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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26

Washington, ventured to write in his
Memoirs" thirty years later, that mo
general officer was on the field" This
deliberate falsehood is the chief au-
thority which has been or can be
quoted adversely to Arnold's partici-
patton. 1t misled Chief Justice Mar
shall, who, after having in his first ed
ition of his Life Of Washington"
characterized Arnold as the chief
hero of the day, withdrew that state
ment, expressly on Wilkison's author
ity in his second edition. The joint
authority of Marshall and Wilkinson
was unfortunately accepted by Mr..
Bancroft, who says with emphasis,
ARNOLD was not on the field"
Mr.. Isaac N. Arnold, in his inter-
esting monograph upon General Ar
nold's military career, published last
year, showed by numerous references
the decisive character of the latter's
services in the battle ofSeptember 10.
His statements have been generally
admitted as accurate, but Mr.. John
Austin Stevens, editor of the Maya
zine of American History, last March
took up the cudgels in behalf of Gates
and Wilkinson. Mr.. Bancroft, too, de-
clined to be convinced of mistake,
citing Marshall, and especially a
passage in a letter of Chancellor Liv-
ingston to Washington, of January
IA, 1878. in which Arnold is apparent
ly referred to as noshaving been pres
ent at the battle oi'September 10. To
these arguments Mr.. Arnold has re-
piled in the United Service for Sep
TENDER, successfully showing that the
reference of Chancellor Livingston
was merely to the portion of the field
of battle whore his kinsman, Colonel
James Livingston, was in COM
mand Of a regiment. The de-
cisive points made by Mr.. Arnold,
however, are in the presentation of
extracts from newly discovered manu-
scripts of three witnesses Captain
Thomas Wakefield, Samuel Poppleton
and Rev. DR.. Hezekiah Smith-all of
whom are explicit in their accounts OF
Arnold as leader and hero on that
battle field. A passage recently dis
covered in the memoirs of General
William Hull is equally emphatic, as
we'll as the statements of Hessian Off
GERS lately translated from the German
accounts Of the campaign. Washing
ton Irving and Benson j. Losing long
ago vindicated Arnold's laurels on the
faith of the Schuyler manuscripts, and
the question is now finally set at rest.
No one now pretends to vindicate the
subsequent treson of Arnold, but that
crime is no reason for classifying the
truth of history and depriving him Of
his well earned reputation as the Ney
of the Revolution.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26

The DAILY LEDGER will be mailed
three months, to any address, postage
paid, for one dollar and a half. This
will cover the period of the fall cam.
psign and full election returns. The
WEEKLY LEDGER, a mammoth sheet,
is only one dollar a year, or sixty cents
for six months, invariably in advance.
All who desire to keep thoroughly
posted in regard to national and state
politics and general news, and to read
a live democratic paper, that is max
ing a straight fight for the people.
should take the LEDGER during thii
campaign.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26
o FORGIVENESS.
ADesparRte Affair Between Buck
Horn and Old Nicholas.
Little Rock Gazette.I

Little Rock Gazette.I
The forgiying spirit of the colored
people is a distinctive character of
that race. The most violent animosi-
ties may be cooled by the wave Of the
fan Of concession, and the hottest fire
Of hatred can be extinguished by a
drop of the milk Of human kindness.
Sandy Horn, a colored mar known in
the neighbOrhood as Buck Horn, some
time ago met the wife of one-eyed
Nicholas. Mrs ne-eyed Nicholas was
a likely oman" but her attraction, at
least for Buck Horn, consisted in a lack
rather than in the abundance of the
Mrs. Caesar material. Buck Horn hung
around Nicholas house while the old
man was away. Finally he and Mrs.
One-eyed Nicholas ran away and came
to Little Rock and opened a kind of
boiled cabbage eating house. For the
first few days after the elopement old
Nicholas surrendered himself to grief.
Use lost de oman OBJ my BOSOM" no
said. DE debil hab tuck the rib what
God had gin me-" At last the old
man threw aside his grief and medi-
tated revenge, He took an oath that
he would kill Buck Horn. Use neb-
Der gone back on a oath" he said to a
neighbor, AN when | meets Buck
Horn he mus die de death oh de I'm.
godly. Happy will be de time when |
sets do soles Of my feet in dat emory
mans blood" Next day old Nicholas
came to the city. He brought a large
pistol and a briar hook with him. AS
certaining the locality Of his mortal
enemy, he went to the house, and
without revealing his identity, was
admitted by a boarder. Seated on a
bench, he awaited the appearance of
Buck Horn. After a while the man
came. Nicholas sprang up, shut the
door and locked it.
Face ter face wild de debil," ex-
claimed Nicholas, cooking his pistol
and raising the hriar hook. II hab
swor ter take yer life, an fore de Lord
Use a gwine ter do hit"
Look heah, Nick" said Buck
Horn, guy a mar some sorter show"
Say yer prars."
Nick, | doan want no truck wild
YER"
In de name Of de church l ster-
inmates dis sinner" The old man
leveled his pistol.
Nick, doan yer remember dat
Kentucky whisky, we drunk dat day
at de ferry?"
Yes" said the old man, lowering
his pistol yer got any moah2"
Yes, / is"
"Whar's yer bottle 2"
"Heah hit is" and Buck Horn
took a bottle from his pocket, hand.
ing it over and remarked, hep yer
THE old man drank and said
gennywine 'possom hollow"
J "Yer's right, old man. Hab a
seat" The two men sat down. Let
me put yer pistol ober heah. Put de
hook ober in de cornder. Oar now,
ives fixed. How's eberything down
de country? What yer amt a goin'
so soon, is yer2 Wish yer stay to din
ner."
Gimme some more OBJ de 'possom
hollow. Dat stuff makes me feel like
whistlin'. Come out and see me.
Doan forget the Jug"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26
Non.IsesLdent Notice


No. S7SS-In the Chancery Court Of Shelby
County, Tenn.-L NJ Rumsey CT al VS.. L II
Martin o. al.
TT appearing from affidavit in this c.use
\ that the defendants, Il H Martin, Emily o
Martin, Mrs. Florida Melbourne, FloTids
fred Melbourne. Abram A Martin.
Elias Haiman, John . Hayner, A A
Root, TW Drury and A H Drury firm Of John
X Hayner & Coz. The Western File COMPANY.
Iae Beaver, Falls Cutlery Company, The
hamilton PloW Company, John Mitchell,
VIM Tranter and w H CaFuthers. firm OF
Mitchell, Tranter Il Coz, The Second National
Bank Of Hamilton, Ohio. The Douglass Axe
Manufacturing Comply, The Biddle Hardware
Company, Y II Schuyler, Marcellus Hartley
ana Malcolm Graham,, firm Of Schuyler,
Hartley 3 grahaml, j H Gould, ir, and j j
Qstrander(irm Of Gould & 0strander), Thomas
5 Latham and JosephJe ffreys (hrm efLatham
AZ Jetfreys, The Meriden Brittania Company,
Hotchkiss y Sons, - Kline and Il p Logan
urn Of Kline, Logan 4 Coy, The Wheeling
hinge Company, Peck Brothers & Co, The
buffalo Scale Company, Richardson Brothers,
hubbard, BLACKWELL 4 Co, W II Minnemayer
\ Co, The BrOmwell Manufacturing Comnany,
A speer 4 Son, g W and II S Bartholomew
Charles y Mixdorf, The South Bend Iron
Works, The National Hardware Company,
A \ Shapleigh Zoo, james Davis 4 Son. TIP
Barclay, Oh Wilson, Merriam q Morgan
S~choenberger 4 Co, The Marietta Steve Man
ufaoturing Company, j G Conway Rowland
4 Sons, HA Bartlett K Co, J Il Momas Il CO.
Tiffany j Co, and Niles and Scott, are non.
residents of the State Of Tennessee; It Is there
fore ordered that they make their appearance
herein, at the courthouse Of Shelby county, in
Memphis, Tenn, on or before the Arst Monday
in October, 1880, and plead, answer or
demur TO complainant bill, or the same
will be taken for confessed as TO them and set
for hearing ,ex-parte, and that a copy Of this
order be published once a week, for four sue
cessiye weeks, in the Public Ledger.
This 10th day of August, 1850.
A copy-Attest.
R, J. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
BY j. B. MOHENRY, DC. 4 M.
Goodwin, Dix & Goodloe, and I EdRinr
too. soils. Tor compIt. $50 156 4 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26

The descriptive lines at the bottom
of the cartoon are, "The Silent (dem-
ocratic) majority. General Hancock
will miss them on election day" 1t
would be somewhat difficult to discov-
er whether this is intended to drive
away democratic, or to secure re-
publican votes for the general. 1t is a
good deal like a case Of paying your
money and taking your choice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26
The LEDGER office book bindory

The LEDGER Office book bindery,
ID Madison street, is in the same
building as the newspaper and job
printing establishment is owned by
the same proprietor, embraces all
machines and material used in a first
class book bindery, and is conducted
by competent workmen capable Of
executing work in as good and sub
stantial a style as can be done any
where.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26
BENEDICT ARNOLD.
A VindIcatiOn of His Conduct nj
the Battle Of Saratoga.
Now York Herald, 2ld.l

New York Herald, 23d.l
A controversy, which has engaged
the pens Of American historians and
annalists for above a century, has lust
been definitely settled by the produc-
ton of an abundance of unpublished
testimony. 1t is we'll known to ali
students Of American history, and ID
now scarcely contested by any writer,
that Benedict Arnold was the real
hero Of the principal battle Of Sara.
toga, fought on October Z, LIT, which
determined the surrender of Bur
goyne, and was, in fact, the Gettysburg
of the revolutionary war. 1t is also
admitted that the laurels of Arnold
aroused the jealousy Of the nominal
-chief Of that campaign,
General Horatio Gates, a fussy, vain
officer of the dress-parade variety.
and led to deliberate efforts to OBJ.
scure or ignore the importance OF
Arnold's immense services. A cabal
was formed, directed not only against
Arnold, but against Schuyler as well.
and with the ultimate object of over.
throwing Washington himself, who
was to De replaced by Gates, as "vic-
tor Of Saratoga" AS against Arnold
and Schuyler this dastardly plot was
only too successful. The generous
and patriotic Schuyler retired into
voluntary obscurity, but the fiery
Arnold, chafng against injustice. was
precipitated upon the series of i'm.
prudences which embroiled him with
Washington and eliminated in his
treason.
1t is in respect to the earlier battle
OF Saratoga, which was fought on Sep.
TENDER Is, l777, that a controversy
has long existed as to Arnold's par.
ticipatioa. The accounts at the time
unhesitatingly represented Arnold as
not only present, but as the actual
commander, the soul of the whole OBJ
Grafton, while Gates was certainly
some miles in the rear, and did NOT
see the battle at all. Nevertheless,
Wilkinson, the aid-de-camp, Of Gates
and his most active co-worker in the
! plot against Arnold, Schuyler and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26
PLATFORM.

The right Of trial by jury, the ha-
bSas corpus, the liberty Of the press,
the freedom of speech, the natural
rights Of persons, and the rights of
property must be preserved Ex-
tract from General Hancock's order,
November 10Th, 1867.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26
J~nsOIvent Notice.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY Country, |
OPFIoE COUNTY COuRT CLERK.

STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY COUNTY,
,OPFIoE COUNTY Court CLERK,
Memphis, Tenn, August %, 1880.
To. Margaret Erb, Administrative of Jacob
krbt deceased.
HAVING suggested the insolvency Of the
u estate Of Jacob Erb, deceased, you are
hereby ordered 10 give notice, by advertise
ment in some newspaper published within the
said state, and also at the Courthouse door
OF shelby county, for all persons having
claims against said estate, to appear and file
the same, with the Clerk Of the County Court
authenticated in the manner prescribed By law
on or before the 2lth day Of january, 1881;
and any claim not filed on or before said day,
OF. before an appropriation Of the funds Of
both In law and equity,
Witness my hand, at Office. this 23d day Of
By II. B. CULLEN, D. @.
August 23d, 1880.
creditors are hereby notified as above set
forth. MARGARET ERb, Adm'x.
ISL 1857 8 II
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26

A disappointed American" who,
when he went to see the Tower oil
London, was told about nothing but
armor and weapons, was SO dis
gruntled as to be forced to send q
written complaint to the leading Eng
lish journal. The complaint is CON
spicuously posted, and the conclusion
is reached that it would be a very
great gain If in the tower and all other
historic places really competent per-
sons now and then gave d%iscourses on
places open to the general public.
And, even without this, it should
be an established rule in every such
place that no one should be obliged to
follow or listen to a guide.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26
Puzzled Mast.
Y. Express. August H.

N. Y. Express, August III
The most puzzled cartoonist. lust at
present, is Mr.. Thomas Mast, of the
Journal Of fertilization. 1t is a nota.
BILE fact that since the opening of the
campaign he has not once drawn the
figures Of the republican nominees.
Perhaps be remembers that cartoon
of 1873, when he portrayed Garfield as
a Credit Mobilier thief, and cannot
see exactly how to get around the rec
ord. But what to do with General
Hancock is the the thing that puzzles
him. He is naturally a man of strong
convictions and honest in hisimpulses;
so it is that he cannot be brought "a
libel, and does not know how to car
feature the hero for whose record he
has so profound a respect. In every
cartoon he has drawn, General Han.
cock appears as the embodiment Of
all that is grand and noble. The cur.
rent number Of Harpor's Weekly
however, contains a cartoon that mus
serve as a double edged sword. Gen.
eral Hancock is represented standing
in a graveyard filled with numberless
graves, and on the headstone of one i.
inscribed, Rebels killed in front OIL
General HancOck'S line cd cOrps),'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26

Letter heads, envelopes, bill heads.
bills Of lading, and all kinds Of com
mercial printing done as we'll and
cheap at the LEDGER Office as any
where in the United States. Mer-
chants would save money by calling
at LEDGER Office before giving their
orders TO drummerS,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is s5 per mum and
500 per month tOrisIS than m year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Ii 81 per annum-
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 pOStOtiOe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26

In the Circuit Court of Shelby countv Torr.
Rachael Swansey VS.. Swift. Swansey.
I appearing from afidayit. fled IN ~.
1cause, that the defends. mt, swim swSrsa mIS
is q resident Of the state of Arkansas and 4
nSO ardSa 81 the state of Tennessee; il is
appearance herein, at the c~ourt-ho1se. ;m
the city, Of, Memphis, Tenn, on Or befor~
the third, Monday in September next. lssS-
and plead, answer or demur to PLAINTIFF biIi
for oiyorce' Or the same will DO taken for cor
ex,,parte; andthat a copy Of this order Se pnbs
nsheq once q week for four successive week. IN
the Memphis Evening Ledger.
Acopy-Attest.
~ JOSEPH UHL, Clerk.
By-"-, Deputy Clerk.
Geo. Elliott, sol, for compl't.
13s 100 lax ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26

70 oil who arc suffering from the errors and
lndiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, ETC., / will send
9 recipe that will cure you, FREE OK
ShAhGE: This great remedy was discovered
~ missionary In South America. Send 4
seli-ad dressed envelope to the Rev. Joseph II,
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26
On-RosIdon Notice.

No. s70s--In the Chancery Court Of sbolbv
county, Tenn. Lucinda G Sigler, BY next
friend, etc., ct al. VS.. r M Vaughan ct al.
appearing from affidavit in this cause
4 4 tnaI tne defendants, A Liddon, Fannie
n LiddOn, James A Anderson, administrator
de b9nis non Of Francis NJ Cash, deceased, and
q administrator de bonis non, etc., Of Isaac l. =
bolton, deceased, and John II Morgan, ad--
minietrator Of Josephine Morgan, deceased!
are al non-residents ofthe State ofTenn~ssee;;
It's therefore ordered that they make their an.
peSIance herein, at the courthouse Of Shelby
first Monday in October, 1880, and Mead. an
swer or demur to complainant : bill, or tbeo
same will be taken for confesssdas TO them,
s9a SCI Tor hearing ex-parte, and that a COPY
Oh this order be published once a week for four
suggestive weeks in the Pubic LEDeRRN
This 10th day Of August, 1880.
A copy-Attest:
v- NJ. BLACK, Clerk and Magter.
VIM M Randolph, sol. for complt.
40 146 $50 I5Q
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26

The LEDGER Job Printing Office
and Book Bindery, IL Madison, exc
cutes everything in their line as neat
and cheap as any house.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26


National Democratic Ticket.
FoR PRESIDENT:
W. 3. HANCOCK, OF PENNSYLVANIA.
I1l Fen VIcE-PRKs1DENT:
W. H. ENGLISH. OF INDIANA.
ELECTORS FoR THE STATH-AT-LARGE;
JOHN L. T. SNEED, of Shelby.
JOHN N. FLEMING, of Knox.
DISTRICT ELECTORS:
First District CHARLHs R. VANCE.
Second District-W. L. LEDeHRwoOD.
Third District-JOHN R. MEAL, Of RheA
0eunty.
Fourth District-JosEPH B. WAsHINGToN, of
Robertson.
Fifth District-(To be appointed by the
District C%envention).
Sixth District-W. A. THoHA.
Seventh District-E. 7. TALLIAFERRO, Of
Giles.
Eighth Distriet-A. G. HAWKINS. Of Carroll.
Ninth District-T. B. RICHARDSON, Of Dyer.
Tenth DiStrict-R. J. MORGAN. Of Shelby.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26
FOR GOVERNOR,
s. F. WILSON,


Fourth, We demand that no settlement OF
the State debt shall be made which is not sub
mitted to and ratified By the people at the bal
that purpose.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26
The Ledger Again Endorsed.
The following extract from a letter
received is a specimen of the kind
pouring in daily at the LEDGER of.
fee from various parts of the state
UOOKEYILLE- TENN-

CooKEvILLE, Tenn,
August %, 1880. /
EDITOR LEDGER-Dear Sir: En-
closed is a $3.50 postal order, for
which send me the daily LEDGER.
The ace for governor, in this part
of the state. is a oDe-sided matter
nearly everybody are for the Hon.
Frank Wilson-enthusiastie for him.
too. Don't think that Wright will
get 125 votes in this county, and ia
in no event exceeding $50. Wilson
will get from 1900 to 400 votes
Hawkins will, perhaps, get $50 to 2OC
votes.
We are doing our whole duty in thi,
part Of the state. Wilson will get al
least two-thirds of the whole vote il
this, the Fourth, congressional dis
trict: Glad to see you take a bolt
stand for the rights Of the people.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26

Is a precaution which should never be neg
lected when danger is present, and therefore
a course Of the Bitters at this season Is partio-
ularly desirable, especially for tho feeble and
sicKly. as a remedy for biliousness, ayspep-
STA, nervousness, and bowel Complaints, there
Is nothing comparable to this wholesome re-
storative.
sale by eli druggists and dealers gener-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26

tWutered at the Postofice at Memphis, Tenn,
as second-class matter.l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26
The shortest and Quickest Route
-Is THE
Panhandle & Pennsylvania Line.

The management confidently invite at
tention to its Superior Equipment.
Through Car service, and quick time
The Scenery en- route is justly celebrated
for its variety and surprising beauty.
Dining Stations ut Cincinnati, Indianapo-
LIS, Columbus, Pittsburg, Altoona and
Harrisburg are in charge of well known
caterers, who have contributed in no
small degree to the popularity of the
Pan-Handleand Pennsylvania Line, with
the travelling public.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26

AIDES AND STOREH EEPEPS-You
= can get Choice Goods cheap by writing
on a Postal for our Price List, which enables
you to order by mall the best way, and see
the many kinds Of Merchandise we keep for
sale at surprising low prices. We send sam
pies of Hamburgs, Lsces, Ribbons. Fringes.
etc if requested. We sellWholesale andRetail
for Cash down. A new combination system
enables to quote very close prices. We have
81. 81 and S. packages of notions which cannot
be bought for twice the money elsewhere, all
wanted in every family. Money returned if
not satisfactory. HOughtOn d Button,
So fremont ST.. Boston, Mass.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26

evening August 9e. 1850
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-26

Purchase tickets by the Gs-Pan-Han-
die and Pennsylvania Line, SeM on sale at.
all Railroad Ticket Offices in Memphis.
Mobile, Nashville, New Orleans, and
throughout the South.
SlDNEYB B. JONES, GenT sOuthw. p. AL.
Northeast Corner 4th and Vine streets.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-01-09
A nemncratic Warning

Was Me conduct of the Greenback- Demo
cratic leaders in Maine inspired from Wash
ington, or from New York or from Louis
vile? Ii the idea gets well abroad that
such prominent National Democrats as Mr.
Barnum, the Chairman Of the Democratic
National Committee, for example, Ind any
thing to do with the Maine business with all
eye to getting the Maine Legislature to ap-
point Grccnbach Democratic electors in 1880,
who can doubt that the Republican Legisla-
ture of every Northern State including
New York and New Jersey will promptly
act in the interest of Grant Senators Butler
and Morgan should either learn if they do
not know, or keep in mind if they ever
learned Just what it il that the East fears
from the South of another secession or re
bellion no intelligent and honest Eastern
man las ANY dread VI lilirvcr, but all Eastern
men of intelligence, rich and poor alike.
are very suspicious If the commercial
and business integrity OF certain Southern
voters What the causes may bc Of the sus-
pected moral l,s sion IN the South Iew OF them
pause 10 consider iiur the people of the
Eastern and metropolitan States unquestion-
ably fear TINT il certain men in the South are
permitted 10 get executive control OF the
country or acquire powerful influence with
/ the Executive of the country, the capitol
will swarm with jobs and jpb.cry, and with
1 all the schemes Of reputation and confisca-
/ ton, Statcand National, which GrccnhackisIn
prcfigurcs What New York breads and
what the Eastern and Middle States assured
| ly will not tolerate in the White House are
the ideas and theories Of political economy
which Senator Morgan Iumbled with, IA with
80 much dynamite in his financial yawp on
| Wednesday. The South can advocate tnesa
! ideas and theories if the South prefers them,
hut the advocacy will inevitably give the
South over either to Afrlcanization, or TO the
rule Of the strong man as from 1868 to 1877
" Y World