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d rovftl =, for his old mother tlcrs.and vonll
why's zee FIRST that the sl,d nof want, and away
r. her he liad notfG ing tn attract him there.
nc po: tttn Ilr. prr's had for HIN, was That nt
managing CLERK II large paint ttorc ut n good
faihfs, a'Fl hc entc:s upon the work to,day.
"on! wo,lfbf were n hurgar,' saug an en-
v:oLa scamp among his fellow prisoner.
~ TiiK REfDnMRD BuHGL1H A PRAUD1
.NEw YoRK, March 10.-To he Editor If the
Hfw }ork 7i7.a: In yeur, fhpcr Of thls morn
ing there i very readable story 1'cas1cl "A
Tic robbcrY.. in 1876, Of The First National
Bank Of Cincinnati Of $4,000 In United statcs
bonds anl easl,. waa President. ol that bank
A. the time snentioned.s No sucl, robbery was
committed for ts,at or nny other amount at lie
time named, or At any other time, and have
nsvsr 1 =, hesrl ar, IT. 81 sueh robbery On any othe.
'ak IN 'nes sssy o,* S.'es so''s ~ ~ E11''
It Is almost needless 10 lay that tho whole
narrative was pure fabrication, gotten up by
hn1 .sp h to aWsksn H..tn The q se wh
nor any other bank hero was ever robbed Of any
such sum. The iatgest bank-rubbery That ever
occurred M in Cincinnati was less thar, onc-tcnth
tiat s'.m, AMI It want done by '.erack!ng "
tho safe either. Judge Taft, at the tims hc
Ipeaks Of, WAS a Judge on tho Superior Bench,
ant not engaged In criminal eases; while Judge
Cox was IN the Common Pleas Bcnch, trying
cfsfna,!ait. not defending them. Eph Holland
ad the mail cars dtin't iiid il NECESSARY to car
~ IRON safes. No such man as Hansen vas par.
doned out OF the penitcntiary by Sir. Itaycs,
snd II ian'i likely that any night watcllanr,
eoulu f & 6e found hero who could he frightened
through tllc vaults. "~"'
y tilosc New York peo1,lc arc to 10 taupt, uu
With eucl, stories a. fiantcn's every day, they
should take out accident policies to insure them
monte.
THE CONVICT FRtrD.
H4pu'ch Ia tne!rnnI Hdf>tis.
Chrlsttan Hanson, after gaining for hitnrvil
new suit OF clothes and much pu1lIc sympathy,
now coMtesses that lIc has been lying from III
nrst. When be WAS faced With tnnnmerabe
dctlials of the statements included In his appeal,
JuBtfect,
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Anlmmense Libel Suit.


All " All hdAebtesI
1t would seem as if France was
about to heoome the Paradise of
lawyers for the liberal iuristS have
just delivered Judgment on the ma
ture of the attack in the Bulletin
les Oommunes upon the three hun
dred and Sixty-three deputies of the
late chamber who voted against the
government. In that attack the
three hundred and sixty-three were
called communists, and were ac-
cpsed of hating tho army the
church, etc, The liberal juristS de-
clare that this constitutes defama-
ton, and that each individual depu-
ty can prosecute the Bulletin, which
means the government; they have
three years to prosecute, and the
prosecution can be brought before
The tribunal of each of the arron-
diss ments in which the Bulletin
appeared-that is to say, before all
the correctional tribunals Of France,
the prosecution can be directed
against either the printer, the edi-
tor or the manager Of the Bulletin,
and civil action can be brought
against the minister of the interior
for not exercising a proper amount
Of supervision over its subordi.
mates. We may, therefore, live to
witness three hundred and sixty
three prosecutions in each correc-
tional tribunal throughout the
country, not to speak Of the civil
actions against NJ. de Fourteen.
The liberals always declared it to
be their intention to fight the pres
ent government with legal weapons,
and they are preparing to do so in
good earnest. Anumber of editors,
too, are engaged in prosecuting the
projects and other flnctionaries for
Interfering with the sale of their
newspapers. The Bien Public has
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LydIA's Blonde BurIssq .srs.
New York Sun, lSth.l

f-N"t ANhhsl
Miss Lydia Thompson and her
new troupe of radiant English
blondes arrived at New York in the
steamship City of Chester yester-
day. There were twenty-five per-
sons in the party, which included
Mr., Samuel Colville, her agent
Willie Edouin, and Mr.. Connolly,
the opera bouffe musical director.
There wereI twenty of the blondes.
Two of the number, Miss Ella
Chapman and Miss Clara Grey,
have appeared here before, but the
others are all new to American
footlights. Miss Thompson chat
ted pleasantly in the saloon of the
City of Chester while the custom
house officers were examining the
great pile of luggage belonging to
her company. She said that she
was in excellent health and felt
glad to be in New York after an
absence Of three years. The en-
gagement which she recently fin
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ing. Nothing would cohtent the
Cars officers but the "Mar-
seillaise." Cascadeuse succeeded
cancanense to plead for their favor
and for leave to sing or dance some
thing more suitable to the place and
company; a dozen times the curtain
of the miniature stage was lowered
and raised again, in the hope that
the hubbub might abate, and the
performances be allowed to 90 on,
all to no purposel 1t happens,
however, that a police regulation
prohibits the singing in public of
this particular canticle, and so the
management was, SO to speak, be-
tween the devil and the Dead sea.
Eventually, when the respectable
element of the company present had
prudently taken its departure, a
brief but stormy cancan was sue
cessful in calming the Muscovite
revolutionary tempest, and ces mes
sieurs reluctantly forewent the full
tillment Of their desires. "But
what significant SYMPTOM" whis-
pered an old diplomatist in my ear.
=" To what sort Of political develop
ments does such a demonstration
point in the future, when this army
shall return to Russia after the
warp And | could not but recog-
nize the vraisemblance of the
thought that underlay my friends
whispered comment on the scene at
which we had both assisted with
equal surprise and regret.
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ished in London was very success
ful, and brought her in good deal
Of money.
On the voyage Miss Thomrson's
blondes gave entertainments by
request of some of the passengers
in the dining saloon of the steamer,
which Mr.. Kavanagh, the purser,
had temporarily arranged for the
performers and the audience. Rep
resentations from several burlesques
were given, and the passengers
evinced their appreciation by pre-
genting Miss Thompson's fair com
panions with a purse of fifty
guineas. Among the audience were
Mr.. Ernest Inman and Mr.. Oswald
Inman, OF the Inman Steamship
Line.
Miss Thompson and her troupe
will begin their engagement here in
Wallack's theater on Saturday eve
ming next, when they will appear
In Blue Beard.
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New York Graphic.l
The duty Of the hour in these
hard times is economy. Papers
tell us so, preachers tell us SO. Es-
pecially, economy in living. The
most virtuous and useful citizen is
he who can publish to the world
the lowest rate of weekly expenses,
From present appearances, the
coming man will live on a peanut
a day. There is to be no need for
the raising of prize cattle or prem
ium fruit and vegetables. Economy
must prevail, and no one can afford
them. The earth will remain as
fruitful as ever in wheat and corn,
melon and peach, potato and cab
bago. Fourrold the present yield
can be raised if necessary, but there
is so little money to buy with.
There's the rub. The earth will
not grow dollars or greenbacks.
Because these are scarce food, or at
least good wholesome, nutricious
food, must be scarce. Stale eggs are
much cheaper than fresh eggs.
Hence it is more cemmendable to
live on stale eggs-if you can.
They may not readily assimilate
with the stomach. No matter
these are hard times. The stomach
must manage to pull along and
suffer with the rest.
"We all suffer together" Half
q loaf is better than none. 1t will
just keep you alive and give you
strength to feel and bear pain. We
must live for economy. Luxury is
a crime. The aim and end of living
henceforth is to live as poorly and
cheaply as possible. The raising Of
the best wheat, the best potatoes,
the finest apples, the freshest eggs,
the purest milk, the finest oysters,
must be discouraged. They are
expensive. Expensiveness of all
sorts must be condemned. The
earth is to be encouraged to raise
cheap and, of course, poor food.
The virtuous and law-abiding citi-
z.n, cultivating on every side the
recommended system of economy
and cheap living, will approach the
four-dealer and say:
GLOW much is your -four per
barrel 2"
Dealer-We have some for $40, |
for 81, for So, for SO.
Citizen-How about the So -four? |
Dealer - The SO flour | would
recommend as cheap and nasty
article. 1t is black and abounds
somewhat in worms. 1t is, how
ever, recommended by the press
and the pulpit to those who would
economy.
Oitizen-I will take it. 1t may
kill me and my family, but eoono-
my must be cultivated, at the risk
Of life and health, 1t is the duty
Of the hour.
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LIST OF PRIZES.

0S5s Cash Prizes, amounting to. ..SaIO.O 900
Whole Tickets. $40; Halves, So; Quarters.
Tickets, $500. '>0' va
Rsmittances can be made by mail, express,
draft pos!ehice order OF registered letter.
made payable to g. W. Barrow K Co.
Reliable agents wanted everywhere. Send
references with application to prevent delay.
q. ". BARROW 4 CO.,
General MANAGERS, Courier-J ournal Building,
louisville, Ky.,
W No. West Court street. Memphis, Tenn.
os9. Send for Circular dhwi4-iJ
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A Gambling Ambns,ndor.

Khalil Pasha, the Turkish Am
baSsador at Paris, has just been re.
called from his post because he wa,
posted at a club for some $4,000
which he had lost at ecarte, anC
was unable to pay. He has been
one Of the most notorious charac.
ters Of Partisan high-lile, and hi,
adventures are quite legendary. Ht
made his debut years ago as Khali
Bey, a kind of Unofficial agent o.
the Porte for matters financial and
diplomatic. He then had private
income of some $250,0O0 a year
The whole Of this fortune was
Squandered away in less than llf.
teen years. When he was no lon.
ger able to live upon his own
means, the Porte made a Pashs
and an Ambassador of him, first al
st. Petersburg, and subsequently al
Paris. He lost at the Russian cap
ital several millions at all sorts Of
games, aud Mr.. Labouchere gives
in the last number of his Truth an
interesting illustration of the kind
of gambling which Khalil Pasha
INDUCED in:
"He once saved me from heavy
loss, and this is why | take an in
terest in him. He, q Russian, and
| sat down at club in st. Peters
burg to have quiet rubber. The
Russians have a hideous device OF
playing with what they call a zero,
that is to say u zero is added to all
winnings and losses, SO that 10
stands 100, etc. Nous jouons avec
lie zero p said Khalil. 'Comme vous
voulez,' l said. When Khalil and
the Russian had won their dunn
mics, | found to my horror that,
with the zero, | had lost about
$4,000. Then it came to my turn
to take dummy. | had won a game,
and we were playing for the odd
trick in the last game. II l failed
to win it, l should have lost about
$4,000. Only two cards remained
in hand, ! had marked up six
tricks, and my opponents five,
Khalil had the lead; he had the
best trump and a thirteenth card.
The only other trump was in the
hands of the dummy. He had,
therefore, only to play his trump,
and then the thirteenth card, to
win the rubber, when he let drop
the latter card, for his fingers were
OF a very thumby description. Be.
fore he could take it up, pushed
the dummy's trump on it and
claimed the trick. The Russian
howled. Khalil howled. They said
that this was sharp practice, ! re-
piled that whist was essentially a
game of sharp practice, and that |
was acting in accordance with the
rules, The lookers-on were appealed
to, and, Of course, gave it in my IA
yor. Thus did | make, oF rather
cave, $4,000, against Russia and
Turkey in alliance, through the
fault of the Turk, and it seems to
me that the poor Ottoman, now
that he is at war with his ally ofthe
card table, is losing the game, much
as Khaiil lost his game Of whist to
me-"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-18

One of the greatest changes which
have taken place in New York Of
late years has been in the matter Of
marriage. Thirty years ago the
money question entered compare.
lively little into consideration, but
now among the upper twenty
thousand, or those who consider
themselves SO, it has very great
weight. Mothers keep their girls
as much as possible out of the way
of pleasant but poor young men,
and many girls are quite disposed
to discourage the attentions Of men
who could not even afford a house
in the city. The number of spin
Sters in the higher class here, and
more especially in Boston, goes on
increasing, and early marriages be-
come fewer every year 1t is the
penalty paid for a more highly
civilized and artificial existence.
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Louisville and Great Southern R.R

l82t Assistnnt General- Parseneor Aggnt
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MEMPHIS & LITTLE ROCK R.R.
ShrOt Line to Arkansas and Texas.
YEEEOARDi

YEEE CA9Di
Leaves. Arrives
Mail train, daily..".y."b.SO 30 pm. nSO pm
Freight train leaves Hope
field daily(ex. ,unday)7. 80 an. 5.20p m
Passengers going on this road will TAXI
trains at the depot of the Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southern railroad. Mai
trains make close connection at Argenta iol
points on the Little Rock and Fort Smitf
railroad and at Little Rock with the Cairo
and Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
Arkausas and Texas.
Pullman alace Sleeping Cars on all nigh
trains.
Fer tickets and information apply at Ticke
offices dS and 2S7 Man street, and at depo
foot of Washington street, or at Louisville
Nashville and Great Southern railroad depot
or to the undersigned.
z. A. WILLIAMS. Pass. Ag't Memphis.
M. S. JAY. q. p. AID T. Ag't, Little Rock
W .. SMITH, Sup't, Memphis Tenn.
W.T.
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Hal pm. Night Express Connects at Milan
for st. Louis and Chicago, at Mckenzie for
Southeast, at tGuthrie for HoPkinsville, Hem
dersOn and Evansville, at Louisville for all
points North and East.
lilo pm. Day Express for St..
Louis and Chicago, at Louisville for all
points North and East.
4:4O p m. Milan Accommodation - Daily
except Sunday
Pullman Palace Cars on either train to Louis
willie, aud on Night train to Nashville.
For tickets or ioform alton, apply at Ticket
Office. 287 Main. Northwest corner Madison
street
JOHN T. FLYNN, sup't Memphis Div.
JAMES SPEED, Ticket Agent.
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THIs rs THE CHEAPEST AND MOST
i delightful purgative before the publ lic Is
n delicious beverage, and as pleasant and
fparkling as glass Of soda water. Far supe-
rior TO sickening pills. II Is held in high re-
pute BY physicians and surgeons. for the
speedy cure Of constipation eilioasn.e9sss'
heartburn, collie, sour stomach, hatulency.
sick headache, kidney affections, etc.
For those who lead a sedentary or closely
confined life, and become Of a constipated
habit, IL acts like charm, 1t is specially
prepared for the mnssesi is pat up IN large
bottles and sold by al druggists at Doc. NO
family, no mother, no one travelling, no close
student, no sewing girl should fail to use It.
Sold BY all wholesale and retail druggists.
Up. DR0MGO0LE 4 CO., Prop'rs,
g-xxy-T Louisville, Kentucky,
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already commenced proceedings in
five departments, and other liberal
papers are defending the rights Of
property in court.
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RAILROADS.
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON
RAILROAD.

CCHpDULE On AND AFTER JULY 29,
y 1877:
Leaves. Arrives
Express train. daiy......ll IS pm 3 2ep p IN
Mali train, daily -....-.l0.2) am 12t6 a. IN
Somerville aceem datiOn
Except Sunday)~.~...... 600 Op.m siam
Tame rwrniy HinnL FhHser shan
Ctty t'",".
The ll:5j pm Expre S il the LIGHTNING
TRAIN from Memphis, and will ONLY stop
at tJCNCIlC%S aud terminal points.
The 1923 a IN. Mail trniu will stop at regu-
lar stations.
ApDie fvt'se iraiu viii stop as reg
ulRT npd nn1 RttsaOIs.
The IEhGUtDg txpr~Ns prRt1 makes
the qut-hr,t sim@ ever made 10 Chatt@-
nooen Knoxville, Lynenburg, Washington,
and lastsrn cities.
Ticsct Office 2 y MAIN Str""G aud Depot
Men phi aud hqrestOn railroad.
JOHN A. GRANT,
Chief Engineer and General Sup't.
I. S. DaVANI.
1907 Assistant General Passenger Aren't
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Five Thousand Copies
Are read by at least
Twenty Thousand People

Twenty Thousand People
old AID young, every week. 1t is just to say
that the patrons Of the WESTERN
METHODIST belong to the best class of
community.
We desire our business men to make note
Of the above facts before completing their
advertising arrangements for the coming
season.
We use our best efforts to keep our columns
free Of all irregular and irresponsible adver-
Using; for many good people seeing an ad-
vsrtissmsat in paper. especially their
church paper. take it as guarantee of ro
sponsibility. Such confidence should not be
abused when it can be helped. We want.
therefore,
The Advertising Patronage
Of such business men and firms ns we can
recommend to our friends and the public
without compromising tho character of the
paper,
our Terms shall be in Harmony
with tho Business OutIOOk.
Send in Your FAvors.
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MISSISSIPPI G. TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
Change OF schedule.
Mrrrn1s. TENN, May u. 1877.

nN AND AFTER SUNDAY, MAY 18th,
~ 1877, trains will run as follows:
Leave. Arrive
Few Orleans mail, daily 300 pm. 1880 pm
Freight and Ac'm 'dation,.
daily Except Sunday $3.50 Am 30 q. N
6St NJ. BURKE Sup't.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25
COMPROMISE.

The report of the joint committee on
counting tue electoral vote suggests, We
are told, tile best possible compromise
measure for settling the Presidential
trouble. But avowed compromises in
this country have never accomplished
what was desired, nor induced satisfac.
tory state Of popular feeling. Several
times in the history Of the United States
eminent statesmen have made efforts to
quiet agitation Or remove causes Of irri-
tation Ivy bringing forward compromise
measures. The compromise in every
case failed to accomplish ITS purpose.
All concessions made to the slave power
during the long struggle previous to the
war simply resulted in making the advo'
cafes Of slavery more arrogant, and the
great masses OF the people less patient
with wrongtlocrs. During the war all
propositions looking to compromise were
net by President Lincoln with the incv.
table mo proposition which does moi
conccde the integrity of the Union will
be considered" and there were no com.
promises. There is no call for comprn.
mise now. This proposed plan may az
ford the Democrats opportunity to retire,
under cover, from the awkward and un'
ten"ble position they have assumed in
defiance of law and precedent anu in op.
position 10 the Constitution, but it can
not modify tue convictions of the people
Us to what is right and what is wrong in
counting the vote for President.-lnter
Ocean,
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Jennie JuDne'S Home

New York Cor. Washington Capital.
The home Of Mrs. Croly (Jennie Junc)
is always an attractive spnt, for it is pre-
vadcd BY the genuine home like spirit, and
today it sustains it's reputation. Mrs
Croly is so earncs, and uatiring worker
that she fully earns the right to the recre.
alton of receiving her friends each Sunday
evening. On New. Year's-day they came
in an apparently unending stream, and
the ladies who assist her are kept busy
entertaining the lhrong. They are fully
equal to the task. Mrs. Martha J. Lamb
the historian; Mrs. Matte Balcl, who is
earning name as an elocutionist, and
Miss Banker, have each their circle o1
admirers, aad two young girls, Miss Min
ME Croly, daughter of the hostess, and
Miss Rose Butler, daughter of Rose Eyt
inge, the eminent actress, perform thei,
duties with tact and grace. Miss Rose
Butler is petite, and has the dark eyes and
hair and rich complexion Of her mother
She is in 'cafa AL la;,' silk, and Miss
Croly is in white. The hostess, who
has earned reputation as fashion
writer, practices what she breaches. Hel
gown is unexceptionablc in cut and color
and if it could speak it would say it clothed
one Of the best women that ever lived and
worked. The success -: the merry Christ
mas party OF the Sor"sis Society, Of which
Mrs. Croly is President, formed here i
subject of comment and cOngratulati0n
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Great Bridges In England.

One Of the finest engineering structures
of its kind in the world is the swing.
bridge over the Tyne, at Newcastle. jus,
completed after eight years labor. The
center pier, which supports the massive
swing girder, weighs 1900 tons. and is
said to he unequalled in Europe. The
gig -ntic fabric has total length between
the abutments, Of $40 feet, and total
width of4 feet, the w,dtl, Of the roadway
being % feet, while that of tho foot patti, is
8 and 9 feet
The first stone of the Tay bridge was
laid on the Fifesl,lre side of the Tay, in
July, 1871. The obj: Ct Of the undertaking
was that Of connecting the important man.
utacturing town of Dundee with the North
British Railway Company's branch be.
tween Edinburgh and Tuyport. The
length Of the bridge is 1921 feet, and in
shape is not unlike the letter s. 1t is
the longest bridge over running stream
in the world. On this account its con.
strucien was looked upon as one Of the
most important engineering works Of
recent times. For long time very little
progress was made in the work OF con.
struction, on account Of the experimental
character of the operations and the fire.
Quent accidents that befell. Latterly the
progress has been more rapid, and it is OK.
pected that the bridge will be opened in
1878.
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ACTUALLY TO BE SoLD-We are told
that the next sale Of the Southern Mime
sofa Railroad is to be genuine one. For
the past tw" years il has been advertised
and postponed from time to time, and now
it is claimed that the court IS tired ont
and that ON the 9th Of next month it is
proposed t" make a sale. Whether this
will have tendency to hasten building
depends somewhat on the shape it emerges
from the lengthy litigation it has endured
though Mr.. Van Horne, the General Man
ager Of the road, with whom We had
a somewhat extended interview last week
assures us that it will be an actual impos
slbility to extend the road while our com
munity is suffering from locust visitation
To build the road requires means, and
men Of capital refuse to invest without a
business prospect ahead. He urges tina,
our people accept the situation and moi
labor to prevent the company from Sc
curing an extension of the land grant
though he expresses doubt Of securing
such extension during the present Con.
gress whatever may be the action of the
people. We have consulted good legal
authority and are assured that an exten.
sion of the grant carries with il present
legislation as to points, which fact may
possibly affect the course Of our people
in their opposition to such extension
jackson Republic.