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nier. The public, whether favorable OF
hostile to his policy, will not care what
title he takes, thinking Justly that the
man who made an empress may well
make q duke; and he, himself, has OF
late years displayed a thirst for social
precedence and distinctions. The privy
seal gave him for q time ducal prece-
dence, and he will enjoy the superces-
sion Of the class which, of all others, he
scorns with the deepest contemplate
English aristocracy-the barbsrians
who did not conquer the land and do
not defend it." who know but one Lam
guage and never open q book. There
will be a certain loneliness in the posi-
ton, too. In the history Of England
since the Revolution The Duke of Bea-
cons6eld will be, with one exception, the
only man who has ever risen by parlia-
mentary talents alone from the position
Of commoner to the highest rank OF the
peerage. Charles Montsgu, perhaps the
greatest of parliamentary figures before
Pitt, only died an earl, though his de-
scendauts are dukes of Manchester.
The English dukes, as 3 body, are either
the descendants of great feudsl mobiles,
like the dukes of Norfolk and Northum-
bertrand, or OF kings mistresses, like the
dukes Of St. Albsns, Richmond and
Grafton, or Of great soldiers, like the
dukes of Marlborough and Wellington.
The Duke of Portland, who seems TO be
an exception, descends from the favor
ite OF a king, though a most worthy QUE,
rather than from an English statesman.
The other man is Sir Thomas Osborne,
the Tory Yorkshire squire who, possess.
ing scarcely any special ability save that
of Mr.. Disraeli, the ability for managing
parliaments, rose under Charles II.
James II and William to be Earl Of
Dandy. he skipped, like Lord Beacons-
field, two steps of the ladder-Marquis
of Caermarthen and Duke of Leeds.
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FASHION NOTES.

Dark red and garnet are extremely
fashionable colors in Paris.
Heavy gnipure is still much used fol
trimming summer dresses.
Broad belts of black velvet and wrist
let's of velvet are much worn.
Rich black grenadines are made NJ
over gold covered silk Innings.
Long scarf wells are fashionable fol
carriage use and for promenade toilets.
New and stylish wraps are mantleI
made Of meshes of seWing-silk and je'
beads.
Kid gloves for evening wear have the
wrists finished with plaitings of lace oil
ribbon.
Simple white dresses, made Of old
fashioned cross. barred muslin are again
in vogue.
The short or half long dresses will I'M
doubleday overthrow the narrow,clinging
costumes.
A novelty for a necklace is a band of
black velvet, to which arc attached tiny
tinkling bells.
Fresh, clean looking mats for toilet
tables are made Of white linen, wrought
in colored cotton that will wash.
Table covers that are both useful and
ornamental are made of shaded damask
in two shades of brown or Of blue.
A ventilating corset is made of a lace.
like check goods as thin as g~renadine,
which is found to be very cool and pleas
ant for summer wear.
Lsmbrequins of gray linen for sum
mer use are made for mantels, windows,
baskets q brackets, and are orna-
mented with Japanese figures.
The Gabrielle is a new style of bon
net. 1t has a raised bFim, projecting
high above the forehead, and is trimmed
inside with large clusters of flowers.
White dresses for afternoon, at home,
are made Of finely dotted Swiss muslin.
A Highland sash Of plaid ribbon tied be-
low the hips is worn with them, and a
bunch Of dark red jacqueminot roses is
worn at the waist.
1t seems probable that we are about
to arrive at the promised land of sim.
p%licity in the arrangement OF the hair,
aud that we shall soon see young girls
and young ladies adorned with only their
own capillary sppendags.
A Russian lady in Paris wore, at the
Russian Easter festival, pink brocade,
embroidered with silver flowers, and a
girdle studded with emeralds. Her neck.
lace consisted OF innumerable rows Of
pearls, and her bracelets were so numer.
GUS that they reached the elbow.
Young girls wear cottage bounets Of
straw or chip, the edge finished with a
shiTring of silk aud q row of white Ro.
man beads. For school wear there are
straws OF mixed red and white and of
blue and white. These have high steeple
crowns, or square ridged crowns, that
are more useful than handsome.
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NOTABLE PEOPLE.

W. F. Cody buffalo Billy is danger
ously i'll in Nebraska.
The Duchess Dowager of Moutrose
won S25, 500 on the Derby.
They say Webb Hayes, the son of the
President, is going to be married shortly,
and an Ohio woman is in the case.
Widow Matilda Kittell again threatens
to unfrock Rev. Frank l.. Smith, of the
Plymouth Bethel Church, Brooklyn.
Mr.. Joseph Jefferson has telegraphed
from San Francisco his acceptance Of
an engagement at the Fifth Avenue
Theater.
The Graphic officially announces that
the marriage of Miss Bennett to Baron
Rossmore will take place in New York.
Carl Stangen's party of German sci
e%ntists, who are making a o of the
world, arrived at Niagara Falls on Tues.
day
w. 7. King, Of tie Chicago Evening
journal, has written to Mrs. jerks sug.
costing that she would do we'll to enter
the lecture-feld, and asking for an en-.
gagement for two or three evenings in
Chicago.
Miss Mary Anderson has been warmly
received and entertained in England,
not only by members of her profession,
but by prominent citizens who have read
and heard OF her American success. AT
present date she is in Paris.
Walter Morton, son of the senator,
who has been with Captain Eads for the
past eighteen months, has written a book
on the South Pass Jetty Improve.
ments," which is to be published in the
fall. He is quite a young man, not yet
twenty.o one years Of age, but his work is
said to be very comprehensive and
thorough.
John Matthews, the actor, who was in
the cast of the play at Ford's Theater,
Washington, on the night that President
Lincoln vas asssssinated, and who re,
ceived q statement from John Wilkes
Booth, said recently that since the inter.
view with John T. Ford had been made
public, Edwin Booth and Mrs. Junius
Brutus Booth, his mother, had been pros,
trated with sickness. This story he
continued, will probably be the cause
Of her Mrs. Booth's) death. Il ha.
opened an old wouud-one that the
friends Of the Booth family had Though,
had been healed forever"
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Fort Worth Standard: I'VE had the
pleasure Of a call from Colonel M. G..
Galloway, the veteran editor Of that
sterling Democratic paper, the Memphis
Appeal. The colonel, for the first time,
is visiting our great State, in which there
are many Of his relatives. He will
visit Houston, Galveston, Austin and
other important places. His friends
will be pleased to learn that he is in fine
health, and gives promise of many years
of usefulness. We recognize Colonel
Galloway as the mentor of the Demo
cratic press of the Southwest, and we
have always felt strengthened and sus-
tanned in any position which we take
when we find that it is in accordance
with the views of the Memphis Appeal.
1t is one of our most valued exchanges,
for it sends forth no uncertain sound,
aud its %utterances, as well on State as
on national politics, are pronounced
and selid."
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Washington POst.l

W dSuluBAuu IuhJsl
The Philadelphia Press is our author
ity for stating that Ben Butler will shortly
write one of bis fervent cards, in pointed
affirmation Of Chapman Freeman's so.
briefly during the last hours of congress.
We think we can help Benjamin t. come
facts, which he naturally overlooked on
an occasion when he was an interested
participant. 1t was when Butler was
%denouDcing the fishery appropriation
with great vehemence, that freeman
arose in sections and said:
"WIz zhentlemsn shtsh p'mit me fash
quezzshun2'
General Butler-NO, sir.
Mr.. Freeman-Shest one quezzshun.
Gesersl Butler-Mr. Speaker, | WILL
NOT be interrupted.
Mr.. Freeman - MIZzERSpedker I
MIXER Speaker, l mush ash distinish
zhentleman n quesshen; zhest one,
Mr. SpsakERRRR
General Butler - Appeals to the
Speaker for protection; Speaker calls
Mr.. Freeman to order).
Mr.. Freeman with statesmanlike wave
of his hand)-Mizzer Speaker, then ]
yield floor to zhentleman from Mazza
zhuats.
This is a strictly Photographic report
of the debate on the memorial occasion
under discussion. We do not say that
Mr.. Freeman was drunk, but we should
say that during the evening be mus
have decanted at least two quarts Of the
milk Of Kentucky.
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Five dank bodies lay on the sands of
Knott End, on the English coast a fort.
night ago, and a ehild's face AMI curls
we're hidden somewhere under the waves,
when Fisherman John wiped his eyes
and with a husky voice told what had
happened. 1--WE were crossing to Sun
derland on the Lune," he said, and l
had charge of the sails. All went well
fer about two miles, and the boat had not
taken a drop of water. We were Just
lighting our pipes when a mighty sea
came, such as | have never seer in my
life before, and it swamped the boat. l
got hold of an oar and a mast to hold
myself up. The rest all seemed to 90
from the boat except my sister Harriet,
who threw her arms around my neck.
She said: 20, brother, don't cast me off,
l said: II never will She held on for
some little time, and kissed me, and said
her prayers; but in time we became ex.
hausted, and then she let 90 her hold
aud sank. | could not recover her, and
could not strike out or swim TO the
shore while she held me by the neck.
We should be quite twenty minutes on
the mast, and about a mile from the
shore. No n came to our rescue. /
saw the others sink very shortly alter
the boat was swsmped. Ny brother and
Coxwell we're both good swimmers. /
saw my little boy, six years old, floating
on his back. and l think he must have
gone out to sea. After my sister had let
60 | swan ashore" There is pathos in
that simple fsherman's tale.
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Acorrespondent gives the follow
ing description of San RosSere, a
stock farm near Pisa, which be-
longs to the King of Italy. He
says that the stables contain some
800 mares and stations, mostly
thoroughbred, or pure Arab.
Among other horses, there is the
Arab stallion which King Victor
Emmanuel rode at the battle Of
Palestro, and a black which was
the lavorite charger of the present
king. There are 200 camels kept
on the farm as substitutes fol
draught horses, and the correspond.
ent says that they do the work very
well, and are not at all affected by
the climate, though it is colder than
that to which they are accustomed.
There is a royal residence upon the
property, which extends to the sea.
shore, and it was here that the late
king often came to shoot and hunt,
casting Off all state etiquette, and
leading the life Of a hardy farmer.
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TELEGRAPH1C.
LATEST UP TO 2 PHI. TODAY

BERLIN, July with yesterdays
session of the congress the problems pre-
scented for the reorganization of Turkey
in Europe have been solved, with the
difficult exception of the border prov
inces of Greece. One scheme of the
settlement proposed is to offer to Greece
some rights of supervision and control
yer West Reumelia, that is Thessaly,
Macedonia and Epirus, as Austria will be
intrusted with Bosnia and Herzegovina,
and possibly Northern Albania, By
thus extending the influence of the
neighboring States over the adjacent
provinces the congress might remove all
cause of a future war.
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IndIan troubles.

SAN FRANcIsco, July IA Portland
dispatch says that a letter just received
here from Heffner, Yumatilla, dated
June %, says Great excitement pre-.
walls in this neighborhood relative to the
Indian troubles. News has just been
received that the Indians have made an
attack on Canon City. No particulars,
Parties have commenced moving their
families to places Of safety. The Yu-
matilda Indians have put their women
and children on their reservation and
Joined the hostiles. Everybody expects
a general uprising and a prolonged war.
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The d godfrey.
Miss Grundy in the Graphic.I

- NA-fAANl
Mrs. Godfrey, whose name has been
made u%nplessantly conspicuous of late
in connection with an incident which
may or may not have occurred, ia a
young and remarkably beautiful widow,
whose husband died ia March, 1877 She
is the sister Of Mrs. Benjamin Willis, of
New York, aud greatly resembles her in
form, feature and coloring. Both have
plump, compact, well-shaped figures aud
perfect compilations, whose delicate sea.
she'll tints evidently owe their exquisite
coloring only to youth and good health.
With the skins Of blondes, the sisters
have nut.brown hair aud large, wide
open, inuocent-looking gray eyes, fringed
with long, dark lsshes. The shape and
poise Of the heads of these ladies add
much to their beauty, and they invariab.
ly arrange their hair in such style as To
show the form OF the head.
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Who're the Pathn NET
Northweslern Ohristian Advocate.l

Northwestern Christian Advocated
The recent Southern General
Conference received two ~fraternal
delegates from the African Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, who, in our
hearing, made a remarkable speech,
each. The second speaker, John
son, uttered one of the most beau
tiful extempore passages we ever
heard.
Said he, in effect: Brethren,
there happened IL that ante-room
just now a circumstance | shall
never forget. You remember that
David, in the cave of Adullam,
sighed for water from the we'll of
Bethlehem, and that three young
men, at the peril of their lives,
brought the loAged-for water, which
David would not, after all, drink,
since it had been procured at the
peril Of life. He therefore poured
out the water as a libation before
the Lord" Said the speaker :
+" When l entered this room l was
fevered, and, like David, longed for
water. A gentleman took a goblet
to serve me. During his absence l
learned that he was the governor
Of Georgia. Realizing the chasm
between us, | thought of David,
and, taking the goblet from his
hand, l begged that l might pour
out the water as a libation forever
between his race and mine."
We never saw a house more
stricken, thrilled and melted by
speech from any human orator,
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Hard Times aud "sunshine Mig.
geFR.y

Urcle Remus aud old man Plato, who
are excellent specimens of the old.time
darkey, met at the passenger depot and
compared notes. desc is mighty hard
times, Brer Remus." "You'er hoopin'
now, honey; and deyer gittin' harder.
De a dat gifts a dollar desc days is got
to onlimber hiss'f, sho's you bon. Els
got to git roun' like he was at a camp
meetin' r%sstle." Oats wat | call
kuockin' at de front do" said Uncle
Plato, BY way Of expressing his hearty
assent. DE time done come, Uncle
Plato" continued Brer Remus, "we'en
niggers amt got none de vantage err po'
white folks. Som IN um, / motifs, kin sit
in de sun an git fat, aud wild me hits a
scufie an a scramble from days eend
ter days eend, an I'm monst'o GUS glad
wen night comes eff | get a slice err ba.
con rine for to greece my stummick
wid." Some er desc yer niggers, Brer
Remus, wat stands 'roun' an suns
deyse'is look like dey got rich kinfolks
s~omewheres." mo use fer ter bodder
bout der kinfolks, Brer Plato. FL
want for desc sunshine niggers de
Changing wouldn't be able fer to dig a
pos hole Hit nd be mighty nigh e.
weak ez de toddy wat Mars john mixes
fer der baby. Niger don't fatten on nc
sunshine. We'en you wake des 70 day
an hear de hens cacklin' and a sqralin.
you kin des put it down dat one er desc
yer sunshine niggers is maxim his Twin,
an if a p'leeceman happin' fer ter santel
up dere's auudder csndydit fer de chain
gang" "You'er chswin' guvnment ter
hacker now, Brer Remus," responded
Uncle Plato, %approvingly.
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WASHINGTON, July 2-For Tennessee,
the Ohio valley and lower lake region
southwest winds, cloudy weather, numer.
GUS rains, shifting to cooler northerly
winds, rising barometer and clearing
weather.
For upper lake region. upper Missis.
sippi and lower Missouri valleys slightly
higher pressure, cooler northerly winds
and clear weather, followed by falling
barometer and warmer easterly winds.
The rivers will continue stationary OF
falling.
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London Spectator, June 49,
The Berlin correspondent Of the
Standard t~elegraphs on Wednesday a
story Of the congress which is worth
more than a passing note. On the arri.
val of Lord Beaconsfield at the Kaiser.
hof" he was presented, or behalf Of the
crown princess, with a bouquet Of flow.
erS, in the center OF which was a straw.
berry plant crowned with a single large
strawberry. German courts do not pay
honors of this kind without considera
ton. The crown princess is but Just re
turned from London and if the story i,
true, it can have but one Specification
that Lord Beaconsdeld, if he returns
successfully from the congress, having
made a peace aud secured some kind o.
scenic triumph, is to be made a duke
The statement, which has been wits
pered about for some time, is not i'm
probable 10 itself, for the court bal
shown a disposition to honor the pre-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-02

A NUMBER of leading New York hotel
keepers have called a general meeting of
the proprietors Of public houses in that
city, to discuss the ACCESSIBILITY of form
ing q hotel-keepers association in New
York, similar to those already existing
in San Francisco and Chicago. The
object is protection from ~swindlers, dis
honest boarders and incompetent and
thieyish servants.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-02

The Rev. DR.. james Legge, professor
of Chinese at Oxford, has written to the
LONDON Times to say that for some reA.
son the contributions to the Chinese fam
inc fund have of late greatly fallen of,
while the suffering is as great as eve-.
Ia his letter be gives some official stats
tics. Out of q population Of $4,000 per
sons in tive districts, 5000 have died
Travellers in the country districts are
often killed for food, aud the sale Of
children for food, both boys and girls, il
a common occurrence.
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Hewitt, Cox n Fernando Wood

Whether Hewitt will be sent back to
congress is a question. The Democrats
will not nominate him. Cox is likely to
De returned lie is popular in spite oil
his mistakes and frequent effervescence.
Ills worst enemy is Sam Cox. He wants
to 20 to the senate, but the chances are
that he will be struck by lightning twice
before he is elected. Fernando Wood
has a liie.lease on the house, and will
probably be sent back, onless he volun.
tarily declines, which is about as impos.
slble as that Butler would decline the
MASSACHUSETTS goVernorship.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-02

LOUISVILLE doesn't want the disgrace
of Baltimore upon her. The two ia
nous racers, Ten Brock and Mollie Nc
Carthy, have q special police guard
Such a thing as tamperiDg with the fly.
ers viii be impossible.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-02

Thomas. The most extraordinary st.
forts we're made by the representative
Of the English lines to cut down freight
rates to a non.psying figure, so that the
necessity of leaving on schedule time,
as required by the mail contract, entAilsd
a loss of over $4,000 on freight rates
alone. The value of shipment by the
Rio is estimated at over 81, 600, 600.
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M HIS
Tuesday Evening, July ?, Is7s.s

The subscription price Of the PUB
LILO LEDGER is s. per Gnnum fo'
tks Daily, and 81 per AMMAN for the
Reekly-PostGge tree.
Persons le0ping the city for the sum,
mer can order the DAILY LEDGER
at SOC per month in adrGnce' NTH the
privilege Of changing pOstO6icc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-02

The Canadians are greatly pleased at
the prospect Of having the Earl Of Duff.
fern as their governor general for an
other term Of six years. They 60 SO far
as to propose to raise a sum Of money
to reimburse him for the expense Of
breaking up bis establishment and pre-
pairing to go back to England. His
lordship has been a wise and popular
ruler in Canada, and has won friends
wherever he has travelled in the United
States. At Harvard, the other day, in
accepting the degree of doctor Of laws,
he made a speech so complimentary to
this country, hat our citizens also will
be glad if the rumor is true that he is to
serve another term.
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SHELBY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
TICKET.

PoR SHERIFF.
G. L. ANDERSON.
FoR PRoBLTR CoURT JUDGE.
J. E. R. RAY.
FoR COUNTY TRUSTEE.
J.. J.. RAWLINGS.
For CHANcSRY COURT JUDGE.
GEORGE W. WINCHESTER.
FoR CIRCUIT CouRT JuDGE.
R. B. HUTCHINSON.
For CRIMINAL Court JuDeE.
L. 3. H0RRIGAN.
For ATTORNEY GENERAL CRIMINAL COURT.
G. w. GORDON.
For ATTORNEY GENERAL BARTLETT ooURT.
GEORGE @. DENT.
FoR CLERK SHELBY County CIRCUIT Court.
ED WORSHAM,
For CLERK OF BARTLETT COURT.
FELIX NJ. JONES.
FoR COUNTY REGISTER.
J. A. STRRHL.
For CRIMINAL COURT CLERK.
N. C. PERKINS.
FoR COUNTY CoURT CLERK.
R. J. BLACK.
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John w. Young'S Philadelphia Wife
Salt Lake City Times.1

John W. Young, the son Of Brigham,
Numbers his wives" by the usual score,
and among these wives the old Adam
seems to prevail by a large majority. A
few evenings ago Luella Cebb, Johns
latest, took her mother and went to the
theater. Pretty soon 10 stalked Libby,
the next to the last in Johns affections.
Libby and Luella do not love each other
evermuch-nay, more, they even defy
each other with sharp nails and threat,
eniug gestures. Soon after the perform,
ance began Libby espied Luella and be.
gan making remarks, evidently calling
the attention Of her companions to her
"fellah's" other woman" in the dress
circle. But this was not enough to sat.
isfy Libby. In order to attract the at
%tention Of the whole audience she pushed
the curtains OF the box back, got up,
bowed forward oyer the railing, leered
down and turned up her nose at Luella
who, with her mother to help her, leered
back.
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RIllinrdtntte.

New YoRK, July Jacob Schaefer,
Of Chicago, and William Sexton, of this
city, have completed arrangements for
their billiard match to be played in Chi.
cago, st. Louis and this city. The re-
naming $1,000 OF the stakes was de-
posted Yesterday.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-02

At a " patriotic concert" given here a
a few days since, q young American girl
electrified the audience by crying out,
Long live the emperor The reason
can be imagined. 1t can safely be as,
serted hat no man living commands the
love and respect Of as many human be-
ings as the white-haired emperor, Viii
liam the German Leipsig Letter.
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ELIZA PIXKsrox to the front again.
She swore before the returning board il
1876 to certain cruelties inflicted on hel
in Louisiana by the Democrats. She
now says that the story was untrue, and
that she was paid five hundred dollars
for telling the lie.
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