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AMERICAN PEDESTRIANISM.
weston in England.

The Saturday Review, after re-
capitulating the remarkable achiev-
ments of Weston, the American
Pedestrian, in England, says:
"There are not, SO far as we
know, any special reasons for ex-
pecting this kind of endurance in
an American. Formerly settlers in
what were then the Western States
were necessarily great pedestrians,
as is shown by the current saying
that if you had time for your jour
ney you might ride your horse, but
if you were in a hurry you had bet
ter walk. But in America, as with
us, the necessity for long walks has
almost disappeared. The brigade
of guards made formerly countless
marches between London and Ports
mouth, but now they would 60 by
rail. Sir George L'Estrange, in his
Recollections, published not long
since, gives portrait of himself as
an ensign Of the 31st Regiment,
playing the flute on horseback, to
coax a lot of wild Irish recruits
along the road from Portsmouth to
Ashford, Formerly, a sailor, ship
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"In what way do you hope to
profit by the revolution which you
foresee coming 7"
"Thus: The tide of republican
ism will go on growing stronger,
rising higher and higher until the
throne of Alfonso will be submerged
and swept away. Then, when they
see the current too strong for them,
when they see it is carrying them
away, they will appeal to me as
their last hope, and the very men
who have placed Alfonso upon the
throne-Martinos Campos, Oanoyas
de Castillo and the rest-will come
to me and offer me the scepter torn
from the feebler hand of my little
cousin"
"But, did you not once refuse to
accept the scepter at the hands Of
the revolutionists? Did not Gen.
Prim offer you the CROWN"
eyes, but that was under very
different circumstances from what
it will be offered to me next time.
Then | was asked to go to the revO-
luton, to compromise with it, to
become a part of it. Of course ]
refused. But the next time | will
be asked to crush the revolution
instead of taking it by the hand
No matter whence such an offer
comes, am ready now as l was
then to accept. That the offer will
be made to me sooner or later /
have not the shadow Of a doubt
This is why l have refused all COM
promise. This is why l have neither
surrendered my sword nor broken
it. l have returned it to its scab-
bard to be unsheathed again when
the time comes. Tout est perdu
hors Phonneur. That l have pre-
served intact. We have been
beaten, but we have at least fallen
with glory, with no stain on our
honor" I
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Romantic Frenks Of a King.

ROmRnt tic Freaks OF King.
Lucy Il. B.oOper's Correspondence in Apple
tons JOurnal.l
Victor Tissot has just issued the
second series of his "Voyage au
Pays des Milliards," under the title
Of "The. Prussians in Germany"
From the new volume we will cite
q few passages relating to King
Louis Of Bavaria. An entire chap
ter is devoted to a description Of
the six castles owned by the roi-
troubadour, beginning with the two
palaces at Munich:
'FThe castle of Hohenschwangau
is perched upon a rocky peak. All
around lie lofty mountains covered
with gloomy forests of pine, and
at the root of the rock there is a
romantic lake peopled with swans
The King harnesses these swans tC
a gilded bark shaped like a shell
and is drawn over the water, while
q band of singers, grouped upon
the bank, execute fragments Of
'Lohengrin,' and the moon illumi-
mates the fantastic march Of stuffed
stays, moved by internal mechan-
ism.
"At the time of the last eruption
of VesuyiuS the King wanted to
have one, too. He summoned to
Hohenschwangau the professors Of
geology of the university, and or
dered them to get up a volcano,
They set to work. A mountain
was followed out, and the hole was
filed with powder, sulphur, coal
and petroleum. The sight was
magnificent.
"The King also wanted tempests
on the lake. An enormous ma
chine has been constructed, pro-
vided with prodigious wheels,
which raise great waves with a ter
rible noise.
"Whether he inhabit his Castle
of Berg, of Lindenhof, or of Mu-
Mich, there are two things that are
Indispensable to his comfort-his
piano and his moonlight. When
Providence refuses to light for him
the celestial lamp, he is forced to
have recourse to a fabricated moon
light. A special apparatus for pro-
ducing the electric light has been
installed in each of the royal bed
chambers. At Munich the ceiling
is pierced with a thousand minute
holes, behind which are placed gas
jets. That represents very fairly a
starry sky. While travelling the
King makes use Of an economical
and portable moon, which can be
hung up like an astral lamp"
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Saturday, the 0th day Of April, 1875,
mo. 2226.l
NONRESIDENT Notice.

In the Chancery Court of Shelby county, Ten
nesssee -John spellmsn. guardian, etc., vs..
J. A. Anderson ct al
II. APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
j this cause that the defendant, Louisa M.
Anderson, is a nonresident of the State OF
Tennessee, and resident of the State OF
Mississippi; it is therefore ordered that she
make her. appearance herein, at the Court
fore the first Monday in May, 1876, and plead
answer or demur to complainanPs bill, or the
same will be taken for confessed as to her
and set for hearing ex parte; and that COPY
Of this order be published once q week fol
four successive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 10th day of March, 1876.
A copy-Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE, G. and NJ.
By y. B. MCHENRY, D. @. and NJ.
CAN'T. PATTERSON q Lowe. Solicitors fol
Complainant. s-I5.2l-27
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-04

An amusing story at the expense
Of Bishop Haven (Methodist Epis-
copaD is told by a correspondent of
a Pittsburg, Pa, newspaper. CDR.
Newhall, the former President of
Delaware College, at Newark, Del,
and a personal friend of Bishop
Haven, was very sick, and for some
days he thought himself immortal
and refused to take any food. The
Bishop visited him and tried to pre-
vail upon him to take some nour-
ishment. No; / do not want any
thing said he. 4 am immortal. l
am in heaven. This is heaven
Then pausing for a moment and
looking at his visitor with a
troubled air, he said: But, Haven,
how in the world did you get
here9 p"
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InsOlvent Notice.

To the Creditors Of the Estate of the late
Susan Powell, deceased:
HAVING SUGGESTED THE INsOL
IL veLcy Of the estate of said Susan Powell
deceased, you are hereby notified to appear
and file your claims against said estate with
the Clerk OF the County Court, authenticated
IN the manner prescribed by law on or before
the 29th day. Of September, 1876, and any
claim not hled on or before said day will be
forever barred.
DANIEL KUsWoRM, Admir-.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March %. 1876.
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Trustees Sale.

pY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST EX-
II eeuted by Susan G. Helm on the 9th OF
March, 1872, to secure certain notes therein
specified, will proceed to sell, in front Of the
court house, corner Main and Poplar streets,
at 10 clock am, AfE:s 20, 1875, all the
right, title or interest said Helm has in lot
No. 5 in ". I. Donaldson's subdivision,
ming thence south $50 feet to an alley. Equity
OF redemption waived. See book s., page l6l,
Shelby county Registers office.
5-S5 DAVID p. DAVIS, Trustee,
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Saturday, April Is, 1876,

within legal hours. the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tennes-
see, to-wit; Part of original country lot No.
800, beginning on the south side Of Washing
ton street at the northwest corner Of lot
heretofore conveyed to Mrs. Catherine E..
Conn: thence westward with the south line Of
Washington street 30 feet; thence southwark
parallel with said Conn's west line 100 feet,
mere or less, to point midway between the
south line of Washington street and the north
line Of Adams street; thence eastward and
parallel with Washington street 80 feet TO
Conn's west line; thence norihward along
Oonn's west line l60 feet, more or less, to the
beginning.
Terms Of sale-0ne third cash; balance in
six and twelve months; purchaser TO execute
notes with approved security. Lein retained
TO further secure same, etc.
This March "a, 1875.
EDMUND A. COLE, Q. and NJ.
By r. J. BLACK, ID. G. and M.
L. B. MCFARLAND, Attorney. 2l.40
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-04

They have a curious way of deciding
law suits in North Siam; both parties are
put under cold water, and the one staying
longest wins the suit. In this country
both parties are got into hot water and
then kept there as long as possible. The
result is about the same.
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ped perhaps at Sunderland, might
be wrecked or otherwise get ashore
at Falmouth, and there would be
nothing for it but to walk home,
begging as he went. Under these
circumstances, a man had every in
ducement to keep going, and dis
tances have been done in times that
would now be thought remarkable.
A more celebrated instance is that
of the Dutch Admiral De Ruyter,
who, as a boy, was shipwrecked on
the coast of Spain and walked back
to Holland. Forty or more years
ago, Mr.. Cochrane started from
Paris, intending to walk to Siberia,
and we believe he got as far as Mos
COW, and perhaps he went further.
"There must have been many
soldiers Of Marlborough's time who
had walked every step of the way
from 0stend to Blenheim on the
Danube and back, and if we may
suppose that shoes were not then
SO good as they have since become,
it follows that feet must have been
far better. Jeanie Deans walk
from Edinburg to London, with
the various lifts she got on the way,
is one of those passages of fiction
that are much like truth, and she,
like the sailors of whom we have
spoken, would probably prefer to
walk barefooted. The fact that in
England in the last century there
were almost no hard roads was not
unfavorable to pedestrianism, and
as a good walker could travel as
fast as any cheap conveyance, the
habit of walking must have been
largely developed. Students usually
walked to Oxford and Cambridge
to keep their terms, and there is
mention in the Life of Bishop Jewel
of staff which was his favorite
companion in these journeys. All
this, however, belongs to a bygone
world, and We might have thought
that the change Of habit, which
has been great among ourselves,
would be even greater in America" "
After dwelling further upon the
difficulties of pedestrianism and the
achievements of the past and the
present, it is concluded by the
writer of the article that tits doubt
ful whether a suitable opponent for
Weston will be easily found.
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swedenbOrgIanIsm and EpirItIsm


Those persons who wish to know
the difference between Swedenbor-
gianism and modern spiritism, may
be interested in the following ex-
tract from an English book, pub
lished in 1875:
Swedenborg delights in his bible,
the spiritist secretly Scorns it;
Swedenborg cherishes the idea of
the divine fatherhood, the spi,itist's
pantheism destroys the idea, Swe-
denborg loves worship in the light,
the Spiritist loves manipulations in
the dark; Swedenborg loves medi-
tation and prayer, the spiritist dis
dains both; Swedenborg believes in
regeneration, the spiritist believes
in development; Swedenborg's
certitude in spiritual matters in
creaSes from day to day, the spiritist
from day to day sinks deeper into
doubt; Swendenborg's faith stead
lily advances in spirituality, the
spiritist's career is an ever-nearing
gravitation toward materialism /;
Swedenborg submits to the Holy
Spirits guidance, the spiritist wan
ders from spirit to spirit helplessly;
Swedenborg ever looks to the Lord
Jesus Christ, the spiritist turns
from Him with disdain.
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RAILROAD.
MEMPHIS & CHARLESTON R.R
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY. MARCH 70,

ON AND AFTER SUNDAY. MARCH u,
" 1876:
Leaves. Arrives
Mail train, daily. 2.10p.m
Expressdrain, daily.........5.4O 230 a. m
someryille accom- dation
: (except sundayle....."5.OOp.m s.SOa.m
Grand Junction accent
dation Except Sunday 550a.m 1l.00p.m
special Notice 10 Local Passengers.
Trains will not stop at Vance street
Express train leaving, Memphis at 5.40 p. m.
will stop only at Telegraph Stations. Grand
junction accommodation will stop OF Stations
ONLY where the Company has agencies.
The accommodation train leaving at $50
Am. and arriving at II pm. makes oonnec-
ton 70 and from points on n. o., st. L, and
U, Railroad with Memphis.
no change of cars between Memphis and
Bristol and Memphis and Montgomery.
The new and magnificent sleeping car line
Will have one Of their new sleepers leave
Memphis daily on Express train at :. 40 p. m .
for Lynchburg, Washington and Baltimore
without change. 0Aly one change TO New
YORK and philadelphia. Time twenty min
utes faster than city time. NJ
Ticket Office, 27S Main street.
TON B. DUuN, Ticket kg't. 81
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within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
and in Memphis, te-witi The improvements
Of every kind whatsoever, including the
buildings and leasehold of W. II. Carroll, In
and on certain lot Of land in said county
and city; being the north part Of lot No. 8 Of
M. A. Kerr's subdivision Of J. p Hardaway's
country lot No, 493. The said lot lies on the
north side Of Court street, and bounded as
follows: Commencing in Bayou Gayoso at
the southeast corner of original country LOT
No. 479 on Court street; thence eastward with
the north line of Court street 235M feet 10 a
stake; thence northWard at right angles with
Court street $50 feet to public alley; thence
west parallel with Court street - feet to the
line Of country lot No. 40; thence southwark
with the line Of said lot 479 to the beginning,
on which is a brick cotton shed, etc.
Terms OF sale-0ne. fourth cash; balance on
credit of seven and twelve months. notes
with approved security bearing interest from
date; lien, retained, ETC., and equity Of re-.
demptiOn barred.
This March Is, 1876.
Il. A. COLE, @. andM.
ByR. J. BLACK, D. @. and NJ. w a.
Il. L.. BELCHER, Attorney, 1902. %. %
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Miscellaneous Journal

The Commercial. News. Miscellaneous and
Local departments will be kept up 10 the lsh /.
est standard Of approved journalism. sndsav-
oring to please all tastes and to
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LEGAL.
9s~e~~e~~-s~s~---~--s-------~-~5--
SHE ERIFF'S SALE
-OF-
Valuable Real Estate.
LEGAL.

valuable Real Estate.
DUBLIC NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
i that by virtue Of a venditioni expOnas to
me directed from the Honorable Supreme
Court of Tennessee, in the case Of Vincent
Bangus vs.. Richard d. Ward ct al. Judgment
rendered on the 18th day Of November, 1875,
for the sum OF fifty-seven hundred aad fifty
eight dollars and sixty-three cents, with inter-
est and costs OF suit, to satisfy said judgment,
etc.. ! will, on
Thursday, 18th Day Of April, 1875,
in legal hours. in front Of the Courthouse
Memphis, Tenn, proceed 10 sell, TO the high
est bidder, for cash, the following described
to-wit: The lot and buildings
thereon, known and designated as No. 2l5
Main street. in the city Of Memphis, Tenn,
being the house and property formerly oocu-
pied by Q. @. Ward x Bro. as q drug store
Ward as such. the lot being the northwest
corner lot at the corner Of Main and Adams
streets, the said lot being about 25 feet wide on
Main street, and running back on parallel
lines on a line on Adams street. running
back about S5 feet = inches. Levied on as the
property of Ward 4 McClelland. the said
lrm being composed Of Il. d. Ward anil -
McClelland. now deceased.
Also the lots and improvements thereon,
situated on Third street. in the city of Mem.
phis State Of Tennessee, the same known and
numbered on the plat Of said city as Nos. lOl.
lO3, l0j and lf. These last lots and improve
Iments levied on, as the property Of Il. D.
Ward. individually, to satisfy said judgment.
interest and costs.
Memphis, 2lst day Of March, 1876.
Q. L. ANDERSON,
Sheriff Of Shelby county. Tenn.
By w, W. COLEMAN, D. S.
4; ". BROWN, Attorney for plaintiff.
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lR-l9SS.I
Chancery Sale of Real Estate.

Chancery Court of Shelby eounty-W. W.
Humphries VS.. BERTHE May Scott.
pY VIRTUE OF AN INTERLOCUT0RY
ID decree for sale, entered in the above
cause on the. 2Sd day Of March, 1876,
will sell at public auction, to the highest bid
der, in front Of the Clerk and Masters Office,
new courthouse building, Main street, Mem
phiR Tam on
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Chancery Sale of Real Estate.

Chancery Court of Shelby County-E L.
Belcher, administrator of James WickershAm
ct al VS.. d. WickershRm OF al.
DY VIRTUE OF AN INTERLOCUTORY
ID decree for sale, entered in the above cause
on, the I'd day Of July, 1876, l will sell, at
Of the Clerk aud Masters office, court house
building, Main street, Memphis, Tenn., on
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-07-21
~ n~ss1A~,4ers

A rsss~s MSmbes VI he 1';itstsfe
Tribsas hss ~ saesllsas article On sAs
three sixty-Svs bends ffen which VI
sake Ne following sssrses. 70 which
N rssonmsnd the Astsatioa ef css
rsadsss.
Last ,sar the baaksrs wsat 10
Ohio and alled the State with uonsy
aud speakers n mshs The psspls vots
hard mossy. and they ssccssled. A
new national campaign u nov upon
". Al he European Losdholdsts
who draw their annual foftsses In the
shape 81 islsrsss nut Il ~. ars On tlp
toe Of expectation. The bchjhnldsrs
src resolved Hpon slscting the NEXT
President aud ths nsxt Congress In o..
der 10 control The 0ovssnmsas Ia their
Interest and secure the payment VI
their bonds In gold. The National
Conventions viii soon meet IN Cinciu-
natl aud 81. Louis. What have tho
working,nsn 70 ny sbsutf DO they
want this Gsvsrnmsnt run In the
special interests Of Europsan and Am.
srican bondboldsrs Al the bond
holders ars interested III 10 the o
VI that political party which will u, AXE
SURF 70 them The payment Of their
bonds IN gold.
Welt " VOW do not believe y
few hundred bankers control this gov.
ernmsnt, wait and SEQ. They will
put up their President. write their
platform. AMI w viii vote for im,h
Don't ge. excited. iou will do i.
You hayo not manhood enough 20 pre-
ssnt organised exposition y the suhs.as
VI our bohaAolLing %aristoeracy. The
people are asleep. They can live on
cold Potatoes sui mush. but they nan
n.s rise uniscdly against those shy
locks who Ars In contfol VI tbs 4 ovettl.
incns.
Tho result " al will ~ this: Tl.s
nation viii staggs, aadsr this l.aI =
Mhiia and fail. Then cosass The era
" reorganization, wssn real rcpubli-
oanis,n viii 10 established, having iof
It's object The industrial interests VI tle
people. and not l,sroly thei, political
Interests.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-07-21
- - -.

TINS lnter-tlsean publiL,es an ar.
tirls relative 81 the ~dsfalcAtion II the
last - years IN our government show.
ing the pl, cent. Per $1,000 during
sach from which II ~. they have
been .'inAnitely lcs4 under NrAht than
under any other President" II by
this u means The puS cant. hss hsen
lew. vi concedo that its Ggurcs assert
y, y \ mssns slc aggregate u,n d.
fanlsch have boon To-. Il states what
i not - Tie AnLusl expenditures III.
RUG Jarkson's sdm. mist, ration IL eight
ysan averaged lea than 81. O00. 100,
the larg1 per cent of Lsfxlraiiuns
charged 10 that nm would scarcely
psy tho annual Interest Il Tho aggre-
gsts stolen under Grant II The less per
cant. Tho lntcr. ocean gives Int
half the truth. airoitIy ~conc~ai,nu the
expenditures or disbursement. II III.
.esmai adminisi rations. wlteh hi IL
gwen. With the per cent II THEFT IN
eAeb would haze snsbteA any nan
who ~ through with simple mnl.
~tipljosijeH 10 dsmmslvs 81 tkat thisves
lits Sthrs men can make more money
out ~ . large LusissuA with ssslI
percentage ihan from . small husiaeas
With > lsr9s percentage.