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MEMPHIS, TENN THURSDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY l. 1871

absence from the track for only
four minutes at the end of the
thirty-third mile was unavoidable,
and Miss Won Hillern then received
no advantages of a rest. On Satur-
day, at noon, she had completed
fifty-seven miles. In the sixtieth
mile she retired to her room for
thirty-four minutes forty-fye sec
onds, and in the sixty-sixth
stopped one hour fourteen min
utes ana fourteen seconds for
dinner. In the seyenty-second
she took four minutes thirty
seven seconds on the track; two
minutes and twenty-six seconds in
the seyenty-fourth; four minutes
and twenty-three seconds in the
Seyenty-ilth. Shortly after seven
o'clock she had completed seventy
miles. AS she concluded each
succeeding mile, the hall fairly
shook with the applause. She took
short rests in the Seventy-seventh
and eighty.eighth miles, and for
the next few miles manifested signs
of drowsiness. Mr.. David Thomas
and Mr.. Stevens of New York,
who with lady attendants had her
in their charge since Friday, found
it about all they could do to keep
her FROM going TO sleep by walking
with her round the track to keep
her mind active. At the end of
the eighty-fourth mile she stopped
for sixteen minutes and twenty-four
seconds, and upon being replaced
on the track seemed somewhat
brighter than when she went in.
She struck out with her accustomed
gait, making occasional spurts, bat
at the close Of the eighty-sixth
mile she again showed signs of Il
desire to sleep. She accordingly
was given short rest, during
which she had her forehead bathed
and her feet, which were somewhat
swollen, rubbed by her lady attend
ants. With about forty minutes to
complete her remaining two miles,
she again started, making her
eighty-Seventh mile in fifteen min
utes and twenty-nine seconds. The
.eighty-eighth mile was made in
thirteen minutes and thirty.one
seconds, at 1O:47:39 pm, the ap-
plause amounting to an ovation.
Being taken to her room, she re-
ceiyed the naratulations of
friends, and was soon borne to her
carriage, falling asleep before her
attendants had seated her. This
morning, Miss Won Hillern had
nearly recovered from the effects of
her remarkable feat, and will 60 to
New York tomorrow.
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Monday. Februarr ne. Iszz.

heralded and marshaled, escorted and at
tended as BELTS ou- High Estate; and we com
mand the 10y Mayor and ether high dIgnita-
ries of Memphis to fittingly reeeiye our Impe-
rial person.
llI.-After the ceremonies Of cur reception,
we will repair In state to Olympic Park, and
from the grounds We will dispatch our Royal
Courier at 80 o'clock M, in our Monster
Balloon, who will convey to our distant sub
jects the Intelligence of our safe arrival, and
we Invite the multitude TO be present.
~ We command that our Annual Coro-
nation Ball shall be held on MONDAY
NIGHT. under the auspices of our fun-loying
order Of the ULkS.
we command that Tue. day (MARDI-
GRASl, February l3, 1877, shall be devoted to
frolic, innooen. amusement and revelry; that
all our loyal subjects shall appear In mask,
appalslled in the fashions Of our realm; aud
Il clock !. M. We command that the'orders
Of ULKS and MOTLEY KREWE shall pass
before us in review.
Vi.-And, finally. We command that in the
shades Of night the mystic MEMPHI shall
appear, and 10 gorgeous pageantry do honor
to their great renown. And that then cur
good people shall HE them to our sunptuous
places Of festiyity, and reyel till our depart
ure.
VII Railroads. steamers and public car
fiyrs will take heed, and we command them
70 reduce their fares one-half dUripR the Car
piyal Celebration.
Long live the Kipgl
ATTEST; REX.
'TyPhOn.
Menus. 1Ns-A
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PAGANIXI.
His Performance on One String ard
without a string.

without string.
The following is from a paper by
Kate Field in the February Scrib-
ner, on GA Morning with Sir Ju-
Illus Benedict" The composer says
of Paganini: "He was a wonderful
fellow, and some called him the
devil. He was even imprisoned aud
had his violin taken away from him
because he was supposed to be such
a dangerous character. One day, a
great lady in Rome said to him.
'Signor Paganini, l understand that
you can execute an air on one string
of your violin Madame, you have
heard the truth replied the great
virtuoso. 'Will you allow me
and my friends to hear you p
Certainly So the great lady gave
a reception, at which Paganini was
invited to perform his violin trick.
After actually playing the
prayer from Rossini's Moses in
Egypt on one string, Paganini was
thanked by the hostess, who said,
Now, Signor Paganini, as you do
wonders on one string, can you per-
form on no string at all ?" Most
assuredly,' answered Paganini.
fWill you for mef' with plea
sure A day was set, the lady in
yited o number of friends to assist
ut the iniracle, and when all assem-
bled, Faganipi failed to appear.
News came soon after that he had
that day left Rome, This was his
performance without any string,
and his retort to the social queen
who had treated him as a mounte-
bank rather than as an artist. Poor
follow he wasted away before death.
In fact, the hundred steps he daily
mounted to his palace at Genoa
we're enough to kill man in his
state of health. His body lay in
the palace seven weeks after death,
because the clergy refused to allow
it Christian burial. In his last
moments, Paganini had either
refused to see Q priest, or had not
received absolgtiop, and this was
the punishment l believe that
eventually the body was taken out
Of Italy for burial,p
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WOAANS FEAT on LEGS.
Miss Boraha Won HilIern's Long
walk BuccshsfalIy 40 sompliAhed
In BoStOu.
Roatan Evaning Trauserint

Miss R0eiha Won HilleFn'a LOnR
walk BuccsAsf0lIy 40 esompliAhedi
In BoStOu.
Boston Evening Transcript
The circumstance that more than
four thousand gentlemen and ladies
called upon Miss Bertha Won Hill
lern during the twenty-six hours in
which she accomplished a walk Of
lightweight miles, in the Boston
Music Hall, indicates that interest
in the development Of the physical
capabilities of her sex Is gaining in
the community; and it also points
to the probability that, when the
snow leaves, city promenades and
suburban walks will be the proper
thing with those ladies in the COM
munIty EhQ heretofore have devoted
their leisure hours to anything and
everything except bodily exercise.
The enthusiasm Of the nearly two
thousand representatives Of Bos-
tons best families WHO witnessed
the last few miles of the famous
Journey around the circle is beyond
the comprehension of those who
were not there, and the mode4ty Of
the Young woman in receiving tho
congratulations Of the numerous
friepds she has made In her two
visits to this city is much more in
her praise, She was not so much
Hatigued, she said, As she was sleepy !
and the truth Of Miss Won Hillern's
remark was made particularly
apparent on Sunday by her calling
upon a lady whose interest in the
young German had prompted her
to devote mapy hours to the latter'S
comfort during the performance Of
the monotonous task. The lady
was too fltigued to leave her room
bnt the eighty-eight miles walk Of
the previous day did Aot prevent
tho young pedestrienne from seeing
hsAnev-fopnd friend. The actual
Walking time was tWeAty-onc hours,
tkirty-iour minutes and twenty-five
seconds, the Intervals for rest being
four hours, twenty-five minutes and
thiRty-eight seconds. Her fastest
mile was made in twelve minutes
and thirteen seconds, her slowest
mile, couating walking time only,
sixteen minutes and two seconds.
The ayarage of miles was made in
fifteen minutes and fifty seconds,
The walk was begun at precisely
nine o'clock on Friday evening,
and Miss Won Hillern accomplished
the unprecedented feat Of walking
steadily ten hours and eight min
utes, taking her first rest for break
fast at eight minutes past seven
o'clock on Saturday morning, hav-
ing accomplished forty miles Her
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tunately there was a skeptical doc
torin the neighborhood who desired
to examine Riviere, but on the day
fixed for the examination the happy
Lilgrim was nowhere to be found.
This sudden disappearance was
about to be attributed to another
miracle when he suddenly turned up
between a brace of gensdarmes who
had arrested him for swindling.
1t then came out that he was very
old offender, and had feigned the
infrmities with the object of i'm
posing on public credulity and
charity; in short, he was a profes-
sional beggar.
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the majority of these fair wearers
of the yashmak are giggling. To
me there is no more beauteous
sound in the world than that of the
laughter Of women; still, you have
q natural desire to know what they
are amusing themselves at. The
giggling Turkish ladies are inscrut-
able. A volatile French friend of
mine here assures me that les pet
ties danes Turques always begin to
laugh when they see a Frank, and
if they pass carriage with a pair
Of Turkish ladies in it, and blow
kisses to them, the fair inmates in
Variably return them to you.
am afraid, however, that my in
formsnt is all inconsequential
youth; and |, at all events. should
dread to venture upon such pneu-
matico-osculatory telegaphy. Sup
posing that it turned out that
had waited kisses to one of the
wives of a Bimbashi, a Kaimakin,
or Zaptich? There is horror in
the thought. That the conductor
even should have been permitted
to 90 backward and forward in this
compartment full Of possible Ka-
dins and Khanums puzzled me
somewhat. TO be sure he was
black; and that fact may have had
something to do with the immunity
which he appeared-the burly
rogue-to enjoy.
I've started at last, the driver
winding a most unearthly dirge on
a horn. | looked around and per
ceived, to my delight, that with
the exception Of my compani m,
was in exclusively Oriental compa.
ny. There was not a single stove.
pipe hat-nay, nor wideawake,
or soft felt'-beyond our own,
in the car; and on counting heads
| discovered that even the fezzet
were in the minority. The turbans
had it, at least five to four.
had an inkling, too, thus early, o.
the remarkable social equality
which tempers deSpotic institutions
among this essentially democratic
race : this people among whom
even as things now stand, the caikjt
or the cobbler to-day may entertain
hopes of becoming Uaspidsn pashs
or grand vizier tomorrow. Per
haps the turbaned gentleman, Aut
tering in grimy rags, who sat BY
my side in the tramway car, wa
thus destined to flourish as q ba
shaw with three tails. He certain
ly looked as though a turn in tn,
tide Of his affairs would do him M
harm. Next, on the other side
was o patrlarchal parsonage with
long white beard and pelisse linet
with expensive furs, a cashmere
shawl, worth at least 100 guineaS
round his ample waist, and a greer
turban. He was, so they gave mt
to understand, an emir, a descend
ant of the prophet. Fancy thu
archbishop of Canterbury riding il
q tram-car from the Newcut t.
Kensington-oval."
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Another Miracle

The French papers announced
during tho autumn the miraculous
cure Of q pilgrim named Riviere.
This poor fellow had suffered for
many years from q eomplCstlon Of
ills. he was afflicted with paraly-
sis, be had an ulcer in his left leg,
and he was deaf and dumb and
half blind, He went down to
Lourdes, and no sooner drank Of
the holy waters Of the shrine than
he was instantly and completely
cured Of all his numerous Ills; he
could once more dance, sing, hear
aud soc as in his tender years. The
miracle naturally made a great sem
sation, and when the fortunate pill
grim went home to Marancs, in the
Maine-ot-Loire, he became the sub
ject Of general attention, Unfor.
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Sir Charles Dixie related his ex.
perience asa non-combatant during
the Franco German war in lee
ture delivered January 9TH, before
the Chelsea Literary and Scientific
Institution. One of the results of
the campaign, he said, was to show
the inetficiency of shells, except for
the parpose of demorahzing young
troops, as in some instances thou
sands were fired without iniuring
any one, and to prove the great
power Of musketry fire from in
tantry. The experience of the war
has shown that even against the
most thoroughly disciplined troops
in the world mere volunteers of a
few days standing could, in a de-
fensive war, hold their own with
extraordinary success, and the con-
duct of the volunteers Of the
French army of the north, and
during the siege Of Paris, was an
evidence of the vast Importance Of
a volunteer force. The siege of
Paris also brought out some of the
best qualities of Frenchmen, show
ing their power of bearing priva-
ton and hardship, and the steady
patriotism with which they were in
spired. He thought that Germany
would have done well not to have
taken territory from France.
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LOTTERY

A RPLENDIO OPPORTUNICY Tn
a WIN a FORTUNE : Second Grand
Drawing. 1877. At New Orleans, Monday.
February 5th.
Leuisiana State Lottery Company.
This Institution was regularly incorporated
by the legislature of tho Stats for Educa-
tional purposes in 1858. with CAPITAL of
stOO 0OO to VIII which it has has since added are
NUMBER DRAWINGS will take place
monthly. IT NEVER sCALEs OR POsrPONEs,
Lock at the following scb-me:
CAPITAL sNtZE. $4,000
O.OOO Tickets ut Five nOIIars Each,
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MARDI-cRAS.
THE KINGI The KING /!
Proclamation by the King of the
Carnival
BE 1t Known.

BE 1t Known,
THAT WE. THE KING, SERENE IN OUR
joyous domains OF mirth, undisturbed by
the perturbations OF Returnings Boards and
Joint Resolutions, witnessing with sorrowful
eountenances the discord prevailing in our
favored land,
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PROCLAIM

l. That upon our Annual Carnival visit
all political strife shall cease and ger tie har-
mohy prevail am0ng our subjects
u.-That We will enter aud take possession
Of our good city Of Memphis, at high noon on
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RAILROADS.
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
and
Great Southern Railroad.
SCHEDULE,

SCHEDULE.
Express train leaves daily Except
Saturday.. ll:l6 pm
Mail Train leaves daily q. m
Accommodation leaves daily lex
oept Sunday )"........." ............... 4:lo pm
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
For tickets or information. apply ct Ticket
Office. 2S7 Main. northwest corner Of Madison
street
JOHN T. FLYNN, sap't Memphis Div.
JANRs SPEKp. Ticket Agent. vi
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MrrrnIs. TrNx., November .. ls7s.

MEMPHIs. TENN, November 25, 1875.
I'm AND AFTER SUNDAY. NOV. sira,
W 1876, trains will rua rs follows:
Leave. Arrive.
New Orleans mail. daily ...S:35 pm. 12:45 !. IN
Sardis Ac' m'dation, daily
Except sunday ......"".ll:O0 am % q m
Freight train. daily lex
cent sunday )..,,,............7:39a am. $3.50 p. m
75-t NJ. BURKE, Sup't.
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eA-S r-A----
Am. Pm. Ak. P.n.
N. q. Mai, tdaiIyl... -;.".,o ~ lz'S :, ~ $50
Sardis daily ex. sunNeyJs'W On t5S
Frslxnl (uAlly o.. bundal. V'"'' '''
.Jsoet st foot Of Main stfest. :,
Ticket ONCE, 2S7 MATS street, corner oi
Madison. o1,r a.urrnI.
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,ro1 avn MRMpHIS RAILROAD.

pAuUoAu AND MEMPHIS RAILROAD
Mail Train '''''''iVSSSS o. m N
leaves.......s,' ,'.'''.'..''''''" ~ ~ -. -
RreiRht Train arrives. s.....''''''''. S'o1 P'
- leaves....... ..s.s''''..'''''' . " Sr so
The mail train leaves OovSagton lOr ueH, u,
mis- at lam. and arrives at coYington ~
400 u. M. The freight train leaves ooYing. o
for Nemphis at /. 80 m. and arrives at Gov
ineton at II, 90 a. m. Trains leaving Memphis
will start from the Underwriters' warehouse
"A'' NV. WILBUR, SuD't,
H.H. GIVEN. Asst. Sup't. t.,--
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A.M.P.N. L.N.P.E.
Mil Train daily"~.....,..~ h'lV D."
Ffe ight and Accolnmoda. on
tic daily lex. Sunday 10 0
sleenig cars on mail train. Ticket Omees,
LouisvilSs Depot, 2S7 Maiu (cor. MadsoAI
and 27S Main street.. a.,,erD't
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I----- --
AN. nv. AN Pm.
Mail train daily..,........... $40 l2@
Express train dailyr...;.. 400 ll'U
Somerville train daily ~
lex. Sunday ................ $40 DIV
jackson. Tenn, accom-
mediation lex. Sundaylll 45 s.lO
WI. ROSS. asn'l sup't.
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Capital Stock, 5000 ,OO(
RAlLRuAn llAh TABLES.

AEMPHIs AND LuUFVlLLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.
r-a -
An. Pm. AN. P.N.
Express daily l,xespt
Saturday ........ ........ .., T.4o LID
Malt Irain.......... ....- SOP lJ'O -
Acoomu.Hd n (ex.Sunday) 4.b
Depot st head o. .nalb streSS,
Ticket 0iioe, lsl Nain street, corner Of
Madison.
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wrss, 7sIPPl AND TENNEssKK 4. R.
Arrives. Leaves.
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THIRD GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING
Monday, March 5th. Capital Prize. SEQ Ooo.
Tickets, $40 each. eodll0lss
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MEMPHIS AND CAARL SToN r. R.
Arrives. Leaves.
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mEMpHIs AND LITTLERoCK RAILROAD
Arrives. Leaves.
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Eight lines Of Aonpareil. solid, constitute q
square.
Displayed advertisements will be charged
according to the SPACE occupied. az above
rates-tbere being twelve lines Of solid type 70
the inch.
ducsmsnts, both as to rate Of charges and
manner Of displaying their favors.
Notices in local column inserted for twenty
cents per line for each insertion.
SPECIAL notices inserted for ton cents per
line for each insertion.
Notices Of deaths and marriages. twenty
cents per line.
All bills for adyertising are due when con-
tracted and payable an demand.
All letters, whether upon business or other
wise, must be addressed to
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Publieher and pFoprietor
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VOL. XIII
PUBLIC LEDGER.

NHR PUBLIC LEDGER Is PUBLISHED
every afternoon (sxOspt Sundng) At No. lS
Madison street.
The PUBLIC LKD0HE Is served to city subscri-
bers b. faithful carriers at FIRTEEN CENTS
PER " EEK, payable weekly to the carriers.
By mail lin advancel: One year, Ss; six
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MISSISSIPPI g TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.

Change of Schedule.
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6022 Prizes amounting slll 100
Wsite for CirealeIs or send orders 10
CHAS. Z. HOWARD. New Orleana. La.
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Weekly Public Ledger,

Published every Tuesday at 81 per annum lin
advanced. Postage free.
Communications upon subjects Of general
interest to the public are at all times accept
able.
Rejected manuscripts WILL not be returned.
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For sale by Druggists Everywhere.
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;''',''...'.'' ......... oU
Vials, Soc Except 2S, 80 and S3) 81.
FAMILY CASES.
Case lMorecc5) with above IS large vials
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These remedies are sent by the case or sim
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Publisher and Proprietnr
CONSTANTINOPLE STREET CARS.

The UFIver's Seat aud the Clothes
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In the atmosphere experienced here during
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