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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-23
BOYS WiIIbe BOYS.

Baltimore Standard
She had invited him to stop to
supper, and he was trying to appear
easy and unconcerned, while she
was on her prettiest behavior.
F" Have you used the sugar, John?"
inquired the mother, in a winning
manner.
"John don't want any sugar, I"
calculated the young heir, abruptly.
"Why not?" inquired the father,
curiously, while John, in his sur
prise, swallowed bit Of toasted
crust and nearly cut his throat
open.
Coos he DON'T" explained the
heir in an artful manner 81 heard
him tell Mary last night"
"You keep STILL" interrupted
Mary, in an hysterical manner,
while the young man caught his
breath in dismay.
81 herd him say" persisted the
heir, with dreadful eagerness, "that
she was 50 sweet he shouldn't never
use no more sugar any more-an'
then he kissed her, an said III
tell, an"
The young heir was lifted out Of
the room by his ear, and the sup
per was finished in moody silence.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-23

Ouly Ohe' Iuo people ulspeIse, 90
home to dine; evening sets in eV-
cry one is going to the new station
opened by the car when he passed
through Dunaburg two months ago.
There is an elegant suit of apart
ments for the imperial family, and
such a gem of a boudoir, all pale
blue satin and lace, quite bon
bonniere. This is especially for
the Czarevna. The road to the new
station throughout the grim fortress
gates, with their double-headed
black eagles, is thronged with sol
diers, peasants, sledgeS, and trockas,
some with four and six horses
abreast. The soldiers are singing
Justify in chorus as they march. 1t
is wonderful how the Russian sol
dier loves to sing. He sings when
he is happy, when he is sad, when
he works, when he walks-he is
always singing. On the battlefield
he even marches to his death with
a true Russian song on his lips.
They are a brave set Of men and
loyal to their hearts core.
Across two miles of snowy plain,
on hight, stands the new station,
with its hundreds of lights flashing
bright and throwing a rosy hue
over the snow. Iarrive rather late,
just as the czarevna steps from the
train on to the crimson carpet, fol.
lowed by the Grand Duchess Vladi.
mir and her brother, Prince oi
Mecklenburg-Schwe and suite.
The Russian hymn is played, and
hurrahs rend the air. There is &
striking family likeness between the
Princess Dagmar and the Princess
Of Wales, though the former looks
stronger, and bright - the glitter
ing SHOWS of her adopted country
very northern star. But she lack
the touching sweetness, the mex
pressible charm, which beams from
her sisters eyes.
On reaching the reception room
perceive that a magnificent bouque
is offered to the. czarevna by tn
tall, slender girl who, dressed il
elegant white evening robes, look
even lovelier than in her skatin!
costume. Though courteous to all
the czarevna is evidently nefvousl,
impatient for the arrival Of he
husband, whom she has not seel
for eight weary months. She ha
not much longer to wait all a
once the shouting outside begins
her face becomes radiant and
wrapping herself in the maglificen
rotonde of renard bleu, she hurrie
to the platform, amid renewed hui
rahs and clamorous cries Df Joy
Her eyes are eagerly fixed pn tn
two red globes of the approaching
engine; there is a shrlll Whistle
much putting of steam, and tn
train rolls slowly into the Itation
The czarowitch, being in tie mid
die part of the train, those Who ar
in front, the members Of thu house
hold and suite, are the first to rec
ognize the imperial party, while he
little guessing the surprise n Stor
for him, descends, salutiua as h
passes the long file of soldier draw
up on the platform. Suddsnly h
sees her; then all else is fGgotteI
the station, the soldiers, tn
crowd of people-and the wife is i
her husbands arms, held il lon.
/ embrace. Then, like a roar If thun
der, louder than the last burs
forth dcafening shouts, mixing u
with the national hymn. This un
; restrained outburSt of afectior
this loving meeting of the mperia
pair, touched a chord il ever
heart"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-23
JUDGE LEONARD,S DE ATH.
Sad Termination OF n Romance in
Real Life.

Suu hbA AmlnAtIOu OF EOnAuco IN
Real Life.
The death at Havana of Hon. J,
E. Leonard, member Of congress
from Louisiana, was annol need in
the house Of representatives Friday.
The visit of Judge Leonardo Cuba
was purely personal and pIvate, as
was stated some time since to in
quire into the alleged kidnapping
Of colored citizens Of this country
to be sold into slavery. The facts
of the case are peculiarly interest
ing, delicate and romantic Some
time ago, at New Orleans he met
a young lady, a native of Oba,w who
was visiting this country Nth her
parents, and between wh,m and
Judge Leoard warm attach
ment sprung up, which Fipened
into love. A marriage Engage
ment was the result, but the pa
rents Of the young lady, n con-
sequence of her youth, OPP Ised the
match, and Judge LcoEcyJ was not
permitted to see the obje4 Of his
affections except in the prdence of
her parents. When the Ime ar
rived for the departure Of tR Cuban
and his family from New orleans,
the young lady manifested Pme re-
luctance to return home, BIT an ar
rangement was made by witch she
and Judge Leonard were t{be per-
mitted to hold free and unPbtrioted
correspondence through t + mails.
After her departure Judge leonard
wrote to her several letters, b which
no answers were received which
naturally annoyed him vet much,
and gave rise to suspicion that his
letters had been INTERCEPTED and
the young lady prevcnp from
communicating with him. After a
long interval he reoelyedla brief
letter from the lady, whid simply
stated that she had not held from
him since her return TO Cha, and
that she could not hear fIm him,
This brief letter bore eNlence OF
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-23
MEMPHIS. TENN SATURDAY EVENING. MARCH 90, 1878

having been hurriedly written, and
lis broken and soiled condition led
Judge Leonard to suspect that it
had been carried some distance by
a negro to be secretly mailed. At
ter writing other letters and wait
ing anxiously for replies, he became
convinced that the parents of the
lady were not acting in good faith,
and he determined to visit Cuba.
A week or two before his departure
he called on the President, and, in
forming him Of his trouble, the lat
ter wrote to the consul general, re-
questing him to ascertain, if posi-
bic, the situation and whereabouts
Of the lady. In due time the Judge
received a cable dispatch from
Havana informing him that his
sweetheart had been sent to a plan
tation. He then determined to 20
to Cuba. he called on the Spanish
minister at Washington, and, max
ing known to him his trouble, OBJ
tanned a letter from that official to
the captain general of Cuba, recon-
mending him to do whatever was
proper to aid Judge Leonard in his
delicate mission. The Sympathies
Of Nine. Mantilla were also enlisted
in behalf Of Judge Leonard, and
that lady wrote such a letter as a
lady would write in such a case,
urging the captain general to do
everything possible to unite the
lovers. With these letters Judge
Leonard sailed for Havana, where
he duly arrived. Nothing was heard
from him directly till yesterday.
when friend received a letter writ.
ten by him from Havana on March
9TH, in which he said he had seen
the lady in presence of her parents.
No details as to the success of his
mission were furnished, but from
the general tone of despondency
pervading the letter his friend be.
lieves he failed to obtain the con.
sent of the parents to his addresses
to their daughter. The announce
ment of his death was a painful
surprise. Judge Leonard was thirty
two years of age, and was born a
Chester, Penn. He graduated a
Harvard in 1867, studied civil Law
in Germany, and received the de
gree Of Doctor of Laws from thJ
university at Heidelberg. He wa
a widower, and has two childrel
now at school in Germany.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-23
Twenty Thousand People

Twenty Thousand People
old ard young, every week. It is just to say
that the patrons of the WESTERN
METHODIST belong to tho 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-
tisinsi for many good people seeing an ad-
vortisemsnt in paper, especially their
church paper, take it as guarantee of re-
'pOnsibility. Such confidence should not ts
abused when it can be helped. We want,
therefore.
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MEMPRIs q LITTLE ROCK R.R.
ShrOt Line to Arkansas and Texas.
TIME CARDi

Leaves. Arrives.
Mail train, daily ly...........5.SO pm. n.5O PIN.
Freight train daily lex.
sunday ......... ............7 90 am. $40 m.
Passengers going on this road will take
trains at the depot Of the Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southorn railroad. Mail
trains make close connection at Argenta for
points on the Little Rock and Fort Smith
railroad and at Little Rock With the Cairo
and Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
Arkansas and Texas.
Pullman Palace sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
Fer tickets and information apply at Ticket
offices 27s and 2S7 Main street. and at depot
foot Of Washington street, or at Louisville,
Nashville and Great Southern railroad depot,
or to the undersigned.
r. A. WILLIAMS, Pass. Ag,t Memphis.
W. &. SMITH, Sup't. Memphis Tenn.
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OweUs' "Reminiscences OF Burton
Spirit Of the Times.l

OWers' "Reminiscences OF Burton
Spirit of the Timcs.l
AS regards management, it was
Burton's sage advice to me not to
endeayor to control more than
one theater at a time. He him.
self sometimes directed two OF
three, but, think, to his cost. AT
his own theater, in New York, he
was always himself the greatest at
traction, and it Jared hard with any
actor who was put forward to re-
place him. l went on the stage
under his management, and it was
in compliance with his suggestion
that l continued a career for which
at first fancied l possessed nc
adaptability. ] was a clerk in a
drug store, in Philadelphia, OF
rather an apprentice, and my first
ventures before the fOotlights were
made in conjunction with my duties
in that less dazzling capacity. !
was aided and abetted in my pur-
suit of histrionic fame by an older
clerk who winked at my absences,
He had once tasted the charm Of
the footlights, and sympathized with
my ambition. lie was discretion
itself, but | grew tired of such as
sumptions as one of the officers in
the Lady of Lyons" etc. and de-
termined to retire to private life,
and compound pills forever after.
However, one day met Burton on
the street. l did not suppose he
would remember me, but he did.
Hello~ said he, whats be-
come of you? Aren't you going to
act any more 7"
"Mr. Burton" said l, '1've no
talent; I'd better keep away from
the theater."
"You be blowed," said Burton,
"You'll do for comedy hits. Come
and see me, and I'll give you a job"
Well, l went, and being cast for
a comic part in a piece called
"phe Ocean Child" made a hit.
Strange to say, it was an apothe-
cary's apprenticeship trade off the
stage. But once having tasted ap.
plause, over went the mortar, and
the pestle after it. Up to that mo.
ment histrionic career had had an
equal rival in a life devoted to put
ting up prescriptions; thereafter, |
vas on undivided devotee Of the
footlights,
Burton's fame is in nowise exag-
gerated he was a great comedy
actor. lie had an idea that he
could play pathetic parts, but it was
an entire delusion. Imagine a
fearful mastadon, q Gorrowing ele-
plant, and you have Burton in
pathos. And yet he so thoroughly
felt the sentiments he uttered that
tho tears would coLrse down his
cheeks, and he would be literally
convulsed with his emotions. AL
though a man Of the world, a rough
man as regards exterior, Burton
had a tender heart, and ! have more
than once made him cry by the re.
cital Of some sad incident, On the
stage, however, hls palhQs touched
nobody but himself. lilo was very
fond Of o piece olllod Peter Bell,
the Wagner, and used to imagine
that the audience were crying,
whereas they were employing their
hanlkerohiefs to conceal the laugh
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MISSISSIPPI TENNESSEE
ABROAD.
CHEDULE.

GH1 ELL e. II n:
ON aud ter Wednesday. November "a.
" 1S77,tr,i will run as follows:
Leave. Arrive.
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Freight Train daily Tex.
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Louisville and Great Southern R R

1880 pm. Night Expression Saturday
this train runs only to Milan Connects at
Milan for st. Louis and Chicago; at Me-
KenEie fer Nashville. Chattanooga Atlanta
and the Southeast; at Guthrie for Hopkins
Vile, Henderson ard Evansville; at Louis
Vile for all points North and East.
HOO am. Day Express-COnneets for St.
Louis and Chicago, at Louisville for all
points North and East.
4.40 pm. Brownsville Accommodation
Daily except Sunday.
Arrival of Trains.
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To regular advertisers we offer superior in
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-07-18
Is there a Hole In Mercury Are all
the Planets Rings2

Mr.. Richard A. Proctor, the eminent
astronomer and eloquent lecturer, gives
a report in one OF the English papers of
his personal observations OF the recent
transit OF Mercury, made with a eight
and One.half inch reflector, and notes a
very interesting if not remarkable dis
covery. He says:
"A bright spot was seen on Mercury's
disk. 1t appeared to me perfectly cen>
trail and OF sensible magnitude. My
eldest daughter, who observed with me,
described it rs a mere point, and quite
central, as if the disk were a round piece
OF black card, and the bright spot were a
hole pierced through with the compass
point in striking out it's circular outline.
| noticed one feature in the bright spot
which seemed to me decisive as to its
subjective nature; when II small cloud
passed over parS of the suns face, nearly
the whole of which was in the field OF
view, the bright spot perceptibly waned
in brightness, though not crossed by the
cloud. This | noticed distinctly several
times. Another feature - perhaps a
mere illusien--w was hat it seemed to me,
rs the spot thus waxed and waned ia
brightness, that it was triangular in
shape. | could not distinctly recognize
this popularity when the luster OF the
spot wa ready. The aspect of the spot
was not perceptibly modified when the
telescope was released from the driving
clock and Mercury allowed 10 approach
the edge Of the rather wide field OF view.
We published in the Scientific Amer
lean several years ago the vagaries of a
.backwoods philosopher to the effect that
our earth had a central cavity of
enormous dimensions, extending from
pole TO pole, through which the ocean
waters ebbed and flowed and he de-
clared that whenever any ship could
reach the north pole it might sail pla-
cidly into the foresaid cavity and reach
the bowels OF the earth, where q strange
race of human beings would be found
in peace and happiness with
other marvels in multitudinous num-
bers.
In view of Mr.. Proctor's discovery,
the knowledge that Saturn has planetary
rings, the fact that when a milk. pail il
whirled like Jupiter the liquid moves
outward, leaving an opening in the
who knows but Mercusy has a
hole through it, and that the bright
spot seen by Mr.. Proctor was simply the
shining through the aperture? Ii
Mercury is tubular, may not the earth be
This is n OF the questions that
Capt. Hewgate or Mr.. Bennett have be.
lore them Tor solution in carrying for
ward their polarexpeditions. -[Scientifc
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-07-18
The Hot Springs Commission.

Washington correspondence of the
Baltimore Sun: The omission of the
clause relative to the Hot Springs of
Arkausas from the sundry civil bill con-
tinues to be a matter Of much comment.
A democratic member of the conference
committee on the bill expressed to-day
the belief that the commission was de-.
signedly done, and said that he thought
that it would end in landing some par.
ties in the penitentiaIy. All the mem
bers of tho conference committee, dem>
ocrats and republicans, have united in
Il request to the president that he exc
cute the provision as it was agreed to by
both houses, and that they will underS
take to protect him. 1t was said by the
members of the conference above al
luded TO that some of the old claimants
of the Hot Springs property had been
very active all this session endeavoring
to prevent any legislation in the interest
of the government, and it is believed
that this interest had something TO
do with the singular omission in the en-
rollment of the sundry civil bill.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-07-18
Farm and Garden Notes.

SHEEP aud swine in the orchards are
recommended to exterminate the c0dling
moth.
A FLOWER garden should be sunny 4;
soil, rich black loan, and sheltered from
the wind.
INTERROGATEyO yourself experimentally
aud thus learn what il needed in the
form OF fertilizers to produce thereon
remunerative crops.
SOME gardeners use willog twigs for
tying raspberry canes, IN well as Currant
and ~gooseberry stems, to stakes.
DURING the summer the earth of the
flower garden will need an occasional
stirring with the rake or hoe, especially
if the summer is dry.
The health and vigor of a full.grown
OK depend greatly upon the food aud
care it receives when young. If badly
reared it cannot be expected to become
a profitable beast.
IMMEDIATELY after weaving, young
pigs must be fed often, say six times a
day, the number Of feeds being gradually
diminished to three, which latter is the
proper number for stores and fattening
pigs.
DON'T kill the toads. They are the
gardeners best friends, from the fact that
they are the mortal enemies of insects
and worms that depredate on garden
vegetables. Being perfectly harmless, it
is far better to carry them into the gar.
den than to iDjurc them, ~ is 10 ire.
qucntly done by t~houghtless persons.
The soil OF a garden, Tor the growth of
common species of shrubs, %perennisls, and
ANNALS, should be a rich loan, il any
plants require sand it can easily be sup.
piled. Peat is but little used in general
gardening, it is only required for rhode |
dendrons, %hzaleas, aud in the culture of
some OF eur fine native plants.
ENGLISH authorities reckon potatoes to
be superior to Swede turnips "A 200 to
"a. 70 beet o rs 200 to 1O5, and to
caobsges as 200 to 70; 200 parts of raw
potatoes and l75 Of boiled are equal 10
loO parts of hay. An acre of good pota-
Toes yield 600 pounds OF gluten, albu.
men and casein, producing muscle /; 3 33O
pounds ct starch, gum, sugar and fat.
with 20, $50 pounds Of water 100 pounds
contain II OF starch, gum aud sugar, "a
Of gluten, albumen and casein and
pound OF oil.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-07-18

A good barn is the next most impor
tant improvement on II farm. A MAJ
never began to live right, nor to accu
mulato means until he has Il barn ampl,
enough to protect his stocS, hay, grain
implements, etc, Instead OF building {
barn himself, of later days il is gettinl
TO be fashionable TO first mortgage th,
farm for 1000 Or$ 1000, then build 4
barn by hiring everything done. Wher
the barn is built, it Is neglected to be In
tured-burned up the mortgage sweep,
the farm, and the man moves to town tc
become a drayman, an insurance agent o.
n siloOnkeeper.
More barns are the great want, but we
fear to urge Il farmers to action, nj.
most certain they will hire it done in.
stead Of doing it themselves, To build
a barn IVrty by sixty feet, with u good
nine feet basement, it only needs n few
days Of n good mechanic to lay out the
work. The owner, his song, or regular
work on the farm, do all the balance. The
times and the circumstances demand
that the farmers should do most of the
work on thtir own farm buildings, their
sled|, harFows, Jokes and smaller wooden
implements. The mortgages on our
farms are alarming. We hear from the
recorders from all parts of this state that
mortgages, beth real and chatteI, being
recorded, are nearly double that of any
former period of our history. We must
go 10 work, Quit hitting 30 much, but
push forward the needed work by the
help on the farm. From November TO
April, go to almost any farmers houso,
and you will be informed that the man
OF the farm has gone to town. This il 20
much 30, that sherifs, constabIes, asses-
sors, or any other business man, instead
of going to the farmer at his house, now
goes to town, and waits for him on the
street corners. This practice must
cease, or many farmers will cease to
be owners of the soil. There must
be more staying at home, and closer
attention to business. There has been
an unwholesome departure from
the practice of the past. Too much
hiring for the mount OF crops raised.
Too much expended in travel, visiting,
carriages, musical instruments, and ex
pensive clothing. Too many a%gricultu:
implements purchased and left to rot
on the p%rairies.
These things, with no barns to protect
The stock, the hay, the implements, or
The grain, and it Is no wonder many of
,ur farmers are on the down grade.
at once to build n good barn ;
but contract no additional debts in it's
erection. The production and harvest.
the crops only take half the year.
Let the other halt be closely devoted to
improving the farm. Build a barn, and
it you do not know how, take time and
earn the use of tools in that ente prise.
Many farmers do not know anything for
5he reason they never try TO- Iowa
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