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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-13
The Shortest and Quickest Route
-Is TIKI
Panhandle & PENNSYLVANIA Line

The management confidently invite at
tention to its Superior Equipment.
Through Car service, and quick time.
The Scenery en- route is Justly celebrated
Tor its variety and surprising beauty,
Dining Stations at Cincinnati, Indianapo-
Us, Columbus, Pittsburg, Altoona and
Harrisburg are in charge of well known
caterers, who have contributed in no
small degree to the popularity of the
Panhandle and Pennsylvania Line, with
the travelling public.
Purchase tickets by the Gar Familiar.
die and Pennsylvania Line, ~eN on sale at
all Railroad Ticket Offices in Memphis,
Mobile, Nashville, New Orleans, and
throughout the South.
SIDNEYB. Jones, Gen'I SOuthw. p. As't,
Northeast Corner 4th and Vine streets,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
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James w. GaF Mike Davis.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.

At noon to-day the reading of the
gauge was Z feet 4 inches, CT z feet 3
inches above low water mark, being a
decline of 5 inches during the past "a
hours. Since last report the Ohio at
PittsbuFg fell / inch, with 8
inches on the gauge. At CINCINNATI it
is stationary this morning, with 3 feet6
inches on the gauge. At Louisville it
fell 2 inches, with 3 feet A inches
in the canal. At Evansville it Tell
| inch, With 8 feet on the gauge. At
Cairo 1t fell 6 inches, with 10
feet 5 inches on the gauge. The
Mississippi at st. Louis fell 2 inches,
with II feet IL inches on the gauge. The
Cumberland at Nashville fell ! inch,
With II inches on the shoals. The
Tennessee at Chattanooga fell 4
inches, with Q feet on the gauge.
AFkansaw river rose 2 inches at
Little Rock, With 4 feet ) ipshes
on the gauge. White and ST. Fran
els rivers continue veFV low.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per CITY of Providence, from st.
Louis-950 bbls -four, 1910 bbls meal,
10 bbls onions, 20 bbls potatoes, 7S3
SKIS corn, SIG SKIS oats, % skis barley.
so SKIS beans, $40 pals, 70 Jos Gpd 10
kegs lard, 10 tcs meat, 6 bales cotLes,
5 bags seed cotton, 1900 pkgs sundries.
Per j. w. Gaf, from Cincinnati,
1877 bbls salt, SO bbls cement, 282 bbls
-four, 555 SKIS corn, 393 SKY oats, 10
SKIS bran, 55 bbls whisky, e3S Rkgs
furniture, IN stoves, 81 bxs iron
roofing, 688 pkgs fab, $50 bxs starch,
233 bxs soap, l65 cans asDDed goods,
80 bdls iron, 300 rolls roofing paper
875 pkgs snndries.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear and hot.
Rain badly needed. 9
Dust two feet deep.
Gaif for Cincinnati At Bpm.
But little business doing to-day.
1t was lO4 degrees at Louisville Of 3
pm. yesterday.
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PULLMAN's PALACE
Drawing Room or Sleeping Coaches
And 90 through to
Niagara Falls, Saratoga or New York.

NiaBdTa railSJ oaratOBa Or New York.
This cannot be done by any other route. a.
no other road runs through cars or Palace
sleeping Coaches to or through any place on
LAKE CHAUTAUQUA.
The visitor to Chautauqua who stops at
Lakewood, is net cut off from the outside
world. but has the same railroad, postal and
telegraph facilities as at home. BY leaving
Cincinnati at 9;20 pm, you are landed al
Lakewood next day in time for dinner; or
by leaving at l:OO PM, you reach Lakewood
next morning at 6:20.
Hotel rates at Laksw God are from so to 81
TICK Its to Lakewood and return, and
AAOAIAAO to Niagara Falls and return,
good for stop-Over at Lakewood, are now on
sale at offices Of connecting lines West and
South, good for return until September 30.
GEORGE P. HllMPHRItS,
southern Travelling Ageut, Atlanta, Ca.
P D. COOPER, W. b. sHATTUC,
Gep'l Superintendent Gen'l Pass. AR't,
est cleveland, o. Cleveland, D.
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12aL4sd&w
Trustees Sale,

Under and by virtue Of a certain trust
u deed to me executed. Of date the I'd day
August, 1876, and recorded in the Registers
Office of Shelby county, tennessee, ia Book
No. llS, pages 1856 and following, 10 which
reference is hereby made, | will, as trustee,
on
Saturday, the Sd day of September, 1881
sell at public cutlery to the highest bidder for
cash the following real estate, situate, lying
and being in the county of Shelby, State Of
tennessee, to-wit. Lots 6, 10 and 49, in the
Heistand subdivision, lying about 4-l0
miles southeast of Court Square, and more
particularly described as follows: Lot 6
is bounded as follows: beginning at
the southeast intersection Of Iieistand and
Raleigh avenues; thence easterly $50 feet;
thence sOuthwardly 200 feet; thence westerly
go feet; thence northwardly 200 feet with the
east line of Raleigh avenue to the beginning
Lots l6 and ~ are bounded as follows: Be
ginning at point on the east side of Currin
avenue 10 feet south of its intersection with
lleistand aYenuei thence south l20 feet and
running back between parallel lines 80 feet
to the west line Of Mansfield avenue.
Equity of redemption waived. Purchaser
title to be absolute. Title has been examined
and pronounced good, but | sell and convey
as trustee only. Sale to be made between
the hours of IL noon and pm. at the south
west corner of Main and Madison streets, in
the city of Memphis.
w. q. MCCLURE, Trustee:
Wright, Folkes & Wright, Attorneys.
l3S-2
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Saturday, Sd Day Of September, 1881,

sell at public cutlery to the hishest bidder for
cash the following described real ottate, stu
ate, lying and being in the l4th Civil District,
county of Shelby, State of Tennessee, and
more particularly described rs follows: A lot
in tho H W Hills subdivision, made in May
1856, adjoining, and near the southeastern
limits OF the city of Memphis, beginning az a
stake the northwestern corner Of Lucille and
Suzette streets; running thence west with the
nPlth side Of Lucille street Q8l one hundred
and thirty feet to the southeast corner OF
Catharihe Lakes lot; thence north at right
angles with Lucille street Ill 42-l0O) one hum
bred and seventy-one 70 100 feet to a stake;
thence at right angles with said last line east
wardly Q30) one hundred and thirty feet 10
Suzette street; thence southwa rdly with SV-
gette street on 42-l00 one hundred aud sew
enty-one q 100 feet to the beginning, beire
the same conveyed 10 said w l. Bailey by
James aud Sarah A Smithwick.
Upon this lot there is a very nice residence
nearly new.
sale will be made between the hours Of Il
and pm, at the southwest cotneg Of Main
and Madison streets. in the city OF Memphis.
" Equity Of redemption waived and purchas-
err title to be absolute. Title has been OK
amiaod and pronounced good, but l sell as
W.igat, folk,s \ Wright Atfys 1882
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trustees sale

Under and by virtue of two certain trust
u deeds to me executed bv w L Bailey, one
of date ldth May, 1876, ecorded in theRegister'
{ flee Of Shelby county in book No. III, page
l47 aud following, and the other Of date 18th
October, 1876, recorded in the Register office
of Shelby county in book No. ia, page 265 and
following, will as trustee therein named, on
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Lakewood,
LAKE CHAUTAUQUAl,
Passengers from dc South

Have excellent conditions at Cincinnati with
trains of this road for all points East.
Tickets to al. Eastern Points, via Lakewood,
good for stop-Over at that point, are for sale
at all Offices Of connecting lines throughout
the South. Excursion Tickets to Lakewood
and return, and to Niagara Falls and return,
are on sale during the season atredueed rates
Hotel rates at Lakewood are from $40 10 Sll
per week.
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Saturlay. August Is, ISL.

commencing at II M, as to the following
property, situated on Marshall avenue ,,s Mem;
on which are situated moderate improve
ments. Terms Of Ssle-0ps- third cash, bal
ance in u and 81 months. This August 9, 1881
BLACK, Clerk and Master.
Clapp J. Beard. sOPrs 1879 l42
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ASK FOR TICKETS VIA THE
NGVYgTE, PENNSYLVANIA OhiOR R
GEORGE p. ITUMPHRIEs,

DEOhUE II AOmFhKAES,
Southern Travelling Agent, ATLANTA, GA.
PD COOPER, WB SHATTUC,
Gen'l Superintendent, Gen'l Pass. Ag't,
Cleveland, o. Cleoeland, o.
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D. w. CALDWELL W.L.O'BRIEN
Gent Mgr, Gen'l 7. ST. AT.
Columbus o. Columbus. D.
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Glenn Springs.

BOARD for adults S2Ofper month; s6 per
ID week; 81 60 per day; children under ten
years and servants half rates. season opens
LIST Of June and closes LIST October. Hacks
meet steamer Hsce. Ia Belle thee times a
week at Randolph, on river. First class
Laundry accommodation for families.
For circulars apply to S. y. GLENN,
II ISL Randolph. Tenn.
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New York, Penn. & Ohio Railroad,
formerly A. & q. W.RRl

Formerly A. & G. W. R.R.).
On the southern border of Lake Guantanamo.
and is not reached by any other railway.
The through New York. Niagara Falls &
Saratoga Express Trains pass directly through
this beautiful and popular resort, and an
trains stop regularly at Lakewood DepOt. 10
deliver and take on passengers Conductors
are instructed TO give stop-oYer checks on al
through tickets, whether seading good tor
as giving passengers the right to reach Lake
wood IN through cars, and when they are
ready to resume their journey, they can step
right into one Of ,
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LAKEWOOD, N. Y.

no THOSE WHO SEEK REST WITHOUT
L stagnation, pleasure without excitement,
The delights Of rural life without its inconve-
side a large body Of water, Lakewood recon-
mends itself strongly 10 favor. A more beau
utul spot would be hard to find. Vithitl
picturesque cottages surrounded by trees; its
velvet lawns sloping down to the Lake; the
church with its spire; the great hotels with
their cool and shady verandahs; and the Lake
N the foreground, itpresents a perfect picture
Of rural loneliness,
LAKEWOOD, originally called "Lake
Yiew.' from the extensive view of the Lake,
and its surroundings to be had from this
vicinity, is directly en- the line Of the
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AUGusT I'd, 1881.
THE Steamer KATIE HOOPER will receive
i freight for Arkansaw River Mondays and
Thursd VS., connecting with the steamer Pillow
Boy at TerIene until further notice
1897 JOHN N, HARDIN, Sup't.
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RIVER lHTELIIGEECE
boats LEAVING THIS pAY.

For Cincinnati, James w. CAT, .....6 p n
For New Orleans, W. P. Halliday...6 p n
ARRIVED.
Steamer City of Providence, st. Louis.
James w. GAIT Cincinnati.
DEPARTED.
Steamer James Lee, Friars Point
Rene Macready, Osceola. 4
City of Providence, Vicksbnrg
IN PORT.
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SUMNER ARRANGEMENT

For St. FrunclS HIVer.
THE light. draught steamer MIKE DAVIS,
i o X Joplin, master; A . Banning, clerk,
will leave Memphis eve TUESDAY evening
at O'Clock for Marianne, the Cutoff and all
INTERMEDIA ATE LANDINGS. Steamers
Collins and Advance will run between Madi-
son and Wittsburg in connection with Mem
phis aud Little Rock Railroad
j, D. RANDALL Stunt.
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Biddinus Opened.

9s2l-Ohancery Court of Shelby coulty-H W
Anderson, Guardian, ETC., VS.. Mary II An
ders0u ct al.
DY virtue Of decree, entered herein August
ID 8. 1881, will proceed to close the biddings
at public auction to the highest bidder in
front of my office, courthouse, Memphis,
lNnnt,r
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-08-10

The advocates Of cremation
must feel discouraged on looking
over the list of patents granted at
Washington one week recently. 1t
does not look as if there were to
be any change in the mode of dis
posing Of the dead for the next
100 years at least. One Of them
provides for a lock and key which
gives notice of any Interference
with a grave. Another provides
for the same result by blowing the
grave.robber with dynamite a
quarter of d mile into the air.
Then there is a patent swing cool
ing board, another with q coffin
attachment and an embalmiDg G
fluid. If it is sign Of civilization
not to neglect the dead the patent
Office speaks a good word for
American civilization.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-08-10
JOB PRKs"TA.TG
WOOD PULP.
Some Plain Statements Of Facts Concerning
acostly Monopoly.
From the Utica Observer.

From the Utica Observer.
A reader desires an explanation Of
what wood PULP means, and Why its
position on the tariff sheet provokes
Indignation. Wood pulp is ding
ingredient in the manufacture of pa.
per. The paper upon which the Oh.
server is printed is from one-quarter
to one-half wood pulp; its proportion
IN other kinds of paper varies With the
quality Of the article. 1t is made by
saving spruce and poplar logs into
blocks and running them through
fibre machines.
A very few men own the patent
upon this process. Las: year it was
asserted that Congressman Warner
Miller of New York and Russell of
Massachusetts we're the sole owners
o. this process in the United States.
1t may be some others are interested
lo4t, Out to all practical intent these
lwo may be regarded as the American
pFoprietors of the monopoly. Own
Tag this, they are able to say how
much wood pulp shall be sold for,
and thus regulate the price of paper.
They have grown wealthy by forcing
up this price and by preventing the
importation of wood pulp under heavy
duties-thus levyiug direct tax upon
the education and intelligence of the
country.
The newspapers and publishers and
the general public united fifteen
months ago 10 the demand that wood
pulp be stricken from the tariff sheet
and placed on the free list. The OBJ.
ject of this demand was to throw open
the market to Canadian competition,
not because there is not wood enough
over here, but simply to force this
handful Of monopolists down to a !.
decent price. The two Congressmen
named above made a savage fight
against this popular demand, and
succeeded, by dint Of combinations
with other Congressmen who wanted
protection for other articles, in keep
ing the duty on wood pulp up, and
maintaining their monopoly. It is
because of this that the New York
Times, Tribune and Evening Post,
the Utica Herald, aud very many
other Republican papers denounced
Warner Miller as an unfaithfnl rep
reseutative of the people. It is be-
cause of this that the Observer and
all other honest papers .and persons
think now that he is an unfit man to
be even named for the high Office of
Senator in Congress.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-08-10

10 resusc!tate a drowned En-
giishman, place a piece of roast
beef under his nose; an Irishnan
q gill of poteen Scotchman,
halfpenny; Welshman, q fe"
leeks a Frenchman, a pinch o.
snuff; Spaniard, some fresh
blood an old maid, an offer O.
marriage; Yankee: attempt tt
pick bis pockets.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-08-10

If a life be q battle, how mad
must be he who fails to arm him.
self for the contest If life be a
storm, how infatuated is he who
sleeps while his barque is driven
among unknown waters! If life
is pilgrimage, how unwise Is be
who strays from the right road.
nor seeks to return till the twi
light shadows gather around his
pathway
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-08-10

Gentility is neither in birth,
man, nor fashion, but in the mind,
a high sense of honor, a deter
mination never to take a meen
advantage of another, an adherence
to truth, delicacy and politeness
towards those with whom yor
haze dealings, are the essentia.
characteristics Of a gentleman.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-08-10

Whoever he may be, commend
us to the man who has taken q
delight in conversing with anti
guilty; for, whether Fortune has
thrown him into the luxurious
paths of the the. great, or has the
dignity of worth, beneath the low
ly cottage thatch, self communion
has allied him to poetry.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-08-10

1t is the temper Of a blade that
must be the proof of q good
sword, and not the gliding ofthe
hilt or the richness of the scab.l
bard so it is not his grandeur
and possessions that make a man
but considerable, intrinsic merit.
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| garded it as the entering wedge
against mortgages aad liens ano
bondholders.
Gen. Darlington said the repea
of the Jaw would stop one thou
sand p!ows in Greeuvil.e county
Col. Aiken favored the rcso!u
ton.
Gen. Darlington again pressed
the question, How is the poor
man or the land owner to obtain
supplies without the lien law?
Mr.. Hum bert, Of Iaurens, said
the land owner could sell half ot
his land.
Gen. Garlington asked where
the purchaser would be found.
Mr. Hum bert directed attention
to temptation offered tenants and
IaoorerS by the law.
Mr.. Rucker said the law re-
moved the land owner from. the
question aud left the country to
be managed by the merchant and
tie ignorant iaborer. The negro
instead OF bring himself as a la.
borer, in which condition be would
be most comfortable, set himself
mp as q farmer, because the lien
law tempted him TO do so, the
land owner being tempted to re-
liuquish farming and depend on
bis rent. The merchant would be
benefited, for everything that in
creased the productiveness Of the
soil and the character Of farming
helped him.
Mr.. Butler, Of Georgia, described
the operations Of the Georgia lien
law, which Gen. Garlington said
was practically the same or worse
than ours.
Mr.. N. L. Donaldson said the
land owners of Greenville county
were unanimous for the repeal OF
the lien law (applause.) He
thought the argument that the lien
was optional would not hold. Far
mers might as well refuse to cot
down noxious weeds because it was
optional with his cattle 70 eat
them. The trouble with farmers
was that they were too anxious to
90 up and pick the choice fruit
first. He then told Of farmers who
by living very low in the first
year had gone ahead and made
money, and kept out of debt.
The meeting refused an amend.
ment to strike out the word for
ever The resolution was then
adopted by an overwhelming ma
jority.
After the recess a resolution, Of
fered by DIR. Jennings, was adopt
cd that committee of FIVE be ap-
pointed to memorialize the Legis-
Iature' for the repeal of the lien
law.
Messrs. Harry Hammond. Z. NJ.
Rucker, O. F. Edwards, J. B. Wig
gins, N. D., and NJ. J.. Donald
son were appointed as such COM
mittee.
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gsIsetsa Storp.
THE STORY OF A SCREEN.

Ihe level beams OF the mellow
May sunset were revealing ev.
cry flaw and crack IN the cheap
papering which covered the walls
of the little garret-room whore
Mabel More sat busily at her sew
ing machine, and a single pot of
blue, velvet paasies in the high,
narrow window made a spot OF
color for poor Mrs. More's weary
eyes to rest upon, as she toiled at
foss-silk embroidery which was
her whole occupation. The room
was small and scantily furnished,
Gut there was within it's walls one
relic Of evanished days. black
satin screen, mounted on stan
dard of gilded bamboo, and paint
ed in deep rich oil colors, with q
scarlet flamingo floating upward
against a background Of reeds and
grasses, while in the distance
famed Il stormy sunset sky.
Mamma did it herself, when
she was a girl ct 5oarding-schcol,
said Mabel More, to those who
sometimes asked the history of
this one remaining token of lux
ury. 'We have kept it through
everything. I would not part
with it for it's weight in gold
And then she would laugbingly
tell the tale of how half a dozen
collectors oe antiquities and esthe,
tic furniture had, at different
times, endeavored 10 purchase the
old satin screen.
'One man wanted to buy it with
u pair of tongs and o brass coal
scuttle,' said she; another one
offered broken set of Thackeray's
novels and fender and a third
bargained with a tete.a-tete set of
china, and a broken-nosed alabas.
ter statue Of Psyche.'
For Mabel was a bright-eyed,
sweet-faccd girl, who had very
keen sense of the ridiculous, and
lived through the hard realities OF
her life with the quiet fortitude
Of an inborn heroine.
But after all the secondhand
dealers were nothing in resolution
and persistence as compared with
Miss Ann Azalea Harper, the
daughter Of the landlord from
whose leaky and badly-drained
premises they had removed a few
| weeks previously. Miss Ann
| Azalea had a very fair idea oi
bric.a-brac treasures and she had
cast her fine eyes upon this very
screen.
It's worth deal of money,
said Ann Azalea to herself. 'And
it was only this morning thai
Aunt Hepsy was wishing for just
such an old-fashioned SCREEN
Now Aunt Hepsy was a rich ole
maid shrewd, crusty, elderly, anc
fnll of distrust Of all the smooth
tongued relatives whose profes
sions of love and respect were Sc
! extreme.
"A screen p said Aunt Hepsy
Yes, want q screen.
'I'II paint you one, dear aunt,
said Ann Azalca.
Much Of a screen you couIC
paint = said the old lady, disdaln
fully.
4 improved a good deal a
boarding-school,' said Ann Azalea
meekly. 'And III stretch it upol
an antique bamboo rack an
really | think it will please you
j don'tr said Aunt Hepsy.
May I try, dear aunt?'
Yes said the old lady, grude
!ipgly you may tryp
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-08-10

1t is very difficult to be learned
it seems as if people were worn
out on the way TO great thoughts,
and can never enjoy them because
they are too tired.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-08-10

Winter, which strips the leaves
from around US, makes us see the
distant regions they formerly con-
cealed ; 80 does old age rob US Of.
our eujoyments only to enlarge
the prospect ofthe eternity before
US.