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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-01
A Startling State Of Affairs In the
Land Of Esms.

New York WoIld.l
From a number Of unpleasant facts
collected by Rev. Samuel w. Dixie, of
Vermont, and embodied in a Monday
Lecture" at Boston, New England ap-
pears to be far beyond the newer
countries in regard to practices that
threaten the sanctity and influence of
the family relation. Divorce, which
is characterized by the preacher as
particularly a Connecticut institution,
is becoming more common in New
England as the years go on, until the
ratio, IN proportion to population, is
greater than that of France 10 the
days Of the revolution. Loose laws
are sometimes charged with the alarm
ing increase of divorces in the past
quarter Of a century, yet Mr.. Dixie
says that in New Hampshire, where
the law has been changed but little in
a century, the increase is as marked
as elsewhere. Nor does the great ia
Aux Of foreigners Of low extraction
account for the change for the worse,
for nearly all the parties are ma
tlves. The vice seems to follow
the race, or be carried by it,
for the Western Reserve, in
Ohio, cOlonized mainly from Connec-
ticut, records nearly twice as many
divorces in proportion to population
as does the remainder Of the state in
one of the counties, said to be the
banner county Of the union, divorces
are TO marriages as fourteen to one
hundred. This shameful state of af-
is not chargeable to adultery,
only about a quarter Ofthe complaints
being brought for extreme cause ;
neither does it come from the incom-
patibility of intense intellectual ma
lures that are supposed to be numerous
in New England. Most of the parties
to divorces in the states mentioned
make but slight claim to intelligence
or religion, and the complaints are
generally Of cruelty or desertion. The
moral oft all seems to be that gener-
Gus divorce laws, framed for the pur-
pose Of remedying serious mistakes of
Judgment, offer The lower classes a
premium upon careless match making.
1t may be heresy to imply hal New
England has any lower classes of ma
tive birth, but the fact il that her
ne'er do weels are the last to leave
home they are also the last class who
should be the subject of any special
legislation not restrictive.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-01
dent c%anva.ler oul d yOut plaaA q

dent canvasser out Of your place 0
business.
Every year there is a considerable
sum carried away from Memphis by
advertising quacks, for which ouI
mercantile community receive no val
liable return (save experienced. The
thing has grown into a public nui-
sanoe, and we feel it our duty to sug,
gest such safeguards as will protect
our friends from imposition. Honest
publishers of honest newspapers,
books, ETC., will not object to have
/ their claims TO patronage scrutinized
and nothing that we have written can
affect them. 1t is the dead beat
whom we are after, and if we can pre-
vent it, Memphis shall no longer be a
garden Of roses for him. The spring
trade will soon open, and the honest
and dishonest canvasser will doubtless
be here in force.
Legitimate and judicious advertis-
ing is indispensable to the successful
prosecution of business, and is so re-
cognized by every competent, enter
prising merchant in this country, as
we'll as by a vast majority of manufac-
turers, transportation lines, and all of
those who cater to the amusement,
instruction and substantial wants OF
the public. Whether the wholesale
dealer prefer his claims to patronage
through the columns of an established
newspaper of character and standing,
or by means of circulars and travelling
statesmen, in the proper sense Of the
word he is an advertiser, and how
ever 10th he may be to confess the
fact, yet it remains a fact capable of
demonstration that advertising pays,
and that no kind Of advertising pays
so we'll for the outlay-renders so
generous a return for the investment
-as that for which the public press
furnishes a medium.
As a rule, the actual circulation of
a newspaper is the proper gauge Of its
value to the advertiser; nevertheless
it not unfrequently happens that news
papers Of very limited circulation
supply superior facilities for the adj
vertising Of certain kinds of commod-
tiles, for the reason that their readers
consist for the most part Of consumers
of the goods to which the advertiser
desires to attract attention. Trade
papersusually have no circulation or
influence beyond the classes to whose
interest they are ostensibly devoted,
and hence to the manufacturer or
dealer in wares not required by those
classes are of little or no use, The
daily and weekly press of the country,
having a general circulation among
and being read by the people, presents
probably the best possible medium of
advertising, and is largely %patronized
by those who are wise enough to per-
ceive and liberal enough to profit by
the fact.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-01
FOOE.isH TALK.
Ignorant Naexieans think Ameri.
can-NHexican Railway Enter
prises Bnean the Annexa-
ton Of Their Country.

San Antonio Express
The reporter yesterday conversed
with a gentleman from Mexico regard
ing the feeling among the people Of
the northern part Of that country con-
corning the railway enterprises now
being pushed toward Mexico from
points in America. The gentleman
stated that the masses of the common
people did not regard the projects with
favor, and that they entertain a jeal-
GUS feeling toward this country. This
is not the case with the intelligent and
influential people, who seem DESTROYS
Of having railroad facilities, and
American commercial connections.
Busybodies and gossippers have in.
duced the ignorant. people to believe
that these enterprises are the precur-
sors OF a grand scheme on foot in the
United States to obtain the annexa.
ton ofnorthern Mexico to this .oun-
try. The gentleman does not think
this foolish and groundless talk will
ever amount to anything, as the bust
ness and monied men Of the country
are firmly advocating the cause of
progress, and the development Of their
rich land.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-01
A GeniIenaan and a Mayor.

Exchanged
FTP. Stubs is a prominent lawyer
at Monroe, La, and a landowner and
extensive planter in OuacAita and
neighboring parishes. He has also
served in the state legislature. This
Is the way he used up a Kansas mayor,
MONROE, La, January II, $751;
Mayor Of Wyandotte, Ks: Are there
many colored people from the cotton
country in your vicinity who could re-
turn south with guarantee of good
wages and treatment? Would the au-
thorities there facilitate their return?
+. p. STUBBs."
"WYAEDoTTE, Ks, January 13,
1S3l.-To F. ?. Stubs, Monroe, La:
/ find among the colored people from
the south a determination stronger
than death never to return. The au-
thorities here did not facilitate their
coming, neither will they facilitate
their going. We remand them to the
statute of American citizens, holding
in their own hands local habitation
and future destiny.
j. S. STOCKTON, Mayor"
MONROE, La, January IA, 1884,
TO j. S Stockton, Mayor Wyandotte.
KS | regret that | was mistaken in
s%upposing that one who occupied your
position was a gentleman. l sent you
a business message, and you avail your
self of the opportunity to send me, al
my own expense, a political homily
worthy only a demagogue and an ass.
f. p. STUBBs."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-01
Attachment Notice.

Before j NJ Coleman, j. p. for Shelby co,,,sv
Tenn. -Pearce, Suggs & Petit VS.. Me. dorsy <.
Morton. "uVt e"
n this cause, an attachment having been
4 sued out under section 3455 of tne dode If
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
R nc SasS o. ne Seiendant, and affidavit hav-
the plaintiff in the sum Of slg9. SS1 due ~
note, and, that the claim is lust. and
that the defendants are nop-residents nf
TIE State Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
tnat sald defendants make their personal ap-
February, 1881, at IL o'clock M. At NV u offc o.
No; "a Front street, Memphis. Tennossee'
and defend said attachment suit within the
time prescribed by law, or the same viii be.
proceeded with eX;parte; and that a COPY of
snas UrGer Pc published once a week for four
Lhis the 18th day Of January, 1881.
III lIf l53 l59 M COLEMAN. D
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-01
Trustees Sale Of Real Estate

NDER and by virtue of q trust deed, dr,y
y. recorded in book No. III, page 446, ~
registers office Of Shelby county, Ienne s oa eng
will al trustee, on ssee' l
Friday, the 4th day orEebrua, - 1881
during legal hours, at the southwey nuorof
Main and Madison streets. in the y oUlsg ~
tTlct OF shelby county, Tennessee d1o y Wy a$5t1 of
MemphlD sell at Public auctieF pf ~ bhi;oCbaSt
nioG9f ior cash, the following dribej iEand
@,wit: A certain lot ofland' situate in sbelby;
Phis, being part of lot No a19 c u o. niem ~
yeye sIt To SIps. G FmiigT q ehe lot Of land SON
S SSaotX y4 fo of tAe r sister's Office Of Shelby
wardIIy' ~" Aessee' and running thence cast
feat H. m the v.orth side Of Union street so
tbe1c ~ ace r~.orthwardly " feet to an alley,
ali g west sardly with the south side Of said
Icy o. TO ct, thence southwardly "a feet to
Union str eet the place of beginning, and being
the same. conveyed to VIM. B. Street by deed
duly re- corded in book No. IS, page ", of the
reglste RS Office of Shelby county, Tennessee.
hquif y of redemption waived. Title believed
10 Pc good, but | will convey emily as trustee.
~ emphis,% January 4th, 1881.
lE 1874 SIMON STURM. Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-01
ARKANsAW FILINGS.

Some cotton continues to arrive at
Little Rock.
An Arkansas paper has proved con.
clusively that Grant did not write the
article on the Isthmus canal.
Crowds of people pay to see the Eu-
reka Springs stone Indian baby al
Little Rock who care nothing for live
ones.
Mr.. Ed. II. Mathes, of the Osceola
bar, was examined last week by Chief
Justice English, ofthe supreme court,
and admitted to practice at that bar.
An auxiliary Irish land league club
was organized in Little Rock last Fri.
day night. j. j. Shiel was elected
president, Terrence O'Daugherty, sec.
rotary, and Geo. A. Hughes, treasurer.
A memorial has been forwarded
from the Helena chamber of COM
MERGE, to Messrs. Walker and Gar
land, senator's, and to Hon. Poindex-
ter Dunn, NJ. Q. from the district,
asking hat Helena be made a port Of
entry.
Mr.. Luther Benson lectured TO the
public Saturday night in Little Rock
on the Personal Recollections in the
Life Of Drunkard, with a Descrip-
ton of the Delirium Tremens,' and
appeared before the general assembly
Oh Monday night, lie is a bold mis-,
sionary,
Little Rock Democrat: very few
changes are needed in our school law.
1t is working quite well, aud it is
always good policy to let well enough
alone A vigorous public sentiment
10 favor Of the schools is worth all the
laws that could be made for the next
ten years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-01
GOOD NEWS
IN SIX HOURS !

A, new discovery In the vegetable line, n
medlcine that cannot be found in any Drug
Store in tho United States or Diminion OF
Canada at present, until the druggists call for
Il; and oil Druggists that order my medicines,
VIII adyertise their names and places of bus
ment in the paper.
No Druggist has the genuine medicine un-
less you see his name and place Of business in
my advertising column.
This medicine is produced from a vegetable
in Spain and Portugal, called Bellina de Sal
utaria, an almost miraculous herb, for the cure
Of oil Chronic Diseases, etc., viz:
Female weakness, Dyspepsia in Its worst
form, Sore Eyes, SCrofula, Syphilis,
ChllIs and Fever, Gravel, Bll0usness,
Derangement Of the Bowels and all dis.
eases arising from the impurlty OF the
blood.
All persons afflicted with any Of those dis
eases are referred to the above, and if, after
three or four hours time after taking the med
lelne, you do not find II improving your
health, | will refund double tho amount you
have paid for o bottle of the medicine: andmy
agents also will be instructed to refund the
money, provided you have it pronounced BY a
physician that you did not receive any benefit
by 1T, And Twill also say this much, that lido
not care by what doctor you have been treated
and pronounced incurable. Do not be dis
couraged, but come and see me. To all ply.
sicians who have cases of this description IN
der their care l should be pleased i fthey would
give II q trial. Give my medicine a fair trial
and | will guarantee a sure cure, if taken ac-
oOrding 10 directions.
OFFICE H0URS-S to II am. and 2 to s
\. m.
Medicines sent by Express G. O.. D.
Call on or address
DE=R. R EVA.
1861 Main Street, Memphis, Tenn.
II lA8
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-01
saturday February Is, 1854.
Attachme nt Notlce.

Before j.. NJ, Colemf.n, Justice Of the Peace
tr shelby county Tenacious Berterrelli
VS.. Joseph Persons.
n this cause AZ attachment having been
Il sued out under section 3455 Of the code Of
tennessee and returned levied upon the prop
erty OF the dele ndant, and affidavit having
been made that the defendant is indebted to
the plaintiff in the SUN of SIS. due bv,
account, and tliat the claim is just, and that
the defendant Is a nonresident % the state Of
Tennessee; it IS therefore ordered that said
defendant make his personal appearances
before mo on the 23d day Of February,
1881, at 10 o'clock am. at my Office, No
24 Front street, Memphis, Tennessee, and
defend said attachment suit within The
time prescribed by law, or the same will b.
proceeded with exnarte; md that a eopg Of
this order be published once a week. for four
weeks. in the Public Ledger.
This the 18th day Of January, 1881.
l21 III 1873 139 J.. M. COLENAF p
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-01
MEDICINAL.
Attachment Notice.

Before j NJ Coleman, j. P. for Shelby county.
Ienn:-H Franklin VS.. Joseph Persons.
TINS cause an attachment having been
y sued out under section 3i65 of the Code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon tn,
property Of the defendant, and affidavit hay-
ing been made that defendant Is indebted To-
the plaintiff in the sum Of s3O.25, dine by
account, and that the claim is just, and that
State Of Tennessee; tits therefore ordered thai
said defendant make his personal appear-
ance before me on the sd day OF February.
1881, mt 10 o'clock am, at my office, No "a
Front street, Memphis, Tennessee, and defend
scribed by law, or the same will be proceeded
with *: parte; and that q copy of this order
the Public Ledger.
This The 18th day Of January, 1881.
l2l IN l&3 l39 I'M C0fEMAN d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-01

iority of cases, We dare say, more 30,
and yet the average of salaries paid
them is from forty to fifty per cent
less than the compensation allowed
male teachers. There is no reason on
earth for this, except that they are
women, and, in ninety-nine cases out
OF one hundred, are poor and abso-
lutely dependent upon their wages for
a living. A woman is just as much
entitled to value for her services as a
man, and this thing of paying a great,
big, stIapping. hulk of a man twice as
much for his work as is paid a woman,
just because she is a woman, is an
outrage, and California has honored
itself by stopping it. Let Arkansas do
the same.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-01
Death of a West Tennessee Girl
ln Texas.
Galveston journal. Jnnunry %.

Galveston Journal, January 2S.I
Miss Sullivan, of La Grange, Ten.
n%essee, has an infant fourteen weeks
DID,"
The above b;ief record closes the
story of a human life, bright in its
early dawn, clouded in its waning, and
shrouded in the direst gloom ere it had
reached its meridian. A few weeks
ago a young lady, sick and weary Of
life, arrived in Galveston, and was
taken to the hospital and kindly cared
for. She was a stranger, but gentle
hands like those of ministering angels
Smoothed her pillow and wiped away
the gathering sweat drops which agony
and grief wrung from her brow. Sup
posing sac was at the point of death,
and sorely needing sympathy and help,
she summoned a member of the Ma
sonic fraternity to her bedside, com
municated the fact that she was a
Mason's daughter, and placed in his
hand a document which unfolded
the story of her wrongs and
wretchedness. This document re-
vealed the fact that she was
Of worthy parentage, and that
her family holds the highest social po-
sitiOn in her native state. Beautiful
and accomplished, she was woed by
many, but unhappily a villain won her
heart. "She loved not wisely but too
we'll" Betrayed and ruined, she
sought to hide her shame and sorrow
in a land of strangers; willing to per-
form even the task of a mental to Sc
cure her support. and escape a life of
sin. Stricken down, and, as she
thought, dying, she surrendered this
story of her wrong and sin, and APP
pealed in her fathers name to his
Masonic brethren for sympathy and
relief, or in case of death, for a Chris.
tian burial. 1t was an appeal no true
Mason ever disregards. They saw
only the sufferer pleading for help, and,
promptly responded 10 the appeal
Under careful nursing she rallied for
a time, and a home was secured in a
family where she could at once earn
her support, and be under faithful and
honorable protection. Her sor-
row and suffering proved heavier
than her sorely taxed strength
could bear. In a short time she re-
lapsed, and though watched with ten
der and watchful care in the kind
family which had given her refuge,
passed, we trust, to that land where
the wicked cease from troubling and
the weary are at rest" She was the
daughter Of a Master Mason, and
leaving her sins with her Savior"
his brethren prepared the remains Of
this broken hearted child of sorrow
for the tomb. Masons accompanied
them to the grave on yesterday, and
with the solemn and impressive burial
rites of Masonry, conducted by Past
Grand Master P. W. Tucker, she was
laid in her final resting place. AS the
mother was kindly cared for by the
Masonic fraternity in her hour of
sorest trial, no doubt the same noble
order will provide for her helpless
child. In this cold hearted world
where villainy riots in the ruin ofin-
nOcence, such deeds Of pity and be-
n~evolence make us feel that man is
not entirely forsaken by his God,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-01
InsOlvent No1ico.
mo. 1886.

49, n1A1irIEsO W n~EahEsshEs SHELBT COL
N Memphis, Tenn, JapNary 10th, iSsl.
To Mrs: CA Neville, alministratrix az p p
Neville, deceased. ~ d
HAVING suggested the insolvency NJ +bo
III estate Of b b. Neville. deco 4 sde
you are hereby ordered to give notice'
0y, advertisement in some newspape1
published within the said State, and
also at the courthouse door Of Sheihv
county, for all persons having clam.
against salH estate, to appear and file tbs.
same, with the CLERK of the County Court sas,
on or before the 9th day Of july. Ise1. ny y Iam,.
claim not filed on o. before said da,y. OF. hey.
fore an appropriation Of The funds Of said es
law and equity. iN' 'O'n Ia
Witness ny hand, at Office. this 10th day az
n, prou OWEN DwYER, Clerk.
B!gelow & Hill, Alty's for administrative.
ia 120 12G 100
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-01

In a recent article the Louisville
Courier Journal amented the absence
Of a proper fraternal spirit among
American journalists. The remark
causes the New York Herald to saw
that in some respects journalism is
regarded as a kind Of civilized fsh-
maelish.' To the extent that this is
true the fault lays at the door Of the
public for cOuutenaneing and support
ing that species Of Journalism which
should belong exclusively TO the slums.
Gross personalities in the press are
much more to be condemned than If
INDUCED by individuals, because of
their widespread publication and CON
sequent perniciOus influence. The
editor who cannot find becoming Ian.
guage in which to clothe his utter
ances; who cannot make points with
out resOrting TO epithets. tacitlv
confesses the possession Of a coarse.
vulgar and weak mind, and prove his
utter unftness for his chosen vocation
The spectacle Of a brace OF editors
throwing mud and garbage at each
other is not especially edifying. II
persons who delight in this class o.
controversy do not realize that com.
munities soon learn to estimate then
at their proper value, the fact is du,
wholly to lack Of capacity to compre
nend public sentiment. ri Little Rock
Gazette.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-01


FINDER the authority vested in nc By the
y terms Of a deed Of trust, executed by
William and Anna Hardt. dated January
10th, 1873, which deed Is recorded In the Reg
isters Office ofShelby county, Tenn, in book
l26, page A5, default having been made IN the
payment Of the debt therein secured, / will, al
tho request Of the beneficiary,
On the 18th day OfFebruary, 1881,
between the hours Of 10 and II O'Clock Am.
az the eouthwogt corner Of Main and Madison
streets, IN the Taxing District Of Shelby coun-
ty Qa'e city Of Memphisl, sell TO the highest
bidder, for cash, the following real estate, To-
wit:
Part Of original country lot No. 503. known
and designated upon the plan Of John john
son and j, j. Murphy's subdivision Of said
lot No. sos, as the north halfof lot No l3 Of
said johnson and Murphy's subdivision, and
bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake in
the south side Of Alabama street.. the north
west corner Of said johnson and Murpby's
four-acre lot, thence with south side Of Ala
bana street. eastwardly IS feet ; inches TO a
stake; thence southWardly at right angles with
Alabama street 81 feet 10 a stake; thence west
wardly, parallel with Alabama street 10 q
stake 10 the vest line Of said lot; thence north
wardly with the west line Of said lot, 81 feet
10 tho beginning.
This property has a good twe-story frame
house on It, has nice eyergreens in front yard,
and will make q good homo for a small fami y.
Homestead and equity Of redemption waived.
1he title has been examined, and / believe IL
10 be good, but / will convey only as trustee.
ll5 al HUNsD0N CARY, Trustee.
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DR.. johnson is acknowledged by all parties
interested as. by far the most successful
physician in the treatment of private or secret
diseases. Quick, thorough and permanent
cures guaranteed ia every case, male or female.
Recent case' Of Gonorrhea and Syphilis cured
IN n few days, without the use of Mercury.
Secondary Syphilis, the last %vestige, eradicsted
without the use of Mercury. Involuntary loss
Of semen stopped in a short time. Sufferers
nom impotency or loss of sexual powers re-
stored to full yigor in q few weeks. Victims
OF Spermatorrhea and loss of physical and
mental power, speedily and permanently
cured.
Particular attention paid to the diseases of
women, and cures guaranteed.
Throat and Lung diseases cured by new
remedies.
Piles and OH sores cured without tho usS Of
All consultations strictly confidential.
Medicines sent by express 10 all parts of the
country.
Office hours from Sam. to . pm. Sundays
&f ID. s. JOHNSON, M. ID.
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Reeds Git Edge Tonic assists digosuo
A Manly plea tor Female Teach.
Qre.

The Jacksonport Ark Herald, al
ways gallant aud honorable, comes. to
the aid of women teachers in the fol-
lowing vigorous paragraph
California has a statute which pro-
hibits any discrimination in the mat
ter Of salaries in the public schools,or
in other public employment, as be-
tween males and females. We ought
to have Just such a law in Arkansas,
for here and there, all over the state,
females are performing the duties Of
teachers in our public schools just as
efficiently as the males, and in a ma