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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-28
THING
EVERY LADY
OUGHT TO KNOW.

There exists a means Of Sc.
curing a soft and brilliant
Complexion, no matter how
poor it may naturally be.
Hagan's Magnolia Balm is a
delicate and harmless article,
which instantly removes
Freckles, Tan, Richness,
ROughness, EruptiOns, Vulgar
Flushings, ETC., etc. So deli.
cate and natural are'its effects
that its use is not suspected by
anybody.
No lady has the right to pre-
sent a disllgured face in society
when the Magnolia Balmis sold
by all druggists for rs cents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-28
saturday, 2Ist February, 1850.

at the southwest corner Of Main and Madison
streets, in the Taxing District ofSbelby u
ty late the city. Of Memphisl, sell for cash, to
the, highest bidder, the following described
real estate, situate, lying and being IN the
late. city OF Memphis (nOw the Taxing District
Of Shelby county, to-wit: Part Of lot t) two,
block t60l sixty, south Memphis, beginning M
a point on the east line of Orleaus street. (502l
five hundred and two feet south Of It's inter.
section with the south line Of VanAe street;
being 500 fifty feet from the southwest corner
Of j. H.. krRfts lott therce southwardly with
the east line Of Orleans street (55) ffty-fye
teet-thus giving a front Of lfty-fve feet on
eastwardly between parallel lines land paral.
lel with south line Of Vance slreet), 2tD two
hundred and fourteen feet to the lot belonging
to, and occupied by, st. Agnes Academy.
Equity otredemntion waived. Purchasers
title to be absolute,
W. c. MCCLURE, Trustee.
WRIGHT, FoLKEA a WRIGHT, Atty's. III $50
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-28

FINDER and by virtue oftwo certain deeds
" in trust to me executed by John N. Ware,
and Mary. A. Ware, his wife, one ofdate 0cto-
Der 18th, 1876, and recorded In tho REGISTERS
office of Shelby county, in book No. ia, page
", ct. seq; and one dated 18th of December,
1876, and recorded in Register office Of Shelby
county, IN book No. 10, page 325, ct. seq, the
debts therein secured being past due, / will.
at the request Of the beneficiary therein, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-28

More health, sunshine and joy in Hop
Bitters, than in all other remedies.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-28

wednesday evening, Ian. IS, 1850.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-28

d virtue of the authority vested in me by a
~ certain deed Of trust, executed to me By
Peter and Laura Mitchell, on the. til day Of
January 1874, TO secure an Indebtedness there
in stated due to Mrs. Belle Leach. which deed
is recorded in Registers office of Shelby eoun-
ty, Tenn, in book IS, page 1863, L will, On the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-28
New Advertisements

oTT a month and expenses guaranteed Ia
D. agents. Outfit free. Shaw b Co.. Au
gusta, Maine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26
A Horrible Duel.

A horrible story Of duel between two
inhabitants of Morocco is reported from
Gran. The two principals, both occu-
plying good position, were enamored
Of the same beauty, and agreed to fight
for her possession. The combatants
met at short distance from Mequinez,
each being armed with carbine, o re-
volver and hunting knife, and mounted
on horseback. The duelists rushed at
one another at full speed, which resulted
in one Of the horses being killed, and
the: fight was continued on foot. After
the two men had received several bullets
in different parts of their bodies they
closed and commenced violent and
horrible struggle with their knives.
One Of the men thrust his knife into the
others throat, and received a cut from
his enemy which opened the whole Of
his chest. Too weak to use their arms,
the dying men took to biting one an
other, and expired, the one with his
teeth closing on the others cheek, who
gave up his last breath in endeavoring
to rip open his adversary's body. The
object of the encounter was thus gained
as each prevented the other Obtaining,
the hand of the girl, who must in future
endeavor only to captivate one admirer
at time if she wishes to secure a hus-
band. o.. Xxi r. %, IS. s.~s-.r g.,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26
Cured of Swearing.

In s'Quaker Anecdotes" edited by
Richard Pike, there is pretty story of
certain ssFriend Hopper" who once
had man named Kane brought before
the magistrate and fined for blasphemy.
He did not see the man again for long
time; but, twenty years afterward,
when he was standing at his door, Kane
passed by. The Friends heart was
touched by his appearance, for he looked
old, feeble and poor. He stepped out,
shook hands with him, and said 'sDost
thou remember me, and how caused
thee to be fined for swearing? :
eyes, indeed, I do, he replied; 81
remember how many dollars I paid as
well as if it were but yesterday"
''Did it do thee any good?" inquired
Friend Hopper. .-.
ssNever a bit," answered he. eft
only made me, mad to have my money
taken from me-" ss1gs.....
The poor man was invited to walk into
the house. The interest was calculated
on the fine, and every cent repaid to
him. ~ @ a<
ct meant it for thy good" said the
benevolent Quaker, "and I am sorry
that only provoked thee. !" Is.
Kane's countenance changed at once
and tears began to flow. He took the
money, with many thanks, and was
never again heard to swear. ..-.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26
The Philosophy of Small Talk.

In conversation the power to talk just
because we want to say something is a
great acquisition, and positive pre-
requisite. No man can succeed in mixed
companies unless he is skilled in small
talk, and finds it easy to speak Of ones
health, ones appearance, ones closest
Surroundings, OF flying runor and 9th
er things which have no Importance and
convey no special amusement Some
profound people despise this. One
thinks: "Let these trifes expend their
buckshot, and I will then fire my artil-
lery." Perhaps, however, he finds the
buckshot lasts, and that there is no de
mand for his artillery. His right meth
cd would be to fire buckshot with the
rest-to show that he could do better
than they and by this means he might
interest them in other modes of shooting,
and even excite desire to witness
his artillery performances. I know a
learned professor who talks grandly to
one listener. A gentleman who met him
at dinner with eight or ten others said
that during the whole time, excepting
what he spoke aside to servants, the only
expression which escaped the lips. Of the
professor was the word !" Yes, " and that
in reply to direct question. Nov,
added the informant, sif he had thrown
about some conversational small coin biz
companions would have said We like
the quality and impress Of this we must
have some more from the same mint, bu
OF; larger value. =" Thoughts and Events
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26
The Dear Old Mother.

Honor the dear old mother. Time
has scattered the snowy flakes on her
brow, plowed deep burrows on her
cheeks, but is she not sweet and beauti-
en-, but those are the lips which have
kissed many hot tear from the childish
cheeks, and they are the sweetest lips in
the world. The eye is dim, yet it CLOVIS
with the soft radiance Of holy love which
can never fade. All, yes. she is a dear
old mother. The sands Of life are nearly
run out, but, feeble as she Is, she will go
further and reach down lower for you
than any other upon earth. You cannot
walk into midnight where she cannot
see you; you cannot enter q prison
whose bars will keep her out you can
not mount q scaffo3d too. high for. her to
reach that she may kiss md bless you -
evidence Of her deathless love-: When
the world shall despise and forsake you,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26
A Pretty Girl ut Auction.

"Grandfather"A ckley, of the village Of
Watkins, N. Y, bad rather novel ex-
perience recently while I" crying off a
vendue in the town of Hector. After dis
posing of the articles on the sale list,
there was a hull in business, and the
crowd was getting impatient waiting for
"Grandfather" to 'scome down. or
rather to announce the close Of the sale,
when pretty, plump, rosy girl asked
him to offer her to the highest bidder.
"Grandfather," being Of q modest re-
firing disposition, seemed reluctant, but
the girl insisted, SO he proceeded to
"cry" her of. The first bid was offered
by timid young man with pianissimo
voice, who weakly offered $75, bald
headed man went him $50 better" and
the bidding went along lively until s., 900
was offered. At this juncture the girls
father went 81 900 better and g Grand
father" closed the bid to that gentleman.
/" Grandfather looked the crowd OF
young men over, and, raising himself up
in dignified way, proceeded to address
them in the following manner: Gentle
men, I am surprised, nay more, deeply
mortified, to think that you should let
such q prize slip through your hands for
such paltry sum- Why, do you know
that this young lady would, if married,
get up in the morning and make fire
without Earring the floor enough to wake
her lord and master up; and, further.
more, if / were as young as some OF YOU
I would swim the whole length of Senecs
lake, climb liberty pole, throw the
pole away and climb fifty feet furthel
! rather than lose the opportunity you fel
lows have" It is needless to say tn,
assemblage roared with laughter. -Nea
York Evening Telegram.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26
Disfranchisement in England.

Guizot, while on visit to Lord Aber-
deem in Scotland, was talking to him in
the park one day about the English sys-
tenn of elections, when his host stopped
before modest cottage. This little
house" he said, !" recalls to me q shame
full deed in my political ife." "What
an act Of violence % !" You shall hear.
I had a tenant here, an Independents fell
low, who annoyed me horribly. In eV-
cry election he strenuously opposed me.
j made up my mind to be rid OF him. Z
"Ha! you turned him ont 2? No. /
reduced his rent by 9 guinea and de
stroyed his quali6 cation-a mean trlck,
and Eve always been ashamed Of II. : -
i Ptyll Mall Gazette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26
A Leaky Church.

Bishop Butler was once holding SER
vice in dilapidated church in the North
of England, and, storm coming on
was nearly C drowned out by the tor
rent Of water that filtered through q
thousand rents in the roof. He mildly
reconstructed at the tleaky condition Of
things, and suggested that the first sur
shiny day should be devoted to repairing
the edi6oe. But it doant need repair,
Your Worship, when it. doan't shower. =
was the answer Of the worthy church
J warden.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26
Not the Finest Police in the World

A strange story comes from Constan-
tinople. Three robbers, armed to the
teeth, broke into the house of a Prussian
living at Constantinople. Threatening
to forthwith murder him if he resisted,
they compelled the owner to submit to
being bound, and then demanded from
him his valuables and money. The
Prussian at once gave up his gold watch
and some "a Of Turkish money which
he had in his pockets; but this small
booty did not satisfy the robbers. Again
they threatened death, and finally
obliged the bound, the helpless man to
tell them where they would find the key
of his business safe. The safe happened
to be in room on the third floor, at the
top of the house, and thither the three
robbers, having obtained possession Of
the key, fastened, leaving the owner
bound, and threatening to return and
shoot him if he called for assistance.
But, as they went upstairs, his wife,
who had been watching what was tax
ing place from another room, slipped
quietly in and cut the bonds Of her hus-
band. Aiming themselves with revolv-
ers, the pair crept quietly up the stairs,
came upon the robbers absorbed in di.
viding among themselves the contents o.
the safe, and without a word shot down
two of them. The third threw down hi
weapons and begged for mercy: Turn
ing the tables upon him, the Prussia1
bound his late assailant fast, and, leaving
his wife to watch over him with loaded
revolver in her hand, fastened to thu
nearest zaptieh station. There he fount
the officer in charge absent, and, on In
curing for a sub-oficer, was told tina
both of the latter were also away
Thereupon the Prussian asked four Q
the men to accompany him to his hous
and take the bound burglar into custody
Arrived in the room where the two me-
had been shot, the zaptiehs looked q
the two corpses, looked at the prisoner
and recognized in the two former tn
sub-offcers, and in the latter the office
of their own guard. Pail Mall Gazett.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26
"A Cure for Drunkenness.

The wife Of q well to-do tradesman ID
Paris has read her husband lesson so
original as to be worth recounting. He
had of late devoted his affection almost
exclusively to the bottle. and his better
half, finding all curtain lectures fruitless,
arranged q little practical joke which she
imagined would produce such an impress
sion on him that his conversion from
evil ways must follow. When her lord
came home to dinner, the other evening,
he was SO drunk that he fell asleep in an
armchair before the meal began. The
lady, it should be mentioned, had been
preparing the way for her ingenious
stratagem by threatening to commit
suicide if he did not reform; and no
sooner did she hear him snoring than
she put her plan into execution. She
had provided lay-fgure obigingly lent
by her milliner, and, having clothed it
in one of her dresses, withher best bon
net on her head, she tied rope around
its neck and hung it up to the hook of q
chandelier she then left the house and
her victim, fondly calculating on the re-
morse in store for the latter. The sleep
er awoke in half an hour, and was deep
II affected at the sight Of what he took
to be the dangling corpse Of his moiety.
He screamed to his neighbors that his
wife had hanged herself, and, news Of
the castashophe having been brought to
the police station, the Commissary ar
rived in hot haste, accompanied by a
doctor. The trick was then discovered,
but when they awoke the bereaved hus-
band from the second sleep of the just
into which he had dropped his rage at
discovering he was not a widower knew
no bounds. The lady, on her return,
far from being fattered by the depth Of
his remorse, had to escape in haste from
the consequences Of his disappointment
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26

when it 1eaveth you by the waysiide to die
unnoticed, the dear old mother viii
gather you in her feeble arms, and carry
you home, and tell you Of all your viz
tues until you almost forget that your
soul is dis6gured by vices. Love her
tenderly, and cheer her declining years
with holy devotion. 81 ,ss.. SI assiss
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26

The tune of planting corn will, Of
course, vary with the locality, but it will
be better as q rule to secure thorough
preparation of the soil before putting IN
the seed, even if it somewhat delays the
time Of planting. Late-planted corn. In
warm, we'll lverized soil will usually
take the lead of that which has been
struggling from an early start under IN
favorable conditions
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26
Bills Introduced in Congress.

The New York Evening Postmakes the
following statement Of the number Of
bills and joint resolutions introduced in
Congress for each session from the
Twenty-fifth to the Forty sixth Congress,
and the percentage of the whole number
which were passed: @ sga.4sE18z-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26

This tendency to flood Of bills is one
Of the curses Of American Legislation.
There is no time for the proper consid-
GRAFTON of useful measures, and multi
tudes Of bad and improper bills are log
rolled or sneaked through by the lobby
in and out Of Congress. rs IS a
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26

4 "a aENr1EMAN, finding his whisky
punch little too hot, blew it to cool it
8 Blowing your own horn, I zee, said
his comrade. 800 81 . .s5t..s 81, Ss i.
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g. . =.

j.
A blessing on my babes tonight,
A blessing on their mother;
A blessing on my Hnsmen light,
Each loving friend and brother.
A blessing on the toiler's rest;
The over-worn and weary;
The deeolate and comfortless,
To whom the earth is dreary.
A blessing ON the glad, tonight;
A blessing on. the hoary;
The maiden, clad in beauty bright,
The young man in his glory.
A blessing on my fellow-race,
OF every cline and nation;
May they partake His saving grace
3 Who died for our salvation.
II any man have wrought me wrong,
Still blessings be upon him;
May in love to him be strong, Ri
TIL charity have won him..
Thy blessings on me, from Of old,
My God! 1cannot number;
I wrap me in Thy ample fold,
And sink In trustful slumber.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26

Grafton, but save all the bones and le
time and wood ashes convert them int
rich manure. /.
An agricultural writer says his advic
to farmers is to try and keep off diseaTr
Keep hogs in clean, good fields; CIV
them access to good water. In the dry
est part Of the field provide good shelte
both from sun and rain. In trough
near their resting places, two or tire
times each week, place composition
salt, soda, red pepper, and ginger. L.
four parts Of the first two articles, adj
one part Of latter. Common red peppe
will answer, well p,llverized, and all tn
ingredients thoroughly mixed. This i
no remedy, but preventive Of the in
furious effects of the foul gases and tn
pestiferous filth in which hogs have bee,
allowed to wallow.
CrrRoN GAZE. How to keep the cit
ron from falling to the bottom of tn
cake.) One cup of butter, two Of sugar
three Of -four, four eggs, and one cup c
milk; add one teaspoonfM of soda an
two Of cream Of tartar and one pinch c
salt. Make the cake as above, put i
the pan, cut the citron thin, put it in th
cake endwise. push down until the bal
ter covers citron.
To CLEAN DEoASTERs. - When maxim
cake or omelette take your discarde
egg-shells, crush them into small bits
put them into your decanter three part
!, filled with cold water, and thorough
/ shake them. The glass will look Xix
new, and all kinds 81 glass washed i
the same water viii look equally well.
The daily gazette., 1880-07-23
Somebody's Child.

Somebody's child is dying-dying with
the flush of hope on his young face and
an indiscri bable yearning to live and take
an honored place in the world beside the
companions of his youth. And some
body's mother is thinking OF the time
when that dear face VIII be hidden where
no ray of hope can brighten it-when her
heart and home will be left desolate-b e.
cause there was no cure for con sumption.
Reader, II the child be your neighbours,
take this comforting word to the moth
er's heart before IL Is too late. Tell her
that consumption is durable. that men
are living to- day, aged. robust men, whom
the physicians pronounced incurable al
the age Of twenty five, because one lung
had been almost destroyed by the disease
DIR. Plerce's Golden Medical Discovery is
a most efficient Alternative for separating
the scro .ulous matter from the blood and
lungs, and imparting strength to he sys-
tenn. If has cured hundreds of consump-
tives. jyl7-6'.
The daily gazette., 1880-07-23
The Great Sugar SwindIe.

w men IL was reported 10 congress
last winter and even earlier that the
revenue was being reduced and hon
est dealers ruined by the valuation
OF imported sugars according to the
stupid old Dutch standard of color
no one who knew human nature and
the ease with which rich sugar could
be colored so as to appear poor
doubted the truth of the story.
When we say no one we do not for
get that some members of Congress,
among them the chairman of the
Committee of Ways and Means,
fought for or allowed a postpone
ment of the consideration of a more
rational test than that of color. 1t
now appears that the Treasury De-
partment sent out in the spring a
commission of experts to discover
whether the reports about artificial
discolorations for the purpose of de-
frauding the government and allow
ing dishonest refiners to get the bet
ter of their honest competitors were
true, and that these experts have
discovered that the low grading of
rich sugars by artificial means is
openly practised in the West Indies |;
that sugars, testing from thirteen to
sixteen, Dutch standard, are by col
oring matter reduced apparently be-
low seven, Dutch standard, thereby
securing an important reduction of
customs duty, although the same
sugars, when tested by the polari-
scope, showed ninety-seven per cent
of pure sugar, instead of the smaller
proportion which the moisture and
molasses in a naturally dark sugar
would indicate. Now that the swim
die is plainly exposed what new
trick will dishonest refiners resort to
for the purpose of lessening the
revenue, driving honest men out of
the business and corrupting Con-
gressmenp-N. Y. Herald.
The daily gazette., 1880-07-23
GoLD.IN NEWSPAPERS.
San Francisco Call.

odh a iahSASSo ShAis
A correspondent of the Gall writes
of the discovery of small flakes of gold
on the surface of the paper upon which
it is printed. He says: 81 had OBJ
served, previous to last February, that
the OaH often contained golden mug
gets, out from the 9th of that month
to the end it was rare to have a num-
Der without its golden show. From
the paper of the sixth l took fifty-six
pieces of gold, the thickness of the
OaN, and varying in size from that of
a small pin-head to nearly the size of
a three cent piece. | think l have
more than a hundred pieces of gold
taken from the paper that month. All
left hole when removed, as the thin
film of paper on the inside was render
ed brittle by the hard pressure which
the CALENDER rolls gave as they Aatten-
ed out the golden deposits. In addi-
ton to the gold, l got platinum, sill
yer. iron, tin and some lead" The
explanation of the discovery is that
in the manufacture of the paper pulp
water is used that has been passed
through a fume in which miners have
washed dirt, containing all kinds of
precious metals. The gold is what is
known as ''1oat gold," and escapes
the miners who still follow the primi-
tive methods of washing. Some of
the water used is taken from artesian
wells. The manufacturers say that
tbnv have often noticed a substance
that glistened in the water, but that
tbey supposed it to be mica, as the
wells we're bored through mica depos-
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