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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

Food greatly benefits when given pre-
psrly at the right periods. bat TO over
feed the baby is to sicken it, and induce
a degree Of suffering; DR.. Bull's Baby
Syrup is the best remedy for the discom.
future arising from ov.rfeediog the baby.
Price Is cents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

When an English paper captures
an American joke it chops off the
head, ohisels out the point, sets it
backward and gives its readers a
dish of wisdom that tastes like fresh
meat after a long sea voyage
Breakfast Table.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

Lincoln, Neb., is said to be the
most orderly city in the Union Of
its size. All the city officers are
temperance workers, and the office
Of police judge has been abolished,
there being nothing for him to do.
The city has a population of 5000,
and only one police officer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28
SPECIAL NOTICE.
A CARD.

To all who are.suasring 'frOmith ant
indiscretiOns Of youth, nervous weakness.
early decay, loss Of manhood. etc.. l will
send receipt that will cure you. FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
By a missionary in South Americs. Sand q
self-addressed envelope TO the REv. JOSEPH
7. INNAN. Station D.sBi6le House, Neo York
CIV. .xxvii-9S eodkv
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28
MoIIcEsl

CoSooRDIA, MISS. August II, 1878.
NOTICE to all Steamboats, coming from
IN New Orleans or Vicksburg that the town
Of COnesrdia has been Guaranteed with the
usual quarantine regulations, not 10 land
within five miles Of the town 10 put of freight
or passengers, under penalty Of fno from 500
IN $500.
BY order Of the Board Of Msyor and Alder
men. .a0'-1v A. L. GREEN, Mayor.
1l7.l6
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

Cannot Mr.. Edison invent a ma
chine for collecting the midnight
music of cats and dogs that can be
used by churches, and thus relieve
them of the expense of choirs?
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

Dog days have ended and school
days are approaching, and the small
boy who has been perfectly healthy
all summer begin4 to feel like he
was going to have "spells'' again.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

According to a recent decree of
the French Courtof Cessation Pero
Hyacinthe can hardly be considered
a married man. But he has a nice,
healthy family, all the same.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

Rev. John Jasper, being unable
to pay HIS rent, has given up house
keeping and gone to live with his
mother. Tins he proves that the
"son do move"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

1t is the confession of a widower,
who has been thrice married, that
the first wife cures a mans ro.
nance, the second teaches him
humility, and the third makes him
a philosopher.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

A Texan mustang, seven years
old, with horns like those of an OK,
which he sheds every year, is on ex-
hibition at Vieksburg.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

What is the difference between o
matchmaker and a jailer? One
sells watches and the other watches
cells.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

There is a good deal Of cordiality
in the makeup Of the ordinary
lobster. He always offers to shake
hands. New Haven Register.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

1t was Sullivan county farmer
that applied for 5000 insurance on
"Haigh, Crane and Farmeing Yu-
tencials."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

About the only time that a wo-
man is unable to articulate is when
she is opening a can Of tomatoes
with a dull hatchet.--T Puck.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

A subscriber wrote a journal to
make some inquiries about the next
worlds fair, whereupon the wicked
editor replied that he was under the
impression that the next world
wouldn't have any fair.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

Young men writing to their
sweethearts need no perlumed note
papeA Country postmaster fumi-
gate the mail.bagc. -[New Orleans
Picayune.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28
AdministratOr's Notice.

HAVING been duly qualified as admins.
IL traitor Of c. l.. Anderson, deceased. all
persons having claims against his estate are
hereby notified to present thom, dub Guthenti.
Gated toithin the time prescribed bv ldlc and all
persons iv dehted to the same are requested to
o. M. ALSUP, Admir-
August 10, 1878. ilO.ll6 l52 1853
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

Perhaps Queen Victoria made
Beacoastleld's private secretary "a
companion of the bath" as a gentle
hint to the premier to "wash his
self more regler,"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

The District of Columbia author.
tiles have taken a census, which
shows the population to be 161, ,7S4,
an increase of 10000 since 1870
The addition is chiefly of colored
persons. ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

When you see wild frenzy in q
mans eye, a convulsive twitching
in the fingers, a hot, feverish flush
on his cheek, and hear him babble
incOherently - don't be alarmed.
It's only prickly heat.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

E6R POSTERS, SHOW BILLS, CARDS
i = Circulars, etc., gotten up with the ! test
ptyle Of types and on superior paper 81 any
desired color, 90 TO the Ledger oihceland az
ANIME stock and pTieas
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28
YELLOW FEVER DEAlH LIST.

The following statement Of deaths from yel
low fever each day, since the presence Of the
disease became Known, is made up from the
records of the board Of health and other
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

Getting cold victuals in hot
weather iSwhat a tramp considers
TO be hard work.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28
BANK.
Manhattan Bank Of Memphis.

4 MENPHIs. TESS., August 20, 1878.
OWING to the prevalence Of yellow fever.
" and tho consequent virtual cessation of
business. this Bank will remain closed for
busineIs until the LIST day Of November, un.
less the fever should sooner disappear. I.t
Tho bank deposits have been temporarily
placed ia the bands Of the Union and Plan
ters' Bank, with funds TO make them good.
and checks on the Ma haitian Bank will be
paid by the niOn and Planters Bank. n.
All special packages, collections, ete., have
been likewise temporarily placed with the
Union and Planters Bank.
EDW. GOLDSMITH, Cashier.
Parties desiring information on special bust
York. 1915
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

A New York woman Gays there
would be thousands more tramps
than now if it were not for the no
bic self-sacrifce of the fair sex in
marrying and supporting them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28
PROBATE COURT.
PROBATE C0URr RoOM,
SurfnY CnIfNrY- TpNN

PROBATE COURT RoON,
August 20. lS7s.J
T ]. L. r. RAY. judge Of the Probate
/, Court Of Shelby county. Tonn.. do hereby
constitute, appoint, and fully authorize and
empower JAMES a. ANDERSON, public ad-
ministrator, TO collect, hold and preserve all
the assets Of any and all estates Of parties
who may have died. OF may die during the
prevalence Of yellow fever now prevailing in
Memphis. in the absence Of those entitled un-
der the law 10 the same.
1876 R.RAY, Judge
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28
Prevalence in Memphis.
The Cheapest and Best News
MediuR in the South.

TT is ENTERPRIsING. FEARLESS. RE.
liable and nOWsy, and the peer Of any weekly
Newspaper published in West Tennessee. con-
tanning all local events Of Importance in the
city of Memphis and Shelby county. No
labor or expense will be spared to maintain it
in every department at the highest possible
standard. and to commend II in al! respects
to the confidence and approval of the best
classes in the surrounding country. being
strictly
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28
RAVES OF ApYERIIsINa IN DAILY.
RATES OF ADVERTISING IN WEEKLY

First insartion. 90 per square
Subsequent insertions ...... ...... so :"
Eight lines Of nonpareil. solid. constitute q
square, tt4
Displayed advertisements will be charged
according to tie SPACE occupied. at above
rates-there being twelve lines Of solid type to
the inch.
To regular advertisers we offer superior in
manner of displaying their favors.
Notices Ia local column inserted f0rtwenty
cents per line for each insertion.
Special notices inserted for ten cents per
line for each insertion.
Notices of deaths and marriages, twenty
cents per line.
All bills for advertising are due Wasn con-
tracted and payable on demand.
All letters. whether upon business or ether
i0TIg'DC u. WHIFMORE,
Publisher and Proprietor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

She is a daughter Of the gods,
divinely tall and most divinely
plump. Stupid, too. She is sing
ing the popular piece entitled, 81
Wish Were Bird" off you
WERE" thinks a guest to himself,
"yOu'd be served with apple sauce
and sage dressing"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

"Hev yer got emmy more O. that
sweeten'd salve, mister2" was the
delicate way in which Preston
agriculturist asked for a fourth
plate Of chocolate ice cream. - Nor.
Bull.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

The carrier-pigeOn never travels
with his cote on his armp.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28
MURPHY q MURPHY,
3. AND L. ASSOCIATIONS.
SECURITY
Building and Loan Association,
Notice to Stockholders,

E0R the present, payment Of dues, interest,
Y etc., can be made TO the treasurer at the
Fourth National Bank, between the hours Of
lam. aud pm. No fines OF penalties will
be recorded against absentees whe make geod
their arrears on their return, Until further
notice, regular meetings will he discontinued
A. S, LlVERM0RE, Pres't.
W., MoOLURR. troSsuror. lb6-l51.l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

" How is it, miss, you gave your
age to the census,taker as only
twenty-five, when you were born
the same year | was, and | am thir-
ty-nine?" "Ah! you have lived
much faster than /, sir"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

Shopman-Tf you will step into
the next room shall be able to
show you some wonderful old jars
recently dug up at Pompcii." !"
Lady" What! that horrid old
Italian town. Why, l couldn't
bear anything that came from the
place; it is so fearfully out of re-
pair"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

The reason why only one garter is
given, instead of pair of garters,
is because the honor is not usually
conferred until the recipient has
one leg in the grave. = Funny
| Folks. ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28
UNIVERSITY.
EAST TENNESSEE
UNIVERSITY.

TNHREE colleges, Nine professors. Tui-
L tion free to all. In preparatory depart
ment, $50 a year; to State students. free.
About half rates to eli on Tennessee rail-
roads; on some, needy State students pass
free. Board. tuel, light. washing, room-rent.
etc, Sl25 year. Fall session opens Septem
Der 18th. For catalogues address
TH0S W. HUMES, Pres't.
lG017 Knoxville, Tenn,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28

Too many of our latter-day chill
dren lock like unfinished business.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28
OFFIcg or CLERKs' d. AND s. Ass'K,l J
0PPICE No S MADISON sT,.

fNIIE office Of his Association will remain
i open daily Sundays excepted during the
pose OF receiving dues and giring the stock
hQlders such Inflammation as they may require.
Abeentees who are IN arrears can make good
their accounts when they return to tho city
without being snblect 10 hres or penalties Of
any kind, X, y. CLARKE, Vice Pres't
j, u, JOSgs, sec'y, li7t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28
New Advertisements.
PrIoe TEN Cents .
NE WSPAPER.
ADVERTISING

IIBth EDIrION,
Containing complete list Of all the towrs in
the United States. the Territories and the
Dominion Of Canada. having a population
greater than 500 according to the last Nepsns.
together with the names of the newspapers
having the large local circulation in each
OF the places named. Also, a catalogue Of
newspapers which are recommended 10 adver.
tisers as giving greatest value in proportion
70 prices charged. Alse, the Religious and
Agricultural Journals, very complete lists.
and many tables of rates. showing the cost OF
Advertising in various newspapers, and much
other Information which beginner In adyer-
tising would do we'll to possess. Address
GEO. ?. R0WELL h Co., Newspaper Adyer-
Using Bureau. 10 Spruce street, New York.
QAYARD TAYLOR says: ''I take sTeat
- pleasure in recommending to pnrents tbe
Academy Of Mr.. s. Q, Shortlidge..0 Hoi".
FERN ado Wood. patron, SAYS: az
cheertuly consent tn tho use of my mama .s
reference" SWITHIN Q. SHORTLipGR
Harvard A. NJ Media, Penna, soys;
Academy.
AGENTS WANTEDl Medals and DinIomes =
awarded for H0LMAN'S NEW TIUFtSR |.
M ISL BLEN. 20C0 Illustrations. Address
for new circulars A. J HOLMAN a co On
Arch street. Philadelphia.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-28
DIEn.

sHEPPARD-Apgust q, at o'clock, am,
Of yellow fever. Mr. II. K. SHEPPARD, age
forty -four years and eight m sntha. Il.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-06-20
UNCONSCIOUS U

Not all the good done in the world is done
Intentionally and knowingly. There are
no sweeter or higher influences than those
which flow out unconsciously from good
lives. "A really good life is one to which
truth and kindness and nobility have become
habitual. The whole nature may become
so charged with these qualities that they at
feet even the smallest acts, and their beauty
is present in the most trivial and unconsid-
cred word or deed. Such a person goes
surrounded with a moral atmosphere as
constant as the perfume which a rose sheds
round itself. People meeting such a one
are made happier, hardly knowing why.
Every one of any moral worth wishes to
be OF use in the world, and it is the grief of
many that they seem shut off from oppor-
tunities of usefulness. But simple growth
in right lite is growth in usefulness. Just
as fast as we acquire in ourselves the spirit
of purity and love, we send out an influence
OF purity and love upon others, whether we
know it or not. Indeed, the greatest moral
force in the world is of the silent and secret
kind. AS the child grows up, its character
is shaped in no small degree by what it
hears in the way of set instruction at home
or school or church; but in atar greater de-
gree by the qualities in father and mother
and companions with which it is brought in
ceaseless contact. So it is with all of us.
No man liveth to himself. AS we ourselves
are pure or base, selfish or loving, SO do we
give our own color to those about us.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-06-20
SATURDAY NIGHT.

Thework of the week is done, another
seven days added to the history of the many
that have gone before. We gather in the
tor the future. How wonderful this nature
in man that never gives up. Disaster ana
defeat seem standing at his door. yet he new
er lets go. Hope paints a bright to-mor-
row, and in the conscious feeling that sue
cess will attend on his effort. he takes up
the tangled web and makes another strug-
gle.
Saturday night rest is coming to the
tired feet and weary hands. The mother,
worn with toll and anxiety, dreading the
tomorrow OF life, fearing that it may bring
even greater care than to-day, is now wait
ing, not daring to hope for rest to her, or re-
lief from the terrible burden of uncertainty.
How the kaleidoscope of time changes and
colors the little we have to do with passing
events. To-day We stand strong and nigh
ty in influence, tomorrow the power is bro
ken, influence gone, and we are but the
drifting hulk OF decayed greatness.
Saturday night ; yesterday we were in the
midday of our opportunities, with promise
0 flarge things, and we grasped for t%ruition
of the hopes W. cherished ; the dream was
disturbed by unfriendly events, and to-day,
this saturday night Of life, We find that the
clock tells out our stay surely, but certainly
and what was promise in the past is now a
black monument to buried hope and depart
ed expectations.
Saturday night; the troop of glad chill
dren romp by, glad in their simple thought
o fonly now; they no no yesterday and
think of nc tomorrow ; to-day is all OF life
to them, and in the merry glee of no care
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-06-20

and no responsibility they frolic and are
happy. See them again in the oncoming
years, how changed; lite has opened it's re-
alltles to them, and they are meeting Its
oui1etings men and women are made by
the rough blows of varying fortune. Could
we stand in our window and tell the story
OF each life as it passes by, what a history
would open to view, how many sorrows and
broken hearts, what hours of gloom and
days of darkness, and yet how many bright
spots, scenes of young love and twining
affections, of successes and victories. Those
gray hairs would speak of other genera
lions, and that young life of the now /; each
has a victory. Care is in the face of some
and in others only the presence of sunshine.
Often and again have we sat and looked in
to the faces of the passers and made a little
history, for there is seen the reflection of
much that has been endured. enjoyed and
borne in silence. Round and round the
world goes; to-day is the last year of some
one else who has worked the tread-mlll of
time, and our Saturday night of to-day will
be the Saturday evening of those who fol-
low us in other years.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-06-20
"A NICE GIRL.

Though that class is by no means extinct,
still they are not so numerous as might be
wished. There is nothing halt so sweet in
life, half so beautiful or delightful, or SO
lloyeable as a nice girl. Not a pretty or a
dashing girl, but a nice girl. One of those
lovely, neat, natty, domestic creatures, met
within the sphere of 'home," diffusing
around, the influences other goodness, like
the essences of sweet flowers.
A nice girl is not the languishihg beauty,
%dawdling on a sofa, and discussing the last
novel or opera. or the giraffe life creature,
sweeping majestically through the drawing
room. The nice girl need not even play or
dance we'll, and knows nothing about using
her eyes, or coquetting with a fan. She is
not given to sensation novels; she is too
busy. She never languishes; she is to ac-
tive, In pablo she is not in front, showing
her shoulders; She sits quiet and unobtru-
sive, at the back of the crowd, most likely.
In fact, it is not often we discover her.
Home is her place.
Who rises betimes and superintends the
morning meal? Who makes the toast and
tea, and buttons the boys shirts, and feeds
the chickens and brightens up the parlor
and sitting room? Is it the languisher, or
the giraffe, or the elegante? Not a bit of it
it's the nice girl.
Her maiden toilet is made in the shortest
possible time, yet how clarmingly it is done
and how elegant,and neat her dress and col
lar. Not presenting her cheek or brow
like a rfine girl" but an audible smack
which says plainly, II love you ever so
much" If you covet anything, it's one of
the nice girls kisses.
Breakfast over, down in the Kitchen to
see about dinner, and all day long she is up
and down, always cheerful and light-heart-
ed. She never ceases to be active and use
full until day is gone, when she will polka
with the boys, or read, sing old songs and
play old tunes to her father and mother for
hours together; she is a perfect treasure
is the nice girl.
When sickness comes it is she who attends
with unwearying patience IN the sick cham
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-06-20
ROCKING THE A

A few days since the Burlington Hawk
eye propounded this conundrum:
"Cou]dn't Mr.. Edison invent some kind
of a phone or graph hat would be acted on
by the cry of an infant in the night so it
would instantly grasp the cradle and rock
like the tossing pillows on the oceans breast.
We have thought a great deal on this sub
>ject, and in fact have a rude kind of machine
that performs this labor with tolerable per-
lection now, but it is rather complicated,
and as it wears out our robe de qsuit and we
have to wake up every time it operates, it
doesn't exactly fill the bill. Speak up, MIR.
Edison.''
And'lo! Mr.. Edison has gone and done it.
Hehas acradle with a telephone, a battery
and Il box containing magnets, and connect
ed with a lever. The baby's cries are re-
ceived by the telephone, which, operating
through the battery and magnets, sets in
motion the lever which rocks the cradle.
When the baby stops crying the cradle
ceases to rock.-DunelIen Rock.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-06-20
TACT.

People cannot help being born without
tact; but there are occasions when it is al
most impossible to be quite charitable to a
~tactless person. Yet people who have no
tact deserves pity. They are almost always
doing or saying something to get themselves
into disgrace, or which does them an injury.
They make enemies where they desire to
coriciliate, and get a reputation for illnature
which they do not deserve. They are also
continually doing other people harm, tread
ing on m%etamorphical corns, opening the
cupboards where family skeletons are kept,
angering people, shamingpeople, saying and
doing the most awkward things, and apoli-
gizing for them with a still more terrible
bluntness. 1T there is one social boon more
to be desired than another it is tact; for
without tact the career Of the richest, the
ablest, and the most beautiful is often utter
ly marred.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-06-20
GOLDEN

''The mind is the soil that breeds,
The sweetest flowers or vilest weeds;
Flowers lovely as the morning light,
Weeds deadly AS an aconite.
just as the soul is trained to bear
The poisonous weed or lowered air''
-Dispair has ruined many.
Delays increase desires.
BE silent when a fool talks,
-The more perfect we are, the more. gen
tie and quiet we become towards the defect
of others.
False happiness renders men stern and
proud, and that happiness is never commu-
nicated.. True happiness renders them kind
and sensible, and that happiness is always
shared.
The action of the soul is oftener in that
which is felt and left unsaid, than in that
Which is said in any conversation. 1t broods
over every society,". and men unconsciously
seek for it in each other.
We should keep our scorn for our own
weakness, and our blame for our own sins,
certain that we will gain more instruction,
though not amusement, by hunting out the
good which is in anything than by hunting
out the evil.
The world is a looking-glass, and gives
back to every man the reflection OF his owl
face. Frown at it, and it will turn and loek
suriy upon you; laugh at it and With it, and
it is a pleasant, kind companion.