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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-11

Use Coussens' honey Of tar and stop
your cough: Ii will cure colds, Group,
bronchitis and all diseases Of the
throat and lungs.
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4 Romance or HrIllsh migh LiIe.

~ R~oAAu-LAAC u AAAAAnA AAA~A AaAANs
Toronto Globe
Many years ago o young man made
bis appearance In StratfOrd and passed
a few weeks at the tavern which then
existed to afford shelter to stage coach
travellers. Whence he came, and what
was his business, none could guess.
Directly opposite the tavern stood the
small cabin and forge Of a blacksmith
named Folsom. He had a daughter
who was the beauty Of the village,
and it was her fortune to c%aptivate
the heart Of the stranger. He told
MS love, said he was travelling incog.,
but, in confidence, gave her his real
name, saying that he was heir to a
large fortune. She returned his love,
and they we're married a few weeks
after. The stranger told his wife that
be must visit New Orleans. He did
so, and the gossips Of the town made
the young wife unhappy by disagreed
bic hints. and jeers. In a few months
the husband returned; but before a
week had elapsed he received a large
budget Of letters, aud told his vile
that he must at once visit England and
must 20 alone. lie took his departure.
and the gossips hal another glorious
opportunity to make a c%oniding wo-
man wretched. To all but herself II
vas a clear Ease Of descrtion. The
The vile became a mother. and for
two years lived on in silence and hope.
BY the end OF that time a letter was
received by the Stratford beauty from
her husband, directing her at once tC
90 TO the city Of New York with hei
child, taking nothing with her but thu
clothes she wore, and embark in a shir
for home in England. On her arriva.
in New York she found a vessel splen.
didly furnished with everycouvenisuc
aud luxury for her comfort and two
servants ready to obey every wish thai
she might express. The slip duly ar.
rived in England, and the StratlorC
girl became mistress Of a mansion.
and, as the wife Of a baronet. was ga
luted by the a%ristocracy as Lady Sam.
uel Stirling. On the death Of he.
husband, many years AGO, the STRAIT.
ford girl succeeded to tho title anc
wealth Of his father, and in the las
edition Of "Peerage and Baronetage.'
he is spoken Of as the issue of Mis-.
Folsom, Of Stratiord. North America
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-11

AAALWLI
That the Pad fails 10 cure. This groHt remedy
will Pogitively and Permanently cure Lumbi-
20, Lame Eack, sciatica, Gravel, Diabetes,
Dropsy, Brights Diseale Of the kidneys, Ia
confluence and Retention Of the Urine, ln-
aammation Of the Kidneys, Catarrh Of the
Bladder, High Colorcd Urine, Pain in the
Rack, Side or Loins, Nervous Weakness, ard
in fact oil disorders Of the Bladder and Urin
ary Organs whether contracted by private dis
cases or otherwise.
LADIES. if you are suffering from Female
Weakness, L%ucOmhea, or any disease Of the
Kidneys, Bladder, or Urinary Organs,
YOU CAN az CURED!.
Without swallowing nauseOUs medicines, by
' PROf. GUII NETTE'B
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-11

Why suffer day after day, and
month after month, with lame back,
sciatica, lumbago, gravel, diabetes,
female weakness, etc, when you can
be cured by Prof. Guilmette's kidney
pad. Try it and be convinced.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-11

Are you low spirited, down in-the-
mouth, and weak in the back? Does
walking, lifting, or standing cause pain
10 the back? If so, you have kidney
disease, and Prot. Guilmette's French
kidney pad is the only remedy which
will cure you rapidly and Permanently
and without filling your stomach with
%nauseating medicine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-11

Why throw away your illustrated
papers aud magazines when you can
have a nice book made from them az
the LEDGER biudery2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-11

Massachusetts, commission, which has
been productive Of more real substau
tial benefit TO the state than any other
state railroad commissioners
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Remarkable CONDUCT of a Horse.

- EHW"I" NWWWNNN u p AHUTHD.
Paris lntelligcDcor.l
A remarkable incident Of equine
fidelity is related Of a horse. which
was the property Of Captain Fielding
Alden, Of tins place. During the war
Captain Alden used two horses, riding
them alternately. Ithappened that in
passing through the c%ountry-near
Mansfield, in this c~ounty-with bis
company, IS an escort for Governor
lShsm g. Harris, they we're surprised
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-11
and Effective HAIR D Dressing.

Cocoaine, a compound Of c%ocoanut
oil, beauties the hair aud is sure to
allay all itching and irritation of the
scalp.
The superiority of Burnett's flavor
ing extracts consists in their perfect
purity and strength.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-11

II you are coughing or not, but feel
the presence of a cold in the system,
use DR.. Bulls cough syrup and feel
immediate relief. Price % cents a
bottle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-11

THIS PAPER may be found on fle ut
sShS = @ts GRo. ?. RowELL & Co.'s
nav Ss made iey d iva YUhk
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-11

FsANS! pAAEAI ELANbl FLAYSR
For Reading Clubs, for Am0teur Theatre
Gals, Temperance Plays, DraRing-room Plays,
Fairy Play Ethiopian Plays, Jude Books,
Speakers, Pantomimes Tableaux Lights, Mag
ntsium Lights, Col1red IKE, Burnt Cork,
theatrical Face Preparations, Jarles's Wax
Works Wigs, Boards and Moustaohes at re-
duced prices. Costumes, Scenery. Charades.
New cat lsgucs sent free containing iuu de-
s%rribtion aud prices. SAMUEL FRENCH &SON,
IS e. i4th street, New York.
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New Advertisements
SCIENCE VS.. EPILEPSY !
OR
DOCTOR against QUACK /!
A Leading LOnaOn Physician Establishes
an Office In New York for the
Cure OF EpileDtic Fits.
ItTom Am. Journal q Medieine

ltrOm Am. Journal o. Medicine
DR.. Alb. MeserOle date of lOndOn), who
makes a specially Of Epilepsy, has without
doubt treated and cured moro casss than any
other living physician. HIS success has sim
ply been astonishlng; we have heard Of cafes
Of over 20 years : standing, successfully cured
by him. He has pub ished a valuable work
on this disease, which he sends with a large
Lottle Of his wonderful cure fee to any suf-
fcrer who mgy send their express and P. o.
address. We advise anyone Wishing Il cure to
address DR.. AB. MESER0LE, No. So John st.,
New York.
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q advertisers By nc dressing GE0.P. ROW
Ia khAi a. co, 10 spruce street, New York,
of ADVERTISING In American New paperg.
pg-AOO.page Pamphlet, PC. 100 l45d&W
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With Court, Retainers and Courtiers, an
nounced By a Salute Of Artillery.
GRAND RECEPTION Of tha KING

By tho Chickasaw Guards, Bluff City Grays,
Young Guards. Mcclellan Guards. ZOuAves,
Fire Department, City Officials, ell Civic So
9ietios and Citizens generally. Delivery of
the Keys Of the City. Review Of the 0utposts
Of the City by His Majesty.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-02-10
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The Gloucester Fisheries

The Gloucester fishing feet for 1880 numbered
al vessels, of which 33l belonged to this port, 90
to other New England ports and 10 to the British
Provinces To- vessels were employed exclusively
in the Georges fishery and so others followed this
branch part Of the season, the 1863 vessels max
ing 1870 trips and catching u ,5ll 900 pounds cod
fish and LBS, $50 pounds haibut; 1873 vessels
were at some time during the year engaged III the
Grand and Western Bank fishery, Of which nam
Der 90 confined their operations entirely to this
branch, The number of Bank trips was $40, and
the receipts, 20 247 900 lbs Goldfish and $40 00O
lbs halibut, gain over the previous year of about
seven million pounds Bank Goldfish and decrease
Of about four million pounds halibut One hun
dred and seventy five vessels engaged in the mack
erel fishery, 90 engaging in no other fishery Catch
estimated at l29 go bbls The shore codfishlDg
eel numbered 56 vessels. of which about one halt
engaged also il other branches The number OF
shore fares received was 96 and the product 72l ,
600 pounds about one half the shore catch of 1879
The herring fisheries employed vessels part OF
the year whose catch was about 80 900 barrels OF
double the receipts of the previous year, There
were also half dozen vessels employed in squid
ing, one in the Greenland halibut fishery, and
quite feet III market fishing, whose catches are
lot included in the above figures.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-02-10

My grandfathers kitchen was a sombre room,
celed and painted brown with huge beams. high
iressers and yawning tire place. 1t had only two
suali windows, and was entered BY nine doors, 1t
was, in reality the great hall Of the house. What
it lacked by day was light and sunshine At night
frightened by roaring back log. it was fun OF
cheer Then its beams and ceilings and simple
furnishings were enriched by shadows, and the
pewter dishes upon its brown dressers shone in
the dancing freight like silver The two shelves
full Of leather covered books the weather wise
almanac hanging from peg the oss-legged
crane with Its kissing teakettle the brush; the
bellows; the settle in the corner, and whatever
else was there, all became tire-chaDged and were
meowed into the bright scene This room was
By night the best part of the house. 1t was al
ways the true heart of it; the vital centre from
which diverged its in-dweling life. 1t was the
place where people louDged and fingered Because
ITS small windows let in few sunbeams, those
which did come in were all the more precious
Because it was full of homely things, and was, as
the women said, ''most convenient it had il
wrought into it, as picture, quaint beauty Of
adaptation Mellow. brown old kitchen-how
many costly rooms simulate, in their furnishing
your inexpensive colors New England By
Cones
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Missing Charlie Ross.

W ilham Il. Westervelt who. in 1875, was sen
fenced to seven years imprsonmentin the Eastern
Penitentiary, Philadelphia. on the charge Of con
splracy to kidnap Charlie Ross was released Oh
Thursday last from the institution In reply to a
reporter who asked him if he thought Charlie Ross
was dead lie said: Il have never heard Of his
death and neither have you If the people who
had him were enabled to keep him for several
months without being discovered, why couldn't
they have kept him tor years just as safely Why.
he might be in any of the founding asylums in
NV York city, and who would be the wiser The
police have never searched there. | had nothing
to do with the kidnapping, but as was Moshers
brother nlaw every body thought that | must be
implicated in it | am going right to my family
in New York and Try to get work i'll have time
| Will try to investigate certain clew in the alb
ducuon case that has never been properly worked
up If Mosher and Douglass did steal the boy
there must have been third person who took
care OF him, and have my suspicious as TO who it
was"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-02-10

Tubercular consumption of the lungs Is that form
of the disease most common, most fatal and until
recently considered ncurabe. Tuberce, from
which the name is derived is Il morbid product, dc
posted from diseased blood in various parts of the
body; and in proportion that fluid is impure, and
length of time it remains 50, viii tubercuar diathe
sis continue.
FALL RIVER, MASS, March 20, 1879
JAMES |. FELLOWS, ESQ.
Dear Sir: About three years ago l was attacked
with bronchitis aud tubcrcular disease of the left
lung and suffered for two wears so severely that
WAS unable to attend to business. About year age
was advised to Try Fellows Syrup of Hypophos
phtes, and before had finished one bottle my APP
petite and strength were greatly improved; my
cough became less troublesome, my sleep was sount
and refreshing, which had not been the ease fol
over year. | had suffered from nervousness ant
difficult breathing all the time was sick; but YOU
syrup has cured it all advise all persons Athlete
as was to use Fellows Syrup of Hypophosphtes
(Signed) JAMES III. STEW ART.
An endless chain of good effects is formed by
Fellows Compound Syrup of HypOphOSphteS, ant
we are safe in saving, from q long experience il
medicine its virtues not possessed By any othe
combination. lyr41
For sale by VIM. 0. POOR 4 son.
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Old-Time Sleighlng Parties.

There Is vast difference between The seighing
parties Of day and the sleighing parties of old
times Then they had but one sleigh 1t a
square box. very heavy. ard the back OF the sleigh
was higher than the head when seated, over which
coyorct was thrown The sleigh heavy
that two horses were required to oraw il. The
>ieigh~ were all PAINTED yellow and were called
the family Sleigh They would not accommodate
mere than two persons Then they frequently
had good sleshiDg for couple / months, and
-eighiug parties were he order of the day
The farm wagon body placed &c the runners
of the wood sled, and lot Of straw pat il the
bottom and the young men and women seated
themselves on the straw The fiddler always
accompanied the Iarty They would drive to some
tavern (they had no hotels them when the fist
thing IN order vas 9 get a glass of flip Flip was
Simply cream beer, which served up in large
mugs Every landlord had an iron red about two
feet long with bali On the end about the size Of a
walnut. which was heated red bot and run into
every glass Of beer. which heated it and made II
foam This was called flip" After drinking flip
the music struck up and there was dance, and
those who did not desire to dance played games OF
different kinds ,Noristown Register
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4 number Of heirs of Edward Leemens who
died suddenly IN a room at No Wesley place
few days ago, appeared in this city Saturday
His money (about $4,000 in bonds, specie ant
currency was taken in charge by Medical Exam
deceased from Augusta. Bath and other places il
Maine, and from Haverhlll. They are for the mos
part nephews and nieces- The woman whom Lee
mans married 80 years ago is living. Five year,
after marriage Leemans, who was an eccentric
character left her and several years later his wife
supposlng that his absence separated them In the
eye of the law, and without asking the courts fo
a divorce, married another man. The latter dice
a short time since, and now it is claimed that ac
cording to the laws of Maine, she was Leemans
lawful wife up to the time of his death. If this il
50, she is entitled TO all the property he left behint
him As the courts are liable to be called upon t.
settle the question as to who shall get the money
the $1,000 will be retained for the present by the
medical examiner [Boston Herald.
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w ashIngton Notes.

Judge Cli1ords mental powers have not recover
ed sufficient to enable him to resume his official
duties Or to resign
The new Senate will contain 81 Republicans and
3 Democrats, besides Messrs. Davis of Illinois and
Malone of Virginia If this is not a tie, what is
it
\ bin has been introduced into the [ S Senate
for the revival Of the Geneva award commission,
with power to investigate all the claims, including
insurance claims, and allow such amount as any
party may prove that he has actually lost in con
sequence Of the Alabama depredations
The Geneva award claimants have lost all hope
OF having bill enacted at the present session for
their relief The New York insurance companies
are playing the dog in the manger part If they
can't get the balance Of the award they don't in
| tend that any one else shall.
The indications that the Senate will SO
amend the House funding bill as to authorize the
issue Of three hundred million dollars treasury
certificates bearing per cent. interest, and four
hundred million dollars of five twenty bonds bear
ing three or three and halt per cent interest at
the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-02-10

4 peti1lon has been presented TO the Maine Legis
ature for modification of our prohiblory laws Sc
as to allow the manufacture and sale of lager beef
and ales, and the proposition is based on the claim
that temperance may be promoted by encouraging
the use of the lighter intoxicants instead of the
stronger liquors. The difficulty is that an appe
tite for the small amount of alcohol in lager beer
ordinarily soon demands stronger liquors The
experience of Great Britain has been that ale has
deoauched the nation In this country, wherever
consumption of whiskey. A recent number O.
the Brewers Organ stated that l3 374 600 barrels
or 4l400OOOO gallons of malt liquors were con
sumed in this country last year-twice as much al
ten years ago-at cost to the consumers of 1915,
100000 And yet the statistics show that the state.
which have consumed the malt liquors. have
drank more whiskey than ever before [Lewistor
Journal
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PROF. EDIS0N'S
P OILY @ R NJ

After much persuasion, Prof Edison has been
prevailed upon to give 10 the world his truly Won
derfu discovery for alternating pain. For years ne
suffered from neuralgia pains, unable to find any
remedy among the hundreds which he tried THAI
would give him permanent ease. Finally he became
convinced that he must become hi1 own physician
and seek, by experiments, for the desired relief He
had taken all the well known sedatives which gave
only temporary relief, and produced nervousness
loss of appetite sc. He now sought for a comb,
nation of such remedies as would, By out,card an.
plication cure him of hi, distress and at same time
not be injurious to his system.
Trials and experiments followed this dertim ma
ton until he at last produced a compound witch
by application entirely subdued all pain and allowed
his system to recuperate and throw of the disease
TO his discovery Prof. Ellison gaye tln name
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-02-10
r HEREBY GIVE NOTICE. THAT

T HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, THAT HORACE
i JONES, of Brooks on the 18th day of January
1851 assigned to me all his real and personal prop
erty, rights and credits, not exempt by law from
attachment and execution, in trust, for the benefit
of his creditors under the provisions of Chapter -
of the Revised Statutes of this state, and that
have accepted said trust and given the bond re
CURED by law. Three months from said 18th day
of January, 1881, are allowed to creditors of said
Horace Jones in which to prove their claims ani be
come parties to said assignment.
Unity, Me-, January 81, 1881.
3W5 CLEMENT X. JONES.
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Administrators Notice.

'TNHE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all
1 concerned, that he has been duly appointed
and has taken upon himself the trust of Admins
traitor of the estate of
OTIS F. COOMB>, late OF lsesboro,
in the County of Waldo, deceased, by giving bond
the law directs. He therefore requests all per
sons who are indebted to the estate of said tie
ceased, to make immediate payment, and those who
have any demands thereon, to present the same tOl
settlement to him.
FREDERICK II. APPLETON, Admir-
Bangor, January u, lSSl.-3w5
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Written for the Journal.
Dear Mignonette.

Written for the Journal
Dear Mignonette.
Fitting and tluttering
Into all places,
Telling her fortune"
With the white daisies;
Musing and murmuring,
Pleased by the hour,
The wee maid is Mothers
Own "daisy flower"
Demure and decorous,
In apron brown,
Our little idler
Worker has grown.
Gravely performing now,
Each task that's set,
She charms by her sweetness,
Dear "Migronette"
Dressed for the party
IN ribbons pink,
Fleecy white draperies,
Like snow | think.
llptOelng, SWdylDs, now
Nodding at me,
What can be sweeter than
Mothers "sweet pea" !
Pale, pure and pulseless,
In her soft nest,
Dimpled hands idle,
On her still breast;
Fair little blossom
Lying so Silly,
Had forgotten
She was Gods Oily?
He'll hold her carefully,
From all stain free,
Spotless and innocent
Waiting for me.
Father, submissively,
wait the hour,
When may have again
My perfect flower. NJ A.
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PAT ENTS S.
r. E. EDDY.

40. AAs - ~ ~ l.
No. rs State ST., opposite kiIby, Boston,
Secures Patents i'll the United States, also i'm Great
Britain, France and other foreign countries. Comics
of the claims of any Patent furnished by remitiug
one dollar Assignments recorded Mt Washington.
No .4gency IN the United Suites possesses 0,Drriar
tttcitieS for obtaining Patents 0sccrt inning the
patentability Of incentions
K. II. EDDY, solicitor Of Patents
TESTIMONIALS
81 regard Mr.. Eddy as one Of the mast cepob1c
and successful practitioners with whom have had
official intercourse CIIAS. MASON,
Commissioner of Patents"
Inventors cannot employ q person more trust
worthy or more capable Of securing for them au
early and favorable consideration at the Patent OF
flee. EDMUND BI RlNE,
Late Commissioner of Patents"
Boston, October ~, $50.
R. II. EDDY. ESQ.-Dear sin: You procured for
me- in $40, my first patent. Since then You have
acted for and advised me in hundreds of eases, and
procured many patents reissues and extensions. ]
have occasionally employed the best agencies in
New ork, Philadelphia and Washington, but -tl
give YOU almost the whole of my business, in your
line, and advise others to employ Won
Yours truly, GEORGE DRAPER.
Boston, Jan. l, ISSl--lyrl
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BankruptS
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, That a petition has
L been presented to the Court this 18th day of
April 1879 by Nehemiah and Joshua r. Ba-sett, of
Verona, Bankrupts, praying that they may be a.
creed to have a fun discharge from all their debts
prOvahlr under the Bankrupt act. individually and
as members Of the firm OF y, X J. Il Bu~ srtt and
it appearing that the former Order of notice thereon
has not been duly published, and without their fault,
and upon reading eaid Petition
It is ordered by the Court that 4 hearing be had
upon the same on the first Monday Of March. \. ID.
1851, before the Court in Portland in said District.
at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, and notice thereof be published
IN the Ellsworth American and the Republican jour
nal, newspapers printed in said District, once a
week for three weeks, and that all creditors who
have proved their debts and other persons in inter
est, may appear at said time and place, and Show
cause II any they have, why the prayer of said pc
titon should not be granted. WAl. +. PREBLE.
Clerk of District Court for said District.
III. l.. MITCHELL. solicitor. 3wlS
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MANHOOD RESTORED.

\ victim of early imprudence, causing nervous
debility, premature decay, etc, having tried in vain
every known remedy has discovered simple means
of selfcure, which he will send free to his fellow
sufferers Address J. III. REEVES, 43 Chatham st.
MY. Iyrli
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sleepy man who fell overheard from the stern
of an ocean steamer, was picked up in the wake OF
the vessel.
When we reflect what power of endurance can
have been restored to strength by Fellows Com
pound Syrup of Hypophosphites we cannot but
conclude that the subtle power is really pondera-
bic matter. Persons who study hard should use
the Syrup.