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a fitting sequel to his life and
death that the clergy, the Masons and
the people generally of Fredericks-
burg, irrespective Of creed or party,
should epitomize his life in the beauti-
full memorial services held in that old
church on the 9Th Of October. Citi-
.zens of Memphis, native Virginians,
who were present, unite in describing
the scene as one of unusual solemnlty
and impressiveness. The services
were conducted under Masonic aus
piees and the direction of Rev. j. Nc
Bryde, chaplain of the lodge over
which Major Willis once sat in the
East as worshipful master, and within
whose walls George Washington was
entered. passed and raised, and held
the same high position. A well de-
served tribute to one of natures noble
men, who died that others might live.
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A LudicrOus Scene in the SUI
preme Court of New York.

NEW YORK, December 4.-The
case of George Count Joannes VS..
Sothern was on the calendar of the
Supreme Court this morning. The
noble plaintiff was early on hand, but
the crushed tragedian' was not
present, being now in Europe. When
the case was reached Judge Van
Brunt called George VS.. Sothern. The
count started, but never a word spoke
he. The judge again called George
VS.. Sothorn. Surprised and indignant
the noble count started to his feet and,
addressing the court, said IF your
honor means George Count Joannes
against Sothern, | answer ready, for
plaintiff" The judge retorted IF
you don't know enough to behave your
self | will strike the case off the cal.
endar." The count replied Il have
as much right to my title of count as
you have to your title Of judge
%Thereupon Judge Van Brunt struck
the case off the calendar.
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PIous SMILES.
It is never too late to mend. Even
the devil has his darning-needle.

It is never too late to mend. Even
the devil has his darning-needle.
The orange peele in our streets are
essaying to rival the apple in OCCASION
ing the fall Of man.
Forward the medal, please. A com
positor set up "Sock of Ajax" for
"Rock Of Ages" in New York.
Every man is a miserable sinner in
church, but out of church it is un-
safe to say much about it, except to a
small man.
XII Josh Billings: Whenever you cum
akrost a man who distrusts everybody,
yu have found one whom it is safe for
everybody to distrust.
The small boy who babe good-by to
Sunday school just after the panic is
now making a desperate effort to re-
gain his standing in time for the com
ing Christmas tree. wl
A sewing-maehine agent, who was
very i'll, being told that he must pre-
pare to pay the debt of nature, wanted
to know if it couldn't be paid on the
monthly installment plan.
One of Joe Cooks lectures is con
corning THE Souls Laughter at
ITSELF This is when the soul stoops
in the twilight to pick up a quarter
and finds that it is a gun-wad.
A class was being examined recently
in a sea-beaten town of Sussex. The
subject under discussion was the food.
Among the first questions put was
How did Noah understand that there
was going to be a food?" Cause
shouted an urchin, he looked at his
almanac
Had Bob ~Ingersoll been the Creator
he would have drowned Noah first for
having lived five hundred years with
out marrying. 1t strikes him that
some Of the timbers of the ark must
have rotted of old age ere they were
painted; and, having calculated that
the rainfall during the food averaged
seven hundred feet a day, he triumph
antly asks: How is that for Damp
An Italian bishop, while at a large
dinner party, attempted to take a silver
chatting dish in his hands. 1t was so
hot that he put it down more rapidly
than he intended, and the divorce was
accompanied by expressions from the
Athanasian creed. A guest Instantly
drew forth his memorandum book and
began to pencil. The bishop asked,
What are you writing?n "Your
prayer against hot dishes. | myself
may wish to use it one of these days ?
Funny fellows they are, those Chris
tians of Europe. The car gives the
bloodthirsty chief Of the Afghans a
sword with the inscription. May God
give the victory over the infdels,' and
the English sell the Asiatic pagans the
prettiest little idols, made in the most
artistic manner of Glasgow, Sheffield
and Birmingham. The same care for
India often includes, say 10000 New
Testaments, 5000 complete bibles, a
fine assortment of10,000 idols, 20 mis-
sionaries, 3 opium merchants, 3 spies,
2 dealers in frst-class idols, l bishop
and 4 preachers of the Anglican per
suasiOn.
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Before J.. I. Elliott, justice Of the peace for
Shelby county, Tenn. Masonic Savings
Bank vs. Gebhard x Co.
In this cause an attachment having been
4 sued out, under Section 3b Of the code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied by the
proper officer upon the property Of the de-
PENDANTS and affidavit having been made
that the defendants are justly indebted to
plaintiffs in the sun Of 500 rs, duo by UNI
ants are noD-residents Of the State Of Ten
nessee, etc. II is therefore ordered that the
said def ,dants make their appearance
before me on Saturday the 4th day o~fJanuary,
1913 at 10 o'clock, Am, ct my Office, No.
Tend said attachment suit within the time
prescribed by law, or the same will be pro-
peeded with ex-parte; and that a copy Of this
prder be published for thirty days in the Pub.
lie Ledger,
This 9th day Of November, 1878. c7
76-S2-SS-9l J. L. ELLIOTT, J. p.
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How fo Reeome nenuHrnL.

Young Woman's JOurnal.i
No woman likes 10 be ugly, and she
who is born a beauty is fortunate in
deed. But let not the plain, or even
the ugly girl, despair Of acquiring a
sufficient amount of beauty to render
her attractive. Do not let a foolish
fear, a silly shame, or, worse still, a
superstitious prejudice against what is
called vanity, prevent you from trying
to improve your looks, if you are not
naturally q beauty, or from trying to
preserve and place at the best adyap-
tage the charms which you already
possess. When a woman loses q de-
sire to please she loses haif her charms.
Nothing is more conducive 10 beauty
than c~heerfulness and good bumOr,
and no siekly or unhappy woman can
be good humored and cheerful Then
there are vast numbers ofill tempered
women who are i'll tempered because
they are ugly. They do not know
what is the matter with tbemselves,
neither do their friends know. But
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LEGAL.


No. 1853. Before G.. D. Crockett, Justice of
the Peace for Shelby county, Tenn. NJ. l..
Meacham & Co. vs.. d. j. Allen.
n this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 345S of the Code of
Tennessee, and returned, "levied upon the
property Of the defendant and affidavit
having been made that defendant is indebted
to the plaintiffs in the sum of 800, due by
the defendant is a nonresident of the State
Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that said
defendant make his personal appearance be-
fore me on the 26th day Of December, at my
office, No. 25 Main street, Memphis, Tenn,
and defend said attachment suit within the
time prescribed by law, or the same will be
proceeded with ex-parte; and that a copy OF
this order be published once a week for four
weeks in the Public Ledger. lLiNlsh
This the 10Th day Of November, 1878.
D-76-B2-S8 G.. ID. CROCKETT. j.
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ON SATURDAY, the 21st day Of Decent
" Der, 1873, in front Of my office, % Madison
street., Memphis, Tenn, l will sell foy cash
the following property:
Beginning at a point on the west side Of
Rayburn avenue, which is the southeast cor
ner Of a hYe-acre lot originally conveyed by
J, O. MeLemore to W. p. Gilbert Ell al, Book
n, page lN, to which reference is made; run
burn avenue 300 feet to a stake; thence west
parallel with the south line Of said hye-acre
tract $50 feot TO q stake; thence north 200 feet
10 a stake in the south line Of said 6ye.acre
tract; thence cast 80 feet 10 the beginning,
With improvements thereon, being a neat cot
tage and Qut hoWseR,
| sell ms trHstee under deed madetp me By
Mrs, Nancy Gilbert, December II 1877, re-
corded in Book l2l, page go, She county,
10 which reference is made.
67-9T L. II. M~cFARIAN0. Trusfeo
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inc NeYndn GIIYer .Rust.v

Virginia New Chronicle, November 81.
A few friends, all busted, were
yesterday discussing the state of their
financial affairs, when one who had lost
but$2000 or $1,000 said to a friend who
went under TO the tune of about $780,
600: well, l lost all | had, and Meth
er you or any other man could bust
any fatter than that beg your
pardon, said the other, "but ! had
sufficient credit to borrow money, and
| am $4,000 in debt-$20,00 worse of
than nothing "Ah, | see, said the
FIRST speaker Il only busted down to
a dead level, but in your bust you
made a hole in the ground
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licensing Gambling Houses.

st. Louis Post.l
The proposition that there should
be a journal in st. Louis devoted to
the interests Of gambling, and hat St.
Louis should license gambling after
the old Baden or Monaco fashion,
strikes us with a sense Of surprise, but
after the first shock is over the propo-
sition is not so strange. st. Louis has
licensed institutions much more often
sive to morality than gambling-houses
are, and there is a very influential
class Of politicians and even honest
citizens who advocate the re-enact-
ment of the law under which our
pleasant vices were turned into honest
revenue. 1t is much easier to argue
in favor Of the licensing Of gambling
houses than it is to argue in favor Of
the Social Evil Law, but this is an
advocacy which we prefer to leave tC
our esteemed contemporary.
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The famous English executiqler,
MarWQQd, Welt down 10 Wales the
other day to hang the Spanish sailor,
Garcia, who killed five persons last
summer. The criminal was so odious
that the people gave his executioner
quite an ovation, and when Marwood
left Usk, after the execution, he was
escorted "a tho station by q large
crowd, who eheered him loudly. At
the station he held a levee in the
waiting room. Many people shook
hands with him, and a man made q
speech, stating that Mapwpod had
done bis duty, and all were proud Of
him. Marwood replied that he never
before had such arecoption and hoped
he would soon come that way again,
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TRUSTEES SALE.

PURSUANT to the terms Of a deed Of trust,
/ executed TO the undersigned by W. R. Car
ter, on the 9th day of October, 1877, duly reg
istered in the Registers office Of Shelby
county, Tenn, in Chattel Book No. Is, page
I'll, | will, on Saturday, the l4th day Of De-
cember, 1878, at the southwest corner Of Main
and Madison streets, in the city of Memphis,
within the legal hours, sell TO the highest bid
der for cash, the property described In said
trust deed, to-wit: A certain wharf boat, nov
lying at the levee at Memphis, and known as
the wharf boat r. Z. Ice. The said sale will
be made subject to a prior mortgage Of $4,000
on said wharfboat. s. j. CAMP,
$3.50 Trustee. ID
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Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.

No. 2559 Chaneery Court Of Shelby county.
damesA. Shane ct al. vs.. Zach. Briggs, Jr.,
ct al.
by virtue Of mn introductory decree for
- sale, entered in the above cause on the
ZIth day Of June, 1873, ! will sell, at public
auction, 70 tbe Highest bidder, in front Of the
p,egk aad Masters Office, court house, Main
street, Memphis, Tenn, on
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At a recent fashionable marriage in
London the bridegroom requested the
bride to order her own jewels, This
sh1 did, and hills have now come in
amounting 20 above 100000. The
bridegroom cannot pay, and the jew
elers decline to take back their wares,
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salurday, Decemher Is, Is7s,

Eith,n legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-wit: fNf Ut VII
Lying on the north side Of IeSsIson street
extended, in tho city pf Memphis, being a
part Of tho Arsenal Grounds, designated
upon tho plan or subdivision Of Cherry, CAld-
Nell& Co, made on the 18th day Of January,
inc Is feet on Jefferson street extended, and
Turning back between parallel lihesAt right
angles with said street ltSk feet 10 an alley.
Terms % salef On a credit Of seven months,
ngrchaBert 10 execute note with approved Sc
tdrity. Lien retained on land 10 further Sc
barred.
This November 25, 1Sas
r. ], BLACK, Clerk and Master.
BYE. B. MCHEsRY, d. @. and M.
j.. A. Taylor and Estes & Elicit, Solicitors
for complainant, W-lQe
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Baltimore, if Miss Celeste Winans
cen DO induced 10 reside in Der native
city rather thai abroad, way h0agt
The richest maiden in America. Her
100000 900 should be- retained IN this
country, even if some young man has
to marry her 10 doit.
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Yiyisection Is more common in
Europe than 10 this country. Prof
Sehih, Of Florence. sacnG0os on an
average two dogs a day to his physiols
ogical demonstrations, and it is esti-
mated that IN ten years not less than
1900 Of the brutes have Quiyered
and died under bis keen nife-blade.
He has made himself so unpopular
that recently the humane society got
tho peoples assistance in forming a
corner on dogs, buying up all the
stray ours, and putting them 70 death
in q humane manner.
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LEXINGTON IN ASHES,
A Man Roasted Allve---Twenty-f five
Thousand Dollars in Property
Consumed.
Milan E1ohange, 5th }

Milan Exchange, 5th,l
Intelligence has just reached US Of
a destructive fire at Lexington, Tenn,
in which the handsomest block of.
buildings in the town was consumed.
Sadder and more h%eart-rendi1g still, a
man by the name of Mack Stewart
was literally roasted alive in the
devouring flames. The time of this
terrible mishap was on Tuesday morn
ing last, about 4 o'clock. The fire
was discovered too late to extinguish
it, and in an incredibly short time
the block on the south of the court
house was in ashes. The facts, as we
gather them from friend, are as fol-
lows;
The man Stewart, who lost his life,
had been drinking on Monday evening
and slept in the saloon of Galloway &
Elkins during the night. Whether OF.
not he, in aft of delirium, appliedthe
unlucky torch, or that the origin Of
the fire was an accident, is not yet
made known. When the alarm was
given the building occupied by Gallo
way & Elkins, being a frame one, was
burning rapidly, and the livery stable
adjoining on the east and owned by
the same firm was o in the vora-
cious jaws Of the fame. The FIRE
leaped in fury from house to house
until on the west the saloons of j. A.
league and Watson Morgan, the tail
oring establishment Of James Pink
stone and the large brick hotel of
George Council were in ruins. Gallo
way q Elkins lost almost their entire
stock j. A. league and Watson Nor
gan saved the greater part of their
goods, and Mr.. Council secured lei
~ all his furniture. We have not
been advised as to the amount of in
surance on stock or buildings. The
loss is estimated at $4,000 insurance
| unknown.
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The browning folly Of the Turkish
campaign on the Balkan Peninsula
was the series Of desperate assaults at
Shipka Pass. At a critical moment.
when the Russian army had been de-
feated at Pleyna and seemed to be
falling to pieces, Suleiman's victorious
troops were hurled against an impreg-
nable pOsition-fairly Drained against
a stone wall, to use Mr.. Forbes
phrase. The trial of the general be-
fore the Seraskierate, which has been
going on for nearly four months, has
brought to light the remarkable fact
that he was not solely responsible for
that foolish, although heroic enter
prise before Shipka, which cost so
much blood and foiled all the other
military combinations, and which was
the prime cause of the disasters By
which it was followed. With animated
gesture and fiery eye, and an eloquence
Whichheldhisaudienc spellbOund, the
accused general denounced the organi-
zation which peryaded from the outset
Of hostilities the military staff of the
Ottoman armies. This he attributes
principally to the minister Of war and
the military councils, who wanted to
NEEDLE with the direction Of opera
tons. He blames in energetic terms
the constant interference Of the pal
ace and of Mahmoud Damad Pasha in
the military affairs, and with yindic-
tive pleasure unrolls before the eyes of
his judges a series Of kilograms and
dispatches, the authenticity Of which
cannot be disputed. ard Of which the
marzhal makes skillful use to brand
with iGiamg the war minister and all
the civil and military pashas who had
been his auxiliaries. SO effective was
the defense that the vice president Of
the court was dispatched to Yielding
Kiosque to advise tho sultan to Quash
the trial by inducing Suleiman 10 ao-
cept, if possible, a %proforma conyic-
ton for some slight faults for which
he could be adiudged responsible.
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Wilkic Collins Is described as a lit
lie, short, stout man, timid in manners
and Disappointing in appearance. He
is a victim Of rheumatic govt.
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"Qaahaway" all Qpium preparations
and give only DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup
to the babies. 1t is the only remedy
which contains no opiates and Is re-
liable.
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La crónica., 1878-04-20

EN- LA HISTORIA tOda de la med
Gina, no hay preparation que haya
hecho tan maravillosas curas 8 man
teDido tan estensa reputation como
ell Pectoral de Cereza de Aver, que
es reconocido como ell remedio del
mundo para todas las enferm edades
de la garganta y los pulmoDes. Su
larga coDtiuuGda serie de curas ma
ravillosas Ell todos los climas la ha
hecho universalmente conocida CO.
mo un salvo Y SECURE agente que
emplear contra resfriados ordinariOs
que son los m~ensageros de desorde-
nes mas serios; obra con seguridad
Y prontitud, aliviando siempre q los
pa~cientes y salvando con f%recueneia
la vida. La protection que presta,
por gu uso a tempo Ell los describe.
mes de la garganta y los pulmones
ell los ni1os, hace lie ell IN Temedio
Invaluable para tenerlo siempre d
la mauo gu casa. no hay persona
que pueha pasarse sin Ell, y las que
la han usa 10 vez nunca podran
Conociendo su composition y sus
efrctos, los Medicos usan ell Pectoral
de Cere a esiensameute Ell su prac-
tica y los Clerigos 10 recomiendan.
Es absOiutamente cierto Ell sus efec.
tos conn remedio, y siempre curara
cuando la cura sea possible. Lo VEN
den todos los botica los.
La crónica., 1878-04-20
CAPITUIO XVI.
La PRINCEsA DtMET RNICH.

Paris 50 Dcupa siemi.re dP IL no
vedad del dia; ningUh asunto, puT
grave que sen, ocnpa cuarrnta y
ocho horas su ateBciou.
Los hombres y las cosas se pier
den como las vistas Discoveries
Pudiera decir e que la atencion
del pueblo de Paris ests fila en- 10
alto de IN pedestal. donde no cabe
mas que 6gura, que Sc muda
constantem ente.
En- la epoca a que Sc RETIRE esta
historic, ocupaban 8 su vez la aten-
cion pdbIica los successes de la inter-
vencion EN- MejIco.
Las %opiniones Sc habian dividido
aun en- p~resencia del exito.
Ell vuIgo sohaba o una conquis
ia defi1itiva.
Los hombres pensadores compren-
dian que aque!la expedition era una
calaverada.
La sctitud que guardaban los Es
tados Unidos, potencia temible y
cuya Influenza en- los destinos de
Mejieo era decisiva, manifestaba
claramente que no tenia %porvenir la
combination europea de la mOnar-
qufa en- America.
En- aquelios momentos, Sc creyo
en- Francia que por 10 menOs habia
llegado ell momento de la especuia-
cion, y los concentrates y los hom-
bres he %negocios, 50 agitaban pote-
rosamente al primer anuncio del
emprestito.
Las mejores fortunes acudieron,
y la sums Sc encontr0 lista para Ell
tregarse al archiduque Maximilia-
no, que estaba va Ell marcha para
Mejico, eucontrandose q la saxon en-
Paris.
Ell archiduque y su esposa la prin-
esq Carlota estaban alojados en-
las Tullerfas.
En- la comitiva de la emperatriz,
venia la princesa de Meternich, no
como DANA de honor, sine como
amiga lie intimidad de la joven hija
del rey Leopoldo.
La princesa la acompaharia hasta
MEXICO.
La llegada de los austriacos fue
IN suceso en- la coIte de Napoleon
III.
Sc lie qniso dar una im%portancia
que no tenia; porque se uotaba des-
lie luego que ell iufeliz -srchiduQue
era una pieza del sjedrez pulitico, d
Iuien cOlocaban EN- eli sitiu q prop0-
sito para una c~ombIUsciun que Ell
ignoraba.
No importa, este teDia en- cuidado
q los parisienses; ma SOLO deseabaU
la uovedad de aquella pareja para
distraerse, aprovechar un bueD chs
te, sacar una caricatura lngeniosa y
hablar mucho.
(Continudrd.)
La crónica., 1878-04-20
(COntinuard.)

AUMENTo EN- VIA PRODUCTION DEL
AzoGUE.-En punto q vol1men no
tiene ~precedente la production del
azogue en- los Estados Unidos ell ano
pasado, q pesar de que q causa de Ia
reduction material del art1culo, al
guuas de las empresas mineras se
han visto obligadas q disminuir sus
operaciones y las mas pequehas
hasta suspenderlas del TODD. En-
una palabra, segun ha sucedido con
no pocas Industries, los p~roductos
de azogue han efectuado mayor vo-
ldmen de negocios en- ell ano pasado
Que en- ell que lie precedi0; aunque
cor ganancias entertainments dis
minuidas, afirmando la ley de la
oferta V la demanda su imperio So
bre las ligas para regular ell precio.
las exportaciones de la Costa del
Pacffieo fuerou mayores que en- min
gun aho anterior, pues que ell total
de frascos assemble q 1929, contra
IL 40 en- 1876, 44,506 en- 1865 y42,469
en- 1865, que fueron aquellos Ell que
hnbo mas embarques. Como STEM
pre-, las exportaeioDes, por su ma
vor parte, han sido para la China,
Meiico, Sur America y Australia.