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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
An Entire Family Dies OF GrIeI
LeayenWoTth IKansaIl SDeclal.l

Leayenworth Kansas Speeial.l
One Of the saddest stories ever
written has been enacted IN the neigh,
boring county Of Platte, in Missouri.
The foundation was laid in a terrible
crime at the Platte county fair last
September, when Clay Smell, a young
man Of good family, stabbed and killed
a young man named Nathan Andrews.
de is now in jail at Platte City await.
ing trial on the charge Of murder. and
1t is not intended here to speak oftbe
merits or dement's of his case. but 10
recount the sad circumstances which
have happened in his family since the
crime was committed, and which has
tended to change the current Of public
opinion in his favor. This isno moro
nor less than the death Of the entire
family Of the SHELLS. Shortly after tbe
murder, Mrs. Lucy Ann Standard
mother Of Clay Smell, became very
much excited over the murder ana
grew quite i'll. Within q short time
she died. Then Robert Smell beelms
i'll from what is supposed to be The
same cause, and, after a lingering
sickness, during which time he
talked constantly Of the family trou.
bic, he passed away, soon follows bv
his six-moDths babe. John Shelf.
another brother, succumbed 10 the
Of family excitement, and. after
q short illness, be also died. Tho
past week Miss Nettie Smell, the last
but one Of the family Of one blood
lied and now the news is TO the effect
Thomas Standifo-d. the little
eyen-year-Old half brother Eff CLAW
nell, is not expected to live. thus
the prisoner the only survivor
& this doubly unfortunate family
nd he 10 jail awaiting trial on the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
DR.. Greens Oxygenated Bitterg

is the best remedy for dyspepsia, bill
BUSINESS, malaria, indigestion, all dis
orders Of the stomach, and diseases Of
the blood, kidneys, liver, skin, etc.
Durno's catarrh snuff cures all af-
iecilons Of the mucous membrane d
the head aud throat.
Or. Motifs liver pills are the best
cathartic. "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
The Chatlanooga Poat Onloe.

Special to the Nashville Banner.l
WASHINGTON, December IT,
There are three applicants for the
Chattanooga post office. II. +. Girls
com has apparently the inside track,
although General Wilder is contest,
ing every inch of ground. Your cor
respondent met the latter gentleman
in the rotunda Of the Ebbitt House
last night with a large roll Of paper,
and inquired Of him whether it was
his commission as postmaster. a plat
OF Chattanooga, or plans for his roll
ing mills. He replied that il was his
record as Republican that since he
bad been here his Republicanism had
been questioned.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
A Popular Movement.

Special Cincinnati Commercial.l
WAsHINGTcS, December l8.-The
speech of Senator Pendleton upon
Civil Service Reform has taken firm
hold upon the thought Of the country.
It has specially drawn the attention
Of the non-political classes. This Is
indicated by tho letters the Senator
has receivedFipce the delivery Of the
speech. TIE msny Civil Service Re.
form Associations throughout the
country have applied TO him for copies
Of his speech for distribution.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

charge Of murdsr. He Is uaid to have
been SO crushed with grief at the
death of his mother that for some
time he was not informed Of the other
deaths in his family. He pleaded hard
to be permitted to gaze upon the face
of his mother before she was laid in
her last resting place, saying: "Send
100 men to guard me, cover me with
chains double locked, but for Gods
sake let me see the last of my poor old
mother" This request. however, was
not granted. A more sorroWful chap
ter Of family history was never writ
fen
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
Wrong Idea.

Many persons having gotten the
wrong idea that hops are strengthen
ing, have taken to drinking beer and
ale very freely. The consequence is
they feel better Tor a short time, but
ghen the reaction comes they are
much weaker than before. Reader, il
you value your lite, lay aside all nal,
and alcoholic beverages and put your
trust 10 that temperance preparation
Of iron and vegetable tonics called
Browns Iron Bitters. It gives rea
health aud strength to every part o.
the body, reireshes the mind. anC
restores the nervous system to il,
proper standard. Over 1000, 900 bot.
ties have been sold this year.
S. Mansfield & Co.. W. N. Wilker.
son 4 Co., and G. W. Jones & Co.
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
EIi,s baby story.

Lille, did you say your prayers
last night2' asked a fashionable moth
er of hersweet little girl who remained
homo while the mother went to the
Charity Ball.
"Yes, mamma, ! said EN- all alone
But who did you say them to,
Lille, when your nurse was out with
me?"
well, mamma, when | went to bed
| looked arouRd the house for some
body to say my prayers to, and there
wasn't nobody in the house to say EN-
TO, and so | said EN- to God"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

TIE Avalanche scstters more than
ever this morning and nnk,s a string
Of assertions in regard 10 the LED
aER, which even If admitted do not
Justify its grave charges against the
people Of Mississippi. We only sci
out to show that the Avalanche was
rot friendly enough towards the Dem
ocratic party to become its confden.
tial advisor all at once, and il
has helped US out so effectively
that we could we'll afford to lei
the discussion rest. It amounts tC
rothing to say that the LEDGER con,
fesses there was fraud 10 Mississippi
ten years ago. but denied it then.
though, as a more exact statement, VIC
never denied it or confessed it. In
times of excitement there may have
been intimidation, for aught we know,
but we were speaking of the last
election, the one held in November
1881. General Chalmers was elected
a year earlier, and if it was done by
fraud, a Republican Congress will
make haste to turn him out and seat
Mr.. Lynch. As to the 1908 "abom-
iuation," whioh'it is, our neighbor is
again at fault. The LEDGER has been
extremely careful about charging
fraud, simply because we had
no direct proof. 1t is a serious
matter to charge a man
with bribery, and this we have not
done, although appearances are rather
against some members Of the Legisla-
ture. But coming back % the start
ing point, which is the only one really
at issue, We must say again that our
jealous and ably edited contemporary
does not seem to make Roadway in its
great work Of abolishing the two lead
ing political parties Of this country.
Both are in the field fresh and conf
dent The smaller and seemingly in
consistent task Of acting Moses to the
Democratic parry is also unfinished,
and we suppess that bph OBJ will be
completed aboutthe ame lime
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
UnquestiOnabIy The Very Best

BALTIMORE, MD., April q. ST.
| have recently been using your
Browns Iron Bitters il my family.
consisting Of myself, wife aud three
children, and the effect has been
always as marked as in the case ofMr
Phelps. 1t is unquestionably a won
derful medicine. A. j. Bowen.
S. Mansfield & Co, W. N. Wilker.
son & 90, and G. w. Jones & Co..
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

To take a cheerful view of life, the
trials aud temptations that line its
rugged way, is a duty, which it is i'm.
possible to fulfill when one is troubled
with an inactive liver, the best rom
edy for which is Portaline or Tabler's
Vegetable Liver Powder.
For sale by w. N. Wilkerson & Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
New York Religion.

John" said a rich New York gro.
Ger to his man, have you mixed the
glucose with the sugar.
YES, sir"
And sanded it, too?"
"Yes, sir"
"Dampened the tobacco?"
Eyes, sir,
And watered the whisky"
Eyes, sir"
"Then you may come in to prayer
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

The Printer pines for Christmas,
When it comes how'll put on a sub,
wash his hands clean and go and SEQ
his Girl. A Printers Sweetheart
should never make ri, as he does not
like it. Some Printers have been
known to swear at Pi-and everything
else, The Worlds printers never
drink, nor swear, nor chow tobacco,
nor Smoke-nor do anything else il
they can help it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
TI,c color Lime In Cubn.
HAvANA, December 'lO, lsSL.-

HAVANA DeCemDeF ~ 1901.
Amoug the various employees of the
government who arrived on the
steamer by which Governor General
Prendergrast came, was a mulatto,
appointed to a subordinate post in
the new administration. The officials
here manifested their reluctance to
admit him 10 association with them be-
cause Of his color, and native Cubans
among them showed the least DISPOSE
ton to recognize him. The govern
msnt will probably not insist upon
this first attempt to equalize white
and colored citizens. and it is said the
mulatto, who is the husband Of a
white Spanish woman, a chambermaid
in the Captain Generals household,
will be appointed majordOmo Of the
palace.
The press has noted the fact that no
invitation to the recent official din
ners at the palace had been sent to
the President Of the Casino Espanol
AN omission which showed that the
political influence ascribed to the
Casino is u~nrecognized BY the govern
ment, as it will doubtless be unclaimed
hereafter by the Casino itself.
Two representatives of a wealthy
Paris firm are here ascertaining the
feasibility Of constructing the Central
railroad, long since projected in Cuba.
One of the two, who is an engineer,
NJ. Tilleul Brady, has already left for
the interior. They are said to have
had an interview with Senior Sagasta
before leaving Europe.
A recent Treasury order, granting
an extension Of time to taxpayers who
are in arrears, provided they cave the
Treasury a mortgage on their property
at six per cent interest per annum, is
causing much discomfort. 1t is ar,
gued that the regulation will impOv-
erish many, whose real estate will fall
into the hands of the government.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
ReOrsanizing the Supreme
Court.

Special to Cincinnati Commercially
WASHINGTON, December 49,
Among the bills offered in the House
Of Representatives to day was one BIZ
Mr.. Manning, Of Mississippi, 10 reor
ganize the Supreme Court Of the
United States The leading feature.
Of the bill are the division Of the
Court into three branches. To the
first division all equity causes are Il
be referred; to the second, all com
mon Law causes, and 10 the third All
admiralty and revenue causes. and
causes in which the government o.
the United States is a party, but when
the record in any cause requires a
construction Of the Constitution Of
the United States, or Of a treaty
Herewith, and also any causes brought
on a writ Of error from the Supreme
Court Of aoy State, the same shall be
considered 10 general session, /. G.. By
the full bench Of nine Judges. The
number Of members Of the Supreme
Court is not 10 be increased, but two
Of the Justices are to be designated
by the President as Assistant Chief
Justices, and they, with the
Chief Justice, arc to preside
over the three divisions Of the Court
respectively. If all, or two thirds Of
the Judges Of either division concur
in a Judgment, it shall be reported 10
the full bench, aud no review thereof
shall Of right accrue 10 any person OF
party thereto. But any member Of
the Court may cause such a review to
be made by tho full bench.
Mr.. Manning hopes that by a diYis.
ion and classification Of labor, the
efficiency Of the Court may be greatly
promoted without an increase Of the
number Of Justices, and he is sanguine
that his bill will receive favorable
consideration by the lawyers in Con-
gress, as well as by the profession at
large.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
LEDGER.


TnE hearing Of the 1908 case is
set for the 18th Of January. It will
be ably argued on both sides. and we
have no doubt but that it will be de-
cided according to law. The advance
ment is one thing, and the %constitu-
iionality Of the actaltogether another.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
" The InuOccnis Abroad" Judged
Abroad.


= 49, o
We have e Mark Twain called
the modern Rabelais," and the ex-
preston is a curious instance Of the
recklessness, not to say the ignorance,
Of criticism nowadays. Mark Twain
is doubtless an amusing writer and bis
book is an amusing book, but a mod
ern Rabelais' is, as his countrymon
would say, a ] large order. This book
is about a dozen years old. and already
it will hardly bear a second, much less
a third reading. Its burlesque is seen
to be forced and conventional; its
jokes mere newspaper cliches, depend
ent at the best of times on temporary
vogue for any piquancy they can have
possessed, and for the most part as dull
70 day as yesterdays soda water. Ey-
cry point is iabored and worried till il
will bear no more. Contrast this with
the unquenchable flow Of Rabelaislan
humor, the ever new wealth Of it flung
out rs from a Kings treasury and
thought no more about, the abiding
charm which has outlasted three cen
%turies, the solid wisdom underlying
the jest, the unlabored fantasy, the
grave naturalness OF its extravaganza.
There arc two points Of parallel be-
tween Rabelais and Mark Twain, and
no more, The one is that both use
deliberate exaggeration, and, so to
speak, multiplication as a source Of
humor, aud the other that both occa-
sionally drop the mask and speak for
a few minutes from the heart.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

How the hearts Of a crowd swell
and throb with pitiless hatred against
the mau who coughs during the per-
Torrance at a theater, when they
know he is too stingy to invest twenty
five cents in a bottle Of DR.. Bulls
cough syrup.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
DANDRUFF
rs Removed by theUse OiCOcOnine

And il stimulates and promotes the
growth Of the hair.
Burpott's Flavoring Extracts are
tho best.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
AN OPEN
SECRET
AMONG The LADIES

The brilliant, fascinating
tints Of Complexion for which
ladies strive are chiefly arti-
fetal, and all who will take the
trouble may secure them.
These rOseate, beWitching hues
follow the use Of Hagan's Mag
nOlia Balm-a delicate, harm
less and always reliable article.
Sold by all druggists.
The Magnolia Balm COnceals
every blemish, removes Sal.
IOwness, Tan, Redness, Erup.
lions, all evidences of excite.
ment and every imperfectiOn.
Its effects are immediate and
so natural that no human being
can detect its application.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

One Of he best short descriptions
Of the Michigan FIRE comes in a letter
from a little girl to a New Haven
lady who had sent her a winter coat.
The young correspondent writes: THE
fire was terrible. 1t got dark at noon,
and so hot that the window paues
were as hot as lamp chimneys, and the
wind was so strong that it blew the
building over forty acres. The fire
sparks few as big as fists, and 50 thick;
thicker than snow flakes. 1t was hard
TO save the lives, There were two Of
our neighbors WHO got burnt to a crisp
on the road as they we're escaping.
The fire overlook them, each mother
with five children, and the father was
left. There was one family Of six
| children with their parents, and all ia
a group. The whole number OF lives
lost was thirty one in our town. 1t
got so dark that everybody were run
ming, and they did not know where To
save their lives. Some had to tear
their clothes from them to saw their
lives, for they we're burning on them.
and some children suffocated in their
mothers arms. One girls clothes
caught fire on her, and she was burnt
before she could tear them off. She
amt we'll yet. Next morning you
could see cattle, hogs, horses, sheer
and human bodies all around lyinl
burnt. This fire was a great dea'
worse thar the FIRE in 1871, but l Dc
not remember that one"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
Look Gus for December 81.

Washington Special
Sooville has received a postal-card
dated Mauch Chunk, December 10,
1881. and signed Dale, ex-Molly,"
which contains the following startling
lwarnine Watch the van on the 2Ist
Of December. An attack viii be made
on Guiteau's life by members Of the
Molly Mcguire Order. They are de-
allied 70 work on bis life"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
AL4darMS
Mrnrn1s. TEry., Anil Is, lsn,

MEMFHIEI IENN.l ApflI los IooI'
Messrs. II. IL. Warner i Co;
G~ESrLRNEN-For over twenty years I have
been a sufferer from kidney trouble, accom-
panied by q female weakness which culmi-
mated into falling Of the womb. / have been
treated by numerous doctors in Georgia and
Alabama, but one Of them gave me any
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. One
bottle did me more GOOD than all the other
medicine / had taken in eighteen years, and
a continued use caused further improvement.
until / considered myself well. l believe it
female disorders. l can cheeriully recon-
mend Il TO all.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

Doesn't this Young Lady look
Sweet? How her Eyes Sparkle, and
oh her Radiant Cheeks she is in Her
element. Standing behind a Table at a
Church Fair aud selling oysters at 80
cents a Piece. She will also Smile on
the Young Man until he buys Two
Dozen chances at Is cents a chance in
a wax doll worth 10 cents. Why do
Big Girls and Little Girls like to sell
Young Men Dolls?
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
Pictures for Little People.
Nashville World, 1871

This is Young Man. His Face is
Long and there is a Hunted Glare 10
His Eye. He n%ervously clutches the
Two Dollars and Sevcnty-F Five Cents
10 His Trouser Pocket, and hurries
by the jewelers.. He is thinking Of
his best Girl, and knows she expects
him to give her a Christmas present.
The Young Mar is willing, but he has
not the Cash. Hence be il Sad.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

oFeuf Savior BY filing yourself with
lager Beer, and parading around act
ing the Fool genarally. Be Glad you
are Living, Forgive your Enemies, cat
all the Turkey you can get, and re-
member this is tho Season for Peace
on Earth and good will to all man
kind. Be thankful, but do not be
Foolish.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

Tho introduction Of the name Of
Frfelinghuysen into current politics
and ia connection With the Office Of
Secretary OF State, reyiyes mecories
Of The Presidential campaign Of 1874,
and the ringing lires Of the most popu-
lar Whig song Of that year:
"nntrsh hunah the eouuiry 3 ri,in'
or Henry Clay md Rr~slinshuysen.'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

Lol the Melancholy Turkey. A
shade Of sadness has fallen across his
Countonanee, and he seems 10 know
his Days are numbered. Ho escaped
Thanksgiving, but cannot run the
Gauntlet Of Christmas, Soon he will
repose, with Legs crossed moekly over
his juicy brcast.on a dish amid Oysters,
Eggs and Celery. and a Man with a
carving knife will attack him. Vale
Turkey.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

For diseases of the nerves, brain,
blood and lungs, a superior medicine
to all others is Browns Iron Bitters.
S. Mansfield & Co., w. N. Wilker-
son & Co., aud G. w. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

The London Echo, commenting
upon the skill Of Marwood, the En-.
glish hangman, recently exemplifedi in
the quick and painless death Of Lefroy
says: "But though Marwood is such
an important parsonage in practically
indicating the majesty OF the law
people as a rule, would not like Il
shake hands with him, and many Of
those who believe in death punishment
would shrink from him as they would
shrink from a leper. II the thing be
right and proper, why regard the exc
c%utioner with more horror than the
jury or the Jndge2 A man to be a
common hangman cannot be a very
captivating specimen of humanity, but
he is the concentrated instrument Of
the law as it stands. It is the law
that is barbarous." Certain philoso.
pliers would probably say that people
do not shrink from MarWood because
he is a hangman, but because his ma
ture is such as TO make that vocation
congeuial; but II IS donbtfil If the
philosophers would be right.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
Health is WeaVthI

On. e. O. Wars NERVE AND BRArS TRFAr-
HEsI; a specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Con-
yulsions, NERVOUS Headache, Mental Bepres
tenoyi Involuntary Emissions, Premature Ola
Age. caused by o-ver-exertion, self abuse. or
oyer-indnlgence, which leads to misery, dscay
and death. One. box viii cure recent cases.
Ono dollar q box, or six bexes for iye doilars.
sent BY mail prepaid on receipt Of price. We
guarantee SIX boxes 10 cure any case. With
eaoh order received By Us for six boxes, accom-
panlea Win I'VE dollars, We will send III epur-
money II the treatment does not effect n onro
guarantees issued only By A. RENKERTE
CO., Hh9losale and Retail Druggists, 2i5 Main
street. Memphis, Tenn. Orders BY mail viii
recolye prompt attention. bxxxiiiibsdA,~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

LEDGER job printing Office, ID Mad
ison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

Here is a Managing Editor, He is
writing Paragraphs. Presently He
will Read one, and then ask a tremb
ling Reporter if it isn't good. The
Reporter knows he will get he Q. b.
if he Disagrees with the Managing
Editor, so he answers yes but Report
ers do not always tell the truth By
and by the Managing Editor will
jump up and rub bis hands and say he
wants some Coffee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

Look at the Poor Reporter. While
every one else is enjoying the Holidays
he has to Labor, and go his regular
rounds. But the Reporter has this
satisfaction: The Christmas DRINKS
will make much news. After he has
worked Fourteen hours perhaps he
will 60 off and take a glass Of beer.
and console him With the Reflection
that only the other Reporters and him
self know what will be in the morning
papers,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20
VII.

OH the poor Drunk Man. Satur-
day he receives his Weeks wages. aud
now he has not a Cent. His clothes
are ragged and his face Haggard. At
home be has a wife aud Little Ones,
but they go Hungry while he drinks.
Tomorrow he will return 70 his labor
and work a week for One Spree. My
Son you had better have a Stone tied
about your neck and be cast ia the
Sea than grow up a Drunkard.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

Where is the Small Boy going with
the Old Iron and COpper2 Perhaps
to the Junk Dealer. Chistmas is at
Hand, and he must have Money TO
buy Crackers and Rockets. The Boy
gathered the Iron and Copper from
Different Sources. Some Of it is
Water Pipe, and the rest is the Bot
toms Of bis Mothers Stove Vessels.
The Boy will get a Licking. but he
will not care so he gets the fireworks
to shoot Christmas.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

Look at the Loafer. His clothes
are Fine, but be has no Money. His
occupation is Standing on the Street
corners and around Saloons and
Staring at pretty women. He prOba-
bly, lives of his widowed mother, who
stints herself to support him in Idle
ness. The Young Loafer deserves a
kicking, and most Good Men would
like TO sec him get it. Respectable
ladics shouldn't notice tho Loaier.
Sly Son, Christmasi Is Coming. When.
il gets hele, act % ii you had some
sense. Do nos Celebrate the natal day
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-20

See the Too Too Young Man. His
Pants are very Tight and his Coat is
very short. His hat is also small
though his head is large. lie carries
a Cane, and uses Glasses, though his
Eyes are good. tic associates with
girls as affected as himself, and the
Two together make Sensible People
sick. Ny son, they are necessary, as
i requires many people to make up
the world.