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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16
FEE LEE MONUMENT.
The Shaft Completed, but the
Statue Not Vet Ordered.
Orleans Times Democrat

New Orleans Times Democrat
In conversation with Judge Fenner,
who is President ofthe Board having
charge of the erection Of the Lee MON
ument, the Times Democrat reporter
learned that everything is TOW com
plete, with the exception Of the statue
itself, which has not yet been ordered
The work so far has exhausted all the
funds in the hands of the Board, with
the exception OF about $1,000, so as the
statues 10 cost FROM $4,000 to $l2, 900
there still remains q good deal OF
money to be raised.
A meeting ofthe Board of Directors
will be called shortly, which will take
into consideration the most available
means Of obtaining the necessary sum
The manner of proceeding hereto
fore, by which, when the funds 10
hand were exhausted, work was dis.
continued until moro could be raised.
will now have to be. changed, for il
will not be possible to order the
statue until at least $4,000 or $1,000
shall have been raised as a guarantee
The rest would eisily be Forthcoming
by means Of public entertainments.
Judge FenneT went on to say tha'
the public was very unjust in its crit
cisms Of what it facetiously calls thu
"box" on top Of the column. o
course, if this was the finishing touch
the architectural beauty Of the who'll
would be married by the unadorner
pedestal, but as soon as the statue il
self is placed upon it the public vii
see that they were rather hasty in thei
conclusions. This cap is absolutel
necessary to raise the statue to
commanding position and to give t
the whole an aesthetic value.
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The Way Out West.

San Francisco Paper.
"Old Man Bassick" came TO Amer
lea from the mining districts of Aus
tralia several years ago. He was very
poor, and upon reaching Rosita,
Colorado, found it necessary to seek
immediate employment at the livery
stables. He did odd jobs, earning a
few dimes a day, and his wife and
daughters helped at the washtub to
support the family. Every one who
knew him regarded "0ld Man Bas-
sick as one Of the worlds unior-
tunates He had been a miner since
his youth, and yet his hat was as full
of holes as a sieve. But at Rosita
Bassick continued to search for silver.
One day he wandered off among the
hills. He walked for hours, looking
for a point to touch with his pick.
When he sat down on ahillside to rest
he scTaped the earth mechanically.
At the grass roots he struck mineral.
Surprised at this unexpected luck, he
began to dig. The result was entirely
satisfactory. Returning to Rosita, he
told a merchant the story, and offered
half his claim for S25. The merchant
pooh -poohed the idea. A few days
afterwards people talked Of the Bas-
sick mine. 10 less than a week the
"old man" was admitted to be worth
several hundred thousand dollars. Al
the spot where Bassick dropped hi
pick is the town OF Querida, named
by Mrs. Francklyn, in whose Lonl
Branch cottage the late PresidenI
died. The population of the town il
five hundred, and it is about as pros
porous as the majority Of places Of tn,
kind. Some time ago Mrs. Bassicl
was at Canon. 1t was noticed tina
she frequently walked out upon tn.
hotel porch as if looking for some one
DO you expect friends2" asked tn.
, obsequious Boniface. "Yo, indeedy,
she replied; II am expecting my phan
tom Her pretty phaeton, for whicl
she had paid $1,000, shortly alterward
appeared around the corner.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

The dramatic profession having
been called upon to give complimen
tary performances for the benefit Of
the Edgar A. Poe monument fund.
Florence, the actor, says. ut is pretty
hard on poor actors that they are
called upon to play for nothing for
monument funds. | am getting very
tired of that kind Of duty. As far as
| observe, we are the only people ex-
peeted to play Of axtra afternoons for
some honorary purpose. | do not OBJ
serve that Mr.. Beecher and Mr..
Talmage lecture or preach in othr r
pulpits, yet they deeTy our profession.
We have our own poor to attend to-"
Mr.. Florence's warmth in the matter
will be pardoned. Actors are called
upon to give more than their share in
charity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16
watch Carefully Your Health.

Are your hands and feet cold? Does
your pulse beat irregular? Does your
heart quickly palpitate at the least
exettion, worriment, or nervous ex,
citement? Does your face often flush
from a rush of blood to the head2 Are
you troubled with dyspepsia, indiges.
ton, or some urinary disorder Be-
ware, death may at any time suddenly
ensue from apoplexE Do not delay.
Your system needs some true medici-
nal tonic. Nothing is SO good as
Browns Iron Bitters. This excellent
remedy will assist nature in quickly
regaining her lost hold on health and
life. 1t strengthens every part of the
system, and restores the different
organs of life to their normal condi-
ton. Ia diseases Of an exhaustive
nature, having a tendency to weaken
both mind and body, it invariably
acts Ike a charm.-Journal
s Mansfield & Co, w. N. Wilker.
son & Co, and G. w. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

1t is from the country hat the city
draws its best blood. Int the silence,
darkness and moral ignominy OF the
cruel city how much of the country's
promise has sunk, we can only guess.
The men and women whom the temp.
tations of the city have wrecked, and
the fierce conflicts of city competition
have crushed, are a great multitude.
But the men who have nodded public
opinion, the men who have led the
people in great crises, and who have
given the city its greatest honor have
come into it from country homes.
From country homes where mothers,
not nursery-maids. rear the young;
from country homes where there is
opportunity for tranquil thought, re-
Fiction, high resolve and communion
with the subtle influences and visible
forms of nature. Of the Americans
who have exercised the widest intiu-
ence upon modern thought, we may
mention Emerson. A city-born EN-
erson would be an anomalous impossl-
bility. Hawthorne was the subtlest
of American novelists. Born and bred
in q city, he would never have been
heard of.
For the condition of things Of
which we speak there is no apparent.
remedy. The influences Of any city
are not creative. They can not be
mode other than they are: nor can
their currents be changed. The New
York boy, whatever may be the exam
ple of his country born parents, what
ever the counsels that fall from their
reyereG. lips, is continually spurred to
emulation. Not to the emulation OF
the larger minds which dominate the
whole country, and whose names will
endure when the merely rich are for
gotten, but to the emulation of those
who build palaces for themselves dis
play glittering equipages, and make a
great show with the pOmps and vani
ties OF fashionable city life. Out in
wide spaces of the country, in the
suggestive solitudes Of forests and
fields. where boys and young men are
unconsciously absorbing the influences
of nature, doing their own thinking,
and slowly forming individual charac-
ter-there we must look for the com
ing men who will govern the politics,
society, morality and thought OF the
city.
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Ruyn them by the Gross

STBUBENvILLE, o., May Is, 81.
Please send me at once one gross of
your most excellent medicinal tonic,
Browns Iron Bitters. | have used
them in my practice, for Indigestion
dyspepsia, sour stomach, heartburn,
nausea, vertigo, ETC., and have met
with great success, in effecting cures.
| find they give perfect tone and real
strength to every part Of the body
and in cases of kidney diseases and
consumption they quickly stop all
decay. r. B. ALEXANDER,
NJ. D. and Druggist.
S. Mansfield & Co.. w. N. Wilker.
son & Co., and G. W. Jones & Co..
Wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16
The Estimates for 1853.

The estimates Of the Executive De-
partment Of the government for the
next6scal year are in round figures
three hundred and forty million dol
lars. This is an increase of forty-twO
millions over the appropriations for
the year 1882. There is an in
crease in every department except in
the Treasury and postofice. The re-
duction Of the interest account has
cut down the Treasury estimates. In
the p~optofice the correction Of the
Star Route abuses and the increased
business contribute to the favorable
showing it presents. The sum asked
by the Interior Department is double
the current appropriation. For this
we have to thank in great measure
Mr.. Hayes's reform administration,
which approved the pension arrears
outrage. The House Of Representa-
tives,i Ii is to be hoped, will closely scru-
tinize the figures that have been sent
them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

CT the periodicals j sued By the
Harpers nothing need be said by way
of commentator. Harper's Month
ly, Harper's Weekly, Young People
and Harper's Bszar are welcome and
iaLIiliar visitors in thousands Of
households all over the country The
high character and excellence OF these
publications are fully maintained, and
new and entertaining features are con.
stantly being introduced by the pub
fishers. A years subscription to one
of them would make a decidedly well
come Christmas present for adults or
children, and no more suitable time
could be selected than the beginning
Of the new year. Singularly good as
the magazine has been from the start,
its excellence has been Of the progress
sive and cumulative sort. and the
latest numbers show a beauty and
amplitude COLLABORATION and variety
Of contents greater than any which
have preceded them. he Weekly
exhibits in its editorial articles the
vigsr and ability, tho breadth and
purity which its readers have learned
10 expect, while its illustrations re-
feet very charmingly the life Of the
day, and a large amount Of entertain
ing and profitable reading is found in
its pages The Bazar ministers with
excellent discrimination and %intelli-
gence 10 the needs aud tastes of the
feminine world. The new venture,
Young People, has already reached a
very large circulation. and deserves it.
Il Is conducted with rare ability, and
furnishes weekly TO the young relding
which Is not only fascinating in itself,
but pure in tone and helpful in its
influence.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16
theater. now ODD FelIows Hall, and a

theater, now Odd Fellows Hall, and a
big crowd assembled, with the Wings
in high feather. Taking in the stu
alton, We determined upon q coup de
main to help Jacob. The entrance to
the pit was occupied by Bruce and
Vernon, who had several carpenters at
work, and they were all Democrats
and could do what We wished unseen.
Jacob was to speak first.
We went to these carpenters 1--WE
were then just past the twenty-one in
years, and excusable,) and hired them
for two hours at a dollar a%piece--ive
Of them-to applaud at a given signal
from a handkerchief-our speaker,
Mr.. Jacob Thompson. He commenc-
cd his speech, and opened we'll, and at
intervals of ten minutes, the signal
started the unseen carpenters with
clubs and hatchets upon their work
benches and the unterrifed, unwashed
Democrats all over the house caught
up the inspiration, and never was a
speaker so applauded. 1t was good
size thunder long drawn out, and
ghcn Jacob closed, it seemed that the
applause would absolutely bring down
the building.
1t confused and disconnected Binga-
man, and for the first time in his lie
he made almost a failure. The Wings
in their wrath cursed the Democrats
as idiots and fools for applauding
Jacob, aud keeping dead silence when
Adam spoke. But jacob, like JACOB
Of old, had won tho birthright. 1t
was in that way hat Jacob owes the
ReveiHe man five dollars.
Mr.. Thompson went to Congress,
with our maiden vote TO help him,
took a good stand as a speaker and as
a valuable working member on com
mittees, ETC., and he shortly stood at
the front, finally entering the Cabinet
of Mr.. Buchanan, and was always
after regarded as among the most dis
tinguished public men of his day.
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a GARD.

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eafiy ferH loef q mann Cd, ete., I will se nd
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

Colonel A. +. Rockwell, Shv is the
only person that was pres emit both at
the assassination and death Of Presi-
dent Garfield, happens to- have been
the officer detailed by Se.re1ary Stan
ton as soon as President Lincoln was
shot to be on guard at the house where
the President was lying, and he wit
messed the death 81 struggle the next
morning, as he did that Of General
Garfield at Elberon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

The high reputation which our
JUAN Cigar has attained has
induced parties to initiate it. We
hereby caution the public that the
Don Juan brand is copyrighted and
that we are the sole proprietors of the
same. and the genuine are manufac-
Inred at %fic'ory 29I. Third Districts Of
York J. Baxter & Co are sole
agents in Memphis.
BoNDY & LEDEREB,
Propr's Factory 29l, Sd Dist n. Y.
81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16
Where Great Wen are Ror,

NACh 49, AAOAAH
New York Times.l
Who are our leading men if they are
not those whose names lead in the list
Of millionaires? 1t is this mammon
worship which stunts mental growth.
dwarfs the noblest ambition aud
makes individuality impossible. In
the city, fashion and the struggle for
the possession Of wealth engrOss the
thoughts of the young. These they
drink in with the imported milk
Of infancy Fashion reduces all
young men and women to the same
dull and %uninteresting level. New
York is now an old city. 1t has pro.
duced generations of men. How few
Of them have ever made their mark
here or elsewherel 1t cannot be said
that they 20 into other parts of the
country and there develop the
higher forms Of manhood. They
are never heard Of except
in the aggregated, concrete
form Of our fellow. citizen" How
much OF a man IS due TO qualities born
in him, and how much to bis early en-.
vironment, no philosopher has been
able to tell us. But it is impossible to
conceive Of a sagacious intellect like
that Of Lincoln, or q glorious mind like
Webster's, emerging from the false
and noisy commotion Of the
city. We think Of Washington, the
Datrician sage, pacing among the
oaks Of Old Virginia; Of Jelfer.
ION, in his country seat, and Of John
Adams, tilling his farm in Msssachu-
ietts. These men, it is true, flourish.
d in q time when there we're no big
titles IN he United Stairs. Fut later
~ VIC see Lincoln, Grant nd GaiG id
.eacbiDg the topmost found of fdme's
irom the ohscurity Of country
Not one American President,
rom 6rs 70 last, was born in a city.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16
How Leading Politicians Are
Made.

In 1899 Mr.. Jacob Thompson and
Governor Brown were the Democratic
candidates for Congress, with Adam
l.. Bingaman and Reuben Davis as
competitors. In October Of that year
Bingaman and Thompson were billed
to meet at Port Gibson. and they ar
rived. Colonel Bingaman was then
the crack orator of the State. Stately
in form and manner, with a splendid
form and graceful elocution-edu
Gated TO that high degree that gave
him the first honors in his class at
Yale, over Edward Everett and others,
and a we'll posted Wight was re.
a victory for the Wings before
the speaking commenced Jacob was
very young, somewhat tawdry in dress.
awkward and uUgainly, and the c,n-
trast depressed the Democrats.
The speaking took place in the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16
An Editors Gratitude.

EUFAULA, ALA, June ii, 81
II. Fl. Warner x Co.. Sirs-To the
faithful use Of your Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure | attribute the permanent
and gratifying cure Of painful strict
ure Of the nrethrs, which has afflicted
my son for seven long years. Every
other known remedy had been tried
but had failed.
A. A. WALKER.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

Some of the Danes living in Lead
vile belong to a religious body called
Stages, who centuries ago practised
human sacrifice and still hold to it in
theory. The Leadville colony lately
met on an anniversary occasion, and,
as a part Of the rites, their leader cut
himself tremendously in the arm,
shedding a bowlful Of Iqrifcial blood
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

Mossrs. Ii. ii. Warner Coz
G~EyTLEMEy-For over twenty years l have
a sufferer from kidney trouble, accom-
BY a female weakness which culml-
mated into falling Of the womb. nave peeh
Alabama, but none Of them gave me any
benedt. IN 1879 a friend advised me TO use
Warner's Safe Kidnoy and Liver Cure. One
bottle did me more Pood than all the other
medicine / bad taken in eighteen years, ano
until 1 considered myself well. l believe II
10 he the best remedy in the market for such
female disorders. l can eheeriully recon-
mend II 10 all.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

In Charleston, S. c., the business Of
%turpentine and rice factors has so ma
teriaily extended that il has been
foand necessary to erect a mammoth
barrel factory in the city limits. This
year. according 10 existing contracts,
1901 900 barrels of30O pounds capacity
will be required for the rice crop
alone.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

Lose OF memory, universal lassitude,
pain in the back, premature old age.
promptly cured with Browns Iron
Bitters. 1t restores lost functions
and strengthens the weakened parts
s. Mansfield & Co w. N. Wilker-
son & Co., and G. w. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

Paul H. Hayne was wealthy before
the wal but now he is very poor, and
too i'll to work. His residence is little
more than a hut, standing alone in a
clump Of scrub oak ou a sandy knoll,
twenty miles from Atlanta, Ga. The
commonest necessities of life are all
that he can procure, but he goes on
rhyming 10 a room papered with pic.
lures cut from illustrated papers, and
on a desk made out of an old work.
bench left on the premises by a car
penter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

Disappointment in matters Of pleas.
ure IS hard to be borne, in matters
affecting health it becomes cruel. DR..
Bulls cough syrup never disappoints
those who use it for obstinate coughs,
colds, irritation Of throat and lungs,
ata
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16
0 ATTEsTED.
Some Important Statements
Of Well Known People
Wholly Verified.

IN order that the public may fully realize
the genuineness Of tho statcmentsy as wei as
the power and value Of the article OF when
they speak, We publish herewith the tac
smile signatures Of parties whose sincerity
Is beyond question. The truth Of these testi-
monials Is absolute, nor can the facts they an
nOunce DO ignored;
MErHIs. Tenn, April 20. 1881.
Mossrs. II. II. Warner 4 Co;
GESrLEMRN-I have been a sufferer nom my
infancy with diEease Of the kidneys, and have
exponded q great deal of my hard earned
wages with physicians and At various springs
In search OF relief. None did me any gvod:
Finaliy, after reading several testimonials, OF
Inc Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, ! concluded
ia inv Ii, and aftor having used four bottles
found that / had been entirely cured. and am
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Nave not seen any testimonials from any one
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NAV Zee II and be induced 70 try it. 1t Is the
most wonderful medicine | have ever seen.
AkdA~Mo
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

When the funny man Of q London
paper writes a good Joke, the editorial
staff is called up, oysters served and
the paper lon't appear that day. And
Il b noteworthy fact that no London
paper has missed a ~fublieqtion for ten
years eesa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

LGDazR job printing Office, 10 Mad.
ison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

Is Removed by n eUse olCOeoAlBsI

And it stimuIai es and promotes the
growth Of the hair.
BurDett's Fla voring Extracts arc
the best.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

PUBLIC LEDGER job printing Office
and book bindery, IL Madison.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-09-06

is 10 the training Of children! When
the father scolds them she shows the
injustice Of the reproof and soothes
the little dears; when he fondles them
she demonstrates that petting spoils
them. and quotes the aphorism.
"Spare the rod and spoil the child
When the son-in-law exiles "Willie"
to his room to get his lesson, she
informs the stern parent that
the poor boy is suffering from
nervous headache, and insists
that he ought to be allowed to play
under the trees in the front yard.
Then she saves the dear little fellow
life by depriving him of a plate Of
strawberries careiessly given him by
his mother, and consoles him for the
loss with a pound Of candy! All the
troubles which arise in families blessed
with mothers-in-law spring from un.
wise interference with them. The
bsne6cent purpose Of the ideal mother
iu-law is to relieve her daughter and
son-in-law of care and responsibility
about household affairs.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-09-06

lighted nv gas !. has several good
churches III the orthodox variety, adapted
to the spiritual wants ii all kinds of
people Goal is abundant and
large business is done in sup
plviu. the town and railroad.
lrou and copper ore and silver carbOnates
are found in tho vicinity and there are
even indications Of petroleum. There is
q good sulphur spring within three miles
ri town. Travelling in Colorado, you meet
all kind OF people. The men generally 60
armed with one or two large revOlvers,
but, rs = general rule. they are not very
dangerous. Colorado Springs and Mani
tou ar great resorts for fashionable
people and are especially suitable tor
ladies. Elegant and attractive hotels, fine
walks. rides and drives. medicinal waters,
fashionable amusements, and refined So
ciety arc characteristic Of those places.
while the grandeur Of Pixies Peak and
Cheyenne mountain, the sublime depths
of the canons and the majesty of the great
plains are features for which those places
are noted. Those who want q succession
Vi new sensations and spice of romance
can camp out ON the plains and study the
life If the sheep herders and COW boys, lie
in wait for the wary antelope, or loose the
grew hound and ws:ch his pursuit OF the
fleet jack rabbits, or lose themselves in
the solitude Of the mountain gorges
amidst the haunts OF the cinnamon bear
and the mountain lion.
Camping excursions with wagons and
tents into the parks are very. popular.
Frequently whole families go for month
Or more and partake Of a taste OF Arcadia
to come back again sun-browned and dust
begrimed. healthy and happy, with a
store Of anecdotes and "reminiscences to
las, = wear. CRUTCHlE FIELD.