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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-08
The Translt OF venus This Year.
Providence Journal.

AAe'AANhNN vOUAAoA"
The great importance of the coming
transit Of the 9th of December, in the
estimate of the men Of science, may be
seen in the preparations now being
made for its observation. Forty expe-
ditions to witness it are already pro
jected, and the number will be largely
increased by those of the United
States, Italy and Austria, which have
not yet been announced. The French
Government will send eight expedi-
tions to the following points: four in
north latitude and four in south lati-
tude. In the north the stations chosen
are the coast of Florida, under the
charge of Colonel Perrier; Cuba,
under NJ. d'Abbadie; the coast
of Mexico, under M. Bou.
quet de la Grye; Martinique,
an island Of the French Antilles,
under NJ. Tisserand. In the South
the stations chosen are Santiago, in
Chilli, under M. Leclerc; Santa Cruz,
a river Of Patagonia, under N. Fleu-
Mrials; Rio Negro, the northern bound
airy Of Patagonia, under M. Perrotin;
aud Port Desire, or Chubutt, also in
Patagonia, under NJ. HIATT. The
members of all expeditions are now
preparing for their work at the Oh.
servatory in Paris, where, by mean
Of a model Venus and a model sun,
they are ~practicing on imaginary
~transits, in hope Of being able ia
observe with scientific accuracy the
passage Of the real Venus over the
real sun in December. They will
start for their destination In the
month of July, and spend the inter
vening time after their arrival in dill
gent preparation for the event.
The object Of this great ~expediturt
Of time, labor, money and brains is the
hope that the observers may deter.
mine with an accuracy never before at
tanned, the earth's distance from the
sun. For this is the unit of celestial
measurement, and as long as the doubI
concerning its accuracy exists, so Ions
there is doubt in the estimate Of ce
%lestial distances. But a cloudy day
will render months Of unremittinI
labor Of no avail. 1t is estimated that
the weather at half the stations viii
be unfavorable, but a great deal MAJ
be learned from the observation
made at the other half, where the ia
vorable conditions prevail, according
to the law of averages. TIL,
four southern stations of tn,
French expeditions are in thu
south temperate zone, and the 9th o
December will be near their summer
solstice, like the 9th of June at th,
north. The localities favored with
clear sky on this meridian at the TIM
of the transit will be specially fortu
nate, for the short winter days are no
hopeful in their conditions. A tran
sit of Venus is not a glorious phen
omenon like a total solar eclipse. |
is simply the passage OF a round blacl
ball over the suns bright face. Blu
it is visible all over our Western
world, and no human eye that nov
looks upward to the stars will eve
again behold its recurrence. 1t is tn,
lest chance for trying this method o
estimating the suns distance until the
advent Of the year 1904.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-08
Saturday, Iuns "a, 1882,

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tennes-
see, to-wit: Being fifty acres, part Of tract OF
22 SS-l00 acres conveyed to John Adams by
W II Wood. trustee. by deed dated April IL,
1858 and recorded in the Registers office OF
said county aud State in book 6 pages 347-
s 8; said fifty acres being known on the plan
OF the subdivision OF said tract OF 232 s3-l00
acres made for said John Adams by j II Nc
Olure as lot No. 3 in said subdivision, aud
begins at q stake AZ the southeast conner of
lot No. /; thence south 1888 chains tQ stake
al the southeast corner Of lot No. ~ whence
east II 66 chains to a stake from which south
64h degrees east % links stands a sweetgum
marked A; thence north 80 SO chains to a
stake in the center of a 90 foot avenue; thence
wsstlS.e6 chains to the beginning, containing
fifty acres.
Terms Of Sale On a credit o fseven months,
purchaser executing, note with approved Sc
Guilty; lien retainedi redemption barred.
This June2 2, 1882
RI BLACK, Clerk and Master.
wv Miller. soi'r for complainant.
81 81 az %
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-08
SATURDAY., Iune ", 1882,
ChanCsry Sale Of Real Estate.

No. 4Oi2, R -Chancery Court of Shelby county
Margaret q Sparks, guardian, and Corne-
Illus Sparks Va. John Huber.
DY virtue Of an interl0cutory decrae for
- sale, entered in the above cause on the
l7th day e~fJanuary. 1889, and renewed March
q, 1882, and May %, 1882, / will sell, at pub
10 auction, TO the highest bidder, in front Of
the Clerk and Masters office, courthouse Of
Shelby county, Memphis. Tennessee, on
Saturday, June "a, 1852,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn
to-Wit:
IN the city Of Memphis, now tho Taxing
District Of Shelby county, being tho southern
part of lot No ninety-one t9D on tho plan Of
the extension Of the northern part Of the
city Of Memphis, fronting 37h feet on Third
street, east side, and running back 10 the
depth of said lot No. 81 one hundred and
forty-eight and one-half feet to an alley, said
lot being enclosed in parallel lines running
perpendicular to Third street.
Terms Of Sale-One third cash, balance In
u months, purchaser to execute note bearing
interest with approved security for deferred
payment, lien retained, etc.
This May -; 1882
RI BLACK, Clerk and Mastor,
J Temple, solicitor for Comppt
Ha " $3.50
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-08
Live Long and be- Hnnnr.

For all diseases affecting the pulmo-
nary, digestive and urinary organs,
brain and nervous system, nothing is
SO strengthening in its effect as
Browns Iron Bitters. 1t assists ma
ture in every instance, and complete
c~uressrapidly follow.
S. Mansfield & Co., w. N. Wilker-
son 4 Co., and G. W. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-08
A Thrilling Adventure With
DOg-CatcheFs.
81. Louis Chronicle

A young lady living on Twenty first
street, just south Of Market, is the
possessor Of a shaggy little dog. on
which all her affections are lavished,
she having raised said poodle from
puppyhood. While sitting in her par.
Tor Wednesday afternoon about four
o'clock she heard shouts on the street,
and looking out the window saw her
darling pup flying up the street and
two dog-catcbers in hot pursuit. With
a leap that would have reflected credit
on Kelly, the champion, she jumped
out the window, clearing the railing
without injury to herself, and rushed
wildly up the street in pursuit Of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-08

2Mr. F. P. Bonner, Of Meadville,
Pa, writes: II feel like a new born
creature. Transformed from a ctabby
dyspeptio and nervous sufferer to a
robust, strong, healthy man. it all
seems like a dream, yet Browns Iron
Bitters did it. l feel very kindly to-
ward everybody, especially to the in
ventors of so good a medicine"
S. Mansfield 4 Co., W. N. Wilker.
con & Co., and G. W. Jones & Co.,
Wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-08
HOME a~eEsTtossi
To the sick aud DsblIitated.

Is it worth while to endure penal
torture every night from w~akefulness
inability to sleep, nervous prostratiOn
etc., when you can be Immediately
relieved and permanently cured by so
agreeable a remedy as
SAMARITAN NERVINE.
Does it pay to be compelled, by
debility and languor, to abandon
active business when brain, nerve and
muscle can be braced up and the
whole system San be restored to a
healthy condition by a course of
SAMARITAN NERVINE.
You nervous d~yspeptics, why APP
proach the dinner table daily with a
positive disgust for all that is savOry
and delicious, when q vigorous appe-
tite for even the plainest food is Gre
ated by the use Of
SAMARITAN NERVINE.
Is it wise to live in this bright
world as though it were a dungeon,
constantly miserable and Disconnected,
when the worst case of epilepsy,
nervousness or hypochondria is cured
in ninety days by such a pleasant and
wholesome an exhilerant as
SAMARITAN NERVINE.
Can it be possible that any person of
a nervous temperament will run the
risk of apoplexy or paralysis when he
can tone and regulate the nervous
centers with
SAMARITAN NERVINE.
Is it not a species of moral insanity
for any merchant, mechanic, farmer or
traveller to be without the best knewn
antidote against disease,
SAMARITAN NERVINE.
Considering the harassing and de-
pressing nature of the functional de-
raugement to which woman is subject,
is it not astonishing that any invalid
of the feebler sex should hesitate to
seek the certain relief afforded in such
cases by the general operation Of
SAMARITAN NERVINE.
These are questions of deeper in
terest than any Of the political dogmas
of the day, and those whom they con-
are invited to give them some
thing more than a passing thought.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-08
Down Too Fine.

New Orleans States Of Tuesday.
The Chickasaw Guards Of Mem
phis drill four hours a day. The
Crescent Rifles are drilling about half
that time, but then they have the ad.
vantage Of being further advanced
than the Chicks. There is such a
thing as training too fine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-08
Chancery Sale of Real Estate

R No. 4407- Chancery Court Of Shelby County
m Q Pearce VS. I Mccartney,
DY virtue Of an introductory decree for
ID sale, entered in the above cause on the
LIST day of June, 1882, MIS-. P $50, / will sell,
at ou5lic auction, TO the highest bidder, in
front OF the Clerk and Masters office. court
house of Shelby county, Memphis, Tonnes
Qao- on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-08

Nervous debility, melancholy, ca
tarrh Of the bladder, leucorrhea, etc ,
are quickly cured by Browns Iron
Bitters.
s. Mansfield & Co., W. N. Wilker-
son Il Co.. and G. w. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-08
ACAE1O.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretionB Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc., Twill send
a recipe that will cure you, ! FREE Of
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary In South America, Send q
s~elf-addresBod envelope 10 ehe Rev. JoEnPH i.
LNNAN. Station D, New York City.
@IxxiV62d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-08

The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
Office and book bindery is prepared to
execute work with neatness aud dis
patch, and at as low rates as any COM
n-atitor
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-08
Citizens Child's Primer.

Behold the Young man. Is he Go.
ing to the Races to buy PoolsP Yes
be is going To send His weeks sal.
airy After a Bonanza. Can you Tell
him anything about Horses? Not
much, my Dear Child. He years
q Horseshoe on His cravat and His
watch Fob has the Head of a Horse
as big as a Potato. Will he be
Wealthy before the End of the
Week? Oh yes, he Will be quite
Wealthy. He will have Gained a
Wealth Of Experience. Does expe
rience come High2 Yes, it comes
High, but We must Have it. The
young Mans washerwoman will Howl
a little next Month, but she is used to
1t.
II.
This is John Augustus. Why does
John Augustus seem so anxious
About his Coat-tails2 Is it because
Lot 8 north by Range Is east Of bis
trousers is Gomez Yes, it is because
he has to Sit down Barefooted. How
did this great Calamity hefall John
Augustus2 Did he sing "Over the
Garden Wallp to his Ownest Mary
last night2 Yes, he started to sins
lover the Garden WALL" but he pot
Over the garden Wall himself In
stead, Just ahead Of Mary's old mans
Dog. Is it Not strange that When
the Dog picked his Teeth this Morn.
ing he found Some of John Angus.
tls' pants? The Dog is an Intelli.
gent and faithful Animal.
III.
See the Man with the Bad eyel I,
he q Prize fighter No, he Is not !
prize fighter. He is a member of thu
House Of delegates. Have member
Of the House of delegates Bac
eyesH Yes, some Of Them hay,
extremely 0minous visual organs
Are they all bad Men from
Bitter creek2 No. the Humane Soci
ETY. men are from Bitter creek. III,
delegates are from Rattlesnake Gulch
Let us get into an Alley until the Del
egate passes by.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-08

Envelopes, Xxx, high cut, cbeape
in the city, at LEDGER job printir
Office.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-08
ChanCery Sale Of Real Estate

No. 4063, R-Chancery Court Of Shelby county
John Jay Knox. oomm'r, etc.. VS.. Sarah
Nolan, ct al
DY virtue Of IN introductory decree for sale,
I'D entered in the above cause on the 18th day
of February, 1882, NJ B "a, D GAG. l will sell, az
public auction, to the highest bidder. in front
Of the Clerk and Masters office. courthouse Of
Shelby county, Memphis, Tennessee, on
Saturday, Iune Y, 1882,
within legal hours, the followidg described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-wit,
LotNo O seven in Block 1 in Fort Picker
ing, extended as laid down in plat book l, pp
So, 6, Z and 8 in the Registers Office in Shelby
county, Tennessee. A fuller description Of
said property is as follows: Beginning at a
point (64) slxty-four feet west from the point
Of intersection Of the west side Of Washington
street and on the north side of Gaines street,
and runs thence with tho north side of Gaines
street in a westerly course (6J sixty feet,
thence north Cl5D one hundred and ffty-one
feet and (6l six inches, thence east along an
alley parallel with Gaines street (60l sixty
feet, and thence south on a line parallel with
Washington street and t0 sixty feet from
Gaines street Q5l) one hundred and fifty. one
feet and ~ six inches to the beginning.
Terms ST sale-Cash, redemption barred.
This May l6, 1882.
RI BLACK. Clerk and Master.
w M Randolph, sOlr. 68 9S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-08

PUBLIC LEDGER job printing Office
and book bindery, ID Madison,
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SAMARITAN NERVINE.

These are questions of deeper in
terest than any of the political dogmas
of the day, and those whom they con
Germ are invited to give them some
thing more than a passing THOUGHT.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-08
SAMARITAN NERVINE.

Is it not a species of moral insanity
for any merchant, mechanic, farmer OF
traveller to be without the best knewn
antidote against disease.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-25
Swinlliug Farmers.

The reports Of farmers being swim
died by travelling sharpers are less nu-
merouS than they were few years ago.
Farmers are not as anxious rs theywer
of becoming agents for the sale OF use
less implements, or to purchase patent
rights, They are more careful about
signing orders for advantageous and
advancing money for goods to he de-
lvered in the future. In brief, they are
becoming more intelligent in all business
matters Cases Of swindling are ocCa-
sionally reported, but when they are it
is evident that the sharpers have been
obliged to resort TO some now dodge in
order to insure success. A new swindle,
according 10 local reports, has been per-
petratcd in several places in Iowa, dur
ing the past month, II requires two
persons To manage ii successfully They
watch the papers for notices of cstrays
One goes TO look at horse or COW, and
soon decides that 1t is not the one he
has lost During his visit he carefully
notices the size, color and peculiar
marks on the animal, and forms u pref
~ accurate opinion in regard to its
weight and age He reports all these
matters to his partner who, in few
days, pays visit TO the farm where tho
animal was taken up. He is able to
give so full and accurate n description
of the "lost' animal that the person in
whose possession it is has no reluctance
in Offering TO give il up. The pretend
cd owner however, iindsit inconvonent
90 take II home, and offers to sell IL ut
low price. The farmer accepts the
proposition to SELL and pays over the
money. In the course Of few days the
rightful owner comes along and claims
the animal and produces evidence that
II is his. The residence of the seller
cannot be ascertained, and, of course,
the buyer Is ont the money he has paid
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-25
The pecnliar Usefnlness Of Schnol Girls

The Peculiar Usefulness Of School Girls
IF thare IL emmy thing that will fetch
boys to town, who haiul got no bizness,
It's the skool girls, If thare IN emmy
thing that can walk mp 4 noddin clerk
on dull day and make him act like be
had big bi2ness on hand, lis the skool
girls I've tride it, And If tharc izcnny
thing that will make n bizly man fOrgit
his bizne,s and look ont in a forgilful
manner, its them girls. And il amt
conlindc to young cmrks altogether;
I've tried that, too. II thare IL emmy
thing that can make a Teller forgit his
pOlisht Shoes and walk rite strait into
water tank Of mud; make a feller slut
ter blush and make the fore corners ov
the globe play hide and seek on the face
II that unfortunate chap, tell you
nothing can caws il 10 happen ~ quick
aud ~ completely NJ them buN iul
>kool gurl,. II thare u emmy thing that
will change hi, rcliju. faith and maik
him 20 10 prcechin, where he ALWAYS
scd he wood not 90; and if tharc IL en-
ny thing that can maik him forglt the
sermon after he duH 90, its the skOoI
gurl-. II thare is thing in the wurld
that can maik a talkn man afrade 81
talk, and MAX mistakes, and cit skccrd
and existed when he duztalk, it, Just 10
be caught up by surprise in parlor by
few or good mcnny -kool gurl~
That happened in my uaborhood wuncc.
II thare IL emmy thing that can put a
blank smile on sour couutynanCe and
make icllcr ware clean collar aud
rub his teeth, they kan fetch it on quick
or and with least efforts Of emmy agent,
ever saw, II thar IL emmy thing that
will make Teller forget to waite Tor his
sister, H. the skool gurlS They learn
boys to love flowers. I've seen sum 60
all over fifteen aker field hunlin daisc,
and pepper grass and peach blossoms to
ware on their coats just to look nice and
giy UNI 30 the skool gurl, No town
nor county cant afford 20 do without
I'm. believe in um the skool gurls,'
--EUcriOH New .SoHih.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-25
Worthy Of Prnise.

As a rule We do not recommend Patent
Medicines, but when we know of one that
really is a public bencfactor, and does
positively cure, then we consider it our
duty to impart that information to all,
Electric Bttcrs are truly most valuable
medicine, and will surely cure BiliouSness,
Fever and APuc Stomach, LIVER and Kid
ney Complaints, even when ali other rem
edes fail. We know whereof we speak,
and can freely recommend them TO ALL
Exch,-Sold at fifty cents bottle by Harry
W. Schulz, 90
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-25

New York is the most populous of the
States, containing about one-tenth of the
entire population Of the Union, but it
has not the dcnSeSt population. The
Census Bureau reports that the number
of square miles in the Republic, not in
GLIDING the Indian Territory aud some
unorganized tracts, is $2.900,l7O. The
population in 1880 was 80, 100 1888. or
1929 per square mile. But in Rhode
Island the population is 2j4.S7 per
square mile, in Massachusetts 22l. IS,
in New Jersey l7L73, in Connecticut
1852, and in New York 1864. Our
State therefore ranks fifth in density of
population, and there is an indication
of future greatness Of which but few
have probably thought in the fact that
it has room for so many more inhablt-
ants, The population of the District
of Columbia is ~, 96O,i0 per square
mile.
MacaulaN's lugubrious prediction, that
when we have population of 200 per
square mile our Government will 20 to
pieces, is not generally regarded with
other interest than curiosity by Ameri.
cans; but were it u demonstrable fact
it would have no immediate terror loi
this people. There were 9O,0l9 imm
grants who arrived at Castle Garden
last month, but were the rate OF imnigra.
ton TO remain the same. il would re-
quiro more than 500 years to give the
country a population of 200 per square
mile, The population of Germany is
now 2O5 per square mile. 1t conveys II
vivid idea of the future magnitude of
this nation to say that when It's density
Of population is equal to that of Ger
many, the United States will have 5ol,-
53l $50 inhabitants, not including the
Indian Territory and some tracts now
unoccupicd -NeW YORK. Mail
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-25
Scarcity.

In the ante-bellum days a New York
State grocer raised the price of GER
tain grade of tea from three Shilling,'
10 forty-fve cents. and an old farmer
who came in with barrel of cider-vin-
egar TO sell could hardly credit hi, sense
when told that his iavorite brand Of tea
had advanced several cents per pound
What on airth is the reason for this
sudden rase?' he inquired.
scarcity Of tea-chests, was the brief
answer.
well, do you want my vinegar"
How much?'
Eight cents a gallon
81 only paid you seven for the last"
Eyes; but cider has ril, YOU see
what has brought cider up?' asked
the astoniShed grocer.
Scarcity OF bung-hole plugs was
the quiet but serious reply
They looked at each other without
winking and then tea dropped back TO
thirty eight and cider 20 seven cents.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-25
Screens With Artistic Decorations

Since the introduction Of the folding
screen this article Of furniture has be.
come very popular There are fire
screens, light screens, screens for paz-
2as, screens for dining-rooms and for
everywhere. They are not remarkably
useful, but they are certainly exceeding
~ pretty. One Of the most beautiful
screens recently made was designed by
a prominent artist Of this city. II was
in three panels, each representing u
season in flowers. The first was de-
sign wholly from the violets and early
iiowers OF spring; the second showed q
background the color Of the blue skies
Of June, with golden lilies, swcct-peas,
clover and roses; while the third panel
was cOlored like the dun skies of No
vcmber with a medley of scarlet maple
leaves, red rose haws, astors, yellow
daisies and sprays Of cardinal flowers
thrown againstit, SomceXquisite work
is shown by an amateur on boiling
cloth. This material is the last fine
gau2e through which the wheat -four
passes before it is ready for the market.
Two lovely panels are wrought on this
material; in one spring flowers, violet,,
blue-eyed grass and plant of spring
beauty, with trcmulous, creamy bells,
grow at the front of the picture and a
branch Of dogwood tree and blossom
ing vine hang overhead, Forth in the
pleasant spring thy beauty walks" is
the legend written at the foot of the
picture,
Handsome screens designed for cOun-
try piazzas are Of white china mating
painted with flowers Of fruit These
screens are very large An exquisite
one is painted with trellis and grape
vine, with green leave, and purple clus-
tiers Of fruit, Another shows vine Of
trumpet flower, with its long scarlet
bells, which the hummng birds love 50
well the vine seems 10 Chamber from
one panel TO the other, As it would were
it actually growing over the screen.
Other. mating screens are decorated in
separate panels with sunilowers, holly
hooks, locust and other flowers. " T.
nqU.