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Misc Carr,s

A leading manager tells the Chicago
Inter Ocean, that Annie Louise Cary
is the most thoughtful, reasonable.
considerable woman he ever meta sort
OF angel with fully developed wings.
Thus he ratified on, developing a
pretty little romance as a sort of pyro ,
techuic blaze Of glory to his story:
There never was a girl had more
offers ofmarriage than Cary, and she
has warded off a great many that she
might have received with the very
slightest announcement. | was a
little that way myself once,' remarked
the gentleman with a slight blush, as
he turned away his head, but l never
went very far, because there was no
announcement. Shes a coy
body, Cary is, and likes TO have young
men sit down close by her. She takes
such an interest in everything they
say, and is so frank and cordial and
confidential like, that the first thing
they know they are clean gone before
they suspect it, and she isn't such a
coquette either. She likes sdmira-
ton, of course, aud likes to make
people happy, but Miss Cary never
intentionally invited a mans regard
or affection for the purpose Of hanging
his scalp at her belt, and what is
more, she saved a great many men
modification and distress of mind by
a little delicate diplomacy, when most
women would have permitted them to
go ahead and take the consequences.
Was she ever engaged"
we S, though | do not believe [
ought to speak certainly-for l don't
know much about it. There has been
a romance in her life, and several
versions of it are related by those who
profess to know her secrets, but | was
never able to get any one to admit
that they got their information from
her, for she keeps her secrets, and
never paid much attention to it. But
I've always supposed there was some
thing in the story"
What was it?"
AS | told you, l don't know what
the facts are, but the story goes that
she was engaged to a young man whom
she loved very much, but he insisted
upon her leaving the stage when they
married. She wouldn't do it, and the
match was broken of-and I've heard,
too, that the now happy Raymond is
the man."
Il hone he is"
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New ArithmetIcaI ProbIem.

A man trades a so watch for a $45
shotgun, pays So for repairs, and then
exchanges it for a $50 horse, which
kicks a $28 COW 10 death aud then dies
Of a broken heart. How much did
the man lose?
In a certain room there are eleven
women sitting down. A lady passes
the house with a new spring bonnet
on. Find the number who got IN and
rushed to the window. (That's where
you are fooled. One OF 'em was too
lame 10 get out of her chair
A man died leaving property valued
at ST. 0 to a certain relative. Eight
other relatives wouldn't have it that
way, and contested the will. The
property was then divided pro rata, and
each ones share was found to be sew
enteen cents. What became--but, of
course, you know that the lawyers
got it.
A lightning rod man sits down to
try and remember how many farmers
he has swindled. He can't begin to
recall names and dates, and SO he null
tiplies bis eighteen years Of experience
by two, adds Eve, subtracts one, aud
calls the result one.fourth Of the
grand total.
A fond father purchased a set Of
tools for his boy, paying therefor the
sum Of 50 %. In a short time the lad
bored six holes in the piano case,
sawed off six chair legs, split two door
panels and amputated the sofas left
arm. Find what the exact sum was,
anil also notify your friends that the
tools are for sale at one-third of.
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A Question orYerncitH.

Something more than a year ago and
just after Senators Conkling and
Platt, of New York, resigned, Chester
A. Arthur, then Vice President, visi.
ted his home in New York City and
it afterward went forth that a confer
ence of leading Republicans including
Conkliug and Platt was held one Sab
bath afternoon at the Vice Presidents
house. At this conference it was de
cidod, so the story goes, that Conk-
ling should visit Albany and work for
a re. election. He went and wasn't
elected. Meantime the alleged con-
ference was emphatically denied by
Mr.. Arthur. The number who we're
at it, say there was a conference, but
the President, then Vice ditto, stuck
to it there wasn't. Commenting on it
the New York Tribune has the follow
ing:
Now come a number Of Stalwart
friends OF General Arthur and Mr..
Conkling and say over their own sig
natures that such a conference was
actually held at the time and place
mentioned and that they were present.
Here is the testimony of Mr.. Platt as
published in The Herald yesterday:
NEW YORK, May 81, 1882.
My DEAR Nh. CoNKLING: In re-
Spouse to your recent inquiry | beg tC
say that | did participate in the con,
ference of your friends at the house Of
Chem Vice President Arthur, in Thu
city, on the 22d Of May last year, al
which General George Ii. Sharpe wal
present. Yours sincerely,
I. @. PLATT,
Hon. Roscoe Conkling.
The same issue Of the Herald con
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RAJ DANdKR IN RgssiA.
The Peasants Beginning to Stir
The Devotion of the So
cialist Leaders.

Prince Krapotkin in Fortnightly Review.
The outbreaks against Jews in the
southwest and against Russian bour-
geeisie in the southeast, as well as the
incendiarism and No Rent movement
in the central provinces, are but a
foreshadowing Of far more intense
movements which are growing in the
villages. The people already talk of
the general partition Of land, of the
great war and bloodshed" which are
to begin sometime in the spring. I'm
til now the revolutionary party has
scarcely applied its forces at all to a
serious agrarian agitation but it is
easy to foresee the qualitya and momen-
tum of forces that will rise ready to
their hands among the peasantry if
Russian revOlutionists should only
apply to agrarian agitation the deter
mination and the capacities of orgRni-
cation they have shown in their strug-
gle against government: and this will
be done if the necessary improve
ments cannot be obtained otherwise.
Ali former attempts from above to rest
concessions fron our absolute govern
ment had failed because of the inertia
of the masses. To awaken the con-
science of the people, and to help
them to express their wants, seemed
the party's first duty. But nowhere
in tie West is the chasm between the
upper and lower classes SO wide rs in
Russia. That being the case, was it
not necessary to begin BY knowing the
peasant, his ideas, his conceptions and
bis wishes, and not by imposing on
him schemes elaborated on purely
theoretical bases? Until of late, how.
ever, the Russian peasant has always
regarded the man who wears broad.
cloth, and neither plows nor news,
hammers mol digs, side by
tide with him, as an enemy. We
wanted faith and love from him, and
10 obtain then it was necessary to live
life. 1t was hard to live a life of
he peasant or the workman, but hun
of the party did live it for all
hat. Young men left their class
looms, their regiments and their desks,
md learned the smiths trade, or the
,Obbler's, or the ploWman's, and went
out to work and to teach among the
High-born and wealthy
aides betook themselves to the fac.
worked fifteen and sixteen
hours q day at the machine, slept 10
log holes with peasants, went bare
DOT, as our working women 90, bring
.ng water for the house. Vulgar souls
nay sneer at this, but fifty years hence
he mothers of Russia will animate
ind inspire their children with the
tory Of these lives.
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Attachment Nonce.

Before j NJ Coleman, j. P. for Shelby county,
Tenn.-H Dow VS.. N D Price.
IN this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 1856 Of the code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property Of tho defendant, and affidavit
debted to the plaintiff in the sum Of
forty dollars, due by account. and that
the claim is just, and that the defendant is
q nonresident Of tho State of Tennessee,
it is therefore ordered that said defendant
on the 30th day Of June, 1882, at two
o'clock pm, at my Office, No. IL
Madison street, Memphis, Tennessee,
and defend said attachment suit within the
time prescribed by law, or the same will
BE- proceeded with ex.parte; and that a copy
four weeks 10 the Public Ledger.
This the 26th day Of May, 1882.
Is SO 1894 I'M COLEMAN, J.P.
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Texas CrOnA.

A Galveston dispatch says: THE
railway freight agents in the State
send in the following estimates Of the
increase in the planted acreage over
last year: Cotton, ten per cent; wheat,
eighteen per cent; corn, t~wenty-one
per cent; oats, thirty one per cent;
rye, fifty per cent. In the Columbia
division the increase in the sugar cane
acreage is put at sixteen per cent, and
in the wheat crop from twenty to
twenty-five bushels per acre. About
one third of the crops have already
been harvested. None of the new
crops have yet been offered for ship
ment. The corn crop is practically
secured and will be very fine, espe-
cially in Central and Western Texas.
The cotton is locking well everywhere.
Perhaps the plants are not as far ad-
vanced in some sections as they might
be, thanks to the unreasonable
weather, but they are everywhere free
from grass. CopiOus showers still
prevail over a great part ofthe State
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In the Sacred Manic Of CharitI.

The many votaries of fortune
through the world are looking forward
with eager eyes to the grand semi
annual distribution of the Louisiana
State Lottery (the l45th), to take
place June 18th next, under the
exclusive direction of Gen'ls G. 7.
Beauregard Of La, and Jubal a.
Early Of Va, when over half Of a
million Of dollars will be scattered
broad. Anyone wanting to know all
about it can learn by applying to M.
Dauphin, New Orleans, La. The
world famed Charity Hospital receives
in installments a million Of dollars
from the Louisiana State Lottery.
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Poor a~orroMfnI Engenie.
Edward Kings Paris Letter to the Bosto
journal.

Edward Kings Paris Letter to the Boston
Journal.
MRS. Long" is the name given by a
wrinkled and gray haired lady evil
IDENTIFY bowed and broken by sorrow,
who has been travelling by slow stages
up from Nice to Paris during the past
four or five days. Mrs. Long is no
other than the ex- Empress Eugene,
who occupied a villa at Nice for a
time, and who is now going back to
London for the season. She is very
much given to melancholy-and cigar
ettes-nowadays. Her strength is so
slight that she can travel only a few
hours daily. Her desire to remain I'M
known to those who we're at one time
her husbands subjects has been re-
spected, and she has not even found
many Bonapartists ready to demon
~strate" in her favor along the line Of
her journey. She is in Paris at this
present moment, and might remain
here for ten years without exciting
any particular curiosity. Tomorrow
and next day the gildcd and sculp-
tured stalls in which the "Brumme.
gem" Emperor used to keep his horses
areto be disposed of at public auction.
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Card.


EDITOR LEDGER:-As there haI
been a good deal said and writer
about a charge against me in the Grim
ipal Court for %extortion, and believing
there are many who have known mi
from my boyhoOd who do not know
the merits Of the charge, | propose Il
give the public a true history of the
whole transaction.
In May, 1881, | had an account jol
poll tax against one VIM. Emerson
for six dollars. [ garnisheed the NJ,
& 7. railroad in order to collect the
bill. Mr.. S. II. Lamb, the Secretary
ofthe road, made his answer before
the Justice, showing that he was in
debted to Mr.. Emerson in an amount
sufficient to pay his tax and cost.
When Mr.. Lamb made his answer
he requested me to make out all the
receipts (having others in the same
lott, and bring them to his Office Gas
l had done before), and he would pay
them.
As l stated, the bill was for six
dollars; to that amount | added
twenty four cents as commission and
one dollar and forty cents for the gar
rishee, and fifty cents for MIR. Lamb
for making his answer, as he charges
all his men that amount for answering
a garnishee, if he is indebted to them,
making a total of So Is.
When | called on Mr. Lamb for the
money, Mr.. Emerson had left his tax
receipt with him for 1873, which had
been paid to some one else; thereupon
Mr.. Lamb, with his own hands, took
my receipt which had been signed by
me and interlined it, SO as to give the
proper credit for the two dollars paid,
but neglected to deduct the eight
cents commission on the two dollars,
which he was entitled to. | never
thought Of it until | had been indict-
ed by the Grand Jury for "extorting"
eight cents from Mr.. Emerson, aud |
cannot believe that Mr., Lamb left it on
there for the purpose of leading me in
a trap, as our business relations have
always been pleasant; but it is evident
that some one is behind the throne
urging this prosecution.
This is a rue history of this trans
action. | have been tried before Judge
Horrigan and sentenced to pay a fine
Of twenty FIVE dollars, and only sixty
days on THE Island and this punishment
for my unintentionally collecting
eight cents commission from Mr.. Jim
erson. 1t is now for the public to
judge whether or not the crime that l
committed (if any is commensurate
with the punishment imposed on me. l
have heard it said that there are men
who have assaulted other men on the
streets publicly who are discharged by
the payment of costs. Those things
may seem strange to some people.
III understand the meaning Of the
word extort, it is wholly different
from the facts disclosed in my case,
and Mr.. Lamb and Mr.. Emerson both
know that none of the means we're
resorted to that constitutes the idea
Of extortion, but every circumstance
connected with this matter shows that
it is a malicious prosecution of the
most malignant character. | make
this statement for the satisfaction of
the public and my personal friends
who have not fully understood the
true merits of the case.
Respectfully,
I r RrNTov
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Rapid DISTRIBUTION Of Property.

The experience of California strik.
ingly illustrates the rapid distribution
Of property under the American sys-
TEN. In 1850 there we're only 872
farms in California; by the last census
there we're 1884. This country"
says the San Francisco Bulletin.
contains $1,000 acres. OF these
BIT GA are government reservations.
This left a total area Of 1912 acres.
Of these II, O78. SO acres, or nearly one
half, were granted by the Mexican
government to thirteen Individuals.
The remaining 1854 A belonged TO
the pueblo in trust for its inhabitants.
Nearly the whole of this area was
grabbed by a score or SO Of sduatters
masquerading as the inhabitants Of
San Francisco. The whole peninsula
may be said to have been owned once
by less than forty persons. But there
are now not less than 10000 property
owners who pay taxes"
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A Few Levees Left.
Greenrille limo, 81.


The leyee broke on Lake Beulah,
Clarke's front, on last Friday. It was
caused by a crawfsh hole, which com
menced running muddy water a day
or two before. Atsunrise on the 18th
a white man living on the Clarke
place passed by it, but could see no
charge in it. An hour and a halt
afterward he returned and found two
holes caved in back Of the levee,
each as large as a -four barrel,
and before he could ride two
hundred yards to a cabin to give an
alarm heard the water roaring, and
saW that the levee had broken. The
water from this passes through Clear
creek into Bogue Phaliah; and it was
the cause of The renewed rise of the
water on the back Of the plantations
on the east Of Deer creek, beginning
last Saturday. Most Of the planta-
tons on that side, from Stoneville
down TO ear Areola, are now badly
damaged BY water.
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Sale.

WHEREAS, John German. by his deed o
wv trust, bearing date he 9Th of February,
1881, duly recorded IN book No. 1876, page 351
of the Registers Office Of Shelby comfy, Ten
nessee, for tho purpose Of securing the indebt-
edness and interest therein mentioned, con-
veyed to Samuel Hirsch as trustee, a certain
lot or parcel Of land situated in the county Of
shelby and State of Tennessee, beginning OF
the southwest corner of Lane avenue ana
Ayfee street,and running thence southwafdh
with tho west side of Ayres street 100 feet,
thence wesswardly 70 feet; thence northward-
ly 100 feet 70 Lane ayepuei thence eestwardiy
with the south side of Lane avenue u feet to
the place Of beginning, and being the eastern
Is feot of lots Nos. l3l, 1872 and 1873, In. W &
Lanes sub.division. ofthe Isler tract, and part
OF the same land ACQUIRED by said John Cor
man under a decree Of the Second Chancery
Court of Shelby county, Tenn. in tho case Of
M Lawrence We the Heirs Of MARY Baxter OF
al, No 46y N X y Of said Court, and recorded
In Book No l02, page u, Of the Registers
Office Of Shelby county, Tennessee. And.
whereas, said John German hiss made default
In said trust deed, and the beneficiary therein
has required and directed said Samoel Hirsch,
trustee as aforesaid, TO sell said land in the
manner and mode as is therein provided upon
tho default OF said John German.
Now, therefore, J, said Samuel Hifseh.
as trustee as aforesaid. hereby give notice, os
10 10 said trust deed prescribed, that l will n
Thursday, June 8, 1882,
during legal hours, at the southwest corner
Of Main and Madison streets, in the city OF
Memphis (Dow Taxing District OF Shelby
county. Tenn, proceed TO sell at public AUG
ton TO tho highest bidder, Tor cash. the
within described land.
EQUITY Of redemption waived.
May =, 1882. 5sw
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The Wages Of Farm Labor.

Investigation of the rate of farm
labor, made by the statistician of the
Department Of Agriculture, shows an
increase Of t~wenty-four per cent since
1879 in the Eastern States. From
1875 to 1879 the decline was heaviest
in the manufacturing sections, where
artisans, thrown out of employment,
tended to depress the rate of farm
wages. The advance since 1879 has
been fourteen per cent in the Western
States and thirteen per cent in the
Southern.
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LEDGER
WEDNESDAY EveaInE. Jun~ =. Issa.

TIE Ripley, Miss, Advertiser has
completed its 9Th year and is the old
est journal in North Mississippi. 1t
was established in 1912, by the fatAer
Of the present editor and proprietor,
r. F. Ford, aud has been published
continually ever since except during
the civil war, when Its suspension was
caused by the destruction Of its Office
and printing material by the Federal
snldiers
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Coming UD straight.

The friends Of Rev. DR.. George
Lotion, Of St. Louis, will be glad to
Term Of his improving health, which
will enable him to be sent to a resting
place for the summer. The three
card monte man who struck and i'll
treated him while he was sick on the
cars cannot be found, nor the lady
who said she was insulted, so his
church will not take any further
action in the matter. +.
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Live Long ana be Hannr.

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
cures rapidly follow.
S. Mansfield & Co, W. N. Wilker-
son 4 Co., and G. W. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
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A Quaint Old Castle in America.
Galveston News.

At Carizzo, the county seat Of
Zapata county, sixty-fve miles from
Laredo, there stands the quaint old
castle built by the Englishman, Red
mond, with its port heles for musket.
~, and pieces of cannon, now planted
for corner posts, once served to protect
this knight Grant and bis wealth from
the proWling savages.
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a CARIO,

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous woakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc, ! will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by q missionary in South America. Send a
self addressed envelope 10 khe Rev. JOSEPH T.
IsHAE. Station d. New York City.
52xxxiv52d
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GMr. f. P. Bonner, of Meadville,
Pa, writes: II feel like a new born
creature. Transformed from a crabby
dyspeptic 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 & Co., w. N. Wilker.
son & Co., and G. W. Jones & Co.,
Wholesale agents.
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ahleh Ii vas diAcult to lad anybody
The list yesterday was as follows
Subscriptions received tor the bene.
ft Of the widow and children of
Georpe A. Comfy.

In addition to the money which will
be raised in this way the ladies pro-
pose togive a benefit performance next
week, at which a very considerable
sum will doubtless be raised. 1t was
hoped the Academy Of Music might
be had for the occasion, but when Miss
Kellogg applied for for it she was re-
fused. Not only was the free use Of it
denied, but she vas told that no re-
duction would be made from the regu-
lar price Of $3.50 charged for its use.
Chickering and Steinway Halls have
both been prOffered, but as it is in
tended to give some opera scenes the
use Of a theater will probably be
necessary, and one will doubtless be
obtained free Of expense.
Among the artists who have volun-
teered already are Miss Kellogg, Miss
Abbot, Miss Cary, Mrs. Seguin, Nine.
Hauck, Brignoli and Tagliapietra.
Campanini expresses his regret at not
being able to be present, as he sails for
Europe to-day. The list of volunteers
as we'll as the subscription list will
both doubtless be much longer to-
day.
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DR.. Holmsn's absorptiye plasters
(body and FOOT are, beyond all ques-
ton, the most valuable remedies ever
placed in the hands Of the public 10
the form Of p~lasters,
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Nervous debility, melancholy, ca
tarrh Of the bladder, leucorrhea, etc
are quickly cured by Browns Iron
Bitters.
s. Mansfield 4 Co., W. N. Wilker-
son 4 Co.. and G.. W. Jones & Co.,
Wholesale agents.
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Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.

No. 40i2, R -Chancery Court Of Shelby county
Margaret 0 Sparks, guardian, and Oorne-
lius Sparks va. John Huber.
DY virtue Of an interlecutory decree for
ID sale. entered In the above cause on the
l7th day Of January. 1882, and renewed March
81, 1882, and May 26, 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, tho following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-Wit:
In the city Of Memphis, now the Taxing
District Of Shelby county, being the southern
part Of lot No ninety-ono (9l) on the plan Of
the extension Of the northern part Of the
city Of Memphis, fronting 37H feet on Third
dtreet, east side. and running back to the
depth Of said lot No. d one hundred and
forty-eight and ono-half feet TO an alley, said
lot being enclosed In parallel lines running
perpendicular TO Third street.
Terms Of Sale-0ne third cash, balance In
IL months, purchaser TO execute note bearing
interest with approved security for deferred
payment, lion retained, etc.
This May 10, 1882.
RI BLACK, Clork and Master.
J y Temple, solicitor for complt
Tel 81 $3.50