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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-09
The Boy Goethe,s DueI.

st. Nicholas.
There was war at one time between
Germany and France, and for two or
three years the French mad possession
Of the old town where the Goethes
lived. A French count was placed in
their house-billeted on them, as sol
diers say-and, though the boy Goethe
was angry with the French for invad
ing his country, he very much liked
this count, who took a fancy to the
boy, and had him with him a great
deal. The count was a patron of art
lists, and bought great many pictures,
and from him Goethe obtained his
first knowledge of art. This French
man introduced the boy to other
French people, and Wolfgang thus
learned the language perfectly. He
also learned some other things, as the
following anecdote will show: He be-
came quite intimate with French
boy, DeTones, who pretended to have
been engaged in a great many duels-
affairs of honor" he called them.
One day he told young Goethe that he
had insulted him, and at once chal-
lenged him to a duel Goethe had
heard DerOnes talk so much about
these affairs, that he was eager to
engage in one. So, you can imagine
the little lad, aged twelve, arrayed in
a boys dress of that day, with shoes
and silver buckles, fine wooden stock
ings, dark serge breeches, green coat
with gold facings, a waistcoat of gold
cloth cut out of his fathers wedding
waistcoat, his hair culred and pow
dered, his hat under his arm, and a
little sword with a silk sword,knot
He stood opposite Qerones, swords
clashed, and the thrusts came quick
upon each other, when, finally, Dero-
mes managed to get the point of his
weapon into Goethe's sword knot and
that ended the combat. Then the
two boys embraced each other, and
retired to restaurant to refresh
themselves with a glass of almond
milk.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-09

extensive than those at the foot, but
they were not so costly because they
were not exposed to the action of the
sea; but.as there was large pass on
each side Of the little one that l had
to improve, it became necessary for
me to control the discharge of water
through these two great passes, the
Southwest and Pass L'0utre. The
South Pass discharges about one
tenth part of the waters of the Mis-
sissippi river, and where these three
passes divide and leave the river proper
the main stream, is 4 miles wide. 1t
was necessary for me to lay works
across the entire width of the
Mississippi river and to control
absolutely the discharge of each one of
these passes. Through this II miles
the bottom of the river is covered
with sill of the mattress work simi-
lar to the foundation course of ietties,
but % feet wider than they. From
the main shore on one side to the
main shore on the other, the whole
distance of Il miles, these works are
laid, excepting only 800 feet which
constitutes the entrance into the
South Pass, this portion being left for
the action Of the current TO deepen
the channel. These works are sub
merged and % feet of water is passing
over them into the two great passes
1t would not have done to force all
the water into the same pass, for in
that event the jetties would need Ia
be 1000 feet wide, and the depth OF
water between them would probably
be so feet. The works which control
the flow into the passes and which
appear above the water are at least 3!
miles in aggregate length and consists
Of various dikes and DAMS"
Did you contemplate all this work
at the beginning2"
No; the great problem which ]
had to solve was supposed to be at the
mouth of the South Pass, namely, the
reduction of the sea bar, but the real
problem, or rather the most difficult
one, turned out to be that at the head
of the passes"
How much water did you guaran-
tee to obtain through this pass ?"
" The law required me to have 26
feet Of water over this shoal in about
l5 months from the present time, or
to be.exact, by the Sd of September
1880. | am, therefore, that much
ahead of my time, and have given the
government a half foot more water
at the mouth of the pass than the
Ijetty grant required me to give"
" 1t has been urged, Captain Eads
that your works will simply change
the location Of the bar; that a new
bar will form at the extremity of you
jetties; is this probable2"
q" don't think that it is; every
survey which has been made of thu
sea bottom outside of the ietties show
that the bottom is deepening. These
survey have have extended out as fal
as five miles. The fear of bar form
ing in front of the jetties is without
any foundation whatever, and has beer
so pronounced time and again by
United States engineer officers who
have been charged with the inyestiga.
tion of the subject"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-09

THE Chicago Inter Ocean puts for
WARD the claims of the city by the
lake siGe as cotton market. 1t points
to the cotton receipts at st. Louis
showing its rapid and remarkable ad-
vance during the past few years, as a
cotton market. The argument is,
that if so unpromising city as St.
Louis can do what it has done in this
line, what cannot Chicago do with its
wonderful advantages. The handsome
array Of figures and the tone of plain
tive desire which runs through the
article, sounds like the sad refrain,
thou art so near, and yet SO far"
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A Terrible Outrage.

Special to Pittsburg Post.l
OIL CITY, August 3.-Early on
Saturday morning the prostate form
of a respectable girl, aged eighteen,
named Ada Ray, was found lying on
Plumer's street, in the outskirts of
this city. She was removed to house
near by, where an investigation revealed
the fact that she had been ravished
and left in a dying condition. The
doctor said she would not.surviye, but
late to-day she recovered from the
effects of the drugs sufficiently to give
the names of four young men who
stopped her on the street and com
mitted the outrage. Her body is in a
terrible condition. One of the fends,
named Hump Stewart, has been ar
rested.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-09

The recently inaugurated De Les
seps Panama canal scheme has fallen
fiat in France, the stock being quoted
at two francs discount, while it is
announced that there is not likely to
be any demand for the stock in Eng.
land AS this canal is principally
in the interest of foreign trade, it is
not likely the stock will be very lib
orally subscribed for in this country,
and hence the prospect is rather
gloomy. The canal in which the peo-
pie of the United States, and eS-
pecially the people of the West, should
interest themselves, is the Tehuan-
tepec canal.
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Indlann Outrnge.

Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
LAFAYETTE, August 5.--Rebecca
Man, mother of an eight year old girl
has fled an affidavit before Justice
Weaver, charging Robert Gibson, a
young man, with having forcibly and
in a rude and insolent manner at.
tempted to rayish the poor little girl.
The parties live a short distance east
of the city, and there is no little com
motion over the beastly affair.
Young Gibson, in the alleged assault
upon the child, inflicted severe iniu.
ries and almost smothered her by
holding his hand over her mouth. The
little girl went to her mother weeping
and piteously told her story. The as.
sault was made, as is alleged in the
complaint, on the Both Of July. A
warrant was at once made out and
piacad in the hands of an officer, but
the party wanted cannot be found,
He has gone no one, who will tell,
knows whittier.
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him we'll, no matter what their faith.
He was modest to a fault, one of the
most unobstrusive of men, winning
his way into human hearts by those
quiet graces that make their way
slowly but stay long. Plain in his
manner, frank and open hearted, both
in words and deed, unassuming as a
child, and yet he was a man of deep
learning, Of heroic nerve, of those
high elements that combine to make
the matchless Christian Knight.
With his church, people and friends,
we sincerely deplore his death, and to
every heart that bleeds for this good
and noble hero gone to his rest, we
tender heartfelt sympathy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-09

THE dispatches say that the move
ments of the British feet at Besika
Bay have no political significance.
This is simply absurd. Thirteen or
fourteen iron-clads, moving to and
from Princess Island, within thirteen
miles Of COnstantinople, through the
Sea of MarmOra, to a position con
trolling the entrance to the Dardan-
elles, can not possibly be meaningless,
1t is the same feet which saved the
capital from the Russians, and The
anchorage off Besika is sufficiently
explained by the withdrawal of the
Muscovites from Eastern ROumelia
and Bulgaria.
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THE Chicago Commercial Report

THE Chicago Commercial Report
estimates the loss to the provision
trade already, in consequence of the
yellow fever blockade at Memphis
and the depression in prices and fall,
ing off in sales, at not less than 81 ,5OO,-
600. Large quantities of pork and
bacon which were intended for sale at
the South, and would have been sold
there but for the fever, will now have
to be carried over into the new season.
This fact has a material effect upon
prices, which are already as low as the
cost of production will warrant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-09

Seven members of the Spanish So
cialist organization have been arrested
in Xeres, charged with killing sheep
and setting fire to standing crops.
Water burst into Ludwig Glueck
mine, at the Zabraze collieries, Prus-
sia. Two corpses have been recovered
and eleven are supposed to be in the
pit.
The Landrath, of the Canton Uri,
Switzerland, voted to restore capital
punishment for murder and for arson,
when involving the loss of life. The
law requires that it be ratified by a
plebiscite.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-09
That Big Convention.
Springfield Republican.

Springfield Republican,
Some weeks ago the Cincinnati
Commercial took up the praiseworthy
task of improving the character Of
the Republican nominations for local
officers in Cincinnati. Last spring
the Democrats had local convention
of over eight hundred delegates, and
the big convention resulted in ticket
which was good enough to be elected,
although it wasn't. The Commercial
has accordingly been demanding a
" big convention for the Republi-
cans. The people and not the poll
ticians, honesty and not corruption.
the party and not the machine, were
to control this convention. After six
weeks shouting the Commercial got
its convention for the politicians to
capture. The convention sat two
days. 1t began by kicking overheard
the highly respectable swallow
tails " whom the friends of a big
convention obligingly placed at its
disposal, and ended by nominating a
ticket which the Commercial is hand
ling with a pair of tongs, with the
intention apparently of dropping it.
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Shern,nn,s March.
Shield and Banner.l

Mansfield Shield and Banner.l
Secretary Shermans " March to the
Sea," via Portland and Skowhegan in
a government vessel, is one of the
most extraordinaryillustration of how
to make a speech, under civil service
reform, We have yet heard of. The
inspection of lighthouses is a para
mount duty, and pertains to his posi-
tion, but the enunciation of his pecul
lar theories relative to the election of
congressman, and the use Of the bayo-
net in controlling the ballot box, are
hardly consonant with the ideas of a
free people,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-09
Nation with a Big N.

Washington Post.l
In his first inaugural on the 4th of
March, 1901, President Thomas JEFF
iersOn spoke Of the United States as a
Nation-"a rising Nation" No
Democrat should be alarmed at that
word and all that the term implies.
At the time Jefferson mentioned, as
"among the essential principles of our
government " the preservation Of the
general government in its whole con
stitutional vigor as the sheet-anchor
of our peace at home and safety
abroad, Among the same essential
principles the father Of Democracy
enumerated the support of the State
governments in all their rights as the
most competent administrations for
our domestic concerns, and the suFest
bulwark against anti-republican ten
deacies. And those are the principles
aor which tho Democratic party Of to-
day is eontendipg, against the anti
republican tendencies Of Radicalism,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-09

baItlmore Uazette.I
General Ewing indorses Speaker
Randall on the stump in Ohio. He
says that Randall is not the uncom-
promising hard money man that he is
represented to be; that he has in
congress introduced and voted for
more bills for the substitution Of
greenbacks for National bank notes
than any other man in the country
aud that he procured the casting vote
on bringing up the Warner bill
This may help Mr.. Randall in the
West and South, but how about the
glowing East2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-09
Memphis Mail.

WAsHiNaTaN, August 6.-The post
Office department has ordered the de-
livery Of mails at Memphis to begin
again, provided the authorities will
agree to disinfect mail matter as re
quired by the National beard OF
health. These requirements the Mem
ghis authorities have agreed to follow
strictly, and to-day, in accordance
Herewith, the board of health Of
hcials forwarded tho necessary ma
ohinery, such as retorts, etc, TO be
used for the purpose of subjecting the
mails to the proper heat Of disinfect-
ing before delivery.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-09

SENATOR BEN HILL is in Washing
ton, and declares that he is glad be-
cause of the extra session as it defined
political questions so clearly. The
mission of the Republican party, he
says, is to destroy this government,
while it is the duty of the Democratic
party to save it, 1t is just the fight of
1776 over again. That's just about it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-09
-. W WAAkmOKE,
Publisher and Proprietor

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is s5 per annum and
SOC per month fOrless than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per apnum-
postage free.
Persons leaving the city for the summer
can order the DAILY LEDGER at SOC per
month in advance, with the privilege Of
changing pOstOfiOe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-09
Notice.

OWING to the prevalence Of fever at pres
y ent In our midst we would respectfully
inform those who are desirous of communiea-
ting with us that all letters addressed 10 Rice.
Stix 4 Co., 40 and 4l3 North Fifth street
81. Louis, Mo-, will receive prompt atten-
Our patrons and friends are fully assured
that our facilities will be ample for filing
any and all orders entrusted to our care,
Our house at Memphis will remain open as
usual, and those Of our customers residing
along the line Of roads not quarantined we
would respectfully solicit their patronage.
IzrliS RICE, STIX & co.
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SUBSCRIBERS who wish to re-
new will do us n favor by SEND
ING MONEY before their time
expires, as our mail list Is very
large, and our force TO do the
work small. NO USE TO SEND
ORDERS WITHOUT the MONEY.
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s25 in doctors visits, will do you
less good than one bottle Hop Bitters
A CARD.

To all who are suffering fromthe errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay loss of manhood, etc., will
send recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great rOmedy was disoov-
cred by missionary in South America. Send
0self-addressSd envelope to REV. JosEPH I.
lSNASi Station D, New York City.
eod-2-xxx-lkw
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death of Fnthnr norle.
Jackson Sun and Tribune,

jackson sun and Tribune,l
The sad news reached this city Mon
day evening that Father DOYLE was
dead. He died on Monday morning,
in Memphis, with yellow fever. 1t will
be remembered that last year when
the fever was at its hight in Memphis,
Father Doyle was sent from this oity'
by order of Bishop Feehan, to take
the place of Vicar. General Riordon,
deceased. He went without a mur
mur, quietly and modestly, and with
the calm courage of ancient
knight marching into the deadly
breach, The fever assailed him
there, bat he kept his friends
here in ignorance, and finally recov.
cred, He was the only priest, save
one, who has been sleeping in the CITY
at night during this epidemic, the rest
staying at night at Camp Father
Matthew, in easy calling distance.
But the brave and devoted Father
Doyle, the officer in command, deemed
it his duty TO remain day and night
at the front amid all the perils Of
the pestilence. Careful of the lives Of
others, he was fearless with his own,
and fell as he had lived, in the front
rank of duty. Few men wore ever
more highly esteemed. In this city
he was loved BY all who knew
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-09

NOW in this city offers his services to fam
IN lilies and others who are now OF may be
afflicted; will nurse with OF without physi-
eian. Tho Raspail treatment, so noted in
Paris, is used by myself alone. References
given; terms moderate. Il. NIVOOHE,
l32 l3I 306 Second street
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-09
FuRSTENHEIM & WELI.FORD.

WE will keep our store open during the
w fever. Our customers will be Supplied
as usual from here or ST. Louis. Letters
addressed here 129
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NOTICE.

OFFICE OF G. D. RAINE, AGENT,
" MEMPHIS, July "a, 1879.
All policies expiring during the epidemic
in the North American Insurance 90.
will be renewed, unless otherwise instructed.
All communications to me at McMinnville,
Tenn, will be promptly attended TO.
$50 l5o G. d. RAINE, Agent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-09
BANKS.
Change Of Bank Hours.

OWING 70 the prevalence Of yellow fever
" and inability to retain sufficient help, the
undersigned banks, until further notice, will
open AZ II a. N and close at pm.
UNION AND PLANTERS BANK,
By 5. P, Read, Cashier.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
By w, W. Thaeher, Cashier.
BANK OF COMMERCE.,
BY j, A. 0mberg, Cashier.
STATE NATIONAL BANK,
By Samuel A. Taylor, Assistant Cashier
GERMAN NATIONAL BANK,
l25t By I. II. Milburn, President.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-08-06
THE AMBER RING.

Ii was q cold winter night. | sat
10y the fire III Il German inn. Not
far from me WAS Carl Won Arnhrim.
We were both members of the Ger.
man University. The fire blazed
tittuIly, wieathing itself in glowing
spilals around the huge logs that
were slowly being consumed. |
WAS almHt fo go otf into 1t aozp,
when, suddenly, Carl called me TO
my SENSES Ivy asking:
"Do You know that the Baron
Won - and his lovely daughter
are IN town.
] replied in the affirmative.
AS | gaZrd on his face as il slow.
~ settled ta It's dark, weird aspect,
| WAS ready TO give credence to
those stories bruilcd around among
the students of some strange, su.
pernatural gifts with which Carl
Won Arnhtim WAS endowed. | had
often met him; and from the first
acquaintance he had somehow al.
racled himself To me.
On being asked why, by some
one, he replied that his and my
own drstinirs were united; that |
would br necessary to him some.
time in the future.
The persons lac alluded to in his
questions to me were known to both
at as. Baron Won - wasa frank.
free hearted German nOhleman.
His daughter, Rrna, as she WAS
called, Was the most beautiful crea.
ture ever SAW. Not only that the
beauty attracted me-for we were
secretly engaged; but it had evi.
IDENTIFY touched the heart of the
sarnbre, pale faced German student.
Carl Won Arnheim. | do not know
whether the thought of my being
attached to Rena ever troubled him.
He seemed confident and feared no
rival.
But as | watched him that night,
he had Il strange look Of fierce de
termination on his face. Presently
he turned towards me, and fixed
his eyes on mine. 1t WAS iDp0ssi.
BILE to avoid his glance; iurid
light seemed playing in the very
depths of his eyes. | could not
move nor speak. Another moment
and his hands were moving before
me, and | knew thai Carl was a
mesn,erist, and that WAS under his
control. Soon lost all conscious
ness, and when 1 awOke TO what
appeared a new stats Of existence
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A Young Mans First "Stovs. pips. "

Yes, son, you are correct. Tue
nrst time you wear q st0ve.pipe
hat, every body looks at you. Not,
~ you may vainly Imagine, because
yon nre The frst young man who
ever wore u stove. pipe hat, but DO.
cause It Is apparent even to the old
blind man who sits In tho beck
pew, without any cushion in, away
back under the gallery, where the
poor have the gospel preached ct
them, that 1t Is the 6rst time ever
yon wore n hat Of that description.
Your old father claps one on tho
back of bis head, puts his hands In.
to his pockets, holds up bis head,
and walks OF down the streets in Q
gale of wind, and never thinks Of
his hat. But you, son, you pull
yonrs OH nj the most graceful angle
it can be posed, and you 20 teeter.
ing along, both hands ready to ny
at the hat at the slightest provoca.
ton Of the gh0stliest phantom Of Q
puff of wind. You don't look com.
Portable, sou. Your hat ia always
trying to come Of; you bump Il
against everything you pass; you
rub it the wrong way when yOu try
to brush the dust of it. When you
carry it in your hand up the aisle,
everybody smiles, because yoa first
hold it by the brim and let tho
crown tip gracefully over your arm,
and, by the time you have hit three
or four worshipers in the head with
it, you change and turn 1t under
your arm and try to carry 1t that
way without touching il; aud, the
first thing you do in that pose, son
put a woman's eye out with your
elbow. Then, when yon sit down,
you put the hat down on the floor,
setting 1t on the brin; n fatal mis-
take. Aud then before the sermon
is half through, you put your feet
on il three times. But never mind;
,yon have TO learn some time. Only
don't imagine that people never
saw any thing of the kind before,
because they have. Aud finally,
son, il You are only Ave feet aud
three inches tall, don't think that q
hat three feet five inches high i'm.
proves your appearance, Or makes
you look taller. Because II doesn't.
1t may make you look rs though
you clprked in a second hand cloth.
ing store, bat it doesn't make YOU
look taller. By and.by, when you
have worn high hat two or three
years. you will wear it 40 naturally
that it will become you. But the
first time-oh, my sOn, my son!-
Burdette, in the Harkeye.
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