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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20

New York Tribune

new YORK Iribune.l
Meifoo, Chinese steamer whose
arrival in the Thames we noted re
Gently, has caused a comical alarm in
England She is the first Of the line
OF trading steamers owned and
manned by Cinnamon, which are to
run between Shanghai and London,
carrying tea, rice, straw braid, etc
The Chinese very properly begin to
think they should have share in the
profits Of their own commerce. But
the English press declare that IL this
line succeeds, we shall have Chinese
immigrants by the thousand entering
London" They prophecy that certain
trades, such as ship-carpentering ETC.,
will inevitably pass into their hands,
and gloomily ask, what is
10 be done about it? 81
the Chinese come, questions will
arise TO which strikes are triHing. "
1t will be time for John Bull to CRY
out when he is hurt byWan Lee. The
Chinaman is a shrewder fellow than
tic world has supposed Ifhe leaves
his own crowded, ill-fed country. 1t il
onlyto better himself, To 20 10 one less
crowded and well fed. He invariably
pitches his tent on new, sparsely set.
tied land; the Sandwich Islands, oui
own country, or Australia. WIZ
should he carry his labor to a small
over populated island from which
laboring men are escaping by tn,
thousand every month, in the hope o.
keeping themselves alive? The fac
that English labor is scared at Vi
coming shadow show how diseased Il
its condition. The sick man is jarre,
by far-of step.
That Chinese pitalshould carry Til
war against English capital into Lon
don itsell, is quite another matter
and is another Groof Of how thorough
ly the whole Chinese nation has bee
reused during the last two years /
understand and TO push its own inter
estE 10 trade as well as in policy an
in war. The Japanese are making
similar effort TO control, by a comb
nation in Yokohama, the foreign sill
trade; an effort which will probabl
prove nnsuccessful from lack of can
tai TO sustain tho necessary immedial
loss. But the Asiatic nations whic
have been 50 long meekly content
be drained by civilized Europeans Al
showing signs Of resistance which
the end will be eifectual.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20

riding their questions The hras he
knows the'expeTts viii swear that he
= a asymmetrieal, and then be will
Be put IN the dock with Guiteau where
It viii 90 hard with him. tell YOU.
. judge can't be too careful how be
behaves" and Mrs. Spoopendyke
pinned the bAby's skirts around its
legs and smoothed out its dress.
Wow" yelled Dir. Spoopendyke
unable for an instant to throw his
feelings into any coherent form Of
speech. Youv struck H. You're
whole barrel OF canned judiciary All
you want now is . red label an your
back and some marginal notes to Be
dodgasted law library! II you'd
change assistants once month, and
win four cases during one term Of
Office, you'd only need three deodands
and plug hat TO be q district attor-
neyl You've got the ideal There's
nothing more to be said on either sideI
Give you a black petticoat with
sleeves to it and a Wart on your nose.
and you'd only want a restaurant in
the basement to be q United States
supreme Court What dye think a.
Judge IS tor2 A substituted Think
he sits around 10 ease the prisoner.
turn and turn about? Got some kind
oil an idea that he il dodgasted work
on etiquette; with notified leaves and
q yellow binding, and Tommy from
Fanny on the fy2 | tell you he pre-.
sides And anybody but half wittod
woman who did0't think with her
heels and reason with che rat holes
next door wouldn't need TO be told oil
II more times than she makes a moas
ly idiot Of herselfl"
IF he presides, it's all right" re-
Joined Mrs Spoopendyke, with sight
Of relief, but ] got the idea that be
went there TO feel the public senti.
ment, and then say those we're his
views, and no was only helping the
prosecution 10 see the error Of Cult
eau's ways before his conduct was
snapped up and used against him."
Mr.. Spoopendyke drew of his cloth
ing solemnly, fred the pieces into diff
ferent corners and waded into bed with
the stern reflection that some people
only needed side whiskers and a note
book full of bad lectures on repealed
statutes to be a modern law school,"
= don care, muttsred Mrs. Spoop-
endyke. VI don't like those experts.
and | wish nv husband would On into
the business. They may not hang Mr.
Guiteau, but they'll find the Jury
insane, and Dir. Porter will have to
look up some other kind Of a Job, for
this trial can't last forever"
With which satisfactory solution Of
the national complication Mrs. Spoop-
endyke undressed the baby, dropping
the pins where Mr.. Spoopendyke
would be sure to find them the mo
ment he stepped QUE OF bed in the
morning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20
Ron-R~sIdSat Hos,ca.

10. lZT8-In the Chanoery Court OF Shelby
county, Tenn.-William Ferguson ct al We.
George Dent ct al.
/ I appearing from AFFIDAVIT In this cauf
4 that the defendants, Thomas Buchanan,
D. Buchanan, William Barbour. Susan X
Hooper formerly Susan X Dent and her hus-
band. - Hooper, are all non-residenis Of the
state OF Tennessee; tits therefore ordered that
they make their appearance herein, at the
courthouse Of Shelby county, in Memphis,
Tenn, on or before the hrstMondsy in March,
lSsZ, and plead, answer or demur 10 complain
ant bill, or the same will be taken for con-
tessed as 70 then. and set for hearing ex-
Parte; and that q copy Of this order be pub
iisbed once a week for four successive weeks
IN tho Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of January 1882
A copy-Attest:
R. J. BLACK. Clerk aud d astor.
7 b Edgington, sol'r for compPt.
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Attachment Notice.

Before W York, J. P. for Shelby county.
Ienn.-1homss Murray vs.. J ii Cress.
Il N this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 3i55 Of the Code Of
Tennessee, and returned By the proper ofieer
levied upon the property Of the defendant,
and affidavit having been made that de-
fendant g indebted to the plaintiff in the
sum Of so, thirty dollars, due By ac-
count, and that the claim IL just, and
mat the defendant IL nonresident Of the
State Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that
the said defendant make bis personal an
pearance before me on the 18th day Of Rebru-
airy, 1852, at ! o'clock, pm, at my Office, In
the second district Of said county of Shelby,
ment suit within the time prescribed By law,
or the same will be proceeded with ex-parte.
and that copy Of this order be published once
week for four consecutive weeks in the
Memphis Public Ledger.
This the 10th day Of January, 1882.
I'D li6 III ls8 WP YORK, J.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20
Attachment Notice.

Before NJ Coleman, J. P. for Shelby county,
Tenn.-S II Young vs.. A s Yallsntine q Son.
n this cause an attachment having been
4 sued out under section 5i55 Of the Code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property Of tbs defendants, by Earnishment,
upon Baxter X Co, merchants. and who an
swer that they are indebted 70 defendants IN
the sun Of Sl2l, By account, and affidavit hav-
ing been made that defendants are indebted
10 the plaintiff In the sum Of go. due By ac-
count, and that the claim isjust, and that tbs
defendants are non-resdents Of the State Of
TepneFsee; II is therefore ordered that said
defendants make their personal Appearance
before me on the nth day Of RebFuary,
lSa2, at II o'clock an, nj my ofice,
No. y Madison street, Memphis, Tennessee,
and defend said attachment suit within the
time prescribed By law, or the same will -
proceeded with ex-parle; and that q COPY Of
this order be published once a week for four
weeks In tho Public Ledger.
This the 10th day Of January, 1881.
j y COLEMAN. j. p,
Henry Reichman, Atty for Plaintiff.
1H 10 115 192 .
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20
why the PnrsOn left Kentucky.

why the PnrsOn Left Kentucky.
Texas siftipes.l
A good many years ago, when a cor
tain placein Texas was a very small
town, quite a number Of prominent
citizens went out on hunting expe-
dition. N0ne night, when they we're
ell gathered around the camp fire, one
OF the party suggested that each man
should give the time and reason for
his leaving his native State and COM
ing to Texas, wherOupon each one in
turn told his experience. Judge
Blank had killed aman 10 self defense,
in Arkansaw; General SoandsO had
forged another mans signature TO a
check, while another came 10 Texas
on account of having two wives. The
only man who did not make any dis.
closures was a sanctimonious looking
old man, who, although professional
gambler, was usually called "Parson. "
well, ParSOn, why did you leave
Kentucky
II don't care to say anything about
it, Besides it was only trife. None
of you would believe me anyhow"
Out with i'll Did you shoot any
body2'
mo, gentlemen, ! did not. Since
you want to know so bad III tell you.
left Kentucky because | did not
build a church"
Deep silence fell on the group. No
such excuse for coming to Texas ever
had been heard Of before. There was
evidently an unexplained mystery at
bottom of it. The "Parson" was
called on to furnish moro light.
well, gentlemen, you see congre-
CATION raised $4,000 and turned it over
to me to build church-and | didn't
build the church. That's all"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20

Clergymen, lawyers, physicians, far
mers, merchants, business men, gentle
men Of leisure, and their women folk
and children, all use Brown Iron Bit
ters. II keeps them we'll.
s. Mansfield Il Co., W. N. Wilker.
son q Go. and G. W. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20
Maiizraan on Wllde.

Henry Watssrson has met. Oscar
Wilde in Nsv York and gives his i'm
preston through The Courier-J Journal
as follows
The Oscar Wilde faroFe Is unabated.
| happened TO be in a company where
this young gentleman appeared the
other evening. He was not we'll
dressed and wore knee-breeches and
silk stockings.
a lAliog and lank young man,
Too alb but and utter
Ty rake such Z SPLITTER,
Among the gtris, youns mar"
Oscar Wilde is the son Of poor but
respectable parents. His father, an
eminent Dublin physician. was knight
ed observes TO science, and is Sir
William Wilde. His mother wrote q
book Of poems. A brother is editor
Of Vanity Fair. He himself took
Oxford degrees and prizes, and came
up TO London 10 be lampooned and
laughed at by Burnard, the editor,
and De Mourier, the caricaturist, Of
Punch. Then Gilbert took the hint
and wrote Patience" MAKING Oscar
Wilde do duty as Bunthornc. London
is q large village, England is aprOyince.
New York, unconscious Of its cosmo-
politan proportions, affects all that Is
English. Hence this Oscar Wilde
business. The youHg man-exePpt in
bis manners and attire-is not 80 bad.
He has written book OF poems which
has many good spots scattered here
and there. IIe is poor, and has come
here as the eDploye Of theatrical
agency, to make what he can out Of
the n0toriety his satirists have given
him. He is not at fault. That
which is really laughable is the slob-
bering nobbery Of New York soci-
ETY., which can find nothing better to
Iionize.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20
COnaunDtIOn.

Thousands who had long suffered
from weak lungs, short breath, asthma,
and consumption, have found relief in
Browns Iron Bitters, a true tonic.
S. Mansfield & Co.. w. N. Wilker
son K Co., and G. W. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20
GeneraI Debnilr Curtd.
UHEsTERvILLE, KENT Co, MD

January 81, 1881.
Feeling broken down and generally
debilitated, | was induced by our
druggist to try bottle Of Browns
Iron Bitters. From the third dose, |
began to feel the good effects Of your
medicine, and really think it did me
more good than any medicine | ever
took. B. D. QUIMBY.
s. Mansfield & Co, w. n. Wiker-
son 4 Co., and G. w. Jones & Co.
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20

The PUBLIC LEDGER book bindery
u Madison street, is in the same build
ing as the newspaper and job printing
establishment; is owned by the same
proprietor; embraces al machines and
material used in a frst-class book
bindery, and is conducted by compe.
tent workmen, capable OF executing
work 10 as COCA and substantial
style as can be done anywhere. /
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiseretlons Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhsod, ETC., l will send
reclpe thst will cure you, FREE or
yhAkdE'. This great remedy was discovered
By y missionary 10 South America, Send a
telf-addressed envelope 10 the Rev. JOsRPH 7.
ISHAN. Station u. New York City.
52xxxiv52d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20
Health is Wealth.

On. z. @. WKsr's HPRyE AND Behrs Tng1y.
NENI; a specific foI Hystsria, DirEineaa, Con-
vuisions, Neryous Headache, Mental Betfee
sion, Loss Of Memery, HpermatOrrhea, rmpo.
tency, InyoluntaTy kmis5lobs, Prematufs Ola
Age, caused ~ oyef-exsrtlon, sslfabuss, Or
and death. One box win cure recent caeoa
Zach box contains one months treatment.
One dollar q box OF six bexes for I've dollares
sent by mall prepaid On receipt Of price. We
GUARANTEES SIX boTes 70 cure any case. wiz
each order reeelv? ~ "a for aix boxes, accom-
chaser our written guarantee 10 return The
money II the treatr.ent does not effect cure,
Guarantees igsuod only b. A. RKNKEHT 4
CO., WHOLESALE and Retail Druggists, 2i5 Main
street, Memphis, Tenn. Orders bY mail viii
Focsive prompt sttentlon. bExKilil65d&W
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20

Decided steps ought to be taken TO
cure cold or cough at once. We
should recommend DR.. Bulls cough
syrup. This valuable medicine is in
dorsed by physicians and you can rely
on its doing the work every time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20

by virtue Of trust deed, duly recorded in
~ tho Registers Office OF Shelby county,
Tenn, book 20 (ehattel, page 3Os, I will, on
Monday, 23d cay Of January, 1882,
at tho house of A N stoddard 4 Co, No. 23
Main street. in Taxing District, Shelby coun-
y. Tenn, az trustee. sell at public auction
for cash, one black mare mule, about years
old, by HANDS high, named Kilt, and one
brown mare mule about u years old, is hands
hiRh, named Julia, part Of the PROPERTY de-
scribe in said trust deed, TO which reference
Is made. will only sell and convey as true
tee.
So 123 JAMES sMYTHE, Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20
TRUTH ATTEsTED.
Some Important Statements
Of Well Known People
Wholly Verified.

In order that the public may fully rsaIizs
the Tsnuineness Of tue statements, - veil A.
tbs power and vaius Of the article Of which
they speak, 10 publish herewith the ~
smile siEnatures Of parties whose sincerity
i begQnd question. The truth Of these testi-
monlalg u absolute, nor can the facts thsy an
nounee Be ignored;
MENFHIs. TESS., April %. 1ssl.
MsssFs. Il. II. Warner 4 Coz
GExTLrDg--f havs been sufferer fiom uy
Infancy With disease Of the kidneys, and have
expehded Q great deal Of ny hard earned
wages With physicians and At various springs
10 search Of relief. None did me any good.
FINALLY, aiter reading several testinonifis 81
the safe Kidney and Liver Cure, i concluded
y try Il, and eftof havina useA four bottlss
found that had been entirely cured. and am
today ~ strsng and healthy ~ any one.
have not aeea any testimonials from any one
10 mis- section OF the country, and On this
acc0uat send mine VOLUNTARILY, hopihR that
some one affected vita this dangerous disease
may see u and be induced 70 try Il. IL l. the
most wonderful medicine have ever seen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20

Coffee drinkers should read the ad.
vertisement 10 another column headed
Good Coffee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20

MNrHs. TsNE., April u, 1881.
Mssrs. II. II. Warner q Cot
0ESTLKNEE-R0r over twenty year, have
been q spaofer from kidney trouble, accom-.
panied b. female weakness which oulmi.
mated into falling Of the womb. have been
treated By numerous doctors In Georgia and
Alabama, but none % them gave me any
benoht. In 1873 a friend advffsd mo TO use
Warner Safe Kidnoy and Liver Cure. Ono
bottle dids NJ more good than all the other
medicine / bad taken IN eighteen years, and
sontinued us0 caused further Improvement.
until ! considered myself well. believe Il
70 DO the best remedy In the market for such
female disorders. / can eheeffully recon-
mend II 70 all.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-20

Music books, magazines, illustrated
papers, ETC., bound at the Public
LEDGER bindery, 10 Madison street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-18
THE ST1Y1THOME CLUE.

The time has arrived when the community
divides into two classes-the g0-aways and
the stay-at-homes. We have few words for
the latter class. a good deal of sympathy is
expended upon those who are compelled by
the stress of circumstances TO spend the
heated term in town. And not without rca-
son. A change of scene, a change of air,
break III the routine, do much to freshen and
strengthen, to clear the eye and renew the
spirit.
But all the same, the man who finds it ne
cessary to spend tie summer in this city is
not "a legitimate subject for pity. For his lines
have fallen i'll exceedingly pleasant places. 1t
is susceptible OF demonstration that New-York
is more generously supplied with those at
fractions which go to make POPULAR sum-
mer resort than good many OF the
places toward which the go-aways are
now setting their faces. The members of
the stay-at-hOme club can sail down the Bay
or Oh the unequalled Hudson, wander ia
lovely hooks Of Central Park, sport in the
waves at Coney Island, and go fishing at half
dozen good points, all without leaving town
over night There are rest, refreshment in
vgoration in these recreations What summer
TtSOIt, Oh llt NHOI', DIlfIS IL uOIt dlluIl1S
summer programme Newport, Saratoga,
Mount Desert, the AdirOndacks, Niagara Falls,
they are all fascinating, but New-York in
some important respects Is even more to be de-
sired during the dog-days. Let any member
of the stay-at-home club sit down at his
leisure and make a list of the ways and
means within his reach for getting through
the summer with comfort, and he will find
that his blessings consequent upon living just
where he does are manifold, no matter how
high the mercury may climb.
One other point. " | have made up my mind
to take no more summer vacatiOnsn said a
thoughtful fellow-ctizen a few weeks ago. Be
| ing asked to explain the reason for his new
resolution he remarked Well, you see, it's
| "just here. I've been accustomed during the
"past ten years to quit business for month
"eyery summer. The consequence has been
"that ten times ] have returned so tired that
'it has taken good part of the fall
"at home 10 make me myself again"
! OF course this person had never learned the
art of using vacation not abusing it. But
his experience is not exceptional. A good
| many men and women come home at the end
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-18
A PEACEFUL SUMNER.

The usual summer lethargy has begun its
descent upon public topics, and a season of rest
from strife of all kinds seems to be before us.
PENNSYLVANIA is likely to absorb all the political
excitement there will be i'll motion for the next
three months, leaving the rest OF the country III
peace Congress will adjourn presently, wnen
Speaker kefer will stop pounding, Springer
will cease to caper and go into training for his
fall campaign, "Richeieu Robinson will loose
his grin on the tail of the British lion, and the
other Democratic statesmen will cease remark
ing that the Constitution is trampled under
foot because a stuffed ballOt-b0x is declared
not TO be sure title to seat in Congress.
The departure of all these elements OF discord
and tumult will leave behind them an atmo-
sphere of serenity and peace, in which the buzz
of the fly and the song of the mosquito will be
louder than the wrargling of the politician.
This is well. The country can always stand
a season of peace. IL has an uncomplimentary
habit of getting on best when most let alone.
There is really no reason why everybody
should not either go to Europe or go fishing
That is, everybody except newspaper men and
other slaves of public duty. The newspaper
man must of course remain. No matter where
the thermometer is he must plunge himself
daily into the "thrOes of composition doing
so even ioyously mt times under the impression
that he has his hand on a lever which is fitting
the world every few minutes. But the world
does not realize that il has been tilted. The
average reader picks up his newspaper on n
summer morning, gazes unm0yed Tor moment
on the familiar and benign features of the
perennial ard ubiquitous Lydia Pinkham, turns
listlessly TO the weather report and reads that
the day will be warmer, with fair or cloudy or
"partly clondy weather. with slight chances Of
occasional light showers looks at the steam
boat advertisement column to see at what hour
he can most conveniently 20 to COney Island,
and then puts away the paper. The beautiful
thoughts on the editorial page pass unn0uced.
We mean, of course, On every editorial page
except TIE TRBUSEs.
There is nothing to murmur about in this.
There must be rest of all kinds. Even "A news
paper need not be read all the time. A change
is always welcome in everything On one OF
the hottest days of last week weary mortal
with a sensitive stomach went into a city res
taurant desperately determined to find some
thing which he should be able to eat. On one
side of him as he took his seat sat IA man who,
after porting over the bill of fare for a moment,
exclaimed, Il want 10 find something new
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-18

of the summer more faded than when they
went away. The table and the beds at sun
dry fashionable resorts arc not so good aS
those that are left behind in Now-York. Now
and then n hotel is defective as regards drain
age or ventilation. Occasionally the water
fails to agree with the summer boarders
Let the members of the stay-at-home club
reflect upon these considerations. Let them
put cheerful courage on, resolving that they
will enjoy themselves this summer, and IL Is
toerably certain that if they make wise use
of their advantages and keep their conscience
and digestion in good order they will be able
to say when the fall comes that they do not
envy the pick OF the gO-aways