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Dead to the world.

New York Times.l
The sensations of a prisoner who
emerges from his enforced retreat af-
ter a long Incarceration, and once more
mingles with men and takes part in
the affairs in the busting world, have
been often described, both from exps-
rience and imagination. but probably
never with greater vividnsss than the
three Russian Bishops Of the sect of
Old Believers who have just been
released from a TWENTY-FIVE years i'm
prisonment 10 the monastery of Sudal
might give to such a description if
they chose to write it. Shut up in
1856, within a year of the death Of
Gar Nicholas, the reign of Alexander
II was a blank TO them from its begin
ming to its end. Ii the penalty of their
heresy was melted out to them with
that rigid severity which our notions
Of Russian justice would naturally
lead us to expect, they must have been
kept in complete ignorance Of the
march Of events in the outside world.
To them Napoleon Ill is still Empe-
ror Of the French. They know moth
ing Of the Franco Prussisn war, moth
ing Of Italian and German unity,
Of The dismemberment Of Tur.
key, Of Papal infallibility, moth
ing of our civil war of ocean cables,
Of the Suez Canal. Bismarck,
Beaconsfeld, Gambetta, Lincoln,
Grant, are to them mere names. not
personalities. A quarter of a century
big with events which will have their
influence in shaping the worlds his
tory for centuries to come has been
dsopped out OF their lives. To a
thoroughly wide awake mar such as
the average American is, this alone
would be a terrible punishment. Even
after a six weeks shooting in the
woods, or an ocean voyage OF ten
days, a MAJ accustomed to keep him
self well informed has a sense Of ire
parable loss. lie never can quite
make up his deficiency as a student
makes up lost lessons. DR.. Kane, re-
turning from a long voyage Of Arc
tic exploration, sat ~resolutely down to
the files Of a New York newspaper,
hlt the average mar has neither the
time nor the taste for such dru gerry.
The daily chronicle Of the press con
tains much that is trivial, no doubt
much that is improbable, or harmful,
ifyou please, to read, bus theman who
has once formed the newspaper habit
as all intelligent men do, feels no losl
more keemly THAI hal OF his morning
journal, and reconciles himself with
infinite difficulty to a total ignoranct
Of what is going on in the world from
day to day.
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PATTI
As She Appeared 10 Artemus
Ward Some Twenty Years
Ago.

Miss Patty is small for her size, but
as the man sed about bis vito, y Lord
She is we'll built, & her complexion is
what might be called Brosnetty. Her
ize is a dark bay, the lashes bein long
& silky, When in smiles the awiince
feels like axing her to doc it sum moor,
x oontinner doin TIA indi6nit ex-
tent. Her waste is one Of the most
bootiful wastiesis ever seen. When
Mister Strackhorse led her out |
thaWt some pretty skool gal, who had
Just GRADUATED from pantalets 4 wire
hoops, was a cumin out to read her
fust composishun in public. She cum
SO bashful like, with her head how'd
down, and made sich a effort 10 ar
range her lips so thayed look pretty
that | wanted to swaller her. She re,
minded me Of Susan Skinner, who'd
never kiss the boys at partin bees till
the candles was bleW'd out. Miss Pat
ty sung suthin or ruther in a Turin
tung. [ don't know what tue
sentiments was. Fur awt | know she
may have been denouncing ing wax
tigers & sagashus wild beasts Of Pray,
& l don't much keer eff she did.
When she opened her mowLh a army
of martingales, bobolinks, kanarys,
swallers, mockin' birds, etsettery, bust
4th and few all wei the Haul. Go
it. little /, seq | to myself, in a highly
existed frame of mind, g. ef that kOunt
or roral duke which you'll be pretty
apt to marry | of these dase don't do
the fair thing by ye, you kin always
hav a home on A. Wards farm, near
Ba.dinsville, IDjianny. When she
sung Cumin the Rye, & spoke Of that
Swsyne she dearly luved herself, indi-
vidooally, l didn't wish | was that air
Swayne. No. | guess not. y, GER
tainly not. This is Ironical l don't
meen this. It's a way | hav Of goakin.]
Now that Maria Picklehominy has got
married (which l hope she likes i'll 4
left the perfeshun. Adeliny Patty is
the Championness Of the opery ring.
She karries the belt. That's no draw
file about it. Other primy donnys
may as we'll throw up the sponge first
as last. My eyes don't mislead my
e~arsite in this matter.
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Guatemala Women in the suri


San Francisco ~ohron'els.l
We landed at Jhamperico. It's
matched huts, sheltered by royal
palms and surrounded by orange
groves, presented the ideal tropical
picture, which was well confirmed by
the fervent heat Of the sun. Our Gu
riosity being soon gratifed, we strolled
down to the beach. Several hundred
men, women, maids, youths and chill
dren were tossing and houndering in
the ioamy surf, the large majority OF
them being unencumbered BY even so
much as a linen collar.
There's your bright bronzed
maidens of the SUM- exclaimed, our
poet in raptures.
"How about the sharks?p inquired a
more practical traveller, when 1t was
proposed that we join the bathers.
"Oh, they won't touch you in the
surf" a jolly tar replied. I've never
heard OF anybody being hurt by a
shark in the surf. They cant see in
the surf"
Confiding in this pleasant theory we
participated in the general enjoyment.
The brown ~senoritas manifested no
surprise or disapproval, and assumed
no prudish airs They laughed,
shouted and plunged into the roaring
breakers with as much indifference as
though they wore the most elegant
bathing costumes ever manufactured
The women of Central America ait
famous for beauty of form, which il
due chiefly to the fact that they ignore
those appliances Of civilization thai
twist the paler sisters out Of shape.
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our silver dollars, and werei in steel, in
silver, in precious stones, sometimes
even in diamonds. The Count
d'Artois, afterward Charles X was
celebrated for the magnifcence OF his
buttons, some of which were in en-
amel, and embcllished with miniatures
of the celebrated beauties, Of
classic heads Of the gods aud
goddesses. Some men Of lower typo
wore on their buttons the portraits
and initials Of the queens Of their
hearts. The revolution brought about
some changes. The waistcoat was
shortened, and its buttons bore the
portrait Of Rebespierre, who was
known among handles asthe man with
the best powdered hair in France, or
of Saint Just, or Froquier- Tinville,
or others. But this fashion soon dis
appeared, and the waistcoat has grad
ually lost its Importance as an article
of masculine apparel, and is now con-
sidered useful as a depot for q watch,
but as an ornament is none.
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AItnclmen1 Notice.

Before D slaughter, }. p. for Shelby county,
Tenn. w X Moore x Co. VS.. G B Aoslcy
and I J Berry.
N this cause an attachment having been
/ sued out under section 3455 of the Code oil
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property. Of tn. defendants, by garnishmont
and affidavit having been made that defend
NJ Is are indebted to the plaintiffs in the sun
Of four hundred aod fifteen dollars and eighty
cents. and interest. due by note, and tina
the claim is just, and that the defendant
are non-residents Of tho State of Tennes
see; it is therefore ordered that said de
fendHnts make their personal appearance
before me on the 3lst day Of December
1881, at IL o'clock m, at my Office
No. 9 Madison street, Memphis. Tennessee
and defend said attachment suit within tn,
tune prescribed by law, or the same will b.
proceeded with ~ex-parte; and that a copy o
this order be published onc a week for fou
weeks 10 the Public Ledger.
This the ed day Of November, 1881,
72788 81 90 CSLAUGHTER. j. P.
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TRUTH ATTESTED.
Some Important Statements
of Well Known People
Wholly Verified.

In order that tho public may fully realize
the genuineness Of the atatemonts, as we'll as
the powor and value Of tho article Of which
they speak, we publish herewith the FAC
smile signatures Of parties whose sincerity
is beyond question. The truth of these testi-
monials is absolute, nor can the facts they M
nOunce be ignored:
MgnrHIs, TENN., April 20. 1881.
Messrs. II. II, Warner & Co;
GEErLEAmN-I have been a sufferer ffom my
infancy with disease Of the kidneys, and have
expended a great deal of my hard earned
wages with physicians and at various springs
in search Of relief. Mono did M any good.
Finally, after reading several testimonials Of
the Safe Kidney and Liyor Cure l concluded
TO try il, and aftOr having used four bottles
found that | had been entirely cured. and am
to-day as streng and healthy as any one. l
have not seen any testimonials from any one
in this section Of the country, and on this
account send mine voluntarily, hoping that
some one affected with this dangerous disease
may SEQ it and be induced to try it. 1t is the
most wonderful medicine l have ever seen.
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PUBLIC LEDGER.


GovEREoRB Blackburn, Of Kentucky,
ia his annual message, says that State
was never more prosperous than now,
and he believes hal her future destiny
il full Of brishtne s and blessing. The
outstanding bonls Of the State
amount to the Insignificant sun Of
SlsO, 394, % meet which the State has
in money and aux aud turnpike stock
estimated re ourccs Of S7JS,l33. The
State tax amounts to bit forty-fyG
cents on the hundred dollars, OF which
twenty cents goes to the school fund,
five cents to the sinking fund, leaving
only twenty cents Of what is termed
revenue proper for the support and
expenses Of the State government fol
all purposes whatever.
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C-oncerning the Moon.

The moon, says Professor Proctor,
does not revolve around the earth, but
the two circle about each other, and
the real center of the revolution OF
each is the sun. If there were a rail
way sufficiently elevated to reach
the moon, which is 238,9l8 miles dis
tant from US, we should be fifteen
months making the journey at ordi-
nary railroad speed. Upon arriving,
we should observe several interesting
phenomena. First, it is a very respect
able luminary of a diameter Of 2,08l
miles, With a surface Of l4,0O0,OOO
square miles, a volume one forty ninth
OF that of the earth, and a mass one
eighty. FIRST Of it.
Then, the force Of grayity being one
sixth Of the earth, we could BIO thirty
six feet high, and still quite as active
as We are here. But our longer bodies
would have a longer day in which To
| disporL themselves, for there lisa lapse
of twenty. nine and one half of Out
! days between the lunar sunrise
and sunset. Our extremities, however
would certainly suffer after sunset, iol
the surface OF the moon is 250 degrees
below zero at midnight, and the Teac.
ton at noon would try eyen our pro
longed proportions, for at noon The
surface would be % degrees above the
boiling point. We should be very
lonely, probably, for there is no living
creature there now. .,
stStill, as Prof. Proctor says, that al
planets pass through five stages. th,
last of which is death-a stage which
the moon has reached-thc apprehen.
sive mind naturally inquiries how soor
the earth will probably reach it. The
Professor answers, rcassurlngly, tina.
the earth is now about 5O0,OOO,OW
years old, and that it took the moor
8O,OO0,0O0 to reach its present state
He therefore concludes that it vii
take the earth 100000, 600 years NOR
TO reach the same condition. There l
thus no immediate cause for apprehen
sion.
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Changes,

Nazhyille Letter to COurier-Joumal,l
The controlling interest in the
American was owned by Mr.. Burch,
though for some years he took little or
no part in the management. Messrs.
Doak and Roberts hare dictated the
policy of the paper, and have labored
iudustriously on it. 1t has been very
firm and decided in the advocacy Of
the 1903 compromise, and has given
ofense to a large part Of the Demo
cratic party.
On the death Of Colonel Burch il
was thought the gentlemen who had
managed it would secure his interest
but they did not, and it is said Colonel
A. S. UOlyar, who has recently made
some fortunate ventures in coal and
iron lands, purchased il. II is sur.
missed that Colonel Colyar did this for
the two-iold purpose Of making 40
opening in journalism for a 0 who
has a leaning in that direction, AID
with the intention Of advancing hi
own political ambition, which points
to the Governorship as an attainablt
and desirable prize.
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Changes I'm Mems Clothing.

1t is curious to note how great are
the changes in mems costume. Look
ing only at one detail, the waistcoat.
which last century was the cause OF
endless extravaganza, we find it is now
Of the utmost simplicity, and is for
the most part hidden by the coat. But
the waistcoat had its day. There was
a time when handles made it a matter
Of pride to have dozens-nay scores
Of HYaistcoats. In Germany, during
the last century, the luxury was con.
siderable, and love Of display ipealcn
liable. One of the ministers under
Frederick the Great used TO boast
that be had 300 w~aistcoasts and SOC
wigs. $50 many wigs and so LITTLE
head said Frederick the
Great, speaking Of him. Mer
Of position were required to have a
positive museum Of waistcoats in tho
eighteenth century. There were
cloth waistcoats, silk waistcoats. waist.
coats in velvet, waisteOats in cloth Of
gold. The waistcoat was a work Of
art, a painters canvas filed with sub.
jeets. 1t WAS covered with admirable
representations of hunting episodes
Of court scenes, Of famous fables. Of
village festivals. The waistcoat 81
the gallant of the period was enliy
ened with the pictorial history Of The
loves of Mars and Venus; the Mar
shal's Waistcoat was embroidered will
military scenes, while one Of th,
court handles acquired fame (which
he would not otherwise have enjoyed
By reason Of the illustrations Of
popular plays to be seen on his family
breast. The rage for these illustrated
waisc ats lasted I'LL the end 0f Lonil
reign. The button by wri.i
these garments we're fas sued weri
not les worthy Of notice. They were
for The most part, Of about the size 9.
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A Missing Letter.

Five years ago a maiden fair, who's
home was at a little town near Macon
Ca, anxiously awaited an important
letter from her absent lover. Days
passed YEARLY. The signing lass
haunted the pos;ofice, but the post
masters face always wore that look Of
exasperated quietude common to those
from whom expected things never
come. The maiden thought that her
heart would break, for she realized at
last that her lover was faithless. The
scene shifts. 1t is September, 1881.
In Macon dwells the same lady, but
she is now the happy wife with two
children. She has forgotten the faith
less one of her days Of voc. She there
fore is surprised when, from the town
Of her youth, comes a letter bearing as
a subscription to her maiden nama
that derived from her husband. An
accompanying note from the nostmas
ter explains that in tearing away some
of the boards Of a letter case the mis-
sive was found. The envelope is
postmarked 1876" The lady spanks
the baby to keep it quiet while she
eagerly deyours the contents. Heav
ensl 1t is from John, who proposes in
glowing words, and begs for a kind
reply. The lady's husband also en-
joys the letter, and, out of curiosity
communicates with relatives Of the
former lover. 1t is learned that he i,
a happy Chicago pork-packer, with a
wife and three sons.
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TIIe sugar Crop.

The New Orleans Price Current
says: Reports from the sugar parishes
generally show that the yield is heav-
Ter than expected, the cane being very
sweet; nevertheless, there being less
canes TO grind, the total outturn will
be much smaller than last year, even
with a good season for grinding.
Should a heavy freeze occur before
tho middle Of December, and be fol-
lowed y arm weather, a. Is so
-r.qieauYtii case in this latitude,
thea the Weld will, Of course, DO still
more reduced
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~Nnn-RasIAoni NotIea.

No. 4222, RD-In the Chancery Court Of Shelb,
county, Tenn. Matte i Jones OF al vs.
John X Allen OF al.
IT appearing from affidavit in this caus'
l. that the defendant, John II Allen, is a
nonresident Of Tennessee, and that the at
tachment Issued herein against him hes beer
duly executed by attaching his property, ant
returned into court, and that the claim o.
complainant is evidenced by open account fol
the sum Of about S3337. 40, and is a just debt
it Is therefore ordered that he maxi
his appearance herein, at tho courthouse
Of Shelby county, in Memphis, Tenn, OF
or before the fnt Monday in January, 1882
and plead, answer or demur to complainant
bill, or the samo will be taken for confessed
as to him and set for hearing ex-parte
and that n copy Of this order be pub
lished once a week, for four successive weeks
In the Public Ledger, a newspaper pubiisheC
in the city Of Memphis, Tennessee,
This 18th day Of November, 1881.
A copy-Attest:
r. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
Humes K Poston, sol's for comPPt.
SO IS 81 81
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Newsats prison, one Of the oldest
landmarks OF London, is to be pulled
down. Clerkenwell prison viii be-
ON ia future the central lookup for
London m~alelactors, and the csnrts Of
law. which comprise what is known as
tho Old Bailey. viii be enlarged SO as
to cover the space now occupied BY
the prison. Ii was a bideous object,
black with smoke, though only just a
century old, and a decided deiace
meut to a great thoroughfarc. II was
built BY Dance, in 1882, just after the
Gordon riots, who had but Que idea,
to make It impregnablc In it's front
many noted criminals swung Here
Thistlewood exclaimed: II shall soon
know the last great secret" aud
Fauntlsroy. before his fall. communi-
Gated the secret Of where 10 buy the
lost Curacoa.
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Enekers AMOR HeaIIh.

Unfortunates who are seeking to
renew their health, are many. Sc
often have they been deceived by the
advertisements of worthless com
pounds. that many are discouraged
and refuse to believe anything they
read in the papers. Therefore, the
best advertisement of a really good
medicine is tho reputation it has
gained in places where it is being sold.
No other remedy ever discovered has
grown so rapidly in public favor as
that true medicinal tonic called
Browns Iron Bitters. In localities
where its extraordinary merits have
become fully known and realized by
those who have been in i'll health, the
sale is unprecedented. One druggist
in our city reports the sale Of 238 bot
ties in one week. 1t is, indeed, a
wonderful, health-giving, life-saying
preparation. 1t is soothing and re-
lreshing in its effect, and strengthens
every part of tho body, and creates
healthy appetite and digestion, even
when the system is almost destroyed
by the many hurtful cathartics SO
commonly used. Reader, beware
duty demands that you try Browns
Iron Bitters, if your health is poor
from any ause.-Enquirer.
S. Mansfield & Co w. N. Wilker-
son g. Co., and G. w. Jones s. Co..
wholesale agents.
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TO f,e Trade,

The high reputation which our
DON JUAN Cigar has attained has
induced parties to initiate it. We
hereby caution the public that the
Don Juan brand is copyrighted and
that VIC are the sole proprietors OF the
same, and the genuine are manufac.
tured at factory POI, Third District o.
New York. J. Baxter & Co. are sole
agents in Memphis.
BONDY & LEDERER,
Propr's Factory 294, Sd Dist N. I.
PUBLIC LEDGER job printing Office
and book bindery, Is Madison.
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The revision Of the war treasure OF
the German empire will shortly be
made. This treasure, which is said to
amount to 120,0O0,000 marks in gold
coin, is deposited in the Julius Tower
at Spandaa. The two Commissioners
whose duty it is to verify the treasure
each possess a key Of the chamber in
which it is kept, and the door opens
only when the keys are applied stimuli
taneously. The treasure is divided
into ton lott, and each lot IS further
add vi.i,i tut ,velg' rihe Of
100000 S CT h rye .nm
o. l2O,0O0.000 marks, or $50 DOC, 900,
earns no interest.
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slighny ~DlsGgured.

Sloan Dispatch,l
An alteration occurred % night
last week in front Of the Parlor billiard
hall between Com Teague and one
Orchard the latter shooting the former
in the mouth, the ball merely passing
through the lips and cheek, bat knock
ing out three front teeth Orchard
made good his escape. but Com hold;
the fort and will be ready for his regu.
lar rations in a few days, bearing
marks Of the wound by the los of hiI
incisors and a slightly disdgured lip.
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The Curiot Effects Of a Salt
sfOrm.

Wilmington Star,l
AT the Porter's Neck plantation ron
the sound, the salt spray from the
ocean, waited in showers across the in.
t%ervening banks and sound by the great
storm, killed every living thing in the
fields except the peanuts, which, Gu.
rious to say, seemed to have benefited
BIZ the briny shower bath. All the
leaves on the mock orange hedge,
commencing ia close proximity to the
sound and running back about one
mile, we're completely killed, while the
leaves on the trees in the neighbor
hood all died and dropped of,and their
places have since been supplied with
new ones. Even the old sycamores
shed their Verdure, and subsequently
donued a garb more becoming the
budding, blooming spring than the
usually cool and depressing autumn.
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nAr4D.

10 all who are suffering from the errors and
;ndiscretionG Of youth, nervous weaknesSi
early decay, loss % manhood, etc., 1 viii e
4 recipe that will cure you, FREE w
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
Nv a m%isionary 10 South America. Send q
selEaddressed envelope 10 the Rev. JOaEPH I.
IHHis, Station d, New York City.
mxKxiyj2d
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Having been troubled with a bad
cough for about two years and having
tried almost every cough mixture that
was ever made, | have found none that
has given me such relief as Dr.. Bulls
cough syrup and | earnestly recon-
mend it to all afflicted.
BENZ. L. DUGGAN,
IA Park Place, New York.
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In the bright autumnel days the
temptation 10 comfortable exposure
yields its fruit 10 a most p%ernicious
cough and irritation Of the throat. DR..
Bulls cough syrup stands u~nriyalled
as a remedy for throat and lung dis
cases.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-10

Pain and weakness of lungs, liver.
kidneys, and urinary organs relieved
by using Browns Iron Bitters.
S. Mansfield & Co., w. N. Wilker.
son & Co., and G. w. Jones q Co..
wholesale agents,