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Boston Herald August
Jablochkoff's electric candle, de-
scribed last week as a success in
Paris, has also been equally success
full and in a simpler form in Lon
don. A yard, $50 feet by rs, sur
rounded by buildings on three
sides, and covered with an awning,
was perfectly well lighted with four
candles, pearl type being legible in
any part of this area. Its applica-
bilty for lighting wharves, ware
houses, ships decks, etc, as well as
its portability within a limited space
was also demonstrated. The light
is white and soft, but brilliant, re-
sembling the limelight or the bright
moonlight of Southern Europe.
The power was produced by mag
neto-electric machine, with thirty
two horseshoe magnets Of several
plates each, and worked by an en-
gine Of eight-hOrse power. The
amount of heat given off is com
paratively small. He has succeeded
in doing away with the oarbons; his
latest form consists of a plate Of his
kaolin composition 1! inches long
by inch wide and 1.20 of an inch
thick; the sides of the plate are in
serted in grooves cut in the wires
forming the electrodes Of the bat
terry, which project very slightly
above the top Of the plate. To ligh
this form bridge of graphite o
black lead is carried along the TOT
edge of the porcelain plate; th,
| graphite becoming incandescent
causes the porcelain to melt, which
then becomes q conductor; the por
celain vaporizes at the rate of
: millmeter (about 1-25 of an inch
5 an hour. The light given out b,
5 the porcelain alone Is softer an,
9 more steady than that given by th
e carbon and porcelain. The expert
e ments were entirely successful, an
r will inaugurate a new era in th
: practical use of electrical illumina
4 tlon.
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which is the most useful pace for
cavalry, is unduly neglected in con-
sequence. The Militar-W Wochen-
blatt, on the other hand, maintains
that it is the fact that, owing to the
introduction of rapid-fring arms of
precision, cavalry has now to act
starting at a greater distance from
its objective than formerly that has
caused the gallop to be of late 50
much more largely employed; and
that, moreover, a gallop, when the
horse is given his head and yet not
forced to too great a speed, is less
trying to this latter than a pro-
longed and fast trot.
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ChnrlOtte Bronte's Married Life.

The chief point Of interest in the
new biography of Charlotte BrOnte
is the added though not very strong
light thrown upon her married life.
1t certainly seems q strange pro-
longation of the shadow which al
ways hung over everything pertain
ing to Charlotte Bronte, that she
should have married a man with
an absolute distaste for the intel
lectual pursuits which had made
her famous. She tries to make the
best of it; says in one letter; 81
believe it is not bad for me that his
bent should be so wholly toward
matters of real life and active use,
fulness-so little inclined to the
literary and contemplative" Up. 17TG
but it is very plain that the result
would have been, If she had lived,
an absolute annihilation Of her lit
erary career "He was resolute,"
says Mrs. Reid, ain putting aside
all thought Of her literary achieve
ments; his whole anxiety-an anxi-
ETY. arising almost entirely from his
desire for her happiness was that
she should cease entirely to be the
author, and should become the
busy, useful, contented wife Of the
village clergyman, 1t would b(
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Russlnn MlIitArr Taelics.

A military writer in the Poll
tische Correspondent, commenting
on the failure of the Russian cam
paign in Armenia says that all the
principal Russian commanders
there, such as Loris Melikoff, Hei-
mann, Dewel, 0klobschio, Tchavt-
chavadse, Scheremetieff and Ter
gukassoff have gained their gen.
erals epaulettes in the Caucasus,
and are comparatively young in the
service. They are daring soldiers,
but have seldom had the opportu-
nifty Of handling large masses Of
troops. The present campaign is
the first in which they have had
large divisions under their COM
mand, and they endeavored to con
duct the war ON the same system
as that which had proved SO sue
cessful in the Caucasus twenty years
ago. The leading principles Of this
system are to surprise and beat the
enemy, to push forward, evade
strong positions, and demoralize
the enemy by the quicknes8 of your
movements. This explains the at
tempt to march upon Erzeroum
without first taking Kars. Three
Russian divisions were employed
on this service, the weakest Of
which that of Erivan, in attempt.
ing to outstrip the other columns,
yentured furthest, and thereby
compelled General Melikoff, not
withstanding the known numerical
superiority of his enemy, to ad.
vance against him by forced
marches in order to cut his army
in two, and thereby rescue Genera
TergukasSoff from a position which
might easily have become fatal
How critical the state Of affairs
must have been is shown by Tho
fact that General Melikof paid {
Kurd 1000 roubles for taking
message to General Tergukassoi
and bringing back his reply. Th,
forces of the latter we're SO small il
number that he could only leav
six companies of infantry and 'thrc
sotnias of cavalry in Bayazid Il
cover his rear, and that after effect
: ing his retreat to Igdyr he had opl
eight battalions and fifteen sotnia'
OF some 1000 menin all. The mos
critical ploment was after the battl
of Daiar, and Tersukassoff on thi
occasion showed a daring and II
source which are characteristic c
the Russian officers of the Cau
. casus. Instead Of going straight {
Bayazid, as his enemy expected, h
I took a side road to the north
Igdyr, thence marched to Bayazlt
and by this maneuver succeeded
+. though with very inferior forces, /
relieving the Russian garrison.
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an ora Lndy Ar.l..,. En.nu.la.m

j. A. Cockenll, editor of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, writes from Paris
to that paper:
French art, | am prepared to say,
is in an advanced state. Down in
one of the galleries of the Louvre
yesterday saw among the diligent
artists and copyists an old lady
sixty years of age. She had a pair
of spectacles perched on the end of
her attenuated nose, and was ad-
dressing herself to her easel with
the enthusiasm of the last success
full exhibitor at the academy. And
what do you think this ancient pig
ment singer was copying, dear
reader? Do you imagine she was
busying herself with some sacre1
theme made glorious by the brush
of Raphael, Guido, or Ruben?
Perhaps so. Well, she was doing
nothing of the kind. She was
transferring to her canvas pair of
naked wood nymphs who were ra-
dating in the glories Of a rural
bath. must do the old lady the
justice of saying that she was max
ing a good job Of it. Her flesh
tints were rich, and they must have
fairly warmed her shriyeled hands.
Magnificent old dame! Who can
measure the depth and profundity
of those who nnrturo art? Age
cannot cool nor sex disbar its wor.
slippers, How ! hope that this old
lady will live to people France
with bathing wood nymphs unit
they become as plentiful and fami-
liar as the sad-eyed Madonnas II
the quiet shops and homes o
| Naples
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The widow Grns.

Sometime ago, it will be remem-
bered, the people Of Paris were
shocked by the fiendish career of
the widow Gras, a pirate on society,
somewhat after the model of Cora
Pearl. In order to secure posses.
sion of the person and property Of
a wealthy lover named Rene de la
Roche, she conspired with a weak
fool named Gaudry to burn out his
eyes. The trial Of this yillainous
monstrosity of a widow has just
been concluded in the French
courts, and it very naturally at
tracted the attention of the sensa-
tion-loying Parisians. The French
advocates have always been famous
in the history of jurisprudence Of
their profound and adroit methods
in criminal prosecution and defense.
This case appears to have brought
out these qualities in a strong light.
Maitre Demange, who had cleverly
defended Prince Bonaparte fer the
murder Of Victor Noir, was coun-
sci for Gaudry, while Maitre Lach-
aud, another renowned advocate.
defended the widow. All Paris was
ont to witness the trial. The double
defense was long and very brilliantly
conducted, but the current of fact
was too strong for the lawyers tC
stem. The jury gave the widow
fifteen years at hard labor and he
companion ten. She takes to iai
with her for consolation a prayer
book, written over with the name
of her numerous lovers and low
doggerel describing their charac
| tprs
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A Submerged CiIy.
London Daily Telegraph

LOnuOn Dally leleBrapn'l
A strange story is reported from
the Lake of Geneva. A tourist
having lost his trunk, two divers
were employed to search for it.
While they were below water they
found what they supposed to be a
village, since covered by the lake.
Their statements led to an investi-
cation of the spot by the municipal
authorities, who took measures to
ascertain the truth Of the extra
ordinary account of the divers, In
covering the placid surface with
oil, these latter were able to distin-
guish the plan of a town, streets,
squares and detached houses mark
ing the bed of the lake. The ruddy
hue which characterized them led
the observers to suppose that the
buildings had been covered with
the famous yermillion cement which
was used by the Celts, Oimbri and
the early Gauls. There are about
200 houses arranged over an oblong
surface, near the middle of which
is Il space more open, supposed to
have been used for public assem-
blages. At the eastern extremity
lies a large square tower, which
was taken for a rock. A superficial
investigation seems to indicate that
the construction of these buildings
dates from some centuries before
our era. The council Of Yaud has
decided to have the site of the
dwellings enclosed by a jetty
stretching from the land, and to
drain off the water so as to bring
to light what promises to be one Of
the most interesting archaeological
discoveries of our day.
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aeranan Cavalry.

A German officer has written q
book, in which he inveighs against
the so-called Anglomania which he
afirms is rapidly destroying the
good qualities hitherto character
istic of the German cavalry. The
Wochenblatt, in criticising
the work, although dissenting from
many Of the conclusions of the
author, nevertheless holds that the
warning contained in it is by no
means inopportupe. The excessive
devotion to sport manifested by
many of the younger officers OF the
cavalry OF the German army tends,
it is stated, TO make the practice OF
military equitation and the careful
training Of both their men and
horses in the riding school distaste-
full to them. The efficiency OF
cavalry depends, after oil, it is re-
marked, as much upon the good
schooling of the horses as upon the
skill Of the rider; and it is only by
constant and conscientious practice
in the manege, and not by the pur.
suit of sport, that this essentia
training can be given. On this
point the writer and his critic arg
agreed; but on others they differ
For instance, the former ASSERT
that the more general adoption 0
the gallop in cavalry maneuvers Q
late years is q result of the prevail
ling Anglomania and that the trot
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short biographies of Three Noted
a RtumOrfsIs.

humOflhtbs
New York cor. Utica Herald.l
The drama of All Sin at the
Fifth Avenue Theater is remark
able ag the work Of two printers,
and it is also noticeable as the first
time that San Francisco genius has
anything to the New
York drama. These printers have
u curious history. The younger Of
the pair, Bret Hare, was born in
Albany, in 1889, and accompanied
his friends to San Francisco in
1854. He Immediately Learned
printing on the Golden Era, and
gradually became an editor. In
1853 he started the Overland
Monthly. His verses On the
"Heathen Chinee" gave him wide
notoriety, and in 1871 he came to
this CITY and established himself as
a literateur. The other, Mark
Twain Is. i. Clemens), was born
in Missouri, and is now forty-two
He began printing at thirteen
in the Office Of the Hanni
bal Courier, and alterward became
a pilot on the Mississippi, Their
he accompanied q brother to Neya
da, and became editor Of the Vir
ginia City Enterprise. This Taste,
three years, at the close of whicl
! he went to San Francisco and be
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RAILROADS.
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON
RAILROAD

ccnEDULE ON AND AFTER JULY %,
- 1877: ,,.
Rxpross train, daily.......ll 65 pm 2l p. m
Mail train. daily ...........l0.2j am l2.e6 a. m
Bomerville accem' 'dation
lexeept Sundayl...~.......6 oOp.m ) IL an
winao twenty Htnut FssSer than
d CttY s.ne.
Tba .5sp.m. Expre Il the LIGHTNING
TRAIN iroIn Memphis. ami will ONLY stop
~ j NOTIONS anu terminal points.
tThe 10.25 N. Mail train will stop at regu-
Iar statlVie
tsaIne,V,iIa rain WITH STOP a: reg
fnlAr And Il * sfAttOnk.
The ,ikbts,inx kxpr~NA Vrhtn makes
the QuIrN~.s ,iIns ever made TO Chattt-
nooga, Knoxville. Lynchburg, Washington
and East IN cities
Ticket ofica = 5 N NtH street ADD Depoi
Men.phi. aud Charleston railroad;
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Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta ana the
Eontheast. atGuthrie for Hopkinsville, Hem
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MEMPHIS l. LITTLE ROCK R.R'
shrot Line to Arkansas and Texas.
TIMEOARDi

Leaves. Arrives.
Msil train, daily....r;".5.S pm. u'SO p'm'
Freight train leaves Hope-
geld daily lex .unday)7i 30 am; 5,m .; ? P3aTo n
Passengers going on this road TillM ~ take
vile and Great Southern railroad. Mail
traius make close connection at Argenta for
ooints on the title Rock and Fort smith
,rsilroad and at Little Rock with the Cairo
and Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
Arkansas and Texas. .u.;h,
For tickets and information apply at Ticket
offices 27S and 2S7 Main street. and at deho'
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Nashville and Greet Southern railroad depot
or to the undersigned.
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wrong to hide the fact that she was
compelled to place a severe strain
upon herself in order to comply
with her husbands wishes; and
once, as we have seen, her strength
of self-repression gave way and she
INDUCED in the forbidden luxury
of work with the pen."
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THIS is THE CHEAPEST AND MOST
n dclicions beverage, and rs pleasant and
Sparklipg AS glass Of soda water. Far sape-
r,or to sIckening pills. IL is held in high re-
nnto bv physicians and surgeons. for the
speedv euro Of constipation. biliousness'
torpid liver dyspepsia, loss OF apPpeo,.S' pencv
heartburn, collie, sour stomach, hatulehey'
sick headnche, kidney affections, etc,
For those who lead sedontary OF closely
confined life, and become OF q consupatee
habit. il acts like charm. 1t Is sneelally
prepared for the masses; is put up N large
bottles and sold by MI drugsists AZ ooc' ~ ~
student. no sewing girl should fail to use ~
sold By all Wholesale and retail druggists
Up. DR0MG0QLE a CO.. ,Prop,rs'
S7-xAy-7 LOUISVILLE hen'u'A''
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-20

Yon cannot catch fish with a
cor-net.
Drinking whisky straight will
not make your head level.
You will often have to get round
a man in order to get square with
him.
When you are asked to sign off,
you may be sure there is sign
ment.
The report of a failed company
is not necessarily a corporation.
Rifle teams are not made to draw
gun carriages.
You need not call the watch be-
cause the clock " strikes" if you
wait long enough the " strike y
movement will run down.
You must not expect peas be-
cause the enemy's city has been
shelled.
1t may be reason, but it will not
put any rhyme into a decision to
reverse it.
There is one cord which contains
knots that no man can unite, and
that is the cord of wood.
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George Rathburn, OF Pawtucket,
r. l., has constructed a miniature
steamboat, which he exhibited on
the river at that place on Saturday
evening, and which showed a re-
markable rate of speed, going, it is
estimated, as fast as twelve miles
per hour. The boat is an ordinary
large-sized row boat, fitted with a
propeller and an engine of three
horse power, the boiler being the
most remarkable feature of the
boat. 1t is common tail-cylinder
stove, with coil of pipe in the in
terror, the water being pumped in
constantly at the top, developing
into steam by the time it reaches
the ether extremity of the coil, the
coal being placed in the top of the
stove or boiler.
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MISSISSIPPI s. TENNESSEE
RAILR0AD.


AN AND AFTER SUNDAY, MAY 18th
\ lS7T, trains will run as follows;
Leave. Arrive
-ew Orleans mail, daily 300 pm. l:SOp.n
Freight and Ac'm' dation,,
daily (oxoept Sunday ,;6:S3 an oU a. u
63-t M bOhhb, ouP '.
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69zs Cash Prizes, amounting to-. 9aEO, 900
Whole Tickets. $40; Halves, S.; Quarters,
$40; II Tickets, 500; SS1a Tickets, $50; 565l
Tickets, $500.
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To Mothers-Should the baby be sui.
fering with any of the disorders of baby
hood use DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup at once
for the trouble Price 25c per bottle
The Portland daily press., 1877-10-19
FRANCE.
Speculations as to the Intentions
of the Government.
More Prosecutions of Re-
publicans.

PARIS, Oct 1S,-The Temps says there is rea-
son to believe that the Cabinet has resolved to
resign, and that notification of its resignation
will appear Nov. 5th the day after the elections
for Councils General.
The Francois (semi-oficial) publishes note
announcing that it is the government to prose-
cute and punish energetIcally all radicals charg-
ed with cu,pable man9uvres on election day
The same paper also announces that the gov
eminent has ordered the prosecution of several
journals. for articles published Monday. 1t
says the elections in no way altered the resou-
tion of the government not to leave any illegal
action of the radicals UNPUBLISHED.
LONDON, Oct. 1S-A Paris correspondent
telegraphs:
On the part of the Left there is a determine
ton to be more self-restained than ever The
idea of invalidation of electors by the wholesale
bly, vitiated will be- annulled, particularly those
of the main authors of the act of May, 1861, but
it is even doubtful if this will be attempted.
The correspondent says; learn the Spanish
tariffs have been warned that it ought to
finish its labors before Nov. 6. which indi-
Gates the possible retirement of the cabinet
on the eve of the meeting of the chambers. !
know Duke de Broglle has expressed himself
clearly on this point, and he is the very minis.
ter whose resignation will be called for in case
OF resistance, but rumors are also current that
all who approach official spheres exclaim.
They are mad, they have lost their heads,t
they are dreaming Of state of siege, of fresh
dissolution, of dictatorship, of plebiscite, of
more energetically managed elections and of
the so...called safety of the country at any
price,"
The Marshal will wait to see the attitude of
the Chamber. If it shows an aggressive tenn
per and disposition to thwart the cabinet or
force on the Marshal dishonorable policy con-
sisting of the abandonment of his functoraries
and violation of his solemnly contracted
pledges, he will dissolve it again, and in the
unlikely event of the Senate's refusing to
dissolve the Marshal will if necessary persist
in dissolvng the deputies, being guarded
that the elections show that France demands
a republic coupled with order and believes he
alone can give her both in conjunction. He
thinks also that in the elections on Sunday last
the country did not fully appreciate the inter
ests at stake.
The Portland daily press., 1877-10-19
by TELEGRAPH.
MAINE.
THE AUBURN ADOPTION CASE.
The Lambs Arrested for Murder-Foss
Held as Accessory,

AACA0 db <ACCcSSOTy,
Especial Despatch to the Press.l
LEWISTON, Oct 18.-At o'clock this after
noon the coroner's jury of inquest on the case
of Miss Lizzie M. Holmes, rendered their YER
dict. 1t found that Miss Holmes came to her
death by. tbs use of some surgical instrument
In the hands of Mrs Mary NJ Lamb or her
husband Mr.. Joseph A, Lamb, for the purpose
OF procuring an abortion. That MIR. John T.
Foss was accessory to the deed in furnishing
means for carrying it out.
At 10 o'clock this morning warrant was is
sued and Mr.. John f. Foss, Mr.. Joseph A,
Lamb and Mrs. Mary M. Lamb were arrested
and lodged in Jail on lcharge of murder.
Mrs. Lamb being confined to her bed on &C..
count OF sickness was not taken to Jail, but
was placed in the charge of keeper.
Friday morning they will have hearing be-
fore Judge Cornish of the Municipal Court.
The case has created considerable excitement
in town. The feeling prevails that most dis
reputable establishment has been broken nm,
1t is SO difficult to get hold of the guilty par.
ties in cases like this that it is probable Sc
we're example will be made. Mr.. Foss. the
supposed paramour of Miss Holmes, is man
Of about thirty five years of age. He is mar
ried man and has two children, one daughter
thirteen years old. His wife has been for some
little time living in Winthrop. 1t is reported
they were divorced not long ago. The text of
the verdict is as follows:
The jurors find that Lizzie Maud Holmes of
Auburn, in county of Androscoggiu, being
pregnant with child, came to her death by
means OF an abortion procured by the use Of
sume lnstru ment to the Jurors unknown used
upon the body of her, the said Lizzie Maud
Holmes, by Joseph A. Lamb and Mary M
Lamb, both of said Lewiston; and the j1r ors
aforesaid further find that John f. Foss of
Lewiston afore said, in the county of Andro-
scoggin, was accessory thereto before the fact.
Certain letters have been found duplicating
other parties