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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13
FRENCH TOILETS.
Why French Women are the Neatest in
the World.

On our way, writes a French cor
respondent, we INDUCED in a brown
study as to why Parisians have repu-
tatiOn above every other nation in
matters of the toilet. 1t is not be-
cause they are extravagant in the
choice Of materials, as people. The
Americans and English, probably,
spend twice as much in this respect
Therefore, we have come to the CON
clusion that the secret of their sue
cess lies in these two points: taste in
selection and combination and extreme
attention to those niceties other ma
tiOns consider unimportant. Then,
too, a thorough Partisan lady is SO ex-
cessively careful of her wardrobe.
She bestows on it nearly as much care
as on her children. One who can
afford to buy only two or three cos
tunes in the year will make as good
an appearance as an American who
runs through half dozen. The
French women's bonnet may be sim
pie and cheap, but never out of keep
ing with the rest of her toilet, and
however she manages in the matter of
dresses, shabby boots are never reck-
oned among her shortcomings. The
gloves may be of an inferior quality,
but they fit WELL and never lack a
button The color of her cos
tune may be trying, but she light
ems it with bunches of lace and pieces
of ribbon, she leaves nothing to be de-
sired in the way of effect. What she
wears on the street she does not wear
in the house, for eager little hands
and climbing little feet soon tarnish
its freshness. Each article is careful
ly brushed, mended or folded, as oc-
casion may require, and brought out
as good as new when next to be worn.
One sees no sweeping dresses on the
streets of Paris. That filth spectacle
Of petticoat pavement-sweeping is re-
served for our own sublime American
cities. French women have been re-
preached with untidiness in their
homes. "Yes, says Mrs. Grundy.
"they live for the world" Perhaps
the reproach has some foundation !;
but this is also true: An American,
when she marries, unless moving in
the best 1--WE should say the moneyed)
circles, becomes negligent of those
little womanly coquetries in matters of
dress that helped to win her hus-
band The Parisienne never does. She
is as anxious her husband, and every
one else, should think her 'iolie
femme" al sixty as at sixteen. A lit
tie of this spirit is very good. A
woman neatly and becomipgly dressed
is certainly preferable companion to
one Indifferent to such affairs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

THE Courier Journal says that Hun
|tington had four or five paid agents at
the New Orleans commercial conven-
ton, who worked like beavers to Sc
cure the rejection of the Texas Pacific
bill. Three of them got themselves
appointed delegates by the governor of
Texas, and boldly asserted on the floor
of the convention that the Texas peo-
pie were inimical to the Texas Pacific
Railroad Company. There were pres
ent about thirty OF. fortyother delegates
from Texas, however, appointed by
boards of trade and cities and towns
throughout the State, who at once de-
nounced the Huntington statement as
a falsehood, and the agents were
Obliged to admit it. The people of
Texas are thoroughly anxious to see
the Texas Pacific road completed to
the Pacific, and recognize the fact that
this is the only way by which the pow
er of the existing combination of
money sharps who control the trans
continental tradc can be efectually
broken.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13
AFair Offer.

Mrs. Churchwoman Ito grocer) -
Mr.. Strong, we are going to have a
little fair at our church. We want to
give our dear pastor aa easy chair, and
a dressing gown, and one or two nice
pairs of slippers, and his wife dozen
tides, and we want to buy a new organ
for the church, and we expect to pay
off the church debt = and what
will you gVoY MF. Strong -HWould
a little taa or cohee be Of use2 l
might" Mrs. Cob we buy all
our tea and coffee at prottyman'e across
the way. No, but couldn't you give
us ten or twelve pounds of sugar2'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13
saturday. January 4. 1879.

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in the city Of Memphis,
Shelby county, Tenn, tO-wit:
On the north side Of Adams street. and run
ming north through to Washington street, and
described as follows, to-wit; Beginning at
the southwest corner Of the lot owned by j -.
Rich Wray; thence west along the north side
Of Adams street, sixty feet to a stake; thence
north three hundred and tWenty-One feet 10
Washington street; thence east on the south
side of Washington street sixty feet to the
northwest corner Of said Wray's lot; thence
south along the line Qf .Wray's lot three hun
dred and twenty-one feet to the beginning;
being the same property described in the deed
in trust Of c. Il. Conn and wife to A. w.
Young, as trustee, registered in the Registers
Office of Shelby county, Book 96, page 1853, to
which reference is made.
Terms of Sale-pn credit Of ok, twelve
any twenty-foVr m6ntbs, RaTchas6r to execute
notes with good security; lien retained, etc.
This December H. 1878.
r. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
I. i, EDGINGToN, Solicitor for complainant.
1854 -lO0-l0S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

And now it is the turn of Paul de
Cassagnac. 1t seems to be the fash
ion just at present for rich and child
less men in Europe to take prominent
members of the party with whose
political principles they are in SYM
pathy, and to make them not only
their heroes, but their heirs. Only a
few weeks ago Garibaldi was the re-
cipient of such legacy, from some
admirer; but now NJ. Victor julien
has done even better than the brave
old generals benefactor, and, not
waiting till his death, has announced
his reverence for Paul de Cassapnac
that fiery Paladin of Bonapartisln.
and has not only made him his heir.
but has offered him $4,000 francs to
contest his re election to the Cham
ber M. Julien was formerly direc
tor of the sugar refinery of st. Louis.
An earnest Bonapartist, he some
years ago made will in favor of the
Prince Imperial. What induced him
to change it is not known, but it is
certain that NJ. de Cassagnac is now
the sole heir to his fortune, something
like 5000 francs. NJ. Julien car
ries on, moreover, regular correspon-
dence with his adopted son, as he is
proud to call him, and every speech
or article of his brings out warm
dispatch from the old gentleman, who
carries about with him always a photo.
graph of the young editor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13
Emigration,
broken.

EDITOR LEDGER-Having been re-
uuested by several of our best citizens
to make known through the press my
plan by which emigration can be eff
fectively induced, | take the liberty to
lay before you my plan, with the re-
quest to publish the same. Knowing
the LEDGER, for years, to be an ardent
advocate of emigration, ] trust you
will give this correspondence a place
in your valuable paper
Emigration from the East and West
to the State Of Tennessee connot be
successfully carried out by individual
enterprise nor influence. This fact
has proved itself by the failure of sew
eral competent business men who made
the attempt. For several reasons
First. Individual undertaking must
and does look for too large remuner-
alton to defray his or their expenses
and pay for labor. Individual enter
prise is looked upon by every one, es-
peeially by foreigner Just arrived in
this country, as an institution for in
dividual interest; hence is laigtrusted
and his representations are doubted.
and unless Ben can show his Gre
dentials as an officer of the State for
which he solicits emigration he can
not induce any worthy family TO go
South and settle Emigration to c
State cannot be induced by advertis-
ing only, 1t requires personal solici-
tation abroad, without which AL at
tempts even Of a State commissioner
to induce emigration will be failure.
Although expensive at first, yet the
benefit the State derives from the in
hux Of emigration or new settlers has
proved itself in every State where the
legislature appropriated literally for
emigration purposes TO have been a
thousand fold.
Lands in the State of Michigan
which were worth 81 to $40 twelve
years ago, are now worth from SO to
$1,000, thus | call attention to the
States Of Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and
Indiana where land has gained still
higher value. Having had connection
with an active emigration bureau, and
always entertaining large interest ia
behalf of emigration, ! have made
it special study to devise modes by
which to induce emigration, which |
take pleasure in laying before the
public.
First. To provide and contract for
low railroad and steamboat passage
from all points East and West to our
State, by inaugTating a regular pass
system, by which only actual intended
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13
Fncc to Fnce With nIsense.

How often it happens that although we
have witnessed the raVages of disease in the
case Of others, We disregard his warning sig
mails in our own. 1t is only when VIC find him
face to face with US that we really perceive
how grim be is. Then, perchsnce, when it is
zoo late, medicinal aid is sought. His avant
'ouricr, his forerunner, is physical weakness.
FOrtify the system, and you are armed against
i'm. The finest tonic for this purpose is
.iostcttor's Stomach Btters, which renders
ligcsti0n easy and complete, nourishes the
systen, improves the appetite, gives strength
'iciIing sleep, counteracts biliousness, and
Keeps the bowels in first rate order. Lean
less, and unnatural wanness and sallowness
{ the face are obviated by it, and so genial
nd benelicent are its effects that not only is
Inc body inyigorated and regulated by its use,
ut dependency banishsd from the mind.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13
CLEVELAND.
A Move to Improve Proctor KnOtts Fa-
nous HarbOr,

CLEVELAND, December II. = A
meeting of the heaviet capitalists and
most prominent business men, repre-
senting iron ore and vessel interets of
Cleveland, was held here yesterday,
the object of which was to promote in
influences to secure the improvement
ofthe harbor at Duluth, and to hasten
all such improvements so as to give
our largest sized vessels free and unin-
terrupted navigation through to the
great lakes Delegates will be sent to
a similar meeting to be held at st,
Paul on the 18th inst.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

IT is announced through the agri-
cultural department at Washington
the cotton crop for 1873 is, in round
humbers, 5, 1917, 900 bales, allowing $50
pounds to the bale. This, we think,
must be an over estimate, and will
have the effect to make spinners feel
very Independent and to bear the
cotton market The government is
run in the interest of manufactures
and Eastern capitalists, and always
will be until the South and the West
.combine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13
RICHMOND.
Shocking Report about the Treatment
OfPenitentlary COnvlCts,

RICHMOND, December l3.-The sur
geon of the penitentiary, in his annual
report, states that out Of $50 conyicts,
hired to the JamesRiyer and Kanawha
Canal Company last year, 30 died from
bad treatment, exposure and filthy ac;
commdations. This shows two percent
mortality, while in the prison it was
oily tYo an a half per cent. The gen
eral assembly have appointed com
mittee to investigate the matter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

WHAT'sin in the wind now? All sorts of
diseases are in the wind, and they fasten
on to allwhoare weakened and debilitated,
and they do not let go again until they are
made to. The air is loaded with malaria
and if you don't want to get it you had
better purify your blood and recuperate
your system by the use of Reeds Gilt
Edge Tonic. 1t restores the appetite, puri-
fes the blood and tones up the whole
system.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13
DROWNED.
A Man, Wife and Two Children Out on
the Ice.

CHICAGO, Dec. l9.==0. W. Lane,
wife and two children, living four
miles below Sabula. Iowa, on the Mis-
sississippi river, were drowned, ycster-
day, while out on the ice in hand
sleigh. The ice broke so suddenly
that none could save themselves or be
rescued.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13
A DefaIcatiOn and a Closed Ma
1iOnaI Bunk.

SARATOGA, December 13. - The
First National Bank suspended to-
day, owing to the run growing out of
the defalcation of County Treasurer
Wright, The run was then precipi-
tated on the Commercial Bank and its
doors closed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13
Administrators Notice,

HAVING duly qualified as administrator
of i. A. Rhodes, deceased, all persons
notified to present them, duly authenticated,
within the time prescribed by law and npr
sons indebted to said estate arc requesteH "a
como forward and MAKE paEmSnt'o 'of prompt
steps will bq taken 70 enforce collections.
0. NJ. ALSUP, Administrator.
December Z, 1878, s5-9l-G-i0S
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on the gabiect of readiusting the

On the subject of readiusting the
State debt the Nashville Banner says
A pretty careful perusal of our State
|exchanges-and we presume they pretty
correctly represent public sentiment-in-
|duces us to believe that the proposition of
The Tennessee bondholders recently pub
|lished in several newspapers viii not be
acceptable TO the people of the State, and
|will not be accepted by the coming legis-
|lature. We dislike the idea of forced,
|arbitrary settlement, and so we trust the
|bondholders will make the necessary con-
|cessions so that the compromise, if it shall
be brought about, win be one in fact as
Pin name, where 10th parties can agree to
the final adjustment. 1t is no use in talk
ling about reputation. 1t is oneof ability
TO pay a debt, the validity of portion Of
which is seriously called in question.
This is the only proper light in which
the question can be viewed and the bond
holders might as well recognize the fact
first as last.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13
Old EEicIsory's Clock.

Washington Post.
Among the articles offered yesterday
in the sale Of condemned property
belonging to the treasury department
was an ancient iron clock, the history
of which is rather curious one. Ac-
cording to tradition it was presented
to Andrew Jackson when he was Pres
idept, and was placed in the court
yard III the rear of the White House.
Connected with il was the bell, which
is now hanging at the southwest cor
per of the state department, used in
cailigg the men employed on the
building 70 Bcrk. The noisy changing
of the beH proved TOO muck for the
patience of the old veteran, and he
ordered its removal. 1t was then
placed in . tower twenty-five feet
high, which had beer erected for it in
the courtyard formed BY the old
state department building and the
old wing of tho treasury. 1t stood
there until the year 1861, when
the addition to the treasury vas begun,
and it was then taken down and
stored away in one of the lower rooms
of the treasury. During all these years
the old iron clock was authority in its
own province, and the older clerks re-
member s6oipg old man Adams, the
messenger in whose charge the clock
had been placed, turning the iron
crank which wound up the cumbrogs
machinery. The winding, which oe-
CURED weekly, involved considerable
work, as the ball attached TO the chain
weighed, it is said, three hundred
pounds. The clock when sold vas IN
aniron essa about four feet high and
two and a half feet wide, and was
kpocked down with . lot of other traps
for t=eaty-nine dollars, to Mr.. Benson,
of this city. H''t''
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

CrNcINSATI, December l8.-.Riyer
81 feet inch, and rising fast, Wealth
or cloudy and cool,
CAIRO, December lS-Hoon.-Ar-
rived Anderson, Nashville, 8 p.m,;
Jos. Kinney, st. Louis, ! am. Wealth
sr cloudy and cold.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

The London Economist says that,
with the exception of the potato (and
it might have added the cabbage) the
British working classes may be said to
have just made beginning in the use
of vegetables.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

Prevention is surely better than
cure and to prevent the diseases of
babyhood from attacking your child,
use in season DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup,
the safest and best remedy for chill
dren. All druggists sell it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13
ChanCery Sale Of Real Estate.

II. d. 1999-R. D. 23H--Chancery Court of
Shelby County-Edward Whitaker VS.. G. +.
Conn ct al.
DY virtue Of an interlocutOry decree for sale
ID entered in the above cause on the 10th dny
of July, 1877, and renewed December 8, 1878,
will sell at public auction to the highest
bidder, in front Of the Clerk and Masters
office, courthouse building, Main street,
Memphis, Tenn, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

THE Little Rock Gazette doubts
whether there are a dozen Democrats
n Arkansas who favor the nomination
bf Mr.. Tilden for President We
have not heard of any in Tennessee,
though our Republican friends insist
fhat Tilden must be renominated. So
anxious are they about it that it looks
hs if they might nominate him them
kelves rather than have Sammy left
but of the next canvass.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13
LEGAL.
Executors Notice.

HAVING qualified, in the Probate Court Of
Ii Shelby county, as executor of the last
will and testament of Paul Cicala, Sr., de-
ceased, all persons having claims against his
estate are required to present the same to me,
properly verified, within the time prescribed
by law, or they will be barred and all persons
indebted to said estate are required to make
immediate payment to me,
BARTHOLOMEW VACCAR0,
Executor of Paul Cicalla, deceased.
II. CLAY KING, Attorney.
December Il, 1878. 1885, -I02- -l0S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

THE new Democratic paper at Co
|umbus, Ohio, has nominated Senator
Thurman and Mr.. Abbott, of Massa-
,husetts, for President and Vice-P Pres
Ldent in 1880.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

A Paris physician has devised
soporifc for the benefit of travellers
through unipteresting scenery Or who
are troubled with insomnia, 1t is
quite harmless, agreeable to the taste
and has the singular virtue Of being
limitable in the duration of its effects
at the pleasure OF the person using it.
The time during which a given dose
will operate can be calculated to with
in ten minutes Of the ACTUAL Asgre,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

The Congressional Record, thanks
% the courtesy Of Representative
Young, has begun to come to hand.
q is document of much value in
lewspaper Office, and we are obliged
b Colonel Young for his thoughtful
ness in sending it to the LEDGER
,ffice
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

One hundred and two societies,
twenty-eight newspapers, and eighty
eight books and pamphlets have been
prohibited in Germany since the pro-
mitigation of the anti-Socialist law.
In Northern Germany there is but one
journal of Socialist proclivities left
in Central and Southern Germany
there still remain eleven, Ali these
have changed their names since the
new law, and try to conceal their bias.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

A contemporary observes that the
lady and gentleman who lately got
some of the shot intended for game at
Swampscott will now be able to COM
prehend what fun sport is for the
birds.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

Death is the ominous name Of de-
tectiye employed by the English
Apothecarie's Society to prevent
druggists usurping the functions of
apotkacaries.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

THE question so often answered be-
orehand, arewe to have hard win
ler?' remains unsettled. Numerous
predictions have been made that we
would have a hard winter, but there
IS no sign of it yet A hard winter is
what we want, otherwise next summer
will be unhealthy and the crops short.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

~ don't do this business for profit, :
said a barber when asked how he could
afford to shave a man for Eve cents.
" ! merely carry it on because love
to see the dying struggles Of man
while he is being talked to death, q"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13
LOTTERY.
sPLENDID OPPORTUNITY Ind

A splendid OPPORTUNITY TO
"A WIN A FORTUNE Grand MS
trlbuuop, Class A, ut New Orleans. Tuesday.
January IA, lS79-l04th Monthly Drawing.
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY
This Institution was regularly incorporated
by the legislature Of the State for Edncotioroi
and Charitable purposes, in 1868, with a cant
tai Of Sl,UJ0,000, to which It has since added n
reserve fund (f aSl0o0 Its grand Sinsle
Number DistrihpuQns Will take place nontb-
ly on the second Tuesday. IT NEVER SCALES
or PosrPoNEs A Look at the following distri-
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Indications.

WASHINGTON, December 13-For
Tennessee and the Ohio valley warm
er, cloudy weather, followed by rain or
snow, northerly winds, veering to
southeasterly, falling barometer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

CONGRESS- will probably adjourn on
The 10Th of this month to the 9th Of
January.
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ChanCery Sale Of Real Estate.

Il. D. GTpT-R. n. 2iG5-Andrew W. Wood ct
al Va. Mary Il, Hicks ct al.
pY virtue Of an interlocutory decree for sale
~ entered NJ the shove eanse on the gIth day
1t February 1917, and renewed April Sth and
December 0, 1878, will sell at public auction,
to the highest bidder, in front of the Clerk
and Masters Olhee, courthouse building,
Main street, Memphis, Tenn, on
Saturday, January 4, 1879,
within legal hours, the following described
property situated in Shelby county, Tenn.
to-wit: Near Rozzell Station, beginning at
the northwest corner Of lot No. / of War6eldis
subdivision, at the intersection of the Pigeon
Roost Road with Locke avenue in the center
Of the Pigeon Roost Roadi thence south with
the east side of Locke avenue S5 chains to the
northwest, corner Of lot No. s; thence east 3
chains and 575a links to the northeast corner
Of lot No. 8; thence north 1874 cast s chains
and 20 links thence west 4 chains and 81
linksg thence north 30 chains aud 80 links to
the center of the Pigeon ROost Road; thence
with said road IA chains to the beginning; the
same being consolidation into one tract Of
lots /, q and part of lot of the Warfeld
subdivision, containg % 76-l0Oacre as laid of
and surveyed as seen by plat made exhibit
A to the bill.
Terms Of Saloon credit of six, twelve
and eighteen months, purchaser executing
notes with security; lien retained, ote.
This December H. 1878,
r. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
7, L. EDGiNGTOS, Solicitor for complainant,
SS-g4-l00 los
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are
under the supervision and lnanagement OF
Generals g. I. BEAUR0ERAD and JUBAL
A, EARLY, @-w6s-1ll
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CAPIIEL PRIZE. $4,000.
100000 Tickets at sc each. Half.
Ticker 81.
LIST OF PRIZES,
APPROXIMATION PRIzEs,

Approximation Prizes of 500. 9,7O0
Approximation Prizes Of 20O...,.... 1,s0O
Approximation Prizes Of leO...,A.. 800
1851 Prizes, amounting to...............sl1O,4 400
Responsible corresponding agents wanted at
all prominent pointi, TO whom a liberal com
pensation will be paid
Application for rates to clubs should only be
made to the home Office in New Orleans.
Write, clearly stating full address, for fur
ther information, cr send orders 70
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13

2. o. Box 692, New Orleans. Ia
Or 20 No. West Court st. 4, Memphis, Tenn,