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Buying and selling


The following Is the way they buy and sell
In Madrid:
A nut-brown maid is attracted bv bril-
llaut red and yellow scarf She asks the
sleepy merchant, nodding before his wares:
.'What is this worth?'
He answers. with profound indifference:
Ten reals"
''Honibrel Are you dreaming or crazy ?''
She drops the coveted neck-gear and moves
on, apparently horror stricken.
Don't be rash. The scarf is worth twenty
reals; but, for the sake of Santlssima Maria,
| offer it to you for half price Very well.
you are not suited; what will you give?'
"Carambal Am l buyer and seller as
well? The thing Is worth three reals-more
is simply robbery
''Marial Jose! and all the family We can
not trade. Sooner than sell for eight reals |
shall raise the cover of my brains! Go thou
1t is eight in the morning, and still thou
dreamest.'
She lays down the scarf reluctantly, say
mg SFive,"
But the outraged merchant snorts, scorn-
fully.
Eight was my last word, Cor
She moves away, thinking how well that
scarf would look in the Apollo gardens, and
casts over her shoulder Parthian glance,
and bids
Six
Take it! 1t is madness, but I cannot
waste my time bargaining"
Both congratulate themselves on the oper-
alton. He would have taken FIVE, and she
would have given seven. How trade would
suffer II we had windows In our breasts.
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STAND TO YOUn COLORs.

Every Democrat knows that the Republican
policy caused all the evils that beset the
country. Then how can this party alleviate
the sufferings and distresses which it has en-
tailed upon the nation? A vote for the Ma
tlonals is a vote for Radicallsm and against
the Democratic party, the only organization
that has the will and the power TO give relief
to the country, which it will do after the
fourth of March next, when it will have a
majority in both houses of congress.
The Nationals do not compose a great
national party. Up to the commencement OF
the war the country was prosperous under
Democratic rule. With the exception of those
incidental periods OF depression which occur
il all countries from commercial disturbances,
we maintain that under Democratic rule this
republic was prosperous, and suffering from
poverty was almost unknown. This Is fact
borne out by history. Since 1860 there has
been great change for the worse, great
amount Of suffering, corruption and demo-
ralization, and during all that time the
Republicans have been in power. The
terrible evils Of which the Natio-
mails complain began with Republican
rule, and continually augmented
under that rule. Only since the Democrats
have attained partial power in one branch Of
congress, the house Of representatives, has
there been any improvement for the better.
The Democrats have not had control of the
national administration or the senate, and
have not now, and they only obtained ma
jority in the house after the calamities of Re-
publican misrule eliminated in the universal
crash of few years ago. Since they OBJ
tanned a majority in that branch of congress
expenditures have been greatly reduced, cor
ruption checked, and the country placed on
the way to general improvement again. Why
then, scream out against this old party =?
Mere denunciaton or clap-trap expressions
amount to nothing, and cannot mislead the
majority Of our citizens. Facts only will tell
in the end, and these are favorable to the
Democratic party. The Democratic party
carries the ark Of our political and social
safety. 1t is the custodian of good order, the
virtue, the intelligence, and the moral worth
of the people, and the Democrat
who JOINS the Nationals with the expecta-
ton OF having found new organization that
Will crush out the Democratic party, will be
as much mistaken as were the knownothings
twenty years ago. The Democracy cannot
die and the republic live Can any true DEM
ocrat, remembering all that we have gone
through in the last twelve years; remembers
ing, too, the glorious deiverance which the
Democratic party has wr"nght from the
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Walsh and the fourth Alabama (Shelley).
The fourth Virginia will be close, with the
chances in favor of the Republicans DIR.
Jorgensen, the present member, is man of
ability and integrity, possessing the conf
dence and esteem of honorable men. | think
the south should have a few Republican mem
bers, and don't know a filter representative
man in that party than DR.. JOrgensen. His
majority in 1876 was about fourteen hundred
Nothing but the madness of folly can lose
the next house of representatives TO the DEM
ocrats. Instead of majority of eighteen,
there should be one of twentysix. A recog-
milton of the "Ohio idea" as the watchwl rd
of the campaign will do the work. The New
York Times, of the eighteenth instant, in a
leading editorial, clearly defines the line of
demarkation between the Democracy ard the
Republicans. 1t is the ''Ohio idea" Let
our party accept the gage of battle. There
Is no fear OF the result
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chains Of political and social degradation
can he then deliberately abandon that party
and take service 10 mongrel organization
which is manifesting the worst form of Red
Republicanlsm? The National party will be
ephemeral in It's existence. II has no organ
ization in Tennessee. /. has been improvised
here in Shelby county TO give office TO Radi-
cals who have been repudiated by the people.
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Mothers Must Not Forget.

derS) regulates the bowels and makes teeth
ing easy. Teethina cures cholera infantum
and the summer complaints of children, heals
eruptions and sores, removss and prAyents
the formation of worms. No mother sHould
be without 1t. w. n. Wilkerson & Co., and
all druggists keep it.
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An old citizen, in a country village. being
asked for subscription toward repairing the
fence OF the graveyard, declind, saying: II
subscribed toward improving that buryin'
ground nigh onto forty years ago, and NV
family ham t had no benefit from Il vet -
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Erasmus, who was of slckly constitution,
and had therefore obtained dispensation for
the eating OF flesh IN times of abstinence, be-
ing reproached by the pope for not observing
lent, replied: 81 assure your holiness that
my heart is Catholic one, but confess that
| have Lutheran stomach"
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San Francisco, July 26: The steamer City
of Fakir arrived this morning, having been
under sail for the last thirteen days. She
broke her crank. Pin, Chinese ambassador,
and Suit were on board.
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| spider has woven his web In the imperiaI naIace
ana tae Owl nam sung her waten-song on the towers
OF ATaslao "-Gtbbon'S Decline and Full Of The
Roman Empire
Four hundred years have passed away
Since the Turkish torrent poured
Over thy walls, ByZantium
With the Koran and the swOrd
Four hundred years since Constantine,
Last monarch of his race,
Fell like king before the foe
COntsnding face to face
AND passed away from hstory's page,
As lamp is blown out by the wind
As story that is told
For the spider has woven his web In the i'm
perial palace, and the owl hath sung her Wtchsonp
on the towers OF Afrasiab.'
II.
They dragged the fallen emperor
From meath the heaps of slain;
OF all his proud and purple robes
No traces now remain.
That on his sandals shone
Told this was mighty Constantine,
The great, Imperial one.
With savage zeal they smOte the head
From the body Of their foe.
And al Mohammed'S feet they laid
The gh tstly trophy low
Nor Scorn nor grief the MOslem felt;
Ii was his fate to die;
Man is but dust In thy great sc Hes
All-conQuering Destiny!
For the spider has woven his web in the impe-
on the towers Of Afrasiab."
III.
The gorgeous palace halls abIaze
With porphyry, gems and gold
Where the proud emperors Of the east
Layished their wealth untold,
Now lay deserted, lone and still,
AS came the conQueror there,
And echoed to his heavy tread
High arch and marble stair
The MOSlem paused-o'er face and exc
shadow seemed TO fall
SUCH then, is earthly pOmp and power
sunbeam on the wall;
To-day we reign In prosperous pride,
To morrow We dead;''
All, true as are the Prophets words
Are those the poet said:
THE sDider yyOven
ace, and the owl bath sung her watch-song on the
towers of Afrasiabr
Four hundred years have passed away:
The MOSem bulwaTk now
The mighty city of the east
Wears ashes on her brow.
The crescent paleS its falling fires.
And Islam supplant stands
Before the mOnarchs of the west
With clasped. impiQTing hands.
Her time has also come 10 yield,
And pass away and die,
As paleS the moon when. strong and red
The sun aScends the sky.
For the spider has woven his web in the Imperial
palace and the owl hath sung her watch-song on
the towers OF Afrasiab."
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GENERAL GRANT,

As a Military critic, Discusses the War
and the General Officers on the South
ern Side-His Wilderness Cam
paign ecessary 10 The De-
structiOn Of the Con.
federacy.
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Some tasteful individual very correctly re-
marks that the best lip salve in creation is a
kiss the remedy should be used with great
care, however, as it is apt to bring On an af-
Teciion of the heart.
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A green convict wrote from SIng-Sing 70 ms
brother: They talk of settin' me to pick
oakum here, but l got mad. and told 'em if
they did I'd tear their oalmm all to pieces"
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Fourteen children Drowned In a River
I'm Ireland.

LONDON, July 26.-Fourteen children and
three teachers were drowned by the eapsiz-
ing of a boat to day on the rIver Blaokwater,
near the town of BaiIie Borough, Ireland.
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Subscriptions to the four per cent loan to-
DAY was four hundred and twenty thousand
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For the Sunday Appeal ]
MAY DREW.

F.w.s.
If l were as fair as you, May Drew,
If my eyes were brown, instead of blue,
If lived in the brown stone over the way,
Instead of this low cottage OF clay,
L think he might love me Today.
If were queenly as YOU May Drew,
Trailing your robes of royal hue,
And if from the harp my fingers could draw
If | walked with the proud or smiled with the gay,
think he might love me to-day.
For both must remember, until we are dead
When the west with the sunset was burning,
How he stood on the porch and snapped OH the
From the wheel was busily turning.
And under the apricot trees,
That gorified time in September,
With the going down, and the singing of BIRDS
He told me the dearest of human words,
And read my glad soul Alright in the light
And the glow OF loves infinite splendOr
1t might have been nothing to you May Drew
To me twas glorious vision, all new
W9rIa OF sweet hopes, ana arGheG S Win r oiue
Was sweet with the odor of clover.
And saw the tired bees fly YEARLY home
Over the clover.
He blessed me and called me his "dear Little Ruth.
On! it's slowly and sadly we learn IN cur youth
That faces and places are better than TRUTH
I've opened this page of my heart, May Drew;
Read if You care to. the whole lesson through
1t is better for me to have learned 1t than you;
Who chooses wisely and who chooses we'll,
And what shall be asked for when we pray,
We need prophetic eyes to day
This is the end of my dream, May Drew.
He said 1t was best, and feel it is true.
l shall not moan, as some might do;
shall not die-there Is work to do.
Though skies that were blue have turned into gray,
1t is better than tangling up lives, they say
Shall patiently work and try to pray,
And be glad that do not love him to-day.
50 take up the threads that were carelessy broken
And with them web am weaving,
SO like to the medley of living,
With the warp laid in gladness,
The wool wove in grievng.
MEMPHIS, July 20, 1873.
The flirting young men of Memphis have
met IN convention to devise means or rules to
offset the modes adopted by the ladies in sig
mailing their affections and wishes. After
mature elaboration the following regua-
tons have been promulgated, and every dele
gate is pledged to maintain them at what
ever cost, race or previous condition. They
are as follows: To wear the hat on the right
eyebrow means-'Please step to one side
I'm bad. 10 wear the hat on the left eyebrow
Are you there, Morlarty?" To wear the
hat on the bridge of the nose-"We are
watched-by the police" To wear the hat
on the right ear-"You will find my photo
graph on sale with all the principal news
Dealers" To wear the hat on the left ear
Il love you, but livery teams and ice-cream
are up so that it will be impossible for me to
carry on the acquaintance. To carry the
hat in the hand-"Yeur fathers financial
condition is such that il viii not justify me;
you need not hope" To place the hat on the
back of the head-"I am, yours; ask mother. "
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A fellow at a cattle-show, where ne made
himself conspicuous by his buster, cried out
"Call these prze-cattle? Why, they ain I
nothin' to what our folks raised. My father
raised the biggest calf of any man round our
parts" "No doubt of 1t, )" said bystander,
land the noisiest."
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iiEMPHIS APPEAL
SUNDAY, JULY 2S, 1873
DEMOCRATIC JUDICIAL TICKET.
SUNDAY,

For ne state az LFgc.
JAS. w. Of Hamilton.
PETER TURKEY. OF franklin
For ne Eastern DiUisi01.
ROBERT MIA RLASD. or Hamblen
For ne Middle DirisiOH.
WILLIAm n. COOPER, OF Davidson
For TIE Western DigiSboEa.
THOMAS J. FREEMAN, OF Gibson.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
SherIg,
e. l.. ANDERSON.
PrO5dte court Judge,
>. b. H. RAY.
County Trustee,
j. j. RAWLINGS.
ChGnccTl Court Judge,
GEORGE w, wINCHESTER.
Circ-rit Court Judge,
ROBERT HUTCHINSON.
Criminal court Judge,
l.. Il. HORRIGAN.
Attorney-GeHeral Criminal Court,
CIV. GORDON.
Att1rHeu-Geaerdl Bartlett Circuit court,
GEORGE &. DENT.
clerk SHELBY County Circuit Court,
ED WORSHAM.
C6erk BdgtIe,t Circuit Court,
FELIX VI. JONES.
County Register,
>. a. sTREHL.
Criminal court clerk,
n. q. PERKINS,.
County court Clerk,
ROBERT y. BLACK.
COnstables-FJth District.
NJ T. GARVlNj
THOS. CARNEY.
gOEstd5le-F Fourteenth District.
II. ~. MALLORY.
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Philadelphia Record
THE CITY OF CONSTANTINE.
HENRY PETERSON.

when Mohammed II, after the fall of Constan-
unople, entered the palace OF the Byzantine empe-
human greatness forced itself his mind and he
repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry The
spider has woven his web In the imperiaI nalaee
and the owl hath sung her waen-song on the towers
OF AfraS1ab "-GibbOn'S Decline and Fun Of The
Roman Empire
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All alone-though far at sea
Hung his consOrt rounding to;
All alOne-though on our lee,
Fought our "Pallas" stauueh and truei
For the first broadside around US both smoky circle
drew;
And, like champions in ring,
There was cleared little space
Scarce a cable s-length to swing
Ere we gTappled in embrace,
All the world shut out around and only face to
facet
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Yet the foeman. gun on gun,
Through the Erich ard" tore road
With his gunnerS' hammers
Through our ports at every load;
Till clear the blue beyond us through our yawning
timberS showed;
Yet with entrailS torn we chung
Like the Spartan to our fox,
And on deck no coward tongue
Walled the enemy's hard knocks
Nor that all below trembed, like the wreck upon
the rocks.
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VI.
ROuX Of BreSt, Old fisher, lay
Like herring gasping here;
Bunker of Nantucket Bay
Blown from out the port, dropped sheer
Half cables length 70 leeward; yet We family
raised chser
AS, with his own right hand,
Our commodore made fast
The foeman's head-gear and
The Richards mlZZsn-maSt,
And In that death-lock clinging held us there from
first to last
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From lengthy and very interesting letter
from the New York Heraid's correspondent
OF General Grant touching the civil war and
the southern President and his generals:
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Then ayoke all he'll below!
From that DrOadsde. dOubly crust,
For our long eighteens in row
Leaped the first discharge, and bursti
And on deck our men came pouring, fearing their
guns the worst;
And as dumb we lay, till through
Smoke and fame and bitter cry,
Hailed the ''Serapis:" Have you
Struck your colors?' Our reply
1--WE have not begun to ight' weut shouting TO the
sky
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If l were as fair as you, May Drew,
If my eyes were brown, instead of blue,
And my hair not this pale, golden hue;
If l lived in the brown stone over the way,
Instead of this low cottage OF clay,
L think he might love me to-day.
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the steamers lay with our supplies. There
we're twenty-five thousand effective men In
Donelson at the beginning of the siege. OF
course there was risk IN attacking Donelson
..s | did, but said the general, smiling, 81
knew the men who commanded it. | knew
ome of them in Mexico. Knowledge of that
ind goes far toward determining a move
lent Ike this "
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first and second districts. Banning processes
to be able to get away with any combination
that can be made against him, and his past
success warrants the presumption that he is
not over-estimatnR his ability. Sayler can
certainly carry the first district, and his
nomination will take it out of the doubtful
list. The only hope the Republicans have
lies In Sayler's defeat for the nomination,
which they are predicting and anxiously pray
ing for.
Besides taking care of the first district, the
Democracy OF Indiana should recover the
sixth district, now represented by Milton S.
Robinson. His majority In 1876 was 276. 1t
is very close district. Mr.. Robinson is serv-
ing his second term. Proper exertion ought
to and will win this district. 1t is only a
question of determination.
Holman is going to make the convass in
the fifth Indiana, where he was beaten two
years ago by 1929 votes. On full vote the
district is radically Republican, and it will be
akin to the miraculous if Holman pulls
through.
In Illinois the Democracy are on the watch.
Two of their districts are in danger, and it
will be good enough it the party holds what
it has got. Hartzell and Harrison are in
tight places, and one or both of them may go
overheard. Harrison's district can be saved
beyond a peradventure if Carter H. is
snubbed and his clamorous pretensions disre-
garded.
In Missouri we will gain four members
The delegation will be solid.
California is an important point. The re-
cent election shows that the Nationals have
the balance of power, at least, if not a ma
jority in the State. The present delegation
is tie, and there it should be held so that
should the necessity arise, it will not be able
to count one against the Democracy in 1879.
There are no prospects in Colorado. Tde
State is conceded to the Republicans.
Ia the chain of lake States the Democracy
is in worse condition than in New England.
Three members from Wisconsin and one
from Michigan tell the story. The latter
must be looked after. The "Ohio idea" will
carry man through the Detroit district, II
he has nothing but crutches under him. Ii
the Democracy ignores the Greenback ele-
ment the district will be lost.
do not believe the Republicans will gam
more than two districts in the south, while
they will certainly lose two-one in South
Carolina and one in Louisiana. If they gam
any it would be Gin the sixth Maryland
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but men,
THE BATTLE Oh SHILOH.
Take the battle of Shiloh, for instance"
continued the general, 1.-THE correspondents
and papers at the time all said that Shiloh
was a surprise-that our men were killed
over their coffee, and so on. There was no
surprise about it, except, said the general,
with smile, perhaps to the newspaper cor
respondents. We had been skirmishing for
two days before we were attacked. At night,
before BuelIs army came up, was so well
satisfied with the result and so certain that
would beat Beauregard, even with Buell's
aid, that | went In person to each division
commander and ordered an advance along
the line at four o'clock IN the morning. Shi-
lob was one of the most important battles in
the war. 1t was there that our western SOL
diers met the enemy In a pitched battle.
From that day they never feared to fight the
enemy, and never went into action without
feeling sure they would win. Shiloh broke
the prestige of the Southern Confederacy, so
far as our western army was concerned.
Sherman was the hero of Shiloh. He really
commanded two divisions-hls own and M
Clernand sand proved himself consum-
mate soldier Nothing could be finer than
his work at Shiloh, and yet Shiloh was BELT
tied by our northern people so that many peo-
pie look at 1t as defeat. The same may be
said of Fort Donelson. People think that
Donelson was captured by pouring men into
it ten to one, or some such odds. The truth
is our army, a new army. invested fortified
place, and compelled a surrender of a force
much larger than our own. A large ndmber
of the rebels escaped under Floyd and Pill
low, but as 1t was | took more prisoners than
had men under my command for the first
two days of my investment. After the in
vestment we were reinforced, so that at the
surrender there were twenty-six thousand
Union troops, about four thousand of which
were sent back to guard the road to where