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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06
The rIrs II nos snrrnr..

LITTLE Rock. March 6.-About one
hundred aud fifty buildings we're destroy.
ed by the Hot Springs con6aEration.
Nearly ell the business houses and resi-
dences, and it is estimated that one thou
sand people are made homeless and aid
is asked for the poor. All the buildings
we're wood structures.
The loss is estimated at $500, 900; in
sursnce, $4,000. Although the greater
portion of the business part of town is
destroyed, comparatively few hotels
we're burned, and only one irst-class
hotel. The Hot Springs House was
burned, and two or three small
ones. There is still plenty of hotels for
all visitors. The Arlington. Grand Cen
trail, Sumpter Avenue and Waverly
hotels, the largest and best in the city,
with a large number Of boarding.houses
still remain.
HoT SPRINGS. Ark. March 8. 1878.
Major Willie 0. WoOdson, Agent Associated
Press:
In the absence of Mayor Linde, Re-
corder F. A. Berg, acting mayor, at a
primary meeting Of the citizens, ap.
pointed S. W. Fordice, j.. ]. Sumpter,
and DR.. G. W. Lawrence a committee to
receive by suppliers by express from
neighboring cities, for the urgent neces-
sites in CONSEQUENCE Of the cslamitous
FIRE. [Signed, W. D. ENGLISH.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06

New York Post.l
We have to chronicle a very marked
return to the regular old.fashioned low
neck, which bids fair 10 hold its place
after giving way so long to high necks or
square necks for dress occasions. They
may be modified by Gchus of tulle when
too trying, but q few words said by a
clever French woman may help to solve
the doubt often felt by a woman as to
whether she shall fellow the dictates of
fashion, or choose for herself what is
most becoming and desirable. This
French woman has much to say about
the clinging style Of dress now worn, and
the disadvantage Of every ones following
the same strict fashion. She would have
every woman study her own style, and
then follow out some particular idea
which shall always have in view her own
advantage or disadvantage, so as to show
them off or to hide them, as the case
may be; ard abe adds that the art OF
wearing q low-neck dress ia understood
BY very few women, as tact alone will
set a woman right in that respect ire
spective of her dressmaker, the fashion,
and her own innermost wishes. She
gives one or two hints to be kept in sight
by those who have no rules set down.
High shoulders, she says, and q slightly
rounded back, together with a fat chest
exact a waist cut lower in front then at
the back, while THIS rule may be reversed
a little for an opposite build. Thin and
high shoulders should never be seen
otherwise than covered by a square neck;
while ~well.rounded shoulders are never
so beautifully framed as in the oval of o
low.neck waist. In wearing orna-
meuts around the throat, the full
and we'll shaped throat is best left en-
tireIy uncovered, while a thin neck will
require rows Of pearls or stones 10 set.
tings, or a pendent necklace, and a long
slender throat is much enhanced by a
velvet, or a ribbon with o single clasp, or
Jewel, in front. In the matter Of sleeves,
also, # the arm ia short and fat the sleeve
should be replaced by a slight frill OF
lace; if it is long and thin a short full
sleeve, made like a pu6, or a long sleeve
is the best; but if the arm is well proper
toned it needs 20 adornment and it is
best uncovered, as nothing is NOR rare,
and, when found, more beautiful, than a
perfectly rounded arm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06

THE Nashville American, Of tbs oth.
makes the following clear aad important
suggestions: ave think Tiers can be
no doubt as 70 the proper course for the
convention to pursue in selecting candi-
dates for tie supreme bench. Let the
convention select Eve candidates, two of
whom must be from one division, two
from another, and the other from the
third; then from the four selected from
two divisions choose n from each of
those divisions, who shall be designated
as candidates for the State atlarge. This
course has already been ably urged and
cordially adopted by some of our oOtsm'
porariss. 1t meets all the requirements
Of the constitution and will avoid bick-
erings and contentious delays in making
the nominations. No good reason can
be urged againSti it aud a hundred in its
favor"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06
u1untrated J%ournaIIsm.

A veteran draughtsman delivered an
interesting lecture on illustrated journal.
ism a short time ago in London. Having
traced the progress Of pictorial illustra.
ton from copper.plate to lithography,
aud from lithography to the use Of the
wood block, he referred to the illustrated
London News, which came into existence
in 1912. and had since then published
about 40, 900 pictures illustrative Of the
current history Of the world. Its latest
achievement was the engraving of the
sortie from Plsvna, the block containing
200 pieces Of wood. That Journal, he
said, employed about twelve draughts-
men, and more than fifty wood en-.
gravers. As a matter Of fact however,
may Of The daily papers we're already,
to q certain extent, illustrated. BY the
aid Of the pentagraph, a new invention,
the Daily News had received a drawing
at six o'clock in the evening, and it had
appeared Ia the whole of that paper
impression OF the following morning,
BE vsuiarsd to predict thai befnFs many
years the loading Londoa dsilies would
be more or less illustrated.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06

In the last number Of the Wythville
VA Enterprise, we find the following
complimentary notice CT 40 esteemed
and distinguished gentleman Of our
State, an alumuuS Of Emory and Henry
college, Virginia, who has been in our
city a day or two as a Hooker on" at
Mardi. Gras:
The anne Of the Hon. John n. Elem.
ing has been mentioned in connection
with the g%overnorship of Tennessee. A
we'll informed gentleman assures Us that
his chances for the nomination are very
good indeed. If Wytheville could elect
. governor for the old Volunteer State,
John Fleming would be counted in
without q doubt. he is still remembered
here by many OF the boys who went to
school with him 10 the days Of suld lang
syne. They would delight to see their
old ehun' honored BY being placed ia the
g~overaors chair. With malice toward
none, aud charity for all" We ask the
privilege Of ssconding the motion in
favor Of John NJ Fleming for governor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06
Giving Charity.

1t is hard for the impulsive, iuexpe-
rienced slmegiver to distinguish honest
poverty from unbIushing fraud, because
the most undeserving often simulate the
guise Of decent poverty. and charm the
sympathies Of tender souls only to waste
them in pr~emeditated seoundrolism. 1t
is certain that the misdirected benevo.
lence of the tender-hearted is one of the
direct and potent causes Of the increase
of that form of dependence which is
worse than pauperism-that which knows
we'll enough how to keep out Of the aims
house if need be, by honest work, but
which intends to avoid both honest work
and the fate OF the pauper. Few men
and women whose hsurts are OVERLOOKING
with good will can be trusted to admin.
lister their own charities. But by organ
izing charitable institutions, where the
aims are administered by experienced
agents, who hold their sympathies we'll
in hand, the inscriptions nre baked,
the designing outwitted, and there is
some chance of escaping the manufac.
ture Of pauperism by the means intended
to prevent it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06

A young gentleman Of Prairie Grove,
Texas, proposed to bis lady love, but
was gently refused. He went a second
and a third time with the same result.
But ct length he rode oyer Que evening
and told her he would neither eat, sleep,
nor speak until she consented to become
his bride. Shs invited him to dinher; he
shook his head. She talked on; he
merely locked detected. Then she re-
quested him to tske supper a negative
by the head was the only reply. She
played, sang, aud chatted on till bed
time, when Q servant showed him a
room a negative shake. She tripped
away to her chamber; he sat determined
still. Abost twelve o'clock she came
back and said. II don't wish to cause
the death Of a good officer, so ! will mar
~ you" The released one rose, and
with much earnestness said, Ny dear
have you any cold yictuals on handG'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06
Freedmen for Liberia.
New York Horald.l

1t Is said that in many different parts
of the South there is a serious and earn
est movement among the freedmen to
unite in companies Of colonists to emf
CRATE to the Republic of Liberia, where
the negro ~colonists from this country are
said to be prospecting. Henry M. Tur.
ner, Ii D. business manager Of the
publication department Of the African
Methodist church, has just returned to
this city after a trip Of several mouths
through the Southern States. He says
that the Liberian colonization scheme
has taken a firm hold upon some
Of the energetic aud better class of
freedmen. he found the people in
Charleston jubilant in view Of the pur.
chase OF the bark Azor Tor the further.
ance of the exodus movement. The
money has been raised entirely BY the
colored people. The president Of the
society, Rev. B. f. Porter, is in Boston,
and will sail in a few days in the vessel
for Charleston, where several hundred
freedmen are now awaiting the arrival oil
the versel. One hundred emigrants from
Abbeville district, in South Carolina,
with others, are spoken Of as people Of
industry and excelleAt moral character.
DR.. Turner, Of this city, is 10 deliver
the Grafton at the dedication Of the yes
sci to the work of African civilization
and evangelization. DR.. Turner is him
self q native Of South Carolina, and VA
formerly a member Of the legislature 0
Georgia. de states that az the reean
meeting Of the South Carolina confer
ence Of the African Methodist church, a
Georgetown, S O., Bishop Brown ap
pointed 2 minister TO 90 with the expedi
ton To Libsyia as 3 representative Of tn
African Methodist church.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06
The Persian Priea..

New YORK, Marck 6.--According 10 a
morning paper, the Persian archpriest,
who recently figured in Detroit, has been
looked after here by a detective from
that city. The exalted visitor exhibited
letters to Vicar General Quinn, who
says he has no means Of p%ronouucing
upon the authenticity Of the letters and
is unable to say whether the gentlemen
is deserving Of confidence or is an i'm.
poster. he asked for no privileges, such
as priests usually desire to have, and he
has had none.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06

Dr.. GRoRGE w. LAWRENCE, Of Hot
Springs; telegraphed to-day to Mr.. J. N.
Oliver, Of Oliver, Finnie & Co., as fol-
lows: I'm this ezigency please be kind
to those in need, aud furnish supplies
for the sufferers" The chamber of com
merce will be convened at 3 o'clock to.
day to take action for the relief Of the
Hot Springs sufferers. We hope there
will be a fun attendance and generous
subscription.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06

At Oshkosh, Wis, three gamblers laid
q plan to cheat a countryman at poker.
The victim was dealt four aces to lndHee
him TO bet, but Was given six cards so as
to make a misdeal. The man put up all
the money he had, and won, When his
opponents charged him with having an.
other card secreted about his person, but
a search revealed nothing, and he de-
parted with his winnings. 1t was after.
ward discovered that he had slipped the
extra card into a sandwich which hs'waS
eating while playing, and had actually
swslloWed it,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06
Yalled.

ST.. JOINS, N. f., March 6-Wm. r
Richardson, FISH trader, has failed. Liza
bilitios, $4,000; assets, $4,000. His
name is on paper as endOrser Of George
S. Yates, boot and shoe manufacturer for
about $4,000. A writ Of attachment
hes been issued against Yates, whose LA
bilities are $4,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06

Minds of the first rank are general.
%izers; Of the second, specializarS. Below
them are the crowd, some better, some
worse, some duller, some brighter. Gen.
erslizers in chief recognise inferior gen
e~ralizers, but are apt to suub them while
they welcome every speeiulizsr tecause
he tyipgs gIist { % their mill,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06

WASHINGTON, March 6.-In Tennessee
and the Ohio valley, stationary or fall.
ing, followed by rising barometer, with
winds mostly from southeast to south
west, warmer, clear agd partly cloudy
weather,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06

The Carroll County BOwlder reports
plenty Of wheat left in Usage township.
Little Rock has made a creditable
effort to have q Mardi. GrsS celebration
this yesV.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06
BREApsTUFPs.

LIVERPOOL, March 6-Wheat, win,
ter, lOslOd@lls6 milwaukee, red, 9s9d
QlOs 81; California white, lis edo
rs Cd; California club, lis 8d@l2 Cd.
Corn, new, 26s 6d@26s %; old, 288 3d@,
2Ss %. Pork, 54s Cd, Beef, SOS Cd.
Bacon, long clear, 27s Cd; short clear,
2Ss Ga. Lard, 37s 50. Tallow. 4Os Sd,
CHICAGO. March 6, 1880 am
Wheat unsettled at 1868 for March; lO6i
bid for April; lOS offered for May. Corn,
42@42s for cash March; 4l5@4S for
April; 42@424 for May; Ala for June.
Receipts-Flour, $500; wheat, 1926;
corn, l7l,340. Shipmeuts-Flour, a.
GIG; wheat, GO, 4Q5j corn. 1853, 56'.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06
T%ELEGRAPHIC MARKETS.
STOCKS n BONDS.


LONDON, March G, 2 p.m.-Consols
for money, 95 9l6; on account, =;
United Stases fve.twenties Of 1867, 1861;
United States ten.forties, 1864; United
States new four.nnd.a.halfs, 1881; United
States new 6ves, l04s.
NEW York, March 6, ll:5O am
United States skies of 1881, registered,
lO63@lO62; United States skies Of 1881.
coupons, -@lO6s; fve-twenties Ct 1865,
registered, new issue, lO44@lO4si FIVE.
twenties of 1867, = @lO6s; ive.twen.
ties of 1868, -@lO8s; ten.forties, lO4l@
lO42; coupons, lO4s@lO43; fvss OflsSl.
1898; coupons, -@lO33; currency SKIES
ll85@ll9i new tours, q lOl3i coupons.
= @l9ls; new four and-a-balfs, g
1929.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06

During the last three months Of 1877
IS, 800 barrels, and 4So2 boxes and cases
Of American oysters, and sw5,l2l,4l2
pOundS OF the American cheese vers
shipped 10 Engllni,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06
SPECIAL NOTICE.
CARD.

To all who are suffering fromEtho errors ant
indiscretions Of youth. nervous weakness,
early decay. loss of manhood, etc.. l will
send a receipt that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
By a missionary in South America. Send a
self-addressed envelope to the REV. JosEPH
7. ISHAE. Station D, bible House. Nev York
Civ. .xxvii-35 eodkw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06

CAIRO, March 6.--Arrivsd Thomas
Means, St. Louis, 3 a.m.i Keylor and
Warner, New Orleans, Z. Departed
Thomas Means, Cincinnati, 3 am.
Cloudy and warm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06

A tax Of ten per cent. is levied in
Paris upon all ticketa taken at theaters,
public balls, music halls, or any other
place of amusement, for the benefit o.
the nnnP
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06

The oldest Freomason in New Hsmp.
shire is Colonel Nathan Huploop, 81
Unity, who is ninety.six years Of age,
and was admitted " the Masonic body
In lsOa.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06

The present style Of invitation cards
used in New York is one Of extreme
simplicity. MonOGrams are discardedi'
only plain script is fashionable.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06

Boston's new p~ostoHice has already
cost over 8. 600. 900.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06
A RiD van wInNlo FAILURE.

The other night Tom Grim, the news
boy, got thinking how nice it must have
been for Rip Van Wrinkle to sleep the
way be did, and how much money had
been made by the play, and he deter.
mined TO 60 home and go to bed and
sleep for a straight hundred years. He
gave away his jack.knife, threw his
tobacco box into an alley, and requested
the boys not to let the papers speak i'll
Of him in case be turned up "mysteri.
ously missing" When Thomas got
ready for bed he kissed his mother,
smiled at his father, and Rugged the
baby with unusual vigor. he dropped
off to sleep, wondering how much Of
Canada Detroit would cover when be
awoke, and that was the last he knew
till I o'clock am. AS he did not arise
at his usual hour, bis father called:
TOM Thomas Griml'
No answer, and after a few minutes
the old gent put his head into the stair.
way and called:
"Thom,us Griml you'd better-oh,
you'd better be getting down berel''
But Thomas slept on. Not the blast
of u drum nor a bugle's beat awoke
him. He was pegginp away at his hun.
dred years job when Sleepy Hollow was
suddenly invaded by a man with a
single. At the postofiee yesterday
Thomas explained:
Yes, / know l walk lame, look as il
death had struck me, aud can't fun with
ye, but I'll tell ye, boys, the hardest thing
of all is the knowledge that my old dad
prefers q ten cent soup-bone to fifty
cents worth Of rising young genius"
San Francisco ArgOnaut
William Austin, of the Chronicle, at.
tempted to teach Patrick Murphy, Of the
Post, how to play poker. Murphy learned
rapidly, aud the stakes, from o small be.
ginning of beans, developed into bullion.
When the pot had risen to SIG Murphy
got iuquisitive.
"S'posen a man has two kings?'
Good hand"
"S'posen be has two more; is that
double?'
Austin exuded considerable perspira.
tion ana remarked: "Thunderl l throw
up my hand. You are a big fool to have
told me. You might have won all | had."
Murphy raked in the pot, laid down his
hand and started home.
Austin packed up the relinquisheJ
the cards, ran them through, and ex.
claimed:
Two SKIES by ell that's holyl"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06

The subscription price Of the PUB
LILO LEDGER is s. per onRuD' for
the Daily, and 81 per GmnHm for the
Weskly-PostGge free.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-07-04
He Had I'm.

His chin-whiskers hadn't been trim
med for years, and his pants had care
worn look at the knees, but he was a
wide-awake old chap, and when he
heard two or three other passengers on
the car talking about the late frosts,
rnd asserting that they had never seen
anything like such weather for the
middle Of May, he began:
Gentleman, on the 18th day of May,
1927, snow fell to the depth Of fourteen
inches in this locality"
They looked at him very much as il
they doubted it, when he rose up, pull
ed paper from his pocket and read:
Estate of Michigan, County Of Wayne
IS: Personally appeared before, me
Peter Clark, who being sworn, deposes
and says that on the 10th day Of May,
1927, snow fell in this locality to the
depth of fourteen inches, so help him
God. John Doe, Notary Public.
He folded and replaced the document,
and looking around him with pity and
contempt depicted on his face, he re-
marked:
"I'd either let the weather alone, OF
I'd swear to it,"
They let it alone. a,,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-07-04
yagaries Of an Emperor.

His Majesty the Emperor Of Burmah
appears to beexercising his Krupp guns
with surprising effect, but he has had
the misfortune of losing one Of his
chief Ministers of State in an untoward
manner. A short time ago his Majesty
purchased three light field guns. An
engineer suggested that these guns
might not only be carried about by
elephants, but also fired with effect
from their backs. The experiment was
resolved upon. The Emperor and his
chief cOunsellors intently watched the
proceedings. The moment the explO-
sion took place however the scene was
all confusion. The Monarch of the
Golden Foot had to conceal his sacred
person under wagon. The elephant,
with the discharged cannon on its back,
tore wildly hither and thither, and,
amongst others, trod the unlucky Min
lister Of State into Jelly. At last the
infuriated elephant rushed down the
bazaar, and so left the inhabitants ofthe
palace to themselves. What though it
trampled to death a score of Mandala-
yans or sO?" That was Of little conse-
quence to the Lord of the Seven
Umbrellas, when at length he found
himself safe. So a royal edict was
announced that the faithful subject Of
his Majesty might eat the mischievous
brute; and eaten he only was, with
curdled milk and rice, and plantains,
and honey, and sundry secret potations.
By all accounts an elephant rump-steak
is fine food. The Golden Foot, having
heard Of this, j. said to have successfully
tried the dish, and expressed it as his
sublime opinion that it was much better
than the latet novelty he had attempted,
namely, French boiled frog. But his
Majesty seems to be a tyro in the art Of
gastronOmy, anyhow, for he thinks
truffies are "small frogs" Since he
has bought some Krupp guns, his chief
amusement is TO practice gunnery.
Some Of his dearest friends and coun-
sellors are placed about three-quarters
of mile distant, and have to '1ook
out" The target is an animated one,
and his majesty enjoys the spectacle.
AS the balls from the palace battery
richochet along, the Burmese chiefs
dodge about or fall prone, and when
the firing becomes hot, take to their
heels across the country. Shells, and
grape and canister are now rarely tried
for his Majesty finds that his counsellors
are too few to be thus literally dealt
with.