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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-17
GOOD news
IN SIX HOURS

A new discovery in the vegetable line, a
medicine that cannot be found 10 any Drug
Store in the United States or Diminion of
Canada at present, until the druggists call for
Il; and all Druggists that order my medicines,
l wlN advertise their names and places of bus
mont in thepaper.
No Druggist has the genuine medicine I'M
less you see his name and place Of business 10
my advertising column.
This medicine IS produced from a vegetable
in spain and Portugal, called Bellina dc Sal
utarlat an almost miraculous herb, for the cure
Of all Chronic Diseases, ETC.. viz:
Female weakness, Dyspepsia In its worst
form, Sore Eyes, ScrOfula, Syphilis,
chills and Fever, Gravel, BiioHsness,
0eraugement Of the Bowels and all dis.
eases arising from the impurlty Of the
blood.
All persons afflicted with any Of those dis
eases are referred 10 the above, aud if, after
three or four hours time after taking the med
icine, you do not find il improving your
health, | will refund double the mount you
have paid for a bottle Of the medicine: andmy
agents also will be in tructed to refund the
money, provided you have 1t pronounced by d
physician that you did not receive any benefit
by 1t, And will ,al5a say this much, that dc
moi, care by what doctor you have been treated
and pronounced ineurable. Do not be eis.
couraged, but come aud see me. To All phy.
sicians who have cases of this description an
der their care l should DO pleased if they would
give II a trial. Give my medicine a fair trial
ana l Will guarantee a sure cure, if taken ae.
eording 10 directions.
CONSULTATION free Of chaTsa In my Office
from Sto II am. and 2to5p.m. All calls QUE
SIDE Of these hours intide city limits free, ant.
side OF eornorati0n Soc per mile.
Vnronic Diseases a Specially. Charges from
81 to $40. euro guaranteed,
Prize 81 per BO6Ie.
Call on OF address
DEG- RIVA,
lS6s Main Street, Memphis, Tenn
II 14S
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There l. no civilized nation in the Western
Hemisphere in which the utility Of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters rs a tonic, corrective, and
anti biiious medicine, is not known and ap-
preeiated. While it is a medicine for all sea
sons and all climates, it Is especially suited TO
the complaints generated by the weather, be-
ing the purest and best vegetable stimulant in
the world.
FOR sale by druggists and dealers, 10 whom
Apply for Hosletter's Almanac for 1851.
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d. a. IAUPHFN,

or NJ. 4. Dauphin, st
No. 20 Bsoadway, New York
or ID. l.. Gillespie,
Nos West Court street. Memphis, Tom.
All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are
under the supervision and management OF
Gems. 9. I. Beauregard and Jubal A. Early.
wAslf2
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sherlFs Sale Of Real Estata.

DUBLIC notice is hereby given, that By
i virtue Of two writs Of venditioni exponas
o me directed from the Hon. Circuit Csurt.
No. 1882, in the ease of Carbery 4 Casey rs.
~. u. Jones, judgment rendered November
sth, lSo, for Stl.tos and in the case Of FOUGHT
18th, 1873, for slls.57, making an aggregate
sum Of iour hundred and ninety-one dollars
and seventeen cents, with interest and costs OF
suits. TO satisfy said judgment, etc., 1 will, on
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ChanCsrY Sale of Real Estate.

-
No. 3TT9. R~.-Chancery Court of Shelby coun-
t%y-Andrew j. Ward ct al VS.. Charles S.
Ward ct al.
DY virtue Of an interlooutory decree for
ID sale, entered in the above cause on the
10th day Of December, 1880, | will sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder, in front of
the clerk and masters office, courthouse Of
Shelby county, MeHphis, Tennessee, on
Saturday, January IsI, 1881,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
tO-wit:
A c%ertain tract in the Third Civil District.
beginning at the southwest corner Of the 5OS
acre dover tract set apart TO Mrs. p 7 Ward
as dover and known on the plat of the John
v ward estate as lot No. 10, at a stake in the
neiq ana running thence south co degrees west
Oh chains TO a large red oak tree, with sweet
gum, elm and ash pointers; thence south 9Ik
degrees east, 81 chains and so links 10 A stake
on the south side OF a small branch "A links
east ofan elm with black gum elm and dog
wood pointers; thence north 6 degrees east. 6i
chains. TO a stake with willow pointers In a
held; thence north s. degrees west, 81 chains
ana 50 limb TO the beginning, the said Willie
v Ward tract being designated on said John
wizard plat as lot No. 3, containing nc acres.
Terms Of sale; Ono-thlrd cash, one-third in
SIX months and One-third in twelve months.
purchaser to execute notes with approved and
good personal security for the deferred nav
ments; lien retained, etc.
This Dec mber 10, 1880,
I j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
LlnIay al rs, soPrs for compl't. 81 los
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CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.
100000 Tickets, 1.-TWO DOIfars Each.
Half Tickets. One Dollar.

loni Prizes. amounting 70. ...-........e mo, t00
Aesp0hsiDia cpttesnonQing agents wanted
at al points, to whom liberal compensation
will be paid.
For further information, write clearly, Civ
ing full address. Send orders by express OF
Registered Letter, OF Money order By nail,
addressed only to
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Trustee,s sale.

RY virtue Of the power conferred upon ma
- by q certain trust deed made on Tho 1Sth
day Of May. 1880, now Of iecerd in the Rag
ister's office Of Shelby county, in hooE III
page 6ls, and default having been made in
Tue payment Of the indebtedness therebv Sc
cured, l will, as trustee, at the feauest Of
the beneficiary therein,
On Monday, January Sd, 1881,
at the southwest corner Of Main and NJ AHso,,
streets, IN the city of Memphis, or TaxiOa
District, Tenn, sell TO the highest l,;djar ~
cash, The, following land, LYNN Ia sbolby
county, within the cooperate limits of Mem,
Lot No. 81, .as designated on the man or nior
OIL the subdivision of the real estate ~ tbeo
estate Of John W. Fowler, deoeased' eiaadI
ana Iecorded as n part of u certain decd ot
partition made by the deyisees of tbe seia 7
W. Fowler on November 2Sth, ISL. and re-
corded In the Registers Of Shelby eonnfv in
record book No. IS, page 2SS. Said iot feonia.
on me north side Of Beal street 6ftv tSoi foet
and has q depth Of ono hundred and fon,toop'
ana lour-tenths "a 40 feet, running bnel
setween parallel lines, O"0A
h,quity OF, redemption is wnived and title is
believed to DC good, bps I will sell and convey
p,y. WILLIAM DEAN, Trustee.
kinlay \ Peters Att,ys. 1iF6
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Pa y VAIN Wsins ia en9 . Sipp,s Irppleai e ISsl p Z,
for all the diseases that cause pains in the
lower part Of the body-for Torpid Liver,
Headaches, Japndice, Dizziness, Gravel, Ma
larla, and all difficulties Of the Kidneys, Liver
and Urinary Organs. For Female Diseases,
nancy, II has no equal. It r~eftsres the organs
that MAKE the blood, and hence is the besl
Blood Purifier. 1t is the only known
remedy that cures Bright's Disease. For Dia.
betes, use Warmers Safe Diabetes Cure,
For sale by Druggists and all Dealers al
81 20 Per bottle. Largest bottle in the mar
ket. Try il
X. H. WARNER & CO., Rochester, N. Y
Sold Wholesale IN Memphis by s
Gsnsdeld g. Co., and W. N. WllkersOn 9
Co.
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RsR. j. n. BATES,

Newspaper Advertising AGENT.
Al PARK ROW.
VIlne9 ~Buildingl, New iaRk, is authorized
to contract .or advertisement in The
Daily and Weekly Pubic Ieieer'
VI our best rates. If
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yrustee,s Male.

Rf virtue Of the forms ofa trust deed to me
4 executed by isaac W. Bass on the 18th day
OF december, 1871, 70 secure the payment OF
certain notes therein described Of the same
date the note for $3.50 being unpaid, / will,
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FROM C|URBsT0NE BROKER 10 MI
LIONAIRE.

The clever and ingenious clerk
finally developed into a cool and eau
tious business man. His fearle. sness
Of purpose and natural insight into
tho character Of men naturally carried
him beyond the limits Of his country
town, aud with his settlement as 4
broker on Broad street, New York.
his extraordinary success may be said
TO have BEGUN.
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Chancery Sale Of Real Estate

IN HraH b. CrLLEx. ID. Clo "a aA a. mn
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-03-04
Saturday Night in Kansas Cattle Town.

The dullness which had so weighed
upon us through the long, uneventful
afternoon was but lull, we soon learned,
and not stagnation. With the first ap-
proach of darkness, the lethargic town
rubbed its eyes, so to speak, and leaped
to its feet-and in atwinkling Gt seemed
like an incantation, Eastman said),
Grand avenue was carnival of light
and motion and music. The broad
board sidewalks were crowded with
promenaders smiling groups passed in
and out of the drinking saloons and
gambling places in every quarter glasses
clinked and dice ratified (is there another
sound in the world like that of shaken
diceP); violins, flutes and cornets sent
out eager, inviting strains OF waltz and
polka from score or more establish
ments, and a brass band was playing
patriotic airs in front of the theater,
where, oddly enough, the crude moral
was about to be presented, with
the full strength of the company in
the cast" Everywhere the cowboys
made themselves manifest, clad now in
the soiled and dingy jeans of the trail,
then in a suit of many buttoned cordu-
roy, and again in aff1uence of broadcloth,
silk hat, gloves, cane, and sometimes a
clerical white necktie. And everywhere
also stared and shone the Lone Star OF
Texas-for the cowboy, wherever he
may wander, never forgets to be
a Texan, and never spends his money
OF lends his presence to a concern
that does not in some way recognize
the emblem OF his native State; SO
you will see in towns like New Sharon
general pandering to this sentiment,
and lone stars abound of all sizes
and hues, from the big disfguring white
one painted on the hotel front down to
the little pink one stitched in silk on
the cowboys shilling handkerchief
Barring these numerous stars, the rich
lights, and the music, we missed sight
of any special efforts to beguile OF entraE
passers-by-perhaps because we were moi
looking for them nor was there for some
hours sound to reveal the. spirit ol
coiled and utter vileness which the
cheerful outside 50 well belied. 1t was,
in the main, much the kind of scene one
Oriental holiday. But as the night
sped on the festivities deepened, ant
the jovial aspect of the picture
began to be touched and tinted
with subtle, rebuking something
which gradually disclosed the passion
the crime, the depravity, that really
vivifed and swayed it all and made i
Internal The saloons became clamorou
with profanity and ribald songs anC
laughter. There were no longer AZ,
promenaders on the sidewalks, save ono
in while single bleared and stagger
ing fellow, with difficulty in his clums.
lips over some such thing rs "The Girl
Left Behind Me-" Doors were stealthil,
closed, window shutters slammed to witt
angrycreaks. And at length, as we looke'
and listened, the sharp, significant re
port of pistol, with shrek behind il
was borne toward us from turbulen
dancing hall to certify its tale of com
bat and probable homicide, and to b
succeeded by close but brief halt il
the noisy quadrille presumably for tn
lemoval of the victim. m.-Henry King, 4
Scri6ne7
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-03-04
Chair BOarders.

A reporter for one of the st. Louis
papers called upon Mr.. Griswold, one
of the proprietoTs of the Lindell hotel,
to get some facts and figures upon that
interesting class of people known as
"chair boarders." He discovered that
fifty per cent. of the people who gather
in the rotunda of hotel never spend a
cent, and are yet an actual expense to a
proprietor. The why and wherefore -"
was given with much research. Mr..
Griswold, the proprietor, Furthermore
furnished the information that 300, 900
sheets of note paper and envelopes were
distributed annually to patrons and
"chair boarders and also some 100, 900
blotters; and although the stationery
was bought in job lots, cheap, it never
theless amounted to $1,000 per annum
Mr.. Griswold said that they would even
have nerve enough to ask for postage
stamps, but that they were not kept in
the office, but were on sale at the news
stand. The reception of mail at the
house for outsiders was also som ething
wonderful.
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Going to Siberia.

The czar ofall the Russias has an i'm
mense, cold country where he sends his
criminals, and he Furnishes tor very
slight offenses. so he has many people
to send. These convicts leave st Peters
burg al night, the men having their
hands chained behind them, and wear
ing leg chains of four pounds weight all
the way. The women go in gangs by
themselves, wearing black cloaks with
hoods. The men who conduct them to
this desolate land are mounted on horses,
and have long whips which they use foI
the least provocation. Once there, they
work year after year in the mines, never
seeing the light of day. They sleep il
recesses hewn out OF the rocks, into
which they creep on their hands anC
knees. They work Sunday the SAM
as any other day. No man who ha
worked in the mines is ever allowed +
return homo. When he has lost the us
of his limbs, which happens in fey
years, he is hauled up to die in the poor
house.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Nearly 200, 900 persons are employed
on British and Irish railroads.
The Lowell Stu, AYERS that turning
grindstone will sharpen ones appetite.
The wholesale oyster business of New
York amounts to $4,000. 600 yearly.
Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria,
lunches at noon on black bread ana
beer.
From 5000 to 10, 900 pounds of oleo-
margarine are sold in Philadelphia
daily.
The Baroness Hirsch gave Adelina
Patti 5000 francs (S3,000) for singing
one song at her soiree.
Mount Vesuvius is troubled with
eruptions, and they don't know what to
do with the crater.-Ptcaytt'1e.
A tramp we saw last summer calleo
his shoes Corporations" because they
had no soles.- .-Mdratho1 Independent
An Oregon man six feet tall marriedt
woman only three feet in height. That
is, she was Just half of him, and, o
course, his better half.
Dakota is clamorous to become a
State. The newspapers OF the Ierrl-
tory claim that it has larger popula-
tion now than either of the States OF
Oregon, Nevada or Florida.
For sleeplessness high London au-
thority recommends, instead of stimu-
lants. breakfast cup of hot beet tea,
made from half q teaspoonful of Liebigs
extract. 1t allays brain excitement.
A woman living near the foot of the
Blue Ridge mountain, Georgia, caught
four wild turkeys in trap recently.
and when she tried to get them out they
attacked her so fiercely as to break one
of her arms.
North and South Carolina and Ten
nessee are preparing to celebrate the
centennial anniversary of the battle Of
Kings mountain, the turning point in
the revolutionary war in the South,
which occurred October 7, 1880, and
legitimately led to the final victory at
Yorktown.
"What do you think of my new
shoes, dear?" said she the other even
ing after tea. "Oh immense, my dear.
perfectly immense" said he, without
looking up from his paper. Then she
began to cry and said she thought if he
thought her feet were so dreadfully
large he needn't tell her of it.-BoSton
Post.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-03-04
Lives of Two Very Old WOme en-.

A recent letter from Newburg, N. Y,
TO New York paper says: Esther
Yates. the Amazon of Plattekill. Ulster
county, died few days ago at her
home, near Breakneck hill, IN the
mountains, in that town. She was born
in the town of Plattekill in 1888, and re-
sided there until the day of her death.
Physically she was more like man
than a woman; her shoulders being
broad and well developed. She acquired
little or no education. She is credited
with having been self reliant and asking
no favors from any one. During the
winter season Mrs. Yates cut cordwood
on the mountain, and, in the language
of one of the natives, lit took good man
to swing Sn axe alongside of her." On
several occasions she cut as much rs
three cords of wood in one day, in add
dition to performing the household du-
ties in her home alter sunset. In the
summer time this remarkable woman
cut grain for the Plattekill farmers, and
was rated as "a good hand" She cul-
| tivated small garden-patch of her
own, the product of which she sold
principally in this city. She carried her
garden truck in two large baskets.
! Farmers, while driving to ship their
hay on the boats, would offer her aride,
and her invariable reply was: 60 am in
a hurry take you all day to get there" "
She could easily outwalk any team with
a load behind them. Six years ago Il
horse while passing her home on Break
neck, fell and became fast in the harness,
The driver and several other men could
not succeed in getting the animal loose
Mrs. Yates lifted the horse up boldly
but in so doing fractured her leg. The
bone never set. Her spirit, however,
was not curbed, even if she was an octo
genarian and cripple. Though suffer
ing much pain, her daily employment
on block while she sat in chair il
front of her house. A short time pre-
vious to her death her general healtl
began failing, but she retained her fac
ulties to the last. Prior to the acciden
she never was sick q day in her life
Mrs. Yates was buried from the Platte
kill Methodist Episcopal church, O
which denomination she was an ad
herent. Mrs. Yates was married twice
She leaves no family.
Two miles northeast of the house @
the "Amazon resides one Of the play
mates of her childhood, Mrs. Salli
Pressler. This lady is the Oldest inhabi
tant of the town of Plattekill. In Ma
next she will be 100 years old. She wa
born in the hamlet of Fostertown, Orang
county, but has resided nearly all he
life in Plattekill. Mrs. Pressler's ey'
sight remains good, but her hearing
defective. Every day she performs MAJ
ual labor about the house of her Sol
contrary to his wishes. The old lad.
during the winter months, busies he
self knitting stockings. Mrs. Pressl
/; lives happily surrounded by her childre
! and their children's children. She hi
a vast fund of historical reminiscence
4 The citizens of Plattekill and adjacel
o towns propose giving the old lady
), banquet when she celebrates her Gel
= tennial.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-03-04
At q Funny Lecture.

While l was lectuIing at Washington
l saw lady with an intelligent, pretty
face, and bright, eloquent eyes, that
were rarely lifted toward the speaker,
and then only for flash of time. They
were bent upon her husbands hands
almost constantly. Brilliant and ac-
complished, few years ago, she had
gone down into the world of voiceless
silence, and now all the music and all
the speech that comes into her life
comes through the tender devotion of
her husband, and as talked, watched
him telling off the lecture on his nimble
fingers, while her eager eyes glanced
from them to his sympathetic face. 1t
was pretty picture of devotion. They
were so young to have this cloud
shadow the morning skies of their lives,
but as 1 glanced from the voiceless wife
to her husband, thought how beauti-
fully the sunlight of his devotion was
breaking through these clouds, and tint.
ing even their afflictions with tender
radiance. This discipline of attending
upon suffering is a good thing for q
man. 1t rounds out his life; it develop:
his manlier, nobler qualities; it makes
his heart brave and tender and strong a.
a woman's.-Burd tie.
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The Stupid Boy.

Never set boy down for stupid be-
cause he does not make figure at school
Many of the most celebrated men who
have ever lived have been set down by
some conventional pedagogue as dom
keys. One of the greatest astronomers
of the age was restored to his father by
the village schoolmaster, with these en-
couraging words: There's no use pay
ing good money for his education. All
he wants to do is to lie on the grass on
his back and stare at the sky. I'm afraid
his mind is wrong" Scientific men
have often been fogged for falling into
brown studies over their books, and
many an artist of the future has come to
present grief for drawing all over his
copy book and surreptitiously painting
the pictures of his geography. Your
genius, unless musical, seldom proves
himself one in his childhood, and your
SNUG and self sufficient piece of pre-
cocity, who takes all the medals, and is
the show scholar of the school, often
ends by showing no talent for anything
beyo yard stick. Sir Walter Scott
was called stupid as a child, and il
was not considered to his credit that hC
was fond of "sich trash as ballads
and could learn them by heart at any
| time,
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An Illinois school mistress was un-
able to chastise the biggest girl pupil
and called in young school trustee to
assist her. The trustee found that the
offender was his own sweetheart, but
his sense of duty triumphed over his
love, and he whipped the girl. Not
only did this result in losing him a
sweetheart, but her father sued him for
damages and got verdict Tor $50.
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Begging.

N5o .h6s
Battling with hunger
How many we meet,
Footsore and frozen,
Wand'ring the street;
Weary and dreary,
Pleading for bread,
Houseless,and starving
No rest for the head;
Cold-cold-nothing to eat,
Ragged and shivering,
Wand'ripg the street.
Battling with hunger,
Wearisome-sad,,
From morn until eve
Scarce ga bite" to he had;
The outlook all gloom.
Trudging through snow,
In misery creeping,
Onward they go,
Cold-cold-nothing to eat;
Wretched and hungry,
Wandering the street.
Battling with hunger,
Battling for bread,
Battling for bare life,
Wishing life sped;
Hearts sadly aching,
Hard in their pain,
Groveling in gutter,
Begging again. =
Cold-cold-w wretched and sad;
All alone in the world,
Scarce ga bite" to be had.
Battling with hunger,
Hard is their tate,
Pleading and tramping
Early and late;
Oh, list the prayer
OF the wandering poor,
And don't thrust the beggar
Away from your door.
Cold-cold-out in the rain,
To exc out living
Begging again.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-03-04

The popular prejudice against proprietary
remedies has long since been conquered by
the marvellous success of such remedy as
DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup. Used everywhere by
everybody. Prioe rs cents.
, 1880-04-16
A. FICTITIOUS "ARRAY."

cr,r.no Amr1, y ,s"1f ~ aaVn tno r,,,er.ooeo,, I'm.
,,o n,',na,t, 'a,',, :aS at.a',,"a ~ ~, H.
list Of callers for tho Grant meeting published
t,l4iny. Nu,ne after nume Is published twice,
md even three tlnrs. A. for instance. william
If Hand Inn,"s n Tion,iitnn 1'hji a
iloyne, William A: Heed, j. A. SEXTON, and .
1urgu number Of 0th8r nnt,les nro noticed, nt
II giunce, M duplicated and oven Implicated,
to 1nakn tho nrray seem formftlnh]o: no
aSe uts UMu " ha ts lid l1s ana @ nI9
vD,,nt1 vnntinmni, .vl,n nnsscf the liat rrn,.,,,