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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-07
"That,s what's the Matter, ;,

A writer in the chronological Journal
asks the question, what makes women
unhappy and then answers it. A por-
ton of his remarks we copy:
While dissatisfaction is prevalent in
all classes of women, it is traceable to
very different causes, which are as dis
tinct as the conditions they represent.
For instance, there are all the various
watering places, or where all the summer,
ladies whose wealth, social position and
standing in society is all that they de-
sired. The casual observer would de-
clare there was nothing here upon which
to base the assertion of dissatisfaction
apart from that Datural discomfort which
characterizes the human family.
At all the watering places and seaside
resorts there has been noticeable de-
crease in beaux Daughters are chap
eroned through empty parlors, look in
vain for that necessary commodity
suitable gentleman attendants while
planning mammas grow frantic over the
hopeless task of husband hunting. These
mothers and daughters, like many others
elsewhere, are, with all their lack Of
innate refinement, women of average ca
pacity, who from lack of occupation
spend the best years Of their life in trying
to entice men, for the sole purpose of
having some one to supply in genteel
way the funds required for display.
Night after night these daughters attire
themselves in the costumes remarkable
for their scantiness IN one direction and
abundance in the other, and expose their
persons unblushingly as they tread the
mazes of the voluptuous dance in the
arms Of any worn roue that happens to
be on hand.
The extravaganza of these women
keep all honest manageable men away
from their presence; they are afraid to
go even for few weeks pleasure where
they are liable to be tempted to marry
women whom they could not possibly
support, and so they stay at home wish
ing all the time that they could find some
sensible girls who would be content with
competency | wish / could tell these
wretched girls how very many solid,
substantial men are at their places of
business this summer, kept at home by
their thonghtless conduct, and how very
many well-meaHiDg, moderately cultured
men are wishing every day for wives,
but who see no chance in the present
state of society. They don't care to wed
a woman whose eyes are familiar with
fashionable ipdepencies, and whose tastes
are so perverted that they are willing to
let unclean men handle their person in
the waltz, or gaze with pleased eyes upon
their naked arms and shoulders
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-07
Thomas III. Benton Some Haey
Specimens of His Talk about
Himself.

Fy,es vas a triAing man, and to this
character he ozed his preservation at
the bursting Of the big gon c8 board OF
the Princeton. Word had been given cgI
that song was to be sung in the cabin,
and he sashed down to hear it. | was
also saved by my CHARACTERISTIC habit OF
inquiry and investigation. ! had been
going around nearly all day, looking
into everything, and, as a compliment to
the interest TOOK in the ship, was IN
vited to witness the nFing, end had JUST
before been requested to change ny po-
sition, that the smoke might not prevent
my observation, by which / was removed
from the point Of danger. Tyler was a
man of great good luck. II was COM
mon saying in Virginia that whoever
stood in bis way you'd die, and so they
predicted the early death ef Harrison.
Ne. Clay once retorted terribly .on
South Carolina man. Mr. Clay had cen
sured severely sSne disunion sentiments
recently expressed by ysrsom from that
State, when this gentleman sose and
stated that the author Of the remark Was
q relative Of his. Mr.. Clay Strengthened
himself 10 his full hight, his eyes flashed
fire, aud in a vGiqs Of thunder he cried
out, i care not whose relation he is
he is a traitor who utters suot senii-
mentsr Good Godl II sunk him to
the earth, sir; he was never heard from
afterKard.
Mr.. cass is very timid, poor man
Afraid to take a decided stand. Silas
Wright truly said Of him, eHa is an ami,
able man, but afraid Of bis own shadow.
Though very peaceful in his private re
lations, never quarreling with any one,
in the Senate be is always for a war with
England. he uttered 50 gttan in his
speeches war is inevitablel that Il be-
came q by-word. / once turned Il on
him, very much 10 the amusement OF the
Senate. After one Of the war speeches
rose, and, speaking Of the little danger
of war, ended with his words changed,
Peace is inevitable"
Douglas was driven into the Kansas
Nebraska bill by Atchison and others
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-07
A Partisan Romance.

Some years ago, the firm OF y. x
was yegarded as one of the richest and
most honessble in the st. Denis quarter
The senior partner had full confidence
in Y, and frequently loft him in sole
charge of affairs when he himself was
Obliged by delicate health to be absent
from Paris. In bis visits to various
watering places, x. was always accom-
panied by his daughter, Amelia, a
charming little girl of eight, in whom,
since the death of bis wife, the fatherwas
completely wrapped up
One day, on his return TO Paris from
Vichy, he was greatly surprised TO hnd
the offices of the firm closed, and in a
few minutes discovered that his conf
Dental partner had absconded with all
the available assets sf ths firm. Mr.. X.
possessed, it is true, an indepsAdept for
tune of his own, but too honest to VIC
timize the creditors Of the firm by suffer
ing it to.be deelered bankrupt, he HIM
self paid off all those whom his faithless
partner had left in the lurch. This hon
orable conduct left him almost beggar,
and he was so broken down by his mis-
fortunes and by anxiety for the future
welfare of his child that a short illness
carried him off
The orphan child met with kind
friend in a former servant Of her moth
ers. brave and generous woman,
who, hearing of Amelias terrible
bereavement and distress, insisted
upon her sharing her own home
and such comforts as she could offer.
But after few years this kind rrotec-
tress was herself taken away, and Mile
Y. was once more, when scarcely fifteen,
thrown on the world She had, however,
brave heart, and, after some trouble,
obtained employment with a great milll-
merry establishment, supporting herself
by her needle for three years. AT the
expiration of this time she was aston
ished by receiving a letter from New
York notary, requesting her to come 0at
immediatel v to take possession of a large
fortune left to her by NJ. Y, her father S
former partner, who, touched by remorse,
lad made a Will on his death-bed in her
favor.
After consulting with her employer,
Amelia sailed for New York, and found
that the fortune bequeathed TO her was
nearly double that of which she had orig
inally been deprived, fortune having
smiled upon the absconding partner,
who had now made restitution. Return
ing to Paris. she invited her kind en-
ployer, and all her old companions, and
every one who had befriended her in ad-
versity, to a fete in honor Of her happi-
ness. This took place at Clamart, amid
general rejoicings from all those who
had known and respected her father 5
integrity, and her own brave struggle
with the world.
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There are all sorts of weddings and
marriages; it would take many pages to
register them, from the marriage Of true
minds to that Of couple of money bags.
Sometimes the bride and bridegroom are
two masked figures, tricked up and dis
guised, so that it would be hard to say
which is the most deceived in the other.
Sometimes it is living creature united
to a shadow Have you ever known a
man married to doll? He chose her
out and paid for her. What a sweet
face it is What high-bred calm And
then again come the happy lovers,
two and two as they pass before the
high affairs, the long white walls of the
brides sweep along the gray aisles o.
the churches; their happiness lightens
up the faces looking on. Then, per-
haps, some blooming young girl comes
up, bringing crutch and bronchial
wheeze, and it now and then happens that
youth appears, leading wig of false
plaits, set of artificial teeth and half
century of bones to the altar. The
disparity is not SO great as you might
imagine. There may still be a heart
beating beneath all these adjustments,
while the bridegroom, for all his good
looks, has not one single drop of warm
blood in his body. So bad, good and in
different, they pass their way. Some
times it is Peace and Goodwill who 90
hand in hand What does it matter if
Goodwill's beard is grizzled, and Peace
has crow s feet round about her loving
eyes? Sometimes it is Pride and Vain
glory that go sweeping past down the
long church out into the churchyard be-
yond. They are a fne-looking couple as
they sail along, and they look to see
their reflection in the eyes of the
bystanders. Sometimes-and this is no
very strange phenomenon--it is only the
past of one of the contracting parties
that is united to the present of the other.
They find it out too late CornhiU Mag
dzine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-07
BOOK RINpERY.
Franklin Book Bindery,
BLANK BOOK MAEUFAcToRY,
No. 10 West Court Street, Memphis.
s. TOOF, Proprietor.

DLANK BOOKS. PAPER RULING. AND
ID binding Of every description. executed an
a very superior manner, and warranted 70
give entire satisfaction.
nS- NY Blank Book paper embraces the hrst
mills in America: my stock consists OF the
finest in the entire market, and prices % com.
pete with any house in Memphis. farties an al
ordering elsewhere. S-i
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-07
LOUISVILLE ROUTE.
FALL SCHEDULE.
Takes Effect October Cd, 1870.

Brownsville accommodation leaves at 4.45
pm. daily, except Sunday.
The train leaving Memphis at .25 pm. runs
daily. The fam. train does not run on sun
day. Both trains run through 70 Louisville
without change. Elegant sleeping cars run
through on the LIS p. m. train from Memphis
tbronrh ears To Philadelphia, Cleveland. Buf-
faio and New York without change. Only
one change from Louisville 10 Baltimore,
Washington City and Boston. Berths and
staterooms. in through cars, can be engaged
J. Y. BOYD, Superintendent.
Jas. SPEED. Ticket Agent. s-nz-f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-07

The Mayor Of shelbyyille, Indiana,
fned six or seven boys for playing base
ball in the square. In retaliation, the
mayor hiss been impeached before the
city council by the boys, and charged
nth s Eilfgl neglect Of the duties Of
his Office, ana also With adulteFy and as
sociatiOn with prostitutes, "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-07

At a recent sand blast near Newfound-
land, Morris county, New Jersey, large
rock, computed to weigh thirty tons, was
thrown distance OF seventy yards.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-07
3
he LOCK STITCH

TIC LVOh . CHH '0
makes is more durable and beautiful than
any other, presenting the same appear
ance on both sides of the fabric and will
not ravel. 1t is also more economical,
requiring oNE-THIRD LESS cotton than
any OF. er kind of stitch. Being the same
on both sides, it is not necessary to use
the extremely fine sewing cotton required
by those machines which make stitch
with ridge on the under side, which can
only be concealed by using thread tso
delicate and fine to bear ordinary wear.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-07

Grundy, Iowa, is a county Of 1000 in
habitants and not single saloon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-07

The prices are within reach of every
one. Machines are made to suit all
tastes and circumstances, and the plain
est IN finish will work as well as the most
costly.
Full and thorough instructions given
at the house of the customer at any time,
free of charge, and the utmost pains
taken to render complete satisfaction.
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-07

II is an instrument of great versatility
in its operations. 1t will hem, fell, braid,
cord, gather, tuck more beautifully than
any other machine in use without bast-
ing or any preparation of the work.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-07
BUSINESS HOUSES.


DANK-FIRsT NATIONAL OF MEMPHIS.
ID T.. 5. Davis, Pres't; Newton Ford. v. P.
BOWMAN. G. H., MACHINIST AND
ID Scale Factor. 202H Main street. Special
attention given to repairing scales.
OITY BANK, NEW BANK BUILDING.
" Madison street. s.. H.. Tobey. Pres't
u. @. Kirk. Cashiers J. A. Hayes. Jr-. Asst.
OAR0LINA LIFE ms. CO.. ~ MADISON
~ st. J. Davis. Pres't; w. +. Boyle. Sec'y.
DICKINSON, WILLIAMS 4 CO.. COTTON
~ Factors, 2l0 Fi.nt street.
EMMONs 4 SON, BOOKS. STATIONERY.
II Magazines, etc., 10 Jefferson and 63 Beal.
NISHER, AMIS & co.. MARBLE W oRKs
l. and Drain Pipe, cor. Adams and Second.
NOEPEL, LEOPOLD, AGENT, DEALER
" in Organs and Knabe's Pianos. S75 Main.
HEINRICH, P. H. q BRO, CONFEC-
III tions, Groceries, Liquors. etc., "a Main.
NToCOMBS, KELLAR a. BYRNES. HARD
N1 ward, Cutlery, etc., 32215 and 34 Main.
ORGILL BROS. 4 CO., HARDWARE, CUT
" iery. Agricultural Implements, BIZ Front.
CTEAM DYERS K CLEANERS
y Hanson Il Walker Qate Hunt Il Hanson),
GAG Second street.
IXTHITMORE, E., STEAM JOB PRINTER.
w Is Madison street.
VEATMAN & ANDERSON, COTTON FAC
i tors and Commission Merchants. .2g4 Front:
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1t possesses the very great advantage
OF carrying the work in the natural way
from left TO right:-which enables the
operator tohandle the work more readily
and to sit upright; while machines which
carry the work from the operatorre require
an inclination of the body forward (detri-
mental to healthy and are hard and tire
some to use.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-07

Its simplicity renders its movements
so easy that child can work il. 1t is
almost noiseless in operation, and for
speed and rapidity of motion excels all
Others, as has been demonstrated thou
sand times by competition.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-07
Wheeler & Wilson'S s
N E w
SILENT-W 0RKING
Sewing Machine!
rs SUPERIOR
FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: {:

Its yearly sales are larger than those
of all other Sewing Machines combined.
This fact alone is the surest test of its
merit and superiority.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-07
Weddings.

P.'S.-All goods packed. shipped and deIv
cred in city free of charge. 43-6S
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-11-24
Ayers Sarsaparilla,
ron PrzsrrrEG TIKI BLOOD.

The reputation this ex-
].
w Is derived nom lis cures
MI - many Of which are truly
%aAEL - marvellous. lnveterute
eases Of Scrofsllons dis
I'd. esse, where the system
~ 20 seemed saturated with
~ il - corruption, have been
o81 So purified and cured by Il.
- Scrof1lous Affections and
49, disorder, which were az.
fR4s<.sts1s grayatcd by the scroni-
-~=s4sss=-&zzsa1- lous contamination until
they were painfully affecting, have been radically
cured in ~nel great numbers IN almost ever sec.
tiou Of the country that tie public scarcely need
TO be informed of ms virtues or uses.
Scroinlous poison Il one OF the most He-trHc,
tive enemies Of our race. Omen, this unseen and
unf,t tenant Of the organism undermine the con-
stution and invites tie attack Of enfeeblng or n
al diseases, without exciting suspicion OF us
presence. Again. II seems 20 ereed lnieet9n
occasion, rapid develop into Que OF other OF ~
hjdcals FORMS either on the surface or Anon Inc
yifai-. In the latter, tubercles may be suddenly
dt.,,o.ited IN the lungs on heart OF tunors formed
in the liver or II shows its presence hy efurton-
ss -, Us h.,SS Hence the OCCASIONAL use OF = bottle
OF this SarsapGTiHa l. advisable, even when no
active symptoms Of disease appear. Persons az
Girted with the following complaints generally
End immediate relief and, at lengih cure ny the
siy's Fire, Rose W ErEsiT,cgas. letter, salt
RbeHtn, ScaId Heed, HisgtrOI''i, Soie Iyes,
So,,c F,tr.s and other eruptions visible forms
OF Sc5oJHIoms disease. Also IN the more con-
cealed forms, as DysPeEsl"' DIol'sJy; He ~
and nervous ~ stems
SYpHiEis or VeHeJ'edI and MercUrfaI Dis
eases are cured hy II, though n long time Is re-
altired for subduing these obstinate maladies by
any medicine. But lonR-contnued use OF TINS
medicine vii! cure the complaint. Lcssco1Th0d
or Whites. Uterine UfeerdfioHs. ana fel"oie
Diseases. are commonly soon relieved hnd UNI
mately cured by its purify and mViF0raung
effect. Minute directions FOR each case are found
in our Almanac, supplied gratis. Hhetf'H a y sra
and GOttf. when caused 10y accommodations OF cN-
tr,reos matters in the blood yield quickly % u,
as also Iirey. Com plants. TOrpfdffU. C0nDcs-
fioH or In Examination Of the Ifrer. and J0Hii-
lire when arising. they often do, from the
ranking pOisons IN tie blood. This AfhNA-
PfKgII.I II q great rcstOrpr for the strength
sid yigor Of the system. Those who are J ,s''-
0nfd and IfsfTeSs, IIespOltdeHf. Steeptess,
and troubled with Nervous approximations or
Fears. or any Of the affections s! mptoinhlic OF
UeoEaess. viii find immediate relief and con
vincing evidence OF it restorative power upon
trial
PREPAR BT
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Practical ard analytical Chemists.
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DR.. Rlchau's Golden Remedlf0-
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On receipt Of price these remedies HiI
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IOWA.

The wen engraving NJ W. John Scott
o Mon Iowa. pleasing introduction TO the proceedings
Lodge.
contour @ indicates armness and sound Judgment
asHy which points him out OF thorough bust
habits
been disappointed
a the him..
90 for which
OF Lodges would have been
denied the privileges which all good Aasons highly
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TRUSTEES SALE.

DY VIRTUE of Deed of Trust executed by
I'D J. o. Stevens the l4th Jan, 4. ID. 1896, 20
secure TO James w. Melton, Administrator OF
due by said Stevens and John X. Lambeth
deceased, amounting to Sl4 ,026 IS, in FIVE an
nual instalments, as follows 81 sos q due
and payable the first day of January, 1857.
and the like sun due and payable on the Isl
day of January, A. ID. 1868 1869, 1870 and
1871 respectively-the four first instalments
being now past due-which Deed of Trust is
recorded in the Office of the Probate Clerk Of
Madison county, Mississippi in Book Of Deed :
O., on pages l45 and lag.
The Undersigned Trustee in that behalf will
offer and expose to sale to the highest bidder
for cash, before the door Of the Court House in
the town of Canton,
Monday the l9ch dag Of December, $50,
the following tract or parcel of land, with all
and singular the appurtenanccs and heredita-
ments thereunto belonging, or in any wise an
purtaining, so much thereof as may be nee
essary TO pay the installments now due TO-
wit: The southeast quarter and east half Of
southwest quarter of section 10; the east half
OF southwest quarter and the south halfof west
half OF northwest quarter of section IA; the
northeast quarter and north b 4 Of east of n
west quarter section 10 lot No. 2 section %
all in township z, range east situate living
and being in the county Of Madison and State
Of Mississippi, and containing six hundred
and seventy-seven acres, more or less.
The title Is believed to be good, but will
only make sucht as is vested in me by the
deed Of trust.
RICHARD COOPER, Trustee.
Oct. 9th, 1870.