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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-22
Health is Wealth !

DR.. r. G. wEsr's NERVE AND BRAIN TREAT-
MENT; a specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Con-
vu~lsiOns, Nervous Headache, Mental bepres-
sion, Loss Of Memery, Spermatorrhoea, Impn-
teney, Involuntary Emissions, Premature Old
Age, caused by over-exertion, self abuse, or
over-indqlgence, which leads to misery, decay
Each box contains one months treatment.
One dollar a box, or six bexes for I've dollar A;
sent by mail prepaid on receipt Of price. We
guarantee six boxes to cure any case. With
each order received by US for six box 8. accom-
panied with Eve dollars, we will send the pur-
chaser our written guarantee 10 return the
money If the treatment does not effect = cure,
Guarantees issued only by A. RENKERT 4
CO., Wholesale and Retail Druggists, 2l5 Main
street. Memphis, Tenn. Orders by mail will
receive prompt attention. hxxxiiii5'd&w
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-22
sherif's Sale Of Real Estate.

DUBLIC notice is hereby given, that by vir-
l tue of an execution, to me directed from
the Hon. Circuit Court of Shelby county,
james B Townsend and A M Smith, S'ty,
judgment rendered on the 22d day of february,
1872, for the sum of four hundred and seventy
two dollars and - cents, with interest and
costs of suit, to satisfy said judgment, etc., 1
will. on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-22
A Western University President
ON Constitutional History,

Wilmington DELI Every Evening, 1871
We see it stated that President
Moss, of the Indiana University, re-
Gently declared that the United
States is a this, not a these" We
have long suspected that some Of these
western college presidents knew about
this much of history and constitu.
tional law. The custom of referring
to these" United States was, we be-
lieve, absolutely an uubroken one
among all writer's of every shade and
variety of opinion, from the establish
ment of the union down to the close
of the civil war. Certainly none Of
the men who framed the government
or their successors in public lite tor
three-quarters of a century ever
thought of speaking of the United
States otherwise than in the plural.
But the constitution itself, though
rarely abiding to the United States
as a whole-it being an instrument de-
fning chiefly the powers of the vari'
GUS officers and departments of the
government-nevertheless does il
section l, article 2, declare that the
president shall not receive during his
term of Office any other emolument
than his salary ''from the UniteC
States or any of them" Again, anC
this is stronger still, section 3 Of arti
Gle 3 declares that treason agains
the United States shall consist only il
bringing wal against them, or in ad
herring to their enemies" etc.
X X 4
When the youth of such a peOpl,
receive instruction in history and poll
! tics in universities" over which sucl
men as this Moss preside it is littl
wonder that the procession ofthe bin,
leading the blind into the pit, as tn
new version has it, should rush to
ward Capitalization with the swiftnes
of steam power and with cheers ant
music and waving banner, The hop
OF the permanency Of free institution
on this continent depends on the re
suit of a wrestle between the tenden
cies represented by the society for pc
litical education and western cOlleg,
presidents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-22

DIR. Green's Oxygenated Bitters
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.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-22
LAKEWOOD, N. Y.

To THOSE WHO SEEK REST WITHOUT
/ ~stagnatiOn, pleasure without excitement,
the delights of rural life without its inconye-
~niences, and the added charm of dwelling be-
side a large body Of water, Lakewood recon-
mends itself strongly to favor. A more beau
tiful spot would be hard to find. Vithit5
picturesque cottages surrounded by trees; its
velvet lawns sloping down to the Lakes the
church with It's spire; the great hotels with
their cool and shady verandabs; and the Lake
in the foreground, it presents a perfect picture
Of rural lOYeliness.
LAKEWOOD, originally called Lake
View" from the extensive view Of the Lake.
| and its surroundings to be had from this
vicinity, is directly on the line of the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-22
Trustees Sale.


DY virtue of n deed Of trust made to me,
ID Amos Woodruff, trustee, by Tim MoMa-
han and Anne MoMahan, April Is, 1877, and
recorded in deed book No. III, page 1856, in
the Registers Office of Shelby county, which
said deed was ID AIDE TO secure a certain indebt-
edness therein set forth, and default having
been made In the conditions thereof, l will,
as trustee, at the request of the beneficiary ia
said deed, on
Wednesday, Iuly 20, 1881,
at II o'clock am. of said day, at tho south
west corner of Main and Madison streets, in
Memphis, the Taxing Dist let Of Shelby coun-
w. Tennessee, sell at public auction TO the
highest bidder for cash, that certain lot of
land in said Taxing District known and de-
So ibod as lot No. 3 of Harbin's sub division
of lots 2 and 3 Of AnderfOn's subdivision Of
country lot 50S. BOUNDED as follows: Begin
ming at a point on the south or east side OF
JOHNSON avenue 62I9 feet, more or les, north
east from the intersection of said avenue with
Alabama street; thence ENTHUSIASTICALLY with
said avenue 81 4l-l0I feet; thence south 39%o
east 81 feet, more or less, TO tue southeast cor
ner Of said lot No. 3; thence southwest q feet
10 the southwest corner Of said lot; thence
ENTHUSIASTICALLY S9% feet to beginning on
johnson avenue, being the same lot decreed
to said Tim MoMahan by decree of Chancery
Court Of said county, recorded in book "a,
page 1856 of the Registers office. A franc
house and other improvements thereon. All
right Of redemption waived. Title believed
to be coed. but j sell and convey as trustee,
only. AMOS WOODRUFF, Trustee.
} W Hampton, Attorney. e5 12l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-22
New York, Penn. & Ohio Railroad,
formerly A. & g. W. R. R.),

On the southern border Of Lake Chautauqua,
and e not reached by any other railway.
The through New York. Niagara Falls 4
Saratoga Express Trains pass directly through
this beautiful and popular resort, and all
trains stop regularly at Lakewood Depot, TO
deliver and take on passengers. Conductors
are instructed 10 give stOp-Over checks on all
through tickets, whether reading good for
ton over, or not. This should be understood
as giving passengers the right TO reach Lake.
wood in through, cars, and when they are
right into one of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-22
CAPITAL PRIZE. $4,000;

1867 Prizes. amounting 10 ...-....... $1,000
RespOnsible corresponding agents wanted
A an points, 10 whom liberal cOmpensation
will DO paid.
For further information, write clearly, Civ
inR fall address. Send orders ~ express or
kedstsfsd Letter, or Money order ~ mall
addfessed only 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-22

For tbs kidneys, liver and urinary
Kidney and Liver Cure" II stands I'M
rivalled. Thousands owe their health and
happiness 10 il. nB-W0 offer Warmers Safe
Tonic Bittors" with equal confidence.
H. Il. WARNER & CO., Rochester, n. y,
4Sxxxiiii4S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-22
Lottery.
State Lottery Company

incorporated in 1858 for q years By the Leg
stature for Educational and Charitable .pur-
poses-With a capital ofSl, O0O, 0O0-to which a
reserve fund Of over 5000 200 has since been
added.
iy an overwhelming popular vote is fran
chise was made a part Of the present state
Constitution adopted Decent er "a, A.p lols
Ats Srnnd Single Number raw
iDgs will take place monthly. II never
Gales Or ~postpones. Look at the following
distribution:
CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.
100, 900 Tickets, nj Two Dollars Eneh
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-22

Reeds Gil Edge Tonic cures dy spsps
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-22

Mothers. wives, daughters, sons,
fathers. ministers, teachers, business
men, farmers, mechanics, ALL should
DO warned against using and Introducing into
their homes Nostrum and Alcoholic Rome
fear of, "Warner'a Safe Tonic Bitters."
They are what they are claimed to be-harm-
less as milk, and contain only medicinal vir-
tues. Extract Of Choice Vegetables only.
They do not belong TO that class known as
"Cure-Alls," but only profess TO reach cases
whore the disease originates In debilitated
frames AZ d impure blood. A perfect spring
and summer medicine. A thorough
blood purifier. A tonic appetizer.
Pleasant TO the taste, invigorating to the body.
them for their curative properties. Once
used, always preferred. Trial size 900: Full
sirn narpest in mnrketl 81. NHIErY them.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-06-05

Perhaps no other slang phrase ever b ecame
so popular az "What, ,never?"-at all events
among those who speak English. "Who
struck Billy Patterson" "DO you bruise
your oats?" "Don't give it away" and others
attained considerable notoriety, but the "Pin-
afore' "gag' discounted them al! put to-
gether Perhaps the funniest rendering of it
was that attributed to friend Of John Stet-
son the manager, upon whom every new
joke of theatrical character is Immediately
saddled. Somebody asked him whether
Stetson ever spelled an English word correct
ly in his life. The usual "What, never?"
followed, and this sincere friend wound up
by saying, "No, by G., not even hardly
ever" 1t was the same gentleman who was
in Stetson's company one Sunday morning
when they waited three hours for Me-
troplitan Elevated Railroad train, not know
ing that no trains ran on that line on Sum
day. Noticing the initials IN. E. X. " OH
the station. the friend asked Stetson what
they meant" Methodist Episcopal Railroad
promptly replied Join. 1t was Stetson
first approached Sara Bernhardt with view
to bringing her to America. He armed him
self with blank cheque and an interpreter
ana sent up MS uaile. Ills "'elPlo'eA s"so
him the message in reply: "Madamoiselle
cannot be disturbed. She is in her room with,
ciatica." "Just my luck" said Stetson
testify. ''Some Italian loafer always gets
ahead of me.-The Traveller.
At a camp meeting lately venerable sister
began the hymn "My soul be on thy guard;
ten thousand foes arise" She began too
high. 'sTen Thousand" she again acreeded
and stopped. 'Better start her at five thou
sand. sister," quietly remarked an uncon-
'verted broker present.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-06-05
His MOdesty.

The other night a policeman observed a
man hanging around the entrance to Michi-
gan avenue hall in queer sort of a way, and
asked him if he belonged to the order then in
session up stairs. The man replied that he
did, and the officer inquired: .r~- ..
''Then why don't you 60 up?"
swell, was thinking of it,"
"Haven't been expelled, have you7"
''Oh, no."
''Aren't afraid of anybody"
"No.'
"And you haven't lost your INTEREST,""
II might as we'll tell YOU" said the man, /,
after beating around while longer. 81
went down to Toledo few days ago, and
somehow the story came back here that was
drowned. My lodg thereupon passed reso-
luton to the effect that was honest, upright
and liberal, and q shining ornament, and
what was its loss was my gain. l wasn't
drowned, as you see, but kind o. hate to
walk 10 on 'ern and bust those resolutions.
I've tried it three times, and can't ge: high
er than the fifth stair before 1 weaken."-
Detroit Free Press. at't5
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-06-05
A WOMAN'S WHIM.
fAtlantic Monthly.

The Empre Josphine had 100000 francs
for her personal expenses; but this sum was
net sufficient, and her debts increased to an
appalling degree. Notwithstanding the
riches of her husband, she could never sub
init to either order or etiquette in her private
life. She rose at 9 o'clock. Her toilet con-
sumed much time: and she lavished un-
wearied efforts on the preservation and
establishment of her person. She changed
her linen three times IL day, and never wore
any stockings that were not new. Huge
baskets were brought to her containing
different dresses, shawls and hats. From
these she selected her costume for the day.
She possessed between three and four hun
dred shawls, and always wore one in the
morning, which she draped about her
shoulders with unequaled grace. She pur
chasing all that were brought to her, no
matter at what price. The evening toilet was
as careful as that of the moning; then she
appeared with flowers, pearls or precious
stones in her hair. The smallest assembly
was always an occasion for her 10 order
new costume, in spite of the boards dresses
in the various places. Bonaparte was irrita-
ted by these expenditures he would fly in.
to passion, and his wife would
weep and promise to be moro prudent !;
but she would 60 on in the same
way. 1t is almost incredi BILE that this
passion for dress should never have ex-
hausted itself. After the divorce she arrayed
herself with the same care, even when she
saw no one. She died covered with ribbons
and pale ose e-colored satin.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-06-05

TSan Francisco Exchanged


The Rev. Mr.. Hemphill has received call
to Chicago, and it is not yet known whether
be will accept or decline the proposition.
The Chicago Presbyterians offer the rever-
end gentleman a salary of 81, 900 year. Who
will say that following the Meek and Lowly
is not profitable business? If editors were
wise they would give up newspaper writing
and take to preaching the Gospel. From the
best sources of Information, we are able to
state that the very best newspaper talent in
this city commands no higoer salary than two
thirds of what Mr.. Hemphill has been offered
in Chicago. We believe the highest editorial
salary is paid by the Examiner, to wit: $50
per week, or say S27O a month. (We feel it
necessary to make this statement, for, perhaps,
no one from a careful reading of the Examin-
er would suspect that any such salary was
necessary to obtain such work.) The usual
salary paid to leading editors is from $40 to $50
a week-that is to say, from 1000 to 8, 500
year. Such q salary commands fair routine
work from that class Of newspaper men who,
by reason of circumstances, can never hope to
reach proprietorship. At the East, of course,
on the leading newspapers, very much larger
salaries are paid. Editors there are usually
owners of their papers, or else they own large
interests in them. The editor of newspaper
at the East, especially when he is an owner in
his paper. is the sole manager and head of the
paper, and not only controls the editorial col
umns but he contributes largely to them from
his own pen. Such editors receive from $1,000
to $1O,oO yeaa, and they need not pine for
the ease and profit of the pulpit. Whitelew
Ried, Henry Watterson, Tom Connery, ofthe
Herald. w. H. Hurlbut, John Mccullough,
of st. Louis, and w. II. Nordhoff belong to
the class we mean. In San Francisco, how
ever, the case is different. The editorial pro-
fession, as organized here, is the most thank
less and poorest paid in the state; and if the
Exchanges editors were not happy exceptions
to the rule, we would pay a matriculation fee
in some theological seminary, and pack the
primaries for Hemphill's place tomorrow.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-06-05
A Model Unmasiked.

Washington Letter.
There is a hul-fedged 'life class in this
1 city where studies are made from living
models. The Corcoran gallery of art has
done much to develop artistic taste in Wash
ington. The dozens of students who daily
avail themselves of the privileges ofits halls
can study from the works of the best painters
of the old and new world The life class has
nothing to do with the gallery. 1t is COM
posed of ladies and gentlemen, who having
reached some proficiency in sketchlng ana
painting, wish to study the perfect human
anatomy. All members of the class have the
privilege of attending its regular session, and
whether the model is male or female de-
pends only upon the subject previously as
signed for study. An old gentleman here
secures most of the model for the class. 1t
is seldom that he is compelled to advertise.
as there are quite number of we'll formed
l,yonleN of his acquaintance ~bo are WILLY
to dedicate themselves to art. The model is
provided with mask for the upper part of
the face, and no one but the producer kn ows
her name. Many of the models are said TO
be persons of shady character, but in one in
stance.at least the reverse was true. Several
weeks ago, as singularly beautiful model
was standing as Psyche, she suddenly closed
her eyes and fell forward in a faint. Other
models had fallen faintng before, aud this
would have attracted little
comment had not the mask dropped from
the fair creatures face. The CONSERVATION OF
some of the students can be imagined when
they recognized in her features those Of
widow of an ex-general in the union army,
who is possessed of wealth, as we'll as figure
of which she is vain. A lady in the class
quickly threw handkerchief over her face,
and the fainting model was carried from the
hall. The lady was i'll for several days. and
to Laurel, suburb of Washington.
where she remained till the last few days.
She now emerges from the solitude of tn
country to he married second time.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-06-05

Two lovers by moss-grown spring:
They leaned soft cheeks togeat her there, 80
Mingled the dark and sunny hair
And heard the wooiug thrushes sing. eigJ
budding time!
loves blest prime.
Two welded from the portal slept:
The bells made happy carroiDgs, '...
The air soft as tanning wings;
White petals on the path hwav slept.
Opure-eyed bride, ...t
tender pride!
Two faces Ger a cradle bent:
Two hands above the head were locked:
These pressed each ether while they rocked, =
Those watched life that love had sent
. solemn nour! ..
o hidden power! .r,..
Two parents by the evening fire: .-. trr ..l
The red light fell about their knees
On heads that rose by slow degrees .. -...
Like buds upon the lily spire. -- .....
. patient life!
o tender strife!
The two still sat togeather there,
The red light shone about their knees;
But all the heads by slow degrees
Had gone aud left that lonely pair. ..
o voyage fast!
. vanished past!
The red light shone upon the floor
And made the space between them wide
They drew their chairs up side by side,
Their pale cheeks Joined. and said''once more!'
O memories! ...'..
O past that is!
... George Eliot.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-06-05
H4HfA sham.

The San Francisco Argonaut gives Rev
Henry Ward Beecher the following send-of
which we believe but reaches the sentimen
of every live western man:
| "lf any one should ask us what single worG
expresses that which we most despise, we
should answer "SHAM." if, then, any one
should ask us what single individual is the
highest embodiment of that word, we should
answer, "Henry Ward Beecher''-a dema-
gogue in politics, a fraud in social life a
charlatan, vain, literature, hypocrite in re-
ligion, vain, mereenary, superficial in learn
ing toadying to the rich, fawning to power,
sycophantic, artificial and disngenuous. The
man who will himself accept salary of
twenty thousand dollars a year, and express
the opinion that the workingman with de-
pendent family should be content with one
dollar per day, does not at all embody our
idea of Chrsti'h teacher. The man who,
when chargedIwith of adultery, demands
an open trial, an smiles through it, can never
become to us the model and exemplar of a
pious life. The man who declares that
American laws and American policy are
sham because they do no welcome Asiatics to
our country and place them upon an equal
footing with our own race, has, in our judg-
ment neither sense nor feeling, neither head
nor heart. The Christian clergyman who
travels the country under the management
of a dog-show impressario, to lecture for
dollar head, is not the man whom, in our
opinion, Christ commissioned to spread the
gospel. The Protestant divine who thinks
the Roman Catholic Church more orthodox
than his own, had, in our judgement, better
go over to Rome at once. We have read Mr.. |
Beecher's novels, when he wrote for the New
York Ledger. We have read his 'thought," |
and his "Prayers,' and his ''Sermons." If
any one can point out to us one original
thought, or one great idea that he has not |
pagiarized, we will undertake to eat the book
or the newspaper that contains it. If any one
can convince us that the world, or any part !
of it, or anybody in it, is the better for the
teaching and example of Henry Ward
Beecher for his sensational preaching and
life, we shall be sorry for it, be-
cause it will make us think better for him,
and we shall be compelled to look about us
for another preacher as the embodiment of
our idea Sham.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-06-05
Mistakes Ofthe COmpOsitOr

Some one has taken the pains to collect for
the Chicago III mes some of the more famous
typographical blunders of recent days-of
the proof readers on the Herald who under
stood the last line Of the hymn, "Hark, the
Herald angels sing!" so as TO give the credit
to his own paper Of the Worlds report Of a
political meeting-"the snouts tfor shouts) of
10000 Democrats rent the air." of Gath's
Fourth of July Grafton about tho effect of the
immortal declaration penned by Thomas
Jefferson, at which s'Thomas reeled," he was
made to say, instead of ''thrones reeled;"
local reporter represented Talmage as read
ing the well-known hymn thus: "Nearer by
God to thee!" Instead of the fiat of the AL
mighty. New York paper spoke of the ''fist
of the Almighty" Another paper declared
that the Meeker massacre was caused, not as
the dispatch said, "by the farmers pulling
down the Indians tents and corrals," but
the Indians beets and carrots" Out West
he obituary of right reverued ''prelate'
was described as "the death of a pirate;" in
a sermon a clergyman was announced as
preaching about ga woman clothed in
scanity; and the subject. Influence of
Rome on the formation of Christianity" got
into print as the "Influence of Rum upon
the digestion of humanity" The compiler
should have added to his collection the story
of the new Connecticut editor who wrote
what he supposed 10 be an unusually fine
article entitled, SIS there no balm in
Gilead?" and awoke next morning to see it
read, 'Is there no barn in Guilford?"