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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-01
FOR II FAIR SEX.

New York Tribune, February 2Sd.l
The "Fauchntte" and Camille are
new chip bonnets.
Gray will 30 one of the favOrite colors
the comicg season.
In silver tea sets the Minerva F" pat
tern is one OF the latest.
Canoes were never SO much sought for
as nov and never so cheap.
The fashionable moonstoue is cut to
represent the man in the noon.
Brocaded black silk will be used III
combination with plain black silk.
Ssmi-translucent stones are again
worn, after having been out Of fashion
for nearly zen years.
The newest fans are of rich white
satin, with the monogram Of the owner
painted in delicate flowers.
Numbers nine and twelve ribbons will
be the width most used this summer for
trimming hats and bonnets.
Pure white damssk is preferred for
table linen, as it shows to advantage the
colored china now SO much used.
Linen dresses will be made with polo.
%nsises, and with bslted blouse.waists
trimmed with linen fringe, lace and EN-.
broidery.
Unique scarf.pius aud Japanese de-
signs are shown; one composed Of two
small canes with fan of cloisonne enamel
attached.
Satin will be much used for trimming
spring and summsr dresses. Some Of
the new grenadines are trimmed entirely
Of black satin.
The new colored embroideries are
used for trimming children's white
dresses. Those with scallops Of blue or
cardinal red are prettiest.
Plain black silks were never SO low
priced as at the present time. Hand
some Cheney silks, which formerly sold
for So a yard, can be bought for $3.50 q
yard.
Ladies are making new rugs thai
closely resemble Che popular, but ex.
pensive Turkish rags. They select O
yard and a half Of some rich dark pat
tern of Brussels carpet, aud ravel it out,
tasn with two coars steel needles they
knit Up these raveled threads.
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bated breath to be heard on the streets
here every day. Tbs air is full of omens,
Of missiles, but unseen, unheeded by
many, by ell who should heed. who will
not until, like poor Louis XVI. it is too
late. There has been a howl to cut down
the army, but mark you, before three
months roll around these very same peo-
pie will wish we had a standing army not
less than fifty thousand strong. Times
are so different elements so e~xtraordin-
airy that make up the republic, how is it
that a handful Of soldiery will suffice, as
in the days OF Washington and Web
ster2 OF course the wise Solons Of Con.
gress have considered all this and more,
and unused while the FIRE burned =; but
unless there is 500 a very bright tide of
prosperity setting in to these furnishing
thousands pleading for work, you will
witness the blacklist wave OF desolation
that ever broke on these shores, and it
would not be surprising il then the boys
in blue" will be the only peace.makers
mot legislators. However, we take a
hint of comfort from the very original
remark recently made by a wonderful
woman, viz: The ass of circumstances
knows there's an angel in the wayl7
Since writing the above paragraph, the
grand entertainment for the penny lunch
came of with great eclat at the Riggs.
The contributions included a vast guam.
tity and a great variety Of articles useful
in relieving the wants OF the needy, be.
sides several hundred dollars in money.
The proceeds may be safely set down as
the equivalent Of $l5OO all told, aud many
a hungry urcbin for weeks to come may
bless the noble women who devised the
entertainment. Among the many prom.
iuent people present from all parts of the
country we're the following from the
South: Hon. o. R. Singleton and wife,
of Mississippi; Hon. W. C. Whitthorae
and Judge and Mrs. Key, and Miss Polk,
Of Tennessee. L. R. M.
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Pubic Hsbt statement

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The public
debt statement for February shows a de-
crease in the debt for the mouth, Of S..
$50, 237, and the following the balances
in the treasury; Currency, $3.50, 1865;
special fund for the redemption
of fractional currency, $4,000, 900;
special deposit of legal tenders
for the redemption of certificates
of deposit, S2S, 555, 900; coin, $l3l, 49,
I56, including coin certificates of $48,
456, OOO; outstanding legal.tenders, $685..
6l8,O 2
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Origin Of pixie.

When, in 1857, Campbell's min
strels we're at Mobile, Dan Emmit,
one Of the members of the company,
heard the negroes sing an air and
chorus while rolling cotton on the
leyee. He thought it good; so by a
little alteration be arranged it into
what is called walk Around"
which always winds up the enter
tainment of an Ethiopian concert.
1t was a success. In the spring of
1861, when the war broke out, Mrs.
John Wood went to New Orleans
to play an engagement at the old
Varieties Theater. She produced
Pocahontas." Near the close Of the
second act there is a Zouave march
by the ladies of the corps de ballet.
At the rehearsal Of the piece the
leader of the orchestra was in a
quandary as to what music they
would have.
Carlo Patti 1.-THE leader could not
select anything that would suit the
stage manager TT. B. McD ouougb),
and the consequence was that the
rehearsal came to a stand-Stili. At
length Patti struck up "Dixie." Ii
suited and was adopted, and was
played with a chorus to the same
air. "Dixle" took the town by
storm; the pianos rang with it, the
boys sang it, and the negroes whis-
tied it. A musician by the name
Of Romeo Minera arranged it for a
march for the Washington artillery
battery, and from that hour till
now all Southern men and women
hail it with delight. Cold must be
the Southern heart that does not
glow with delight at the sound OF
"Dixie." But the composer, Dan
Emmett, what Of him? Why, he
can be found in a common variety
saloon at Chicago now, playing on
his fiddle for a mere p~ittance, eking
out a miserable subsistence playing
"Dixie" to an admiring crowd OF
newspaper boys, roughs and beer
jerkers.
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President of the United SLates.

TIE st. Louis Times, Of the 9th ult.
has this to say of General Chalmers latest
~oratorical effort:
Mr.. Chalmers, member Of congress
from Missifs.napi is a very worthy gentle
man and a dDemocrat. SO much the
more reas5h that he should set a good
example Of diligence and wisdom in the
transaction Of the public business. Yet
he persisted in making a speech in de-
Tense OF the President in the house yes
terday despite the efforts OF certain men,
bers who we're more intent on giving at
%tention to matters of importance than
frittering away valuable time in listen
inS to pithless political harangues. More
Than half of the session has been wasted
in ~buucombe speeches Of this character,
and they have become naussating to the
Scarcely any business of impor-
lance, rave the passage of the silver bill,
has bsen transacted. yet three months
have heen consumed and the usual time
for adjournment will soon be at hand. 1t
would be gratifying to have the law
makers settle down to honest work for a
while and attend to neglected legislation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-01

General John A, Suffer, the ~discoverer
Of gold in California, has been inter.
viewed by a Washington reporter, who
found him a man very stout. though only
a little over five feet high, and very gray,
but active and social. lie went, be says,
to California 10 1888 as q farmer. Some
years afterward be built a mill, in the
race Of which his wheelwright, an inteiii.
gent man named Marshall, discovered
some gold that had been washed by the
stream. Marshall at once conveyed .he
news I his employer, The men couldn't
keep the secret, and one Of them went
to a ~storekeeper named Smith and
offered to pay for q bottle Of brapdy in
gold to be got from the mill stream.
Then the news spread, and the general
was ruined. He could hire nobody to
rave his immense wheat crop, itto which
the prospecting parties turned their cat.
tie. No one would dig gold for him, and
fually he lost his land to the American
government on a flaw in bis Mexican
title. De has for thirteen years past
been trying to get some compensation
for IL from the government.
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QUEBEc, March Joseph Woody,
Wholesale boots and shoes, has failed.
Liabilities, 100000; assets, $l46.0 600.
MONTREAL, March bernard, Bas-
ton & Co., lumber merchants, have failed.
Liabilities, 100000; assets nominally as
much.
New York, March There were
sixty-ssven failures in this city in Febru.
cry. Aggregate liabilities, $2,65s. 598;
esaeis are placed at $685.. 900. Yester-
day the fsilrre was announced Of Whit.
lock & Anderson, importers and jobbers
in woolleu goods. Liabilities, $4,000;
assets, 500, 900.
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the highest expedisncy as the most nee.
essary duty, and should ever be carefully
guarded by the executive, by congress,
and by the people. II is my firm con
viction that If the country is to be bene.
6ted by a silver coinage, it can be only
done by the issue of silver dollars Of full
value, which will deiraud no one. A
currency worth less than it purports to
be will in the end defraud not oaly cred
itors, but all who are engaged in legiti-
mate business, aud none more surely
than those who are depsndentupon their
daily labor for their daily bread.
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES,
President of the United States.
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THE sILvER VETO.

The following concluding portion Of
President Hayes veto message gives the
substance OF his objections to the silver
bill:
1t is said that the silver dollar, made
a legal tender by this act, will, under its
operations, be equivalent ia value TO the
gold dollar. Many supporters of the
bill believe this, and would not justify
an attempt to pay debts, either public
or private, in coin of inferior value to
the money Of the world. The capital
defect of the bill is that II contains no
provision protecting from its operation
p%re.ezisting debts in case the coinage
which it creates shall continue to be of
less value than that which was the sole
legal tender when they were contracted.
1t is row proposed, for the purpose of
taking advantage Of the depreciation OF
silver IN the payment OF debts, to coin and
make q legal tender q silver dollar OF
less commercial value than any dollar,
whether OF gold or paper, which is nov
the lawful money Of this country. Such a
measure, it will be hardly questioned,
will in the judgment Of mankind be an
act Of bad faith as to all debts hereto.
fore contracted. The silver dollar should
be made a legal-tender only at its mar
ket value, and the standard Of value
should not be changed without the con.
sent Of both parties to the contract.
National promises should be kept With uu.
ainching fidelity. There is no power
to compel a nation TO pay its just debts
It's credit depends on its honor. The
nation owes what is he's led ia
creditors to expect. l cannot ap
prove a bill which, in my judgment
authorizes the violation OF sacred obi
aati5ns. The obligation OF public
faith trsnsceuds all questions Of prof.
or public advantage. It's unquestion
able maintenance is o dictate rs veil o
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-01

ciScISNATi, March 1.--River falling,
Clear and mild.
CAIRO, March /. - Arrived-E. o.
stauard, St Louis, Q PM Thomas sher.
lock, New Orleans, | am; Mary Eliza.
beth. Memphis, o. Departed Sherlock,
Cincinnati, 2 AM Mary Elizabeth, Gin.
c%innsti, 10. Fair and pleasant.
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WASHINGTON.
CongressIonaI proceedings.

WASHINGTON, March l-HoUs The
senate amendment to the bill authorizing
the President to temporarily fill the va.
cancy in the pension agency when such
vacancy shall have occurred through the
death, resignation or failure to qualify,
was cOncurred 10, The speaker then
called on committees for reports Of a
private nature.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-01

Col. JoHS II. FLEMING, Of the Knox
vile Tribune, has been selected by the
committee of arrangements ss orator of
the day 90 the occasion Of the grand re-
union of Alumni Of Emory and Henry
College, Virginia, on the 18th of June
next. Colenel Fleming, is an Alumnus
of that institution, and has accepted the
honor thus rendered.
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the Hates manufacturIng Company.

The Hates Manufacturing company.
LEWISTON, Me March 1.-The stock.
holders Of the Bates Manufacturing Com.
psny, at a meeting to provide for a de.
.fciency Of $1,000 900 created by the late
Benjamin e. Bates, a former. treasurer,
decided to reduce the capital seventy
FIVE per cent, to 1915 900, aud to create
six hundred and fifty shares, making the
aggregate capital $1,000, 900.
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WASHINGTON, March lin Tennessee
and the Ohio valley, rising and station
airy barometer, stationary to rising TEN.
perature, increasing southerly to easter
ly winds and generally cloudy weather,
followed by rain areas, and probably in
the last district by falling barometer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-01

A writer in Nature says that by com
bining the telephone with the kinese.
graph be can produce a talking picture
which will move and g%esticulate as q man
does when be is earnestly engaged in
speaking. This be proposes to DO by
taking instantaneous photographs Of the
speaker at intervals Of a quarter or halt
a second, aud these, after fixing, are to
be placed one below another on a strip
Of ribbon or paper wou2d from one CYL
inder to another. As each picture passes
before the eye it ia to be lighted up by an
electric spark, and the man will thus be
presented TO US at successive moments,
while the recording photograph speaks
the words which the man uttered. II
may be years before producing the form,
motion. and natural voice OF the origi.
nal. Who dare say now that the time
will not come when whole dramas will be
produced ad libitum from actual per-
iormauces, With such fidelity that they
cannotbe distinguished from the ~original2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-01

DUMSER-On February %, 1878, EMIL, son
Of Nicholas and Mary Dumser, aged IL years
and 4 months.
Friends Of the family are invited to attend
the funeral from the residence on the New
Raleigh road, at 10 o'clock tomorrow SAT
URDAY) informing.
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Auo,hsr yiatIm.

RlcHFORD, VI, March l.-Josis At.
we'll died last evening, the fifth person
from drinking water from q poisoned
well,
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TEXAS.

A RE you thinking Of going 10 TexasY Do
you want reliable information in regard
e 10th the Lone Star State? Subscribe for tbe
fOhr WORTH DEMOCRAT. Brick Pome.
roy, IN MS Big Trip" says lit has the rep
utatlon Of being the most lively and industri-
GUS Of all the papers in the state.U Sub
scription price, ! year, 81; six months, Al.
ment. Address
DEMocRAT. Fort Worth, Texas.
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A correspondent Of the London World
exclaims: Poker, poker perpetual
pokerl Go wbero l will Of an afternoon
| find that going on in the c%ard.room. 1t
is a seductive game, at which you may
lose Or win $50 or e40 ia o few minutes,
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IA MI N EEISt
Friday Evening. March 1. 1878

Tas subscription price Of The PUB
Lie LEDGER is So per Gnnu"a for
the Daily, and 81 per GnnHm for the
Reekly-POstage free.
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T"ELEGRAPAIC MARKETS.
STOCKS AND BONDS.

LONDON, March l, 2 p.m.-Consols
for money, "a 1916; on account, =;
United States fve,twenties Of 1867, 1865
United States ten.forties, lO43; United
States new four-and-a-halfs, 1928; United
States new fves, 1885.
New York, March l, 1850 m
United States skies of 1881, registered,
= @l05s; United States aixes Of 1881,
coupons, = @lO5I; fve-twenties OF '65,
registered, new issue, - @l03s; five
twenties of 1867, = @l054; 6ve-twen-
ties Of 1868, -@l0Sa: ten.forties, 1890
1888; coupons, lO63@l063; ives of 1881,
l03i coupons, l025@l03; currency skies,
@ll9f; new tours, - @l0l; coupons,
@l0lsj new four and-s-halfs, lels@
lO2,
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OFFICIAL.
OFFICIAL.
POLlCE ORDER !
Special Orders Tor MadiGraS !!
POLICE HEADQUARTERS,
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March /, 1878.

MONDAY AND TUESDAY, the 4th and
Nl 5th. being Mardi-Gras, the following or
ders are made at this time, so that ample OPP
pOrtunity is offered those who intend particle
pating in tho festivities to nete what will be
the consequences to those who misbehaVe
themselves on that occasion:
First-The entire police force Of the city, to-
gether with n detaIi Of specials will be
on DUTY during those days end nights. They
are hereby commanded TO protect all mas
queradors, to whom will DO granted the great
est latitude SO long as they conduct themselves
with RrOpriety.
Second-NO vehicles of any description
whatever, or mounted men, will be allowed
on Saata aseeg from MaREe 90 BeRl.
between the hours of 1 ?. IN. and 10 pm. This
does not include those who may participate in
the professions, either on horseback or in We
hicles, buG debBFB those VINO with
only p mask may attempt 90 ira.
verse Main street in vehicles 90 the
danger of pedestrians on Mardi-
GrRs,
Third All persons drunk on the streets,
acting dis9rderly, or costumed in such u man
ner as will shock the deeency Of the occasion.
or caught carrying concealed weapons, will DO
promptly arrested and confined in The station
house. Binder no circumstances will
u tOEfstt be tai EN- that day or nfghT.
Fsurth--A special detail will be made for
the different bathrooms, sufficient in number
w AhNAAR VI "a 0hA NGAk aAN a Va IVA MAAAu1S
ing balls will be subjected to examination and
will be deprived of all weapons. Those re-
fusing to be searched will not be admitted to
the balls.
Fifth-During the procession at night none
others than those connected with the ULKS
on Monday night and MEMPHI on Tuesday
night, will be permitted to join the procession,
either on horseback or on foot, and those wit
Messing the march must oonhne themselves to
the sidewalks, the streets along the line of
march being especially needed for the grand
display. No excuse will DO taken for any viO-
latiOn OF these orders, and all good citizens
are requested 10 aid and cooperate With us in
our endeaYors to preserve order on this occa-
sion. P. X. ATHY, Chief Of Police.
CAUTI0NARY SUGGESTIONS.
To guard against the depredations Of thieves
and picks Ockets who generally select such oc-
customs rs Mardi-0ras to ply their avocations.
the police have been instructed to arrest ali
suspicious persons wh0 may arrive by trains
or boats. Our citizens should sec that their
dwellings are left in charge of some persons
who will protect the same in their absence.
Visitors are requested to deposit ct their ho-
tells, or in some place of safe keeping, their
watches and other valuables, also their
WeapOns.
Our merchants should have their sheds and
awnings along the line Of procession well
braced from beneath (the braces not to exceed
eighteen inches from ourbstone), and tSte
care that they are not o~vercroWded on top, 10
i5l.2 r. r. ATHY, Chief Of Police.
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RRRApaTuFFs.

LIvEsPooL, March Wheat, win
ter, lOslOd@lls6di Milwaukee red, IS 90
@lOs l0d; California white, lis 8d@
rs Cd; California club, los 9d@l2s 3D..
Corn, new, 26s 9d@27s Cd; old, 28s 0d@
2Ss 3D.. Pork, 54s Cd. Beet, eos Cd.
Bacon, long clear, 2Ss Cd; short clear,
29s Cd. Lard, 38s Cd, Tallow, 40s Cd.
CHICAGO. March l, 1850 am
Wheat, ll0b@llO4 for April. Corn, 434
for May. Receipts-Flour, 1888; wheat,
1892; corn, 81. $50. Shipments-Flour
1886; wheat, 6 ,O75; corn, 1874, 1858.
The Morning herald., 1878-05-02
DISCO > vERI 'oF 4 4; ,iILossT ] ! + Art. !. Z

A method Of reproducing the famous
because rare, fire gildsd glass of the Egypt
ians has been recently patented, and from
the, results attained, II would, appear that
theinyentor,g If he has not discovered the
ancient process, has devised an excellent
substitute. :. Fire gilded glass is glass into
which gold is so worked that many hun
dreds Of years have failed to effect any
change, or 70 tarnish the gold The trus-
tees Of fhs British Museum were SO pleased
With the result d the modern process that
they accepted from the inventor, M. d Hus-
sey, specimens Of his recovery OF aqost art.
The process consists q, Introducing gold
Leaf or platinum into the body Of the glass,
andatnaigamatingths precioussmetai with
the glass by msans OIL blow pipe, IAN oper-
alton which also serves to produce d per
fsctly indsstructible covering to the metal
and the designs traced The product so
much resembles tie ancient work that the
method Is LIKELY to find aytolsrably wide
fieldIof usefaluess- or, at leasty of profit to
its inventor. p mgs sGI .te77 oHor' Sa.
nHCA& M Egg8rgau. ~
The Morning herald., 1878-05-02

l. -
Schoebein named the substance which he
discovered Ozone. from the Greek word
'.Ozein," signifying to smell. He supposed
that 1T was Oxygen In an active and highly
elf ctG0,n egatiye state! My observations do
not warrant these conclusions. as SUBJ
stances (such as Chiorate Of Potassa, etc. u
that yield large quantities, Of Oxygen give
but little Ozone, while others producing
producing little or no Oxygen Yield large
quantities Of Ozone. The most highl y ozon-
lied organic bodies are Cedar W ood, Pine
leaves, Blood etc., etc 1 of the Mineral
Salts, Alum, Sulphur, Chloride of Soda,
etc4 may be mentioned as agents yielding
Ozone In abundance. Ozone may be man.
ufactured from an ozonized bodies by
chemical affinity, the EVOLUTION fiof organic
matter and the rapid disintegration Of all
heat, electricity or other forms of force.
Ozone Is the antiseptic principle OF every
substance possessing the power to preserve
animal and vegetable structures from de-
cay. The preservative and Purifying oual.
tiles of Salt, Carbolie Acid, Chloride of
Lime, Alcohol etc., are due to the presence
oiozore, iE5gg sci. u. ,rgmal9|.,l ST.
The Morning herald., 1878-05-02

The Govssnor Of Woking convict prison,
England, .whish isfsituated on wild heath,
has bssn roBbsd of$4, 600 worth Of plate
The plate and clothing 'of' ii" Chaplain
wefs sisb taken.g The thieyss ala the work
between ths yaoyernsrs late dinner hour
and midnight. The oprison Dis guarded
externally tbyd vardsrs with loaded rifles,
and I. s sshA y risRSao 49, 4 & sSt
wssdassh maintained. 1ol 9 .ssas1o 1so
"- So .ElsssayIg
The Morning herald., 1878-05-02

It was first discovered by schoenbein in
1889. In 1861, Andrews and TAFT obtained
small quantities of 1T from Oxygen, by
means of pressure. It is asserted by Loew
and Odling that Ozone contains three
atoms ofOxygen, while the latte 1has two
atoms, and that by COMPRISING it to one
third of it's volume Ozone Is formed.
series Of electric sparks through W % Oxygen q
Gas by applying Permanganate of Potas-
50 to Su phuric Acid; by burning Phos-
phorus in Ether; or BY t0rciny air through
a asolution of Blood, Ether. Permanganate
OF POtassa and phosphorus. MT 10-.SH,Tl
The Morning herald., 1878-05-02
PHIf1ADELPH1A.

---------.- h1fAA 0EIAfH1A.- .-------- -----.--
Citizens Of peiawale hayana law business
d Philaaelphia,of Che adjoining s0nnties
IN PennsylvanYa, wins have 1t promptly
ana properly attended -s0v BY colnmunfca'
ting with him ian.