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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-13
PecuIiarities ola Great London
Entertainments,

Buffalo FXpress.l
At the grand entertainment given to
the Prince OF Wales at the Guildhail of
the city OF London, losses Of jewels
we're plentiful. Among other things,
the Duchess of Manchester lost one ear
ring OF the value Of Twelve hundred
pounds sterling, and has not seen or
heard anything of If since. Ano her
lady bad the pleasure Of saeirg her
diamond comb, valued at fifty four hun
dred pounds sterling, trodden into dust
beneath the feet Of the dancers, without
being abe to get sufficiently rear to
rescue it, A curious discovery was ma te
il sweeping the hall after the dance.
Some months ago Lady Dudley, the
most beautiful peeTess at present living,
was robbed Of jewels 20 the amount fly
thousand pounds sterliI g. which had
been careieseIy left IN a c: Sc at rail-
Way station. A beautiful antique
agraffa, 1e8piendeut with diamonds and
eneralts, Was found on the fisOT of tee
Guildhal, and has since been recognized
: one OF the articles which vas stolen
from L7dy Dudley. Several awkward
cOatretenaps occurred during the even
ing, owing to The plentiful manner in
which invitations had heen scattered.
A lady who had been divorced from her
husband met him at the supper-table,
ana immedistely went into Mysteries.
A beaTish young city nan persisted in
pushing against lieutenant Of the
navy, aud, when the latter remOn-
stratsd, complained that it was the fault
Of some one else. At length the sailor
received push that he saw vi s inten-
tional, aud which caused him to hurt
the lady to whom he was speaking.
after fildipg her q seat, he went in pur-
suit Of the sggressor, and with the ex-
clams'iop, "NOw, sir, Pm going to pun
ish you," lie seized the two tails OF the
culpriu'J coat and tore them right to the
collar, then uniied his CrgVat and walked
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-13
Unique Gifts to Massachusetts
Citizens.
Boston AdYertIser.l


Mr.. John K. Hall, cashier Of the Ms
tional bank of North Carolina, has re-
ceived from Charleston, South Carolina,
ia trust Tor the persons for whom they
are intended, three unique articles. The
first is section of palmetto tree, four
and half feet high, and eleven inches
in diameter at the butt, tapering to a
diameter of about eight inches, making
a pedestal Of very good proportions, the
shaggy bark giving to it very unique
appearance. The second is an Octsgon
shelf Of New England pine, unstained,
but finished and vanished, and is evil
IDENTIFY Intended to accompany the
pedestal. These articles are to be dis.
posed Of as the ladies Of Lexington may
decide, and are, as stated in letter from
W. A. Courtensy, past commander of
the Washington light infantry, to Mr..
Hal, the acknowledgment of the
Martha Washington tables to the ladies
Of Lexington" The third article on the
list is q cross, standing twenty inches
high-a very beautiful piece Of work.
The base and the cross itself are covered
first with plain strips OF the palmetto
leaf, which in turn are covered with in
Vulnerable loops formed of very narrow
strips OF the leaf. A vine with flowers
climbs from the base over one of the
arms to the top, contemplating the de.
sign. Tied to the Cross with blue ribbon
is q card, on which is written the follow
ing: "Lord, how off shall my brother
sin against me and / forgive him? till
seven times? Jesus saith unto him,
say not until thee until seven times, but
until seventy times seven-Mstthew
xviii" Beneath this is drawn the seal
of the Washington light infantry, after
which comes the following inscription:
ga remembrance for Rev. Z. @. Porter,
Of Lexington, Massachusetts,, June %,
1875. Fort MOultre Centennial, Charles
ton, South Carolina"
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Probable Release of Frank
SEaLWcFall.

Auburn Daily BuIIet.n.I
Ever since the transfer Cf young Wal'
Wor b from S.Ug ST. g to AG5UrI prism,
in u;su2g % Of his PUDisbmeut for t. o
shooting Of Liz father ia New YOrF, his
mother E2s clUDS 10 lin with al the
tcuagity that inaeTes to matErEai love.
a lazy Of prwssiui nsgue C sttrs ci0p,
ami ver5eG iu al Re lco-mp' ishueEts
o. sCCistE, she hes o. a 10 off u = IN
drsEiaC 70 htr sid TIE g. mp ii s3 Cf
ell with Hh'u SIN gsa ColyrE 20 contact
Il tee pU-.u,t IF 'av : ~ EaE Plea and
leUiarce - her sOr. From Ei0g sing
Z. ADI ~, lr-.l FI-r-, : n s1-sp q he --U-
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-13
Vanderbilcs Successors.

Eli Perkins in New York SUM-
No depres ion is expected to take place
in New York Central stock at MIR. Van
derbilts death. His sou William H.
Vanderbilt is strong and capable.
"B Sides" says Mr. n. h. Decker,
civilian H. has two sODs coming, who
are chips OF the old block "
TN case William II. should die, who
would succeed to the Central manage
ment?" l asked.
Probably bis SOP, Cornelius Wander
bit. he is about twenty-seven years
old, al present secretary of the Harlem.
He il lust like the old commodOre-his
grandfather-quiet, shrewd and sensible
habits splendid-a regular worker"
Then comes William K Vanderbilt, q
young gentleman, twenty-five years old,
who works every day at the Grand Cen
trail depot, promising young man. So
it seems that the Vanderbilt family are
prepared to manage the New York
Central railroad for at least fifty years to
come, aud that at the death of the COM
modore no change will take place.
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Reflections on Great Men.

Philadelphia bulI6llD.l
We a.wsys think OF great men as in
the act OF performing the deeds which
gave them renOWn, or else in stately at
ti:udes OF rep0se, grand, gloomy and
majestic. And yet this is hardly fair,
because even the most gorgeous and
magnificent of human beings have to
bother them elves with the little things
of life which engage the attention of
smaller people. No doubt Moses smut
fed and got angry when be hfd q severe
cold ia his head, aud il fly bit his leg
while he was sitting in the desert, why
should We suppose he did not jump AID
use violent language and ruD the sore
place? And C8sar-isn't it tOlerably
certain that he used to become furious
when bs went up stairs to get his slip
pers in the dark and found that CAL
phurnia had showed them back under
the bed so that he had to sweep around
for them with the broom handle? And
when Solomon cracked his crszy-bone,
is it unreasonable to suppose that he
hoped around the room, and looked
mad, and felt as il he wanted to cry?
Imagine George Washington sitting on
the edge Of the bed putting 81 clean
shirt, and growing at Martha becGuse
tue buttons Wsre off; or st. Augustine
with al apron around his neck, having
his hair cut; or J Jan OF Arc holding her
front h8i, in her mouth, as women do,
while she fixed up her back hair; or
Napoleon jumping out OF bsd in frenzy
to chase mosquito around the room
with pillow; or Martin Luther in his
night-shirt trying to put the baby to
sleep at two O'Clock in the morning; or
Alexander the Great with his hic.
coughs; or Thomas Jefferson getting
suddsnly over the fence to avoid dog;
or the cu5e of Wellington lying in bed
with the mumps; or Daniel Webster
abusing his wife because she hadn't
tucked the covers in at the foot of the
bed; or Benjamin franklin pairing bis
corn with a razor; or Jonathan Ed.
wards at the dinner table, waiting to
sneezs just as he gets his mouth full of
hot beef; or Noah standing at his win
dow at night throwing tricks at cat.
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nance that be was seeing the "sights" OF
the metropolis. He, like the rest, BOXED
st the pictures, when be suddenly
started, looked closely with 3 word der
Jog, half doubtful eX PRESTON on his
cuuntenance. Then be wiped his hands
across his eye9, in which tears glls;e1hd,
aud went to the suge. iEtendenrs Cfice.
de came to make Inquiries concerning
the portrait OF a besuti'u', dsTk-haired
Gill that had been seen in the gallery.
He was too late. The body had been
PUT among those of the unknown dead,
and there was no means Of distinguish
ing her resting-place. Then the grief
stricken brother told his story. The por-
trait ne had seen was that of his sister.
Only few years before she had been 8
bright, winsome girl, honest and
industrious, but, VITA the curse Of the
working girl, IS love for finery. One night
she did not come home from
the shop. 1t was the old story, and the
aged parents wished they had seen their
little Maggie dead in her coffin rather
than that she had died the living death
size had Soon all tracs Of her was lost,
ard they knew that she had been sTal.
10 we'd up in the great vortex of metro
politan sin. The old folks died, and the
son went into the country to work on a
farm, where his SISTERS shame should
not be known. He had come up to the
city for holiday, and that visit to the
morgue had shown him the picture of
that once-loved sister, COLI in death,
with the hard, cruel lines ofsin upon her
face. She had been found drowned.
The incidents related above are all actual
facts, free from the garniture Of imagin.
alton, and told by Mr.. Mason on the
hospital porch, with the cool b:eszss
from the river that has 50 often given up
its dead to furnish the subjects for than
playing through the trees, while toe
waves tremblingly lap the shore and
seem to whisper for more victims for
deaths gallery.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-13
Lieutenant DeRudiO.

Philadelphia ltem.l
TIE gallant cavalry lieutenant, whose
marvellous escape from the Sioux makes
q thrilling border episode, is the same
Rudio, who, January IA, 1858 psrici-
pated with Orsini, Gomez al d Pieri in
the attempt to kill Napoleon III, by
throwing hand bOmbshells in his car
rage, almost in front of the Paris GIaud
Opera. The building, which YVES q wit
ness to the act, has disappeared, having
been burni d in the fail of 1872, and, We
think, Gomez, who was sent to Cay
enne, has died. Orsini and Pieri were
guillOtined, though not before the en-
perOr, in a mysterious interview, pro-
missed to Orsini, his former cOmrade in
the italian sec, of the Csrbonari, that
he Napoleon IT'D would keep his pro-
mise, and deliver Italy from the Aus
trians, which he did at SOlieriEo, eigh-
teen months later. The last surviving
of the principal actors in the tragedy of
the Paris Grand Opera would have dis
appeared also, if the Indians had dis
covered the retreat Of Lieutenant Rudio
in the underbIush Of the Big Horn. 1t
has been charged that, in the trial be-
fore the court of assizes, Rudio had
turned States evidence and been psr-
dOned The lieutenant experienced, in
fact, some annoyance on that account
when he frat entered the army # the
United States. But all this part Of his
life falls into insignificance, especially
10 the eyes Of an American public, when
compared with the recent record Of RI-
diO in the Indian war.
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Sad Reverse Of Fortune.

New York Times
An aged gentleman, giving his name
IS William Earle, was found wandering
sblut the streets Cf J ersey City heights,
by an officer OF the third precinct, Tues
day, and taken 10 the sta'i0nhOuss,
where he WIS provided with food and
lodging Hi story is a pitiable one. He
v as born il B s.0a in 1874, whenes ne
removed TO Wilmington, Delaware. He
tcoS par. in ths war Of 1872, and was
promoted To- bravery. At the close Of
the war IL returned to his native State
and engaged in a business which proved
very prosper sus. II the panic Of 1873,
he was com pIeteIy ruined, and his chill
dren having removed to the west, ne was
left in destitute circumstances. In this
emergency he endeavOTed to obtain the
pension rom tine government to which
he was entitled, bu, did not succeed.
Hts friends at his native place finally
deserted him, and he went to jersey City
TO look for an old companion Of his
youth, one Joseph Morgan, but was IN
able to ascertain his whereabouts. 1t
was while looking for Morgan, and dis
ccuraged at not finding him, that the
officer took charge Of him. Yesterday
morning he resumed search for his
friend,
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The Lovers Telegraph.

New York Correspondence Chicago Tribune
The latest kink in the toy line has
Just made its appearance. Strangers
wonder what the young men on Broad
way mean by selling long pink strings
With tin cylinders in each end. These
are called the "Lover's Telegraph" and
consists Of round tin cylinders about two
inches in diameter, with 9 piece OF
bsdder-skin drawn over one end-the
other being open. Drawn through the
blaJder-skin is q pink cord, reaching
perhaps fifteen or twenty feet to the
other end, where there is similar con-
trivance. The idea is to hold one CYL
inder to the ear while a person speaks
in the open end at the other end of the
string. The sound travels along the
cord, the effects OF the tight skin, and
can be plainly heard at the other end,
even amid the din OF the Broadway o ~
nibuses and similar noises. Tais so Ca lei
telegraph is especially recommended
t. silly people who wish to converse
from opposite sides Of the street, and is
an improvement on the old style OF
using handkerchiefs and fans for fiirta.
ton purposes. The inventor pretend5
the cylinders and strings afe highly
magnetized, but whether this is true or
false, the toy magnetizes hundreds of
persons daily, and, being sold at the
moderate price of ten cents each, they
sell like hot cakes. As a means of COM
munication with your next door neigh
Dor, the lovers telegraph has the al
vantage, provided you know to whom
you are talking. A nine days wonder,
probs by which in month hence will
be forgotten. It recalls the extensive
street sale OF new system Of secret cy-
pher had lsst winter-a very simple pro-
cess, which, however, defies detection.
Day after day it appears as if everybody
wanted to write IL secret cypher, and
the boy who sold the charts made money
rapidly. To-day it is doubtful if there is
one to be found in the city for sale.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-13
The Fast Prince.

Reports have recently appeared that
the prince of Wales was in weak state
of health. The official account of his
royal highness' proceeding on Satur-
day, July 22d, are calculated TO cast
doubts on this. At 7:45 p M, after hav-
ing been till a late hour the previous
night at Lord Carrington's bsll, the
prince left Cnsring Cross and travelled to
Dover, distance OF seventy.s and d
half miles, to take leave OF the king of
the Hellenes. Returning thence, max
ing journey Of one bundled and fifty
three miles, to Marlborough house, he
donned his uniform and accompanied
the duke OF Cambridge to Aldershot,
and was present at review Ct the
troops during the most broiling period
OF a broiling day. After his return, he
drove out at $50 pm. with the princess
to dine at Nottingham, whers he re-
manned till past midnight.
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CIergymeD and Jurors ia -
DOubIe-MurderC Case.

London lines.
DUBLIN, July 20-An extraordinary
application was made yesterday at the
Kerry sssiz-s. Sir c. O'Loghlen, who
appeared for the crown, applied to MIR.
Justice Keogh to postpone the trial of q
prisoner named Quilter, who is charged
with murder, on the ground get forth in
an affidavit made by the crown solicitor.
that he had been cTedibly informed and
believed that On extensive canvass had
been made on behalf Of the prisoner of
the PERSONS summoned to serve as ju-
rOrs, and that it had been openly and
publicly stated that persons so sum.
mOned were prepared to aCquit the pIis-
oner in cOnae queDce Of representations
made to them. Il was further stated
that the remains OF Honora Qqilter, the
person with whose murder the prisoner
is charged, had been secretly disinteTred,
ia consequence of some remarks made
by the Roman Catholic clergymen Of
the parish, and removed to some place
which could not be discovered, though
every effort hsd b zen made to fad them.
Under these circumstances be believed
that fair trial could not be had ct these
assizes. Counsel for the prisoner de-
sired to be furnished with the names Of
the persons implicated in the ehsige,
which had come upon them by surprise.
Judge Keogh remarked that the cheTg
were dreadful, not only against The p;T-
cons concerned fer the prisoner, but
sgairs. Roman Catholic cleTgymen and
the jdrors. The application stands over
for the prisoners answer to be given to-
day. The case out of which the proceed
inEs have arisen WAS a very singular one
and attracted great attention at the last
assizes. The murdered woman, HOCOrs
Quilttr, was the mother Of the prisoner,
who had been in America, and on his
return found that she IVES the SUBJECT of
much scandal in the parish for her re-
puted immortality, which had been DIS
nounced from the altar. He it is stated,
was exespersted against her, and threat
eEed her alleged paramour. On the
night Of the occurrence for which he is
prosecuted, his cabin vas found 20 be on
fire about two o'clock in the morning,
and the reighb6Ts, on breaking into it,
discovered toe body Of tho man with
marks of violence upon him, ard the
remains Of the woman burned to Gin
der The prisoner WAS out on the road,
fully dressed, and had raised no alarm or
made any effort to rescue the inmates Of
the house. He was tried for the murder
OF the man and acquitted. He is now in
custody for the murder of the woman,
aud was to be tried at the present az
siZns
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-13
Impure Ice.

The Lancet comments on a case in tn }
Uaited States which certainly deserves
the most careful attention. The inmates
OF large hotel in that country were
suddenly attacked by serious disorder.
It was married by giddiness, nausea,
vomiting, and other disagreeable symp-
toms, and for some time there seemed
to be uncertainty as to the cause CT the
trouble. At last an analysis Of the water
derived from the ice used in the hotel
WIS made, and it wss found to be thor
ribly foul" The pond from which it
had been gathered was examined, and
it presented "a homogeneous ma S Of
marsh mud aud accomplishing sawdust."
On this particular ice being disused the
epidemic came to an end. Probably
most people are under the impression
that ice purifies itself in the process Of
freezing; but this ice clearl y proves
what is asserted in the American report
on the su6ject-that such belief is ut
terly eIroneous.-LOndO1a Globe.
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Leather in One Hour.

!
Wonderful are the changes thai have
beer effect,d OK late years in the manu-
facture Of leather by the u5e CT chemi-
Gals and machinery, in Z lace Of tine old
fashioned tSn-pits and the slow manip-
ulation of the currier and tanner. If
some OF our old leather manufacturers
could be re5urrected-men who were &C.
custOmed 10 soaking their hides for
years, and turning them assiduouSly ct
certain seasOIs-hOW they would stare
to see the present process! But every
day we hear OF something new in this
direction. A joint stock company was
recently formed in Detr0it for the pur-
pose obtaining leather in one hour. We
give the Information for what it is
worth; but it certainly does look like
slight.o hand. The process is chem
ical one, performed by the actien Of GER
tain inexpensive materials, the COM
pounding OF which in the right proper
tioDs is a secret. It is claimed thatrObes
tanned with the hair on, are s5ft as the
finest wool; hides Of the deer, horse,
dog etc, are smooth and soft, while calf
and kip show the texture and grain
which good shoemakers most admire.
No bark is required except a little to
give the proper color to the leather.
Bark is worth eight to nine dollars a
cord, and about two hundred cords are
required to tan one thCusard hides by
the common method. Two cCris would
be sufficient to give the proper color to
the same number of hides, and the saw
ing in this item will be enormous. We
understand that the company are turn
ing out from twenty-five hundred to
three thousand hides per month. How
the article is wearing we have not been
able 10 ascertain, but shall watch the re-
suit with interest.
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Abdudtins a Female Soprano.

New York Correspondence Chic ig7 TTibuneI
Oae Of The nigh priced leading so
pr3nO s'rgsTs II Jhis city met with 81
adventure few wee ks ago which would
have had publicity long ere this but for
Q desire on the psIt OF har friends to save
her coed name from plb i gossip. She
has beon partially identified with pri.
yate theatrical club for several months,
and has won quite reputation "a an
amateur actress. In the club she met
man who prOiessed great admiration for
her character, and, in short, m 3de love
to her dos leTstely. Unluckiiy for him,
she did not rec procate his affection,
and, while treating him civilly, sought
by every means IN her power to let him
deIstaud her own feelings. About six
weeks ago she took part in dramatic
enter siumeut at well Known mansion
on West Forty ninth street, and, upon
lis conclusion, desiring TO reach her own
home promptly, accepted the escort OF
her sdmirer. He procured a carriage,
and tn y started. Sac complained OF
feeling faint, and he stopped at & drug.
store to obtain some stimulant. He
brought her what WAS TeLresented
as sherry. Evidently the wine was
drugEed, for, after tsking il, she
FeAeuECIGu uClnILS SACGplil 3 great
drowsiness, and, on waking, found her,
self ia an unknown room in q country
hotel, undressed and in bed. She was
weak and hardly cor s 3iOus, but man.
aged to get to the door and give a good,
hearty scream, which brought the hotel
people to her relief. The story was
a short one. She had arrived there esrly
in the morning iDsensible, and accom-
panied by the man. He represented her
as his wife, who had suddenly tainted
away. After placing her in bed and re-
moving her clothing the landlady sus-
pected something wrong, and bluntly
told the man her suspicious. The man
was alarmed, and, on pretext for going
on. doors, left the house and never re-
turned. He has disappeared from the
city, and it il supposed is hiding some
where in Canada. The girl soon recOV-
cred from the shock, and re urned 10 her
home, grateful to the hone country
Iandlady that she had been saved from
: worse fate. The parties are well
known, but for the sake OF preserving
her name from police court scandals it is
doubtful If the rascal is prosecuted even
ii he returns to the city.
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why Miss gneed DisliIzes Sleep.
ing Cars.
Philadelphia Press.I


To sleep tied up and steel. b.und is, of
course, out of the question, SO there is
nothing to do but unfasten buckles,
strings, et3 lie on ones back, and wYig-
gle out. But you cannot Wriggle in the
morning, nor can you convey such srti-
cles rs 1 have mentioned through the
cars to the ladies' dressing-roOm
while you endeavor to hide your dimin-
ished self en- route under an all-develop-
ing waterproof. That is to say, it cam
no. be done without giving an object
lesson on feminine makeup to ali the
men in the car, for srca articles cannot
be bundled up 50 as not 10 reveal their
identity by unmistakable outlines. As
if all this were not enough to deter
women from entering 'Sleepers," Tire
designers OF these cOnveyAnces, with
wanton malignity, have lined them with
mirrors, and if one additional trial can
be aided to those have described, If is
for q woman TO be forced to see herself
at every turn as she appears to Others
the morning after night in a sleeping
berth before damages have been re-
paired.