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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
TRUTH ATTEsTED.
Some Important Statements
Of Well Known People
Wholly Verified.

In order that the public may fully realize
the commences of the statements, as well as
the power and value of the article of which
they, speak, we publish herewith the fac
smile signatures Of parties whose sincerity
Is beyond question. The truth Of these testi-
monials is absolute, nor can the facts they an
nounce be ignored:
MEMPHs. Tenn, April 20, 1881.
Messrs. II. II, Warner & Co;
GEETLEMEE-I have been a sufferer from my
infancy with disease Of the kidneys, and have
wages with physicians and at various springs
in search Of relief. None did me any good.
Finally, after reading several testimonials OF
the Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, l concluded
to try It, and aftor having used four bottles
found that l had been entirely cured. and am
to-day as strsng and healthy as any enc.
have not seen any testimonials from any one
in this section of the country, and on this
account send mine voluntarily, hoping that
some one affected with this dangerous disease
may see it and be induced TO try it. It Is the
most wonderful medicine l have ever seen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
EgYptlnn Anfinn,fInn

st, Louis Republican, February 81
When the remarkable discovery If
royal mummies in a cave in the vicinity
OF Thebes, Egypt, was made last July
1t was intimated that one of them
might prove to be Rameses IL or the
Pharaoh in whose reign the ~Israelites
made their exodus, and the same re-
lig!ous papers prematurely announced
that the decipherment ofthe inscrin-
tons on the cartoueh and in the coffin
actually brought us face to face with
the identical monarch whose pursuing
hosts we're overwhelmedi the Red sea
It Is a pity to spoil a sensation. but
NJ. Mospero's official report on the
mummies informs US that neither of
them is that Of the Pharaoh referred
to. The oldest one in the lot is that
OF haShukeu, a petty King of Thebes.
WHO relgned at the time when Aponi
the shepherd King of Avaris. was The
Pharaoh Of all Egypt. 1t Is believed
that it was during the reign of these
Kings that Joseph was carried down
into Egypt, One of the mummies Is
recognized by the inscriptions az that
OF Thothmes III, 'the Alexander tho
Treat OF Egypt" who reigned ffty.
three years, and who distinguished
himself by the great number of NOM.
ments he raised. The BODY Of tbo
great monarch is only five
feet two inches in height. Two IF the
collins contained no mummies a. oII
but, instead, skilfully arranged bSn,
dies Of sticks and rubbish, bandaSeJ
INTO the shape Of human bodies. With
names traced on the breast cIssr
case OF fraud by some rascally Egvn.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
Former Attempts on the Queens
Life.

The attempt upon Queen Victoria's
life last Thursday was the fifth one
that has been made since she assembled
the throne Of Great Britain. The first
effort to do her bodily harm was made
in June, 1910, three years after she
succeeded William ~. two years
after she vas crowned and four months
after her marriage. While the Queen
was driving in Hyde Park with the
FRINGE Consort, two shots were fred
at her by John Oxford, a young inn
waiter. Neither took effect. and the
vould-be assassin, on being arrested
and examined, was adiudge% insane
and sent to an asylum. A second
attempt was made in May, 1912, when
one John Francis fred 4 shot at the
Queen. but happily missed his aim.
lie was sentenced to be hanged for
tho crime, but Queen Victoria com.
muted his punishment to transporta
ton for life. In the following July,
j. W. Bean pointed a pistol at the
Queen, but a bystander struck down
his arm before be could do any injury.
His punishment was only eighteen
months imprisonment, and an act of
Parliament was passed prescribing
whipping as a punishment for such
o~ttenses in future. On July %, 1852.
the fourteenth anniversary Of the
Queens coronation, she was struck
lightly in the face with a cane by one
Robert Pate, a retired Lieutenant Of
Hussars, whose mind had become de-
ranged.
Although the Queen has travelled
abroad rather more than is the went
OF European soYereigns, she has sci
dom, at home or abroad, been put in
peril by casualties of any kind. An
accident to one Of her outriders.
whose horse became unmansgeable
and caused both the Queen aud the
Princess Beatrice much alarm and
some real danger. occurred only a
short time ago at the Victoria railway
station, st. James's Park, Londo1.
: The public interest in her welfare
then exhibited testified to an increase
rather than a decline of affection and
loyalty among all classes of her sub
jects.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
The Real Easne.

The Nashville American Of Sunday
concludes a long editorial in regard to
the State debt question as follows:
Seeing that these p~erplexing aues
tons are all presented, and that some
State credit Democrats will vote with
the Republican party, and will act
with that party in the Legislature in
any effort that party may make, no
matter at what figures, is it not the
part Of wisdom for the State credit
Democrats aud low tax Democrats Ia
unite and make an honorable and fair
settlement? The question, we repeat,
is simply n of amount. We wish 10
say with emphasis: this quarrel has
lasted long enough; the people of Ten.
nessee have something else to do lust
now; but if it shall be protracted SO as
to put the State in the hands of the
Republican party, and the influence
and power Of this grand old State. the
land of Jackson, johnson, Polk. Bell
and White, shall be cast on the side Of
generalization in the Congress of the
United States, in the great struggle
which probably is just ahead. then
may We all bow our heads and truly
say, the States debt is the States
sorrow.
The debt was made by the two old
parties mainly--the Wing and Demo.
cratic parties-and it is the honest
truth to say that the Democratic
party, and not the Republican, repre-
sents these two old parties, and, there.
fore, but a small modicum of self.
respect requires that the Democrats
party shall settle the debt and not
turn It over to a party whose recent
history shows it to be for State credit
or against it, as the good Of the party
requires.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07

The following gentlemen compose
the Democratic Central Committee of
Arkansaw: j, N. Smithee, Chairman;
Frank boswell. Jackson; NJ. v.
Camp. Green; +. B. Moore, Wash
ington; G. A. 0tey, Phillips; John
D. Kimball, Garland; A. B. Williams,
Hampstead; R. F. Hyatt, Drew;
Adam Clark, Clark; A. S. McKennon,
johnson; N. 7. White, Jefferson;
William N. Cravens, Sebastian; j. S.
Durham, Crawford; John NJ. Moore.
William L. Terry, S. r. Cockrell and
Thomas Fletcher, of Pulaski. The
Chairman Of the Committee, Colonel
Smithee, has called a meeting lor
Tuesday, March IA, wbeni it is expected
the famous Fishback Amendment will
be considered, Arkansaw has a State
debt elephant as we'll as Tennessee.
but it has not split the party yet.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
A Flood Hem.
little Rock Democrat of Friday.

Little Rock Democrat Of Friday.l
The probability this evening is that
no train will leave this city tomorrow
for Madison, on the Memphis & Little
Rock railroad. Cache river is out of
its banks and it will take a day to look
after the company's property at the
crossing. There will be no train
IN on this road to night. A train will
leave here Saturday morning for De-
wallis Bluff. General Manager Sibley
arranged forthe steamer Katie Hooper
to leave Memphis tonight for Devalps
Bluff, where connection will be made
with the cars. While fixing up the
details, in fact before the arrangement
was contaminated, the wires went
down, and it may be that other
changes will take place.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
a Glranre Snloide.
Dyersburg Gazette, 4.l

DJoisDAAh NdAOttrt ~
We are told by parties just from the
overhowed districts that David Metz
gar, a citizen Of ArkaDsaw, living just
opposite Hale's Point, last Monday
became respondent at the sight Of see
ing stock, household goods and every
thing in the world that he had swept
away by the raging food, stepped into
a dugout, padded to the middle of
the river and blew his brains out with
a shotgun. Metzgar was 78years old.
and we'll known in Dyer county.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
Sweet Breath and Good DIges.
ton.

The breath sweetened, foul odors
from the body removed, food thor
oughly digested, good health perma-
nently maintained, by using Browns
Iron Bitters. A true st~rengthener; a
sure r%eviver.
s. Mansfield & Co, W. N. Wilker-
son & Co., and G. w Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07

The RIeetIng To.NIght.


1t is proper at certain recurren
periods FOR the people to meet togethei
and compare views, take soundings ant
determine upon policies. The Consti,
tuition guarantees this az a right and
goes on to specify that they may IN
struct their Representatives. To-
night there will be a Democratic mass
meeting at the Courthouse. Both
wings Of the party, il indeed there has
been a serious division, are called TO-
gether by their respective committees.
No n WHO has ever acted with the
party, whether as Bourbon, Liberal,
Independent, Conservative or Green.
hacker; high tax or low tax, need feel
any hesitancy or delicacy in attending.
Democracy is a broad, liberal, yet
stalwart element which always keeps
In view certain vital principles that
a never die in a representative gov
eminent. Just now we r confronted
with an issue which has greatlydivided
and perplexed the people. The State
debt question has been a stand
ing trouble these many years.
By a late decision of the Supreme
Court il has been referred back to the
people, and it must now be considered
as though no settlement had ever been
made. The time has surely come to
grapple with this question practi-
cally; if VIC do not do it, somebody
else will for US. A food Of light has
been thrown upon the subject by the
events Of the last few years, and the
people at large are beginning to be
right well posted. No settlement not
based upon their approval will ever
stand. All appeals must be made to
their reason and sense Of, justice, and
not to their fears of coercion. A forced
settlement will eventually be upset
every time it is made for ninety nine
years to come, But one that is based
upon equity, uponwhat is fair between
man and man, with due regard to the
rights of creditors and a just estimate
of the ability Of the people
who produce revenues to meet
semi annual promises to pay the inter
est for a long period to come will be
accepted in the utmost spirit Of good
faith. 1t is time to formulate some
thing like a definite policy, whether
all men are required to fit a bed of the
same size or.not. 1t may be difficult
to agree upon an exact figure, but we
can, as men of common sense, approx
innate a basis upon safe, solid ground,
Business men of this community,
having no interest except as tax pay
ers, led off in the fight against the
1908, and caused it to be carried to
the court Of last resort, where it was
declared unconstitutional. Something
has been undone, and men of all par.
ties rejoice in the fact. Now the
practical question arises: What is to
be done next2 This is to be consid-
cred tonight. No one man or dozen
men can expect to control or speak
for all the rest. The people must now
be heard. The question goes back to
them, where it belongs. They are the
producers, the tax payers and the
highest tribunal that can sit in judg-
ment on the case.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
n.

MEMPHIS, TENN April 20, 'S1.
+, ii. H.. Warner & Co.. Sirs-I have
been a sufferer from infancy with a
disease OF the kidneys, which yielded
neither TO doctors, medicines nor min
eral springs. A few bottles Of your
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, however,
restored lne to perfect health.
GABE s. Booker.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07

Nc. Alexander Grunnell, of Albany.
n. Y, says: 81 had been for years
troubled with great weakness Of nv
digestive organs, which seemed to be
always out Of fix. Most usually |
suffered from constipation, and at
other times a severe running of at the
bowels would set in. No remedy |
ever tried would regulate this func-
ton until | tried Browns Iron Bit
ters. 1t really benefited me from the
first day | used it. My habits are now
perfectly regular, and as a strength
ener Of the digestive organs, | think
Browns Iron Bitters worth its weight
n diamonds"
s Mansfield 4 Co., W. n. Wilker-
son x Co.. and G.. w. Jones & Co.
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
he Memphis d Kansas CITY
Railroad.

The General Manager Of the Mem
PMS d Kansas City railroad, now in
course OF construction, has purchased
from the government land ofi,e
$l2,OO worth Of land in Northeast
ArkansaW. The property is situated
along the line OF the railroad, and in a
short time will be worth twenty times
its cost price.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
SaturdaY. March I8. 882


No. 4375-In the Chaneery Court NJ Shah,
county, Tenn.-The State ofTennessee st ooyy
.ys. Adolph Caspari ct al.
\ appearing from affidavit in this oause
\ That the defendant, james NJ Walker IL )
nonresident Of the State Of Tennessee. n IL
therefore ordered hat he make bis appearanes
herein, az the courthouse Of Shelby county,
m Menpnls, Tenn. on or before the
hrst Monday in April, 1889, and plead. snswcT
or demur TO complainant hill, or The sams
WI De taken for confessed as to him and an
LOT hearing ex. pagte; and that a copy Of this
o1agt 90 published once q week. for four me-
0Y T1shiHe wetBti IN the Public Ledger.
A copy-Attesti
M, nj BACK, Clerk and Master.
~ Lea, GP NJ Turner and Tayi Ion A. oar
iViii soi n lot c0mpIt. l45 1928
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07

For all pulmonary, urinary and d.
gestive diseases, and affections Of the
heart and brain. use Browns Iron
Bitters. 1t strengthens every part,
and cures by its soothing and refresh.
ing effect.
S. Mansfield & Co., W. N. Wilker-
son Il Co., and G. W. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiseretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc, / will ssnd
n recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
sSIf. = HlssaUal sS1 " SCu 70 th AT rev. Jos SHTr 4 2
INMAS, Station D, New York City.
5~2xxxiV62d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
G%REENVILLB, MISS.
Size of the Various LeYee
Breaks.
Special to vicksburr Herald.l

Special to Vicksburs Herald.l
GREENvILLE, March 1.-The fol-
lowing is the latest we have regarding
the size of the various breaks above:
At Easton's the break is from 100 to
100 yards wide; at Catfish Point, 80
feet and widening rapidly; at Clay &
Bogat's, 100 yards; at Waco. 200 yards;
at Heghes' go yards; at Miles, two
breaks, the width Of which are not
known; at Riverton and Concordia the
breaks are very wide but the sizes are
not stated.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
aGathY az The Pool.
Special tolerram to tho ea1ette.l

Special telegram TO tho Gazette'I
HoT SPRINGS, March 3.-George
Alfred Townsend, the we'll known
journalist, arrived here tonight, and
was accorded a welcome reception by
his many visiting friends and citizens.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
9LAd3oMo
MEnpHIs, TENN, April Is. 1881.

MEMPHIS, TENN, April IS, 1881.
Messrs. II. II. Warner & Co:
GENTLEMEE-For over twenty years [ have
been a sufferer from kidney trouble, accom-
panied by a female weakness which culmi-
mated into falling of the womb. / have been
treated By numerous doctors in Georgia and
Alabama but nom of them gave me any
benefit. In 1879 o friend advised me to use
Warner 9 Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. One
medicine l had taken in eighteen years, and
a continued use caused further improvement,
until considered myself well. / believe ii
to be the best remedy in the market for such
female disorders. l can cheeriully recon-
mend 1t to all.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
Chancsry Sale Of RaaI Estate.

No. A78, R~-Chancory CoUTtof Shelby comfy
ID y Meyers OF al VS.. M S Sappington, b
Sappington.
RY virtue Of an interlooutory decree for
~ sale, entered in the above cause
on the 18th day of January 1889. and amended
February lS, and February 2S, 1852, twill self
at public, auction, to. the highest bidder, in
'front.' OF tie clerk and masters Office, court
house OF Shelby county, Memphis, Tennes-
see, on
Saturday, March I8, 1882,
within legal hours, the following describsa
property situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
Lots No. 10 and % in block 40 on Walkar.
street, Fort Pickering. said lots fronting S0i
teet each on Walker street and running back
streets. Nii'u
Terms of Sale-Upon a credit fisk months
note with approved security required, lien
This February "A, 1882,
x. j. BLACK. Clerk and Master.
Myers q Sneed, and Flippin 4 Flippin, So
nolVoIs' 1852 B 9 10 Is
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
Southern Authors.

Our Continent, for March,
1t is noticed that not one Of our
cockneyized American literary detrac-
tors of America is from the South. 1t
is vastly to the credit of that section
that it never raises snobs. Whatever
else the Southern man may be. he is
always an American -even if always
distinctiyely Southern-and he never
seeks to be anything else. He is at
least self-respecting in this regard
He is as proud Of his nativity as a
Scotchman. 1t may mean poverty and
crudity, but it is his. He spreads
himself out over its worst as we'll as
its best elements, and resents with in
tense dudgeon any imputatiOn upon
either. He may repudiate public
OBLIGATIONS and renounce the "Yan-
kee'' end Of the body polite, but
whether be be in London or Paris he
is always a Southerner and ready to do
battle for the excellence and pre-.
eminence of the South. This spirit
has prevented distinctively Southern
writers from joining in this anti
American crusade.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07

No man knows what a m~inistering
angel his wife is until he comes homo
one day, suffering with a dreadful
cold and she happens to have a bottle
OF DR.. Bulls cough syrup in the
house.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
CONSTIPATION.

have a positive remedy for the above dissase; BY
standing have been cured, Indeed, so strong h nv
iieh,n = Us efficacy, the will send TWO BOTTLFS
nhhh, together with VALUABLE TREATISE on
Ness' Dr.. I. A. sLooUM, ISL Pearl s., Now York.
1Axxxiv15d&w
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07

Advertisers! Send for our Select List of
- Local Newspapers. Geo. p. Rowell SEQ,
10 Spruce St., NY. W.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-05
EXACTLY so.

When you see it stated that man is ''em- inently respectable" you can make up your mind that he Is chap worth over $1 1,O0O,- 900. Anywhere under that figure is simply s'esteemed citizen. ."-Reportea''s nfession.
 "What mads me-" said the father of the wife who one year after her marriage was seeking divorce, ''What mads me is the thought that they made me pay $5,00o for a wedding for them when they didn't want it. !" -Boston Post.
 Baby has been forbidden to ask for des- sert. The other day they forgot to serve him, and, as baby is very obedient, he re mained silent although much affected. Josephine" said the father, ''pass me a plate." Wont you have mine, papa p'' cried baby, 'it is very lean.''-From Me French.
 No liquor can be easily obtained in the h. dian Territory, and on saloon, standing on the Texas side of the dividing line, there is said to be sign which reads side 'Last Chance" and on the other First Chance" reminding travellers going either way of the consequences of neglected op- portunity. Exchange
 An Austin gentleman bought a buggy horse which was represented to be perfectly gentle. After the trade had hean made, the money paid over and the new purchaser was leading off his horse, the former owner called out to him ''I say when you want your buggy repaired there is man on Pecan street who will do it very cheap. ."-Teros iSifdngs.
 "Well, old man, what's the matter with you" ''Oh! I have got tho fever and ague." ''Do you shake much ?" "Shake! we'll should say SO; you should see me about four o'clock in the afternoon if you want to see some hard shaking" ''All right, I'll come around at that time. and perhaps you will shake out that ten dollar bill you owe me-" Rochester Post -Enpress.
 A day or two ago a passenger on milk train that had been detained some time on siding approached the conductor and accost- ed him. Waiting for blacksmith, condue- tor PIT he asked in a confidential whisper. sNo," growled the functionary, "what do we want of blacksmith ?' sI don't know" answered the passenger, with sigh. "I thought perhaps this COW had cast shoe !' -Dr0ke's IaauelIer's Magazine.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-05

i questions possess. Thus, out of 557 depu-
 ties 332 have declared themselves in favor of
 revision of the constitution, 27O in favor of
 three years military service, 230 for secular
 education, 198 for 8 peace policy, 159 for dis
 establishment, 14S for repeal of judicial ire movability, 145 for reform of senatorial cleo | tions, 125 for extension of local self govern
 ment, 123 for liberty of the press and of pub. lie meetings, IA for making secondary schools accessible to the masses and 100 for the superannuation fund for disabled arti- sans.
 Dr. D. w. Bliss is reported as saying that he shall not accept the $6,50O given him by the audit board for his services Garfeld's physician. He claims that the award is an insult to him when his bill was for $25, ,O0O. ''Why, $6, 800 will not pay my expenses dur ing Garfeld's illness, to say nothing of the loss of time and practice y He will not ap peal to Congress, but will put in bill against the Garfield estate for the full amount. He holds that the release against the estate which all the claimants signed when their bills were filed with the board, will not pre- vent him from proceeding in that direction, inasmuch as he refuses to receive any com pensation which might be construed as an- offset for the release. He has not communi- cated with the other physicians, but it is un- derstood in Washington that Dr. Hamilton and perhaps Dr. Agnew will stand by him in refusing to accept the award, and their fu- ture proceedings against the estate will be together. All of which is not agreeable.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-05
REGENT PUBLICATIONS.

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