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nary person, is-"To what an ele-
vation of splendOr will your pres
ence assist us to risep Tavernier,
from whom / have quoted the
above example of scarcely credible
flattery from the court of Delhi,
adds: "fhis vice passeth even unto
the people," and, self-classed with
ancient men of the most transcend
ant powers, adds that even his
military attendant, compared to the
greatest of conquerors, was de-
scribed as making the world trem.
BILE when he mounted his horse; a
description harmonizing with the
instance Mr.. Roberts gives of Ori-
entail compliment to an oadinary
personally lord, there are only
two who can do anything for us:
God is the first, and you are the
second"
On reading that in Tavernier's
time a usual expression in the East
was -'Iet the kings will be done" 4"
recalling the parallel expression
"Let Gods will be done" we are
reminded that various of the glori-
flying speeches addressed to kings
are identical with those addressed
to deities. Where the militant type
is highly developed, and where di-
vinity is aseribed to the monarch,
not only after death but before, as
of old in Egypt and Peru, and as
now in Japan, China and Siam, it
naturally results that the words OF
eulogy addressed to the visible ruler
and the ruler who has become in
visible are substantially the same.
Having reached the extreme of hy-
perbole to the king when living,
they cannot go further to the king
when dead and deilied. And the
substantial identity thus initiated
continues through subsequent
stages with deities whose origin
are no longer traceable.
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had--ten-she replied, "Well, you
must be a patriarch p
Mr.. Henson is a jovial old man,
and, considering his age, is pretty
active. He resides on a farm near
Dresden, Ont. He states that he
visited the home of his childhood
last March, and found his mistress
still living. The place he described
as a wreck, and said everywhere the
footprints of distress was discern
able. In answer to a question,
Uncle Tom admitted that he be-
lieved there was more distress
among the Southern colored men
now, but it was preferred to slavery.
Wages average from six to ten dol
lars per month, with board; but
many planters have their work done
on shares, not caring to pay the
colored men money, as they once
were slaves.
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Before J. NJ. Coleman. Justice of the Peao.
for Shelby county, Tenn. .-Fader. Jacobs b
Co., q firm composed of j. s. Fader. j
Jacobs and w., Booker, W. P. NJ. viii
lings and Il, j. Osterhant.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT
1 having been sued out under section 1855 Of
the Code Of Tenneasee, and returned levied
9pen tne prOpeFey Of the defendant, and nfi-
indebted 70 plaintiffs in the sum of S2ll Is,
que ~ account, and that the claim is Just,
sna tnat defendant is nonresident of the
State Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that
the said defendants make their personal ap-
pearance before me on the Sd Of August, 1878,
az 10 o'clock ans at my Office. No. 2S6
Main street, Memphis, Tennessee, and
defend said attachment suit. within the
time prescribed by law, or the same will be
proceeded with ex parte; and that copy of
this order be published for four consecutive
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 38th day of June, 1873.
l04-ll0-l ll6-l22 j. NJ. COLEMAN, j. p.
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EuIorIs,lc Forms OF Aadresa.

Eulogistic phrases, first thus used
to supreme men, Of course descend
to men in less authority, and so
downward. Illustrations are sup
piled by those current in France
during the sixteenth century-to a
cardinal, "the very illustrious and
very reyerend;" to a bishop, "the
very reverend and worry illpstrious;"
to a duke, "the very illpstriops and
very reverend lord, my much-hon-
ored master,' to- marquis, ''my
very illustriopS and much h-honored
loyd;" to a doctor, "the virtuops
and very excellent" And from our
own past days may be added such
complimentary forms OF address to
those Of lower rank as 'sthe right
worshipful," to knights and some.
times to esquires; "the right noble y
"thc honorable minded" used ia
gentlemenj and, even to aldermen
and men addressed as Mr., such
laudatory preiixes as ''the worthy
and sorshipful," 'sthe worshipful
yirtuons and most worthy" Along
with AatLering epithets there spread
batteries moro involved in form,
especially observable in the East
where both are extreme, On o Chi
nesc invitation card the c)mpli
J Iment, graVely addressed to an Ordi
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NO 1l6

A massive flight of stone stairs led
in those days from the top of Troc.
adero to the Seine embankment,
and down these steps shells, which
had just arrived from the Versailles
batteries, planged headIong, as if
delighted to take a bath after their
long and somewhat exciting Jour.
ney. Through this leaden shower
Silas j. Stebbins and Emile Maria
Brown and Mrs. Jane Arthur Hig.
glnbottom TRANQUILITY made their
way at all hours, not even shielding
themselves with umbrellas or para.
soils, bent only on saying, upon
their return to their hotel, that thew
had lodged three, five or fifteen
shells, as the case might be. l have
known people to come all the way
from London, entering Paris by the
only line of railway which remained
open, and spending a few days in
lodging the shell and solid shot
which Papa Thiers' troops threw
into Paris, then going away with
an air of radiant content which
was most amusing to witness.
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Attachment Notice,

Before ]. M. Coleman, j. P. for Shelby
county, Tenn.-Schmidlap Bros, a firm
composed of G. and j. e.. Schmidlapp, /.
Rice and S. Jacobs VS.. @. +, Tupper K Bro.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENTHAV-
/ ing been sued out under section 1856 Of the
Code Of Tennessee, and returned levied upon
the property Of the defendants, and affidavit
having been made that defendants are Justly
indebted to tho piaiHtHsin the sum Of sf94 S7.
due by account, and that defendants are nsn-
residents OF the state OF Tennessee, Il Is there
fore ordered that the said defendants make
their personal appearance before me on the
18th day OF August, 1878, et 10 o'clock AMI.
at my Office, No, 2S6 Front street, Mem
pbis, Tenn, and defend said attachment suik
within the time prescribed By law, or the
same will be proceeded with ex parta and thsI
= cepy Of this order be published once a weeh
for four successive woeksin the Public Lsdeer
This 9th day Of July, 1873.
ll2llS. l2i.l30 ], NJ. COLEMAN. J.R.
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Neglectea Amerlcnni,ms. 4

n reviewer IN "ocrl0ner' Tor
July, treating of Mr.. Bartlett's
Dictionary Of Americanisms,"
enumerates some phrases which that
author seems to have overlooked or
rejected. Says the reviewer:
In running over the pages we
note omissions of words and phrases
which may have been considered
and ruled out by Mr.. Bartlett, but
seem to us to belong properly in his
work. lie does not profess to fol-
low any rigid rule of admission,
and the only principle that seems
to guide him is that a word should
have popular use here whether it
originated in America or in Eng
land. He admits "Conestoga wa
gon," but leaves out the better
known "Concord coach;" "the
goose hangs high" is surely an
Americanism as much Gas sound
on the goose" Sam Slick is his au-
thority for many expressions and
might have suggested to him an
other use of guess in the phrase,
smother guess sort Of a man,"
"high and mighty is a picturesque
local phrase; "Jerusalem! " is a ia.
vorite Yankee oath; "judgmatical''
is very useful word, having nice
shade of meaning as distinct from
"judicious;" "kersplash" is an oma
tope as fairly as "keswosh;" "mis
ter" as applied in the West to any
actor in a narrative, is q highly eff
fective title, which gives the rabbit
the buffalo or Lo the poor Indian
as the case may be, a sudden digni.
ty; "sundown," as the name of {
light vehicle, is poetic use; "tht
| White House" is an unusual in
stance of affectionate frankness 0,
speech; to ''make over" as used o.
dresses, is American; so is "silyer'
as applied collectively to silver
plate; "Cornwallis" is historic
term for the old-fashioned muster
"arm size" has not found its way
into the dictionaries, but is of IA.
miliar use; IA persons Seeming" i;
an expression often heard in New
England country towns; an Ameri,
can "gets through" with thing
when an Englishman is done will
it; to "make no bones" of doing d
thing is, we suspect, an American,
ism; it is singular that the phrase,
to "crack up" which Dickens SC
mercilessly employed, does not ap
pear; "Goot-hills" is a very usefu
descriptive word; to "value Oh
draft" is an abominable expression,
but it is an Americanism; " g
West" might surely have had {
place; the fOrcible advice to one
disposed to too much talk to hire
a hall" ispossibly of foreign origin
but we think not; "lObster pot
does not appear, though " "lish-pot'
does; inasmuch as Mr., Bartlett in.
cludes botanical uses, he might
have pointed out "ground pine
and "dog-wood," the American va
riety being poisonous and quite dis.
tinct from the English plant O
same name; to name others, "boat
ride" to ride in the sense of drive
''hay-ride," "old Betty" "that's no
: the kind of hair.pin am," anC
con it," a singular frontier phraS,
none of all these enumerated art
to be found in the work.
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Trocadero was once a deSolate,
windy plateau, across which one
did not care about wandering alone
late at night, TO right and left of
it, as one stood fronting the Seine,
one saw dull gray masses of tall,
old-fashioned houses, some of which
looked as ii they might contain Il
mystery. Gardens ehoked with
rank weeds surrounded these mel
ancholy dwellings. Here and
there a long flight of stone steps
led up to some high balcony, or de-
soended into a sphterrpeap recess,
beyond Tropadero were the peace
ful domiciles of Passy, elegant viii
las, where artists, actors and lite
rary men, made their homes; and
from the breeze-swept nights one
could see away across the plains,
over the tops of broad forests, set
down between pretty villages and
towns, to the line Of hills on which
the Prussians placed their cannon
in the siege Of 1871. Many u shell
did the Germans land on Trocade.
ro, and in the darker DAYS of The
Commune an iron hail fell ther,
night and morn. Who that passcC
q few days in Parisin those stirring
times does not remember the exour
alons which the careless foreigner
made to Troeadero, for the pleasure
of being shot at, and of watchiu,
the Kissing iron globes as the,
drowned their terrors in tine Seine
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mo. 2675.l
NOn-Resldent Notice.

In the Chancery Court of Shelby Countv
Tenn. S. Ashby ct al. We. Henry S.
Test ct al.
IT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
this cause, that the defendants, Henry S.
Isst, Elizabeth G. Hart, lacob Hart and Ella
W. Ashby, are non-Eesident of the State Of
Tennessee; 1t is therefore ordered that they
make their appearance herein, at the court
house, IN the city Of Memphis, Tennessee, on
or before the first Monday in August, 1878,
and plead, answer or demur 10 complain
ants original and amended and supplemental
bills, or the same will be taken for confessed
as to them and set for hearing OK parte; and
that a copy of this order be published once
9, week, for four successive weeks, in the
Public Ledger.
This 10Th day of June, 1873.
A Acopy-Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE, O. and M.
BY Il. B. MoHENRY, d. @. and NJ.
g; NJ: Hearn, solicitor for complainant.
z lf9-l08-1l4- I2l
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lS75 X. d.
NONRESIDENT Notice,

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county. Tan
nessee-W. X. Thixton VS.. B. W. Wiiliam-
son ct al.
II. APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
! this cause that tie defendants, d. r. Cook.
r. II. Richards and 3, Z. Crane, are non-res-
idents OF the state OF Tennessee; it is there
herein, at the court house in the city Of
Memphis, Tenn, on or before the first Mon
day In August, 1878, and plead. answer or
demur to eomplainant's bill and the cross bill
OF u. w. Williamson or the same will be taken
for confessed as to the and set for hearing
ex parte, and that copy of this order be pub
lishsd once week, for four successive weeks,
in the Public Ledger
This 2lst day of June, 1878. .e
A copy Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE, C. and NJ.
Ry X. j. BLACK, D. @. and NJ.
9S-l0i-ll0-1l6
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A STARTLING INVENTION.
IL Successful IL Will RoYSlutIOnize
the Iron Trade.
stoubonville (o.) Herald

steubenville (0.) Herald
An interesting experiment is
being tried at Brown, Bonnell e.
Co.'s rolling-mill, in Youngstown.
1t is patent process of pudding,
and is the invention OF Rev. DR..
Chaplin, a Presbyterian divine, who
for several months filled the pulpit
Of the First Presbyterian Church
in that place. A reporter of the
News, who investigated the matter,
found in the new mill, suspended
dozen feet from the ground, a
vast iron tank or vat, resembling
more than anything else in the
world peanut-roaster, except that
it was mammoth in size. To the
left of it was a great wheel, while a
few feet in the rear was a sheet
iron tank, at least twelve feet in
height. This was an air reservoir,
and the air was being pumped into
the reservoir by a sort of an engine
and pump, which was putting away,
making a terrible noise. A long
pipe went from the reservoir to the
big vat, where the pudding was to
be done. This pipe conveys the all
into the vat, and in this way the
blast was obtained. The reportel
asked Mr., Richard Brown what the
odd-looking vat suspended there
meant, "0h," said Mr.. Brown
pleasantly, "that is something
which, if it succeeds, will do away
with the hot dollar, and strikes, anC
sliding scales and all other such
patents. It's an invention of DIR
Chaplin, who is quite a chemist
He thought it might work, showed
it to our firm, and we liked it 81
well we were willing to spend
little money to try it."
The reporter then asked to be en-
lightened as to how it was operated
"Well," said Mr.. Brown, ''it il
yet in a very crude state, but tn,
idea is to put the molten iron into
Il vat, and, Of course, with the bias
blowing upon it, it will deoarhon
ize, and after while it will be takel
out, put into a furnace, boiled anC
balled ready for the squeezcrs. Thr
big wheel on the left is to turn til,
vat over, so that the iron may b,
poured ont when ready to boil
What you see in the vat now j
cinder that has been put in this af
ternoon and is burning. 1t is t,
glaze over the surface Of the vat
The experiment of pudding will b
made hereafter"
The reporter asked Mr.. Brow
what would be the result if the ne,
invention'was a success,
"The result would be- he said
"that in a few months there woul,
not be a pudding furnace in tn
United States. 1t will revolution
ize the pudding of iron, and thi
! method will be used"
; DR. Chapin, who was standing
} near felt sanguine Of success. say
| ing that the experiment nigh
: prove failure at first, but it coul,
) be aScribed to the air pump, whicl
probably lacked the requisit
power.
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within legal hours, at the southwest corner os
Main and Madison streets, Memphis, Tenn.
sell at public sale to the highest bidder for
cash, lots four, FIVE. six and seven, fronting
on Pigeon Roost road and Monroe street ex
tended; and also lots ten. eleven, twelve and
thI,teeni all IN Memphis, Tenn, for more
OF information as TO title, referero oe NAV be
made to proceedings IN I First Chaneery
Court IN the causes Of Robert L. Brown VS.. l..
4, Galloway. ct al. i, No. 9SS, X. D Isaac L.
ntIiard Z ct al yg. Y. G. Galloway ct al, 9Sl,
ct al, 1894, Il. D. The title is presumed To- be
good, hut will sell and convey as Trustee
only. S, P. READ. Trustee.
June II, 1878. Ss'IS5
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mo. 329 r. d.
NOn.Re esident Notice.

In the Probate Court of Shelby county, Tenn.
-JuliqsA. Pollock ys, W ,, Busby.
l bill iu this cause, which is sworn to, that
the defendant, w. B. Busby, Is minor and
n nonresident of the State Of Tennessee, il
is therefore ordered that he make his appear
ance herein, at the courthouse Of said Pro-
hate Court in the city Of Memphis. Tenn.. on
or before the hrSt Monday in August, 1878,
and plead, answer or dcmur 10 complain
ants bill, OF the same will be taken for con-
fessed as to him. and set for hearing ex parte;
and that a cepy OF this order be published
once week for four successive weeks in the
Memphis Public Ledger.
This 9lSt day of June, 1878.
A copy attest;
BY HUGR u. CULLEN, b. C.
NJ, d l.. Stewart. solicitor for complainant.
az 1OA 1I0.11e
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ON saturdar, july is. ISIS.

the several lots or tracts of land m msntioned in
said decree, tO-wit; EIII
First-Part of lot 8, block 80, on Causey
street, in the city Of Memphis. Shelby county,
Tennessee. and bounded and described as fol-
lows: Commencing at the northeast corner Of
lot s, block 3s. map Of the city of Memphis,
thence running south along the west line Of
Causey street 40 feet; thence westwardly par
allel with the north line of said lot to the
bayou; thence along the east side or waters 8
edge OF said bayou TO the northern side OF
said lot; thence east with the western line of
said lot to the beginning.
Sec0nd-One other lot lying on the west side
Of Causey street, In the city Of Memphis.
Shelby county, Tenn, and being the part of
Ourt Of Shelby county. November term, 1851,
and by him conveyed to Samuel ToOle, Febru-
airy /, 1867. by deed registered in Book SO, part
| |. page 800, Registers Office of Shelby county,
/ to which reference is made, which lot Ia
bounded on the east by Causey street, and
commences at Mrs. Jane d. Crooks south
east corner; running thence along Causey
ner; thence westward with Wright's north
line to Bayou gsyOso thence with the bayou
| To- MRS. rocks corner; thence eastWardly
| with her line to the beginning.
Thlrd-Another lot, the east half of lot 62
| Of the John ID. Armour subdivision, fronting
30 feet on the north side of Madison stree. ex-
tended. in the city. of Memphis, Tennessee.
and running BACK between parallel lines 160
| feet to an alley. being the same lot conveyed
| BY j. B. Beiskell and others to Mrs. jana d.
Crook by deed recorded in Book n. paRe 16t
Registers Office Of Shelby county, to which
reference is made.
Terms Of sale-cash,
June II, 1873.
JOHN Il. FREEMAN, Clerk.
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Trustees Sale,

RY virtue Of deed Of trust executed to me
- by w. IL. Tqrley in January, 1871, and
hled Tor registration Juno H. 1878, and pursu-
NewcQmb. deceased, the beneficiary therein
Iamed, for the purpose Of liquidating the de-
faulted note for $3.50, due December, "a, 1875,
with 10 per cent. interest from December 2S'
1873, intended to be secured by said convey,
anee | will
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A Chat with the HerO OF Uncle
EOm'S Oabim.''

AOu'H Oabim.'
London tOnt, Advertiser.I
On Thursday afternoon, 18th
instant, your correspondent had the
pleasure of half an hours chat with
Rev. Josiah Henson, the subject of
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stoves "Un-
Gle Toms Cabin" who was a fellow
passenger on board the popular
Hiawaths, outward bound from
Sarnia. Uncle Tom freely answered
all questions, and proved his iden-
tity by referring to Mrs. Beecher
Stoves "Key Book to Uncle Toms
Cabin" in which his name and ad-
dress are given.
Correspondent-Were any OF the
characters Of Mrs. Stoves book fc-
titious, or did they exist in reality?
Uncle Tom = They existed in
Ireality, every one of 'em. Lagree,
the slave-driver, was named Bryce
Lytton. He was an ovcrseer for
George Riley, who was a brother of
my master, Isaac Riley. Ny mas
ter's plantation was situated near
Rockville, Montgomery county, Nd.
knew Mrs. Stowe at that time
sixty years ago. / have been living
| in Canada for the past forty-eight
years, and l will be eighty-nine
years of age on Saturday, the 10th
inst, il / am spared.
C.-What about Eva and Topsy?
suppose these are assumed names?
Uncle T.-Eva, YOU remember,
was st. Clair's child. Well, this
St Clair's proper name was Samuel
st. Clair Young. was frequently
hired to him by my master, Isaac
Riley. George Harris. and Eliza
Harris made their escape on the
ice, as represented, the only differ
ence being that their names were
Louis Clarke and Eliza Clarke
man and wife. Topsy's proper
name was Diana, and she was known
as " Uncle Robins daughter" She
was a wild, crazy thing, and no
mistake.
! C.-You must have endured try
| ing hardships, Mr.. Henson?
Uncle T.-Yes, sir, l have. l
have never been the same man since
both my arms were broken by that
tyrant (meaning Lagree). l came
from Sandusky to Buffalo, and
from thence to Fort Erie, in 1880,
bringing my wife and four children
with me. carried two of the lit
tie ones about ZOO miles through
the woods in a knapsack! No one
knows what we suffered; and | re-
ceived all the cruelty US written.
! C.-You stated that you were ac.
quainted with Mrs. Stowe about
that time. How did she come to
| write the book?
Uncle TT got our sufferings
put into print, and Mrs, Stowe got
hold of a copy of it. That's whore
she first got the idea.
O.-You had an interview with
her majesty, Mr.. Henson. How
did the good lady receive yauY
Uncle T.--0h, splendidlyl Itwas
in March, 1877. | suppose had
half an hours talk with her. Her
majesty told me sho had heard |
was dead. / told her | bad often
heard so, too, but that | didn't be-
lieve it, (IIere the old gentleman
INDUCED in q hearty laugh, shared
by the parity. Her majesty pre-
sentpd me with her photograph, sOt
lin gold, it weighs one pound and
fifteen odnoes altogether. But you
Z ought To have seen the stylel The
maids-ih-Waiting, the dukes and
lords all shook hands with poor
Uncle Tom. | thanked her majesty
lor the blessings enjoyed in her do.
mains. She is an unassuming lady
and asked Inc many question about
: my family. In answer to her in,
-lquiry us to how many OF u family
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On Saturday, July 1s, 1873.

the tract Of land mentioned in the pleadings
and decree. lying in Shelby county, Tennes-
see, cOntaing so acres more or less, and known
and described as the east half of lot No. / of
section |, township |. range west, and being
the same lot conveyed in the mortgage exc
tepdant, W. o. Searcy, on the 30th of August.
1871
Terms Of Sale-Said land will be sold upon
credit Of seven NJ and twelve (12) months,
purchaser executing notes with approved per.
sonal security for the purchase money, and a
paid Equity Of redemption barred.
June u, 1878
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
VANCE Il ANDERSON, Soils SO ll6
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On Saturday, July 1s. 1878.

tho trAet of land described in the pleadings
and decree in this cause, lying in the Eighth
civil district OF Shelby county, Tennessee. and
east corner Of tract Of 200 acres sold by John
Davidson 70 Robert |. Chester and wife
thence wost ia chains; thence south chains;
thence west 20 chains 50 links to the south
west corner; theaoe north Al chains; thonce
east ~ chains 90 links; thence north 10 ehaius
80 links 10 the northwest corner; thence east
ia chains 80 links TO tho northeast corner;
thence south 50 chains so links TO tho point oil
beginning containg 662 acres more or less.
Terms Of sal0-cash.
june u. 1878.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
Ggo W. WINCHESTER, Sol. for complainant,
J S9-ll6
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JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
L. d. MCFARLAND, Sol. SO liz
In Supreme Court al Jacl1son.

D. W. Bynum VS.. W. 0. Searcy.
DY virtue of the decree pronounced by the
- Supreme Court Of Tennessee at jackson,
in this cause, April 3, 1878, will offer fer
sale to the highest bidder, in front of the
court house of Shelby county, in the city Of