If the Winds 10 brisk; heecy
white clouds sail over the blue sky, now
casting a grateful shadow upon the
workers, now letting the sunlight pour
down and glorify everything. The
BROAD, le7ely landscape, the hills and the
river glow ep@ darkle in rich.lighted
shadows, the fresh, sweet siF comes over
the meadows from the hills, the Whols
world seems beautiful and glad, and ono
accepts all these thousand suggestions
that German country life is very charm.
ing"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-15
"OF ALL OTHERs.s
An ImprOper E1pressle n.

~ - tAEoH - - DNAAO Ne
world.l
The expression "Of all others "
though utterly absurd, may be called a
respectable blnnder 10 one aspect, as an.
other, and more essential one, it is quite
the reverse. It is not simply slip Of
the tongue or pen, but a slip OF the
head, and hence reflects on him who
commits it double discredit. In this
aspect the hlunder is anything but re-
rspectable. Yet the long roll of those
who have committed it is thickest with
names respectable for thought and ex-
preston; so that it borrows from them a
shadow at least Of respectability. We
are reminded of this just at present by
a passage in the recent banqueting
speesh Of the British Premier, surely no
common master of expression. " A war
With China" said Mr.. Disraeli at the
Lord Mayor banquet, would have been
with q country with which, of all Others,
England would not be placed in coils
ion" Mr.. Disraeli is the last, we be
lieVe, who has made this slip. And
barely the last, for Prof Proctor, 10 the
Cornhill Magazine, was only few DAYS
before him. Abiding to Leverrier's dis
covery OF Neptune, the eminent astrono-
mer said: ITO the outside world, indeed,
It was the achievement Of all others most
deserving of Leverrier's work" A short
time before that Arsene Houssaye, whose
airy genius begins and ends in expires.
sion, had said in the Tribune: "In
America, as we'll as here, you amuse
Yourself with the life Of the springs
and seaside. It is the place of all others
to study society and fashion " There is
here, indeed, grammatical blunder su.
peradded, but possibly the translator,
some member Of The Tribune's accom-
plished staff, it maybe, is responsible for
both. Mr.. Hardy slips likewise in Far
from the Madding Crowd" where, refer
ring to Boldwood, he says nobody sus-
pected that he had shown uneduivocal
symptoms Of that mental arrangement
which Bathsheba and TaVy alone, of all
others, and at different times, had
thought of in connection with him"
The offenders on this point. however, are
not merely among the crowd of fine
writer's and the host Of commonplace
ones, but also among those whose names
we do not expect to die. Coleridge in
The Friend" speaks Of truths OF all
Others the most awful and mysterious"
and Milton, although he does not use this
exact expression, fairly revels ia the
confusion of thought which makes it
what it is, singing of Adam and Eve as
first seen by Satan from his LOFTY
staRd " on the Tree .! Life:
So band in hand they passed, the loveIiest
pair
That ever since in loves embraces met;
Adam the goodliest man Of men since born
And she the fairest of her daughters, Eve.
This, we think, will do. The force Of
blunder could no further 20. Nor could
the force of example in extenuation Of
laundering.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-15

The common oyster of Europe, ahun.
1ant on the coasts Of Great Britain and
France, occurs 10 large banks or beds,
sometimes extending for miles, usually
on rocky bottoms; from about the mid
die Of August to the middle of May they
ere dredged from the bottom by a kind
Of iron rake drawn by boat under full
sail, several hundred being taken at a
single haul; these are transferred to ar
ti6cial beds or parks, where they are pre-
served for sale, continually growing ip
size and improving in favor. The growth
OF the oyster is slow, il being only as
large as a half'dollar at the end of four
or six months, and twice that size ut the
end Of s year. on artificial beds the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-15
SPECIAL NOTTGR,
A widely AppIIcanIs Remedy.

A Widely Applicable Remedy.
Few remedies are applicable to such wide
range Of disorders as Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. and this not because it has special
properties adapted to the cure of each-auch
pretence would be manifesty absurd-but on
account Of its wonderfully improving effect
upon the general tone Of the system. and its
Alternative action upon the organs of nutrition
secretion and discharge. Besides its we'll
known properties as remedy for intermit-
tent and remittent fevers, dyspepsia. consti-
patton, torpidity Of the liver, general debility,
urinary and uterine difficulties. it invariably
proves to be highly serviceable In overcoming z
anemia. hyp chondria. rheu natism. insom
mia, and many other disorhers and aisabili-
ties originating In poverty or impurity Of the
olosd, nervous weakness or over excitement,
functions.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-15
I4lh Day Of December, 1873.


And said sub committees are hereby in
etructed that no psrson is authorized TO vote
ior SAID de egates unless he is a resident voter
Of bis ward and comes within the qual,fca
lions heretofore fixed BY resolution of this
Committee. and will agree 10 support the
nominee OF the Convention hereby called;
AID said subcommittee are to be the sole
judges as 70 whether said applicant is entitled
70 vote under the qualifications as above set
iortn Aud they will appoint two OF their
number or others under thei direction to O.
cord tn name OF oacn voter. aud make return
OF said election 10 the Chairman of this Com
mittee without delay.
The election on said 14th day Of December,
1910. as above stated. will be for the number
Of DELEGATES, and at tho pla es in aid wards
No LAT southwest corner of Main and
Jack on streets; IA de egates
No. 2-At engine-house, Poplar street; 9
No. 8 AT McOullough's old stable, on the
north side OF Adams street, between second
and NJ ain streets; Is delegates.
NO. 4-At Greenlaw Opera House; II dele
gates.
No. Smear corner Beal and DeSoto streets,
3 9delegates.
No. 6 At Waldran Block; s delegates.
No. On Beal street. near Memphis and
Charleston railr ad; DELEGATES.
lS delegates.
No 9 At corner of Fifth and Mill streets; |;
5 delegates
No 10 Near corner of Main and South
streets del gates.
Total number Of delegates, 102.
Inc Executive Committee hereby request
that the esub-committees be esp ciqly cautious
not to exercise influence for or against any OF
the candidates coming be, ore the convention.
And the committee wsuld state that they are
exceedingly anxious to have q convention
ompused Of competent. honest and reliable
men, for it is a well-known fact that the bes
guarantee thar the nomiaee Of the convention
shall be competent, honest and reliable is 10
have delegates of like qua ifcations
The names of the SUB. committees in the diff
erent wards are as fol oWs:
First ward w B Richai det Henry Frick
Tom Consodine Patrick Kerns. Cooney.
second-John Donovan. FraLsiola, +
FEELING. VIM Worsham, Sam Dreyfus
Third V Bacigalupo. A G. Tuiher, Henry
schilling. II NJ Nteiy Joe Flynn.
Fourth-W Bruce, S'otz, Thomas Bar
rett, n Malates a. Dick 0'Brien.
Fifth j y Ballard, c Bonner, J II West,
james Hall G W Tomlin.
Sixth-B Bingham NJ Hearn, Jacob Vel.
Ter, A S Myers. G Riordon.
Seventh ] I Hillsman J S Carpenter, w
L Cooper, 2 2 rota. W II Bates,
Eighth J J DuBose. Hear Seessel, ST., j
Waters. S ] Camp, VIM Featherstt ne.
. Nluln -OeO hEOhel. . Ocneloler, " harr,
Geo Williams, 7 Bettis.
Tenth u L sharp. B Anderson, Geo Has
singer, Henry Rocco. Martin Fian.
Tne delegates elected on sad 18th day Of De-
cember. 1875. will meet in convention at the
assembly Hail. in the city Of Memphis,
on Ihurday, the 10th day Of December, 1876,
at II o'clock am . for the purpose of nominal
ing candidate for Mayor of Memphis.
By order Of the Committee.
II I ELLETT. Chairman.
u w CLAPP, Secretary. 50 9s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-15

The Washington Club House is getting
advertised backward" A paper at the
capital published cut of it few days
ago, with a remark like this: Honesty
will dot go near that siren club house
within one hundred yards. The club
house has been built with money OBJ
tanned through that swindling Freed
mems Bureau Bank, from poor colored
people Of all parts of the country The
ground and every stone Of the palatial
building belong to toiling masses of
former Stoves, the negroes of the United
States"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-15
cRocERIEs.
WIN. DEAN & co.
We are receiving this week

We are receiving this week.
N. Y. State BuckWheat Flour,
Choice Creamery aad Roll Butter,
20 bbls and half bbIs Extra Choice
Pickles,
New MO'asses and Sugar,
ChOw.chOw by the TALON,
Mixed Pickles by the Gallon,
French Mustard by the Gallon,
100 bbls OF the celebrated Emerald
Isle Flour,
10 cases Russian Mustard, the finest
favored Mnstard ia the world,
New Figs and RaisIns,
Extra Mess Msekerel In bbls and kits,
Fresh Irish Oatmeal,
Large Assortment Of Canned Goods,
10 half chests Of Fresh Teas, fine
grades.
We make no extra charge for roasting or
grinding Cofiee. Having eur own WATER
POWEk. 1t Is done with very little expense.
VIM. DEAN & co,
lS9 Poplar Street.
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DISPEaSARY.
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0ALEk'S HEAD DISPENSARY
09h Fourth ST., bet. Mark et aud
JeHeTs0n, LOuisv lac, Ky.


THIS INSTITUTION WAS ESTABLISHED
Il 1893 by a special act Of the Legislature.
The object Is 10 give all Fersons, Of either sex,
tho most skilltul treatment for q reasonable
fec Eighteen years successful practice en-
ables us TO guarantee perfect cure in any
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Night Emissions, Impotency, Mental and
PhS sical Decay, and finally resulting in abso-
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Structure, Syphilis, Scrofula, and all affec-
tons OF the Urinary Organs cured in the
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COUGH BALsAM.
WILL IAMS'
Rnlsam Wild Cherry aud Wood
Naptha


for Coughs. Colds. Consumption, bronchitis.
AID air Diseases OF the Throat and Lungs'
This pnequaled preparation Is paying the
usual penalty of merit, and wo would warn
buyers to be cautious in receiving the asser-
tions Of inscriptions parties claining to have
" the same thing" or = made in the same
way" or just rs good"
We are now nearing season when CoueB
Balsam is placed on It's merits, and when cold
days and nights. and rainy weather calf
upon cough preparation to prove it's efficacy,
and no other medicine will answer ths same
purpose rs Williams Balsam for the immedi.
ate relief Of the diseases fnr which II IA 81
confidently recommended We earnestly asl
a trial, and rely upon its merits 10 prove our
assertions that Il Is tho Brsg ReMEpY ever
offered TO tho public Tor all complaints arisina
from diseases Of the Threat and Lungs. TrS
II aud be convinced Of it's magical effect. Il
you cannot obtain Il from your drugFist. send
TO us and we will forward It.
All wholesale orders addressed 10 @. O.
Wari Bro Memphis, Team, will receive
prompt attention.
Memo genuine without our Trade Mark or
each bottle. Beware Of c0unterfeita.
Respectfully, y. Q. WARD & BRO.
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MANHOOD.
MANHOrD RFNT1lRr1S' I'''

A VICTIM OF YOUTHFUL fMPRU.
IA eanoe, causing premature decay. nor.
yous debility, olc.. having tried IN VAN oVory
kn9yn remedy. has found . simple sell.eurS,
which he will send frss q his fellow aiIsrsrs.
Addrell J. II. RNbVE5. n Nassau slrssk.
re" hofk. D-eod-l0
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-15

G6AIN RAISERS REFUSE "a suh
nit to. the wasteful and imperfect work ef
other Threshers, when posted on the vast s,,ue
riority of this one, for saving grain, savins
lTe, and doing fast, thorough and economi
THRESHERMEN FIND 1T highly sdvau
tageous 70 run a machine that has no " Beat.
ers, Picksrs," or Apron" that handles
Damp Grain, Long Straw. Headings. Flax.
Timothy, Millett and all such dificuit rrain
and seeds, with ENTIRE ERSE kSD
w. FECfIVEN E6s. Cleans to perfectiar. /.
saves the farmer his thresh bill by extra AZ
ing OF grain, makes no "Litterines;' re-
guires LESS THAN 0NE-HAiF he usuS,
Belts, Boxes. Journals, and Gears, easier
managed; less repairs; one that srain raiser,
prefer to employ and wall for, even ~
auvanced p Ices, while other maohines
are out of Jobs"
Four sizes made with 9, 8. 10 and
~ horse = HOunted - Powers. nIao
especially OF NeparatOFs (" alOne.s'
expressly for STEAM PoWER and
90 match other HOrse Pewers,
II interested in grain raising, or threshine
write TOR illustrated Circulars (sent freO with
tull particulars Of sizes, styles, prices. terms.
etc, sCHOLS, SCI APARO Il 90
5-Ll&W Katie Jrsfk. Micht0Gn.
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ELECTION.
ELECTION.
~'->>"-7-'-----~>~>~-~~~---~~
Order of Executive Committee
-FOR-
ELECTION or DELEGATES
AND
HOLDING OF A AVENTION.

TUE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COM
i hlTTkE Of the City II MeUphis hereby
erder the election Of delegates and the holding
q aConyention for the nomination of a candi
date for Mayor Of Memphis. And to carry out
said objects. said Co mittee hereby nirect that
the sub-Committees in their respective wards.
whose names are hereinafter stated. shall
open and hold an election for the number OF
delegates here natter stated at the respective
places IN their wards hereinafter mentioned I;
the election Of said delegates to be BIZ ballot
to be held by said sub committees from 4
O'Clock pm. to o'clock IN on the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-15
MISSISSIPPI & TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
Change of Schedule.
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON
RAILROAD.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.

ON AND AFTER SUNDAY. AUGUST q.
" ISIS:
Mail train daily..-.........~ll:0O am. 300 pm
Fxpress trnin daily.......... $40 am. 12:l0 pm
Somerville train daily
texcept Shndays) )........ 4:5O pm. 500 am
No change Of cars between Memphis and
q, ,vistol, and only one change of cars to Wash
q oSs connection for all points East and
Sout. Neast.
city til 10. poso ouu.
TOM Il. DUNN. Ticket Agent. 21S Main St.
22-xxih-2l
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Tenth and TrsnlIel. coupons in proporlIon
LIST or PRIZES
APPHOxInATION PRIZES

100 Approximation Prizes at $500. $40 900
lC0 Approximation Prizes at ic0......... lAOOO
100 Approximation Prizes at 76......... 1850
$3.50 Prizes in ell, amounting lgold) .s6o9, 500
For full information apply 70
G. II. SAMUEL.
a6-s9 No. 2l6 Third st., Mamphia, Tenn.
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Inc Lowest Premium Is S2.IO
Eaoa Fraction must draw this sum.
All Fractions will be good with Sl5 In mr.
chase whole 20 Bond.
for loss. ~ Nv oH1H0o
A so Bond participates in four drawin0s
each year. until It has dra En one of the fol-
lowing premiums:
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@75O,OOO.

Any one obtaining q premium. the Com
pany pledges itself not 10 make puhlic
This enterprise is simply new form OF
bond; In 40 sense Is It to bo recognized as
There are no blanks. Be sure and purchase
win buy Fraction for December G, ISIS.
will buy QTarter Bond for Jan B, SIS.
$40 viii buy Half b0nd for Jan 3 1876
All Bonds are sxchangable into city los. In
the suburbs Of New York city
Each Bondholder is regar iod as an honorary
member Of the Industrial Exhibition CO., and
% Welcome at the farlors oi the'Company, No.
10 Bast l7th street. Agents wanted.
All communication and remittances Ia be
made 70 the Industrial Exhibition Co.. n
East lIth street. between 9Th Avenue ana
Btoadway. New York city
For the ,parpose Of giving the Bondholders
Of the Industrial Exhibition %. full and eoSn-
pleto information as to the progress Of the
ompany, and complete list OF the draw
ings, an, illustrated Journal will Do pub
liShed, Wis:
Ths Industrial Exhibition Illustrated
Subscription One Dollar per Year.
Any one sending a club Of Is subeoriharu
with tl5, will DO given Premium ofano Frae
ton or y Bond; club Of n subscrihors. a Y
bondi club VI % subscribers, a whole Bond.
Adde'S.
industrial Exhibition illustrates,
l2East nth Street. New York clty.
$50 WIN Purchase lS Fractions.
For full it formation apply 10
Pig.lQsdsM q II sAMukL 2i6 Third Il.
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Bonds

On December 9, S75,
A Tenth, which cost on IS can draw anv
OF the following. and will be received by the
Company a. any time Ia six month, az IS in
the purchase Of a 30 B Bind.
This Is chance for gam aud no chance for
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CRYNTAL PALACE-

Which Every American will be Proud OF
RECOLLECT.
The Industrial Exhibition Is a legitimate en-
terprise, chartered by the State OF New York.
Its Directors are the beat citizens Of New
York.
Il has had seven drawings since July, 1874
and paid out In principal and interest,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-25
Senator AnthOny's C0ngratula ti0ns.

We copy the following from the Provi
| dence journal Its editor, Hon. Henry B
Anthony, United States Senator, was one OF
the senatorial excursion party recently in
this city, and the following is doubtless
prompted by the generous feeling toward
the people of Louisiana in the heart of that
able statesman and pure patriot:
There seems to be no reason for longer
Withholding contradictions upon the aspect
OF affairs in Louisiana. There ia now har-
monious working Of the State government,
each extreme being discarded. The prospect
TOT the business community is more favnra
Bile than for long time past, and hopeful
ness has taken The place Of despon,tency.
Of course there could lie no substantial
improvement until the political horizon was
cleared. Once under way again in an honest
method, controlled by men in whom the
people trust, the ship of state ia likely to be
tolerably guided for length of time sutii-
clent to win the confiieL ce of those who
have no interest save that legitimately per-
tanning to industries based as much uLon
the public welfare as in individual gain.
In the Legislature one honse is Republican,
the other Democratic, which, under The CIR
cumstances. Is best for all. The ultraisrs
will be kept IN the background. That which
the country looks with ap xiety for. is a stare
ct things in the South, out of which mere
partisans can make nothing, but which
tends to the recuperatiUn of that section,
to its peace. it's prosperity, and the develop,
ment of all its resources. New Orleans.
despite the railroads, and the consequent
rivalry OF Other cities. is to grow, to regain
lite former Importance, to be one of the
busiest and most attractive of our CONNER.
cial towns The soOne, the day comes, the
more gratified will NV England be.