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jority of the critics, however, strongly
c%ondemning the mistaken conception
and the inadequate rendering Of the
character, and consider her deficient
in tenderness and devoid Of poetical or
imaginative qualities. The Times
said, bluntly, that she has no heart.
Others declared this is not Shak
speare at all" This hard Judgment
has not abated the curiosity Of the
public, which crowds the theater
nightly and applauds. The house last
night seemed to consist mostly OF
strangers. | thought Mrs. Langtry's
Rosalind full of evidence of careful
study in a bad school, reproducing the
traditions of the last generation arti-
icially, and wanting in conviction,
and rather STACY than a~mateurish
She is undeniably clever, but is me-
chanical aud substitutes a comic view
of Rosalind for the romantic maiden
OF Shakespeare. The company is de-
rlOrable. The last two performances
were given to-day. Mrs. Langtry
sails for New York on the Arizona on
October IA.
1t is reported that Miss Calhoun, a
young lady from South Carolina, and a
grandniece Of the statesman, who has
been studying in London for the last
two years, is shortly to appear on the
stage as Hester Grazcbrook and Rosa
lind.
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A Cattle King.

~
Captain G. G. Slaughter, one of the
cattle kings Of North Texas, is stop.
ping at The Palmer House, and the
Times reporter had an interesting talk
with him last night on the subject of
stock raising. He said that stock was at
a good price at present, and that the
price was likely to advance indef
uitely. The animals he sold at 81.
Louis brought seven dollars per one
hundred pounds. Stock r~aisers were
sure now OF a profit OF from ten TO il-
teen per cent on their investment.
The outlook was very promising. and
it was hard to tell just when the bust
ness would reach its maximum and
settle upon a reasonable paying basis.
My ranch" he said, is at the head
Of the Colorado river, in Northern
Texas, and | have forty thousand
head Of stock at present. My grounds
cover four counties, and the men |
employ to guard the herd ride a cir.
cult OF more than a hundred miles
Shortly alter the wal | moved from
Kansas to Texas, and began the bust
ness Of stock raising. But, with many
other large dealers, | was compelled
TO quit the country on account Of the
cattle thieves, whose d%epredations
thoroughly discouraged the enterprise
Ten years ago, however, we perceived
how rich the grass was growing in
Texas, and determined to move back
and occupy the lands. 1t was about
seven years ago that the leading cattle
men formed a protective association
and subsequently procured the passage
Of the stringent laws against thieying
We can send a mat to the p~enitentia-
ry now for stealing a calf.
" started in business by bringing
three hundred head Of short horn cat,
tie from Kentucky and crossing them
win the pure Spanish long horn
breed. This united the heavy onaii.
ties OF the former stock with the power
and activity OF the 'rustlers,' and The
result has been as satisfactory as could
De desired. Few people understand
now the business can be so profitable
The fact is that it not only gives a
handsome dividend, but the herd
doubles every three years. The Eng.
llsh and Scotch are investing a great
deal OF capital, finding that il nsvs
them ~ per cent interest"
Captain Slaughter thought that the
price Of beef would not continue as
high as It has been this spring. The
high price was owing TO short crops.
lie stated that the emigration west.
ward from the Atlantic coast and east
ward from the Pacific was gradually
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The Lnle Miss PhiIIipps.

Adelaide Phillips, the popular con
tralto songstress, who was last here with
the Experimentation opera troupe
some five or six years ago, died at Carls-
bad. Germany, a few days ago. The de-
ceased was born in Bristol England, in
1888. came to America in 1880 and settled
in Boston, which city has since been her
home. Her first professional engagement
was at the Boston Museum, where she re-
manned for eight years. While a member
of the dramatic company Of this theater
her voice. a contralto, began to develop
under the instruction Of Madame Arnault,
and in l852she was enabled to go to Eu-
rope by a subscription headed by Jennie
Lind. She studied fort year in London
under Garcia, then went to Italy, and in
November. 1858, made her debut in
Brescia. In December, 1855, she sang ut
Carcano in Milan in the Barber Of Sc
Vile" She appeared at the B ston Music
Hall in concert in October, 1855, and at
the New York Academy of Music in
opera in March 1856. In October, 1861,
she was heard at the Italian Opera in
Paris, and subsequently in Madrid, Liege,
Antwerp and other continental cities, In
1869 she took part in the great Boston
Peace Jubilee.
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Monday, October %, 1882.

all the interest Of defendant r B Hays IN the
real estate mentioned and described in said
decree as follows; SOW
Firs.-The estatutory equity Of redemption
Oh DEFENDANT Il b Hays in the following de-
scribed real estate, TO wit:
Lets Is ard IA in block At, In what
is known as Fort Pickering, living inst
south OF the city of Memphis, in Shelby conn
y, Iennessee, reference being made 10 said
lots and blocks as laid down on W~ilIiamson's
map Of the city of Memphis and enyirons' is
sued in 1871.
Second The equitable interest of defendant
ri Hays in the "WOOdlaWn Place. referred
TO- In tho Pill and described as follows:
Win w nn "a tneIpy county, Tennessee. near
yoad. beginning at a large red oak marked
4, on the south side Of Loosa Hntcbie
river, and running thence south 5 de-
srees east, 100 chains q links, to an elder tree
ms nrIk III a NED crossing the M. 80. R.R.
at vs. chains and 30 links; thence south 20 de-
glrees east, II chains and 81 links to a stRke in
the center of the Brownsville road; thenoe
south, 62R degrees west, IA chains and "a
limbs, with the Brownsville road to a stake:
tnence south ~ degrees east. 20 chains and 80
links to q stake in HaywoOds' north boundarv
line ofa6o1 acre tract;thenee south ,S7kdesrees
west, with said Haywoods' line. 81 chains and
W links to a stake near a branch, one Of Hav-
woods, corner; thence north, q de (rees west.
" eAains to a small willow on the south side
- - lOdAt luIuto EOuNn Obto DO
grees west, % chaips and 20 Links to Hay-
woods northwest corner, from which south
w degrees east 6 linksi, asweetgum mark
cd ID; thence no II 80 chains and So Iinks Ia n
stake, AZ. links Of hickory marked X: tbenea
west 80 chains TO an elm marked Elk; thence
north ~ chains. ~cIossing h. said railroad for
merry ,khown as the MemDhs tpd Ohio rail-
roAo, but now called be Memphis and Ior.;s-
vile railroad, at Z chains and 20 link 10
syeimore zee marked II. on tre souIn bsns
Of Loosa Hatchie river; tn nee ntrlh "a de-
grees east, Gu ting and equaliziak Inc mean
dering Of said river, Al chains to A sfaEe' in
the south boundary line Of j WilIs' s501 scra
grant; thence east rs chairs to J Wills sonib.
east corner; thence hog.h wi b said Wills easL
boundary line, 43 chains TO Loosn Hatchie
river; thence with the ~meanderings Of said
ssream ~ chainsto the beginning, containing
ny estimation $40 acres, being a portion Of
what Is known as the "WoOdiawn Place. - be-
longing 10 the iate Samuel j II ,ys, AVID con-
yeyed by Al Hays and Others to K B Hays nv
and OF record In the office of the Reeisfer ~
Shelby county, In book "A, page 2l6, to which
reference is made. ~
Terms Of sale-0n n credit Of geven and
twelve months. taking purchasers notes with
approved personal security, bearing interest
from date and retaining a lien upoa the prop
demption barred.
jackson, Tenn, September 81, 1882.
JUHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
Mcfarland, solicitor. 1g5
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TOkay and its Wine.

AVuuOu llhe7s
Nearly due north of Dehreezin is
the district to which tie little town
(2OOO inbabitants) of Tokay gives its
name. The train carried us through
thousands OF acres Of fne maize. in
terspersed with sunaowers, which
grow to a height Of eight or nine feet
and are used as sources of oil. We
passed occasionally shallow salt lakes.
which increased in the n~eighborhood
OF Nyiregvhaza, where there is a large
lake containing various chlorides and
iodides and much used for medical
purposes. Presently the line trended
to the northeast and the wheel
sides Of the Tokay mountains came
into view. At the various points be-
tween Deheezrin aud Tokay we saw
multitudes of fine cream colored oxen,
something like those of the Maremma,
and in n large field fourteen plows.
each drawn by two ofthese oxen, were
at work almost side by side. The
Tokay wines are grown on a range of
hills called the Hegyallva, which are
OF volcanic origin. and the soil con-
sists ofdecomposed tufu and felspathic
rocks. The district has been carefully
mapped by Joseph Srzabo, Professor
OF Geology in the University of Buda-
Pesth. The vineyards extend FAR be
yond the town ef Tokay, and have an
area OF nearly 10000 acres, while the
yield sometimes exceeds 12.OO0OO0
gallons. Ut course, a great deal OF
this is common Tlschwein, a yery
light table wine, only the best Quail
ties OF which possess any trace OF the
peculiar Tokay bouquet. The rarest
o fthe Hegyallya wines is the Essentia.
which is made from the Juice of
slightly dried grapes which flows
naturally from the grapes while in the
vat. by their own pressure. Very
small qualities of this wine
made and it never appears in the
market. Ia a large cellar Of Tokay
wines only n or two small casks OF
Essentia will be found. 1t appeared
to us scarcely to differ in favor or
character from the fine Ausbrucb,
made from the same grapes in a SINH.
lar condition, but from Juice expressed
by artificial means. Ausbruch is the
wine commonly called 1okay. finely
iermented and with delicate bouquet
That which we tasted in the Tokay
cellars was less sweet, and possessed
far more character than the wine
usually sold in England under the
name. 1t is said that not more than
10000 gallons Of Ausbruch arc made
annually. Maslas is made by mixinO
fresh grapes with slightly dried cranes
I've mean, Of course, grapes exposed Ia
The sun after being gathered, SO as Ia
develop sugar in thtm). II is drier
than Ausbruch, with almost the same
bouquet, and it is a fine wine. Ol
course, IN this extensive district there
are a great variety Of wines; the above
are simply prominent types. Our host
gave US an exquisite dry Tokav al,er
the soup. In Count Degenield's eel.
lars We tasted an admirable wine a
the Maslas type, several years in cask
and OF great character, which cost 4
little more than one Austrian aor;n
per htre. We do not know whether
such wines stand shipment we'll. but
the wine would certainly be a great
boon TO this country at double The priee
No vine is sent directly from Toksvto
England. Orr informant said he be-.
heVed there was a merchant IN Press
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Butterine.
N. o. Sugar Planter.

The subject Of food adulteratisn
opens up an infinite field of discussion,
and there is much to be said for and
against it. The butterine factory in
this city, which has just declared a
dividend OF ten per cent, reveals the
fact that an extensive business has
been carried on the past year in the
manufacture and sale Of an imitation
Of butter, but while butterine cannot
be called an adulterated article of
food, nevertheless there can be no
doubt that thousands of people are
daily buying the article under the i'm
preston that il is genuine butter. And
in this connection we will say that
from practical knowledge of the mode
Of manufacture, we would infinitely
prefer oleomargerine to rancid butter,
and will readily concede its superior
be lthiulness; and yet the business
although the company sells its product
as butterine the retailer
with means Of deception, and prac-
tically results in giving to the con-
sumner, perhaps in a majority of in
stances, that which he did not buy.
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A .pecuIahve Young woman.
Car.on City Appel

NaisOh OlJ appeal
Guess | won't take in school to-
day" said a Carson urchin with an
Appeal in hand.
why not2'
"Concordia has fallen off ten cents.
and don't dare to show up until it
picks up again"
What have the fluctuations Of
Concordia got to do with your stu
dies2"
"a good deal" answered the boy.
My teacher has one hundred shares
Of the stock, and when it falls off a
few cents we all catch it heavy. |
keep my eye on the list, aud wien
there's a break you bet | don't 20 to
school; | play sick. GollyI how she
basted me when Mount Diablo busted
down to two dollars. My mothers
been patchin' my pants wei since the
big break in Sierra Nevada, and if the
market don't take a turn pretty soon
I'm goin' to quit the public school
and go to work on a ranch"
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Ch.nese as Priuters.
San Francisco Bulletin


A Chinaman offers his services to
the publisher ola monthly paper in
this city, to set up all the forms of his
paper, send him proofs Of each article,
and make the corrections marked in
the proofs when returned, and convey
the forms to and from the press. room
for seventy five cents a column.
There are forty eight columns in the
paper, each column twenty and one
half inches long by two and one
quarter inches wide. The offer was
declined, whereupOn the Cbinaman
said he was doing the same work for
two other periodicals in the city.
They learned the business in Hong
Kong and Canton. where papers are
published in the English tongue, and
where Cinnamon are drilled into the
work on account Of the scarcity Of
white labor.
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ARo,,s PRAYER.

You amt feeling very we'll, are
you, my son. siuce you sat out under
the back stood all alone with that
stolen pie2" The father spoke calmly
and his voice was so gentle that the
apprehensive culprit ceased trembling
and plucked up courage enough to
make the observation:
Yes, father, dear, I'm pretty sick"
Its too bad" he responded, sym
pathetically, uncoiling a trunk strap,
and then ensued a scene Of wild com.
motion, during which the sick boy
bounded about the room like an ante
lope that had never known a days
sickness. Kneeling by his bedside
that night he prayed long and fer
vently, longer and more fervently than
usual. He prayed that God would
make him a pirate.
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burg, many miles away and quite out
of the Hegyallya district, who COM
municated directly with England. OF
course, Finme would be the port, and
if the cask could be sent direct from
Tosay and closed in a second cask
there might be some chance Of getting
the true Ausbruch and Maslas. The
chief trade is with Prussia.
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Specializing ON the Fickleness of
Youth.

II. W. Grady, in Atlanta Constitution.
| met a young man yesterday who
asked me whether | thought the re-
ported wedding Of a we'll known
young lady in Atlanta would take.
place at the time alleged to be APP.
pointed. gave my opinion and then
asked him if he was interested in the
lady in question. "0h, no." he re
piled, II do not even know her"
why then, do you want to know
about her marriage2'' "0h, | have
bought four matrimonial policies of
$1,000 each on her, and I'm anxious to
know if I'll get my money" Does
she know of this?" "0h, no; that
isn't necessary. Anybody can take
out a policy on anybody else. If you
know of a lady that is engaged and
will not marry within five months
from the time you take a policy on
her, you can get any amount on her
wedding you want. | suppose there
is $25. 900, or perhaps double that, on
the Young lady | asked you about. +"
"How does the company make its
money!" II suppose it bets on the
fckleness Of The young folks. No
policy will be paid except five months
after it is taken out,
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The Art of MennOlin,.

These attempts at revising the art
OF MezzOtint as employed upon original
work have a special interest besides
that which attaches to them az ex.
perlments so far successful and prom.
lsing to be still more so. They show
the desire to cultivate a very beauti-
full and refined style in which English
artists, inspired as they were by The
beautiful pictures Of Reynolds and
Gainesborough, more than a hundred
years ago, arrived at the highest per,
lection. That the method had eyer
been suffered to fall into disuse. and
be supplanted by the more mechapi'
cal and less artistic work produced in
various forms by various tools used r.
cut into the plate in a more or les.
stun aud unpliant manner, is much h
be regretted. 1t is essentially paint.
er's method, more pictorial than any
other, and broader in treatment. and
one, therefore, that enables the artist
to give full expression to his feeling
for the beauties Of light and shade
and every charm of graduation and
suggested color possible to a mono.
chrome.
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NOn.Resident Noice.

No. f63, RD-In the Probate Court Of Shelby
County, Tenn.-David 4 Vhrnell et al vs..
Joseph II YArnell ct al.
TT appearing from original bill, which Is
i sworn to in this cause. that the defend
ants, Joseph II Varnell and Mary K Laugh
lin are non-residents of the State Of Tonnes
see, saidvarnell residing IN State Of Missouri,
and said Laughlin in the State Of Texa,;
! Is therefore ordered that they MAKE
their appearance herein. at the courthouse
Of Shelby. county, in Memphis, Tennessee,
Der. 1882, and plead, answer or demur 10
compiainant's bill, or same viii be taken Tor
confessed as 10 them and set for hearing ex-
partej and that a copy Of this order be pub
ished once week for four successive weeks
In the Public Ledger,
This 9Th day OF October, 1882.
A copy-Attest,
HUGH B CULLEN, Clerk.
Sykes 4 Glisson, soils for compl't.
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Mahlstick in a recent letteI

Mahlstick in a recent letter to the
Courier. Journal says Of Miss Mary
Anderson: II saw a curious article a
land paper, with regard to Mary An
derson aud her smoking, to say moth
ing of an expectOrating talent that
would have compelled the Hon.
Hannibal ChollOp's' admiration. 1t is
a beautiful story as it stands, and it is
a pity to spoil anything SO poetical
concerning a charming girl like the
tragedy queen, but the fact is the
young woman never smoked a cigarette
in her life. When she commences
she will no doubt be expected to
perform the feat SO clearly described
by the Cleveland man Of spieots. The
story has now been well circulated"
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AN OYSTER YARN.
A California Lady's Experience
Ofthe Few York BivalVes.

never found anything but once
here 10 eyeess of my expectations, or
even approaching them. and that was
the New York oysters. | had just then
come from California, where oysters
are very small and unimportant, not
to say insignificant, and | had often
eaten a hundred there at a time, and
had always felt that | could eat more
if | had them. So when ] arrived at
the Metropolitan Hotel | ordered my
dinner to be served in my room, and
told the waiter to bring with my din
ner a strong cup of coffee and 100 raw
oysters. BE looked at'me a moment
ard then said:
ibid | understand you to say 100
oystersP"
Yes" / answered, raw, on the
half shell, with vinegar; no lemons,
and as soon as you can, for | am very
hungry"
-"Aheml Miss, do you want 1902"
Eyes, | do. What are you waiting
FORT Must | pay for them in advanced
/ want nice, large ones"
"No, no, Miss. All right, you shall
have them" and be went out. | con-
tinued my writing, and forgot all
about my dinner till he knocked and
came in with my dinner on a tray, but
ne oysters.
"Hsw is this2" said L. There are
no oysters.
"Dey's comm, Miss, dey's comm"
and the door opened and in filed three
more sons Of Afric's burning sands,
each with a big tray of oysters on the
half she'll. | was staggered, but only
for a moment, for | saw the walters
were %grinning, so | calmy directed
them TO place one tray on a chair, one
on the washstand and one on the bed,
and said:
"They are very small, aren't they?'
"Ohl no, Miss, de berry largest
we've got"
Very well" said |, you can 60. If
l want any more I'll ring"
When they got out into the hall one
said to the other:
Fore God, 10, if she eats all them
oysters she's a dead woman"
| did not feel hungry any longer. l
drank my coffee and looked at the
oysters, every one of them as big as my
hand, and they all seemed looking at
me with their horrible white faces and
out other one diabOlical eye until l
could not have eaten one any more
than ] could have carved up a live
baby. They leered at me and seemed
to dare mt to attack them. Our Cali
fornia oysters are small, and with no
more individual character about them
than grains Of rice, but these detesta-
BILE creatures were instinct with evil
intentions, and | dared not swallow
n for fear of the disturbance he
might raise in my interior, so | set
about getting rid of them, for l was
never going to give up beaten before
those walters. | hung a dress over the
keyhole after | locked the door, and
just ontside my window found a tin
water spout that had u hole in it. |
carefully enlarged it and then slid
every one OF those beastly creatures
down one by one-one hundred and
two of them-they all the time cycling
me with that cold, pasty look Of malig-
nifty. When the last one was out Of
sight | stopped trembling and finished
my dinner in peace, and then rang for
the walters. You should have seen
their facesl One Of the walters asked
if | would have some more. May he
never know the ioternal pang he infic-
ted upon me, but | replied, calmy:
mol not now. Think too many az
once might be hurtful."
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A Sharp Joke.
Boston Post.

You know these little spindles made
Of an upright wire about eight inches
long, sharp at one end, and set in a
base Of iron. People have them on
desks to put paper and letters on. aud
the other day a gentleman who left .
silk hat on a chair in an Office CHANGED
to see one of those spindles on a desk
and put it under the hat, and the fell.
low who thought it would be a good
joke to stroll in and, apparently By
accident, sit down upon that hat and
smash it, came to the conclusion tbaI
he had exercised fearful bad Judgment
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NOn-resIdent Notice.


No. 45l9-In the Chancery Court Of sbelbv
county, Tenn.-JD BreWst VS.. ] A Ander-
son OF al.
7 appearing from the bill which is sworn IN
In this cause that the defendant. j A An.
derson, e a resident Of the State Of exas and
nonresident Of the Stale Of Tennessee. and
" appearing from the Sheriff return That no
oihoors OF the San francisco Mining Companv
arc, to be, found in bis county, and AZ
taehment having been issued and returned
by the Sheriff, levied upon certain
property In which perhaps they have
an interest, to satisfy the debt of Complainant
alleged in said bill to be about 1929. 10, due Nv
Judgments; IL is therefore ordered that thew
make their appearance herein, at the conrf-
house ofShelby county, In Memphis, Tenn
on OF before the first Monday in Neyembe,'
1889, and plead, answer or demur 10 ,om'
plainant. bill, or the same will be taken To-
confessed as to them and set for hesrinr AT y
paTte, and that q copy o fthis order Ia NM
hshel once a week, for four successive WeeLS
In the Public Ledger. "'0ASs
!his2 18th day Of Sci tembcr 1882.
A copy-Attest;
] BLACK, Clerk and Msstor
byJ Bradley, 4 NJ.
morgan q Mcfarland, sOl'rs for compl't.
II oJ onTnr