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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-31
ChanCery Sale Of Real Estate.

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No. Z6l, N, R,LChancery Court of Shelby
Sounty2J0hn Nc. Brooks, administrator Of
Elijah Brooks, deceased, vs.. Sarah Brooks
OF al.
PY virtue Of an interlocutory decree for sale
II entered in the above cause on the 7th day
of July, 1873, and modified January Is, 1878.
n renewed, etc, March 7, 1879, l will sell
in front Of the Clerk and Masters ONCE
courthouse building, Main street, Mem
phis, Tenn, on
Saturday, April 5, 1879,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-Wit:
A certain tract of land, left the estate of
Elijah Brooks, deceased, beginning at the
southeast corner Of that part of the widows
dover assigned her of the Mendenall tract:
thence east along the north boundary Of the
I. ., simpson tract ~ chains to a stake;
thence north 10 chains; thence east I chains,
thence south 10 chains; thence east % chains
~ links; thence north IS chains Is links To the
northeast corner Of said tract; thence west is
chains TO n stake; thence south 4 chains;thence
west Is chains % links; thence south 5 chains
and o links to a stake; thence west % chains
70 the eastern line of the dover; thence south
along the eastern line Of the dover 81 chains
10 the beginning, containing 28 S0-lOO acres,
subject, however. to the claim of tho hoirs OF
Iouston Wilson, deceased, which is an undi-
ded one-hfth interest.
second-The tract purchased Of i. D. Null
Inns, beginning where the eastern line of that
part q the dover taken from said tract inter
sects Wolf river; thence south along the east
ern line, of the dover 7 chains TO the north
line 81 the Mendenall tract; thence east along
said line % chains 50 links to the river; thence
N a northwest direction along the meander@
ings OF Wolf river to the beginning, contain
ing 43 acres.
Terms Of Sale-0ne-fourth cash; balance in
SIX, twelve and eighteen months notes, with
approved surety, bearing interest from data.
lien retained till same are paid, etc.
This March l3, 1879.
R. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
i .P. WINCHESTER, Attorney.
1881
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-31
Trustees Sale.

DY virtue Of tho terms of a trust deed exc
ID cuted to tho undersigned on the Sd day Of
May, 1875, by Alexander Lytlo and wife, dulv
registered in the Register's office Of Shelby
county, Tennessee, in Deed Book l07, page Isl,
To- secure the Indebtedness thereby secured, |
will, on
Saturday, AprIII2 1879,
at The south gate Of Court Square, in the city
Of Memphis, Tennessee, sell for cash, to tho
highest bidder, free from redenption. the
property therein described as follows: Stu
ated In Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee,
known as lot six Of D, c. Poston's subdiyis.
iont on the north line Of Court street ex-
tended. Said lot six fronts so feet on the
north line Of Court street extended, with q
depth northyard between parallel Lines 81
l4sH feet. To such trust deed 60 recorded
special reference is here made.
Title believed TO be good, but I sell and con-
vey only ms trustee.
SIMON sTTRM, Trustee.
HuSEs x PosroS, Attorneys. S-S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-31

The superb passenger steamer Gold
Dust, Captain John T. McCord, of
the Anchor Line, leaves the com
pany's wharfboat, foot of Monroe
street, this evening at 4 o'clock for
Vicksburg, carrying the mail, attend
ing to all way business and making
close connection at Vicksburg with
the Parisott Line Of packets for Yazoo
river and the regular packets for New
Orleans, giving through tickets and
through bills Of lading.
The red tiger" packet Coahoma,
Captain Henry Cooper, of the Lee
Mail Line. came in yesterday on time
with l03 bales cotton, l42 sacks seed
aud sundries. She leaves this evening
with a return trip for Friar's Point,
carrying the mail and making all way
landings on schedule time. She makes
direct connection at Glendale with the
Mobile and Northwestern railroad.
Billy Smither, Frank Ellison and
Plat Rhodes, a trio of clever gentle
men and accommodating clerks, have
charge of the Office.
The excellent upper coast packet
Shields, in command Of that clever
boatman Capt. james G. Shields,
brought in Saturday night from
Madrid bends 2749 sacks corn, "a head
of hogs, 2 cows and 2 calves, 6S bales
and 8 bags Of cotton, 3 coops poultry
and sundries. She leaves promptly
this evening with a return trip for
New Madrid and all way landings on
the upper coast. Mr.. Charles H.
Ruter, a genial and clever gentleman,
presides at the desk.
The elegant steamer Illinois, Cap.
tain Mark Cheek 10 command, goes
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-09
RNJoY LEE.

What . truly beautiful world We live mi Ma
ture gives NJ grandeur Of mountains, giens and
oceans. and thousands Of means for enjoyment.
but how often do the majority Of people feel like
giving II up disheartened. discouraged and wor-
ried out with disease. when there Is no occasion
t1in 'I ss.Isf.els.y eroa iSss re.ns s' ay Us
Flower will make them - free rom disease as
when born. Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint Is
the direct cause Of seventy Ave per cent Of such
Headache. Costiyensss, Nervous Prostration.
Dizziness Of the Head. PAlpitation Of the Heart,
and other disfressin& symptoms. Three dcses
81 August Flower VIII prove to wonderful; ef-
tect. Sample bottles; 10 cents. Try it.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-09
ADvRRrIsINo DODoRs.

How often. deceived BY . sensational bad
ing. We think We have found somsthing inter-
esdng. and settle ourselves for quies enjoymess
wirn after reading few lines, We end that the
adsertiser's trick has led ~ astrsy, and We have
ben reading nat Eureka Ague Pills ere sure
cun for Ague. and that Compound Extract
Saisaparilla, Dandelion and Ioiide of Potaanum
pufiaes the blood and invisorases he Liver. and
thu adds for sale By b. J. Fringer and q the
Civ Drug Store.
Al. resde1. We pity you. We have been ther,
cuie thu Headache and Liver Complaint. and
th8 nothing equals Browns Extracs Blaek6GEy
and Ginger for curing DiazAoes. Dysintszy and
Chslers Norbus.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-09

VI CHALLENGE TAR WoDLO.
When vsay We believe " have evidence
to prove that Shilsh's Consumption Cure il
decidedly the best Lung Medicine made, in
~ much - II will kill common OF Chronic
Cough in one half The time and relieve Asth.
na, Bronchitis. wbooping Cough, Group.
and show more cases Of Consumption cured
than all Others. Il will cure where they fil.
II b pleasant 10 take, harmless to the young
81 child, and ~ guarantee what vs say.
Prics, 10 co., 50 ca. and $1.00. II your
Lung are sore, Chez o. Back lame. use
Shilohs Porus Plastes. Sold By H. ].
Fringef, Druesist.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-09
From the Wichita Beacon.
SHEEP-WOOL.
Kansas the best Sheep Country in
the World.
Some Interesting Facts and Figures.


Some Interesting Facts and Figures.
Circulating around the city on Saturday
last in search Of something that might in.
terest If not instruct our readers, our hired
man stepped into the store Of ID. Hsys 4
Co., leather and wool dealers. and inquired
If they had anything about sheep, wool, or
any other article in their line, ont Of which
even the smallest 'locsP' could be made.
"Ye-," promptly answered the senior Of
the house, Mr.. D. Hays. "You can say to
the readers Of the Beacon and the world ut
large, that il has been demonstrated beyond
the possibility Of doubt that Kansas Is the
best sheep and wool country In America.
There is no place where climate, soil, grass
and all other things combine to make sheep
raising and wool growing % cheap, certain
and profitable. Why, Mr.. Beacon, there u
no branch Of agriculture that will bring
wealth to the farmer 20 rapidly % sheep
raising; and no farmer can ever hope 70
come rich without placing few sheep upon
his place. They are easily cared for, cost
little to keep, and the wool on their backs
viii pay annually twenty live per cent. On
the money invested in the flock, however
large or small. l want to say further. that
the shsep business il growing in Kansas q
. rapid rate. predict that q no distant
day Kansas will BE- - we'll known for the
large quantity - well - fine quality OF WOOL
she produces a. she 10 now known for her
wheat and other grain crops: Buyers will
come from ali parts Of the bounty to secure
her clip % they now come to secure her
wheat, and it will bring the highest market
price,"
But," said our hired man, "what are
the drawbacks in the businsss I"
"Dfavbacks y exclaimed Mr.. Hays,
the only drawbacks l know likely to make
wool growing . losing brsiners is shiftlees-
ness and want Of management. OF course
no man can take flock OF poor sheep, turn
them out on the prairie, say "root hog or
die" and expect to make any money out Of
them. Like anything else, sheep mus Be-
cared for. But - I said before, there b NO
animal raised BY man that pays 20 we'll for
the care bestowed upon it Is will . sheep.
Al IN instance OF their pro6tableness. will
Of sheep. and placed them IN charge Of Mr..
Fouts, be TO care Tor them for one-half Of
the wool. Now for results Ny share Of
The wool pays ne twenty-five per cent On
the entire cost Of the flock, and have The
increase besides. N.Y. ss buck shesred forty
pounds this year, and next year I expscs
him 10 do better. Mr.. Ewell, who live
near Douglas, has aock Of five hundred
which averaged fourteen pounds to the descs.
That sounds pretty big, bot Mr.. E. has his
wool yet, and any one who doubts the Truth
Of the statement. can satisfy himself Of IT.
truth By calling upon him"
hight here. aid Mr.. Hay. I" want 70
state one fact that has bssn thoroughly
proven in Kansas 1t i that sheeP That will
other Sssts will shear fully eight pounds n.
tes remaining one year IN Kama"
Mr.. Hays then vent On 10 ny that his
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-09
D req DELIKvn III,

That in thu town there are scores Of per-
sons panine our sisrs every day who's lives
are made miserable BY Indigsstion, Dyspep-
sia, Sour and distressed Stomach, Liver
Complaint, Constipation, When for IS cents
We will sell them Shilohs vitalisef. guar
antesd to cure than. Sold By H. J. Frinser.
Druggist.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-09

The most popular and fragrant Perfume Of
the day @HACKNETACK." Try IL. Sold
b. h. J. Frinses, druggist. Dodge City.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-11-13
How to Preserve the Hair.

Prof. Wilson, of England, is high au-
htority on the hair. He condemns wash
ing it, and advises instead, thorough
brushing. This promotes circulation,
removes scurf, and is, in all respects
better than water.
Cutting the hair does not, as COM
monty thought, promote its growth.
Most of the specifics recommended for
badness, are mere stimulants and are
seldom or never permanently successful.
Some of them give rise to congestion of
the scalp. When stimulant is desir-
able, ammonia Is the best. 1t is safe.
For falling out of the hair, DR.. Wilson
prescribes a lotion composed of water
of ammonia, almond oil and chloroform,
one part each diluted with five parts
alcohol, or spirits ofrosemary, the whole
made fragrant with drachm of oil OF
lemon. Dab it on the skin, after thor
ough fric,ionwith the hair-brush. 1t
may be used sparingly or abundantly,
daily or otherwise.
For a cooling lotion. one made of two
drachms of boraX and glycarine to eight
ounces of distilled water is effective, al
Lying drynes, subduing irlitability,
and removing scurf.
Both baldness and grayness depend on
defective powp; of the scalp skin and
are to be treatedalike. What is needed
is moderate stimulation, without any IT.
ritation. The fdlowing is good. Rub
into the bare places daily or even
twice a day, a (iniment of camphor,
ammonia, chlorform and anconite,
equal parts each. The friction should
be very gentle.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-11-13
PaDer EarreiS.

1t is claimed that the new paper -four
barrels are not only cheaper but more
tight and durable, as well as lighter.
than those of ordinary construction,
BY an improved method of manufacture,
these barrels are composed of straw, pa
pelIpulp, which is run into mold made
into the shape OF one-half of barrel
cut vertically. The pulp is subjected to
a powerful hydraulic pressure, and,
when reduced to the required thickness.
the ends of the halves are cut off; the
pieces are then placed in a steam drier,
the sides are trimmed evenly and the
substance thoroughly dried. 1t comes
from the drier ready for making up into
barrels. There are three heavy wooden
hoops and two hoops fastened together.
and, into grooves cut in the slaves, the
paper halves, which have an average
thickness of three-sixteenths of an inoh.
are slid. The ends of the barrel are
made of paper cf a similar thickness,
on the same principle as the
sides. The barrels are manufactured
entirely by machinery, and the halves
IRE cut so true that two pieces of the
same size will readily fit together.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-11-13
John SEyberts

The first painter in America of anG
decided ability whose name has come
down to us was John Watson, who exc
cuted portraits in Philadelphia in l7l5.
He was Scotchman. 1t is to another
Scotchman, who married and identified
himself with the rising fortunes of the
colonies, that we are, perhaps, able to
assign the first distinct and decided art
impulse in the United States. We owe
to Bishop Berkeley the most notable i'm
pulse which the dawning arts received
in this country, when he induced John
Smybert to leave London, in 1926, and
settle in Boston, where he had the good
fortune to marry a rich widow, and lived
in 1851. Smybert was rot a great
painter. If he had remained in Eu-
rope, his position never would have
been more than respectable, even AT an
age when the arts were at low ebb. But
he is entitled to our gratitude for per-
petuating for us the lineaments of many
worthless of the period, and for the un-
doubted impetus his example gave to
the artists who were about to come on
the scene, and assert the right of the new
world to exercise its energies in the en-
couragemeut of the fine arts. 1t is by a
comparatively unimportant incident
that the influence of Smybcrt on our
early art is most vividly illustrated. He
brought with him to America an excel
lent copy of a Vandyck executed by him
self, and several of our artists, including
Allston, acknowledged that a sight of
this copy affected them like an inspira-
ton. The most important work of
Symbert in this country is a group rep
resenting the family of Bishop Berkeley,
now in the Art Gallery at New Haven.
-Hd1per's Mngdzi1ae.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-11-13
A Countess Strange Suicide.

Moscow society is considerably exer-
cised by the suicide of one of its bright
est ornaments, the young and lovely
Countess Vera Koscheleff, who a short
time ago suddenly disappeared from her
palace in the old Russian capital. only
two days after her solemn betrothal to
Count Heimann, which had been cele-
brated with festive rejoicings on an un-
usually magnificent scale. No one could
imagine whittier she had gone until her
steward received letter from her,
written at her chateau in the Crimea.
wherein she informed him that "she
was going to battle in the river running
through her estate, and should not re-
turn alive from her bath.n She also de-
scribed the exact spot near which her
body would be found in the water
Search was Of course made with all pos
sible promptitude, and it resulted in the
discovery of the beautiful young coun-
tess corpse sewn up in - large straw
sack and sunk in the river. The seams
sack, proving that Vera Koscheleff had
deliberately sewn herself up in the sack
on the river bank and then cast herself
into the stream. In another letter, ad-
dressed to one of her uncles, and re-
celved by him some time after her death,
she gave rs her reason for enclosing her
sell In Il sack previously to drowning
herself, her extreme fear of crawfish
and water beetles.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-11-13
OverwUrked Women,

Nothing is more reprehensible and
thoroughly more wrong than the idea
that woman tullills her duty by doing
an amount of work that is far beyond
her strength She not only does not
fulfill her duty, but she most sienally
fails in it, and the failure is truly de-
plorable. There can be no sadder sight
than that of Il brOken-down, Overworkcd
wife and mother-a woman who is tired
all her life through. If the work of the
household cannot be accomplished by
order, system. and moderate work, with.
out the necessity of wearing, heart
breaking toil-toil that is never ended
without making life Il treadmill of labor,
then, for the sake of humanity, let the
work go.
Better to live in the midst of disorder
than that order should be purchased ut
so high a price-the cost of health,
strength and happiness. and all that
makes existence endurable. The woman
who spends her life in unnecessary labor
ls by this vNe'Yl laMfs. SHE should be be
the haven of rest to which both hus-
band and children turn for peace and
retreshment. She should be the careful,
intelligent adviser and guide of the one.
the tender contidant and helpmate of
the other. How is it possible for n
woman exhausted in body, as "a natural
consequence in mind also, TO perform
these ofiicesp No, it is not possible.
The constant strain is too great. Nature
gives way beneath it. She loses health
and spirit and hopefulness. and more
than all, her youth-the last thing that
a woman should allow to slip from her:
for 40 matter how old she is in wears
she should be young in heart and feel
ing, for the youth of age. is sometimes
more attractive than youth itself
To the overworked woman this green
old age is out of the question; old age
comes on her, sere and yellow, before its
time. Her disposition is ruined, her
temper soured, her very nature is
changed, by the burden which, too hoavy
to carry, is dragged along as long as
wearied feet aud tired hand, can do their
part. Even her affections are blunted,
and she becomes merely machine-a
woman without the time to be womanly,
a mother without the time to train and
guide her children as only mother can
a wife without the Gime to sympatbize
with and cheer her husband, a woman
so overworked during the day that when
night comes her sole thought ard intense
longing is for the rest and sleep that very
probably will not come; and, even if It
should, that she is too tired to enioy.
Better by far let everything go un-
to live as best as she can, than
to entail on herself and family the curse
Of erwork.-Suaataay Magazine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-11-13
OId.FashiOned Garments.

Ny first recollection of fashion is that
old men, especially those of the better
classes, wore short" breeches," as they
were called, with knee buckles and long
stockings, closely fitting the legs. Young
men and old men not governed by f;lsl =
ion wore 'pantaloons or breeches, with
legs des cending to the ankles. In short
while pantaioons supplanted breeches,
except in rare cases of old or eccentric
men. Pantaloons, made Mt first to fit
the limbs, soon began to be cut accord
ing to the arbitrary dictates of fashion.
AT one time the legs were Of enormous
size---large enough for mail bags--and at
another they were made of elastic stuff
and fitted to the limbs as closely as the
skin. Boots underwent changes quite
as striking as did pantaloons. When l
was boy old men wore fair-top boots.
They were long enough to reach the
knee, with broad belt of smooth
leather, of its natural color, around the
top, and the remainder polished with
blacking. They were pressed down and
rumpled about the legs, so as to expose
to view considerable portion of the
stocking between the upper edge of the
boot and the knee-buckle. The dandies
wore boots of different style. Their
legs were stiff, reaching rather more
than halfway to the knee, cut at the
top and in front in the form of heart
with black silk tassel suspended from
the lowest point of the indentation
They were called "Surrow boots :" why
| know not, nor am l sure that my spell
| ing of them is correct. t.-RecollectionS O
R,r. Dr.. Jcter.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-11-13
I,ooaI Advertising.

The virtue OF advertising is of more
consequence, in general way, than it is
often credited with. A too contracted
view is so frequently thrown around
its salutary influences that those who
read a business card seem to think that
its import is of but little consequence
to any one besides the advertiser. This,
however, is q great mistake, for the
community at large is benefited, ac-
cording to our way of thinking, by
every business card of town store ap-
pearing in the local papers. 1t needs no
very skillful reasoning to elucidate the
proposition, for their can be no better
method adopted to improve n village,
town OF city, than that which keeps the
bulk of trade at home. BY so doing the
results of industry are widely diffused in
the expenditures made, society becomes
cooperative to n considerable extent,
material improvements are encouraged,
and pride of place is fostered. Our live
re-keepers are beginning to under
stand the value of advertising, and our
residents fail not to reward them for
their enterprise. A contemporary puts
the matter in this wise: "When the
business men of town fail to advertise
extensively they diminish the import
ancc and trade of the place, and per.
nit more enterprising localities to take
the latter from them" Although done
for their individual interest, advertisers
should be looked on by citizens of the
town where they reside, as in some
sense public benefactors, and they
should be encouraged accordingly. One
merchant who advcrtises extensively il
worth to his own town and its people
more than forty who never show them
selves in print and should be for thi
reason alone preferred, assuming that III
is. Of course, u fair business man.
Pratisbury (N. " NesOS.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-11-13
A Good Name.

How true it is that good name is
capital itself. Such capital, like every
solid accumulation, is not built in a
day, but is the result of years of contin-
uance in well-doing. Any man can
hope, by a spirit of good nature or hon
orable dealings. to acquire an enviable
reputation, which is implied in the pos
session OF a good name. Little things
done and observed in series of wears.
the trihes of which life is made up, if
done conscientiously, are what contrib
ute to the result, and win for man the
confidence of his fellows: and when one
has thus acquired this good name, men
seek him in business, rely on his word.
and prefer his goods. Such a capital is
within the reach of the poorest. 1t
commands confidence. and helps one in
securing all THAT is desirable in life,
and as it is not to be acquired without
delay, it does not depend upon birth or
influence for its attainment. 1t is won
derful so many prefer to travel by
crooked ways, which, though they may
seem short cuts to success, do not lead
n that direction at all.