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will De found famous women to agree that,
"if celebrity be Inconvenience for a man,
it Is real calamity for a woman and
many OF the nOblest Of the sex viii concur
with her who weep= that the heart Of
woman Is an abyss whose depths no one can
fathom. But II Is surely not true that a
woman who has never been beautiful mas
never been Young" as Madame Swetchine
ssys: or that "a woman without beauty has
known little Of life according to Madame
Montran; or that society, perhaps even
Providence, allows a woman only one bless
ing-a happy marriage and It Is Madame
de Stael who writes that; but she found
twenty years OF married lie a severe lesson"
What sort OF woman, old or young, married
or maiden, beautiful or ugly, is it who dares
declar that IN religion woman gives 10 God
what the devil does not want" There are fine
strokes OF wit in these singular pages.
Georges Sand ssvs that blamable woman
may presume 10 love virtue, but ii is not per
mited her to preach il. There Is a grand
difference between q weak woman and an
effeminate one; the first has all the graces
OF her sex, the second all it, infirmities; y
that Is Lady Blessington's. Ii Is she who
also says that a woman's heart Is always
above her head. Many women, seeking the
way 10 heaven, take the road 10 hell" Is
| bitter enough; but who shall gainsay it alb
solutely? Unhappy the woman whom dis
| fractions render happy" The egotism OF
a woman Is always an esotism OF two, Is II
] not? at requires more courage to make
/ love than to command an army Every
/ Frenchman detests the woman he adores. y
/ "Iu France, between man and woman
/ love IL only hatred in disguise;
and only Frenchwoman thus could canon
| lze our foolish mother Eve: she preferred
sorrow to ignorance-death to slavery. She
! seized with firm hani the forbidden fruit
and then enveigled man into her sublime
rebellion" "Flattery is like counterfeit
| coin; it convicis those who receive it,
women, and, above all, religious women
| are more difficult TO govern than men, Mad
| anne de Pompadour found out. But, alas
and alas, surely, it Is only in France that
humility Is the virtue Of idiots" that thu
[ mility Is nearly always the mask OF hypoc
| risy;" only in France do Every few wive:
! love their husbands ;" but Is it only in Francs
that marriage is a lottery, in which mer
stake their liberty and women their happi'
ness" And it is not in France only that "a
foolish mother rarely has a wise daughter
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Few men have been better known in Mem
phis, none more respected, than John +
Cameron, brave soldier in the Confederate
ranks, where be won admiration for his hero
Ism and regard for his virtues and for his
undertaking kindness OF disposition. In
position over the force that kept order in the
city during the horrors of the yellow-fever
in 1879, he won the respect Of all by the adj
mirable manner in which he performed his
responsible duties, and for the kind sympa-
thy he manifested toward the suffering and
the sorrowipg of that time Of heavy calamity
and woe. He has been called from us by
the summons we all have to obey, and the
hearts OF many Of our citizens, whose esteem
and affection he had won, were weighed
down with grief for the loss of one whose
virtues az a citizen, and amiability as a man,
have rarely been rivaled. The people Of
Memphis have, unfortunately, ample oppor-
tunity 20 testify their regard for his memory.
We say unfortunately, for he left behind him
an amiable wife and six sweet little children
exposed to the rebuffs and hardships Of a
hard and too often unsympathizing world,
without means to meet the needs and re-
sponslbilities of life. A committee has
kindly undertaken to solicit from our eiti-
zens what will relieve the anxieties of
stricken widow, weeping over the helpless
and fatherless little ones who depend upon
her for love, and for whom the means OF sus-
tenance fail. Let not their cry be in vain!
We earnestly call upon our generous citizens,
who never yet failed in such an appeal, to
contribute to aid the widow and the little
ones Of John +. Cameron.
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MIR REORGE PHELAN.

The many friends of this popular citizen
will be gratifed to learn of his return to
Memphis, after six months search for that
most valuable OF all earthly blessings
health. The life of Mr.. Phelan has been
one of peculiar pathos. 1t has been con-
slant battle with disease. His soul is always
burning with a flame too ardent for his
body. His intellect and spiritual powers far
exceed the capabilities of his physical frame,
and he constantly sees possibilities for work
which he feels an inward desire to attempt, and
which Intellectually he is every way com
petent 10 achieve, but which he is compelled
TO leave undone, because the body is never
equal to the demand of the volcanic
energy ever pushing him forward.
We regret TO learn that Mr.. Phelan, by
his long sojourn in Texas, derived but little
benefit to his health-but it is hoped and be-
Heved that the genial warmth of the spring
and summer will give to him renewed
vigor. 1t is a misfortune to the country
that the gifts which Mr.. Phelan possesses, so
many and so unique, are encountered by dis
ease. He is a man of great ability, immense
reading, and what he has not garnered of
history and of the secret springs of life is a
useless task to harvest. We trust cheerful
philosophy in sickness will prove q safe
guard against misanthropy, and that Mr..
Phelan will soon be restored to health, with
every faculty alive with power and fruitful
ness. In former political contests Mr..
Phelan was prominent, impulsive, generous
and brilliant, and exerted great influence.
Long may he live to delight and instruct his
friends; to shame humbug with his frank
ness; to make Httleness microscopic by his
nobler individuality, and to illustrate the
splendor of the English language by his in
spired pen and eloquent speeches.
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the report that he was "to dine with the Saw
ages" The menu had been Enthusiastically
designed with sketches Of war dancing and
the last red man smoking the pipe OF reAec-
ton by Niagara Falls. His royal highness
inumated that, Notwithstanding the indica-
tions Of scant clothing and feathers con-
viewed bv the artist in his illustrations Of the
Savage Club, he should be able to report
them TO his nephews as not less highly civil
lied than other gentlemen they would meet
in the world. Alter dinner, Toole, Brough,
Arson, Grasmith, Paulton, John Radcliffe,
and other artists, histrionic and musical,
recited, sang and played on various
instruments, to the great delight OF
the prince. Many of the Ssvages be-
ing engaged at the thesters, the dinner
took place at the early hour Of 5 o'clock, 90
az to admit of their leaving in time to act.
At o'clock the company adjourned to the
chambers Of the club on the ground floor Of
Lancaster House, Savoy strand, the prince
among them. At the home of the Savsges
he was received by several members of the
committee. No presentations were made to
him. He knew several of the men and shook
hands with them. Otherwise he was en-
throned on sofa surrounded by members,
and when he had lighted his cigar and had
been duly supplied with soda and brandy,
the programme Of songs and recitations was
proceeded with
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PLEASANTRIES.

The man who leaves dirty water in wash
basin gets a much shorter pair OF wings than
any Of the other angels.
aThere's no accounting for tastes" sadly
sighed the landlord, when his bartender failed
to make return for the drinks sold.
1t was written: "The claim was duly en-
tered" This was the way it showed up in
type: 'The clam was dearly entranced."
When Iight-haired mans locks begin to
turn gray he's getting on TO fifty. When
they begin to turn black he's getting on to
sixty.
A little girl read composition before the
minister. The subject was "a cow" She
wove in this complimentary sentence: "A
COW is the most useful animal in the world
except religion"
A correspondent writes to an exchange in
quiring: as coed character OF any value
| Considering recent developments in banking
! circles, we should say when man OF good
character is around to any extent its pretty
safe to keep the door locked.
Old SIobson came home in a very intoxi-
Gated condition last evening. His voice was
| 40 husky that it was with the greatest diff
| cuItv that he could make himself under
| stood. In explanation of it, he said he was
! suffering from "clergyman's sore throat
| The Court (arsterely Prisoner, how did
| Won have the audacity to break into tins
| mans house at midnight and rob him
| Prisoner (piteously)-But, your honor, last
| time | was before you you wanted TO know
| how could have the audacity 10 rob man
/ on the highway at high noon. When do you
/ want me to get in my work?
! Musical definitions: A diminished chord
J the cord of wood as sold BY the unscrupu-
/ lous coal dealer. A cross relation-the av-
I erage mother-in-law. i deceptive cadence
when the cats keep quiet after you have
1 thrown the bootiack, only to resume again
after you have closed the window. Oblique
movement-home from the lodge.
The Chinese problem may yet be solved by
| the Caucasian mother-in-law. A washee
person named All Saw went into the county
clerks Office at Little Rock, Ark, the other
day, and spoke thus: Heap stluck on Mel
lean woman. Gal she lovee me with vim
You makee license? / pay. Mally." The
ceremony was Immediately performed.
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PATH and Her Layer.

new fofk CORES ondent Philadelp hia Times.
Alas. even Patti must fade. Perhaps If
the little gypsy-for gypsy she il in look,
feature and tszte-had the least suspicion of
heart, 30 that now and then a fellow could
forget her srtifce and "fall in love" with the
woman, she might last longer. As it Is, al
though she can't in the face Of dates deny
her forty years Of travail in this world OF
sin, she really appears to be but twenty eight
or thirty, AMI doubtless has five years Of
superb success and FIVE more OF great popu-
larity besides. l studied her face carefully
the other evening, and though she was on
duty, think obtained very fair picture.
You see, she has had literally to fight the
world OF fashion and OF art in this Nicolini
matter. l dare say she is very fond Of him,
and he Ia gallant bearing chap Of whom
many women have been fond, but he has ad
his day, and Pill bet hat If there was les:
opposition on the part of people who really
have no business TO NEEDLE in it at all, Patti
would soon turn him the cold shoulder. Al
IT IL, constant fighting has hardened natur,
never very soft or yielding, and there is
dash OF defiance in her coal-black eyes which
seems to say: off you don't like it I dom
] care. What are you going to do about it?
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Harold on both cheeks at the moment he
uleditated Wrestling the kingdom from MIN.
The kiss Is quite a. ofgen the sign OF lnhdei-
ity a. 1t is OF the amenities Of
love. The kiss in Its worst and
most intolerable form, however, Is
when 1t Is a mere perfUnctory ob=erT ance-
What meaning can the iusllade which sa-
lutes bride have 10 a sensitive soul The
smack OF the minister, It Il true, gives on
clal or, perhaps, sacerdotal completeness TO
ceremony now stripped of some OF its an
cient unprescriptive plcturesqueness. On
entering battle Of old, the knight gracIously
saluted the company by kiss on the blade
Of the sword. At the battle OF lvry old
chronicles relate that the gallant knights Of
France deliberately drew up IN line and,
raising their swords, kissed their blades, then
set impetuOuslv forward with the lance. III
Homer IL 10 be taken literally, the honest
heroes OF the Had made The kiss to preface
nearly every undertaking, from the sacrifice
of bird to the delivery OF battle. Achilles
actually stopped a combat in order TO give
Paris time to 90 back and kiss Helen. Men
and women have been known to risk life and
fortune merely to pledge their treth in the
passing ec-tasy Of kiss. The mere SEN
sual qualification OF lip meeting lip Is not
the inspiration that flows from the touching
OF the lips. Kisses are the treble and clefs
that mark the perfectest melody in the song
and =vrnphouv of life
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THE PROSPECTS OF TRADE

The New York Public regards the CONNER
cial and monetary situation a. better than II
was a week ago. The weeks exchanges COM
pare more favorabIy with the corresponding
week last year Outside of New York there
is an aggregate increase Of 81 per cent in
the clearings, against "A per cent. last week.
The floods in the Southwest have greatly in
terrupted business, and owing to the peculiar
state of the cotton and iron trades, there is a
perceptible decrease in activity at some Of
the important manufacturing cities. All
signs point to a great increase in the yield OF
the crops this year, and almost the only
point of serious danger is the excessive specu-
lation in products. At the beginning Of the
present month prices Of several main articles
declined sharply, but new advance is in
progress now, which threatens to carry prices
higher than they we're before; the general
average this week is about 101 per cent.
higher than year ago. The tendency is at
present upward; this time last year it was
downward The money market has sud-
denly become easier and the state of the
banks more favorable, which should not be
allowed to induce incautiousness; if one
period of strictness has been safely passed
by the banks, it should be remembered that
it is not necessarily the last that may occur
The Bank of France, of England and OF
Germany, have increased their specie hold
ings, principally drawn from the circulation,
not from other gold producing countries.
Exports OF gold from this country have not
reached 100000 and the inference is
that gold shipments will not be large as
long as money is in active demand here.
Money still flows to the interior, and almost
everywhere domestic exchanges are in favor
of New York; but large outflow of money
usually sets in during the latter part of
March in preparation for April settlements.
A withdrawal of large amounts of money at
this time would leave the banks close to bot
tom, and some degree of stringency during
the latter part of the month would be ma
tural, even should no more gold go abroad
Speculation in grain, not improbable at
this time, is the danger most to be feared.
General trade is not 30 active at present as 10
demand largely increased supplies of capital.
Between doubt as to the immediate future
of the IN oney market, and doubt as to the
prospect in imp ortant branches of trade, the
month may perhaps close without any i'm
portant improvement.
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vns, women Saw Abou, Women.

In an excellent article about women's
opinion of their sex, the Philadelphi Amer-
ioaR has the following: The sharpest wit,
the most piercing satire, the baldest lncfe-
dulitv about its goodness the most audacious
charges of coquetting insincerity, hippancy,
volatility, acillatiOn, shallowness, and van
ity that we can find uttered against women,
have been uttered by women. Madame de
Gaspa-in, defining woman said that, as COM
pared with man, there is neither superior
ity nor inferiority, but there is difference, +"
but she added: "The true woman no longer
exists" We are told by Ninon de PEnclos
tina women are always seeking among their
admirers for those they can make their vic
tins; by Marie Antoinette, that every wo-
man who touches anything outside her per
sonal knowledge is a conspirstor; by Madame
de Maintenon, that in everything women
write there are thousands OF grammatical
| faults; by Madame de Lambert, that women
| love By within and change with the atmos-
| phere; BY Madame Fee, that a woman may
| sacrifice her love, but rarely has the strength
| to renounce it; by Madame de Rieux, that
delicacy in love would exterminate the
race; By Madame dAnconyille, that woman
will sacrifice her honor to her vanity: bv
| Mile. de Sommery, that the desire to be loved
proves only an excess of self-love; by Mad
anne Latour, that the art Of love-makiAg Is
with women the art OF self-defense; by an
other, that the first merit Of a woman in
mems eyes is beauty; and at once Madame
I de Puiseux cries out: Beauty Is dangerous
more a curse than a blessing" and even
| Mile. de Scudery, who ought to have known
| better, petulantly puts in: "In a woman
| beauty covers a multitude OF sin" OF
course, speaking for Us men, these acute la
! dies are not always wrong. One laments
that it rare, indeed, that We find wife who
has not driven her husband ito desolstion, -
| whatever that may mean, "by her caprice; y
and another, that when natural beauty is
| gone it Is vain to try to restore it; and
another lays down the Law that when a
woman advertises her beauty she proclaim;
that there is no grandeur in her character
1t is un9uestionable that "benevolence and
generosity embellish womanhood;" ther'
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Playing il Down on the Bishop.


Some of the old saints have now invented
a new kind Of pedro. Whenever anybody
catches anybody else's pedro, the party win
ming has the right to kiss the other five
times. The game is played with an equal
division of the sexes. The other evening
old Bishop - fixed Hp pack of cards
with nine pedros and started game right in
among some of the prettiest girls in the
ward. 1t happened, however, that the girls
anticipated his little game, and had pack
all ready without any pedros in. They rung
in the cold deck on the old fellow and started
the game. He made some big bids, expect
ing to capture some pedros, and got set back
ON the board every time. All this time the
girls kept exclaiming: "Oh, amt this nice
game, so exciting" After playing an hour
The old fellow didn't see the color of a single
pedro, and the glances and giggles OF the
girls caused him to suspect that the daugh-
tiers of Zion were rather getting the best OF
him. He finally got so far off the beard tn at
he was, comparatively speaking, out OF sight,
and finally gave up his place to young
man who was seated near by, watching the
game. In a twinkling the girls transposea
the packs again, and for the next two hours
the sounds of the smacks that young man
won could be heard all over the room.
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NEW ORLEANS TAXPAYERS.

The taxpayers of New Orleans are engage&
in a bitter contest with the tax gatherers
The Taxpayers Association nefd meeting
a few evenings since and resolved to contest
the enormous demand upon their resources.
They regarded the tax imposed on them as
ruinous, and requested all citizens to abstain
from the payment of any further taxes. A
proposition was made to enjoin the collec-
tion of the taxes for 1882. Finally B. r.
Forman was employed to contest the enor-
nous taxes imposed by the last legislature.
In addressing the meeting Mr.. Formsn said:
The question of taxation-bearing, as it
does, upon the interests and the lives and
the sum of the enjoyments of all the people
is always one of living interest. 1t has
been for ages the subject OF contest and
struggle between the toiler and the
bread-winner and those who try to
live without work on the produce of
the labor of the worker. The decisions of
the courts can never settle it, as the decisions
of courts settle no great political question.
The bred Scott decision did not settle the
question of negro slavery, for in three years
from the arms of every negro slave. So the
decision of the courts against the city, or
against the taxpayers in 1880, cannot settle
the question of taxes for 1882, nor determine
the relief the legislature can give to the tax
payers. The legislature of Tennessee has
given the property-owners of Memphis COM
plete protection against the rapacious de-
mands of the holders of Memphis bonds.
The Supreme Court of the United States, in
the cases Of Barclay and Heine, and Water
town and Garrett, have shown how the
legislature can give to the property
owner complete and perfect protection
against the ievying of taxes by mandamus,
and the only effectual and permanent
relief must come from the legislature.
Abolish the corporation, the judicial
being known as the city of New Orleans;
hquidate its affairs; divide its assets among
its creditors; establish on its area one or
more municipal governments; withdraw all
powers of taxation; let the legislature itself
impose and levy the tax, and apportion so
much to the bondholder, say the proceeds of
five mills, enough to pay him four per cent,
and apportion the proceeds of the taxes to
municipal expenses. For many years the
city government was maintained by tax of
three and half to six mills, and it can be
done again. Until prosperity reyives put
the oficeholder on short rations.
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U..h,nrton ConvIvIaIfty.

From "A Letter TO the Couner-Journal
There are some married ladies VINO en-
tirely disapprove of the frequency with which
dinners have been given this winter to gem
tlemen only. The barriers and restraints
which the temperance principles OF the last
administration had in a measure established
have been cast aside, and wives complain that
their husbands are enticed by the late hours
and conviviality of others, to take more vine
than is good for their health and usefulness.
The reign of Charles ii We said to be re-
action from the Puritanism of Cromwell,
and Washington is passing through like
experience. 1t is frequently said that reyo-
buttons never go backward, but that cannot
be true, for after four years of temperance
and frugality there is return to extrava-
gances Of all kinds, and the same conyiviali-
fy which existed prior 20 Hayes admins
tration has been re-established. The ridicale
which was poured out on Congressional
economy. and the abolition Of the wine cup,
proved that the efforts were unpopular, 30
that the people are responsible for the exist
ing state of affairs Washington convivislity
SO affected Campanini that he disappointed
the multitude which crowded the theater
Monday and Wednesday evening to hear him
sing in Carmen and Lohsn9rin.
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The Czar's Diary.

page OF the cars diary, If we may be-
lieve the San Francisco News Letter. runs as
follows: "Got up al am. and ordered M
bath. Found four gallons vitriol in it, and
did not take it. Went to breakfast. The nj.
hilists had placed two torpedoes on the
stairs, but / did not step on them. The
coffee smelt 50 strongly Of prussic acid that
| was afraid to drink it. Found a scorpion
in my left slipper, bat luckily shook it out
before putting it on. just before stepping
into the carriage TO go for my morning drive
it was blown into the air, killing the coach
man and horses Instantly. / did not drive.
Took light lunch of Theoretically sealed
American canned goods. They can't fool
me there. Found poisoned dagger in my
favoriie chair, with the point sticking out
Did not sit down on it. Had dinner at G
pm, and made Baron Laischounowonski
taste every dish. He died before the soup
was cleared away. Consumed Home Baltimore
oysters and some London stout that 1 have
had locked up for five years. Went to the
theater, and was shot at three times in the
hrst act. Had the entire audience hanged
Went home to bed, and slept all night OF
the roof of the palace"