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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18

Concerning the reported desire Of
the Maine Republicans to nominate
Mr.. Blaine fer Congress the Augusta
Journal has this to say: In accordance
with an overwhelming sentiment in the
State in favor Of having Blaine's name
upon the ticket and returning him to
Congress, petitions are circulating
about the State asking him to accept
a nomination for Congress. It was
not his intention or wish to be a can
didate for any position upon our State
ticket, but it is strongly hoped that he
may change his purpose and consent
to serve upon the ticket. 1t would be
worth a great many votesto the Repub.
lican party to have his name upon the
ticket, and the country would rejoice
at his return to a scat in Congress.
What his reply will be is all coDjec-
ture.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18
AN ARTISTS ANTICS.
Suit for SIS, 1000 Damages for
UnfRVOrabIe Criticism.
speclnI 70 cinclnnnti commercinl.

Special to Cincinnati Commercial.
ST.. Louis, Mo-, May Is -Professor
William H.. Tanning, whose sale Of
water-color pictures at Cincinnati was
favorahly criticised at length in the
Commercial, 4 few months ago, has
entered suit against the Evening
Chronicle and William MARBLE, of this
city, laying his damages at 5000.
Tanning claims hat the artists of this
city entered into a conspiracy to pre-
vent his carrying on a sale of his
pictures, and in doing this caused to
be published an article in the Chron-
icle criticising his pictures in such a
way that the sale of them was ruined.
MARBLE is an artist, aud while his
deposition was being taken to-day it
was developed that he had had the
article in question written, and had
taken it to the Chronicle for publica-
ton. Tanning says that in Cincinnati
and Chicago he met with the best of
treatment at the hands of the local
artists, but that here he was met with
rebufs on all sides. To prove that
his water colors were genuine pictures,
he placed Henry B, Pettes, the leading
picture dealer here, on the stand, and
the latter testified that Tanning had
come to St. Louis from Chicago at his
solicitation, and that his pictures were
from the best galleries in Europe.
Mr.. Amos Bradley, Rochester, NY,
says: AS a sure cure for nervous de
bility and general decay Of the system,
| can conscientiously recommend
Browns Iron itters as a medicine that
will give prompt relief. do this as a
duty | owe my fellow.men, being my
self restored to perfect health"
S. Mansfield 4 Co., w. N. Wilker-
son & Co.. and G.. W. Jones & Co.,
Wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18

A young French geographer named
Gorloff recently made an interesting
report upon his explorations in the
Sahara. His only companions were
two Arabs. He described the sitting
room Of the town council Of Mettili as
a sub~terranean gallery, ornamented
with pillars, running round a deer
well. By that continuance the coun-
ell was kept cool. ever in hot days.
The men ofthe Touareg tribe were
not allowed to have more than one
wife each, and she possessed the great
est influence, not only in domestic but
in political affairs. The Touareg
women were far more highly edu,
Gated than the men. they could read
and write we'll, they possessed some
musical talent, and their poems were
celebrated in the desert. 1t appeared
that in the middle ages some persons
of high birth emigrated to Africa
among the Touaregs, and some o.
them boosted Of Montmorency de,
scent. At one time NJ. Gorlof and
his guides we're overtaken by a severe
snow storm. The guides lost their
way, and they were in much danger oil
being frozen TO death. There were
many in France, said NJ. Gorlof, VIII,
proclaimed the Sahara a rich coun.
try, where fortune was TO be made
He would like those persons to travel
in it they would then change their
opinion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18
isig sale OF Memphis and Little
Rock Land.
Little Rock Democrat, IS,


We learn from Mr.. j. K, Brautley.
Of a big sale Of land recently made By
the land department. 1t is the sort
Oftransaction that speaks in the high
est terms for the State, and hence it
gives us pleasure to give the PARTON
lars.
MI. J s.. Matthews, Of Mercer
county, Illinois, is one Of the largest
stock men Of his section. In fact he
did not possess territory sufficient for
his business, and no visited Kansas,
Nebraska, Colorado and Texas. FL
nally he decided to visit Arkansaw
before deciding. He dropped into tho
Iron Mountain land Office, told what
he wanted, aud was induced to visit
Prairie county. The result was that
he purchased 1000 acres of prairie
land, paying spot cash for 1900. He
now has 400 head Of stock in the In
dian Territory which he will drive to
his farm as soon as it is ready. Our
new citizen thinks Arkansaw, on 40
count Of her unparalleled mast, the
best stock raising State in the Union.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18
L OF THE PAST.
Interesting Discoveries Made I'm
San Saba COunty-SOmeIhiRg
for the Archaeological
ly Inclined.
San Saba cTexasl Nsws.

Evidence of the existence of man at
a very remote age is found in many To-
cations in this portion Of Western
Texas. On the dividing ridge be-
tween Cherokee creek and San Saba
river valley there is, covering a space
of ten thousand acres or more, evi
dence of the whole of this tract having
been occupied by the dwellings OF an
ancient people, who probably lived in
tents or circular wooden huts, proba
bly, matched with straw or covered by
the skins of animals. Thousands Of
circular elevations exist, Of a size al
most uniform, being twenty-five feet
in diameter across from the outer line
of circumference at the base of the
mounds; the elevations at the highest
point do not average more than two
and a halt feet above the surrounding
plains; instead of being mound.
shaped, round on top, they have in
the center a depression about six feet
in diameter. This depression never
exceeds in depth one third the height
of the mound. The material of which
the circular ridge is composed is gem
orally small, broken stones or gravel
taken from the surrounding depos-
its, intermixed with earth. The
material Of which the central part is
composed is of somewhat different ma
ture, being earth and ashes intermixed
with small fragments of stones which
show unmistakable evidence oil having
been submitted to frequent heating
the earth shows 20 have been baked
Fragments of the shells of mollusks
principally mussels, of a species differ.
ing little from those found IN tn,
neighboring creeks at the present time
are common. The writer has haC
several Of these mounds thorough,
searched for human remains or de
posts OF implements used by the an.
Gent people who constructed them
but without result. Implements uset
By man have been found under cir
cumstances which can leave no doub
that they were used ages before tn,
extinction of the mastodon which in
habited this portion Of Texas. Tb,
writer has in his possession a stonI
implement made of red granite an,
found thirteen feet from the surfac,
Of the same valley in which has BEEF
foundin two localities the remains q
the mastodon at less than half tb
depth from the surface.
A curious implement was found
short time since by our fellow towns
man, Mr.. Marley, who has been en-
gagged in search Of soil for a garden o
his premises. At a depth of abou
four feet he found a disc composed Z
porous clay which has been burned
it is about 10 inches 10 circumference
and two inches in thickness, the eds
is rounded and the disc semewba
depressed on each side in the oente,
Some have conjectured this to hay
been used as a cupsl in smelling ores
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18
BY Cable to tho Herald.

MADRID, May i4.-P1blic opinion
and that ofthe leading Statesmen of
Spain is that European intervent in
Egypt would be very likely to lead to
serious complications in North Africa
where the French collision with Mo
hammedan fanaticism in Tunis and on
the frontier Of Morocco has kept up a
fame ever ready to burst out afresh.
Intelligence, gathered during the re-
cent visit Of several foreign ENJOYS
with their suites at the Court Of the
Sultan Of Morocco, clearly proves that
the Moorish ruler could not restrain
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18
A VEST POINT CADETsHlP,
TO Be Filled From the Tenth Con
gressional District.
Applicants TO be Examined I'm
Memphis 8uRe First.
HOUSE OF RErREsENTArIvEs,

AsHlhdIONf may 10. 1867,
EDITOR LEDGER:-Dear Sir: The
enclosed letter from Adjutant.G General
Drum, was received to day and ex-
plains itself. AS the time is short, may
Task the favor Of its publication in
the LEDGER, in order to inform all
applicants in my district that if they
will appear on Thursday, the first Of
June, at the Office Of Drs. Mitchell &
Maury, Memphis, for a competitive
examination. | have written to these
gentlemen, together with Hons. j. o..
Pierce, B M. Estes and Major Ben
yaurd, to do me the favor to carefully
and impartially examine any and all
applicants, without regard to race or
. complexion, and send me the name
/ Of that n combining the highest
qualifications under the printed regu-
l%ations, and the name OF the next
highest as alternate. You will pardon
me, | am sure, inasmuch as you are
helping me to secure for one of our
own boys the proud privilege Of an ed
uoation under the generous auspices
of our good Government.
l beg to remain, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
WIN. R. Moore.
p. S.-You will see that the mode
for conducting said examinations is
printed on the back of enclosed let
ter, which the examiners can exam
Inc. w. X Nj.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, May 10Th, 1882
Hon. VIM. R. Moore NJ. q,
House of Representatives.
SR:-You are invited by the Secre-
tary Of Var TO nominate at your ear.
hest convenience, a legally qualified
candidate, (vice Thomas Q. Looney,
resigned this date,) for appointment
as cadet to the United States Military
Academy, from the 10th Congressional
District Of Tennessee, who must be st
West Point not later than the 9th day
of June, 1882, but whose appointment
is required by law to be made as near
ly one year in advance OF that date as
is practicable.
In case you do not select your can
didate by competitive examination,
and have reason to doubt his ability to
pass the preliminary examination for
admission OF candidates, you are
authorized to designate a legally
qualified alternate, who must be will
III n
examined at the same time as the
candidate.
Your immediate attention to the
subject and to the terms ofthe accom-
panying circular is earnestly re-
auested.
am, sir, very respectfully, your
obedient servant,
S. c. DRUM,
Adjutant General.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18

town with several pieces Of luggage.
When confronted with DR.. Gale she
feigned insanity and raved and laughed
to herself for half an hour. Becoming
at length convinced that this new
cheat would not avail her, she con-
fessed that il was herself who had per.
sonated Mrs lizard Down has been
made a bankrupt. and The whole case
is undergoing thorough Investigation.
Frauds upon many other people in
Plymouth are also stated to have been
committed by Mrs. Down.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18

A timely use of Browns Iron Bit
ters will strengthen the nerves and
muscles with new life and vigor, and
ward off many diseases that otherwise
are sure to encroach upon a weak
constitution.
s. Mansfield & Co, W. N. Wilker-
son Il Co., and G.. w Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18

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, I FREE 0R
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
self-addressed envelope TO the Rev. JOSEPH I.
IEMAT. Station D. New York City.
h2xxxiVb2d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18

The PUBLIC LEDGER book bindery
13 Madison street, is in the same build
ing as the newspaper and job printing
establishment; is owned by the same
proprietor; embraces all machines and
material Used in a irst-c class book
bindery, and is conducted by compe-
tent workmen, capable Of executing
work in as good and substantial a
style as can be done anywhere,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18
SAMARITAN


Does i pay to DO compelled, BY debil-
ness when brain, nerve and muscla can
20 braced up and the whole 81 stem can
be restored to a healthy condition BY a
cOurse of ~ ="
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18

With "a" as an Initial litter Instead Of
a "b.n Why not, then, have a jury
decide this mooted question and thus
end the war for better or worse.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18
New Advertisements

can PER WEEK can be made in any To-
RSO cality. Something entirely new for
agents. 50 outfit free. G.. w. Ingrsham
d Co., Boston, Mass. .
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18
..HOME
T
TO THE SICK and DEBILITATED

Is It werth while to endure penal tor
sare every night from wakotulness, ina
oility to sleep. nervous prostrstion. efc--
when you caa be immediately relieved
aremedy as
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18
SAMARITAN
NERVTNE.

You nervous dySpeptics, why approach
the dinner table daily with a positive DIS
gust fos al! that is savo,y and delicious,
When a vigorous appetite for even the
plainest food is created by the use Of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18
SAMARITAN
NERVTNE.

Is it wise to live in this bright world as
though 1t were a%dungeon. constantly mis-
cradle and discontented, when the worst
Gases Of epilepsy. nervousness OF hypo-
chondfia is cured in a very short time by
arant as
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-18

BOSTON Advertiser: The Democratic pa
pers report that the Maine Republicans are
organizing already for the important canvass
of the coming Autumn. There are town
and city elections to be held in the State
this Spring, but that circumstance is not in
terfering with the preparation for the gener-
al engagement few months hence. If
those journals had made the announcement
even earlier they doubtless would have been
accurate in their observation. The disci-
pline of the rather stormy years through
which Maine has passed has not been lost
upon the Republicans, and their friends in
the opposition party may well take heed to
the suggestion, made in great kindness, that
the vgor and thoroughness of the work
which will inaugurate and control the cam
paign under Republican auspices in Maine
will surpass any previous record of the par
ty. It will be pleasure to give notice, on
authority, that the Democrats are likewise
organizing for the State election.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-18

EDITOR CANADAY, of the Wilmington, N.
c., Post, member of the National Republic
can Committee, is in Washington, and gives
a cheering report of the progress of the In
dependent movement in the Old North
State. He says that five or six Democratic
papers, a number of which are among the
most prominent in the State and published
at the centres of influence, have abandoned
the Bourbon cause.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-18
HOLMAN PAD CO.,
P. o. Box 2112.) 744 broadway, N. ".
jne14 eod&wnrm6m-( (tmar2D
The SURGEONS KNIFE.
Wonderful Surgical Removal
of Urinary Stones from fhe Biadder-
Successful.

Mr.. Simeon Tietsell of Saugerties, N. Y. had been
treated for seven years by various physicians for
what they call Structure of the Urethra, without
benefit He finally consulted DR.. David Kennedy, of
Rondout, N Y. who found his trouble to be Urinary
Calculi or Stones in the Bladder. The doctor at
once removed the foreign bodies with the knife and
then gave his grt at Blood Specific, 'Fayorite Rene
dy'' to prevent their reformation. The entire treat
ment was eminently successful, and MIR. Tietsell's
recovery was rapid and perfect.
While "Favorite Remedy is a specific in all Kid
ney and Bladder diseases it is equally valuable in
cases of Bilious Disorders, Constipation of the
Bowels and all the class of ills apparently nseper
able from the constitutions of women. Try it. Your
druggist has it, and its cost is only dollar bot
tie. The lucky man is he who puts this advice in
practice. Don't forget the name and address, DIR.
David Kennedy, Rondout, N Y. The Doctor would
have it understood that. while he is engaged in the
introduction of his medicine Fayorite Remedy. he
still continues the practice of his profession, bu
confines himself exclusively to Office practice. He
treats all diseases of chronic character, and per-
forms all the minor and capital operations of surgery
jana eod&w1m
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-18

Now that the colossal speculations in
wheat, cotton and other domestic produce
have collapsed in New York, Chicago and
St. Louis, with such disastrous results to
the leading parties concerned, there ought
to be revival of he export trade to foreign
countries, especially at New York and Phila-
delphia, where these speculative combina-
tions had laid an embargo upon active ship
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-18

THE process of stirring up foreign govern
ments to hostile measures against the impor-
tation of American provisions on account Of
alleged EMBELLISHMENTS appears to be in
dustriously followed up in many quarters,
under the influence of some superior power,
which has not yet been ascertained The
latest case of the kind is at Havana, the
leading commercial port of the island of Gu
ba, where American lard is declared un-
wholesome
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-18

SOUTHERN reputation is proving unfor-
tunate for some public charities. The report
of the Peabody Institute shows among its
assets State of Tennessee six per cent. bonds
$780,, 900, and Virginia six per cents, new,
SIS, 900, and deferred $4,000. George Pea
body invested in Tennessee bonds and made
them part of his gift to the city of Balti-
more
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-18

SPRING does not seem to be lingering in
the lap of Winter, but to have actually sat
down upon it and fattened it out. The
very fact that Vennor is still predicting cold
snaps aud biting blasts will have the effect,
as general thing, of banishing ulsters and
gum shoes in favor of linen busters and
straw hats. There is evidently some mis-
take in the latest consignment of weather.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-18

PROBABLY it is in view of the axiom,
''Uneasy lies the head that wears CROWN"
that the Gar has postponed his coronation
ceremony until September. Unfortunately,
however, for him there are no direct evil
dences that his pillow is comfortably pressed
Without that ornamental head gear. The
women who look under their beds to see If
there is man there are thrown completely
in the shade by monarch who is always ex-
pecting torpedo to explode when he turns
down his bed-spread.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-18

The Largest Stock of Clocks i'm
enc ecify.whOIcsale and retail, at
urEENkEY,S New JeweIry Store,
febs1Im Ha1 CONGREss STREET.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-18

CALIFORNIA gives out that the oil wells of
the Los Angeles belt are SO much better
than those of any other locality, and so
abundant as to supply all the Pacific slope,
that we needn't send any more oil beyond
the Rockies.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-18

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS Is furnished
with a Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor, Ali railway steamboat and hotel managers
will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
Of every person claiming to represent our Journal.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-18

GEN. Brialmont, the great military author
ity of Belgium, is out with a book that has
created world of discussion in Europe.
He warns Belgium that she should construct
a line of Notifications along the valley of the
Meuse from Namur TO Liege, as he regards
the resumption of hostilities between France
and Germany as probable and impending,
in which event it would be impossible to pre-
vent the attempt of one of the belligerents
to seize on Belgium. Gambettas speech at
Belleville last August, demanding the re-
PROCESSION of -Alsace and Lorraine, in the
name of law, truth and justice, General
Brialmont considers standing menace to
European peace.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-18

Dues tea experiment is endorsed by
T. M. Gilmore of Georgetown. S. c., who
has large tract covered with strong and
thrifty plants, the samples being pronounced
by the dealers in Baltimore as equal in
strength and flavor to the best imported
taae
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-18
The New Appointments.

The new Maine appointments by the Pres
ident for United States District Attorney
and United States Marshal commend them
selves to the citizens of our State, and are
received with great favor, as they ought to
be- Mr.. Lunt has been District Attorney
for term, and has filled the place with abil-
ity, and with the approval of everybody. He
has made fine record as a lawyer and an
officer. His reappointment was taken for
granted and is highly approved. The selec-
tion of Hon. Geo. d. Bisbee of Buckield as
Marshal is equally approved. Mr. Bisbee is
a young man, but has already established a
high reputation throughout the State. He
was a good soldier in the war of the rebel
lion, serving as Lieutenant-although then
very young,-in the 10th Maine Regiment.
He was for year and half prisoner in
Libby prison and other prisons of the South
and suffered the severest distress in his con-
fnement. His record since then as lawyer
in Oxford county has been fine one. He is
the leading practitioner of that section of
his county. He was for many years county
attorney and is now senator for that coun-
ty. He is an earnest, active Republican, an
able lawyer, thoroughly honest, reliable
man, and will make good marshal.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-18

THE Sunday before President Garfield was
assassinated he attended the morning SER
vices at st. James's Episcopal Church. To
commemorate the event the idea of memo
rial window was conceived and a public
subscription was made. The window is now
finished, and will soon be put in the side of
the church opposite the pew where the Pres
ident sat. 1t is of the Gothic arch form, six
feet high and two wide. The glass is of the
antique iridescent kind and nearly all waved.
In the centre is medallion portrait of Gar
field, enlarged from a photograph. Below
the medallion is inscribed: "In memory of
James A. Garfield, June 26, 1884, The
window is richly ornamented with the cross
and crown, passion flowers, thirteen stars,
etc.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-18
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY IS.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address Of the writer are In
all Indispensable not necessarily for publca-
ton but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve CON-
munications that are not used.