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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
Tuesday Evening May II, IssO
LEDGER LINES.

Staple easy.
The dog slaughterers begin work on
Thursday.
Brown 4 Jones, coal, Office 281
Main street.
Don't forget to go to St. Patrick's
picnic tomorrow.
Children will be admitted free tc
st. Patrick's picnic.
PUBLIC LEDGER job printingofice
and book bindery, 10 Madison.
Kirkland hat store is the place tC
secure your seats for the operetta.
Gossamer's thinness is the style
most comfortable in garments at
present.
Go to Mays if you want bargains
and seasonable new goods at New
York cost.
Elegant solid gold medal, value S2j
prize for the best shot at st. Patrick's
picnic tonight.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday
next, we are to have opera of comic
character in three different shapes.
Business men will find it to theil
interest to have all their job printin.
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER Office.
The upper grades of cotton were
reduced in price at noon to-day il
this market from gc to lc per pound
The circuit court is to adjourn fol
the term this afternoon, and will b.
convened next Monday for the Ne,
term.
The sunny side of life is always il
favor, but the sunny side Of our high
ways this weather is unpopular to
high degree.
A full line of Seaside and Franklin
Square libraries, for warm weather
pastime, a be had at Mausford's
298 Main street.
A round lot of tickets for the pro
posed trio Of operas at the theater
were sold yesterday and to-day, a
Kirkland's hat store.
The LEDGER Job Printing ofic.
and Book Bindery, 13 Madison, exc
cutes everything in their line as nea
and cheap as any house. +
The school board failed to hold it
regular monthly meeting last nigh
: for want Of quorum. 1t will try agai,
) next Thursday evening.
AT Estival park to-day the St. Pat
rick's Catholic congregation and thei
friends, including the young folks, ar
having an enjoyable picnic.
The ceremonies at Elmwoad mex
= 500
Sunday will commence with a praye
by the Rev. George c. Harris, dean
r St. Mary's Episcopal church.
!, The contemplated river excursio
r by the First Methodist church h.
been postponed, owing to the moi
arrival Of the steamer Parker.
A festal time among the color,
: folks comes off at the exposition bull
ing tonight. They call it a pic.ni
and it is certain to be frolicsome.
In spite Of fate and dry weather, Il
Madison street PAYERS are likely
y complete their work between Ma
and Front streets between now al
!. Saturday night.
The statue Of Diana in front
= court squire, has a less dirty look {
day. The yellow paint, which W
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
The German NTnifaaf.

For eight hours of yesterday,
between 3 and II pm, the
Germans and their friends of this
city held pleasant revel. 1t was their
twentieth annual May feast, and a
large crowd participated in its
gaioties and enjoyments. Everything
passed off pleasantly, and Estival
park, where the amusements came off,
was never more brilliant or more
joyous. There was plenty of music,
dancing in abundance, beer in copious
quantities, and an ample supply Of
those good things which the Germans
partake of with zest and relish. The
Maifest was a decided success in its
financial and pleasurable results.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
st. PatrIck's Picnic.

The ladies of St. Bridget's parish,
with characteristic generosity, are on
the grounds to-day in charge of the
refreshmsnt tables under the pavilion
at Estival park. Mrs. Lewis, Mrs.
Sullivan, Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Bender
and a host of young ladies are all
busy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
NJ. Patriek,s Picnic.

The east end refreshment table is in
charge of Mesdames Clark, Kelly,
Koran, Divine, Martin, Peake, Kings
ton, MCCARTHY, and Mrs. A.. B. Vac
caro-, assisted by the smiling and
graceful Misses Kimple, Cunningham
and Martin.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
IIaIaria Destroyed.

G. A. j. Gadbois, of Brockville, Canada,
certifes that he was p~rostrated by a mala-
rial disease contracted in Texas, and was
quickly and completely cured by the use
Of Warmers Safe Pills and Safe Bitters
He adds: 81 shall never travel in that
climate without your Safe Pills and Bit.
tiers as q part of my outfit"
Sold wholesale by 8. Mansfield & Go.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
Kirkland's silk umbrellas, $3.50.
JOHN WALSH, UNDERTAKES,
34I Second Street. 1887

Calvary church choir includes Miss
Jennie Jones, soprano; Miss Lizzie
McClelland, contralto; Mr.. George
Cashier and Mr.. W. A.. Gage, tenors;
and Mr.. JAS. Kirkland, basso and
conductor; Professor Emile Levy,
organist. They are actively rehears-
ing their operettas-all to be per-
formed in one night.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
For Nnle.

Five thousand city packed, sugar
cured hams, at Z cents per pound.
One hundred barrels low grade Ten
nessee -four, warranted sound and
sweet, at $3.50 per barrel.
Fl. W. JOINER & Co., 42.42i Poplar.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11

A bad smelling dog long defunct,
lies so near the Market street school
house that it worries the pupils, OBJ
scures the intellects OF the teachers,
and has caused several notes to be
s3nt to the board of health. -,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
PEABODY billiard HALL,
SID COOK, Proprietor.
The most elegant resort for
lovers Of the game. got
Kirkland's silk umbrellas, $3.50.


DIR. John A~bercrombie, $40 Main. 81
DIR. Buddeke, Eye and Ear diseases
No. 56 East Court street. 144t
under the Willows" byVan Loon
at Williams's book store. 68
DR.. 5. H. Brown, office 40 Madison
street. Residence So Second st. 65
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11

Blue Lick and imported Self.
ger Water.
g. A. ECKEGLY l. BROS,
20 3A2 Front.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
Kirkland's silk umbrellas, $3.50.
At. Patrick's Picnic

At Estival park to-day, bids fair to be
an immense success. The refresh.
ment tables are loaded down with sub
Stantials and delicacies to suit the
tastes Of all visitors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
81. Patrick's Picnic.

II yOu desire to have cool lager. OF
a fine cigar, call on our young friends,
McCadden, Mclaughlin and Roper,
and be happy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
ELEGANT
Largest assortment in the city,
Style, quality and price

Style, quality and price
unequaled by any competitor.
r. Nj. DRAKE q CO.,
27I Main Street.
SUMMER
plain and fancy styles.
Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods
Of best makes at low prices.
Gentlemen's Suits made 10 order
and satisfaction guaranteed.
Trunks and Travelling Bags
in great variety.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
Felix Jones' Livery. Boarding ant
Sale Stables,

Nos. 229, 231 and 233 Third street,
near corner of Jefferson. Agoed line
OF Livery always on hand. Horses for
sale. Boarding horses a speciality. BOT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
Drawing Pencils.

"Soft," Medium" soft Medium
and Hard" A full set of four in
box, only twenty-five cents, at
MANsFoRD's,
"a 298 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11

JOHN REHSE. Agt., lee Main

All the crack shots are to compete
for the elegant $25 gold medal at
EStival park tonight.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11

Anything from a druggists label up
TO a three-sheet poster done with
neatness and dispatch at the LEDGER
job Office. Prices as low as the lowest.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11

st. Patrick's Church Picnic, nj
EstiVaI Park, next Tuesday. will
be IA very en- j8ya6Ie affair. 90
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
rs. o beautiful PIantS

Are offered for one week by the Memphis
Floral Co. at 5 to Is cents each. 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11

Spring Lamb and Ky. Beef,
Fine assortment OF Vegetables.
ALBERT SEESSEL, 1874 Main.
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ICE CREAM, TEN CENTS.
STAFFER, 22O Main. 81
Kirkland's silk umbrellas, $3.50.

The colored folks in full regalia
and with music in the van, passed Up
Main street at noon to-day, going
through the scorching u to a picnic
festival.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
OUR CHEAP COLUM

A IL advertisements under the head Of For
a Rent, For Sale, Wanted, Lost, Strayed,
per line for each insertion, and Is cents per
line for one week. Isl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11

FISHING TACKLE,
Best Assortment in the City.
FRANK SCHUMAN'S Gun Store,
No. Ill Beal Street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
WANTED.

" NV G9
4 COOK, white, "a Fifth street, Chelsea, or
II 20 Front street. 90 81
HN0 borrow two-thirds Of the face value Of A
J. 5000 note. Also wanted purchasers for
-four, meal, hay, corn, oats, bran, lime, CO.
ment, plaster, hair and fire brick.
II. W. JOINER & CO.,
AZ and 42h Poplar street, store formerly
26 occupied by W. ]. Chase h Co.
TINE use Of a light saddle horse durine the
i summer months, for his board. Good
attention and light work guaranteed. Adj
dress X u, Ledger office. 6264
RLACKSMITH-Must be 3 good sheer and
ID wagon maker. None other need apply.
TRANSFER STABLES,
62t 100 Jefferson street.
old RAGS, iron, metals, old bottles and all
" grades cotton. by S. GABAY, agent, 10
Beal St. Orders by mail attended to. 6267
A NURSE, white, u or Il years old. Apply
"A. to A. j. KNAPP, No. l2l 9Th street,
Chelsea. 81 sc
~ street. S7a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11

A COOK, white, 81 Fifth street, Chelsea, or
n 90 Front street. 62G7
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-12
TARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Recipes

ItCtlptbs
SUBSTITUTE FOR GRUEL.-A delicious
substitute for cruel is made IS follows
One ounce of rice. one ounce of sage,
one of pearl barley; put three
pints of water and boil gently for three
hours, when the liquil should be re-
duced TO a quart. Strain it in exactly
he sam e manner as groat cruel, and
favor with wine, brandy, or anything
else that may be suitable. If made a
little th~icker-say, with an ounce and a
half of each ingredient to three pints of
water-a jelly will be produced, which
may be eaten cold with sugar, fruit,
syrups or preserves.
RHUBARB JELLY.-Take n rhubarb,
wipe it with a clean wet cloth, peel it
and cut it into pieces m inch long. To
each pound OF rhubarb add three.quar.
tiers of a pound of white sugar. Put it
to boil for about ten minutes or until
the Juice is well drawn. Strain it into
q preserving pan, let it boil quickly
until it clings to the spoon, skim it and
put it into jam pots or molds. The
quickest way to know if it will set is TO
drop a little on a plate to cool.
COFFEE CUsTARD.-Mix one egg with
n teacup of ground coffee and pour over
it one pint boiling water. Let it boil
five minutes, then pour in one cup OF
cold water and set it back on the range
or stove for ten minutes. Strain it of
into a saucepan and add one pint of
cream. Beat five eggs and one and one.
half cups of brown sugar together; pour
the boiling mixture over the eggs and
sugar, stirring it well, set the whole in
boiling water and stir one way until it
begins to thicken. Serve in cups to eat
cold. If frozen it makes a very deli
cious ice-cream.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-12
What to Teach Girls,

To darn stockings and sew on but
tons.
To say no, and mean it, or yes, and
stick 10 it.
To keep a house in neat order, W il
everything in its place.
To have nothing to do with intemper.
ate and dissolute young men.
Teach them to regard the morals and
not the money of their beaux.
That the more one lives within ones
income, the more one will save.
That tight lacing ought to be pre-
vented by law as opium smoking is in
China.
That the further one gets beyond ones
income, tie nearer one gets to the poor,
house.
That q reliable young man with good
business qualities is worth a dozen
loafers in fine harness.
Teach them every day some item Of
dry, hard, practical common sense, and
they will yet find time for idealisms.
That any amount of tight lacing and
pinching ofcorns cannot improve a form
that the Almighty made in his own
image.
Give them, il possible, n good sub
stantial education, and as many of the
accomplishments rs you can afford, but
never neglect their home training.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-12
Dog Travel In British America.

For winter travel dogs have hitherto
been largely used, as with light loads
they are swifter than horses. To drive
a team of dogs it is said that one must
be able to swear in English. French or
Cree, while to be a first-rate dog-driver
requires a fluent command of profanity
in the three languages. Some years ago
a wel,-known Winnipeg ecclesiastic
was making an extended winter trip;
the dogs, though frequently whipped,
made little progress, SC the bishop re-
monstrated with the driver. That
~functionary replied that he could not
make them 60 unless he swore at them (;
absolution was, therefore, given him for
the trip, and the dogs, hearing the
familiar explosives, trotted along brisk
ly. Dog.driving, however, is passing
out Of use in the Northwest, as it is be-
coming much more expensive to keep
dogs than 1t Is to keep horses. While
buffalo were abundant and every post
and wigwam could have unlimited
pemmican 1t was easy for any man to
keep n kennel; but Us the buffalo are
rapidly disappearing, and as the dogs
must be fed throughout the whole year
while the horses can forage for them
selves at all seasons, horses are heing
used slmost entirely OH the prairies,
except in the more northern districts
w%heregame and fish are very abundant.
Good Words,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-12

A Boston doctor has struck it at last
After years of experimenting he has
produced a ~colorless, inodorous liquid
which prevents all sense of pain in a
sensitive tooth, while the dentist is dig
ping at it. He calls it Naooli-the diar-
esis being essential in order to give the
name a learned and scientific aspect.
Zone or two drops Of the liquid" says
the Boston Advertiser "are merely
placed in the cavity and in a few min
utes the dentist proceeds to excavate il
in the usual manner, but without a par
ticle of pain" It's action is confined
entirely to the tooth that is operated
upon;" and when the operation is over,
the tooth returns to its normal condi.
tion. 1t is claimed that the new discov.
cry Injuries neither the nerve nor the
bodily health,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-12
Some Notions About TrnnsplantInE.

Son Notions About TransDlantInR,
In transplanting some persons make
frequent failures while others, will
make every plant grow. This is as
cIibed to luck, while really the differ
ence in the two cases is due to the fact
that the one does all that is possible ia
prevent success, and the other, perhaps
without knowing it, observes all the re.
quirements of the plant, and his luck
is simply due to this. Growing plants
require that large quantities of water be
absorbed blythe roots, and raised to the
leaves, where, having served its pur-
pose, it passes of into the atmosphere
as a vapor. If this supply Of water is
shut off, even for a very short time veg.
citation is interrupted, the leaves wilt,
and the plant droops, and in time dies.
The amount,,of water transpired by the
plant depends mainly upon the amount
Of absorbing root surface, supply Of
water, the extent and nature OF leaf SUI
face exposed, and the state of the at
mosphere. In order to expose a large
surface to the moist earth, roots are pro-
vided with a multitude of long slender
outgrowth called root hairs. These
hairs are found only ON the younger
roots, and are 30 small as to require n
microscope to see them. These hairs
work their way among the particles OF
the soil, and cling to them so closely
that they will usually break away from
the root before they will separate from
the soil. AS the absorbing surface of a
plant consists largely oithese tender and
minute structures, it is evident that in
transplanting they should be preserved
as far as possible. In order to do this,
the young rootlcts, or minute divisions
of the roots, must not be destroyed by
breakage or Ivy exposure 20 the drying
air. II II is necessary that, in trans
planting, the soil should be kept moist,
so that when placed in moist earth they
may soon getto work and send out new
root-halrs. At the best, the capacity
Of the roots to supply the plant with
moisture will be greatly reduced, there.
fore, in transplanting large plants, trees,
etc, the extent of the foliage should be
reduced also.
The soil into which the plants are
placed should be moist-but not a mud
and the particles brought close to the
roots by gentle pressure. Transplant
ing Is most successful when done in
moist and cloudy weather, MS this will
diminish the amount of evaporation.
and with delicate plants shading for a
few days will greatly aid them. Amer
lean Agriculurist.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-12
A Specimen Gambling Trick.

A singular method of Fighting the
tiger" is thus related by a writer in the
London Truth: l happened, in re-
Spouse to a pressing invitation, to find
myself in n law court, when a curious
mode of cheating at faro was shown.
The game is played thus: Thirteen
cards are spread out on the table, that
is to say, an entire suit. A pack Of
cards is shuf1led by the banker, then cut
by aplayer, when the banker proceeds
to draw the cards, one after another,
from the pack, first removing one. If
a player has put a stake upon any one
OF the cards which has been laid out
upon the table, he wins, provided his
equivalent is an odd card in the
pack, and he loses if it is an
even one. Now, it would seem
impossible that a player could cheat the
banker. This is, however, how it is
done: In shuifling the banker generally
shows the bottom card. When he hands
the pack to be cut the player cuts an
even number Of cards, 80 that when the
cut is put back by the banker the player
knows that what was the bottom card
will be an odd one, and knowing also
what that card will be, can stake upon
it with a certainty that he will win.
N. - - L. - Al
cards that he choosesP By n very simple
process. One side of the nail of his
thumb is allowed to grow straight, and
a little notch is made in it.. Provided
the length of the nail from the notch to
the end be always kept the same, and
that he presses the nail against the cards
in c%rtting, he must always take up ex-
actly the same number OF cards.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-12

Mr.. Gladstone entered parliament Mt
twenty-three, a year after leaving the
university. Two years later Sir Robert
Peel made him q lord of the treasury,
and within a year under secretary O!
state for the colonies. Lord Beacons-
field did not make his way into the
house of commons until he was thirty
two. OF Mr.. Gladstone's leading col
leagues, MI. Childers and Mr.. Bright
entered the house OF commons at thirty
two, and the Marquis of Harrington at
t~wenty-four. OF former leaders, Mr..
Pitt entered at twenty-one, and Mr..
Fox was returned at nineteen, two
years before he could be received in the
House.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-12
Household Hints.

To REMOVE MILDEw.-If the stains
are recent rub the fabric with lard and
expose it to the SUM-.
To REMOVE STAINS FROM TIE HANDS
Cold tea will often remove fruit
stains and ink spots from the hands.
Wash them in the tea first, before using
soap.
POISONOUS VNEs.-If poisoned by
vines, make a paste OF sulphur or gung
powder and milk. Apply night and
morning until cured.
BREATH TAINTED BY ONIONS. -
Leaves of parsley eaten with vinegar
will prevent the disagreeable conse-
quences Of eating onions.
To OIL A FLooR.-Take boiling hot
linseed oil, have the floor dry and clean,
apply with a paint brush. 1t saves a good
dealof hard work. If the floor is pine
and knotty it will look dingy unless
knots are first covered with shellac
varnish.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-12
Nicaragua Monkeys.

A recent arrival at the Geological
garden, in Philadelphia, is that of four
bowling monkeys from Nicaragua.
These animals have the reputatinn OF
being able to make more noise in pro-
portion to their size than any other ami
nal yet discovered, except perhaps the
tree frog. In their native woods, Just
before sunrise, these howlers commence,
and their dismal bowls, it is said, can
be heard for miles around. They are
enabled to make this terrific noise by
reason of a special development of vocal
organs. They are small animals, and
are generally found in South America.
The ones at the garden are known as the
"Mantled Howlers," because of a line
of gray hair around the back and sides,
and are the most northern Of several
species. They are the first which have
ever been in the garden, as they are
scarce and hard to capture. Besides
that, they are very delicate, as was
shown by the fact that the four which
arrived here are ell that were left
of fourteen which were sent from Near
aqua. To capture those fourteen little
monkeys it took about eighteen men
for several hours, and necessitated the
cutting down of about four acres of
trees. A tribe or lot Of the animals
were observed in the forest, and the
method by which they were secured
was briefly as follows:
The men first surrounded the tribe,
so as to drive them as closely together
rs possible. Then an outside ring of
trees were cut down, the fall of which
drove the monkeys still closer to the
center. More trees were felled, until
buta single clump of two or three was
left standing, and the monkeys were
sheltered in their branches. Then one
after another of these trees were cut
down, so that all the tribe had to take
refuge in one tree. The capture of a
number of them was then a compare
lively easy matter.
The four little strangers were placed
in one of the cages in the monkey house.
With them arrived a black-handed
spider monkey" specimens of which
have been in the coll eclion before. The
name indicate just about what they look
like. They have black hands and long
arms and legs, which make them re-
semble a spider very much.
Dot was a monkey brought by James
Wardlaw, of Gait, Can, from India. 1t
suffered from toothache for several days.
One day the pain was more than ordi-
narlly severe, and the monkey resolved
to undergo n dental operation. 1t found
n string, fastened it around the aching
tooth, seized the end of the string with
its fore feet, drew up one of its hind legs
between its fore feet, and gave a sudden
shove, which jerked the tooth out and
sent it flying halfway across the room.