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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
Color in Mourning.
Jenny June.

1t is rather curious that the in
creased employment of color in dress
has created a quite new interest in
mourning for deceased relatives. For
a time, while black was a uniform"
upon the streets, and Of course much
worn indoors also, mourning as
mourning perceptibly declined. Ooly
the strictly conventional who were in
society and who could afford it. still
adhered to the custom. The majority
conveniently wore their black as usuai.
omitted perhaps some of their adorn.
ments, but made no other change
practice indeed which some still fol,
low who have more sense than money
or time to spend on the details of theiI
attire. 1t is fact, however, that In
exclusive circles the very strictest re
gard is just now paid to the earl,
depth and later graduatiOns Of mourn.
ing toilets.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
How Money is Made in Mines.

OouNer nlOtnlng heVleWs
As matter of course there is an
element of chance entering into min
ing, but that element is constantly on
the decrease. As men with capital
cease to invest upon the representation
Of strangers, and make careful inquiry
before letting their money 60, the sos
called element of chance grows beauti-
fully less. There is chance in every
kind OF business. Without careful and
economical management factory or
foundry cannot make money for its
owners, nor will mine pay dividends
without the same careful management.
When men cease to invest in mines as
they would in lottery, and use their
money as they would in any other
kind of business, then no more will be
said about the chances involved in
mining. The money in mining opera
tons has boon made by men who have
the intelligence TO know q good
property after examining it. and the
courage to put their money into
development work. The way
they do it is this: A good claim is Sc
lected, thorough examination having
first been made, and then bond is
taken for reasonable time and at a
price commensurate with the actual
value Of the property. The sufficient
money is put into development work
to show up the claim for what it has
in it. At the expiration of the bond,
if the property is COED fer anything it
will have become very valuable, and
the purchase price can be paid from
the property itself without any great
effort, and ON tho other hand, if favor.
able results have not been attained,
the only loss is what money has been
expended in work. 1t is in this way
that men have become rich, and it is
in this way that thousands upon thou
sands of dollars are being made now.
1t is desirable that parties operating
in this way should be on the ground
or near at hand, provided reliable
men can be found to attend to the
business.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
sahara.
New York Mail and Ezprem.

new 10rk mail ana Express.
Count de Lesseps has explored the
route for himself, and he declares that
the construction ola canal to food the
great African desert with the waters
of the Mediterranean is feasible.
There has been doubt as to whether
the surface of the Sahara is higher or
lower than the surface of the sea, bu.
his triumphant dispatch from Tunis
indicates that he has obtained infor-
nation that to perform his feat it
will not be necessary to make water
run up hill. 1t is proposed to cut a
channe through the narrow neck OF
land which separates the salt marshes
south of Tunis from the Gulf Of
Gabes, and thus pour an ocean into
the vast basin of sand whose farther
rim is the border of the Soudan-a
land of the riches of India
and the population of the United
States. France has been eager to
bring the heart Of Africa to the light
Of civilization and the wealth of the
same to the pockets OF Erenchmen,
and Colonel Flatters expended three
years of toll and 100000 in treasure
in the attempt to fulfill his ambitious
prediction, II will cross Africa with a
railway" Since his slaughter by
Arabs the scheme to penetrate the
heart Of the Dark Continent" with a
railway has dropped from public at
tention, and Count de Lesseps, the
great uniter of the earth's waters, has
laid his stupendous project before his
admiring countrymen, with sublime
confidence in his ability to secure
S45,000,000 for the work by merely
asking. The Count is now nearly
eighty years Of age, and in his long
and romantic career he has accom-
plished prodigious achievements, but
il be restores to the burning sands Of
Sahara the waves which in a remote
age rolled over them, the creation Of
an ocean and the civilization of a
continent will be the climax of his
career and the chief marvel of his
fame,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
A WinsOme Caller Upon the
President.
Philadelphia Record.

A dainty little girl of eight or nine,
with dangerous big eyes, appeared at
the library of the White House the
other day, when it was full of great
men Of one sort and another, and
quietly waiting her time to speak with
the tall, dignifed gentleman with the
gray whiskers and hair, and the sober
face and the courteous manner, down
by the bow window in the south end
OF the room, By and by her time
cape. She tripped forward modestly
but bravely, and with Good morn
ing, Mr.. President, told her name and
preferred her request. She was a niece
ofGeneralW Winfield Scott Hancock and
she wanted few sweet flowers from
the executive conservatory for the
Easter decoration of little Episco-
pal church. She smiled archly as
she told her errand, as though she
was quite sure Of a favorble response.
The Presidents tired face frightened
with smiles as he turned from the
tiresome politicians to the sweet little
face before him. 1t was like a cool
ing zephyr from the Chesapeake on a
hot summers day. He told her
honestly that he was very glad to see
her, and then he gave her carte
blanche in the conservatory, and dis
missed her with a pleasant word or
two about his own little girl, who
does so much to tighten up his life in
the White House. Her handsome
uncle could not have done more for
her had he been standing in Arthur's
Mace
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
Proposed Central Asian Rail.
way.
ST. Petersburg Letter.


A certain NJ. Alexandroff has just
ventilated fresh subject in the Novoe
Vremya for constructing another new
railway in Central Asia through a
tract of country hitherto considered
almost impossible. This new line is
to be great commercial success. At
ter referring to the great difficulties
and expensiVeness oil the present CON-
mercial route, the author asks whether
it is not possible in the first place to
make use of the natural means OF COM
munication between Europe Russia
and Central Asia-that is the Volga,
the Caspian, and the Anu Darya,
Both the rivers are easily navigable
tor steamers as well as barg-
es, to say nothing Of the sea.
The Zyzil Arvat railway, though
made for purely military purposes, has
been considered as useful also for ex-
tending Russian commerce to Persia.
Khiva and Bokhara. 1t may be thus
used as far as concerns the FIRST coun
try, but it is scarcely applicable for
communication with Khiva and BokS
hara. Besides the road from the Xiii
van oasis to Kyzil Arvat, there is
another route that might be used for
constructing a commercial highway,
and that is from the delta Of the Anu
Darya through the low hills of the
Ust Urt to the northern part of the
Caspian. The construction of such a
railway, states M. Alexandroif, would
offer no great technical difficulties
and would be in all only about $40
miles long. 1t would unite the basin
of the Anu Darya with the great
commercial highways Of European
Russia.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13

felt greenbacks, under the impression
that they were good money. Yoster-
day afternoon a glazier charged Mr..
Anthony something like seventy
dollars for putting in a new pane of
glass. The job was finished last
evening, and at 7:45 a young thief
named James Neary, alias Nealy, alias
Ryan, demolished it with a cobble
slung in pocket handkerchief
Through the aperture thus created he
grabbed pile OF neatly-turned brass
discs of the size eff twenty-dollar
pieces, the top one being a bonaS6de
double eagle. As he thrust his hand
in he toppled the pile over, losing the
twenty dollars and only securing
twenty-three of the brass counter>
Fats.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
High Buildings.
New York Tribune.

The erection of several apartment
houses in this city OF unprecedented
hight has provoked the inquiry whetk-
er it would be judicious to set any
limit 10 the dimensions Of such stsno-
lures, The subject has been debated
by some Of the officers connected with
the Board Of Health. They allege
that where buildings are carried 80
high that the sun never penetrates TO
the street below, powerful element
in the laws Of hygiene ia withdrawn.
In this country we have never adopted
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13

Although many are predisposed to
lung troubles from birth, yet even such
may escape consumption or other pull
monary or bronchial disease, if due care
and watchfulness be observed, and all OK
citing causes are promptly treated as they
arise. 1t is in these cases DR.. Jayne's
Expectorant exercises its most beneficial
effects, and has produced the largest pro-
portion Of its cures. Besides promptly
removing coughs and colds, which, when
left to themselves, ara the immediate
causes of tuberculous development, this
standard remedy allays any inflammation
which may exist, and by promoting easy
expectoration cleanses the lungs of the sub
stances which clog them up and which
rapidly destroy when suffered to remain.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
Were Not in California Now"
Nashville Banner, 10.

Some years ago, when Cal Wagner
was IN his prime, he stood before a
large audience at the 0perahouse in
this city, and in the most serious man.
ner told Of his adventures in the
Golden State. when was in Cali.
fornia," said he, "a mighty crowd
came to see Happy Cal Wagner and
his minstrel troupe. The people
were enthusiastic. They arose in
their seats aud for hall an hour
showed their appreciation by a per.
feet shower Of gold. The stage was
covered with the shining coin, includ,
Ing ten, twenty and fifty dollar gold
pieces" Then he suddenly paused and
with along drawn sigh, brought his
eloquent remarks to a close, by sim.
ply saying: "My.dear friends, close
observation leads me to believe that
we are not in California tonight" A
Banner man has just glanced over a
late edition Of the New York Herald
IL contained lao columns, and liz OF
these columns we're devoted to adyer.
Using. The Banner has an issue of
liz columns to-day, larger pages too
than the Herald. But, dear friends,
we are not in New York to,day'
When Nashville becomes as large In
population as the great metropolis We
will issue just such paper daily.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
Dead Sea Frnit.
Boston Post.

Nothing breaks up the capper Of a
circus sideshow more than to work his
level best to induce a man with six
children along to go into his tent, and,
when the man at last consents, finds
that he is a clergyman with free pass
for himself and progeny.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
Dummy Money.
San Francisco Chronic le.

The dummy" money in the win.
dow OF a brokers' Office on Kearnev
street Is proving a dear advertisement
to the proprietor. A fortnight since
two enterprising young thieves
smashed the plate-glass window with
. brick and grabbed a lot Of counter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13

SALES of railway aid bonds Of our
nsighboring State in New York on
Tuesday last are noted at 50 for the
Mississippi, 0uachita and Red River
issues, q I and % for the Centrals and
So for the Pine Bluff and New Or
1aonn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
Mary and the Lily.
Vioksburr Uerald.

: Mrs. Langtry and Mary Anderson
travelled on the same train going
through New York, the other day,
but in different cars. Mary said that
she had never met the Lily and never
expected to. II Mary had been a
man, now, she would never had said
nat
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13

THE reduction of bullion in the
Bank of England for the week ending
yesterday was s2,2Re, 900, and the pro-
portion Of reserve to liabilities is now
a fraction under 81 pet cent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13

THE earnings of the Louisville and
Nashville railway for the first week in
April are reported at S233, e35, and
$9S3S in excess of the same week last
WAR
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
Deserving Of Confidence. Tbo.

is no article which so richly deserves the
entire confidence of the community as
Browns Bronchial Troches. Those suf-
tering from asthmatic and bronchial
diseases, coughs and colds should try
them. Price Is cents
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
Sa1urday, April IA, ISs3.


within legal hours, sell to the highest bidder.
ior cash on the southwest corner of Mcin and
"a Madson streets, in the Taxing District Of
shelby county, formerly Memphis), the fol-
lowing described real estate, to-Wit. An nm
diyiced one-third "a interest m a lot oT nar-
eel Of ground lying on JefFersbn street IN he
city OF Memphis, or what Is now known az
the Taxing District Of Shelby county. being
the western part OF lot five hundred and fftv
three lbo3l in original lot No. four hundred
and seventy eight (47Si, beginning at the
NORTHWEST corner of Jefferson and Fourth
sueetsi thence westward with Jefferson
street, north side, seventy feet; thence nertb-
ward and parallel with Fourth street one
nundrod aud forty-eight and one half feet
VSiS1O to an alley; thence eastward with said
alley seventy (70) feet 10 west side of Foprtk
street; thence southwark with Fourth street
one hundred and forty-eight and one-haIS
u4S1) feet to the beginning.
Also an undivided one-thiPd "a interest in
and to a lot or parcel Of land lying on Union
street IN said city Or Taxing District, being
part OF country lot No, four hundred and nine
Y-two l4s1li beginning on the south side OF
thence eastward with Union street eisIfv',
Rve foet to northwest corner Of LOT formeriv
owned by a, M Hopkins: thence with Hon
kips' west line southwark at right angles
with Union street one hundred and iiffv feef
10 center oil Bayou Gayoso; thence down the
center Of said bayou with its mean eripSs To to
the beginning. MSS W
The title TO said property IL believed IN h.
good but Twill sell and convey only'as trustee.
NJ an ,ooo h. 4. ADAMS, Trustee.
Randolph a McHenry. Attorneys. 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13

Rheumatism, disordered blood, general
debility, and many chronic diseases pro-
nounced incurable, are often cured by
Browns Iron Bitters.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13

The grave robbers captured in Phil.
adelphia, are not as bad as those
mothers who are life robbers. bv
neglecting the cough Of child, when
they know full we'll that one hottie Of
DR.; Bulls Cough Syrup would cure Il
and make ithappy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
Ike Killing Of James w. Rick.
etts.

John Moriarity, formerly a depot
agent at Vaughan's Station. Miss
shot and killed James w. Ricketts,
with a double barreled shotgun At
Jacksonville, in Yazoo county, Miss
on the evening OF the 9th inst,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13

FAIRFIELD, IowA.-Dr. J. L. Myers
says; Browns Iron Bitters Is tho best
non preparation / have ever known in
my thirty years Of practice"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
WeIIs, .RoItrh on Corns.g

Ask for Wells Rough on OOrns. 4"
loo. Quick, complete, permanent
cure. Corns, warts, bunions.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
CHANCERY SALE OF
REAL ESTATE.

REAL ESTATE.
No. 1929 J.-Chancery Court Of Shelby coun-
W-State Of Tennessee, use etc. VS.. W. L.
Butler ct al.
pY virtue Of an interlocutory decree for
- sale, entered in the above cause on the
18th day of January, 1883, m. b. 81, p. 3l7,
viii sell, al public auction, 10 the highest
bidder, in front Of the Clerk and Masters
office, courthouse Of hhelby county Memphis.
Tennessee. on
Saturday, April 81, JSS3,
within legal hours. the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to.wit,
. PGt Of lot 81. having front of "a feet 6
inches. on the east side Of Front street and
running back between parallel lines, The
came being described "a TIE lot on Which the
storehouse three doors south Of Monroe St.,
stands, "a feet, It being that part of lot 81
assigned to Georgia Q. Jones' then Georgia
Petit oy commissioners IN case OF Petit vs..
Cooper, No. 2l50, r. D., Ohanoery side of the
Copmon Law and Chancery Court OF the city
Of Memphis, as per decree of said court, en-
tered In m. b, IL, . 70, and there DESIGNATED
as lot 3 and the south part of the lot or block
therein divided and same described in Ex52
herein and sold as the property of John II,
Jones and wife, Georgia Q Jones.
Terms Of Sale-On credit Of six and nine
months, notes with security required. lien
retained and redemption barred,
Thig March 30, 1883.
r BLACK. Clerk and Master.
By Geo Mallory. D @ and NJ.
Dlx Sol n SO 38 A
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13

DR.. R. Y. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y:
Dear Sir-For many months | was a
great sufferer. Physicians could at
ford me no relief. In my despair l
commenced the use of your "Favorite
Prescription" 1t speedily affected
my entire and permanent cure.
Yours thankfully.
Mrs. PAUL r. BAXTER,
Iowa City, la.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13

JOPLIN, Mo.-Dr. j. B. Morgan says
81 find that Browns Iron Bitters gives
entire satisfaction to all who use it,.
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CHANCERY SALE OF
REAL ESTATE.


No. Bliss, R--Chancery Court of Shelby county
- Sullivan, admr, VS.. @ B Griffin ct al.
IN virtue OF an iEterlocut0ry decree for
~, sale, entered in the above cause on the
loth day OF March, lSSS, m b 50 1877, / will
SELL at public auction, to the highest bidder.
IN 'front.' Of the Clerk and Masters office
courthouse of Shelby county, Memphis, Ten,
Saturday, April 81, 1883,
within legal hours, the remainder interest In
the homestead of the following described
property, situated IN Shelby county, Tenn,
Being part of lot II on the plan or man NJ
Memphis, beginning at the point Of intersec-
ton Of the east line of Chickasaw street with
inc south line of Concord street and running
THENCE south "a feet: thence east on a line
parallel with the south line of Concord street
l45 ieet more or less to the west line of the rst
alley east OF Chickasaw street; thence north
with the west line Of said alley q feet 10 fhe
SCUM line Of Concord street; thence west
with the south line of Concord street l48 feet
more or less to the point of beginning. being
"A feet on the north side of said lot No. al
Terms OF Sale-On credit of seven months
purchaser executing note with security; lien
retained, etc. LAVA
This March %, 1885,
R BLACK. Clerk and Master.
~ George Mallory. D. O. and VI.
D Warmer. sol. S26 90 ssA4
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13

within legal hours, an undivided one half
Interest m the following described property,
situated In the city Of Memphis, now taxing
Djstrict of Shelby county, Tenn, to-wit;
beginning Mt the northwest corner Of TX
change and keeond streets, running north
Win the west line Of Second street 81 feet and
" inches; thence yost "A feet and inches;
thence south 81 feet and ~ inches; thence
east IA feet and inches 10 the beginning.
Terms ofSalo-0n q credit ofteyen months,
note with good personal security required,
lien retained, redemption barred.
AH . RI BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By George Mallory, d. Q. 4 M.
30 SSANw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
CHANCERY SALE
Real Estate.

No. 422l, R-Chancery Court Of Shelby coun-
ty-Henry w Joiner vs.. WIN L Joiner.
DY virtue Of an interleoutory decree for
ID sale. sentored In the above cause on the
2Sth day sf November, iSs2,in M 50, page 5S4,
will sell, at pub 10 auction. 10 the highest
bidder, In front OF the Clerk and Master
oiioo, courthouse Of Shelby county, Memphis,
Tam on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-13
Trustees Sale OrReaI Estate.

QY VIRTUE Of two deeds of trust executed
1878, and July Is, 1878, to John A. Holt,
trustee, and his successors in Office, recorded
in the Registers Office of Shelby county,
Tenn.i in book l24, page bl9, and book l25,
page, 2Ss,. the debts therein and thereby se-
cured being past due and unpaid, and i,
Charles N. 6rosyenor, trustee, being the
legally constituted successor to said John A.
Holt, who |. now deceased, and having been
theTeunto duly requested BY the beneficiary
In the said trust doods, will, on
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"Wednesday, April is, 1855,

at the southwest corner Of Main and Madi-
son streets, in Memphis, Taxing District Of
hours, offer and sell at public auction, To tho
highest bidder, for cash, the following land
In Shelby county, Tennessee, to-wit:
Lot 80 in the subdivision Of the lar ds Of tha
late John Trigg, fronting IVA feet on the south
sids Of NC Lem9rs avenue 5di and ruhniHg back
same being shown on the plan Of said TrlgS
lands on reeol din the Chancery Court ofsaid
county,
Title has been approved, but shalI saiI
and convey as trustee only. Equity OF re-
denptlon waived. Sale to begin at il
:. on RLEs N. GRosvENoR, Trustee.
n. B, TrOHevsnt, atty, TS
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TE II
n III II
NORTHV Est
OREGON, WaSlilgtNl and Idaho.

Offers the best field for EmIKra nts-
Vt4.; q mild, equable, and healthy
climate; cheap lands of great fertiIi.
", producing all varieties of Grain.
Fruit. and Grasses in wonderful
abundance; am inexhRusttbIe sun.
ply OF Timber; vast Coal Fields, and
other mineral deposits; cheap and
quick transportation by railroads
and river navigation; direct com.
merce with all parts OF the world.
owing 10 tts proximity 10 the Pacific
NO DRoUTHs, NO INSECT PESTS. NO
HURRICANES, WHIRLWINnS, OR 9TH
Err DESTRUCTIVE PHENOMENA.
The lands Of the Pacific Northwest show an
average yield of wheat per acre largely in
excess, Of that of any other section Of the
United States.
No failure Of crops has ever occurred.
oregon Wheat commands a higher price
than that Of any other country in the Liver
pool market.
An immense area of very fertile Railroad
and Government Lands, within easy roach Of
the trunk lines of the Northern Pacific X. R.,
the Oregon Railway 4 Navigation, and the
Oregon d California r. r. Co.'s and their
numerous branches in the great Valleys Of
the Columbia and its tributaries, are now
offered for sale at Low Prices, and on Easy
Terms, or open TO presumption and Home
stead Entry.
The great movement of population to the
Columbia region now in progress will be enor-
mously increased by the completion of the
Northern Pacific r. r., and the Oregon Rail-
way Il Navigation Co.'S systems, This rem
ders certain rapid increase in the value OF
Lands now open to purchase or to ontry under
the United States Land Laws.
For Pamphlets and Maps, de-
scrtPt1Ve of the country, It's re-
sources, climate, routes of traV.
ell, rates and full information,
address