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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22
KEPPLEK
The Man Who Has sIade Over
HaIf a Million Out OF Puck.
NswYOrk Correspondence Of the Philadelphia
Press


NswYOrk Correspondence of the Philadelphia
Press.
| MIR. Joseph Keppler, the cartoonist,
and one Of the proprietors Of Puck,
sailed for Europe one day last week,
almost a wreck physically. His trem
bling hands and general nervous pros.
tration warned him sometime ago that
unless he took rest at once he must
soon pay the great penalty for over
work. His doctor prescribed four
months in Europe aud complete d.
vorcs from labor of all kinds, aud he
sensibIy packsd his trunks and turned
his back upon all the cares which had
so completely absorbed his mind dur
ing the past six years.
Mr.. Keppler, although a young man,
has. in very brief time, achieved
fame us an artistic satirist, and &C
quired handsome fortune through
the medium Of the paper which is now
so we'll known. 1t is very well known
that when he entered upon this ven
ture he was so very poor that those
with whom he talked concerning his
scheme to establish a funny paper
laughed at him and predicted nothing
but failure. Six years of experiment
have proved that he was right, and
that those who ridiculed the idea OF a
poor artist, with nothing but paltry
salary, accomplishing anything like
what be suggested had little concep-
ton Of the possibilities that we're then
held out to one who had the genius to
improve them. To day MIR. Keppler
is worth probably $500, 900, and it is no
special flattery to say that he has hon
estly earned the right to enjoy his
wealth.
Until Puck came into the field
and, after desperate fight, establish
ed itSelf-humorous journalism in the
United States had presented some
queer phases Bright papers had
been born and ultimately passed
away. Keen jokes, brilliant sketches,
rollicking poems-the aggregated
labors OF brightminds-had not solved
the problem of making both ends
meet, and it was not until this man
with his pencil, who had failed with
his voice as an opera singer in Europe,
aud had passed through the mill OF
failure in journalistic way in st.
Louis-it was not until he came here
and began his caricaturing of public
men and measures that we could lay
claim to anything like a success in
this particular and peculiar line.
Keppler's pencil was cunning, his
brain active; his sense of satire keen,
and he possessed the power which few
have Of biting off the foibles of men
so cleverly that almost before he knew
it the illuminated cartoons had popu-
larized themselves and the new nu-
RQrous venture was beginning to float
q the high tide of prosperity. 1t is
worthy Of mention that it has been
entirely the skill of the artists, and
not the brains of the writers, that has
pulled this enterprise through, for,
with few exceptions, the letter pres
of this paper has been the very oppo-
site of the art work las dull as the
latter is inciSive. g
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membership" costs a certain sum;
consequently it must be something
of value. And decidedly SO when it
can be transferred or sold. am Of
the opinion that this decision would
not be Endorsed by the Supreme Court
of the United States.
Mrs. Stoves original Uncle Tom, T"
of "Uncle Tom s Cabin, recently died
in Dresden, Ontario, Canada, a
town founded by him, de
was Rev. Josiah Henson, colored
man of much ability, and who had
reached thegood old age of ninety.fcur
years. There are many persons in
Chicago who knew him personally, and
who often heard him state that little
Eva and most all the prominent char.
acters in "Uncle Toms Cabin" are
true pictures. One gentleman met
Mr.. Henson in London, England after
Queen Victoria presented him per-
sonally With her photograph and auto.
graph mounted in solid and massive
gold.
Mayor Harrison promptly vetoed
the telegraph fraud ordinance last
Friday night, and, as intimated by me
in my letter of that day, that he
would.
Justice Miller, of the United States
Supreme Court, was in Chicago a few
days ago.
A real and distinguished Austrian
Baron is now in a Chicago Jail. He
refuses to provide for his wife,
although we'll able to do So Judge
Barnum ordered him to pay eight dol
lars per week to his better half He
prefers the inside of prison to this
Chicago has a splendid in6rmary
for the homeless and destitute. Its
tea and coffee urns have a capacity Of
200 gallons. The building cost $l15,-
900.
Two Of Chicago's most respectable
ladies we're strslling with a gentleman
friend yesterday evening in a ques-
tiOnable region, and were run in by
policemen who considered them sus
picious characters. The parties feel
terribly scandalized and there is a fine
opportunity ier public guardian Of
the law to resign Immediately.
The Dakota fever is raging in this
vicinity The writings of the famous
Colonel Pat DOMAIN, of Fargo, are re-
spOnsible for the disease.
Ghicagoans, universally, have a good
word to say of General Grants late
The Duke of Newcastle was in CHS
cage the other day. Aged about nine
teen. Health. Likes the United
States. with exception of Donovan
Rosa and the Fenians.
NAYR
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A Curious Canon.
Albuquerque Journal.

Mr.. j. P. Farris, who has been
travelling for some months in Arizona,
tells of curious canon situated near
Holbrook. A small stream called
Silver creek empties into the Little
Colorado, about ten miles south of
Holbrook. The stream runs in a
southeasterly direction. He followed
the stream distance of nearly thirty
five miles, and at no point could he
find a place to get down to the water.
The walls were straight and formed a
regular box canon, the distance from
the water to the top varying from As
to IS feet.
The plain on each side Of the stream
was covered with fine grass, and in
places with stunted cedar. He found
in several places broken pottery, but
no ruins or other signs of former hab.
itation by the Indians. The distrancC
from Holbrook is short. He thinks
that tourists would be we'll repaid fol
their trouble in visiting this natural
curiosity.
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Tuesday. June 20, 1883,

during legal hours, at the southwest corner
Of Main and Madi on streets. in the city of
Memphis, Menu, offer at public cutlery, and
sell for cash to the highest bidder, certain
lot of land in the city of Memphis (now
Taxing DISTRICT, in Shelby county. Tenn,
being part of Block No 80, as shown on The
map of that part Of the city known as Fort
.Pibke ing and design ted in John o 8 int 8
subdivision of said Block No. 80 as Lot No,
IL, situated on the south side OF UeorRia
street, and having q front ON 81 south side
o. Georgia street Of 30 feet and extending
back southwardly between PARALLEL lines at
right angles 70 Georgia street leo feet to an
alley, being n, of land conveyed TO Louisa
Spears by John Q saiut, by deed recorded In
Boek No, rs, page 459. Of the Registers ON %
Of Shelby county, Tennessee, Also, the west
one-half of lot No. Ia Immediately adjoin-
ing said lot No, u, aud having front on the
south 81 10 Of deofgil street of Is feet, and
extending southwardly between p arallel lines
100 feet to the above ramed alley, being that
pa OF lot No, ", which remains after taking
there "a the portion conveyed to Mrs. M L
Metz by deed recorded 10 Book No, 80, page
=, of taid Registers Office
SIMON STUAM, Trustee.
Memphis, May 10, 1888. 6gaA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22

JUICE Greer held the law making the
keeping of gambling house a felony, to
be valid law The question raised is
singularly technical and is unsupported
by authority. By the way. is it expected
that the Supreme Court will give the fra
ternity the benefit of doubt and speedily
restore them to power? We understand
they we're accommodated with an agreed
case at Memphis. Il Nashville Ameri-
can, q.
And by the way, we would like to
know what authority or reason there
is for any such fling at the Supreme
Court? There was an agreed case in
Memphis. Ibut the Supreme Court had
nothing to do with that 1t is not un.
usual to try agreed cases. The gam
blersshad a right, we suppose, to test
the cOnstitutionality Of the law. Able
counsel was employed on both sides,
and the court that Accommodated
the gamblers with an agreed case, held
the act in question to be constitution
al. If the gamblers are accommo-
dated this way by the Supreme Court,
as expected generally here, the above
paragraph will certainly appear to
have been rather previous.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22

THERE are few papers in the coun-
try,ipcluding possibly one or two in the
South, that openly OF by inuendo de-
nounce the Kentucky jury for acquit-
ting Phil B. Thompson, the slayer of
Walter Davis. Much has been said
to this effect directly and indirectly,
directly where public sentiment will
tolerate it, indirectly where it is nee.
essary to wear a mask and approve the
conduct of such men as Davis was 10
secret. The logic of those
who disapprove the verdict Of
mot guilty" is that Davis was
not guilty Of any crime except in being
detected, and that Thompson should
have been hung as a murderer fol
killing man that committed a crime
more heinous than any known BY
name in the law books. There ore
Just two sides to such a case: either
Thompson was right in killing Davis
or the jury was wrong in not fDdiDt
him guilty of murder in the first de
gree. As between Davis and Thomp
son we applaud the latter, and there
is no middle ground for those WHIT
pretend to discuss the question at all
The sticklers who wiggle in and wig
gle out and find fault with Tbomp
sons acquittSl proclaim their sympa
thy with the other side and their low
estimate of the sacred ties Of family
One of these hypoeritjcil wilmer
under similar circumstances would NJ
doubt sue for damages and try tt
make money out of the disgrace Of
family, and would consider almost an
price a clear speculation and so mucl
net profit.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22
QUARANTINELAWS
OF THE
Taxing District.

Section 2in. In addition to the powers
conferred on the Board of Health. whenever
II shall become necessary. Ia order 10 pre-
vent tbs spread or prevalence OF yellow fe-
yer, or any other dangerous, contagious or
infectious diseaLe. II shall be the duty Of said
B0ard Of Health 10 recon mend TO the PFe7i-
dent Of the Board Of Fire and Police Gem
missiOhe Is tie establishment of a quarantine
at such place or places. as the Board Of Pub
lie Works may select. 80
Sec. 25l. Immediately after such recon-
mendation Is m dc. the President of the
Board OF Fire and Police Commissioners shall
convene he Board OF Pubic Works, who
shall, II deemed advisable, Mt once procure,
by lease or purchase suitable guarantee
grOu IDS and buildings; and the Legislative
Council shall declare BE- revolution what
boats and persons, and from what pointl,
shalt be subjected to quarantine regulations.
Sec. 26l Immediately thereafter, the Pres
missi0ners shall publigh bis pFoelamatiQn sot-
Ting forth theaetion 6f thel' Boardof Health
and that OF the Board OF Public Works, ard
requiring all persons and Boats coming from
ahy named injected points, cities or places,
10 be subjected to sai0 quarantine reeu atitns,
under the pepRltyproYided by ghlj ortinenGo.
sec. 2sS. No'i ioat lubiseB u Qthrin,sn6 as
above stAted. shall bt Hefmittel 70 land VI OF
10 the District. or Of any point within 40
distanse ~ -. IN tho Pres dent Of ,Ie
Board Of Fire and Police Commissioner
proclamation, except at the quarantine
N unds established as aforesaid; nor shall
any passenger or any freight 70 pded axcspt
ste. ISL The quar- .ntini gro, nds, build
ings, and hospital saal, BIO un-'r the control
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22

AN exchange has ciphered it out
that the cent a-bunch tax on matches
yields the government daily income
Of nearly $4,000. Onthe Insignificant
bunch of matches is levied by far the
heaviest tax known to civilized gov
ern nents. Your grocer will charge
fifty cents for quarter gross package.
OF this sum thirty-six cents stands
for the tax of penny a bunch, while
fourteen cents represent the first cost
aud the manufacturers, jobber's and
retailers profits. This tax will be
removed June LIST. Make your grocer
come down on the price-if you
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22

Much has been said as to the posi-.
ton Of the Kentucky Democracy on
the tariff question, but the following
was reported from the Committee on
Resolutions to the Kentucky Demo-
cratic Convention last Thursday, and
adopted by it:
"rhat the Democracy of Kentucky in
convention assembled, reafiirm our una
bated confidence and affection for the prin-
ciples and policy embraced in the organic
law Of the Democratic party adopted at
the National Democratic Convention held
at St. Louis in 1876 and ratified at Gin
cinnati in 1880
This implies a tariff for revenue only
as distinctly expressed at Cincinnati,
but it is not as emphatic as might
hava.been expected from that source.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22
Advertising Cheats III

at has become so common to write the be-
ginning of an article, In an elegant, interest
ing manner,
Then run II into some advertisement that
We avoid all such.
And simply call attention TO the merits of
Hop Bittere in as plain, honest terms as pos
sible,
TO induce people
To give them one trial, which so proves
else"
The REMEDY 50 favorably noticed in all
the papers,
Religious and secular, is ~
all other medicines.
There is no denying the virtues Of the
HOP plant, and the proprietors ofHop Bltters
have shown great shreWdness
And ability
In compromising a medicine whose yir-
tues are SO palpable to every ones observa-
uon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22
Burnetis COc0aIne Promotes
the Growth OF the Hair.

And renders it dark and glossy. 1t
holds, in liquid form, a large pro-
portion Of deodorized Cocoanut Oil,
prepared expressly for this purpose.
No other compound possesses the Pc
culiar properties which SO exactly suit
the yaTiOgs conditions Of the human
hair,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22
A Daughters Misery.

Eleven years our daughter suffered on a
bed OF misery,
From a complication of kidney, liver,
rheumatic trouble and Nervous debility,
Under the care Of the best physicians,
Who gave her disease various names,
But no relief,
And now she is restored to us in good
health By as simple a remedy as Hop Bitters,
that We had stunned for years before using
it."-THE PARENTS.
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Eaturday, JUNG o, Issa,

within legal hours, at the door Of The conrt-
house In said county. ID tho Taxing Distriot.
sellat public 1utcry, 10 the highest bidder for
Comfy: 'Fh UT - wy
Beginning ON the south line Il eonntv lot
W aud 5J feet east N pake standing
225 10 chains cast IA tGe southwest corner Of
eaa Nv b25, h0d running thence east 100 feet
mdre hf less % tho southeast corner OF lot No.
north go ieet thonee south s9degrees west ia
feet moro or less thence south 300 feet 10 the
beginning.
Reference is made 10 Book III, page $50. in
the Registers Office Of laid county. Tor A COW
Of the trust deed. All equity OF fed6m hi on
barred: Inc utle believe TO be good, but
make no warranty.
". W. GOODWIN, Trustee.
Memphis, May Is, 1858, $685.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22

hinder and by virtue Of deed Of trust
~ executed to me as trustee by Cornealia
Ann Ward and Thomas Ward, on the 7th law
Of July, 1873. and recorded in Book No. 81,
page 246, of the Registers office Of Shelby
county, Tennessee, to secure to the Memphis
Building and Saving Association the pay
ment Of certain indebtedness mentioned in
said deed Of trust, will. ON
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22

Eminent DP. j. j. Caldwell.
NaIIimOTes Md. states: u have used
COiden's Liquid Beet Tonic large
ly ia Debility, Febrile and Nervous Dis.
eases, and have found it one of the mos
reliable Of nutrient tonics in use or to be
fund in pharmacy" Take no other
OF druOgisig.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22

THE Huntsville Democrat Of this
week gives circulation to the rumol
that ex-United States Marshal Slos'
indicted by the late grand jury of the
United States Court for embezzlement
while Marshal. Rumors Of this kind
have been rife since the adjournment
of the grand jury. The amount Of
money involved in the transaction is
said to be nearly $500.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22
AOMHn.

To all who are suffering from The errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness
carly decay, loss Of manhood, etc., will send
q reciIe that will cure you, FREE on
CHARGE, This greet remedy was discoyereu
By a missionary In South AmbTlcs. Send !
self-addressed envelope TO the Rev, JossPH "
ssNAN. Station D. New York City.
xiVb9KXS9d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22
Did She DieP

"NOI
She fingered and suffered along, pinins
away all the time for years."
The doctors doing her no good"
And at last was cured by this Hop Bitters
the papers say so much about"
Indeed Indeed"
How thankful We should be for that med
icine."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22

Lawyers will gladly learn that
Brougham, the great English bar
rister, was always careful Of his throat,
and further that DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup is the best remedy for bron
chitis and other throat troubles.
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Diseases Of the Eye, Ear,
Nose and Threat.
SIGHT RESTORED.

For the benefit of those that are in dark
ness, l will state taat was blind about two
years. had my eyes operated on in Augusta,
ia, without any benefit whatever. heard
OF Dc. sGuTley's success and made up nv
mind to try him. On the fourth day after he
opsrated, my sight was restored. | can
manity and those in darkness.
Bradley Mills, s. G.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22
..Threw AWAY Her supporters..

DR.. Pierce-A neighbor of ours was
suffering from female weakness
which the doctors told her could not
be cured without a supporter. After
considerable persuasion my wife in
duced her to try your "Favorite Pre-
scription." After using one bottle she
threw away the supporter and did a
large washing, which she had not
done in two years before.
JAMES MILLER,
4246 Jacob street, Wheeling, w. Va,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22
A Prospective Negro Exodus,

NnatlahOo8a Ilnebt ~.
Wilson Cooke, colored, ex,Con-
gresham from South Carolina, and
Bishop Burkly, colored Bishop of the
NJ f. church of South Carolina,
spent yesterday in the city en- route to
Morriltoh, Ark. The object of the
trip is to make arrangements to locate
large colony Of colored people in the
West. The colony will certainly be
established in Arkansaw or Texas.
Bishop BuFkly states that he repre-
sents 2O00 colored people 10 South
Carolina, who will emigrate to the col
ony as soon as it is located and tenn
porary houses can be built.
When your wlfes health is bad when
your children are sickly, when you feel
worn out, use Browns Iron Bitters.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22

hinder and by virtue Of a trust deed exc
~ cgted 70 me AprIl 10, tsi6, BY WE,
sums therein MENTIONED; and under the order
OF the Chaqcery Court Gf Shelby county en-
tered May q, 1881, IN tho cause Of l.. B. Nc
Farland VS.. VIM. Allen ct al reviving the
order Of June 10. 1882, in the same cause, de-
fault having been made in meeting the pay
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22

TUESDAY EVENING, MAY p, 1888
IT has bsen ;ndustriously tele.

IT has been industriOusly tele
graphed from Nashville that Jefferson
Davis and wife would be the guests o.
Governor W. B. Bate this week. On
the other hand, the latest dispatches
from Mississippi City state that Mr.
Davis is in critical condition, and
whilst improving is still confined to
II, rnnnn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-22
"THE BEST Truss

Dr.. ]. W, Gurley:
=, Dear Sir-Justice 10 you and humanity ia
tne incentive which causes me to write these
lew lines. AS see you advertise "The Best
truss ever worn, and as l have tried hun
dreds without finding any permanent relief.
determined to try yours. Over three years
almost impossible for me to do any work and
Wnat did caused me great pain. had lost
IneeNsn, poor appetite, my weight being onlv
10y 10y pounds, After you fitted me with your
Best Truss | began to improve, regained
N my appetite, health restored, have been able
DAY l weigh 2l5 pounds. Can take of the
truss and the hernia does not come down. I
90 cheerfully recommend it to those suffering
Is old' Very respectfully yours
IT. A. MoNAB.
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Trust Sale.

I n pursuance Of a certain trust deed ,eOis-
i tered in book No. lie, page $50, keRister5s
office, shelby county, Tenn, exeouted nv
Philip I. Jones to the undersigned, convev.
ing the tract of lanl therein desc ,ibed, con.
tanning zia acres, more or less. in range 9,
beginning az the e corner of Freemand and
Bryant's ~ acre tract ,rur ming wost ~ ehSins
Oh links to stake;thenpe aouth 81 ehains
to a stake on Jpha Willhms' north bound.
ary liEe9i theRoe wegt 6 chains Is links 10 a
stS Sts ;sneRaSSe south I chalna 50 links to a
tnence along the meanderings of said road
etAstWarqly ~ chains 30 links to a stake.
tAenSe north ~ chains go links to the beeln,
nihg' Will, Mt the request Of the beneficiary,
nos Jarrett, sell said land al public auc-
uohi 70 the highest bidder, for cash, at the
taxing District, Shelby county, known as
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TruAfee,s Sale.


by virtue Of authority in me vested by a
IL ertain trust deed given By 4. M. Biand
and wife, Mollie Bland, and recorded in
book No. l46, page 304, of the Register
once OF Shelby county, Tennessee, TO secure
certain Indebtedness therein mentioned, mn I'd
default having been made in payment,ard by
request of the bentfciaries therein, | will,
on
Thursday, May 81, 1883.
on the premises herein described, between
the hours Of 10 am. and Q ,. m, proceed to
sell Tor cash the property therein described
both real aid personal, to the highest bidd err
The real estate is lot No. Q (twoJ of the NH.
division of the lands Of the late A. W. Bland .
deceased, and the same vested by deoree III
the Probate Court of Shelby countg In Thos
NJ. Bland in the case of I. M, Bland Va
roses u. Bland, which lot is thus described,
Besinning at a stake in range nine Cs) and
section four (D Of the eleventh CIJ survey I Tt
or district, with beech AID poplar pointers
IN the southern lins, Of grant No ITO; run
ming thence west l2%o north 13S T-l0 chains
70 cypress; thence north So east II Is l00
cnains to stake, with three elmwood point
ets 10 the western boundary line of the
south half Of the said grant No. 10; thence
cas-. south lSS 100 chains to a stake, with
oeecn and ironwood poihters; then 70 tOuth
o. west 81 BLOC chains to the beginning. CON
acres, V-' Wa
The personal property described as follows:
Vne black mare mule, .tWo mares, one colt
and one horse, six head Of cattle, one two
morse wagon one buggy ard harness and all
tne farming implements of sad Z. NJ Bland
Right Of redemption and homestead ex.
pressiy waived. and title believed 10 be per-.
rect; nut sell and convey as Trustee only.
oz u w. q. PATTES0N, Trustee,
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ELKTos, KY.-D'. L. B. Weathors
says u regard Browns Iron Bitters as n
medicine OF unusual worth"
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SKINNY MEN

Wells Health Remover" restores
health and vigor. cures Dyspepsia, In
pOtence, Sexual Debility. 81.