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sOMErHING ABOUT HEADS.
The Common Belief that Great
Men Have Large Heads Con-
troverted BY Facts.
Cincinnati Enquirer.

Cincinnati Enquirer,
tits asserted that men of great in
tellectual powers have large AID mas
sive heads. Goldsmith brings out
this vulgar opinion in the familiar
lines about the village achoolmaster:
"AmaEsd the gaping rustics ranged around;
And stin they gsHed, and still the wonder
That one small head could carry all he
knew.
A writer in the Journal of Science
says that the idea that great intellect
requires large head is Tot supported
by facts.
An examination Of basts, pictures,
medallions, etc., of the worlds
famous celebrities almost tends the
other way. In the earlier paintings,
1t Is true, men are distinguished by
their large heads, but this is attrib
utable to painters, who agreed with
the general opinion, and wished to
aatter their sitteFs.
A receding forehead is mostly cons
demned. Nevertheless this feature
is found in Alexander the Great, and
to lesser degree, in Julius Caesar.
The head of Frederick the Great, as
will be seen in one of the portraits in
Carlyle's work, receded.
Other great men have had positively
small heads. Lord Byron's was re.
markably small"
Men OF genius of ancient times have
only what may DO termed an ordinary
or every day forehead, and Herodotus,
Alcibiades, Plato, Aristotle and Epi-
Gurus, among others, are mentioned as
instances.
Some are even low proved, as Bur.
ton, the author of THE Anatomy of
Melancholy" and Albert Durer.
The average forehead Of the Greek
sculptures in the frieze from the Par
thenon is, we are told, lower, if any
thing, than what is seen in many nod
ern foreheads."
The gods themselves are represented
with ordinary if not low brows."
Thus it appears that tie popular
notion on the matter is erroneous, and
that there may be great men with
little heads,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-17

BY order Of Governor Bate, Adiu-
tant General R, w. Cantrell has sp-
pointed VIM. L. Eastman to take con
troll and management of all matters
pertaining TO the military eneamp
lnent to be held at Nashville from the
2lst to the 18th of next month, aid
Mr.. Eastman has issued series Of
rules and regulations to govern the
competitive military drill and musical
carnival to come off at the time men
toned. Each company participating
will consist Of Captain, two Lieuten.
ants aud twenty four men. They will
be provided with tents, aad there is to
be dress parade daily.
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4 Curious Incident.
baltimore News.

News is sometimes conveyed not so
far as appears by the direct interposi
ton Of ghostly agency, and yet so
oddly that one hardly knows how to
account for it A gentleman, we'll
known to the writer. was serving 10
the Southern army during tie civil
war. He had an aunt to whom he
was much attached, aud from whom
be had not heard for some time. One
day 10 Virginia he went short dis.
lance from camp to a spring. He
had his pipe 10 his mouth, and while
standing there he picked up q scrap
of paper lying on the ground to light
it with. He stood tWirliDg the paper
in his fingers for a minute or so, and
then mechanically glanced at II. On
one side there was nothing to interest
him; on the other was portion Of
the column OF deaths, ADD the first
name his eye rested upon in thai
melancholy list vas his aunts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-17

The railroads centering at Dallas,
Texas, which have been hauling cot
Son at almost any price, formed pool
last Saturday and established the
following rates: St. Louis, Soc per1OO;
New York, sL10; Liverpool, $1.3O
Cotton shippers and local railroad
freight agents at st. Louis are much
aggrieved because Commissioner Fink
declined to reduce cotton rates from
that city to the seaboard ten cents per
hundred, as they requested him to do,
in order to meet competition of the
water routes from Houston, Galveston
and New 0:leans.
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STONE Pasha, after serving thirteen
years under several Khedives in Egypt
is now superintendent of the prepare
tory work of the Bartholdi monument
in New York city. The ex-Pasha
acquitted himself handsomely as a
soldier, when young, in the Mexican
war, and also as chief of staff under
the several Khedives, but he was in
bad odor in the Federal army during
the civil war because Of disaster to
the troops under his command at
Balls Bluff, Va, in 1862.
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Makiug bis Family serviceable,

Makiug his Family SerViceable.
brakes Magazine.
i've lost four children on thi,
roadlY
You don't say soI' calculated the
stranger. You have had hard time.
Make the road pay for itp"
well, now, you bet | got S., COO q
head for them young ones. Yes, sir,
them children stood me in 5000 q
head
What are you worrying about
then ?" inquired the stranger, as the
old man went for the window again.
Nothing, nothing particular. You
see I've been specializing in stocks
lately, and the market has gone agin'
me. To day my broker told me my
margins had all run out, and as I'm
getting nigh home | thought my wife
might be on the track somewheres,
and if she was, stranger, if she was,
could make them margins good and
stand to win on the whole deal"
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Cincinnati Prise Current, IL.

Cincinnati Prise Current, Il.
The past week has witnessed quite a
light run of hogs, continuing to be
considerably below corresponding time
last year, the aggregate packing at all
points for the past week being but
about $1,000 hogs, against $1,000 last
year; from the LIST of March, theWest-
ern packets at all points is about $685.
900 hogs against 100000 a year ago
and 10000 in 1854 decrease Of
So, 600 this season compared with last.
The shortage in current packing ope-
rations may continue a little longer,
but the turn in the other direction
will probably be reached by or before
the LIST of June. Last year the Chicago
gross receipts Of hogs in May were
547, 900, and in June $4,000. Prices
of hogs have been maintained during
the week, and are about fifty cents per
100 pounds higher than a year ago.
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The MentWard Rush.



People at the East have no idea of
the great land speculation which is
now raging in the Northwest. There
has but recently been opened for set.
Element the very last great body of
free farming land in this country. Il
is now estimated that in ten years
time there will be practically no land
left for free homesteads that will be
worth taking up. The rush for Dakota
IS simply unprecedented. This terrific
ry in 1861 had but 5000 inhabitants,
and then Wyoming was part Of it.
To-day Dakota has a population Of
nearly 10000, and Wyoming probably
one>third as many. In juno, 1880.
there we're 2G0 miles Of railroad in
operation in North Dakota; now there
are $50 miles 10 running order, and
$50 miles more under contract to be
completed during the current year.
The advance Of the new Northwest in
population and wealth is simply phe.
nomenal, and Is but in the very begin.
ui1g Of its history.
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oIIAPER 1.

Ask any or all Of the most eminent physl-
clans;
"what Is the bost and only remedy that
can DO relied on 10 cure all diseases Of the
kidneys and urinary organs; such rs Brjght'l
disease. diabetea, retention or inability
10 retain urine, and all the diseases and all
ments peculiar 10 Women
"And they, will toll you explicitly and en-
phAtically "Buohu"
Ask the same physloiang
"Whst Is the mott reliable and suFest cure
for all liver diseases OF dyspepsia, oonstipa-
ton, INDIGESTION, biliousness, malarihl 70
yer, aTuo. sto., and they will tell you,
Mandfakel or DandoliO1W
Hence, whom these remedies are combined
With others equally valuable
And compounded Into Hop Hltiers, such q
wonderful and mysterious curative power Il
developed which Ia 20 varied In lie operation
that no disease or III health can possibly
exist or resist itl power, and yet II Ia
HaFmlo,p for the most frail woman, weak
est invalid or smallest child 10 use.
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teen or twenty miles from Vienna, a
peculiar pond which periodically
looses the entire water through en-
ori6ee in the bottom of the pond.
This pond covers three or four acres,
and every year in May, within lew
days of the same time, peculiar
noise is heard, anda few days after
the water begins to escape below, and
continues till all is gone. There is a
quantity Of FISH in the pond and many
are caught during this escape aud the
people in that section have q fish
feast.
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BUREETT's COCAINE
Will BnVe tI,e UaIr

And keep it in strong and healthy
condition, because it will stimulate
the roots of the hair, and restore n,
natural action upon WHICH its growth
depends. '"'h
BurOett' Flsyoring R1tracts are
absolutely pure.
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Price $500.

a scientific and economical apparatus for
lighting for Home, Business, Office, Mining
and Manutactur ng purposes. COMPLETE
In ITSELF. The Electric Current being
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Burglar Alarm, Medical Battery. Call Bell. or
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Reliable agents wanted all over tho country.
Enclose stamp for circular. PORTABLE
ELEOTRIC LIGHT co., % Water street.
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chugetts, December. 1882.
"A Portable Electric Lighter for IS is being
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Light Co., Of u Water street. Boston. II Is
an economical and safe apparatus for light
ing for home and business purposes. Sci
ss 5Gni American, New York, December Is,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-17
PUBLIC LEDGER.
TUESDAY EVENING Aesu Il, 1888

On yesterday that able and expe-
rienced journalist, Henry Heiss, as
sumed control of the Nashville Daily
American. He retired from the same
paper about a year sgo TO recuperste
his shattered health in the mountains
of East Tennessee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-17

A METEOR covering an sore Of
ground, and at last accounts silk
steamiug, fell on Sunday last near
Williams Ranch, Texas, shaking all
the houses in town, SCATTERING many
windows, destroying the house OF NJ.
Garcia and killing him, together with
his wife and five children.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-17

Our of two hundred applicants for
the vacant place Of Captain Eads on
the river commission, President Ar
thur selected the names OF Captain
Henry Flad, an accomplished engi-
neer, and Captain Peter Eichols, Of
Cincinnati, a practical bOatman, send
ing the same to the Secretary of War
1t is expected that the Secretary will
appoint Flad.
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Jury gave ]

The annual observance Of the
Passover" to last one week, begins
on Wednesday next, and preparations
are being made among the Israelites
here and elsewhere for it. In Chicago
a hundred and fifty thousand pounds
of "Matzas," or unleavened bread, Is
in course Of manufacture for use in
that city and other places in its
vicinity.
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CHAPTER II.
patients
"AhmoaL dad OF nearly dying"

Por ysars, and eivou M bE physicians Of
Bylehpe and QthSr kidney diseases, liver
clnplaInla, severe coughs called conSamp-
ton have been cured.
Women gone nearly Grassy
From agony OF neuralgia, nerVoueness,
vsksfulness and various diseases peculiar 70
People drawn out Of shape from egoru.
olatlne pangs Of Rheumatiam,
InaSmmatoTE aud chronic, Of suffering
ffSm 'soroialA
Rrygipclasl
Belt rbobfa, blood poisoning. dyspepsia,
Indigestion, and in fact slmoit all dlSVaSsi
freH
Nature IL hpir To-
Have boon CURED b. Hop Dltlers, proof Of
Vhlgh can be found In every neighhOFhoOd In
Che kpoWu world,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-17

A JURY. on Friday last, awarded
Mark T. Bigney, the venerable editor
of the New Orleans City Item, $4,000
as damages for libelOus card printed
in the Daily States by Watson Van
Benthuysen. At a former trial a
verdict for Sl2,5sS was rendered for
Bigney. The counsel for the defense
asked for a smaller verdict, and the
iurv gave IL.
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Trustees Sale

Under and by virtue of a deed of trust
" eSeouted to ne IS trustee By John Cor
man on the 9Th day of February, 1881, and re-
corded in Book No .135, page 35l of the Regis
ter's Office, of Shelby county, Tennessee, to
secure TO the Memphis Building and Savings
Association the payment of certain indebt-
edness fully described in said deed Of trust,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-17

DR.. w. Z. Scott, President Of the Col
lego Of Fhyslcians. Montreal, writoai "
have recommended COlden's Liquid
Reel TOnie ~ tho best preparation for
debility, Indigestion, dyspepsia, foyer,
ague, and loss Of appetite. Take no
al her
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-17
Vital QuestiOnsl

Ask the most eminent physician
OF any school, what 10 the best thing In
the world for Qulstlng and Allaying all irri-
tation Of the nerves and curing all forms Of
nervous complaints. giving natural. child
like refreshing sleep alwaysf
And they will tell you INTERESTINGLY
"Somo form Of Hop."
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NAY 30 Relied ON.
chaltanooEa Democrat IS.

The appointment Of Hon. John
Savage as railroad commissioner will
be regarded in most quarters as a good
one; Tor, however much vp have dis
agreed with Colonel Savage 10 his
views regarding local matters,we have
never regarded bin in any other light
than az an honest man. 10 Is plain
spoken and sometimes cratic, as We
believed. but no has always been true
10 lis convictions Of Whist vas right.
lie nay he relied upon 10 look alter the
peoples interest a. oil bagards.
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aRninH YOnrLiien

is good philosophy, but to do SO you
must have health. If bilious and
constipated, or blood is out Of order,
use DR.. Pieroe's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets" which are mild, yet certain
in their operation. OF all druggists.
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0A-n.

"A Ny-AAELIVF
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness
early decay, loss Of manhood etc., viii send
q recipe that will cure you, FREE Oh
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
By Q missionary In South America. Send Z
sslf-addressed envelope TO the Rev. JoeRPH 4
sSKAE. Station D. New York City.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-17

Proctor, the astronomer, has been
predicting the world would 90 to
smash this year, but this should not
deter people from keeping on hand
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, the great
household remedy for coughs and
oolds
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-17

Rock HILL, s. C.-Rev. j, S. White
says II used Browns Iron Bitters for
general debility. II restored me to
strength and yigor."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-17

Remarkable for overcoming diseases
oarseI By imnure water, decaylugyegoia-
ton, ote., ID Browns lfpa kllerh
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-17

NEW BERN. N. C.-Rev. G. W Obey
saws: II have taken Browns Iron Bitters
and consider il enc Of the bet medicines
known"
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CHANCERY SALE OF

REAL ESTATE.
No. 500 J.-Chsneery Court Of Shelby coun-
y-Stste Of Tennessee, use etc. vs.. W. 4.
Butler ct al.
pY virtue Of an interlOcutory decree for
ID sale, entered in the above cause on the
18th day Of January, 1883, m. b. 81, p. 317. /
will sell, at public auction, to the highest
bidder, in front of the Clerk and Masters
Office, courthouse of shelby county Memphis.
Tennessee, on
Saturday, April FL, 1883,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated In Shelby county, Tenn,
to-Wit:
Past Of lot 81. having front of n feet Q
inches, on the ehst side of Front street and
raining back between parallel lines, the
same being described as the lot on which the
storehouse three doors south Of Monroe St,
stands. a feat, 1t being that part Of lot 81
assigned TO Georgia o. Jones, then Georgia
Petit By commissioners in case OF Petit We.
Cooper, No. 2l60, r. D., Chancery side Of the
Common Law and Chaneery Court OF the city
tered in N. b, II, p Is, and there designated
as lot and the south part Of the lot OF block
therein divided and same described in Elk 50
herein and sold es the property Of John II.
Jones and wife, Georgia Jones.
Terms Of Sale-0n a credit Of six and nine
months, notes with security required, lien
retained and redemptio barred,
Thia March 80, 1888.
RI BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By Geo Mallory. d O and NJ.
n + Dix Sol n 50 A
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-17

GIenn's Sulphur Soap removes
all local eruptions, Soothes all abrasions
of the cuticle.
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A WOnderFaI Pond.

pooly (Ga,) VindisatOr.
We hoye been informed that there
10 il the southeast part Of Dooly, IF.
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CHANCERY SALE
OF
REAL ESTATE.

OF
REAL ESTATE.
No. le22, R5Chaneery Court Of Shelby county
state Of Tennessee for its own use, etc.
yg. A. Woodruff ct 81,
Rf virtue Of an interlocutory decree for sale,
~ entered In the above cause on the 9th dsy
ofFebruary, 1885, / will sell, at public auc-
ton; to the highest bidder, in front of the
Clerk and Masters ONCE, courthouse Of
Shelby county, Memphis, Tennessee. on
Saturday, April %, 1888,
within legal hours, the following desorinsd
property. situated in city Of Memphis. Shall
~ county, Tenn, to-Wit,
32xl22 feet. F-I.--77 = AYR s'''
AlsO Lot No; III, on the east side of Water
Terms Of Sale 0n'a credit Of seven months
note with security and lien retained for the
This March "A, ISSs
BLACK, Clerk and Master.
BY bradley, d. O. an.
>, WIN. u. Smith, +. II. Heiskell and O. w.
heRkell, soPs for complainant. Il so
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DECLINE OF MAN.

Nervous Weakness. Dyspepsia, I'm
potence, Sexual Debility, cured by
Wells Health Renewer.' 81.
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CHARCERY SALE
OF
Real Estate

ANOCb1 LIS OCJ U6a
No. 422l, R-ohancery Court of Shelby oeun.
ty-Henry W Joiner vs.. VIM L DINER.
IA virtue. OF an interlecutory decree for
~ sale, lentered in the above cause on the
18th day Of November. l8S2,in NJ Sc. no 70 5SI.
will sell, at pub 10 auction. to the HIGHEST
bidder, in front of the Clerk and Master's
%1tice, courthouse of Shelby county. Memphis,
Tenn.i on
= Saturday, May 3, 1858,
within legal hours, an undivided one half
interest in the following described property.
situated in the city of Memphis, now TAXING
District Of Shelby county, Tenn, tO-Wit:
Beginning at the northwest orner Of Ex-
change and Second streets, running north
with the west line of Second street 81 feet and
~ inches; thence vest "a feet and 8 inches:
thence south 81 feet and "a inches; thence
east "a feet and inches to the beginning.
Terms of Sale-0n a credit of seven months.
note with good personal security required.
lien retained, redemption barred.
This April II, 1888.
r BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By George Mallory, D. @. an.
W b Glisson, sol. for complt.
26 az A5OR
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Trustees Sale orReal Estate.

pY VIRTUE Of two deeds of trust executed
~ respectively on the 18th day of June,
1873, and July IS, 1873, to John A. Holt,
trustee, and his successors in Office, recorded
in the Registers Office of Shelby county,
Tenn; IN book l24, page 5lS, snd book 1926,
page, 289, the debts therein and thereby Sc
cured being past due and unpaid, and l,
Charles N. 0rOsvener, trustee, being the
legally constituted successor to said John A,
Holt, who !. now deceased, and having been
theTeunto duly requested by the ben sfciary
in the faid trust deeds, will, on
Wednesday, 4 priI IS, 1888,
at the southwest corner of Main and Madi-
son streets, In Memphis, Taxing District of
Shelby county, Tennessee, between legal
hours, offer and sell at public auction, to ire
highest bidder, for caSh, the following land
In shelby county, Tennessee, to-wit:
Lot 80 In the subdivision Of the lands of the
late John Trigg, fronting IVA feet on tho south
siee OF MoLemore avenue and running back
between parallel lines 3O5 feet to a stake, the
same being shown on the plan Of said Trlga
lands on record in the Chancery Court Of said
county,
Title has boon approved. but I shall sell
and convey IS trustee only. Equity of re-
demption waived. Sale to begin at II
o'clock m.
EARLEs N. GRosvENOR, Trustee.
NJ u. TreHevant atty. II a.
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Saturday, MAY 3. IssS.
CHANCERY SALE
OF nEAL ESTATE,


No, 4A7, .R.-Chancery Court of Shelby
eounty-State OF Tennessee for its own use,
ETC., rs. kliza 5. Caveline ct al.
n virtue of an introductory decree for
~ sale, entered in the above cause on the
18th day OF February, 1888, l will sell, at
public auction, to the highest bidder, in front
OF the Clerk and Masters office, Courthouse
OF shelby county. Memphis, Tennessee, on
Saturday, April Is, 1883,
within legal hours, the following described
property, stuatedin city Of Memphis, Shell
BY county, Tennessee, tO.wit:
Part Of Lot No, 3, east side of Tennesseo
street, in Butler tract, beginning at the in
terseetion Of center alley and Tennessee
street at stake the northeast corner Of said
lot, runs thence south with the east tide Of
tennessee street 81 feet to stake the north
west corner ofW b Baley's lot. owned BY l.
Shanks; thence. east $50 feet with the north
line OF the Shanks-Baley lot. conveyed by w
e Butler to ! II Rawlings and owned by
Layalettei thence north with Lavale te's
west line VI feet to Center alley; thence west
with south side of Center alley $50 fee. to the
Terms Of sale.-On credit Of seven
months, purchaser to execute note with ap-
proved security and lien retained fol pur-
chase N oney.
This March "a, 1888.
R. ]. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By j, M. Bradley, D. O, I'M.
VIM N Smith, Y II Heiskell, O W Heiskell
and Shepherd solicitors 81 III
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Pork Packing.

Pixies TOOthaChe Drops cure in
one minute.