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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-23
That Little Hatchet.

Come heah, George Washington,
you black ape" exclaimed Rev. Amin
idab Bledsoe, of the Austin Blue
Light Colored Tabernacle, to a Sun
d~ay-school scholar who had just re
moved a big wad Of something or other
from his mouth. Theboy's trembling
limbs carried him into the immediate
presence Of the irate shepherd.
eyer was chawin' terbacker in de
house of de Lawd."
81 owns right up, parson. | was
chawin' Sol Coleman's terbacker, it
was so temptin' and SO good, but /
won't do SO no noah"
George Washington, ChaWin' ter
hacker am bad enough, Lawd knows;
but when yer has got SO shameless yer
don't chen try ter lie out OBJ it, hit am
time ter take yer in hand, so you
won't grow up and disgrace the fodder
Of his country. Lean oher dat knee.
George" And for about ten minutes
people living several blocks off imag.
ined their neighbors were preparing
tough beefsteak for dinner with an ak.
The old preacher who had often en-
joyed No. 10 cigars and chewing
tobacco from Sol. Coleman's SHOULD
have excused that boy, knowing as hi
did what a temptation there was II
use it when in ones possession,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-23

some Gossip About the President
Washington Cor. N. Y. Herald
To-day Captain Henry, Marshal Of
the District and an old friend of the
President, talked with your CORE
spoudent about the patients habits of
life, and more particularly about his
dyspepsia. He was an old army friend
as we'll, and the two men have been
intimate for years. "The President, "
said Marshal Henry, "has always been
a delightful table companion. Tie
would eat and talk while the others
ate and listened. No sooner did he
come to TIE table than he began to be
entertaining. No one could interest
a table circle like he, and his one little
social vanity, if it may be so called,
was that he delighted to shine in con
~versation, and he always did. This
was a trait of his earlier days as we'll
as OF the latter times. | think it was
developed chiefly at college. In those
plain New England boarding houses
in collegiate towns they rarely gave
more time to a meal than twenty, or
at most twenty FIVE minutes, and as a
rule, they ate from first to last Of the
meal, and then got away from the
table as quickly as possible. Thus
while they ate, Garfield talked, bolt
ing his food between remarks, and as
a result we find him to-day a confirmed
dyspeptic."
did he ever talk to you about the
condition OF his stomach"
"Oh, yes; we have talked Of that Of
ten and often, and he has always read
lily admitted that his trouble grew out
OF his own ~carelessness. said TO him
once, Why do you talk so much while
you eat2 You do not masticate your
food properly He said he knit that,
but would almost as soOn have a bad
stomach as be quiet at meal times. He
told me then that he was frequently
required by the pressure Of business
to 20 direct from the table to his desk
and forced to apply himself at onoe TO
the work in hand, and that as he lean
ed over his papers his head has burn.
ed aud throbbed 80 that he had to lie
down 70: an hour or two and have his
temples bathed with cold water"
WANTS TO GO TO MENTOR.
"Have you seen the President since
he was wounded?"
mot to talk to him at any length. "
DO you know whether he talked
about bis dyspepsia"
mo, ! do not. But he talks about
home. He is so homeSick that | do
not know what he will do il presently
something isn't doneto bring him in as
ISOLATION with the old farm"
"Have you spoken to him about
that"
mo; but to day Mrs. Garfield, il a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-23
PETS.
Some New Points About the
Strike.

A reporter who visited the elevator
this forenoon found that two more
men had been added to the small
force that went back to work yester-
day evening. To one of several OF the
strikers who we're standing about, the
reporter said:
rs it true that the only reason you
quit work was that your foreman wa,
changed"
NO." was the reply; we would
have gone to work under him, but he
refused to say what he would give
us"
what did he say2"
only that he would give us whsi
was right"
why don't you go to work any
way, and when pay day comes demand
what you received before. As there
would be no understanding, any mag.
~istrate would grant you that"
"Inevcr thought of that" remarked
several, and began to show signs o
weakening. A few have already SO
cured work elsewhere, but the ma
jority are awaiting Developments. On
account of the unsatisfactory answer
of the new foreman, the men hav'
signed a petition to Mr.. Nicely, de
claring their intention not to RESUME
work until Piper is reinstated.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-23
JOHN WALSH, -UNDERTAKER,
34I Second Street. 1881,
MechanIcaI Industries.

Painters Union met in Irving
Block Sunday morning, some sixty
five or seventy members enrolled.
They elected a president and secretary
pro tenn, and 60 at once into active
business. Among other commendable
things done, was a collection for the
benefit of young Montague, who was
so seriously hurt by a fall from q
window. They meet again on Friday
next, when a permanent organization
will be effected. The objects Of the
Union arc self sustainmcnt and the
encouragement Of good and worthy
craftsmen. This is one of the evil
dences of the boom we may expect in
the mechanical industries of the city
which still liveth.
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DELUDNG THE DARKIEs.
How a Talented Negress Lives
without work.

That black superstition still hangs
like a pail over the minds Of many a
belatedsmortal is a fact already recog-
nizod, though the credulity of the ne
gro race permits Of it.taking a better
hold upon them. A case was brought
to the attention ofthe police this morn
ing which reveals a part, at least, of
the influence the witch, the wizard
and the voudou doctor Yields with
that class. At the instance Of an in
telligent looking black woman named
Mary Jane Ward, who lives at AL
Main street, a woman who gave her
name as Margaret Jones was arrested
for swindling her by means of
A voUDoU GAME,
or, as the woman called it, playing
hoodoo on her." The victims story
is that on Wednesday Margaret Jones
called at her house and told her for
tune and that of some other woman
with a pack of cards. She told them
they were foolish to work so hard and
Dragged that she had never worked a
lick in her life. The idea Of pay
ing for fuel, provisions and house rent
without work opened a long vista of
delightful days to the listening women
and they begged the woman
to show them how to reach
such a state of ineffable bliss.
She promised to return the following
Saturday, aud kept her appointment.
She first desired a piece Of new cloth
and then asked Mary Ward for some
black pepper and half a dollar in
silver. After sewing the pepper and
apparently the half dollar in the cloth,
she tied a string about it and as she
swung it to and fro, chanted in a hol-
low voice:
by st. Peter, by st. Paul,
By the Lord that made us all
Say Jack what is itP'
Then handing the bag to Mary, she
told her the charm was working and
to follow her directions and she would
find her faintest wish grati6ed-that
she could get money, Jewels, and all
the husbands she wanted. She must
wet the bag in whisky once a day, and
sleep with it under her pillow for
three nights, after which she must
put it away in her trunk, but must
never open it, or
BAD LUCK WOULD FOLLOW.
The woman left, promising to
come back to-day, and make
a like charm for anoth-
er woman. Her victim dropped
her work and with a heart full of faith
carried out her instructions to the
letter. The provisions began to give
out, however, and as the charm didn't
seem to be manufacturing more very
fast, faith began to wave. The bag
was examined, turned about, felt all
over and seemed to be intact. There
was the half dollar; it could be easily
felt; but Mary concluded at last it
would do her more good in her hand
than in the bag and opened it. What
was her surprise to find, instead of the
money, only a small tin bOxtop, which
the Goctress had deity substituted.
At this moment the female cheat put
in IN appearance with materials for
swindling the other woman, and was
promptly arrested by her indignant
victim.
The case will be heard tomorrow
morning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-23
He Had an Appointment.

"SayI" exclaimed a young man in
dilapidated Beau Brummel attire to
a reporter who happened to pass
through the stationhouse yard, Il
want to get.out of this"
Such an unusual desire startled the
reporter, who turned about aud asked
quickly, "Ahl Wherefore?'
"Why you see," was the answer.
Il can't stay here and carry on my
business at the same time. I've goI
an important business engagement al
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-23
FOR REMT
WI ARTHUR WHEATLEY,
w Real EAtate Agent a. Attorney
WALKER BLOCK. 81 MAIN STREE1.


WI ARTHUR WHEATLEY,
w . Real EAtate Agent a. Attorney,
WALKER BLOCK, 2sl MAIN STREET.
RESIDENCES, STORES, COTT0N-SHED.
Rooms over 356 and 35S Main, near Unioni
Small houses on Clay; also Causey;
.hOice furnished house, 44Nance;
Residences 1886 and 398 Linden, near Cynthia;
90 Monroe. ) rooms; 478 Orleans, same;
Heathman home on Broadway and Carolina;
Select'residence on kayburn avenue;
S6. also 2t6 fernando, ne r Elliott;
Lincoln home, near EstivalPark nice grounds;
k2 Vance, near Wellington, choice:
S4 Vance, near L~auderdale, nice yard;
Suburban house on Bass avenues;
TIC Orleans south Of Vance, choice;
St9 Madison, pretty yard, Charleston depot;
Cotton-shed on Madison, late A COINS;
Store and rooms 2l9 Union, eornerWelingt0n;
Store and rooms S6l Beal; store 43 Second st
NORTH OF MADISON ST:
Residences 81 and 50 Orleans, near Court;
Rooms at 40l Adams, pretty yard;
Store and rooms 1871 Second /, cor. Washington;
Residence if2 Robinson; l2S Duplap;
Rooms over l7S Main; also Maddox Block;
Irving Block store, Second street, 28;
S39 Jefferson ext'd, near depot;
Two aooTs over 9 Adams al;
l84 Front, stoie and roOms;
1876 Carroll avenue, nice place;
Store 242 Front; Isl Front;
IS Jefferson and I'd floors;
Room and Office AZ Madison;
1 6 Court ext'd, very nice;
Grubb's home, Thornton avenue;
Furnished elegant home on Adams;
Divers and sundry, coming and going. Isl 1
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-23

bought it himself and invited all the
rest. That is one of the ways, though
there are variations. Some use a
silver fruitknile, and cut the melon
on a marble slab or table; Others, who
are in a hurry, and haven't time to get
far from a neighbor's patch, break it
over a stump or a log. The sweetest
watermelons 10 the world are said to
be those opened in this manner.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-23

Insurance on gin bOuses and all other
classes of property can be effected
at the insurance agency CT Mr.. G. D.
Raine, the Secretary of the Planters
Ins. Co., Of this city, and at the lowest
rates possible to secure reliable in
demnity. Office with the Planters
ms. Co., Al Madison street. 142t
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FRESH OYSTERS
Received daily per Express,
A. RAGGIO, IA JEFFERSON ST.
Ladies' ParIOrs Upstairs. 1907
NighI school.

Besides my day school, l shall open
a night school this season. Boys
wishing to attend will call at my resi-
dence, 181 Wellington street.
152 LEON G. TYLER.
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Buy Hose of browne. 40 Madison
TO NV PATRONS.

Please take notice, that after
this day my saloon will close al
|I2 midnight, but the restaurant
will be open day and night,
LAT henry LUEHRMANN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-23

Please take notice, that after
this day my saloon Will close At
IL midnight, but the restaurant
will be open day and night.
lat HENRY LUEHREIANN.
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TO MY PATRONS.

Please take notice, that after
this day my saloon will close at
I2 midnight, but the restaurant
will be open day and night.
144t HENRY LUEHRMANN.
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TO MY PATRONS.

Please take notice, shat after
this day my saloon Will close at
IL midnight, but the restaurant
will be open day and night.
l44t HENRY ~LUEHRMANN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-23

long conversation, said that he wqrs
hungry for MeatOr and that he hates
the White House. She SAYS that as
soon as he is able to make the land
Journey he shall be taken to Mentor
and remain there until he can walk
around and be altogether well"
1T has been said that he should 90
to the Soldiers Home when he could
be moved (if he ave- got well enough
to novel,"
No: be wants either to take a short
sea trip or to 60 to Mentor. Hethinks
or, rather, before this last relapse he
thought-that he could be carried to
the river, where lie could be taken ON
board the Tallapoosa or Dispatch. BIZ
going in IA large hammock carried by
twenty men or so walking in regular
step. In fact the General OF the
Army had some men drilling to so
transport him. The General said he
could be carried without knowing he
was moving, provided his eye were,
kept closed, for any distance which
one squad of men could walk. lie.
begged Mrs. Garfield to take him 10,
the Soldiers Home, but she said that
when he lett the sick chamber to tai @
a journey it would bo to Mentor. If it
were not for a short sea VOYAGE
Since his'last relapse has be had
any letters of his mother or sister read
to him?"
None. He asked Mrs. Garfield to-
day how his mother was and if she
had written to him regularly. he was
told that she had, and they asked him
if they should read him what she had
written"
Read me the last letter, please
he whispered in reply. When they
had done so he was asked if thew
should read any more, and he indi-
Gated not then. But he has heard all
Of those that were received from bis
mother"
REDUCED IN FLESH.
when you saw him the other dav
what impression did you get of the
change in his a~ppearanee?"
well his face does not show it so.
much as you might imagine. rGrs,.
Garfield, talking about him, said that
he was much wasted away in the body,
but that he had been down two or
three weeks before showing any signs
Of losing flesh. Then Le lost aesI,
very fast"
"And has he lost as much as s;vtv
pOunds?" 'iAS
u dare say that he has lost seventy
ive-perhaps more"
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R%EDUCTTONI

All Fancy Goods regardless of
cost, 10 make room for new
stock.
GERBER & METTE'S,
1l4t 267 aIain Street.
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Death Of a ITIIilary Er,,n,

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, August %
Colonel j. 6. Benton, commanding
the Springfield Armory, died this
morning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-23
OLIVER, FIENIE & Co.

SILVER MOON FLOUR
New Process, in use only a short
time, q great improvement on the
old process. Our sales are now
very large. Won't you try ltf
Silver Noon YEAST POWDERS
Manufactured in our own store
and absolutely pure,
BUTTER T.,
Best Creamery Butter received
daily by express.
COTTON NEED OIL
By the barrel or gallon.
LARD
Fairbanks bucket lard; always
the best.
WE ROAST
The very finest grades Mocha,
Java, Maracaibo and Rio Coffee
fresh every day.
CHOCOLATE
Cocoa, Cocoa Shells. Epp's Cocoa,
Oatmeal, CrackedWheat, Graham
Flour, Grits, etc.
OLIVER, FINNIE & co.
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Special Inducements to Cash and
Short Time Buyers.
MENKEN BROTHERS,

Our Wholesale Boot and Shoe Department will be found
worthy of inspection. We carry an immense stock of
desirable goods, to which Mr.. G.. E. TATE, a member of
the firm, gives special supervision.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-23

The best and coolest Beer and
best of Liquors and Cigars, al
FRITZ d. GEORGES. 1897
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-23

TOwner q Dixon, wholesale
agents for Rubber Goods, No. l2
West Court street. . l6l
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PERSONAL.

Buy your shirts at Mays. 1851
Judge i. B. Horrigan returned
from Bailey Springs this forenoon.
Drs. A. L. Kimbro and i. W. Cab.
bert, Office 1874 Main. DR.. Gabbert car
be found at the Office day and night
1854
Attention is called to the fine list o
property offered for. sale by Mr.
Arthur Wheatley, real estate ant
rental agent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-23

The New York Herald saws: "If
Mr.; Arthur should becouie President
we believe he will make no changes in
tho Administration; will make no re.
movals from Office at large exoept for
cause; will attempt no change in the
policy or in the personnel ofthe pres.
ent Administered for to do or to at
tempt to do any of these things would
be to invite ruin upon his own head,
We believe he will quietly take mn
the reins as they falls from General
Garteld's hands. No doubt the pres
ent Cabinet, and probably some Of the
other important officers of the govern
ment, will offer him their designations.
This would be a proper course for
them to pursue. But we are enuallv
certain that Mr.. Arthur will AT once
ask them to continue in office. and il
will be their highest duty to do so"
It is worth while to rcmember. in,
this connection, that the Herald was
the best friend oftheStalwart in New,
York during their conflict with the,
Administration.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-23

Buy Sewer Connection Of Browne.
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Homemade Butter, Schmier
and Hand Kase, al FRITZ d
GEORGE, No. 10 COurtsireet.
I9Qt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-23

Buy Pitoher Pumps Of Browne.

TOWner d. Dixon, wholesale
agents for Rubber Goods, No. ~
West Court street. Isl
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ten o'clock, and always keep my sp-
pointmeuts religieusly." 4
He didn't keep this one.
IT'D NV PATRONS.

Buy Gas Fixtures Of Browne.
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Some Gosaip ALOUD One PresLdenl

Buy We'll Pipe Of Browne, 40 Madison
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BEEF
Received daily per Express.
n. SEESSEL, SIR, d. SON,
Cor. Jefferson and Second.
li6t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-23

A DESIRABLE Residence, furnished, 4l
AVanee, cor. Orleans st. Apply on premises.
l50 l55
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pz-RoofpF, Guttering, and Job Work. Tin
or Copper, done to order on short notice
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WANTED.

1.-TWO coed white girls with references, T.
l. do the work Of a small family of grown
people. Apply OF
Isl 1853 24 MAIN ST.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-05-26
A Book Agent Yanquished.

Yesterday evening Prof. Stewart wen
into the Delmonico Restaurant anC
asked Andy, the irrepressible heat
steward, to bring him some stuffed
mutton and parsnips. No sooner hao
the Professor seated himself at one O.
the small tables, than q book agent
came in and took the other side of the
| board. The two men were strangers
but, as matter of course, the book
peddler couldn't keep still, and present
ly made some conversational advance
| to Stewart:
:" Are not these meteorological dis
| turbances somewhat peculiar for these
latitudes?''
The Professor paused moment as he
was MASKING a potato and replied:
"Guess it's about the same thine
every year"
''ln seasons of atmospheric depres-
sion alternating with unexpected boreal
excitement and rapid changes resultant
on sudden accumulations of moisture,
such dispositions of the storm belt are
not, IN my opinion, entirely uncalled
for"
Exactly" remarked the Professor.
lifting fly out of his coffee.
But" continued the agent. de-
lighted at the style in which he was
crowding the profession, 81 doubt not
but that certain energetic polarizations
OF the molecules in the mineral deposits
nave an attraction for the electrically
charged Clouds"
AT this point the Professor, who had
been knocked around the ring, crowded
TO the ropes, so to speak, became fairly
reused to his position.
"Ah, exactly, my friend; in the ledge
are vast deposits of minerals. Found
In volcanic matrices and disinteerated
by the upheaval of plutonic and semi
fused masses of silicious alumnia, min
gled with homogeneous debris of Dor
phyry, the molecules of kaolined fell
dltes with slight potash base, the de-
composition of feldspar is most affected
along the line of the horizontal cleav
age and necessarily the liberated oxide
OF manganese. combined with the per-
collation. OF the alkalies which permeate
the entire mass, causing a pronounced
state of polarization, which cannot fail
to account for the peculiar attraction in
the vicinity. | might further explain
the intricate chemical properties of the
belt oy illustrating the
by this time, however, the book
agent, who during the round had been
verbally pasted in the jaw, smashed in
the nose and biffed in the eve, rose
from his seat, paid full price for his
half-eaten meal, and shot out of the
place. Andy said he examined the
Professor, found his pulse regular, no
signs OF perspiration, and his mind in
tact.-Neoada (Virginta) Chronicle.
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Setting Out Currants and G0oseberrieS

Both the currant and gooseberrv do
better to grow from cuttings than from
the roots. The wood of last wears
growth must be taken, cut it into pieces
from eight to ten inches in length, and
insert about half the length in the usual
prepared garden soil, press the ground
firmly with the foot, mulch, and there
will be no danger of not growing. Set
them where they are desired to remain
permanently. If a small tree and not a
brushii preferred, cut out all the ewes
entering the ground. If bush let the
eyes remain. We prefer the bush for
two reasons, the first is more fruit is
obtained; the second, it is longer lived
In fact the bush will live half century.
only requiring thinning out of the wood
once In a while. As to the variety of
currants, we prefer decidedly the old
Dutch Red. 1t is not quite so LARGE as
some others, but it bears as abundantlv
and is less acid and of better quality.
VI gooseberries we prefer the Downin9.
1t is of good quality, an excellent bear
er, and has never widowed upon orr
premises. Ge,7nasstoao,s Teleqrdph.