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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23
WEDNESDAY, tha aOLh DAY Of Maroh, IssI,

in legal hours, in front ofthe courthouse, in
the Taxing District of Shelby county, Tenn,
proceed to sell, to the hiehestbidder, for cash,
the following described property, to-wit:
A certain lot or parcel of land, situated. ly-
ing and being In the couRty of Shelby, State
Of Tennessee, in what is known as tho Taxing
District Of shelby county (foru erly called the
city Of Mcmphisi, and more nariicula-iy de-
scribed as follows: Being lot No. four "a, be-
ginning Mt q point one hundred and fifty $50
feet west of wellington street on the south
side Of Var ce street; thence with the line Of
Vance street westwardly & 'ty go feet: thence
southwardly, on q liz parallel it'll Yelling
ton street., two hundred aud forty. seven EN-
feet; thence 0 stwatdlv TO the southwest cars
ner Of lot No. three (); thence northwardly
p%frnllei wi b y ollipgt n street two hundred
and flrtv-tlree (2i3) !eet to the begini ing,
Levied on as the property of defendant,
julia q s,illman, Christian spiegel and wife,
Sarah Spiesel, to satisfy said Judgment, In.
terest and costs,
P, r. ATliY,
Sheriff Of Shelby county, Tenn,
Memphis. 9th day of March. 1881. 81624
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23

within legal hours. the following described
property, situated in the city Of Memphis,
Shelby county, Tenn, to-wit:
Situated in the Taxing District Of Shelby
county, Tenn, on the northeast corner of
Union and Wellington streets, fronting so
feet on north sine Of Union street and $50 feet
on east side Of Wellington street,
Terms Of sale-0n a credit ofteven months,
purchaser executing nete with good security;
lien retained, redemption barred.
This March 10th, 1881.
r. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
j. Malone, John W Currin, J W Hampton,
Solicitors. GIL II % 2s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23
GAR n

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay. loss of manhood, ETC.. | will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
By a missionary in South America. Send a
self-ad dressed envelope to the Rev. Joseph 7.
Inmah, station d, New York City.
lis xxxi LA eodkw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23
The Peoples Worldwide YER
dict.

Burnett's Cocaine has been sold 10
every civilized country, and the public
have rendered the verdict that it is
the cheapest and best hair dressing in
the world.
Burnett's Flayoring Extracts arc
invariably acknowledged the pnrest
and the best.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23
"wednesday Evenlng, March. 90, 1854,
To THE R honor be il recorded that
SPEAKER 81. B. RAMSEY
and Representative
RORERT MrK EMMA

Of Shelby, voted yesterday against
the Infamous bill to settle the state
debt at dollar for dollar. This exer-
else Of sound judgment and high NOR.
al courage in the face of the most for
midable and determined lobby ever
seen 10 Tennessee will be remembered
in their favor in the yearst to come.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate

No. 1878, R-Chancery Court sfshelby county
-HeorEe CAN'T ct al VS.. Abner Hopton OF al.
DY virtue OF an introductory decree for sale,
ID entered in the above cA.ise on May %,
1880, and renewed March, !, 1881, / will
sell at public auction, to the highest bidder,
in front of the clerk and masters office,
courthouse of Shelby county. Memphis, Tenn,
IN
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23

Cold is ansagonistic to heath. ia.
duciDg coughs and other %dangerou,
bronchial diseases, which quickly
yield to the soothing vet positive in.
fuence Of DR.. Bulls cough syrup
Price % cents a bottle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23
Sherif,s Sale Of Real Estate.

DUBLIC notice is hereby given, that by
L virtue of an execution, o me directed
from the Hon. Supreme Court Of Tennessee,
in the case Of C A and c Stillman VS. Julia u
Stillman ct nj, judgment rendered the 18th
day of May, 1874, for the sum of two hundred
ard eighty dollars and seventy-two cents.
with interest and costs of suit, to satisfy said
Judgment, etc, will. on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23
LOTTERY.
State Lottery COnDaHV

This institution was regularly incorporated
by the Legislature Of the State for Educational
and Charitable purposes in 1868, for tbs
term oTtwenty.1S0 years, to which cor
tract the. i~nViSlAble faith Of the Stl4s :,
pledged, MAieh pledge has been rencRS 4,
an 0yef gbelming popular vote, seeAgiy n,
aR3hi8e IN the now constitution. ~ ,o8tnc
peeember 2, A, ID. 1875, with a % tai y,
100000, to which it has since adj ed q W.
serve fluid Of over S36elgeo ssrnnd
place monthly On the second r,sesdav. n
never scales 81 Postpones. AoJk At tho follow.
ng distribations
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23
M. A. DAUFHLN,
New Orleana. I,n

OF d. A. Dauphin, at
No. 3l9 Broadway, New York.
OF ID. l.. Gillespie,
No.O W est Court street. Memphis, Tom.
All our brand Extraor binary Drawings arc
under the superyigioz and management Of
uens. 1. Beausesard and Jubal A. Early.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23
YOUNG MEN

Who may be suffering from The effects AZ
youthful f%ollies or indiscrOtiol, Will do well 4,
avail themselves Of this, the g~roatesC boon
ever laid at the altar OF suffering hnmanitv'
DR.. Spinney will. guarantee to forfeit $500 for
every case of seminal weakness or private dis-.
ease OF any kind or character which he under
takes and fails to cure. He would. theTefors
say to the unfortunate sufferer who may read
this notice, that you are tTeading upon dan
gerous ground when you longer delay in seek
ing the proper remedy for your Complaint
You may be in the FIRST stage; remember YOU
are approaching the last. If you are border.
ing upon the last, and are suffering some or
az Of is effects, remember that If you obstin-
ately persist in procrastinatiOn, the time must
come when the most skilliul physician can
render you no assistance; when the door of
hope, has been closed against you; when no
angel OF mercy can bring you relief. In no.
let not despair work itself upon your imaQin
alton, bntAyail yourself Of the beneficial re-
su Is Of his treatment before your case ia be-
yond the reach ofmedical skill, or before grim,
death hurries You To n premature grnvA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23
Saturday, tAs gath day Of March, 1881

between tho hours Of II am. and / pm on
the corner Of Main and Madison streets, in the
city Of Memphis, now called the Taxing Dis
tyict, sell at public auction 10 the highest bid
der for cash, the following described properly,
viz:
A certain piece or parcel Of land containing
about three acres, lying in Shelby county,
Tenn. near the city Of Memphis, fronting on
fernando road and bounded as follows: Be
ginning az a stake in the center0 Of said road on
S II Ayres' western line and at the southeast
corner of lot number one Of ten acres Of the
McNutt sub-diyision, made by NJ A Kerr; run
aing thence westtwo hundred forty-four and a
half l2i4M) feet TO W A WOoldridge,s north
east corner; thence south with said WO0ld-
ridges line five hundred and thirty-fhree $3.50
feet to Mrs. Churcheville's line; thence east
with her line two hundred and forty-fou and
u half tzaih) feet; thence north with NJ = al0
5 II Ayres' line FIVE hundred and thEty- hie 30
1873 feet TO tho beginning.
Equity Of redemption waved. Title belieY-
ed 10 be perfect, bat / viii htll, and convey
iS@ ALBERT X GRAHAM. Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23
CAPITAL PRyzF. $4,000.
100000 Ttek az To Dollars Each,
ualfIiokets. dino nnlInr
LIST IN PRIZES.


1857 Prizes. amounting 10. ........-... S1iO. 400
hespOnsisle corresponding agents wanted
will be paid.
For further Information, write clearly, Civ.
ing full address. Send orders By express or
Registered Letter. or Money order 81 mail,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23

ones that we will pay the above reward for a.
single case of
LAME BACK
That the Pad fails to cure. This grOat remedy
will Positively and Permanently cure Lunbs =
go, Lame Back, S~ciatich, Gravel, Biabe0 !,
Dropsy, Brights Disease of tho Kidneys, m
dammation Of the Kidneys, CatarpA " the
Bladder, High Colored Urine, Pain Yin the
Back. Side OF Loins, Nervous Wal. az and
in fact all disorders of tho BlaadS and Urinl
eases or otherwise.
LADIES, If you are snFey ,ur from Female
Weakness, Lucorrh Ca, 9t anv disease Of the
Kidneys, slaaaer; q w airy Organs,
wan IN 2 CuREDI.
simply wearing
PROF. 2 nTLMErTE2R
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic allays irritation
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23
DIR. SPINNEY
The Celebrated Specialist, of

DEN WEIR, COZ.
WH0 has been giving a course of medical
w. lectures in this city during the past
week. would most respectfully inform the AL
ficted that his braHch office, at IS Madison
street, is still open, whore he can oe Consulted
until Tuesday Night, March 2ad.
All suffering with chronic and special dis
eases will do well to call before he leaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23

pY virtue GA deed Of trust, executed to pp
- as trustee by W Q Rutland on the I'D day
Of March, 1877, and recorded in the Registers
Office Of Shelby county, Tenn, Ii record book
Ne. llS' pages 1856, lG and ISL will, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23

manifest by the Overwhelming de-
mand for the French loan, in
the opinion Of thinking men, is
equally true Of America as it is Of
France, and they confidently predict
an extra session Of congress aud the
passage Of the funding bill, and the
reinvestment of millions in the south
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-23

Sheriff Of Shelby county, Tenn.
Memphis, 9th day ofMarch, 1881. SIG 81
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-29
THE NEW BIBLE.


dispatch from London gives the main
points of the Standards review of the revised
Testament The writer of the article asserts
that, whatever scholars may think of the la
bors of the revisors, the impression produced
upon the public mind is one Of disappoint-
ment and dissatisfaction. He continues: "It
is deeply to be regretted that the revisers,
judging by tho work just published, have
apparently forgotten the conditions under
which the task was intrusted to them. 1t is
obvious that great many of ths alterations
adopted have been approved for reasons
of mere literary criticism which
make US rather skeptical as to the revisers.
Where no material change in the sense or
substance Of the authorized version has been
shown to be required by the revisers for the
proper constructing of tho original, they
have. nevertheless, thought themselves just
flied in mending tho English and improving
the grammar of passages which have struck
deep root in the hearts and memory
of the English people. One word
has been substituted for another at
the whim Of the New Testament Committee.
Moods and lenses have been shifted about to
satisfy some pedantic scheme Of syntatical
symmetry ; sentences treasured up in the
popular mind and enriched beyond descrip
ton by the pathetic associations of hundreds
of years, have been tortured and crucihed in
to precise grammatical accord with the latests
refinements of critical labor, upon coul-
parison of the early manuscript texts, and
thus have been robbed Of their true value"
In conclusion. the Standard writer says it re-
mains no1s for the reyiserS to revise the text
they have produced. Ifthis new version is
ever to be generally used and to supercede
he authorized version, many of the alter
ations that have been made must be discard
ed.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-29
Curious If True.

A we'll Paris scientist, DR.. Delaunay
has made the curious discovery that, to as
eertain the qualities of an applicant cook, it is
sufficient to give her plate to clean, or sauce
to make, and watch how she moves her hand
in either act. If she moves it from left to
right, or in the direction OF the hands of the
watch you may trust her: if the other way,
she is certain to be stupid and incapable,
Similarly the intelligence Of people may be
guaged by asking them 10 make circle Oh
paper with a pencil, and nothing in which
direction the hand is moved. The good STU
dents in a mathematical class draw circles
from loft to right. The inferiority of the soft
er seq (as we'll as the male dunces) is shown
by their drawing from right to left asylum
patients and children do the same. In
word, centrifugal movements are charact-
eristic of Intelligence and higher deveope-
ment; centripecal, are mark Of incomplete
evolution. A person, as his faculties are
developed, may come to draw circles in a
different way to what he did in his youth.
DR. Delaunay has,some further extraordinary
conclusions as to the relative pos itions of
races in the scale Of development, from the
way they wind their watches and make their
Sprews
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-29
The Depravity OF Birds

Poets may weep to learn from an ornithol.
ogst, who writes in the London Globe Of
March 7th, that bird life is far from idle hap
piness. Birds have all the bad qualities Of
mankind. They are deficient in love for their
offspring, and have no moro conjugal affection
than the traditional rover. Their moral ma
ture is often depraved. They hiss and scold
and swear. and exhibit terrible pugnacity
The majority of singing birds have the temper
of wasps, and are apparently never so happyas
when they are quarreling. A fourth Of their
lives is passed in sco!ding and fighting. In
their singing season, which is also their time
for mating and contention, severe pitched
battles, fought between candidates for
matrimonial life, are of continual co.
currence The females fight furiously
fer the males, and when the COMETS
is over. the aonquers march off with tho OBJ
iects of their choice, unless they should be
met on the road by other virsgos and COM
pelled to give up their husbands by force. A
male bird will allow two hens to fight for him
until one of them is killed, and with due hu-
mility accompany the victor At this period
of the year the woods and the fields are the
scenes of desperate battles. Shreks OF tri-
umph or defeat mingle with the love notes OF
the newly mated. The very songs we hear
at dawn of day are more the result OF
rivalry and ambition than of joyous thanks
giving, the feathered soDgsters being desir-
Gus Of drowning the voices OF others or OF ex-
ceiling them in vocal power in presence or
tho Fema les.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-29
Something About Check
burlington Hawkeye.

burlington Hawkeye
No, iny son cheek is not better than wis.,
dom it is not better than modesty !; it is not
better than anything. Don't listen to tho
siren who tells you to blow your own horn
or it will never be footed upon. The world
is no. to be deceived by check. and it does
search for merit, and when it finds it, merit
is rewarded. Cheek never deceIves the
world my sou. 1t appears to do so to tho
cheeky man, but he is the one who is de-
ceived Do you know one cheeky man in all
your acquaintance who is not reviled for bis
cheek the moment his back is turned? Is
tho world not continually drawing :distinc-
tious between cheek and merit? Almost
everybody hates cheeky man, my son. So
ciety tires Of the glare of his brassy face, the
hollow tinklng of his cymboline tongue, the
noisy assumption Of his forwardness. Tho
triumphs of cheek are only apparent. He
bores his way along through tho world, and
frequently better people give way, my boy,
for man with paint pot in each hand.
Not because they respect the man with the
paint pot particularly, but because they want
to take care of ftheir clothes. You sell goods
without 1t, and your customers won't run
and hido in the cellar when they SEQ you
coming.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-29
Tho Poet Poe and Horace Greeley

They occasionally met, and the latter oftea
bsfriended the former. for lie saw how lily
adapted such . man was to contend with
poverty. Greeley WAS born poor, and could
live on . crust. Ho Wa . typesetter BY trades
and il he failed ~ an editor he could fall back
on labor. Poe, on the other hand. was
bred gentleman, and had tho high-touel
pride cultivated in the first families OF Virgin
ID. He scornsd his Bohemian associates, aud
only poverty kept him from hurling re-
proaches On his employees. Tho only ono o.
whom he could rely for aid In any time Of
dist ess was Greeley, who freely shared wish
him his very scsuty earnings. After Poe's
death there was . demand for kis autographs.
aud, among others, applications were made
to Greeley. II have nu nsbcr," was Greeley's
dry reply to an applicant, (which you can
have at first cost" Taey wero Poe's duo.
bills for loans varying from ten to twenty:
five dollars. Greeley afterwards destroyed
them. in preference 10 exposing the nsfor-
.nnos of a frlSnd.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-29
TRICKING AN AMATEUR.
fSt. Louis Democrat.l

| tSt. Louis Democratl
II think" said well-known orchestral
leader, "the best joke ever played in this
town was on an ambitious amateur pianist
when Gottschalk was in San Francisco. The
matuer's father was the owner of large
hall, and he offered the use of it to Gottschalk
for his benefit. There was to be a piece for
eight pianos, and the amateur was to play one
| of the instruments. l was the leader.
! thought Gottschalk would have fit when I
told him that the amateur couldn't play three
straight notes.
"'He is sure to throw us all out, said I, and
| ruin the performance
Gottschalk swore like a major. but twas no
good. The bills were out and he, couldn't 20
back on his programme, even if the gift of
the hall for the night was no consideration to
him. At last 1 hit on an idea that fixed the
whole business. The amateur came down to
rehearsal, and we praised him up until he
thought he was to be the star of the night.
AS soon as he left we took the hammers out
of his piano and made it dumb as an oyster.
guessed he would never know the difference,
with seven pianos going at once"
The tuneful convention laughed.
"And just as I thou ght," said the leader,
hammering on the table with his glass, "that
amateur or his friends never discovered the
trick"
"No?"
''No, sir; he just sailed in and pounded on
that piano as if it was the worst enemy he
ever had. He was bound to show off among
SO many good pianists, and hammered on his
key until the perspiration nearly blind
ed him. Now and then looked at him ap-
provingly to give him fresh courage, and
every time did he gave the piano lick that
nearly made match-wood of it. His friends |
all around threw boquets at him till he look |
ed like wedding arch, and when it was all |
over his fond parent fell on his neck in the |
green-room and slipped check for $3.50 into |
his hand The old man didn't know whether |
he was standing on his head or his heels, he |
was so tickled, and the way he set up the |
wine for the crowd was a caution
"'Didnt he do fine,' he said to me, among |
50 many first-class professionals, tool"
Il never heard an amateur do so we'll in
1ublic,' said 1, 'and what's more mean it,
,h q? Don't you think was rght?''
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-29
No Indocility In Paradise.

There is a story, little ethical apologize
about one Peter, poor and ignorant team
ster, who dissatisfied with his hard life o
drudgery, prayed that he might be allowed
the comfort Of q walk IN Paradise. An Ange
appeared, and offered to grant his wish if ht
would promise to study with docility what
ever he saw there, and to utter no criticism
or censure.
Accepting the terms, he joyfully accom-
panied his guide. The first thing ihe noticed
| was that the houses of the inhabitants were
! made of transparent gems. "Why," he .ex.
claimed, ''this is a great defect; there can be
| no privacy; you are all exposed to public
gaze"
The angel, with slight frown and warn
ing finger, replied, "They who are free from
| sin and guile need no concealment. The
glory of God is rather in exhibiting than in
hiding"
They passed on and Peter next perceived
several angels bearing golden buckets full of
water, which they poured into sieves. He
could not restrain his surprise and dis
approval. "What folly!" he cried
hs water runs out as fast as they pour it
in"
The angel sternly rebuked him for this
second violation of his pledge, and showed
him that the fine sieves strained out the
leaves and other matter floating in the water,
which then ran underground in numerous
channels, all over the garden, to refresh the
flowers aud and the fruit trees.
Peter hung his head. and proceeded for
some time in silence. In little while,
however, they come to gorgeous chariot,
whose driver was urging, with voice and
whip. two pairs of horses on his right and
left, one pair headed to the east, the other
pair to the west. Peter forgot all his eau
ton and his former experiences. Was he not
a teamster, and did he not know? In a loud
voice hs called to the charioteer, "Fasten
your horses all in the same direction, or you
can never novel"
Saddenlv a bitter repentance fell on him,
for he now saw that the horses had wings,
and as they strove in contrary directions, the
chariot rose into the air as was meant.
1t was his third offence against the teach
ing spirit, aud the angel put bandags over
his eyes, seized him by the ear, and hustled
him out Of Paradise into the sterile place
whence lie had come. The human is admitted
into the society ofthe angelic not to criticise or
condemn, but to love aud assimilate. The
first lesson, therefore -, is docility.- -''School
Of Life In press by Roberts Brothers.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-29
Heroes Of the Shop.

Brave deeds are done in the shops and for
ges. A few days ngo in the American Iror
! Works at Pittsburg, an iron-roller, named
Robert Moore, had white-hot ring Of iron
thrown by accident over his head and down
on his shoulders.
With wonderful nerve he took hold, with a
! pair Of tongs, of q piece of iron protruding
from one side of the fiery circle, and seized
| the other side ofthe ring with his naked hand
The ring was pretty tight fit, there being
not quite an inch and ha alf to spare as it pass
ed over his nose.
The man had the fortitude to lift the hot
iron slowly and carefully over his head, with
out touching any part of it.
His face was badly scorched, and his hand
was. burnt to the bone; but he never flinched.
When the iron baud was cold, he put it back
on his neck, and found it just two inches larg
or round than his head.
Some years ago, a German laborer, in the
Fort Pitt Cannon foundry at Pittsburg, had
some melted iron poured accidently into his
shoes.
He was carrying at one time, one side of a
vessel filled with liq uid iron. If he had drop
ed it he would have endangered tho lives of
his comrades, and set fire to the building. If
he had set it down, he would have spoiled
the casting of a gun weighing one hundred
and thirty tons.
The man walked steadily to the pit in which
the molten iron was to be poured, and did not
let 60 the handle Of the vessel till his duty
was done. He had that melted iron in his
shoe about one minute and a half. 1t did not
take him as long to get it of, but who can ina
CINE tho torture and the length to him of that
minute and half?
A fine young fellow, in the same smoky |
city of Pittsburg, hadihis hand terribly laceta-
ted blythe machinery he was in charge of. He |
felt that he was about to faint, and had only |
strength to say one thing to the foreman, who |
caught him in his arms:
''Don't let anything be said of this to my |
wife,"
For every splendid act of heroism done on
he battle field, a hundred are done in the
shops and quarries, and on the storm-tossed |,
Companion.