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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-08
Nineteen Rennonr.

A great many people cannot under
stand why the female portion Of the
community prefer sober men. The
matter is simple enough:
/. Wives like sober husbands be-
cause they can reason with a sober
man.
2. The sober man is more compan-
ionable.
3, Sober men have pride, and pride
is a woman's main hold.
4. Sobriety means a comfortable
home.
5; Good clothes for mother and
children.
6. A house of your own.
z. Evenings at home instead Of a
barroom.
8. Better health and the enjoyment
oflife.
8. An elevated view of life and 9
sense Of your responsibility.
~. You are credit to your wifi,
and children.
Il. II. People who once despised Vol
will now bless you.
IL. Your words will be gagged a
you resist the tempter.,
ID. Young men will pattern afte
you.
IA. You will be an ornament to so
ciety and the whole town in whicI
you live.
Is. The whole community will tax
pride in you and wish they had NOR
like you.
l6; Your family and friends will az
preciate you.
L. Your enemies will admire you
path Of Sobriety.
10. Scoffers will be disarmed b
your works.
49, Your many qualities will gro
with your years,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-08
Jlrcuit Court Of shelby County, Tennessee :

Circuit Court Of Shelby County, Tennessee
Lou Gibson VS. Henry Gibson.
IT appearing from the return of the Sheriff
i on the summons issued in this cause on the
9Th day of October, 1881, that the defendant,
Henry Gibson. has, left the county and
State and is therefore not to be
found on motion of plaintiffs coun
sci; It Is therefore ordered that be make
his appearance herein. at the Courthouse in
the Taxing District Of Shelby county. Ten
nessee, on or before the third Monday in
may he1 IN u fo pidg;% vnrc sus nv tb az ue
will be taken for confessed as to him and the
cause set for hearing ex parte; and that a
copy Of this order be published once a week
for four successive weeks, in the Public
Ledger.
A cory Attest; -
By GEORGE j. CAMPBELL, d. Q.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-08
TRUTH ATTEsTED.
Some Important Statements
Of Well Known People
Wholly Verified.

In order that the public may fully realize
the genuineness of the statements, as well a.
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:
MRMPHIs, Tenn, April %. 1851
Messrs. II. II, Warner & Co:
GENTLEIEs-I have been a sufferer from my
infancy with disease Of the kidneys, and have
expended 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, l concluded
TO try It, and aftor having used four bottles
found that had been entirely cured. and am
to-day as streng 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 one affected with this dangerous disease
may see it and be induced to try it. 1t is the
most wonderful medicine | have ever seen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-08

An effort existing without a cause
is an impOssibility; tickling in the
throat. huskness Of the voice, violent
coughing. etc., are the effects of a
severe cold. DR.. Bulls cough syrup
cures the cold at once and removes its
serious effects.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-08
Henrx,s CnrhoIIo NnIve.

The best salve in the world for cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, tet-
ter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all kinds of skin eruptions, freck
les and pimples. Be sure you get
Henry's carbolic salve, as all others
are but limitations and counterfeits.
Price % cents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-08

Tighten the burden of life, make
success certain, and your calculations
accurate, by using Browns Iron Bit
tiers. 1t strengthens mind and body
s. Mansfield & Co., w. N. Wilker-
son & Co.. and G.. W. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-08
Recent Sayings aud DOings of
MIR. LOngfeiIOW.
Boston Journal, Jan. q.

A few days ago, it will be renem-
bered, the poet Longfellow declined
an invitation from his friendsin Port
land, Me-, who proposed to hold a
reception in recognition Of his seventy.
fifth birthday, which occurs on Feb.
ruaIy q next. He declined, partly
because his health would not permit
him to go SO far, and partly in conse.
quence Of his natural aversion 70
public receptions in general. Mr..
Longfellow is much better than a few
days ago, when vertigo, with which he
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-08
A1ARn-

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiScretions of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, ETC.. /, / will send
reciPe that will cure you, FREE or
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in, South America; Send a
self- addressed envelope to the Rev. JoaEPH T.
INMAN. Station D, New York City.
h0vrriuS1d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-08

The Governor is anxious to do
something for Bob Elliott, convicted
year ago last December for larceny.
Bob behaved CALAMITY at the Nashville
penitentiary fire.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-08
Ah.a9er%t,
MrrPHIs. TENN, April 10, 1881
Mossrs. H. H. Warner & Co:

Messrs. II. II. Warner d Co:
GENTLnHN-For over twenty years have
been a sufferer from kidney trouble, accom-
panied by a female weakness which culmi-
mated into falling of tho womb. / have been
treated by numerous doctors in Georgia and
benefit. In 1879 friend advised me to use
Warner Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. One
bottle did me more good than all the other
medicine had taken in eighteen years, and
a continued use caused further Improvement,
to DO the best remedy in the market for such
female disorders. can cheerfully recon-
mend it to all.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-08
worth a Dozen Dead Men.

RICHMOND, Va, May 20, 1881.
Ny physician. after exhausting me
financially, coolly informed me that
my case was hopeless, that no remedy
would reach my case, and it was en-
tirely useless for me to continue TAX
ing medicine. | was told that one lung
was gone, and that my bowels aud kid,
neys we're all decayed. | suffered ex-
cruciatingly from from the horrors OF
dyspepsia and painful urination, and
my breath came short and quick,
while my heart at times ceased to beat
entirely, while again it would thump
most vehemently. A sister of mine,
a Mrs. Rhorer, in Baltimore, wrote to
father advising him to get me Brown s
Iron Bitters From the very first
dose | felt a change; now all pain is
gone, my digestion is good, my urine
is free from sediment, and my slumber
unbroken and dreamless. | now feel
perfectly restored, and 60 about and
do as much work as ever | did, and
do not feel the least fatigued.
DANIEL X. MCKENZIE.
s. Mansfield & Co., w. N. Wilker.
son & Co., and G. w. Jones & Co.
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-08
ROMANTIC DOODLE WEDDING
Two of the Daughters or Colonel
Niles Meriwether Married In
Chattanooga.

Times, Sunday,l
A double wedding ceremony was
performed at the reetory Of st. Paul's
Episcopal church yesterday afternoon
by the rector, Rev. II. Ii. Sneed, the
contracting parties being Mr.. Roston
Belts and Miss Matte Meriwether,
and Mr.. Lowe Davis and Miss L. Vir-
ginia Meriwether, all of Huntsville,
Alabama, under the following roman
tic circumstances:
The young gentlemen called at the
residence of Colonel Meriwether, the
father of the brides, in Huntsville, on
Friday evening and took the young
ladies out, ostenslbly to go to concert,
but instead of attending which, the
party took the 1880 pm. train for this
city, where they arrived about mid
night, and proceeded to the Stanton
House. Their intentions Of being
married in the morning was immedi-
ately made known to the parents of
the prospective brides informed by
telegraph Of their whereabouts.
SoICA udy nOlu1uS ludIIldSt llCcuScS
having been procured, the party
drove to the Episcopal rectory, where
they were quietly marriM in the pres
ence Of few witnesses, and returned
to the Stanton House to dinner, where
their presence excited much interest.
All the parties are highly connected
and belong to well-knoWn families in
Huntsville, the ladies being daughters
of Colonel Niles Meriwether, formerly
Chief Engineer Of the Memphis and
Charleston railroad, and nieces Of
Mrs. L Virginia French, the celebra-
ted novelist and poetess, and the
gentlemen being promising young
lawyers.
The clandestine character of the
wedding was occasioned by the fear Of
opposition on account of the youth Of
all the parties concerned.
The happy couples returned to
Huntsville yesterday afternoon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-08

Durno's catarrh snuff cures all af-
fections Of the mucous membrane Of
the head and threat.
DR.. Motifs liver pills are the best
Csthartic. W
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-08

Dr. Greens OXygenated Bitters
is the best remedy for dyspepsia, bill
eusnesS, malaria, indigestion, ali dis
orders Of the stomach, and diseases Of
the blood, kidneys, liver, skin. otc
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-02-17
Fertilizer Experiments.

In the discussion on fertilizers, at the re-
cent meeting at Newtown, Conn, Mr.. Sedge-
wick, of Cornwall said he thought that DR..
Atwater's experiments had saved the farmers
great amount of money by teaching ferti-
lizer manufacturers that less nitrogen is
required for many crops than had formerly
been supposed. Nitrogen is the most costly
ingredient used in commercial fertilizers. and
the most difficult at the present time to obtain.
1t would be wasteful, therefore, to use a
greater quantity than is really needed and
such waste is exceedingly costly TO the farmer
AS it is found that less nitrogen is required,
fertilizers have been gradually droppingin the
price of Market and this gain is greatly to the
benefit of the farmer. 1t enables him to buy
more and to use more with fair prospect of
obtaining profit. One objection TO the use of
guano, he believed, was that it contains a
larger percentage of nitrogen than is needed
and consequently larger proportion than
farmers can afford TO pay for A saving of
one per cent. in the amount of nitrogen in q
ton of fertilizer will cheaper the cost about
four dollars. He thought the most profita-
BILE way to use fertilizers is in connection with
stable manure, the fertilizers being compound
ed in such way as to make the manure and
fertilizer together just meet the wants of the
crops to be grown. Exactly how the nitro
gen is taken by plants, he did not attempt to
explain, but it is evident that soil which is
well filled with the tops and roots of clover
and other plants contains large amount of
nitrogen that the growing crop will in some
way appropriately England Farmer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-02-17
VOL. XXVI---NO. Z.
Straw in the Manager.

1t is not at all difficult to rot down straw
pile, and by so doing to terminate and kill
most OF the weed seeds contained therein by
making the stack very fiat, so as to catch
much water, it rots rapidly, and so soon as it
gets once thoroughly wetted, by repiing, it
soon heats and decays. But the stack or pile
of straw at best only contains carbon and
silica III quantities, and these are the most
common and least valuable of all the ele-
ments of plant food. The quantity ofpotash :,
nitrogen, and phosDhoric acid is very small
indeed, and there is no method by which this
pile OF straw can in any way be changed into
manure containing any more of these valua-
BILE elements than were in the stack original
lly. If we tread this pile down it will only
be pile of wet straw, and if we rot it ever
so thoroughly it will only be smaller pile of
thoroughly rotted straw, and at best little
better than so much swamp muck 1t is only
by the use of straw as an absorbent and as
coarse food for fattening animals, and by
using with it much rich food, such as corn,
bran, oil or cotton seed meal, etc that we
can change 1t into manure that shall really
be very valuable to use, and that will largely
increase the crops where used. Wemust not
expect that We can raise large crops of grain
year after year, and sell the most valuable
part, and by any method turn the straw into
manure that shall keep up the fertility of
the soil, If We manure only with straw we
must expect to grow only straw upon the
land. 1t is unfortunate for any man to
to be so situated that he cannot afford to raise
stock to eat up and tread down the straw,
and to be fed richer foods so as to make II
full supply Of rich manure With any sys-
TEN OF farming we now have, the land must,
sooner or later, become exhausted and cease
TO yield profitable crops if we fail to return
to the soil the essential elements of plant food
removed in such crops.--N Y Tribune.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-02-17
How Little Girl Suggested the Inyen
ton of the Telescope.

| Some of the the most important discover.
| les have been made accidentally and it has
| happened to more than one inventor, who
had long been searching after some new com.
binaton or material for carrying out a pet
| idea, to hit upon the right thing at last by
mere chance. A lucky instance of this kind
was the discovery of the principle of the
telecope.
Nearly three hundred years ago, there was
living in the town of Middelburg, on the
island of Walcheren, in the Netherlands a
poor optician named Hans Lippersheim-
One day, in the year 1908, he was working
in his shop, his children helping him in
various small ways, or romping about and
amusing themselves with the tools and OBJ
jects lying on his workbench, when sudden
ly his little girl exclaimed:
ION, Papa, see how near the steeple comes ~
Half startled by this announcement, the
honest Hans looked up from his work, Gu
rious to know the cause of the child's amaze
ment. Turning towards her, he saw that
she was looking through two lenses, one
held close to her eye, and the other at arms
length; and, calling his daughter to his side, he
noticed that the eye lens was plano-concave
Tor flat on one side and followed out on the
other,) while the one held at II distance was
plano convex Tor flat on one side and bullying
on inc OlncT lnell, luklnS lne TWO glasses,
he repeated his daughters experiment, and
soon discovered that she had CHANGED to hold
the lenses apart at their exact focus, and this
had produced the wonderful effect that she
had observed. His quick wit and skilled in
vention saw in this accident Il wonderful dis
covery. He Immediately set about making
use of his new knowledge of lenses, and ere
long he had fashioned II tube of pasteboard
in which he set the glasses firmly Mt their ex-
act focus
This rough tube was the germ ofthat great
instrument the telescope, to which modern
science owes so much. And 1t was on Octo-
Der %, 1903, that Lippershem sent to his
government three telescopes made by himself
calling them instruments by means of which
to see at a distance"
Not long afterwards another man, Jacob
Adriansz, or Metius, of Alkmaar, a town
about twenty miles from Amsterdam, claimed
to have discovered the principle of the tele-
scope two years earlier than Hans Lippers-
helm; and it is generally acknowledged that
to one of these two men belongs the honor of
inventing the instrument But it seems GER
tain that Hans Lippersheim had never known
nor heard of the discovery made by Adriansz,
and 80 ifAdriansz had not lived we still should
owe to Hans Lippersheim's quick wit, and
his little daughters lucky meddling, one of
the most valuable and wonderful of human
inventions st Nicholas t0r Fe6ru0Ty, 1882.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-02-17

Proof positive: A small boy testified in
an Austin Justices court that the ARRAY took
place on Sunday. "How do you know it was
Sunday" Because that day had to go to
the back door of the saloon to get beer in
stead of the front door"
i met her in the sunset bright, her ging-
ham gown was blue; her eyes that danced
with pure delight were ofthe same dear hue.
And always when the sun goes down think
of the girl in the gingham gown.
During the ninth waltz Oscar pointing
to his boots, remarked to Feliciana; "You
can't say have no polish" NO" said she,
but you shine at the wrong end"
"A London newspaper says that short
honeymoons are the fashion now. 1T is pre-
sumed that the honeymoon ends when the
last quarter is reached.
"A youthful Pennsylvania granger, about
to be chastsed by his father, called upon his
grandfather to protect him from the middle
man.
AT the polls, recently, it was easy to tell
the man who voted yves" on the license
question by the appearance of his nos"
Are you dry, rat "Drys not the
word shake me and yell see the dust comm
out O. me mouth"
GA fellow feeling makes us wondrous
kind"-but not when the fellows feeling for
your pocket book
What gentleman can, with any sense of
propriety, ask fat lady to lean on his arm
When a carpenter is fitting up the inside
of store he's counter.ftter.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-02-17
A StateSmap's Plan.

think it was about twenty years ago, or
before the war, that we had lively accident
from railroad collision down in North Car.
DINA, and the public was largely aroused
over the subject. Naturally the question
presented itself to the Legislature, and various
propositions were advanced as remedies
None of them seemed exactly to fill the bill
till long fellow from the mountain districts
unwound himself from the back seat and
said
"Mr. Speaker desire to present the fol-
lowing resolution. I've gone way down
into this big question, and here's the result
of my labors. ask the clerk to read"
1t ran this way:
BE 1t enacted, dc, That when two trains
are approaching each other on the same
track, they shall stop when fifty yards apart,
and neither shall proceed till the other one
has passed."
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-02-17
Maryland's Good Credit.

The State of Maryland pays a tax of 81
cents on the hundred dollars to meet the in
terest upon, and to provide for the payment
of the bounty or defence loan. Three-quar-
tiers of one per cent for the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum loan. One per cent. for the Hospital
lean, and one and a half per cent. for the
Treasury Relief loan. This with the public
school tax often cents, makes 1S4 cents on
the hundred dollars, which is the only direct
State tax paid by the people. No direct tax
is levied for the support of the government
ofthe State. These are provided for by licen-
ses, taxes on commissions, collateral inherit.
ance taxes, &c. While these taxes are so light
that they do not fully meet the interest on the
public debt, yet the credit of the State is per.
fectly good because her internal improvement
properties will more than meet her out stand
ing obligations whenever they shall be de-
manded = T5G0u0le REGARD
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-02-17
Meet Me in the Morning.

He had been absent year, the youngest
pupil at boys school, and now his mother
was expecting him every day, and she went
about proud and happy, telling her friends
of the improvement in his studies, and al.
ways ending with his being such good boy.
Then comes a telegram from Willie himself
the first real message he had ever sent-how
funny it seemed, from that baby--and there
was just this simple form, "NIeet me in the
morning" His mother went about all day
with it in her hand, reading it over as if it
had been in her child's own handwriting
Then she smiled to herself as she pasted it
carefully in scrap book, while somebody
suggested framing it to hang over the man.
tel. But all the friends loved Willie; he was
the only son of his mother, and she was n
widow-and he did not come in the morn.
ing There came instead the dread news of
hasty Illness and his mother hurried to her
darling boy, but it was too late! The de
spoiler had done his work-he was breathing
out his little lite in the sleep from which he
never would fully awaken here Only once,
toward the last, he Enclosed his eyes swiftly
and saw the dear mother face bending over
him and murmured, with dry, husky lips,
"Nleet me in the morning, mamma" Dear
boy it is morning with him always-the
morning light of farer than Italian skies
while we yet grope among the shadows
But by and by
We shall go home at evening
And find IL morning there.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-02-17
How TO Make Peppermint Drops.

Take convenient quantity of dry gran.
ulated sugar; place it in pan having a lip
from which the contents may he poured or
dropped; add very little water, Just enough
to make the sugar a stiff paste, two ounces
of water to a pound of sugar being about the
right proportion; set il over the fire and al
low it TO nearly boil, keeping it continually
stirred; it must not actually come to full
boil, but must be removed from the fire Just
as the bubbles denoting the boiling point is
reached begin to rise Allow the strip to
cool little, stirring all the time add strong
essence of peppermint to suit the taste, and
drop on tins, or sheets of smooth white
paper The dropping is performed by fitting
the vessel slightly, so that the contents will
slowly run out, and with a small piece of stiff
wire the drops may be stroled off on 10 the
tins or paper. They should then be kept in
a warm place for few hours to dry. If de-
sired, little red coloring may be added Just
previous to dropping, or portion may be
dropped in plain white form, and the re-
mainder colored
There is no reason why peppermint should
alone be used with this form of candy but
confectioners usually confine themselves to
this flavor. Any flavor may be added, and
great variety of palatable sweets made in the
same manner. If desired, these drops may
be acdulated by the use of little tartaric
acid and Favored with lemon, pineapple, or
banana. In the season of fruits, delicious
drops may be made by substituting the Juice
of fresh fruits, as strawberry, raspberry, etc.
for the water, and otherwise proceeding as
directed-C Ontect0neT and Baker,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-02-17

MANURING TREES IN WINTER-All young
fruit trees which do not make growth Of
two feet for the longest shoots in season,
need additional stimulating with manure if
the ground is clean and well cultivated or if
they stand in grass or happen to be encum-
bered with weeds, good mellow cultivation
must be given them. This is the rule for
young trees, and the best time, if manure is
applied is late in autumn or during winter,
the earlier the better But manure appears
to do the most good on bearing trees, espe-
cially apple trees, often giving good annual
crops where poor and biennial crops We're
previously borne. Bearing trees need not
grow SO rapidly as young trees, but if they do
not make annual shoots at least q foot long,
they need more manure, or both manure and
cultivation. The manure may be spread
broadcast in winter, covering the whole sur
face
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-02-17

A TRUE FISH SToRY.-A country hotels
guest went forth to fish. He splashed him
self with brook mud, tore his clothing and
hair in underbrush, and at the close looked
like volunteer at the close of Bull Rum
At night he strobe up to the hotel and ex-
hibited thirteen trout to the veranda's occu-
pants and related how easy the trout came
to grief, how he climbed fourteen trees to
unhitch the line, and how inferior the result
was compared with what he usually accom-.
plished. At that moment boy came up
well out Of breath, and exclaimed Mister
ma says | can't sell yer them fish, they s
promised to another man; here's yer
money!