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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
Yonng Fools Thai MARRY.

These sparkers are looked upon By
parents generally as a nuisance, and
often they are right. Nine.tenths Of
the sparkling is done by boys who
hayn't got their growth, and they look
so green that it is laughable for the
old felix's to look at them. They havn't
generally got a second shirt, and they
are no more qualified TO to get married
than a cow is to preach. And yet mar
rying is the first thing they think Of.
A green boy without a dollar, present
or prospective, sparkling a girl regular
ly and talking about marrying, is q
spectacle for gods and men. He should
be reasoned with, aud if he will not
quit it until he is able to support a wife.
and to know whom he loves, and the
difference between love and passion,
he should be q~uarantined or put in a
convent, erected on purpose for such
cases. Nine-t6nths of the unhappy
marriages are the result of green, hui
man beings allowed to run at large in
the society pasture without any yokes
on them. They marry and have chill
dren before they do mustaches; they
are fathers Of twins before they are the
proprietor Of two pairs Of pants, and
the little girls they marry are old wo.
men before they are twenty years cid
y Occasionally one of these gosling mar.
riages turns out all right, but il is I
clear Ease Of luck. If there was a Law
against young galoots sparkling anC
marrying before they have all thei.
teeth cut, We suppose the little eusse
would evade it in some way, but Their
} ought to be q sentiment against it. |
is time enough for these bantams Il
I think Of finding pullet when the
I have raised money enough by thei
own work To buy a bundle of laths /
; build a hen house. But they see
! girl who looks cunning, and they ar
I afraid there are not going to be girl
2 enough to so around, and then the
! begin to get in their work real spry
! and before they are aware of the sane
I tity OF the marriage relation they ar
t hitched for life, and before thew ow
e a cookstove or a bedstead they hav
T to get up in the night and 20 afte
q the doctor, so frightened that they ru
t themselves out Of breath, abuse IN
Y doctor because he does not run to,
: and when the doctor gets there b
: finds that there is not linen enoug
e in the house to wrap up a doll bah,
= 1t is at about this time that a youn
man begins to realize that he has bee
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
smallpox.

New York Herald.
Formerly this fearful malady was
the scourge Of all countries. ONLY A
few generations since it was SO preya-
lent and fatal that one in six of the
whole population of the civilized
world died from it; but the great dis.
covery was made that the human sys.
tenn could be protected against Che
ravages of this malady. and an enor
mous experience Of the usefulness Of
that discovery has proved its great
value and almost stamped out the dis.
ease. In those countries where vac.
ciuation has been most fully practiced
smallpox is almost unknown. That
societies should neglect so efficient a
precaution against so loathsome and
dangerous a disease can be attributed
only to the fact that the protection OIL
vaccination has been so complete thai
there is not enough knowledge of th,
horrors OF smallpox left in the popular
thought to stimulate men to guard
themselves and their families against
it. We are in a fair way to know
more Of it, since there is now small.
pox in sixteen States, and a new i'm.
pulse will necessarily be given to th,
use ofthe simple and efficient prevent.
i've.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17


was 100 and the other 200 feet in
diameter, and might have held from
1000 to 1000 people. The inference
that these we're places of worship is
drawn from the fact that the Pueblos
Of the present day, who are FIRE and
sun worshipers, have similar temples.
The great age of this city is proved
by the vast accumulation of debris
from the upper portion of the cliff,
which covers its base. In places where
mountain brooks have cut their way
through. tn existence Of one and
sometimes two rows Of cave dwellings,
below the surface Of the debris is dis
closed. Mr.. Stevenson thinks that
several centuries have passed since
this dead city was in its prime.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
A SOrrowruI Picture.

The well known correspondent, Ed
ward King, writing from Paris. tells
Of the recent visit to that gay capital
of the ex Empress Eugene. 1t is a
sorrowlul picture, and the contrasts it
suggests have a touching pathos. He
says: THE white haired old lady,
wrinkled and worn, whom the passers
in the Rue Vivienne stared at the
other day, was the OK Empress Eu.
genie. Most Parisinns who saw her
thought there was something familiar
in her appearance, but could not re.
member who she was. She visited q
shop in which a great number Of valu.
able objects Of art which once graceC
the imperial palaces were stored; sh,
went through the garden Of the Tuil
cries, and out to Bontainebleau
where she delighted to live with hei
son. Those who conversed with he.
say that she is completely broken il
spirits, and that her life seems a bur
den TO her."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
Rebuilt.

The Collier White Lead and Oil
Company, Of St. Louis, Mo-, are again
running and prepared to fill orders.
Their works were totally destroyed by
fire May 18th and again September
2lst of the past year. To rebuild and
get in shape for business at this time
is a high compliment to their energy
and perseverance,. Collier Company
brands of lead and oils are knows over
the entire country. See advertise
ment In this paper.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
Attachment Notice.

Before Thos. Moifet, J. P for Shelby county,
Tenn.-Fred X Smith vs.. K 3 Kenton.
TN this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 1855 of the Code OF
Tennessee, and returned, levied upon the
property Of the defendant, and affidavit
to the plaintiff in the sum of $500, due by
account Of rent. and that the claim is just,
and that the defendant is q nonresident OF
the State of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
that said defendant mako his personal
February 1882. at IL o'clock m, at my Office,
corner Poplar and Main streets, Mem.
phis, Tennessee, aid defend said attach.
ment suit within the time prescribed by law,
or the same will be proceeded with OK. parte;
and that . copy Of this order he published once
Public Ledger.
This the 18th day of January, 1882.
III l2S 100 lS5 TH0S, M0FFBT, j. P.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17

a colossal fool, and as he flies around
to heat water and bring in the bath
tub and goes whooping after his moth
er or her mother. he turns pale around
the eills, his hair turns red in a single
night. and he calls high heaven to wit
ness thati if be lives till morning, which
he has doubts about, he viii turn yer
q new leaf and never get married till
he is older. And in the morning the
green looking father" is aroused be.
fore a drug store is open, with no COL
lar on, his hair sticking everyway, his
eyes bloodshot and his frame nervous,
waiting for the clerk to open the door
SO he can get some saffron to make tea
of. Less than a year age he thought
be was the greatest mar there was any
where, but as he sits therein the house
that morning, with his wedding coat
rusty and shiny, and his pants frayed
at the bottom, and his coat patched at
the elbow, and the nurse puts in his
arms a little roll of flannel with baby
hid in it, he holds it as he would a
banana, and as he looks at his girl
wife on the bed, nearly dead from pain
and exhaustion, and he thinks there is
not provisions enough in the house to
feed a canary, a lump comes into his
throat, and be says to himself that if
he had it to do over he would leave
that little girl at home to grow up
with her mother, and he would wait
till he had six dellars to buy baby
flannel and ten dollars to pay a doc
tor,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17

WE will remark for the ninteen
hundred and ninety.ninth time, per-
haps, that it is a rule with newspapers
not to publish anonymous communl-
cations. Some very intelligent people
forget or disregard this journalistic
commandment, but their illusions are
"lsid on the table" all the same.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
Attachment Notice.

Before J NJ Coleman. j. p. for Shelby county,
Tennis II Young vs.. A Valentine x Son.
TN this cause an attachment having been
/ sued out under section 1856 Of the Code OF
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property Of thu defendants, by garnishment,
upon J Baxter h Co, merchants; and who an
swer that they are indebted to defendants in
the sun of 1921, by account, and affidavit hay-
ing been made that defendaLts are indebted
TO the plaintiff in the SUN Of $50. due by ac-
count, and that the claim isjust, and tkat the
defendants are non-residents of the State OF
Tennessee; II is therefore ordered that said
defendants make their personal appearance
before me on the nth day Of February,
1889, nc II o'clock = m, at my Office
No. ~ Madison street, Memphis, Tennessee,
and defend said attachment suit within the
time prescribed by law, or tho same will be
proceeded with ex-partei and that a copy Of
this order be published once a week for fouI
weeks In the Public Ledger.
This the 10Th day Of January 1882.
j N COLEMAN. j. p.
Henry Reichman, Atty for Plaintiff.
ia ION 10S 100
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
Claims Against the Bank OF Ten.
nessee.

Nashville World
The following decree was entered in
the Chan ,ery Court yesterday In the
case. of the State VS.. Bank of Tennes
see:
In this cause, on application made
in behalf Of the holders of the new
issue notes Of the Bank of Tennessee,
it was ordered. adjudged, and decreed
by the court that the time for filing all
claims against the Bank Of Tennessee,
or its assets in the receivers hands,
be extended to the first of March 1882,
inclusiyely.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17

The PUBLIC LEDGER book bindery
10 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 frst-class book
bindery, aud 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, 1882-01-17
PUBLIC LEDGER.


A LETTER from East Tennessee re-
ceiyed by a gentleman in this county
states that many of the people in that
section re falling into Judge Sneed's
way of thinking in regard to the State
debt question. They have been read
ing his LaGrange speech and it is hav-
ing its effect.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
Notice Of Final Settlement.

In the Probate Court of Shelby county, Tenn,
W st. John, admir-, etc., of A w Arnold,
decd.
THIS is to notify all persons interested In
l. the estate of said A w Arnold, deceased
that | will. at my Office, in the city of MeL
phis, on THURSDAY, January 10th, 1882, al
10 O'clock a. m. take and state the final set
tlement of the accounts ofW y st. John
decd.
This January 7th, 1882.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
By HUGH b. CULLEN, d. G. III 12O
Humes Il Poston, ATTORNEYS,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
Health is Wealth

DE. Il. o. WEsT's NERVE AND BRAIN TREGr-
z q epecifc for Hysteria, Dizziness, Con-
vuisions, Nervous Headache, Mental Bepres
sion, Loss Of Memory, Bpermatorrb9a, Impo-
tency, Involuntary Emissions, Premature Old
Age. caused by o~ver-exerti0n, self abuse, or
oVer-indulgonce, which leads TO misery, decay
and death. One box will cure recent cases.
Each box contains one months treatment.
One dollar q box, or six boxes for Eve dollars;,
sent BY mail prepaid on receipt Of price. We
guarantee six boYes TO cure any case. With
each order r~eceivqlby US for six boxtp, accom-
panied With Eve dellars, wo will send IN epur-
chaser our written guarantee 10 return the
money II the treatFsent does not effect q cure,
Guarantees Issued only By A. RENKERT a
CO., Wholesale and Retail Druggists, 216 Main
Neoeive prompt attention. Bxxxiiiih5d&W
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17

Having used DR.. Bulls cough syrur
in my family for the last three years.
fud it is the best preparation | have
ever used for coughs or colds. giving
almost immediate relief.
b.. WALKER,
Genl Com. Merchant, 118 Light St.
Baltimore, Md.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
sad Message.

Special to Little Rock Galette.l
AUSTIN, Texas, January 14.--Post-
master Degrees received a telegram
this morning from the mother of the
Olson children, who resides in Iowa,
asking how they we're getting along,
The reply was: -Four out Of the five
have been carried off by smallpox"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
What Seven Could NOt Do.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 6. 81.
Il. Il. Warner & Co.: Sils-Seyen
physicians could not do for me what
your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure
accomplished. Hopeless sick with
kidney disease, it restored me to per-
feet health. JACOB MYERS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17

Clergymen, lawyers, physicians, far
mers, merchants, business men, gentle
men of leisure, and their women folk
and children, all use Browns Iron Bit
tiers. 1t keeps them well.
s. Mansfield & Co, W. N. Wilker-
son & Co.. and G. W. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17

Lodges Of this order have recently
been established in Versailles. Ruth
erford county, Clarksville and Cedar
Hill. Two or three lodges are being
organized every month in the State,
and the membership is steadily in
creasing, not only in this Jurisdiction
but throughout the country generally.
John G. Kennedy, Grand Master
Workman Of Tennessee, is displaying
unusual energy and zeal in the dis.
charge of the responsible duties of his
Office, and the membership are uni
versally pleased with his administra-
ton.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17

Who has not known some specimen
Of the bold yeomanry, their country 5
pride" who carried a buckeye in his
pocket, al though ignorant that it con.
tanned virtues which have been util-
lied BY DIR. Tabler, in his Buckeye
Pile Ointment, an excellent remedy
for piles or hemorrhoids.
For sale by W. N. Wilkerson & Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc. / viii send
a recipe thet will cure you, FREE VI
CHARGE. This great remedy wss discovered
by a mis- ionary In South America. Send (
self ad0rossed envelope to the Rev. 10 EPH 7
INMAS. Station ID, New York City.
52Xxxiv52d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
Consumption.

Thousands who had long suffered
from weak lungs, short breath, asthma,
and consumption, have found relief in
Browns Iron Bitters, q true tonic.
S. Mansfield & Co., ". N. Wilker-
son & Co., and G. W. Jones & Co..
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
General DEBILITY Cured.
CHEsrERvILLE, KENT Co. MD.

CHEsTERyILLE, KENT Co., MD,
January 81, 1881.
Feeling broken down and generally
debilitated, l was induced by ouI
druggist to try a bottle Of Browns
Iron Bitters. From the third dose,
began to feel the good effects Of your
medicine, and really think it did IN,
more good than any medicine l ever
took. 3. d. QUIMBY.
s. Mansfield & Co., W. n. Wilker
son & Co., and G. W. Jones & Co.
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
TRUTH ATTEsEED.
Some Important Statements
Of Well Known People
Wholly Verified.

In order that the public may fully realize
the genuineness of the statements, as vol as
the power and value of the article Of which
they speak, We publish herewith the fac
simile signatures OF parties whose sincerity
Is beyond question. The truth of these testi-
monials Is absolute, nor can the facts they an
nounce DO ignored:
MrnFHIs. Tenn, April %. 1851
Messrs. II. h. Warner 4 Co;
G~RETLRMEN-I have been a sufferer from my
infancy with disease Of the kidneys, and have
expended. q great deal of my hard earned
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, ! concluded
to try it, and aftor having used four bottles
found that l had been entirely cured. and am
to-day as strong and healthy as any one.
have not seen any testimonials from any one
in this section Of the country, and on this
account send mine voluntarily, hoping that
some ono affected with this dangerous disease
may see it and be induced TO try it. II is the
most wonderful medicine l have ever seen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
Monday, JaDuary 0, 1852,

at II o'clock q M, at the southwest corner Of
Main and Madison streets, in the Taxing Dis
trlct Of said county, sell at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash that certain lot of
land in said Taxing District described ss part
of sub-lOt No. l Of lot No. Z, block As, begin
Of fernando street; thence west with the
line Of lot No. 7 lS2 feet; thence south % de-
grees west 81 feet; thence east $50 feet more
or less; thence north 81 feet to beginning.
with privileges and appurtenances thereto
belonging.
All right Of redemption waived by said
deed, and title believed to be perfect, but ]
sell as trustee only.
]. W. Hampton, Atty.
The above sale is postponed by consent Of
parties to THURSDAY, February ., 1882,
same hour and place. Ill 1889
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
H LATEST

1l:30 P. M.-The river was still ris-
ing one-third of an inch per hour,
with forty-Dine feet on the Broad
street gauge.
1t is thought the river will reach its
highest point by noon to-day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17

DY virtue of a trust deed, duly recorded in
ID the Registor's Office OF Shelby county,
Tenn, book 20 (chatteD, page S0S, | will. on
Monday, 23d day Of January, 1882,
at the house of A M StoddArd & Co. Nc. 22s
Main street. in Taxing Di.trict, Shelby coun-
y. Tenn, as trustee, sell at public auction
for cash, one black marc mule, about 6 years
old. l5H HANDS high, named Kit, and one
brown mare mule about IL years old, 16 hands
hiRh. named Julia, a part Of the property de-
scribe : in said trust deed, TO which reference
is made. l will only sell and convey as trus-
toe.
6 lS JAMES sMYTHE, Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17

PUBLIC LEDGER job printing Office
and book bindery, 10 Madison.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
Trustees Sale.

10y virtue Of the provisions OF a deed Of
ID trust made to me, A. Woodruff, trustee,
by Annie W. Ammons on the 9Th day Of April,
1878, and recorded in Deed Book No. 1913,
page 3S4, in the Registers Office Of Shelby
county, Tennessee, said deed being made TO
secure an indebtedness to the Workingmen's
Building and Loan Association, fully de-
scribed therein, and default having been
made in the conditions thereof. / will, as
trustee, at the request Of the beneficiary in
said deed, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17

The above was taken from the gauge
book which dates from Nov. /, 1873, to
Nov. 1881.
The steamer T. D. Fite, which ar
rived at 6 p m.. reports that the river
rose two feet a, West Point, 100 miles
above Nashville. Friday night,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17

PUBLIC LEDGER bindery and job
Office, - Madison street.
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-06-08

for honor and the common kindness
which even beasts possess. 1t is a
sermon against promiscuous dances,
fancy suppers, indiscriminate associa-
tions, and secluded drives, at late
hours, beyond the CONSTANTS of home
and under circumstances to rouse the
devil there is in every man and the
possibilities to wickedness which are
in every woman. 1t is a sermon
against bringing up boys to be loafers,
ministeriDg to their own passions, and
girls to be simpering, giggling, PAM
persd idlers, intent on no useful work,
but pursuing the qualifications of their
vanity, and trusting to their wits alone
keep them from the snares which
are set under every excitement and
pleasures. One amiable beauty went
to dishonor and death out Of decent
and plain home, in the furious search
for enjoyment which ministered some-
thing to pride, something to the SEN
SEES, and nothing to the mind. Two
boys, who might have earned re-
spectacle living and added to the
worlds sum of work, went into con-
spiracy against woman's honor, did
her to her death and are sitting in
the shadow Of the gallows. If such
lessons are taught were needed, and
who shall say they were notY surely
the memory Of that pale, anguished
face, beautiful in the quiet and peace
of death looking up from the mud and
ooze Of the river bank, in the yellow
light Of an August morning, should
be moral monitor to the homes of
this land, for as long as child's love,
a daughters honor, and parents
pride in both, have power to move
the mind and heart of the race
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-06-08
THE NEWER ARITHMETIC.

If man buys box Of straWber-
ries with the bottom showed up half
way to the top for twenty-five cents,
how many can he buy for So?
Bought horse fourteen years old
for $65 aud sold him to an editor for
$120 as six-year-old stopper. How
much did | make2
If it takes eighteen men to do the
bossing and four men to do the lifting
when a street car horse falls down,
how many bosses and filters will it
take to put five horses on their feet !?
Julia has FIVE beaux and Emily has
three, while the old maid next door
has none. How many beaux in all,
and how many would be left if they
should give the old maid half the
crowd
How many are SIS less the IS you
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-06-08
MY DAUGHTER LOUISE.


In the light of the moon, by the side of
the wafer
Ny seat on the land and her seat on
my knees,
We watch the bright pillows, do and my
daughter,
My sweet little daughter Louise.
We wonder what city the pathway Of
glory,
That broadens away to the limitless
West,
Leads up to-she minds her ofsome pref
ty story
And says; "To the city that mortals
love best"
Then | say 1t must lead to the far away
city,
The beautiful City of Rest.
In the light of the moon, by the side of
the water,
Stand two in the shadow of whispering
trees,
And one loves my daughter, my beautiful
daughter,
My womanly daughter Louise.
She steps to the boat with touch of his
fingers,
And out on the diamonded pathway
they move;
The shallop is lost in the distance it lin
gers,
1t waits, but l know that its coming
will prove
That it went to the walls Of that wonder
fal city,
The magical City of Love.
In the light of the moon, by the side of
the water,
| wait for her coming from over the
seas,
wait but 10 welcome the dust Of my
daughter,
To weep for my daughter Louise.
The Path, as of old, reaching out of its
splendor,
Cleans bright, like way that an angel
has trod;
| kiss the cold burden its pillows surren-
der,
Sweet clay to lie under the pitiful sod
Rut she rests, at the end of the path in
the city,
Whose "builder and maker is COB"
HOMER GREENE IN Our Continent.