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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-08
Comfort for Octogenarians.

When you are eighty years old, good
reader you may soliloquize after this
fashion: E.-. Hrlh
81 have become very deaf What 9
blessingl There is such lot of silly
talk cannot hear-such scandals, etc.
My eyes are failing How fortunate
do not see 1.-THE of the folly and
wickedness that is going on around me,
| am blind to faults that would provoke
me to censure i'F
IL have lost my teeth, and my voice
is not very audible Well, find it NO
use babbling to folks who won't listen,
so / save my breath for better purposes.
| don't show my teeth where cant bite.
| venture on no tough meat.
''My taste is not so discriminating as
of yore, and the good is that am the
more easily satisfied, don't keep finding
fault, am contented and thankful A
nice palate is plague have got rid Of.
"My joints are rather stiff. Well, if
they we're ever so supple, | do not want
to 90 to see the sights, hear concerts,
make speeches, nor carouse at feasts. =
" +" i am not so strong as was; but for
what do need to be stout2 am not
going to wrestle or fight with anybody.
Ny morals are generally improved.
my brain is not so clear as in my
younger days, therefore ! am neither so
hot-headed nor opinionated. l forget a
thousand injuries.
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nemini.cences or Dichens.

The editor of the London Graphic re-
lates some particulars Of his persons
aequaintace with the late author. as fol-
lows;
The 6rst time / saw the idolized Boz in
the flesh was at a fancy fair in the Painted
Hall Of Greenwich Hospital, held, |
think. for the benefit Of the Shipwrecked
Mariners Society. He was then hand
some young Ean, with piercing bright
eyes and carefully ARRANGED BAR, much,
in fact, as he is represented in Aeehse 5
picture. The last time ] saw him was a
,aT weeks since. when ] had the pleasure
Of neeiizy him at dinner. To all out
ward appearance he then looked like =
man Who would i've and work until be
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-08
the Race Across the ocean.

From the New York Tribune, fth.l
The yachts Dauntless and Cambria
have begun their race across the ocean,
the former having the start The brief
dispatch which announces this states
that the Cambria is sure 10 be the victor
if the weather is rough This is mere
speculation, Of course The Cambria is
doubtless a rough weather vessel, but in
a race of more than three thousand miles
rough weather sailors are also required
We shall kn0S ths value Of these specu-
lations in less than fcrtnight The
vessels may be expected oif SsEdy Hook
about July 18th or 18th They have az
RANGED 10 signal the passing steamers on
their route. and we shall doubtless have
full intimafiOp Of the precise time az
which they viii pass lha lightship which
marks the end Of the race. t.l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-08
Judge OF Prohnte Court.

To the Qualified Voters of Shelby County; !
am a candidate for Judge of the Probate Court
for Shelby county; subject to the decision Of
the voters at the ballot box. Election the first
iii lite ia%' = = 7 7 $50 @ THOMAS LEONARD.
I am d candidate for the office of Probate
Judge of Shelby county; subject to the action
of the Democratic Convention.
te" JOHN A. ONLEI.
We are authorized to announce JAMES IL.
TEMPLE a candidate for Judge of the Probate
Court Of Shelby county. Election, first Thurs
day in August. to"
J. W. SCALES is a candidate for Judge of
the Probate Court Of Shelby county; subject to
the action of the convention Of July Is.
B. B. BARNES is a candidate for Judge Of
Probate Court. Primary Convention. July l6
Saturday, s p.m. Nominating Convention,
July IS Monday. Election, first Thursday
in August. lO3-te
We are authorized to announce J. Z. X. RAY
as a candidate for Judge of the Probate Court
of Shelby county; subject to the Democratic
Nominating Convention. lai1 blul04-te 2
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AReeommendation.

A hunter-Helloal Uncle, want to
sell that dog2
Old negro-Yes, sir.
Hunter-What will you take for him
Negro-Five dollars, sir. .- o9ihA
Hunter-Five dollars2 He must be a
pretty good dog, then.e
Negro-Oh yes, sir. ,..-.r
Hunter-How old is he?
Negro-Not very old, sir. M
Hunter-What is he good for2
Z, Negro-Coons, SIR cNCQ
Hunter-How do you know he is-did
you ever try him? alJ l9g NO
Negro-No, sir, never tried him, but
know he is. lH lNdlf f
Hunter-Well, if yon have never tried
him how do you know it?
Negro--Well, sir rs tried him arter
possums and hogs, deer, rabbits, and
nearly .ebber ting else, and he amt good
at any of dem, and know he must be
good for somstlng, f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-08

A Cincinnati physician protests against
the common practice Of applications OF
cold water to The head in cases Of sun
stroke. he presefibes Ferm Eayer appi-
cations aud an emetiC, after which spl-
ifus 4efheris sHlphWrici in teaspoOnful
doses every fifteen minutes. and friction
along the spine by means Of mustard and
strong hniment. l-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-08

The warrensburg Mo- Journal IS
shocked to hear Of rebel in the Cabi-
net Of President Grant--one, too who
for eighteen months VAS engaged In
shooting down loyal men. eSnppose, ="
SAYS the Journal. Mr.. johnson had
put an ex-rebel soldier in his Cabinet;
what howl there would have beenl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-08

The friends of Hon. JOHN l.. T. SNEED,
of Fayette county, are authorized by him to
present his name to the people of Tennessee as
the Western Division. Election, August 4th,
1870. sssEis 4MstiegIa seaAi to
In response to the published call of members
of the bar In various counties Of East Tennes-
see, and numerous solicitations Of friends: L
hereby announce myself as a candidate for the
Beneb Of the Supreme Court of the State.
April 9. 20. T JAS. ". DEADERICK.
We are authorized and requested to an
nounce Hon. I. A. II. NELSON as o candi-
date for Supreme Court Judge from the East
ern Division. The election is TO be held on
the first Thursday in August, and two Judges
from each Of the three divisions of the State
are 10 he elected
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LOUISVILLE ROUTE.
aH
u'
SUMMER SCHEDULE.
Takes Effect June 10Th, 1870.

The train leaving Memphis at / Is ?. m. runs
daily. The am. train Toes not run on Sun
day Both trains run through to Louisville
without changes. Elegant sleeping ears run
through on the | Is p. m. train from Memphis
to Louisville, connecting at Louisville with
through cars to Philadelphia, Cleveland, Buff
falo aud New York, without change. Only
one chanm from Louisville to Baltimore,
staterooms, in through ears, can be engaged
at the Ticket Office, 2S715 Main street.
J. T. BOYD. Superintendent.
JAS. SPEED. Ticket Agent. 9-62-t
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For Attorney General.

W. d. WILKERs0N, JR.. of Lauderdale
county, Isl candidate for Attorney General oi
the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit. composed OF
the counties of Hardeman, Fayette, Shelby
Tipton and Lauderdale. 106-teS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-08

Fl;zsbesk Chester chancey. Of Phiia
deIphia, lea y hes yin $4,000 70 SIX
charitable Institutions
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ANNOUNCEMENTS. a
Judge Of Fifteenth Judicial Cire

Judge of Fifteenth Judicial Cfrcuff.
In answer to the calls Of the bar and people
Of this circuit, i announce myself candidate
comprised of Shelby, Upton and Fayette
counties. Gtel ti T.J. FLIPPIN.
At the request of respectable portion of
the Bar, and of the people Of the Fourteenth
Judicial Circuit, / announce myself a candi-
date for Judge of that Circuit. The election
lis to be held on the first Thursday. being the
4th day, of August next.
April %, 1870. aA'N gFtA stes
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CHEMICAL SYSTEM OF MEDICINE.

II is divided into the following departments
FEMALE DEPARrNEST.-In this department
every complaint known to woman is treated
with unvarying success.
CANCER DEPARTMENT. Cancers and tumOrs
are here cured in ninety-eight cases out Of
every hundred.
DEPARTMENT FOR HEART DIsEAsE.--In this
department this formidable disease is treated
with the most gratifying results.
DEPARIMENT FOR skis DISEASES. Every
form Of skin diseases permanently cured here
CONSUMPTION AND CATARRH DEPARTMENT.
The professors in this department have made
many important discoveries in the treatment
Of lung, throat and nose diseases.
EYE AND Ear DEPAKrMENT.-The eye and
ear most tendcrly and triumphantly treated.
CONFIDENTIAL DEPARINENT.-DevOte 10 the
exclusive treatment Of a class Of maladies
namelcss here, by an able professOrship.
SURGICAL DEPARrMEN..-We daily perform
the most important operations known to sur
gerry.
An affairs Of a private character held a.
credly confidential
~ Office hours from o'clock In the morn
ing till 8 clock in the evening. Open every
Sunday forenoon, from 9 an. TO y m.
J. B. RUSsELL. H. D.,
Consulting Physician.
]. c. WArsox. Secretary.
y. q. MAnRAN. lreasurer. lgllo-2
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PASSENGERS GOING EAST,
Via Louisville or Cairo,
SHOULD PURCHASE TICKETS BY THE
Erie & Atlantic & Great Western R'y

Eulo u AbldublU u VI 6dJ w 6olclu II
Forming the best and most comfortable line to
New York, Boston, and Northern and Atlantic
cities, with magnificent Palace Combined Day
and Night Coaches, through TO New York
without change.
Three Lightning Express Trains Daily.
This is the only line from Cincinnati to New
York under one management; the only line
from Cincinnati to New York without break of
Gauge; the only line whose trains run through
to New York without change; the only line
running coaches through without using COM
promise wheels; the only line running Palace
Broad Gauge Coaches through without change.
B5- If you desire prompt time and certain
connections, finest scenery on the continent,
most comfortable cars in the world. most mag
niicent dining halls and ample time for meals,
and the safest, best, and most comfortable
rOute-go to New York hy the ERIE AND Ar
LAyTIc AND GREAT WRsFERN RAILWAY.
Tickets by this line for sale at all Ticket
Offices through the South.
WIN. r. BARR,
Gen'l Passenger Ag't, N. Y.
w. B. SHATTUC,
Genl South,n Ag't, Cincinnati. o. l2-S9
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April q. 1870. III llIl WI
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-05-20
Indigestion.

=
(which makes sleep pain, and turns its balm to
wornwOOd,'
is, we all know, the most common Of the dis
orders of the stomach. II Is also the most OBJ
stinate. 1t has been the most written about.
No sdisease presents such various, contrary,
and Incompatible symptoms. They contradict
all the laws of order, constancy, and incOnsis-
tency, which regulate natural events; they
bother the doctor, and canOnly beread by him
who is skilled i'll the book of nature. 1t is self
evident that the different forms OF indigestion
are to be met by corresponding methods of
cure. 1t has been said that'the perfection Of
medical skill is the talent of applying to each
individual case its precise and, as it were, its
individual cure. Thisis the ohject which ev-
cry conscientious physician pursues unceas-
ingly, and never can rest satisfied until he has
Overtaken. EdIoIrd Rilder's Stomach BitterS
their body being the purest coRpeF-distilied
whisky. makes this object attainable alike to
all. They are specfc-the disease specify
ing the remedy, not the remedy the disease.
They are combination of substances which
meet the speciality Of the disorder by a CORE,
spending speciality of cure. They should be
kept in every well regulated family; they are
indispensable to health.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-05-20
Guadianna River,

The British army, when 1t advanced on Tai
avara and fought that celebrated battle, which
was followed by retreat into the plains, lost
more men by the malarial diseases contracted
on the banks of the Guadfanna than by the
bullets of the enemy. They died by thousands.
All Europe believed that the invading army
was eNtirpated. act malarial diseasesare no
more common in Europe than in our own coun-
try; they exist throughout the length and
breadth Of our land-everywhere at some time
and in some shape are we made to feel the sick
ening influence of mIasma. The three great
actors in this equation of disease are solar heat
moisture, and vegetable decomposition: The
trio if separated are harmless, together they
are more potent for evil than any other known
agents; so long as they exist. just so long will
we have need of a medicine which will over
come their perniciOus effects; so long will it be
necessary to have arcmedySapableO Of meeting
and beating the insidious enemy. ~ all
known agents for this purpose. none is to COM
pare with EdacGrd WTIder'S Chill Tonic, the
master Of every form and variety and grade
and degree OF malariat disease and of mias-
matte poison. Try it. all who are suffering
fraM any faTEl Of aqua aud feveFOr ehillS and
fever. as a cure Is guardrteeti In livery case. -
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offices of honor and profit in their gift
lit never had in any book that he had
read. He could hardly believe his
senses.
This boy always had hard time of
it. Nothing ever came out according to
the authorities with him. At last, one
day, when he was around hunting up
bad little bows to admonish, he found a
lot of them in the old iron foundry fix
ing up little joke on fourteen or fifteen
dogs, which they had tied together in
long procession and were going to or
nament with empty nitro glycerine cans
made fast to their tails Jacobs heart
was touched. He sat down on one of
those cans-for he never minded grease
when duty was before him-and he took
hold of the foremost dog by the collar,
and turned his reproving eye upon
wicked Tom Jones.
But lust at that moment Alderman
McWelter. full of wrath, stepped in.
All the bad boys ran away; but Jacob
BIiyens rose in conscious innocence and
began one of these stately little Sunday
School speeches which always COM
mence with, "Oh, sir!" in dead OPPOSE
ton to the fact that no boy, good or bad,
ever starts a remark with 'tOh, sir"
But the Alderman never waited to hear
the rest lie took JACOB BllVens Dy the
ear and turned him around, and gave
him whack in the rear with the fiat of
his hand and in an instant that good
little boy shot ont through the roof and
scared away toward the sun, with the
fragments of those fifteen dogs string
ing after him like the tail of kite.
And there wasn't sign of that Al
derInan or that old iron foundry left on
the face of the earth; and as for young
Jacob Blivens, he never got a chance to
make his last dying speech, after all his
trouble fixing it up, unless he made it
to the birds because, although the bulk
of him came down all right in tree-top
in an adjoining county, the rest of him
was apportioned around among four
townships. and so they had to hold five
inQuests on him, to find out whether he
was dead or not, and how it occurred.
You never saw a boy scattered SO.
Thus persisted the good little boy who
did the best he could, but didn't come
out according to the books. Every boy
who ever did as he did pTospered, ex-
cept him. His case is truly remarkable.
1t will probably never be accounted for.
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ANIMAL INSTINCT.

!
,ai The instinct OF animals is sometimes
really surprising. There was once in
the possession of a farmer in Clonmel
goose that, by accident, was left with
out mate or offspring, male or female,
Now it CHANGED that the good wife had
set number Ofduck eggs under hen,
which in due time were incubated, and
of course the ducklings took TO water,
seeing which the motherly old hen was
in sad pucker-her matursity urging
her to follow the brood. and her selfish
ness to remain on dry land, In the
mean time up sailed the goose with
cIack aud elatteF, which, Interpreted,
meant ,t11at me take care of them.S
She SWAN up and down with the Young
sters, and when they wearied of their
aquatic excursions Feeommitted them to
the guardianship of the hen. In the
morning down came the ducks There
was the goose, and the hen was in great
Ausfration.s, On this occasion we do not
know If the goose invited the hen for a
friendly sail, but it is the fact that. being
near the shore, the hen jumped upon her
back, and in company they crnised mp
and down, as it were, conveying the
feathered hotilla- Day after day the
hen, on board the goose, might be seen
in perfent content and good humor.
Numbers Of people came to visit this
extraordinary occurrence, which, hap
peped day after day until the Juvenile
excursionists arrived at the days of dis
Icretion,, and, fully posted IN maritime
masters, no longer needed the services
of goose end hen, pilots, instruct
ors,n etc. 555s ss. Ests
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DR.. Laennec.

This renowned Frenehman did more per-
haps to clear up the mysteries which before
his time had invested the nature of chest di-
seases than any other physician who ever lived.
Yet with all his skill in detecting the nature
and form Of the malady before him, be was
sadly deficient in his knowledge OF remedies.
He drew vivid pictures of coughs, catarrh, and
all the affections of the air passages, still he
left but few words concerning their treatment
The youngest physician to-day knows better
how TO manage any one Of the chest troubles
he knows the value of the wild cherry; he is
acquainted with its supreme virtues; he is
aware of the many potent agents which enter
into the combination of Edlcdrd TPiEder's
Compound Extract Of IPild Cherry, and knows
that with the use of this truly great medicine
he is fully master of the situation. He has no
fear in the presence of Group, no misgiyings at
the advance of bronchitis; he 'grappfes with
consumption, and subdues every cough, cold,
or catarrh. Hence every family should always
have this invaluable medicineat hand. 80
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Helminthology.

A distinguished Psychologist has declared
that it seems TO be principle of nature that
every situation capable of supporting living
organic bodies should be peopIed with them.
The huge whale is often driven TO madness by
an almost Invisible member of the great tribe
OF yermes. The history of Helminfhology
abounds in illustrations of the influence of
worms in the production of disease aud IN the
evaporation of their symptoms. The fFe-
qucncy Of worms in the bodies of men, thel.s
oDviousness to the senses, together with their
common connection with enfeebled and NOR
bid states of the animal economy, all tend to
render them an object of interest from the re-
hottest periods. The very ablest minds have
been devoted to the study of these entozoa with
the view of discovering some substance which
was capable of speedily, safely, and perna-
nently expelling them from the human sys-
TEN. EDWARD WILDER's MOTHERS WORM
SYRUP is true vermieide, n genuine worm
destroyer, bona tide vermifugc. Its tastesis
delightful, its effects are quick its results I'M
falling. 1t is free from danger. No intestinal
worm can live in its presence. Mothers. de-
strOy the worms which infest your little ones,
with this delightful syrup.
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ED. WILDER.
ACataplasm of Rhubarb;

Laid upon the pit of the stomach Of a child
will cause the bowels to be empted; and aloes
kept in contact with raw surface will pro-
duce the same effect as If the medicine had
been taken into die stomach. So sstid tlse sreat
DIR. Cluttefbsek. Very many peFsql1ss kHpw
the operation of croton oil when placed upon
the tongue; TO say the least, it is speedy. Pur-
gatiyes in some shape are indispensable m the
practice OF medicines Many diseases are in
durable without them; and all of the simple
disorders of the system benefited by their
use. The great desideratum in their admins
tration has been to get one WHICH was either
laxative or purgative, was needed-always
mild but always efiicient-and the use of which
did not make it necessary to continue its use.
This has at last been done. EDWARD WILD
ER's FAMILY PILLS fulfill all the require
ments of the ease. They are. = laSatiye, yet,
sure; purgative, yet mild. InsInall SIOses tAey
meet the first want; in large doses they fulfill
the latter. But in whatever quantity given
they create no necessity for their use; they
creates no morbid state of the alimentary tube,
but leave it cleansed and iurge i % feneNett
health. They are in brief blessing to the in
dividual who suffers from constipation and
needs laxative, and are Indispensable to him
who is parched with fever and requires pur-f
gative. Use them, all you who value health.