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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18
THE QUEEN AND PRINCE.
The Trouble Between Queen Wet,
ria and Prince of Wales.

NAo anu EEAAco DA wales
The Prince Of Wales refused TO attend
the recent festivities in London in honor
Of Queen Victoria's birthday, because of
q quarrel between the two. A CORE
spondent says:
THE oldest Of all reasons is that
given for this new quarrel between the
queen and the prince. Her majesty is
said to be angry because the prince al.
lowed M. Gambetta to be presented to
him in Paris, and received him civilly.
Possibly she heard that the prince had
invited NJ. Gambetta to London as his
guest, a which | find believed
among people who are not ordinarily
%credulous. There is another more prob.
able version, according to which the
prince told M. Gambetta hat be had
heard he was coming to London during
the summer, and that be should be glad
to see him if be came. That is a very
different matter from asking the great
French Republican to stay at MARI
borough House. Whatever the fact
be, it is conceivable enough that
the queen whose sympathies are Bona
partlst down TO the ground, should dis.
like to find her son in relations of any
kind with the man who has done more
than anybody else to make Bonapartism
impossible in France. All this is so we'll
understood that her anger about the
Gambetta incident is a natural explana-
ton of the fresh coldness between her
and her son. 1t is, perhaps, too natural;
and suggested itself to a number Of peo-
pie about the same time, simply because
it is SO plausible. Another reason has
been given. The anecdotes which cou-
pied the names Of the Prince of Wales
and Of Madame Theo long since made
their way over to London, after having
beer long the staple of boulevard gossip
in Paris. This, like the other, strikes
me as a purely conjectural explanation,
but specious enough. Not much ex-
PLANTATION is needed after all. 1t is long
since the queen and prince have been
friends, though the enlargement between
them was thought to have been lessened
Of late; partly by reason Of their com
mon ~sympathies as between Turk and
Russian.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

Two hundred women were singing a
chorus on the stage Of the Grand Opera
House, San Francisco. Suddenly there
was a unanimous but very discordant
shrek that made the conductor spring
from his seat in dismay. The tiers Of
seats we're giving way, and an instant
later the singers we're dropped in o
struggling mass among the broken tim.
bers. An eyewitness says: Make
what haste even the emergency Of the
calamity required, the male eye could
not turn so hastily away that it did not
Internationally catch a glimpse of innu.
merable red stockings, with white clocks;
blue stockings, with scarlet clocks;
lambs wool, cotton, lille thread and silk
stockings; fswn, white and lavender.
colored stockings embroidered in all
the wonderful devices and ~twinkliug col.
ors in the world"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18
LARGEST CITY CIRUULATIOA ON.
THE T.
EMPHT
Tuesday Evening, June IS, 1873.
The Dollar weekly Ledger.

The DOLLAR WEEKLY LEDGER is IN.
q%uestionebly one of the most enterpris.
ing, leading and newsy journals in the
Union. Subscribers will be guaranteed
the latest and most reliable reports and
editorials upon all questions affecting
the social, national, political, agricul,
tural, manufacturing and scientific ques.
lions of the day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

Five years ago Miss Ticknor, Of Bos.
ton, started among the women of the
United States a society to encourage
studies at home" 1t was a sort of in
visible college for women whose students
were to be scattered through forty States
and territories. The society number
now nine hundred members. Certain
highly educated ladies in Boston direct
the studies and conduct written examin-
atoms for the members by letter. This
quiet movement has awakened great in.
telleetual activity among women on iso.
lated farms and in country villages, and
will help largely to spread refined, Gull
tured happiness among homes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

TEMPERANCE meetings continue every
night at Chelsea Baptist Church and St.
Joha's Methodist Church, corner OIL
Vance and Lauderdale streets, except
Thursday, when agrand rally takes place
at Jefferson Temperance Hall. All are
invited. Qo
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

The Empress of Germany is reported
as likely to visit Paris shortly in strict
incognito. She is stated to have already
visited France II or more times since
the wal of 1870 as the Countess Of Horn
pesch, but has always contrived to re-
main unknown.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

Mr.. Herman j. Klien, an astronomer
of Cologne, in Germany, has lately dis.
covered upon the moons surface a re-
cently.iormed volcanic crater. 1t is sit.
uatsd in q vast plain, rear the center OF
the moons disc, and to the west of az.
other. crater, known as Hyginus. It's
diameter is about thirteen thousand feet,
which renders il larger than any on this
earth, except that of Kerasna, in the
Sandwich Islands. Mr.. Klein's discoy.
cry has since been confirmed BY other
astronomers, including Ward, of Belfor.,
and Schmidt, of Athens.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18


General Grant has been received with
exceeding courtesy in Paris-courtesy
like that which greets the princes Of
reigning houses. The correspondent of
the Telegraph of Philadelphia, AVS, re-
ferring to the last bali at the Elysee:
" In the course of conversation General
Grant expressed a hope that he might
one day have the pleasure Of welcoming
the marshal to his seaside home at Long
Branch. NJ. de MacMahon declared that
nothing would give him greater pleasure
than to visit America, adding that in two
years more be would be once again a
private citizen, and could then travel at
will. You, sir, remarked General
Grant, in retiring from the presidency
will still remain a marshal of France,
while | become plain Mr.. Grant-a
simple citizen of the United States.
All, general, responded the marshal,
your glorious deeds will make OF you,
whenever the American army is called
upon to meet a foe, the marshal of
America"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

Jacksonville, Fla, is happily in DOS.
session Of 8 boy twelve years of age
whose right hand has abnormally devel.
oped to such enormous proportions that
be cannot raise it any higher than his
breast. When held by another person
above the boys head, it completely cov-
ers the space occupied by the entire
body. The name of the owner of this
large haRd is George Evans, and he is a
mulatto.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18
Notice.

Any parties having claims against the
firm Of L 7. RISK Il Co. will please pre-.
sent them at Once to the undersigned at
800 Main street for payment, and all per-
sons indebted to said firm are requested
to call at same place and settle their &C.
counts 10 wind up the business.
IS L. TIFF RISK.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18
Buy horses at FARES.

Box AQUA SPRINGS has become one of
the most popular watering places in the
South. 1t is the most accessible hummer
resort to Memphis. The railroad fare
for the round trip is reduced to 50 Go,
which has added greatly to the patron.
age OF the place. f.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

Lydia Thompson and her husband,
Alexander Henderson, have formally
separated in London, she being allowed
a maintenance for herself aud child.
The most OF her fortune has been lost by
Henderson in theatrical management.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18
McGinnls' Magic Linimenl

McGinnls' Magic Liniment,
One Of the best family medicines now
known. A specific for all affections Of
the throat and for collie. Use wherever
a liniment is indicated. References.
Rev. DR.. Waddel, E. Whitmore, Colonel
W. W, Coleman, Jas. M. White, Major
W. B. Waldrsn and J. H. Goodlett. For
sale by w. N. WILKINSON & Co.,
68t $40 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

"Ohl" said the afflicted wife, weeping
over his remains, he said he would take
of his hannels any way, and, poor man,
he little thought how 1901 he would 20
to that place where aaunels are never
needed. - New York Independent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

1t is stated that there are s, 1000, 900 pu-
pills enrolled in the public schools of the
United States. The average daily o.
tendance is 100000. The estimated
population between six and sixteen years
Of age is 10000, 900.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

Don't forget 10 call and see
Mrs. McOuIlOugh's Imperial
Self.cOndensirg Steam and
HOT Air Cooker, the only one
on earth. Cooks three differ
ent articles ON one hole of the
stove. ATT. j. TurnbuIl's, 234
Main st. sat
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

The purchasers of the Moody and
Sankey tabernacle, in Boston, have ded-
ica'ed 10000 bricks of the building to
charity, if the public will buy them.
The plan is to polish each one and orna.
ment it with a picture Of the tabernacle,
and to sell them, thus embellished, for
Is cents q piece.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

General Henry Raymond, with one OK
ception the oldest surviving veteran of
the war OF 1872, has been stricken with
paralysis, and now lies in a critical con-
diliOn At his home in Jersey City.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

Mrs. A. T. Stewart owns a solitaire
dismond worth $35, 900, which is said to
be the largest in the United States. 1t
would make a splendid pin for the clerk
of the Workingwomen's Hotel.-[New
York Star.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

Did you ever see Gates Ajar p"
she yawningly asked her beau last Sun
day uight. mo, but I've seen Pull
Down the Blind" he politely replied.
Not tonight you hain't," she snappish.
ly retorted. He soon saw the front gate
ajar .-[LOwell Journal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

The sermon Of the best preacher in
the world will not make as much i'm
preston upon a congregation as the
sudden pattering Of rain on the window.
panes of a church containing 200 new
spring bonnsts. Troy Wing,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18
Raca md OIYmnio Park

Wednesday. June 18th, between the cele-
brated Memphis horse Lead Mine, aud
Streets Kentucky Dexter. Other cele-
brated roadsters will also appear and
contest for the championship. 95
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

The type, material and workmen Of
the LEDGER job Office arc as good as the
best, and hence we guarantee FIRST class
work and full satisfaction to our patrons.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

In the LEDGER job office can be found
competent, skillful and tasteful printers,
who a give entire satisfaction in the
display of any job Of printing. 1881
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

A circus band may toot in front Of a
newspaper Office for hours, but that don't
make up for the failure to liquidate an
advertising bill. -[Saturday Night.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

The Horace Greeley farm at Chappa.
qua has been sold for $4,000. Il was
valuable chiefly for it "reminiscences.
Colonel Smith could not see the use Of
paying taxes on "reminiscences.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18
AmuAemensa

The complimentary benefit rendered
Miss Marie HitzIeld has been postponed
until further notice. o.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

Bob Iugersoll calls the grave "tbe
windowless palace Of rest But Robert
wont stop there long. The old fellow
will say: Robert come down lower"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

The complimentary benefit rendered
Miss Marie Hitzfeld has been postponed
until further notice. "a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

Matthews is nearly caught, but | am
30; surprised. he is a very indiscreet
man; he talks too much and writes too
much, and that is what the matter 10
with Stanley II Ext Governor Claain,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

For cheap wall paper aud wiNdov
shades 90 to l. NJ. Dean, 3Sl Main. 7O'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

Where are the songs Of spring. ave.
where are they2' asks Keats. Well. by
this time they are around at the old pa.
per man's,- Hawkeye.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

Bartee's pure Illinois cream
IOc per plate, 833 Main st. S5t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18
OAPADURA.

For stylish wall paper or picture
frames 20 to T.. Frederick & Co, 346
Second street. 93t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

Peabody Billiard Room,
First.clOss i'm every respect,
Sid Cook, Proprietor. 4st
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

John Walsh, Undertaken,
BAL Second st., next postofice. l44t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

For picture frames and looking glass
90 to l.. NJ. Dean, 3Sl Main at. Il
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18
CAPADURA.

FoR paints, oil and window glass go to
L. M. Dean, 38l Main at. 70t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18
FOR RENT.
FOR SALE.

A LII cOlors and prices Of JOB Ink. also
n News Ink in kegs, at this Office. list
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-18

E0R sALE-OLD TYPE-BETTERa THAN
y Baobitt metal for light, fast running ma
chinery. at this Office. SS-t
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
The Romance and Reality Of Rail
reading.

To the young nan leaving his ances-
trail farm for the first time for q trip
to 1.-THE big city" OF to the young
damsel Of the rural village who goes 10
the depot OF a summer afternoon to
see the train come m there Is a
romantic and underlined charm about
the life of the scam railroad empioye.
The youth thinks nothing coulu be SO
desirable as to be forever whizZing
from place to place at express speed,
sxeng the city and the country every
day or twice a day, and passing a life
of adventure with Il sufficient spice of
danger to make 1t exciting. The rus
maiden takes many a sly glance at the
athletic form and brOnZed face of the
brakeman who SO deXterously brings
the train to standstill at the long plat
form, and at the brawny baggage mas
ter who SO lightly whirls and losses
out the huge 'Saratogas" from their
place Of temporary confinement, and
doubtlt S, after a time grows sufficiently
bold to exch-n5e first mods, then
kindly greetings with the knights Of
the rail, whose visits SO agreeably
break the mono oly of her quiet exis-
tence. To both the conductor is a
superior being, to be looked up to and
admired at a distance, and his gold
laced cap and authoritative All aboard
are seen and heard with something
akin to awe. The youngster feels that
his highest ambition would be gratified
coulp he secure a place ION the line,"
with a fall prospect of becoming some
times a conductor, and the damsel
dreams, perhaps, of some day being
the wife of that nOblest creation OF
civilization, a railroad man. But the
experienced traveller, who finds in his
own business jO~urneyings to and fro
WEAKNESS and vexatiOn of spirit, is apt
to feel that nothing could be more te>
dious than to be compelled to as, is. in
running a train, and the wife of a
conductor or brakeman finds in the
lonely hours when her husband is on
the road, and in the constant anxiety
for some safety, little of the romance
she anticipated, and looks forward to
the day when he may get into some
business which will enable him TO
spend his meal times and his nights
at home, and which will not SO con-
stantly imperil his life. And yet to
the railroad man himself there almo. t
always remains sufficient of the fasci-
nation Of the employment to make
him loath to quit it, and often to in
duce him to return to it after a trial Of
other occupations.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
Bow Bells.

For some time past this famous peal
of bells, one of the finest, if not the
finest in the city Of London, has been
undergoing examination in the public
interest, and before long the familiar
chimes which captivated or consoled
a Wilmington, and have since charm
ed many more from time immemorial,
will ring out as before. The church
of ST. M~ary-le-BOw, which, if not
originally a Roman temple, as gener-
ally believed, was one Of the earliest
churches built by our Norman con-
querers, has been destroyed more than
once by storm and fire. 1t was at one
time garriSoned and besieged, and was
afterward the scene Ofan assassination.
1t was first mentioned as a Christian
church in the reign of William the
Conquerer. Stow says it was the first
in the city built on arches of stone,
and hal it was therefore called ST.
Mary de Arcubus, or the Bow, al
though he elsewise says, but with less
apparent probability, hat it took It's
name from certain stone arches sup
porting a lantern on the top of the
tower. By the way, the Cour of
Arches was formerly held in this
church, and derived its name from
that circumstance. During the reign
of William Rufus, the ROOT of the
church was blown Oft by the wind, and
four of the rafters were driven into
the ground with such violence that,
although they We're each twenty-six
feet long, little more than our feet OF
their length was visible, the ground in
the neignborhood being then a mere
fen. About one hundred years after
this event a tumult of a serious nature
occurred in the city, which led to as
sault upon the church before alluded
TO The ringleader was William Fitz
Osbert, surnamed Longbeard, who was
almost wOrshipped by the lower order
on account of his exert.Ons as a pro-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

the middle. frizzled, curled and cata-
woggled a la pc poodle. Bcrgamot
exhailing side whiskers. thin and
sickly. Gaudy kid gloves. Switch
canes and BLACKBOARD handles. Cock
new glasses and ponderous chains
swinging from fiashy yest-patterns.
Bouduets in their button-hOleS.
Visages stupid and sensual as those OF
infantile porcine quadrupeds or adobe
scent apes. Mouths mere expression
less Sits in their faces that only open
to take in oysters and cocktails, ana
let GU obscenity and oaths. Dawdllng,
mincing gait. with a perpetual iavor
of the lascivious german Drawing
tones. and breath redolent with whisky
and tobacco. Poo-ooh /. The loathsome
little animals. See the insutferable
insolence with which they leer at every
woman that comes within reach OF
their weak dishwatery eyes. BY a
heaven of geese and white chlmpan-
Zees. it is hard to keep ones boot-toe
from the termini of their abbreviated
coats.
Empty-headed and hollow-hearted,
such are the creatures h a make up
too much Of our society. enable 10
carry on an intelligent conversation
for three consecutive c~l0ck-tl"kS
knowing nothing; learning noth4lg;
feeling nothing: caring for nothing but
the pitiful vaniricS, gewgaws and
~eXcitements of hops, balls, theatre
and masqucrades: is it strange that
they go on year after year, increasing
in ~frivolic contemptibility-hke cows
tails, eve growing downward: When
they assemble in drawIngroom, parlor
IN -, rnAAf
mentS, emotions or opinions to inter-
change. they are OF necessity driven,
after the first few moments of monkey
shaming chickering's and twaddlings,
to depend upon their heels instead of
their heads for entertainments: and
Observation-Disclosures consequently
become the all-absorbing business, as
well as pastime, OF their worthless
lives.
Is it anv wonder that intelligent and
cultivated foreigners visiting this coun-
try take refuge from such dreary
vacuities, among the bold, strong,
though uncouth, buffalo-hunters OF
our western plains: Is it strange that
| the better class of our wv young meI
are driven among the aged for c,nge
NAL associations? Nay, nay, verify.
Where is the remedy for this state
of things. Change the mode OF educa-
ton. Make merit and refinement the
standards of gentility. Teach our girls
and boys that brain and nerve, knowl
edge and muscle are worth more than
gold, jewels, apparel or equipage;that
ten real men and women, of power
and culture, honesty. sincerity ano
truth. are worth a world of gilded vul
garians, polished hypocrites or shipper
ing, niInble-legged idiots, however
''rich' or accomplished, in the fash
ionable slang of the day: give us mel
and women. people, and not fashion
plates.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

understanding each other. While
mutually enamored they meet a upon
a BRIDGE Bridge of Signs perhaps:
break this. and they are forever sepa
rated as by an impossible gulf. LeaN-
ing aside entirely the enaniured state,
do men as a rule seek the ; Getty OF
women and prefer it to that of men:
The thriving clubs, the billiard and
drinking saloons n the other resorts
of men common all over the civilized
world, seem very ike a mega I've an
swer to the question. 10 savage lie
We know that the sexes do not hunt or
fish or do any work together. In our
modern drawing ON NOS men con
fess themselves bored They long
to get away to their clubs or some
other resort OF their fellows. When
husbands spend then evenings at
home, if no n happens TO call II Is
no common for them to enter into
long and exhilarating conversations
with their wives. To be sure, wives
are too often ignorant of the subjects
that interest intelligent men;
still. not more ignorant than before
marriage. when the one bridge upon
which they could meet was ~uubroken.
Then conversation never tagged: 1t
was ever new and enhancing. Both
talked pure nonsense: while having
the art of kissing full sense into emp
tv words" On the other hand, 1t IS
l think, quite a~defensible proposition,
despite the Inference to the contrary
| drawn from the failure of the Wo-
mems Hotel, that women enjoy con-
v~ersation with women more than with
men when there is no possible question
of gallantry or 1irtation; and, finally.
that the recognition of the fact that
men and women are not by nature IN
sympathetic accord, but only attracted
through the law of compensation or
opposites, Will do more thar all other
things combined to make them study
| each others natures and to respect
sexual bases and characteristics, the
mo.ive for that study being Of course,
the cOnsumation of the ideal marriage,
where man and woman set themselves
together like p%rrfrct music unto no
BILE words Llpplncotts Wogaztne
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

fe>sed advocate OF the poor against the
oppressiors OF the rich. An attempt
b ing made to seize him. he took rel
uge IN Bow stecplc. together with
various followers. ami being Well pr
yided with ammunition and proNls-
ions. was able for a long time To defy
tb, an horltl.s. La order Il drive h IN
out the steeple was fired. had
the desired effect: the rioters We're
made prisoners. and after a hasiy trial
were hanged at the Elm> in Smlthield.
at that time the usual place of ex.cu-
ton. 1t appeared that titz Osbert did
not lose his reputation among the peo-
pie with his life, for IT Is said that after
his death vast numbers of persons re-
sorted to S~mithfield, expecting that
miracles would be performed. and that
they carried away a. holy relics pieces
of the earth on which his blood had
faIlen.-LOndon Times.