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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-06
Mednefa in Massachusetts.


The report como to us ..om Mas
sachusett' that insanity is largely on
the increase in that State. 1t seems
that while the ratio of mentally un-
sound to sound men AID women is in
most parts Of the country as Que to
four hundred, there is in the center Of
New England culture and progress
one lunatic for every three hundr i
and nifty who are possessed of ordinary
common sense. 1t is said that this Is
an increase, but we doubt it. New
England and especially Massachuset'.
mas ma been crazy on good many points
ior several generations past. ORiDe
to the changed political aud other con.
dltions Of the country, however, Il
has in a great measure recovered ii
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-06
Heath is Wealth /!

DR. 6. C. WEsT's NERVE AND BRArv TREAr-
Srs /; specific for, Hysteria, Dizzine IS, Con-
lion, Loss of Memory, Sperm atorrhWa. Impo-
tency, involuntary Emissions, Prematu re Old
Age, caused by Oyer-exertion, self.abu So, or
oyer-indulsence, which leads to misery, decay
ana aeath' One box will cure recent tases.
Each box cont aims one months treatn 1ent-
one dollar A box, or six bexes for Eve dol laFyE
sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price, We
guarantee six boxes TO cure any case, With
each order received By as for six boxes, acc)m-
panied with Eve dollars, we will send the mr.
chaser our written guarantee TO return the
money II the treatment does not effect cure.
guarantees issued only by A. RENKERT 4
w, wholesale and Retail Druggists, 2l6 Main
street. Memphis, Tenn. Orders By mail via
receive prompt attention. 55xxxiiii55dAW
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-06
Quarantine station Re-Estab-
lished at Vicksburg.

Vicksburs Special to the New Orleans Times
In obedience to instructions from
the National Board of Health, DIR.
Reilly arrived here this morning to
confer with the local quarantine Off
Gals Of this place with view of re-
establishing the quarantine station at
this point, which had been disoon-
tinued short while since. The con-
sultation resulted in the agreement Of
re-establishing the station at the place
occupied formerly. DIR. Haywood
Ashe, the officer formerly in charge Of
the station, was upon investigation,
found to be direlect in his duties,
and another officer was appointed,
who is thought to be more eflioient.
Steamers passing up will signal and be
inspected at this station as formerly,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-06

General 0. o. Howard is changing
the standard of discipline at West
Point. He believes that the boys
should be schoole in the rough life
of soldier, keeps them hard at work
and makes them live in tents like their
superiors on the Western plains. Some
of the poor fellows won't even know
how to waltz when they settle down in
Washington.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-06

Publisher and Proprietor,

The subscription price of the
DAILY PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per
annum and SOC per month fer less
than one year. The WEEKLY
LEDGER is 81 per annum-- postage
free. Payable in advance invaria-
bly,.
Persons leaving the city for the
summer can order the DAILY LED
GER at 500 per month in advance,
with the privilege Of changing
postofice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-06

Michael CallaH, who has been con-
nected with Georgetown COLLEGE. Dis.
trlct Of Columbia, since 1874. will cell
citrate the centennial anniversary Of
his birth next Wednesday. He was
born in Ireland in 1881, aud has a Ger.
ilhcate, OF his birth from the church
where he was cbristened
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-06

The Richmond, Va, State thinks
General N. B. Forrest drew most OF
his knowledge Of the art Of war from
the game Of draw noker, while
HStonewall" Jackson insniratiou
was received directly f'om the god
Of battles, but it declares both
were great soldiers" This is some
what singular considering the widely
differing sources Of their knowledge
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-06

A national Land Lea ne Ccnven-
ton will be held at Dublin, on the
18th Of September, at which the sub
j st Of procuring Irish land for Irish
PEOPLE will be discussed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-06

One of the sensations at Saratoga
this summer is the elegant dressing OF
lazy who is the wife Of a wealthy ST
Louis banker. She has a sufficient
number of costumes to change tw ice a
day for two months and never wears
the same dress a second time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-06
ChaDCsry Sale Of Real Estate


No. 1871, 2R.-Chanoery Court ofShelby coun-
ty-A j Adams OF al VS.. J Mitchell OF a. .
QY virtue of an interlOeutOry decree for
~ sale, entered in the above cause on tbo
18th june, 1881, / will sell at public auction
10 the highest bidder, in front Of the clerk
and masters oiice. courthouse Of Shelby
county, Memphis, Tennessee. on
Saturday, August eth, 1851,
within legal hours, the following deseribsd
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
tO-wit:
Lots and Of part Of lot No. I, in the civ
Of Memphis; lot No, having .ront Of SO 4 4
on west side of Wellington street. with an -
regular depth back TO LaRose street I,otNo.
8, fronting 80 feet on the west lire Of WeiiinS.
ton street with an irregular depth back TO the
fernando road. Terms Of sale--Cash.
This August 4th. 1881.
y. !. BLACK, Clerk snd Master.
CAN'T \ Paterson, sol'rs for compI't.
125 15i
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goth day of August,

at 10 o'clock, am, in front of tho Plants -.
Insurance Building, on Madison street, in me
city of Memphis, sell at public cutlery 10 Inc
highest and best bidder for cash, the follS v;nS
described property, tO-Wit: WIS
All the improvements on lot p tv,n Tod An
the west side of BernRndO sire a. \ ,st-o o,,
Elliott and Vance, and frOntiT % for fvseight
feet on fernando street, rnp ming i,acls he
tween parallel lines one hRn5- red sst n bsing
the irst I0t no,th ofshs les on the ort6West
Iot leased N nv VIZ rn1 K,s and being same
judge Harris. sell . aly as rustee' Title
lho91g l5 W. 20 DO good. 0W00L BRIDGE,
- 10 Assignee
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-06

ACleveland reporter, whose salaty
is liable to be raised, thus describes
the surroundings Of man who had
hung himself AN owl booted lone
somelv; an old clock on the shelf
tickeo with terror; a dog howled it
was midnight out -ide; the WIND
sighed; cat crouched on the cold
hearth in fear, and sound like the
laugh Of maniac came from tho
garrett"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-06

Mothers and nurses should see to it that the
infant constitution is built up and strength
ened By proper food before the trying sum.
ner Months come, which are the most dan
gerous to infant life.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-06
trustees sale.

by virtue of certain deed Of trust ezecut
~ ed TO me by William Kuhn on the 18th
day Of June, 1877, and recorded in the Office
Of the Register OF Shelby county, Tennesseoj J,
No. IL, page 2gS, to secure certain indebted.
ness in said deed mentioned and set forth.
and default Paving been made in the payment
thereof, and at the request Of the benefciaries,
I will on fha -
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-06

saturday evening. August 8, 1881
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-06
ST. LOUIS flaw SCHOOL
law DEPARrMEAT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Fiftesnth Annual Term opens Octobor Y 81 Cour4a
Il study comprises two Annual Terms seven mont
3ach Diploma admits TO bar In Stat0nnd u s. Cour
10 Missouri. Students admitted 10 senior class ey-
iinination, Term fee s6l Including use Of Law IL
nrary Address until Sept LIST, at Iowa City Iowa.
forwards at st, Louis MOI W & HAMMOND, LID,
Dean Law eealty ior HENRX HITcHcocE, st. Louis
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-12-03
A CLERGYMAN's NIGHT DANCE.

~ have had, said well known cler-
gyman, ''some very droll experiences.
Among the most exciting was the one l
will nov relate. A well known merch-
ant was very sick-some thought nigh
unto death. He would see no pastor, nor
allow any one to speak to him on the
subject of religion. One day he mem
toned my name, though he was no ac-
quaintance of mine. He named me two
or three times. At length his wife asked
him if he wanted me to call. He hesi-
:ated for some time, and then asked his
family to send for me. He added: Tell
him to come right away" l obeyed the
summons, was ushered into the sick
chamber, and at once recognized the
gentleman who had been an occasional
hearer in my church. He greeted me
with great cordially, and asked that all
should leave the room. He wanted to
speak to me privately. His wife left with
evident reluctance. The man was so
week that he could with difficulty turn
in bed. As soon as the door was closed,
the patient sprung from his bed, turned
the key in the lock, seized upon ME with
the strength of a giant, and said; "Now
we will have II nice dance" clasping me
about the body, and he, in his night
shirt, commenced to caper and prance
about the room, humming in low voice:
II and my father are one, equal in pow
er and glory" He kept his pace for an
hour, until was nearly dead from ex-
haustion and fright. He was wild ma
MAC. Once attempted to scream. He
seized me by the throat His eyes FASH
ed fire. He said he would brain me if l
was not quiet. Round and round he
turned, keeping up the refrain, II aud
my father are one, equal in power and
glory" Pretending to be pleased, sug-
gested that he call in some of the fami-
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-12-03
FROM THIS 20 THAT.

ave don't know much about it, Of
course" says the editor of the Burling-
ton Hawkeye, "but we should think af-
ter man has been secretary of the treas
ury for two or three years, and had oc-
casionally dumped $50 900, 000into Wall
street to relieve the market, and had call
ed in $40, 900, 900 skies at one time, and
bought 81, 00O,0O0 of bonds every week,
and disbursed sl1 900, 600 one week and
SIS 600, 600 the next, we should think it
would gravel him awfully to go back in
to his Office when the administration
changed, and make an abstract Of farm
away out in Buckshsw county and sell it
for an old woman down in Kickapco o
township to an old fellow out in Waukin.
daw settlement, and only get fee of s82
and have to wait four months for that,
and then have to take sorrel coli for it.
Perhapsthe ex-secretarles of the treasu-
ry don't mind it much, but we Just say
we don't like to get used to it,"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-12-03
SOME LEApINc QUESTIONS.

young man who looked as if he bad
heap of things on his mind, but who
struggled hard to appear outwardly calm,
put FIVE dollar bill on the desk of De.
troit lawyer the other day and said;
II want to ask you some leading ques-
tions."
Go ahead" was the reply, as the
money was quickly thrust out Of sight.
IF lam engaged to a girl and I go back
on her what can she do 7"
"Sue you for breach of promise"
"But if she goes back on Inc what can
1 dor"
Hunt up another.
"Uml Suppose 1 have presented her
with two dollar fan, pair of bracelets,
parasol and ring?"
"Then she's so much ahead"
'If believe that her infatuation for
another is but passing whim and l
flourish revolver and talk of suicide,
what then ?"
Her father will probably pick you up
and drop you into the first mud-puddle. 1"
"Um Suppose had presented her
mother with twenty shilling umbrellaP"
"Then she'll keep dry.
"Aud her brother with an accordeonp"
"Then he'll worry the neighbors."
"Suppose, sir, had, for the sake of
making myself solid with the old man,
presented him with sixteen dollars worth
of Watchdog p
"Hell set him upon you if you have
any trouble 1'
"Um! Have no redressf"
"Yes, sir, go and lick the prairie rang
er who has stolen away your girls af-
fectiohs."
"Ill do itr;,
"Glad to hear it, I'll defend your case
for twenty dollars"
"Um r.
"Um T.
Come to think OF it he is bigger
man than am"
Then let him lick you, and I'll make
it cost him fifty dollars T.
sum I'll think of it."
"Um Office hours from eight q. m.
to six p. m.
And the young man troubled with In
ward agitation took himself ont.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-12-03
EDITORS.


"What ferocious looking animal is
this ~ .'-'
This is nm editor"
Indeed Are they very dangerous p
Sometimes. When corriered MP, they
have been known to be quite combative,
and again they have been known to go
through convenient back window.
Generally they are mild and passive"
"When are they most dangerous ?"
when intruded upon by book agent
who wants forty-line local for seventy.
Eve cent book, or by poet with verses
about gentle spring"
"Are editors cross to each other ,"
"only when separated by several blocks
of buildings
"Do they often have fearful combats
with each other ?"
Occasionally, when they go out in
opposite directions and come upon each
other by accident"
"Are editors ever cowhided p
Sometimes the small o,es are but the
big ones are very rarely molested."
"Do editors eat ?"
"They do. 1t was formerly supposed
they ate at long intervals and upon rare
occasions, but il is now well authenti.
Gated fact that they eat a great deal when
they can get it,"
"What kind of feed do they like mosI2'
"They are not very particular. While
they wont refuse quail;on toast, fried
crabs or roast turkey about Christmas
time, they have been known to make q
hearty repast off a dish of cold turnips
and consumptive herring"
"Can they eat concert tickets ?"
1--WE believe not. Some persons have
gained this erroneous impression from
false teaching in early life, but no au-
thentioated instance of such thing is on
record"
"Do editors go free into shows?"
"They do when they give q dollar and
a half local for twenty-five cent ticket.
"Are all editors bald like this one ?"
"No; only the married ones are bald.
But let us pass on; the editor does moi
| like to be stared at"
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WISH ING.
-s
LIZ MYRTLE.



While thinking oft, we wish, then pause,
Wild dreams Imagination cross;
We wish, we surely know not what
Perhaps there lies some other spot,
Where greener grows the grass or moss.
And oft we like the children cry,
For something that should never lie,
Within the path we tread. In vain
Each wish-since all our wishes gain
Not love nor lands-and shadows die.
Then wherefore do we mortals wish,
If each must thus fade and vanish,
Nor VI stige leave behind to show
How swift imngination's glow,
Finds ever dreamless fnish7
We wish, and fast as shadows fly,
The breathod words scarce live to die;
OFT as they die we build again,
While still no remnants e'er remain,
To tell where all the vanished lie.
If all we wished were still TO be,
What Nondrous panorama see!
How oddly would we run the world
Some'd want 1t hot, some'd want it cold!
No two we'd meet would e'er agree.
Yet every wish whose forming lies,
In natures inbOrn wish to rise,
Our purest thoughts and cares confess
Hearts bursting bud of Tenderness,
That life perfect bloom denies.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-12-03
THE SAND BLAST.

Says the 'Journal of Science" Among
the wonderful and useful inventions of
the times is the common blast. Suppose
you desire piece of marble for grave
stone; you cover the stone with sheet
of wax no thicker than a wafer; then you
cut in the wax the name. date, etc., leav.
ing the marble exposed. Now pass it
under the blast and the sand shall cut it
away. Remove the wax aud you have
the cut letters. Take piece of French
plate glass, say two by six feet, cover il
with fine lace, and pass it under the blast,
and not threod of the lace will be IN
jured, but the sand will cut deep into the
glass wherever it is not covered by The
lace. Now remove the lace and You have
delicate aud beautiful figure raised Oh
the glass. In this way beautiful figures
of all kinds are cut in glass and at Q
small expense The workmen can hole
their hands under the blast without harm
even when il is rapidly cutting away th,
hardest glass, iron or stone, but they
must look out for finger-nails, or the,
will be whitfield off right hastily. If the,
put on steel thimbles 10 protect the nail
it will do but little good. for the sant
will soon whittle them away; but if the.
wrap piece of cotton around them the,
are safe. You will at once see the phi
losophy of it. The sand whittles ava,
and destroys any hard substance-evel
glass-but does not affect substances tina
are soft and yielding, like wax, cotton
fine lace, or even the human hand.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-12-03
DIAMOND PUZZLE
TALKING HENS.

An Euglish paper publishes the follow
testimony of "a valued correspondent"
During the winter the denizeus of
our poultry ayari are permitted to roam
at pleasure through our kitchen garden,
and one morning bad just left them ont
Of their yard, whenkI was amused at the
sagacious way in which Miss Dick'--a
crested Polish hen of great intelligence
and beauty-strutted up to Sultan, cur
Brabmapootra cock, who, with his vie,
Lady Bird at his side, was regalirg
himst II in what had once been prcmis-
ing bed of spinach, and looking up into
his face, seemed, as it proved, to be ask
ing some favor of him, which he, with
an upcourseous toss of his head, decli.ed
to perform. Miss Dick however, was not
to be so easily disconnected, for, turning
to The Lacy Bird she evidently,iu gal
linaceous language, repeated her request.
The Ltter with an amiable and matron-
ly air, at once inserted her beak into that
of her fair petitioner and extracted there
from long leaf of spinach, evidently
the cause of Miss Dicks urhappiness.
Will any one, after reading this. deny tho
fact of these interesting or atures being
endowed WITH power of CONVEX ng
am pngst themselves2 Let those who do,
devote some little time to watching their
feathered possessions or neighbors, and
We promise them IN ample reward in tbs
amusement-aye, and profit, TO be de-
rived from a closer study of those inter-
estirg creatures whom orr Heavenly
Father has given us for our use aud
amusement" H.1
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-12-03
PHlLOSOPHY OF TRUE LOVE.

One knocked at his beloved's door, and
a voice from within asked;
"Who is there?"
He answered.
"It is L.
"This house will not hold me and thee.
And the door remained fast shut.
Then went the lover into the desert
and tasted and pr yed in solitude. And
after year ne returned and again knock
ed at the door. And again the voice
asked:
"Who is thert7"
And he said:
1T is thyself."
Aud Immediately the door was opened
to him.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-12-03
A KIND wOmDOF ADvsCE.

Ifyou feel yourself growing weak, your
strength failing, the natural functions Of the
body becoming impaired, take warning in
time your system needs Iron, which when
combined with proper vegetable extracts,
produces tonic of rare medicinal effect.
Such remedy is Browns Iron Bitters. Buy
il of your druggist and do not be nersund" |
10 take substitute, for this is the only
remedy which gives permanent strength.
1t contains no alcohol, nor does 1t blucNen
the teeth. 1t receives the universal endorse
ment Of elergymen, physicians, druggists,
and all who have used il.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-12-03
WILL THE she'll CAVE IN.

The Milwaukee Sun propounds the fol-
lowing eonnundrum: I'm boring a well
for oil at Sarnia, opposite Port Huron,
Mich, the other day, the drillers strnck
a vein of gas at the depth of 600 feet. The
gas was lighted, when brilliant flame
shot up into the air and has been burn
ing ever since, all efforts to extinguish it
proving uhavailing. The location is only
a short distance from Detroit, and it is
thought pipe line can be laid to that
city and the gas used to supply all three
Of the places. The contents of the in-
side of the earth are many and varied
oil. brine and gas-and it would seem
that the constant flow of these fluids
will. in time, form a sort of goneness in
side of the earth that may result in q
crash. When that time comes people will
realize, perhaps, how they have knocked
the props from under themselves. What
does it profit q man if he extracts mil
lions OF barrels of salt, oil and gas and
loses his own world2
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If not paid in advance, $l.25

ly to join us. He caught at the idea.
He opened the door to call the house
hold up. and instantly few down stairs
pursued by the madman. He was arrest
ed, takets to the rnadhcuss. and in twenty
hours died raviug maniac. have
never since heard these words repeated
without being thrown into cold sweat,
1 had dance enough that night to last me
the balance of nv life"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-12-03
TRANSposIrtONS,

l. Trarspose an important part of the
body, and form saud bank iu the sea.
O. Transpose foutstep Unto a large
basket.
3. Transpose pure, and hove weapon.
4. Traaspose 10 exclude, aud icrm an
article of f5If.
5. Tronspose par, of the foot, and form
to forfeit.
6. Transpose to traffic, ard have
track
7. Transpose an article of wearing ap-
parel, and have another.
8. Trarsrose elcva ion, and hive
parent. BARKIs.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-12-03

"A full pack of cards in the forecasile
must never be confounded with the gu Ar
ter. deck in an entirely ditferent part of
the vessel.
Two thousand doctors propose to
me together and discuss medical sub
jects. The bentfits that will result from
this cannot be estimated. While the
doctors are in convention everybody will
get we'll. as
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-12-03
N COUNTY, PA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1881.

poverty now, but 1 viii be true to you
forever"
II would rather have your love and
truth than the wealth of the world" she
said tenderly. "But we are not poor,
thanks to Helen's generosity. As for me
her happy blue eyes glanced from her
child to its fathers face God has given
me such treasures, dear, that should
still be the happiest and richest woman
in the world even if 1 did not-as do
hold deed of gift to-day emitting me to
the half of Helen's fortune"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-12-03
DIAMOND
CATARRH
REMEDY.

A Positive Cure for Catarrh of all
Kinds. IL Is instantaneous IN \ fleet
and Permanent III bkesult. cues at any
Stage OF tue ul>eHs. Has Cured cast SO tel lible
that ZONES ca lie from the nose.
Dr. Evnry's Diamoud Cafarrh re CIn-
edy is mud and tasanl anOnling m ne e. d la 20
R"ietH nruntt cure IN all Ca ,es fsatnrTh,
1lnuenZa, Hay Fever. Bronchitis.
1t viii remove rolypus ard efiectuay cure
Walerv AMI l'mulent Discharges from the Head
AMI Throat, and Fuetld. Slckenng Breath per-
fertN restore lmpai ed Smell, Taste AMI learing;
relieve Hcaddc e. Break up CCldS in The Head;
trengthen The Voice and Eye; Purify, Regulate
aud Render lear and Active every Ors an OF the
II ad a.id Throat. Tr;ce, so ceais.
DIR. EVOry's Diamond InVlgOraIor is
Perfect Blood Further, Appetizer and
Nerve rOnic 1t III keS q deil.i,lfnl, who c.
some DIR M, which InvIgOratPs. Purilies
and Strengthens the en- ire system.
For Gene al bty, Dysp" "psia, Biliousness,
To y Il Liver lnd est, n, Neuralgia and Rheu-
matte Affections, ia ndice, Malaria, Fatulency,
Nausea, $ ok ii tahaChe a1d Kidney Complaints,
1t is Invaluable. Pice, so cents.
DR.. r,vOry's Diamond Salve is sover.
elm cure lOr burns, Bruises Sores OF all kinds,
salt Rheum, TetVr, igWorm aud CutaneOus
Erupuons. Iricc, IS cents.
Ask yOUr Druggist for these remed-
les and lake pO Otheri or Will be Aent
Free Oh receipt OF price.
Dc cIptiyc PImph cts Free.
Address DR.. EvoTy's Diamond Remedies Co,
J. o. Box $500. 1o4 John Street, New York