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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-24
ARUsEMEETs

The eminent tragedienuo, Janau-
schek, closed her engagement of two
performances at Leubrie's theater last
night, to a fair and very appreciatiye
audience, appearing in the forcible
and absorbing drama of "Chesney
Void" drawn from the late Charles
Dickens great story Of BLEAK
House, and adapted expressly for the
gifted actress. The play was splen.
didly acted by Ianauschek in two
widely different roles, one as the dig
nihed, commanding Lady Dedlock,
the other as her French waiting maid
Hortense, a vindictivo, %mercurial fem
mime of nervous, revengeful tempera-
ment. The character of Esther Sum.
merson was sweetly rendered by Miss
Lizzie Creese. Mr.. Carhart did we'll.
The mysterious solicitor, Tulkinghorn,
Lady Dedlock's cold bleoded, unrc-
lenting enemy, whose hand seemed to
be constantly aud e~ternally
raised against her, while his stony
heart, likewise, seemed without pity
for the suffering woman, was fairly
impersonated by Mr., Carhart. The
poorest character Of the list was Cup
Ply, next to that Inspector Bucket,
while Poor Joe was only fairly well
done by Miss Fletcher. The play was
long drawn out, the curtain not ring
ing down until about half-past IL
o'clock.
HUMPTY DUMPTY.
To night at the theater Humpty
Dumpty and the famous Tyrolean
Warblers will appear. The proposed
entertainment is pronounced pleasing,
laughable and artistic, as well as mus
ical. The company has several excel
lent pantemimic features, while Mat
fit and Fraser, the clowns, are pro-
nOunced the best in their line since
George L. Fox's time. The play will
doubtless draw a liberal attendance
during the remainder of the week.
GOOD SHEPARD FAIR.
A nice lunch is 10 be had at the
faK and bazaar now going on for the
Sisters Of tho Good Shepard, at No.
348 Main street. Their festal gather
ing at night is pleasant and the enter
tainment promises much to all who
attend. Give the fair a call and help
the cause of the philanthropic sisters
COLD WEATHER.
RUBBERSl RUBBERS !
ALL SIZES.
Heavy Clothing, large stock, low prices.
BLANK ETSl BLANKETS
Complete Assortment.
$50 Ladies Cloaks, g so to S.,
Cheapest line Cloaks ever offered.
KAHN & FREIBERG.
Corner Main and Poplar.
Pure Kentucky Sausage,
at
III. SEESSEL, SIX, d. SONS.
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ONLY a Oueation orTime


Until the old. FASHIONED stoves are a
thing Of the past, for they will be sup
planted in household use blythe Active
coal cook stove, which has received
premiums over all competitors at many
state fairs. This coal stove is success
in every reapsot and gives perfect sat
isfacIion wherever used. Wood /,
now very high and scarce in this
market, and coal stoves arc coming
into general use on account of their
convenience their Responsiveness
compared to wood, aud the certainty
which the Active" always gives Of
performing its work satisfactorily.
This celebrated stove is for sale by the
exclusive agent, F, j. Turnbull, 234
Main. who will take pleasure in show
ing the many points OF excellence
which characterize the Active" coal
cook stove,
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Central Methodist church. Prayer
meeting this pm, a O'Clock, SON
Quoted by Rev. 5. B. surratt, pastor.
All officials are requested to be present.
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New stock, latest designs, lowest
prices, at Ames. Beattie & Co. 5,
wholesale and retail furniture and
carpet house, 1853 and 365 Main
street. n
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PROFESSIONAL.
OUR CHEAP COLUMN.

A IL advertisements under the head Of For
"A Bent, For Sale, Wanted, Lost, Strayed,
6oleh, ETC., will be hereafter charged 5 cents
per line for sach insertion, and Is cents per
line for one Wsek. bt
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Personal.

q BABAY, Agt., has leOpened at w, al and
%. 43 Shelby It,. near Besl. Highest price
paid 'nr loose cotton, hides, rags. old iron,
meta and al kinds Of secondhand goods.
G3g
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Your orders Tor Plumbing and Gas Fitting
70 ?, J. MallOn 4 Co.. 2Dt Main r. %
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This forenoon the advance Of the
ilatboat feet made its appearance
here, the craft being commanded by
Capt VIM. Hemphlll, Of Rising Sun,
Indiana, who for thirty years past has
been engaged in Aat-boat life. The
captain has his wife and daughter on
board, making the present run south
ward, and his pilot is the experienced
Spencer Thomas, for years past
rated as a successful river guide. The
boat has a cargo Of 28OO barrels Of pc
tatoes, all for the New Orleans mar.
ket. We may look for numerous dats
southward bound from this time for
ward.
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Go 10
SEESSEL'S
and order yOur Thanksgiving
Turkey, Celery, Oysters, Fish, ete.
Corner SECOND and jefferson.


Some one well posted about the diff
fculty Of working for a small salary
and trying to make a good appearance
in society, by taking young ladies to
the theater in hacks at from six to
ten dollars a night, is out in a letter
urging young ladies to insist on trudg-
ing to and fro in rubber shoes and
water-proofs. In some cases this plan
works beautifully, but it doesn't in
others.
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. GenneInnn from ArItnnsnr

Oc"hAHh rum hfhouh0Hs
dozen newsbOys lowered over a
fire In the alley near this Office during
the frosty hours Yesterday morning. A
philanthropist from the St. Francis
country, a merchant named Wood,
strolled by, having been in a smaller
near to see a man. The sight Of
the shiyering lads touched his liberal
heart, and ho took the squad in tow,
covering their bare toes with brand
new shoes purchased in a prominent
Main street house, Of course, at whole.
sale prices. The boys were happy and
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WARTED,

A n old citizen VIII has been living in Mem
"A phis since 1880, desires a situation in some
stOre. Can give good references. Address B.
II. this cHiee. 70t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-24

Cabinets at - per dozen.
Cottage Gallery,
40 Real street.
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MAN and wife, one to cook and wash for
VI small family, the man 70 do general
work on plantation. Apply to y. q Frank q
Co, Front Row. d. II. TOWNSEND,
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STARTLING DISCOVERY.
A Southern Planters Daughter
Kidnapped,
And Made the Mistress Of a Negro
Fiddler.
Imprisoned Ia His Vile Den
Fourteen Years.

A startling discovery has just been
made, the details ofwhich have rarely
been equalled either in truth or fiction.
A few days since a blue eyed. golden
haired woman called on the attorney
general. in company with a colored
girl, and asked for an indictmen.
against lack Seymour, a negro, for
assault with intent to kill.
Her name, she said, was Annie
Ray, and
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D0OKKEEPEk Address stating references
~ and what line formerly employed in.
D76 BDSISkSS, this Office.
A GOOD BUTCHER. None but frstclass.
n Must be sober and industrious, With
Eeteranee. address w. z Ledger ofhee. ct
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THE CITY.

wednesday Evening NOV "a, 1850
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The Weather.

tho 81ovator to the Upper Floors
, 1880-05-09
BIRD-S0nG.

| There's thousand happy voices in the wood
| lands swcetly singing
| Out among the apple blossoms We can hear
| And with giad and merry music all the leafy
boughs nrc ringing:
Gayly sing the Joyous song -birda-how wo Won
rwltter twItter, twiddle twtddle, Ike flute or
like fiddle.
Pe-wce pe-wce see sec see me, see me twitter all
Clinkum clii,kum, bobolinkum, clnk clink cl1nk,
owhiskodinkum.
Twit wit wit wit, cheer up cheer up-how We
wonder what they sayl
While we look and while VIC listen. we can SEQ
their plu1nage gfisten,
In among tho lac-bushes down amid the tan
Pcrched on holly -hock and thistle, we can watch
them while they whistles;
They go whistling by tbs window, loudly chirp-
rwftter twitter; twiddle twiddle, like flute Or
lite fiddle,
Pe-wee pe~wec. see SEQ see me, see me twitter
all tho daiy, uu-,-
CJfnkum clinkum. bobol1nkum, cltnK clnk cnnk,
owhiskodinkum,
wonder what they sayl
Round and round the farm house flying, loudly
screaming, sharply crying, .. .-.
Warbitng mid tho trembling trce-tops, we can
hear them all the day.
While the morning light is breaking, while the
drowsy world is waking.
Gyafy sing the Summer song bfrds-hoW NE won
der what they sayl
Twitter twttter, twiddle twtddle, like flute or
Pe-wee pe-wee, see sec sec me, see me twitser
all the day,
Clinkum clink1m, booolinkuu, clink cling cink
rw1t wit Wit Wit, cheer up cheer up-aow we
wonder what they sRyl
,LAwsDA1iE, Chicago. EUGENE J. HALL
, 1880-05-09

The high handed attempt OF Prussia, or rather
Prince bismarck, to force Hamburg Into the Ger
uu, Zoliyerein. meets with much opposition on
the part OF the old Hanseatlc town, and the issae
IS one Of Immediate Interest to the commeEt4. ct
this country. Hamburg Is one Of the few Bputs
On The Continent Of Europe which are open to
the sea and its trAde, while they are separated
from the inland by high wall OF legal enact
ments and petty regulations. This extraordt-
nary state OF affairs began in 1853. when the
Emperor Frederic l. suspended all tolls on
the Elbe ns fnr as tide-water. This peiy~
and induced it IL ls4i to establish tns
Hanseatlc league, thefgreatest commercat union
known to history When Hamburg Joined the
North German Confederation In 1857 it re-
NAMED free port. and it ts, probably, due ex-
clusiveiy to fts freedom that it Ia, next to Lon-
don, Liverpool, aud New York, the greatest
con, somuasfsiai centre On the face e de KIoor.
proper, st. PauTs. and AiIona. Everything s
imported and exported free Of duty, and sub
tect to stnKuiary few regulations, while the
goods shipped from the district Il, the interior
have to undergo inspection. appra!sement. and
heauy duties, Merchants, therefore. have al,
ways found it easy to consign goods Intended
for Scandinavia or Russia to Hamburg. Ham
burg is now an international city, and
it Is feared that its Identification With
the German Customs Union would re-
duce 1t TO the rank Of mere German port. Be-
sides this, the home feeling OF the Hamburg pco-
pie Is involved. The principal trade Of HAM
that it is easier to trade with free port than with
a city subject to Prussian and German reguia-
tons. But II Prince Bismarck has decided to
wipe out the ancient liberties OF Hamburg, the
proud and Patrtctan city viii De unable to reatst
hts Iron will
, 1880-05-09

\ other hypotheses tn tnexplanation OF thar s,htec,
which have been brought forward.
on uhls 81 vsT ct }fe s9 gsand IL
accepted In general terms rs the most sotiafan
tory solution OF tho phenomena presented +,
nasnrG %etc9 o has 9een yGt should
but osie factor In explaining the pheuutuena o1 *
the world, while ut least two others nre nanaa "a
8ary-vix.:
a SENDER AND RECEIVER,
The sender Of tho solar impulse or light-wave
y the medium OF oommunication, and
tho receiver is the body, or objoot TIC 1e
Thieht it -. is h conveyed an aad which appropri
Some scientists, 1t Is true. write in matt1er "a
lead one to suppose that the solnr ray is the aij
IN al in nature and sense; that it furnishes a. g.
this purpose, writes Prof. Proctor: "Tha sim ia
the source Of all those forms Of life and iight
which exist upon the earth That il no idie
earth, every action VIC perform, all tho forms Of
forces we know OF. even the thoughts we think,
may be ssid to come ,,.' from tho SUM-
and '0@ Sequence Is Sns aerve-toroe, S5 cause use
doubtcdls, which is correlated from 0 radiant ant
energy, that enables us to think and perform
other mental processes. But it is manifest
error, most confusing to tho logical sense. to
claim any analogy between any form Of force
with Il reputation for mental acumcn to lose.
not even Prof Proctor, would be bold enourh ,
seriously to make an attempt to show the auai-
or pious emotion; the capacity to analyze q
syll0gisu1 or to construct grammatical sen
tence. It is impossible to recognize any analogy
whatever between any form Of force. and tie
lions Of the brain and mind. Tho comnon
sense, In this instance, Is supported By tho
Finally We remark that, while the purely in
duCtive mind will continue to resolve the uni
verse into forms of motion, and to accept such
solution Of phenomena as best accorls With OBJ
as nnturnily insist upon the necessity OF lookln9
behind effects or phenomena
TO THEIR CAUSES,
which, though hidden from the outward sense,
he feels, and In certain sense ksaoWs. must have
ysrtsbs ~ 9 ad
have adequate causes; but the final or ultimate
cause lies beyond tho SCOPE Of our faculties.
and probably always viii. One thing Is
% auirtes ' are pushed IL tie direction % Of Of the m
principle OF causation, the moro we are bewil-
dercd by the mystery in which it Is involved, and
faculties, as we'll as the narrowness Of the
bounds OF actual knowledge. Mr. Buckle evi-
IDENTIFY felt the force or this truth when he wrote:
We talk Of the law OF grnyttatton, and yet We
know not what grav1tatlon IS; we talk Of the
conservation OF force and the distribution Of
forccs. and we kno" NOT what forces are; re
talk in complacont ignorance Of atomic arrango-
ment Of matter, and we neither know what
atoms are nor what matter lB; we don't even
know. If matter. in the ordinary sense
of the word, can be said to exist;
We, have but touched the crust and surface Of
things"
In the domain OF knowledge which most in-
nothing except that we are part OF the great
and sharers OF destiny which Is un-
fathomablc. DAVID 4. GoRToN.
, 1880-05-09

In the above table Of calculations two things
appear particularly conspicuous: First, the
marve1ousness Of those tiny r-undulauons;
and second. tho greatness Of the Eeuius that
was able to measure and count them. The lat
ter ia certainly the greater marvel at the two.
X9ns IN ag
during monument this feat in mathematics
alone would be sufficient to perpctuate bis
name to an oat tnat e.
the annals Of mathematics. Prot. Tyndall
characterIzes the mathematical genius Of Young
as scarcely inferior to that OF Newton: and he
advances IN ingcuius geometrtcal Illustration ia
his Lectures On Light" to show his estimate
Of Young's genius as compared with Newton's:
serves, land Young in his Draw 3 straight
line from Newton to Young which shall form 3
tangent to the heads of both. This line would
cause Newton was certainly the taller man Ut the
two. But the slope would not be steep. for the
difference Of stature WAS not excessive The line
would form what engineers call gentle grad
lent from Newton to Young. Place underneath
this line the biggest man born Ia the interval
between both: he would not In my opinion,
Uove, none taller" Yet he was long gathered
to bis fathers ere his genius received the rccog
pretcntious mon-men with high sounding titles
-commanded the ear of tho pubic and oclipsed
for generation the greatness Of one who had
only genius to commend him to the memory OF
From the point Of view offered by SCIENCE the
force which represents light Is the
SUN AND Qu1sTEssEScE OF Att FORCE
OF which the human mind oan conceive. except
that ct gravity, and perhaps TINT OF the tides.
All other forces, or forms Of energy. are part OF
this grand force,-li9ht, or sun-force.. Light
may exist as heat, electricity, and actlnis1n:
it ts the power that sways the wind
and fmpels The tempest; the force .e1-
hlhited BY au animal, as we'll as q gteam-
propelier; the nerre-force By which the
centres carry OIL all the marvellous processes OF
ilfe,-of locomoion, feeling, and thinkAN of
which q human being Is capable. The nHces
treasured in the forests, or in Veeetadonr~rthe
organic products which clothe the earth and
minister to tho wants Of animal ltfe,-aro gut
force; so likewise the force which the ages fnTe
economizcd and tnid away in subterranean coal
beds IS simply :nght-force, rendered latent
capitaiizcd for future uses. All this. as wodder-
I'll AZ it may stern, is suseeptib!e OF es sasy
ISL any problem Ia physics as,
for example, the velocity of the planets Or tne
cther-waves; tho. reyglu4on OF the earth ano
other planets; the thickness OF the gray MN :
Of soap-bubble; ;or the proxsrnate size OF tne
ultimate atom, ail Of which Intricate tents IN
hayebeen accomplished: T9c 1acta
of the correlation and conservation OF toch har.
monize perfectly with the hypothesis OF 1aduts
tion, and not only give powerful auppQfttmo t tae
tnatrtns Of light, but posiaTeay ta8a3e III tos
, 1880-05-09
MUSIC.
Phelps, the Tenor, and Banner, the
Violinist-Mme' Rve-King's
Return to Chicago.
The Thursby.0le Bnll Combination Pres
poets Of The Cincinnati Music
Festival,

Two concerts during the past week have de-
! veloped two very interesting features The one
was the return Of Mr. Phelps, the tenor, to cur
concert stage, and tho othor the debut OF Master
Michael Banner, the boy vfonist When Mr..
Phelps left us, some years ago. be was connected
| with the Chicago Musical College as teacher,
with which institution, by the way, he has re-
8umed the same connection. He was known at
that time rs an accomplished pianist and tenor
with voice OF excellent quality. as was devel-
oped in his dne singing OF d small part In Schu-
mauns " Paradise and the Peri, u when that work
was produced by the Apollo Club. He went
abroad and studied with Vanuccini and Lam
peril. we believe, made some appearances on tho
operat1c stage, and returned to this country in
tho Caflotta Patti troupe, with which
he soon severed his connection, however,
!uckiy,-as 1t has since turned ont,
seeing the fate which overlook that unsavory
combination. Naturally enough there was great
interest manifested to hear him, especially as he
has settled down among us again. He brings
back to us the same clear, rich quality OF voice
and strength, almost robust, that formerly char
acterized him, and q great improvementIns style,
phrAslng. and expression. In all these points he
sings like an artist, and the intelligence dis
played In bis method is refreshing. The only
fault that can seriously lie against him Is the
trcmoloh he uses, which amounts to a very de-
cidcd waver Of the voice, and mars the effects
which otherwise would be produced by bis nat
urally fine voice and method.
The second feature of which we have spoken
was the debut Of Master Michael Banner, the
youthful viollnist, He cannot be classed as
prodigy, for prodigies are mechanical players as
rule, while he displays intelligence, maturity,
and, to large degree, Inspiration. His tone is
large and broad, his technique very faciie and
clear. bis intonation true, and his expression re-
markable. &c has ais the possibilities Of a great
artist We are glad to know that Mr.. Jacob
sohn, soloug Theodore Thomas concert master,
has agreed to teach him through the coming two
years, and we shall look with keen interest to
the little fellow q future career.
THE RIvE-K1SG CONCERT.
Nine. Rive King will make her return to our
concert-stage on Wednesday evening next at
, 1880-05-09
REFORMED SPELLING.

The matter Before Congress.
In the House, April 20, 1880, Mr. L. II. Bal1ou
| OF Rhode island, from the Cornitce on Education
| and Labor, submitted the folloing report, to ac-
company Bill H. R. 5,o92.
[ The Committee to whom WAS referred the me
| MORALS and petitions from the Presidents and
| Professors Of many Of our colleges, aud some Ut
the most prominent educators in various Sec
commission on "spelling reform Of the English
| language,"' submit the following report:
The subject is doomed worthy Of serious con-
language. which perhaps is destined to becom
universal thru the instrumentaltties Of the two
most agresiy and leading commercial nations OF
may not be si1npllhed and Abbreviated ID its
orthografy by omiIing the silent and unueces-
asy letters and using only those which most
words when pronounced to the ear.
1t is currently stated BY leading educators that
the irregular spelling OF the English Language
each child, and is a main cause OF the alarrning
iiliterncy of our pep1e; that It involves an ex-
pens OF many millions OF dollars annually for
Gus lotters; and that it Is an obstacle Ia many
those speaking the English language and to the
Bpred OF tho language among other nations.
And 1t ia further represented by leading edt1-
Gators and teachers Of practical experience and
associations ot lorned scholars that It is possible
70 make great reform in the spelling OF the
English language, and that system mny be de-
riscd, to be gradually and wisely introduced,
which vii be great improvement In facilitating
education and great saving Of expense to the
Government and the people In the printing Of
public documents, Bchoo1-books, and periodic
generally adopted by them.
The Comitee, having great confidence In tho
experience and practical wisdom OF those who
ccl11end this subject to tho favorable considers
ton of Congress, recoucnd, ns preliminary step
and for che purpose OF having som wcl-denned
plnn and system presented to the public before
any dctinit radical change is made, the passago
OF the Bill No. 5,o2
II. T. 5,ygs-T1IE BILL TO CONSTITUTE CoH1s1ON
TO RErORr on THE AMENDMENT Or THE Or
rfIoGnAPY OF rUNLIC DOCUMENT44
Be It enacted bU the Senate and House Of Rtpre
sentotiua Of the United States Of Acricn IN Conncs
assembled, That comision is hereby constituted,
to consist of seven comisioners TO be appointed
by the President, whu.shAl c1amfn the orthog-
rnfy used in tho public documents and In the
public schools Of the District Of Columbia. and
inquire how much It's defects increase the cost
OF the public printing and how far they are an
impeachment to the acquisition and use OF the
English language and to education, and inquire
whit amendments in orthoerAfy. Ii any, may be
introduced into the public documents and the
schools Of the District OF Columbia, and ac-
ccpted In examinations for the civil serric. and
whether it is c1pedient to NOV the Government
Of Great Britain to unite in constituting joint
cornislon to consider such amendments: and tho
comlsfon shul report to Congresntits next session.
, 1880-05-09
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

The Record for the Week-0ne Hun.
dred and Twelve Honcymoons.
Last week the thoughts OF love, to which the
young man lightly turns In the spring time, re-
suited In a brisk demand for marriago-uconse Of
which liz were issued between 10 o'clock Mon
day morning and clock yesterday afternoon.
OF the hfty-sIx ladies' who took husbands unto
themselves, six had already made matrimonial
experiments, SO that tho week must be looked
upon as one favorable to the widows. The COM
blned ages OF the youngest couple was IS, each
being IL, while the Oldest couple aggregated 11B
years, their ages also being even-58 each:
, 1880-05-09
Rome,s Blind Resgarx,

A Roinc correspondent writes to beware Of
the blind beggars Of Italy. These are hired at
50 much year by an authentic manager, who
wanders the country over with his "blind beg
gar Some blind children are even sold to beg
Rar managers. who sign an agreement to pro-
Vide for the blind ono during his entire life:
When be finds, however, that ne has exhausted
bis part Of the country, he resells his "prop-
erty" to another manager In another part OF the
country, who, In turn, explores that district rs
long as he can, until he also sells his blind man
or woman to another, and so on, until the beg
gar can walk no longer. But until tho list he Is
brought On the road, even II he has to ait on
stone, and the older and more fuffrm he grows
the greater his value becomes to his manager.