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Facts for the PubIicl
The Holman Liver and Stomach Pad


The Holman Liver and Stomach Pad
WoyFS by absoypfioH. IS fEpo fold IN Hs acfioH-
gre aHdIsk<S. 1T is Honest, E6ScffUe Har1slsss.
II Is marvellous in its prompt and radical cure Of
every species OF LIVER and STOMACH difficulties,
me scat OF most all diseases.
~ is worn over the Vitals Liver and Stomach.
removes torpidity OF the Liver, gives tone 70 the
stomach ayyesffag fermentation and pain by giving
It the natural quantity Of bile and gastric juices.
IT also vtalzes the entire system with Natures
1T arrests all dc.-rioratod and poisonous fluids In
INC stomach and thus prevents their entering the
system by way Of circulation.
1T absorbs from tho body every particle Of blood
poison, whether bilious malarial or medicinal, and
leaves The wsarer in perfect health.
1T Is tho most wonderful discovery Of the nine
teenth century, and marks a era ia the history
Of medical science.
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Seed for our pamphlet, giving extended informs.
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Descriptive Price List.
Regular Pad-S7oo; Incipicnt diseases Of the
Stomach and Liver, fret stages Chills and
Fever, etc.
Special Pad $500; Chronic Liver and Stomach
Disorders, Of every form, also hsiaus,
Biiousncss, etc.
xxx Pad or Spleen Balt-4soo; Il intended
20 cover Stomach, Liver and Spleen. and IL
asovcrclRn remedy Tor All chr0Hic troubles
1nkant Pad-eLsoi Preventive and Core of Chol.
era Infantum, Dphthcria, Scarlet Fever.
Summer Complaints, etc.
BODY FlaStors-soc 4 For Nervous and
. X Ctrcuative troubles,
ROOT par-soc & throwing On obstruc-
Absorption Salt : pains. For Colds.
Dor, aSc, boxes, eL9s : Sick Headaches
nunbncss Of eNhemitcs, et-.
Sent BY mail, free Of postage, on receipt OF price.
Wholesale ana Retail Depot,
No. 8 N. Charles ST., Baltimore, Nd.
aHNGwAL,T - HALL, Agents
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Sale
David Graham ct al

David Graham ct al 60.
VS..
Jos. w Gribble '...'-
Ia pursuance of a decree of the Circuit
court OF Preston county, the undersigned
,o,ni VIII on the LIST day of Sep
TENDER. 1879, before the front door of tha
Cour' Honse in Kingwood, offer for sale
the tracts OF land 0ecreed to be sold i'm
this canse. Consisting of about twenty
hye acres. tuated in Preston county.
4uJolhlnS William Wallis and Benjamin
Lawson's surveys, containing abont Ok
acres III Is we'll improved and has com
portable buildings thereon. 1t will be
SOLD Tor so much cash iu hand as is sufIi
cient to pay the cost Of suit, and expens>
es OF safe, and the residue upo credit
%, II, aug l8 months, the purchaser ex-
ecutlng Interest bearing notes with au>
proved security for the deferred instafl-
ment or purchase money.
JAMES A. BROWN, Com.
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(Signedl.

NOW there IS not the remotest
shade of an imitation of the Josh
Billings style in the above letter.
nor IS there any indication on it's
face Of having been written in an
swer to letter received by him, but
there Is something in it, nevertheless,
which is manifest in every line; and
That is an excess Of cheek in trying to
bulldoze Mr.. Chdester's family in
to dismissiDg DR.. Fichtner and en-
PIoying himself. But it proved a
failure.
OtheIlo has attempted to discuss a
subject entirely foreign to the one at
issue. The question before US is not
whether OtbeIlo or nybody else has
or has not attended a medical school,
but whether Othello has acquired the
rudlments Of common school Eng
lish education. The above letter
settles that question, I think, defn-
itely and conolusively in the mega
tive.
Owing to his very slight knowl-
edge Of the history Of medicine,
Othello has mistaken the hydropath.
&c or old water cure system, in
which cold waser was the sole RENE
dy, for the more modern and soien-
tihc practice called Hygienic, or
Hegeio,therapeutic, in which ali
means Of cure are used, and in which
all durable persons are cured with
out the administration Of poisonous
drugs. Bot this is in keeping with
bic general stupidity. lie not only
tries TO palm of his illiteraoy "A
Josh BillIngs.isms (bilhngsgate is
the word he should have used for
that describes his writings exactly)
but would have bis readers believe
that reputable medical schools do
not grant diplomas, and that they
are to be obtained only by purchase
from fraudulent and disreputable
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Gray's Specific
Nj edicine.
ENGLISH REMEDY


cure for Sem
inal Weak
ness, Sperm
atOrrhea. I'm
pJtency and
all diseases
that follow a.
a sequence or
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-05
IRON Saturdays Second Edition.l
LATEST FOREIGN.
A Crippled Steamer Loses Boats
and Seamen.
The Khedive's Financial Scheme
Abandoned.
A Suspected Russian Lieutenant
Hung Yesterday.

LONDON, May 3.-The new steamer
Gallia for Liverpool, rom New York,
encountered a gale April ?ith, and
was have to fifteen hours. She lost
two boats and a seaman.
The steamer Holland arrived from
New York.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 3.-Lieu-
tenant DubroV ma, arrested near Nov
gorod on suspicion of being the CHIEF
member Of the revolutionary commit
tee, was hanged Friday on the glacii
of Fort Petropaulorski.
CAIRO, May 3.-Ulemas having pro.
tested against the European prepon.
derance in the mixed council Of State
proposed by the khedive, the scheme
has been abandoned.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-05

lives of these gentlement have always
been with and their conduct
through life unsmirched. The people
know them, and knowing them trrst
them implicitly. And as for Governor
Marks, no man living has more fully
the confidence of the entire people or
so much merit, and he deserves it.
The criticisms of these papers have
but an equal weight with the baying
OF the watch dog at the moon, and
will avail as little. Yet it is amusing
to read some of the illusions written
of this matter; for instance, an arti-
Gle in last weeks GAINESVILLE Chroni-
Gle. Its distinguished editor writes :
" Governor Marks was supported by
US for the gubernatorial Office with
great m~isgiyings. y = \ Our mis-
in supporting him will never be
repeated, Whatever office he may run
Well That do settle it."
bu we take it very decidedly to the
governors credit down this way, if.
the good the support of our cotempo-
rary did a certain candidate in these
parts less than a year since, can be
as an example of its influence.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-05
A Kennedy for Neuralgia.

A Paris correspondent of the Bos-
ton Courier, referring to his recovery
from a dangerous illness, says q"
mention this illness that | may tell
you how easily | was cured. [ was
bent double. | could not breathe.
My physician ordered me to take a fat
iron and heat it as hot as | could bear,
put a double fold of flannel on the
painful part, aud move the iron to and
irO on tle flannel. | was cured BY
enchantment. My doctor told me that
some time since a professor in one of
our colleges, afeer suffering some days
with neuralgia in the hea0, which he
himself had tried to cure, sent for the
former, who prescribed a hot hat.iron.
The next time the doctor saw the pro-
lessor the latter exclaimed, / had nc
sooner applied the heated iron to my
head than instantly all pain had van
ished.' My physician was summoned
recently to the bedside of a woman
who had neura'gia in both sides, and
so violently that she alarmed the whole
neighbOrhood by the screams which
her intolerable anguish wrung from
her. She was taken Tom her bed and
bUrne near the fire. LIN such severe
cases a heated iron is not energetic
enough. He has and iron rod fastened
to an ivory handle He heats this roc
to a white heat (Which causes les.
pain than red heat), and applies i
very slightly to the seat Of the pain
first in LONGITUDINAL, then in latitudi
nal lines. The application is so ligh.
that no trace is eft but red lines o,
the epidermis, which are soon effaced
In twenty minutes the woman wake,
back to bed, and the taird day afeer
ward quilted it entirely freed iron
neuralgia. This instrument is not Il
be intrusted to awkward hands"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-05
How NInch Cnn One Read.

How Much Can One Read.
The longest single poem, l believe,
extant, is an Italian poem, the
"Adone' of Marini, who lived in the
time of our James L. 1t contains
$4,000 lines. As for Spain, one single
author of the seventeenth century,
Lopez de VEGA, w:ote 1869 plays. His
works altogether fill forty-seven quarto
volumes. AlorzO Tostado, a Spanish
bishop of the fifteenth century, wrote
nearly forty folios, covering with print
three times as may leaves as he had
lived days. To come to ENGLAND, our
William Prynne wrote 200 different
works. Chalmers collected edition
of the English poets only comes down
to Cowper, who died in 1850, aud it
fills twenty-one volumes royal SvO,
double columns, small type. The
volumes average ZOO pages. This gives
a total of 14,70O pages, or 29,4O0 co.,
umns. Now it takes q have made
the experiment., four minutes to read
a column with fair attention. Here
is a good years work in readirg
over, only once, a selection from
the English poets. The amount OF
reading which a student can get
through in a Sven time hardly
admits of being measured by the eli.
The rate Of reading varies with the
subject-the rapid glance with which
we skim the Columns Of a newspaper
being at one end of the scale, and the
slow rate which is required for a page
of, say Rants "Critique of Pure Rea-
son" being at the other. Still, Just to
get something to 60 upon, make a cal
culation in this way: Suppose a man
to be able to read eight hours a day.
No one can really sustain receptive or
critical attention to written matter for
eight hours, but take eight hours as
the outside possibility. Thirty pages
octave is an average hours reading,
taking one book with another. This
wOulo make $40 pages per day, 1850
ger week, and 1880 pages in a year.
Taking the average thickness of an
oc:avo volume as 400 pages only, the
qrantity of reading whicA a diligent
student can get over in a year is no
more than an amount equal to about
200 volumes octave Teacher.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-05

Episcopal residence. These clerical
gentlemen, being familiar with the
subject expressed a conviction that
the ohalice and salver were of
an ancient uattern-an opinion
that may, pernaps, be incorporated
hereafter ION the makers name "a.
Brasterl is stamped upon the base of
the chalice. There is at present no
record of any loss of such a conmu-
Mon service f,om any Of the Catholic
churches in St. Paul, and if it should
prove to be at least two hundred years
old, the theory is that these relies
we're a portion of the effects which
were taken from Father Hennepin ov
the Indians in 1850 or Whereabouts. In
Mr.. Heard's address before the Ram
sey county pioneers in Februarv last,
he gave a historical account OF this
transaction, the Indians having cap
tured all the personal property in
GLIDING the clerical robes and re.ioi-
GUS utensils aud emblems of the "a
Their, and quarreled over its division
The antiquarians can now take Il c
matter in hand and proceed to inves-
tigate it, after which they can furnish
their opinions on The subject. If the
fact can be easily demonstrated that
these handsome church utensils are of
origin as ancient as Father Hennepin,
it is to be hoped they may be allowed
to rest for all time in the State His
torical Society, Or some other equally
prominent place.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-05
WASHINGTON.
An Informal Speech by President
Hayes.
Mutual Endorsement and the Golden
Rule.
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.

WASHINGTON, May 3.-The Presi-
dent received the Universal Peace
Union to-day, and in reply to the adj
dress said:
1t is hardly to be expected that |
should make any formal reply to the
address just delivered to me, or to the
remarks just made. AS a matter of
course any reply on a matter of such
Importance should be of value and be
carefully and maturely considered.
Il have not yet given this subject
careful consideration, and not caring
to reply on the spur of the moment, l
will not make any formal answer. |
will say, however, that with the gen
eral sentiment, witch is the foundation
OF all such movements, | am heartily
in favor. That is perhaps all l should
say. | am very glad to have met you"
The delegates wished the President
to understand his prevention of the
en%croachment on the lands of the In
dams in the territory and the observ-
ance of treaties with the Indians met
with the strong support and apprecia-
ton of all we'll disposed people Of the
country.
The President said: "It is certain
ly a qualification to me to know that
you take sides with us in that matter.
The stand we have taken will be
fast. The question of how to deal
with the Indians is always one Of diff :
Guilty. It should be met honestly and
with integrity in carrying out our
treaties with tlfem.
THE God-given golden rule should
be our guide in dealing With them,
Do unto weaker nations as we would
have stronger do unto US" The visit
ors then retired.
The house Democratic caucus com
mittee this morning, it is understood,
agreed upon a measure to be submit
ted to the caucus, if concurred in by
the senate committee, which is un-
der the title, "a bill to prevent
military interference at the polls. "
1t consists of the sixth section of the
vetoedarmy appropriation bill with the
words civil officers stricken out and
p%roviso added nothing in this bill
shall be construed as preventing the
use of the army to enfore the process
Of United States Courts, or to put
down resistance against the United
States by armed men,"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-05
BUFFALO HUNTING.
A Case Of Mistaken Identity, in Which
an Unfortunate Bovine Falls Prey.
San Antonio Ezpress.l

San Antonio Express.l
Not long ago a young German
reached San Antonio from the Father
land, and took up his abode with some
friends residing on the Salado. Oh
course, things out this way were new
to him, and Oeing of an innocent, un-
~suspecting nature, he was just the char
to meet with an occasional practical
joke, or commit some ridiculous blum
der, even with a free exercise of all
the functions of his mind, on the
strength of the impression that he was
doing right.
The other day when the hard rain:
passed over this section, the creeks
were made to rise. Among other
streams, the Salado was up severa.
feet, and the friends of the young man
referred to asked him to accompany
them to the creek and shoot some
buffalo. Now, there was not the least
intention Of penetrating a joke-the
party all went down in good faith tC
shoot buffalo. During the spring.
when rises occur in most of our West
ern Texas streams, the buffalo fish run
up stream, for it is their spawning
season. So, the party excepting the
young man just from the old country
went down armed with shotguns ana
reYolvers to shoot the buffalo fish as
thew passed oyer shallow places on
their upward course.
The young German had never heard
Of buffalo ish-he had only read Of
and heard people talk about the bison,
which roams the great plains of Texas
and other American States in untold
numbers. So he concluded that a buff
falo could only be a quadruped Of the
COW kind, and that sort of a beast be
was to look out for. He was posted
near a creek with a double barre
shotgun, and advised to keep his eyes
skinned, and shoot the buffalo when
they came by. Meantime, the re.
mainder Of the party went some dis.
lance below to search for game.
Presently, our young German hearC
a noise a short distance from him, and
turning around observed a black ami.
NAL approaching at a breakneck speed
with its tail hoisted over its back.
His heart began to wrestle with hope,
and his nerves to shake from the
effects of an inordinate anxiety, Down
he spranginto a gully and cooked both
barrels of his gun, each Of which was
loaded with buckshot. The beast
came by HMM fact, within a few
feet of his place Of ambush-and he
pulled both triggers at the same in
slant, af,er having gotten good aim.
And down came the animal-it scarce.
ly kicked-for any one of the twenty.
four leaden messengers hat entered
about and through its heart would
have produced death.
Casting his gun aside the elated
NimrOd ran to carry the new to his
companions. But they had heard the
loud explosion, and were fastening to
find out the result. When he OBJ.
served them coming, throwing his hat
high above his head, he exclaimed at
the top Of his voice, Ich habe einen.
Ich habe einen!' and turned back. al.
lowing his friends to follow in the
rear. Soon they reached the scene.
and all rushed 10 the brink of the
gully in which the animal had fallen
And what, reader, do you think il
was why, a neighbor's two-year-olC
bull. Comment is unnecessary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-05
Attacked by an Eagle.

Rochester Express.
From our Webster correspondent
We learn the particulars of an adven-
tdre which Mr.. Hiram Robb, a farmer,
bad on Saturday afternoon last while
walking in a niece Of woods about half
a mile from mis- residence. He lives
about half a mile north of the village
Of Webster, and the woods are about
half a mile further north aud about
two or three miles from the shore of
Lake Ontario. While walking he was
suddenly and unexpectedly attacked
by an eagle. 1t came at him so saw
agely and appeared so large that at
first Mr.. RooO attempted to u away,
but it pursued him and compelled him
to fight for his very life. The el
counter was fierce for a few minutes,
and Mr.. Robb was thrown down.
Finally Mr.. Robb threw himself bod
lily upon the eagle and held it down.
1t struggled away from him, however.
and MIR. Robb, discovering that its
wing had been injured, made up his
mind to take the bird alive. The
affray finally resulted in a victory fol
Mr.. Robb, who secured the discom.
fitted eagle, and took it to his home
alive. There it was found to measure
seven feet from tip to tip. 1t is sup
posed that the eagle was rendered
savage from hunger. Tits a fine spec
linen Of the American eagle, and sup.
posed to be one Of a family domicileC
near the shores Of the lake.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-05
An Actor,s Mobile Ilngc.

San Francisco Post.l
The other evening, while Charles
Pope, tragedian, was performing at
Grass Valley, an antique beet de-
seconded from the gallery and took
him on the nose. Advancing to the
footlights, he said in a voice of sup
pressed thunder: "If the human
beat who threw hat vegetable one
will be at the stage-door when the
play is over, | will be happy to punch
his head After the applause sub
sided the play proceeded. When the
show was over, Pope was surprised to
discover a temporary ring erected in
the alley back of the theatoE. 1t was
surrounded by a strong delegation of
gallery gods, aud in the midst sat a
shoekheaded hoodlum upon his
seconds knee, stripped to the waist
and blandly awaiting his antagonist.
The latter jumNed into his carriage.
g Why, don't yer mean TO spar p in
qgired with much astonishment the
particular rough who had been dele
gated as bottle holder to the actor.
" Go TO, sirrah - growled the TRACE
dian as he drove off. "A murrian on
these ape-faced villagers"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-05

81. Paul pioneer-prea ".
The laborcrs engaged in excavating
for the Davidson block, at the corner
Of Sixth and Jackson streets, in ST.
Paul yesterday unearthod what Is un.
doubtedly an interesting and extremely
valuable curiosity. IL consisted Of
two pieces Of Roman Catholic com
munion service Of solid silver Ia
chalice and a safyor. They are Of
good workmanship, the chalice being
finely chased near the base and The
SILVER around the rim, both being we'll
preserved and bright. Upon each arc
prominently engraved the lettera |. II,
pa cross resting upon the central
letter, Mr. Thomas Grace, the con.
tractor, 10 once appreciated thr
importapcc Of the discovery. and tho
two articles were submitted 10 che
inspection OF The clergymsn az The
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-05
CONGRESS-.
Alexander Stephens Reports a
Bill in Favor of the Metric
System.

WASHINGTON, May 3.-HoUsE.-
Mr.. Davidson called attention to the
speech of Mr.. Russell, printed in the
Record (though not delivered), and
pronounced some of its statements
wholly and absolutely untrue. He
added The Aippant manner in
which members charge fraud on Others
IS altogether unbecoming the station
they occupy"
Mr.. Reed responded sarcastically +:
That is So"
Mr.. stephens, from the committee
on coinage, weights and measures, re-
ported a bill to enable importers to
use the metric system of weights and
measures. Referred to the committee
on ways and means.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-05

Albany August
Mr.. Conk'ing has insulted New
York. He has charged in his speech
that one Of her great parties draws its
strength from the slums, bucket shops
and murder dens that its members
bear and use the dirk. the dageer. and
the pist&, that this state is incapable
Of fee and fair elections of her own
wish and power, and that the L ct one
was honest, was conducted under the
menace Of Federal soldiers and under
the ffowning guns Of vessels Of war
trained on the thorolghfares and
dwellings Of the people. From Mr..
Conkling such obloquy was Of course.
directed AGAINST the party he does not
act with. But should Francis Herman
say that against the Republican part
Of the State which Roscoe Combine
has said against the Democratic, NO
Conservative newspaper would be
outdone by any Republican one in
denouneiug the calumny and calumni.
ator. Such words or such implications
against each Of the great parties arc
sIanderous, shameful, and in every
sense false.
We would only add insult to injury
ii we interposed denial or defense
against this denunciation by Roscoe
Conkling. The honor Of a State and
The honor Of n woman are not debated
by honorable men. Those who aspersC
either are not entitled to argument a,
reply. Naming them and naming thei,
Oilense arc enough and more thar
enough. The dignity of reioinder i,
not theirs Of right o, Of usage. The,
are described or disposed of wheI
they are bruited and branded as de
famers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-05

A Ledyard Conn farmer, while
blowing, Monday, turned up in the
turroy an oval stone Of such symme.
try of'form as 10 attract his attention.
Picking it up he found it presented a
smoothly finished edge and rough i'm.
terror surface, granulated with the
soil Of ages. After washing Il he
found upon the diverse side a female
head alto relieve, and on the reverse a
queer representation of an animal now
unknown, SO far as conclusions can be
formed from present Outlines The
figure resembling in body a beaver.
while the head took the form Of am
eagle. Ii seems to be a relic of great
value.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-05
NEW YORK.
Arrsst Of Truly Loyal Bounty Col.
leCtors.

New YoRK, May 3.-James A.
HarriOtt, John G. Maxwell, alias VIM.
Maxwell, and John NJ. Daley have
been arrested on a charge of forging
applications Of discharged soldiers for
additional bounty and with collecting
the amounts. 1t is said that the ring
OF which the mel arrested are said to
be members has defrauded the gov
eminent Of over 100000.