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kses | would have been much wiser
bad I followed that advice. Whea 4
boy, ] was told 10 keep away from tho
canvas Of the circus tent, but | didn't.
| am wiser now. Although a circus
mans arm is not as swift as lightning,
yet it is much more likely to strike
twice in the same place. Young men,
you must be somebody to begin with.
| don't mean by this that you must be
born of a big family, for ancestry don't
count for much in this country. If
you have got the idea into your head
that it does, you ought to be stuffed
and set mp in a cigar store. When
the world wants you, my son, it will
ind you. 1t won't ask who your
grandfather was, for It don't care.
People soon forget the names OF the
ancestors OF distinguished people in
this country. | don't believe there is
q mar present here to night who can
tell me the name Of Brigham Young's
mother-in-law. Laughter. Make
up your mind to do a great deal of
hard work. 1t won't kill you. It's
the intervals between work that kill
people. It's after one Of these inter
yals' that you wake up and find your
hat four sizes too small and your coat
several sizes too big. It's the reorea
ton that kills. Oh, but it's only
once in a while, you say-a very small
matter. Well, although a humble bee
is not as large as a dray horse, you
mustn't handle him carelessly. Then
Try to get acquainted with yourself.
A good many die without having
,craped an acquaintance with them.
selves. If you are going to be honest
from policy don't be honest at all.
The kind of honesty that can be
bought and sold isn't worth much.
pan't helieve that cheek is better
than modesty or merit, because i'll
ISN'T. If you never do anything else
IN the world, marry. Don't be AFRAID
your wife wont look after you. You'll
ind she will be able to do that to Der.
fection." [Applause.
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Fbe AMID !. slIset. n coamina

The Annie I. Silver, N eommsnt
Of Captain Keith, Il snpsunsed /.
leave ats pm, to-day from the slevs.
tor building for vicksburs. New Or.
leans and the bends. Green Shields
presides in the Office.
The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
aud blank book manufacturing estab-
lishment, 10 Madison street. Memphis
Tenn is pSspared 10 execute every
kind OF work in their line in superior
style andat low prices, t
The City Of New Orleans will leave
Cairo on Saturday next With a grand
Mardi Grss excursion "Trip. Those Of
this city who desire to go BY boat
would do we'll to consult Captain Ad
Storm, agent Of the line.
A blrge containing the necessary
machinery for the construction of an
incline was, yesterday, towed down tC
the point" opposite Fort Pickering
where an incline is to be made for the
Memphis and Kansas City railroad.
The Hard Cash will arrive tbii
afternoon, aud is the regular packet
leaving at 8 pm. tomorrow for all
I
points on White river through to
Jacksouport where connection is
made with the regular packets fol
Little Rock aud points above.
The Rene Macready, in command
Of Captain 0. K, Joplin, is the mail
packet leaving this evening for Helena,
M%arianna, the Gut Of aud way land
ings on the L'Auguille and st. Fran.
els rivers, through to Wittsburg
where she connects with the light
draft steamer Advance for the Sunk
Lands. J, D. Block and Ohas. Stock
ley are in charge of the office.
The Ida Darragh, in command Of
Captain James N. Thompson, is sn.
nonnced to leave at 5 pm. to Gay for
Pine Bluff and way landings on Ar
kansaw river, attending promptly to
all business intrusted to her, and cen
Meeting at er1destination with light
daft steamers for Little Rock and
points above, Gus Young assists in
the office. 84s
The John S. Bransfo:d, Of the Milt
H rry U. S. Mail Line, is the packet
this evening for Devall's Bluff, Au-
gusta and way landings, giving prompt
attention to all business that offers and
connecting at her destination with
light draft steamers for upper White
and Black rivers. Captain John G..
Holder commands, with George D.
Marsh in charge oil the Office.
The steamer Will S. Hays, drawing
az feet with $50 tons ofireight ,includs
ing 300 tons received on the coast,
passed up at midnight for the Ohio
river. She had 80 passengers, % of
which were for this port. She lost As
hours by fog and stormy weather, and
had She not encountered these would
easily have arrived here Sunday morn
iag. She discharged here 4 hhds and
81 bbls sugar, 81 bbls molasses, % bbls
cement aud a few rckgs sundries.
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Before Tom Holman, i'll. p. for Shelby eoun-
ty-JA S Miller 70. Csc. Il Mitohsll.
IN this cauao an attachment having been
4 sued out under section a5 Of the Code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property Of the defendant, g.. u. Mitchell.
and affidavit having been made that the
defendant Is indebted 10 plaintiff In the sum
Of F0rty-ane dollars and eighty cents, due By
recount, and that the claim Is just. and that
the defendant Is q nonresident Of the State Of
Tennessee; itis therefore ordered, that said
defendant make bis personal appearance be-
o'clock m, al my Office. No. 90 Madison
st.. Memphis, Tenn, and defend said attach
ment suit within the time prescribed By law,
or the same will be proceeded with ex-parte:
and that a copy Of this order be published onee
. week for four weeks IN tAs Memphis Public
Ledger.
This the 18Th day Of January, 1888.
III 1873 1871 1874 TON HOLM AN. Jr.. Jsp.
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TURKISH WAR SHIPS.
Explanation of the Naval Move
mems Of the Ottoman Govern
neml.

CoNsTANTINOPLE, Dec. 81, 1882.-A
great deal has been lately said about
naval preparation at OOnstantinople.
The attention of foreign corresponds
ents was directed 10 the matter by
hearing of certain passages in the
Turkish papers in which reference
was made to the squsdron Of ironclads
fitting out for an unknown destination
in the Mediterranean and the f@otilla
Of gunboats about to start for the Red
Sea. Even the Embassies got excited
over the matter, as a great air Of prob
ability surrounded the statements,
sing to the fact, patent to all who
chose to use their eyes, that two large
ironclads, the one a frigate and the
other a smart corvette, were lying in
the Golden Horn IN a very active state
OF preparation. 1t is extraordinary
how closely the Turkish government
is watched, and to what suspicion, in
the minds of certain foreign powers.
the merest move on her part innaval or
military matters gives rise. These two
vessels in reality we're only being fit
ted out in the ordinary routine of
service, to relieve Others stationed at
a distance whose long absence from
Copstantinople necessitated their re-
turn for a thorough overhaul at the
Imperial dockyard. People, however,
have grown so accustomed to seeing
the. Turkish iropclsds being dismant-
led in a tier alonside the doekyard
wall, that they cannot understand any
change being made in their condition
without the existence Of some deeply
hidden motive on the part of the
Porte, 1t has always been the
practice of the Ottoman government
TO keep one or more vessels Of war
stationed at Tripoli, in Barbary, and
at Morto Bay on the Albanian coast,
and the two ships above referred to
were intended for those ports. 1t is
evident, however, that something Of
the nature Of an embargo has been
| placed upon the sailing Of the craft in
question,as they are still here, although
the last preparations were completed
three weeks ago.
| have, indeed, heard from a very
trustworthy sourOs that the British
and French governments intimated
to the Porte that they could not per-
nit anything to be done just now on
the northern coast Of Africa that
might be construed by the ignorant
natives into a Turkish demonstration
in their favor. This put a stop to the
Triroli voyage, while the Russians
obiecting to Turkish ships Of war be-
Ing sent to the Adriatic as likely "a
rouse the jealous susceptibihties oil
the Monlenegrins has produced an
equal effect in preventing the depart.
ure Of the other ships for Morto Bay.
So much for the story Of the Turkish
Mediterranean squadron, and now fol
that Of the gunboat Aotilla, Tor which
there ia oyea less foundation. The
Snlv substratum Of truth infhe mat,
teris to be found in the fact that two
small composite vessels that have
been on the stocks for the past three
years are now almost Teady foy launch
ing. These small craft are the frs
iastallment Of number ordered to bt
CONSTRUCTED By the Sultan with 9
view to fulfilling o~eitaln obligations
that Turkey had contracted under {
treaty with England for the suppress
sion Of the slave trade.
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New Advertisements
II Fl IA
PA CIFIC NORTHW Est
LOTsg0l, WaSlilgll anil Idaho.

Oners n best Held for EmiRranta-
VIZ n mtl0s equabIe. and haaIthw
ellmhtej cheap lands of great ferIiII.
Z, prooucing all VARIETIES OF Grain.
Eult: ano 6raSses In wonderful
aDumaano an inexhaustibIe ann.
ply OF Timber; vast COaI Fields. and
Otner mineral deposits; eheap ana
quick transported ON by Paiironda
auu river naEfgatlOn; direct corn.
nterce with all parts of the world.
SS~~iins u its proximity 10 the Pacific
,NQ, pR0UTHs, NO INSECT PESTS. No
nRhhiUANks, w HlRLWlNDS, on DTH-
Ek DESTRUCTIVE PHENOMENA.
Inc lands Of the Pacific Northwest show an
average yield Of wheat per aero largely In
GnhGness 81 mat OF any other section Of the
No failure Of crops has ever occurred.
oregon wheat commands q higher price
ina mar OF any other country in the Liver
An immense area Of very, fertile Railroad
and Goyeinment Lands, within easy reach Of
me trunk lines Of the Northern Pacific r. r..
ne oregon Railway 4 Navigation. and the
oregon q California X. r. Co.'S and their
numof9ns branches II The sT5st Valleys OF
The Columbia and It's tributaries, are now
9neIed lor sale at Low Prices, and on Easy
stead Entry. ~
The great movement Of population to tho
columbia region now In progress will be ener-
mouily increased by the completion Of the
Northern Pacific r. R., and the Oregon Rail
way q Navigation Cos systems, This rem
ders certain a rapid increase in the value OF
Lands now open TO purchase ortO entry under
the United States Land Laws.
FOR Pamphlets and Maps, de-
scrtPtive Of the country, las re-
sources, climate, routes Of traV.
eli rates aud full Information,
address
A. L. STOKES,
General Eastern Agent,
KQ nnanl "a Ols.-- ~
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LM" L LL.".
Sales yesterday ,29OO bales; to expor-
tiers 1900; to spinnets 100. closing
firm aud unchanged as follows: Ordi-
nary, 7sc; good ordinary, ssc; low mid,
ding, $40; middling, $50; good mid
ding, loo; middIing fair, l0ic; fair,
l0.ac. Stains--Good ordinary, 7te;
low mlddling, SIC; middling, SIC.
Receipts Of cotton at all U. s. ports
for the past three days sum up 4s,45l'
bales, and 972S bales less than last
year at the same time. Total for the
season 4.O28,435 bales, an increase
over last year to the same date Of
ABS, 100 bales. and over the year
before OF 1882 bales. Total ship
ments abroad this season $500, GAG
bales, against 1856, 2S3 bales last year
and 2,374,683 the year before. Total
stocks 928. l40 bales against 1852 72
last year and S8l ,442 the year before.
L III. M IMM M
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Attachment NOTICE.

Before Tom Holman, jr, J. p. for Shelby
county, Tehn.-J NJ Gregory rs. A @ Map-
del 4 90 , q drm composed Of a 9 Mandol,
NIL Mandel. L A Mandel and B Maynz,
IN this cause an attachment lawns been
/ sued out under section Sibo ofthe code 81
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
propertv Of The defendants A q Mandei 4 Co.
and affidavit having been made that defend
ants are indebted 10 the plaintiff IN the sum
1850 so dus b. accounts, and thai the claim
IA lust, and that the defendants arc nom
residents Of the State 81. lenneeseei
ID Is therefore ordered that said defendants
maxi their personal appearances before mo on
the 22d day Of tebruary, 1885 At II o'clock
NJ, at ny Office, No. IS Mad on street,
Memphis, Tennessee, and defend said
attach ment suit within he time prescribed
By law, or the aame Will b Pre-
ceeded with ex-phfte; and that q copy Of thla
order b. published once q Wook ior buI
Weaka II the Public Ledger.
THIS the l1tk day Of January, DeS.
J NJ Gregory, attorney
ll6 IA lH 1M
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NOn.Resident Notice.

No. l9i, r. DIN the Bartlett Circuit Court
Wallace We. j. d. Wallace-Diyorce
~ appearing from the hi filed in this cause,
(which ia sworn to. that the defendant, j
y Wallace, Is a non, resident Of the State Of
Tennessee.
1t is thereto ordered that he make his
personal appearance herein. at the court
Tennessee, on the Second Monday in March,
1853, and plead. answer or demur 10 com
plainants bill or the same will be taken
for confessed as to him and set for hearing
exparte, and that q copy Of this order DO pub
lished once a week for four successive weeks
In the Public Ledger.
This the 18th dav of January 4, 1888.
TH0S. B. CRENSHAW, Clerk.
A oopy-Attest.
Brooks & Hammer, attorneys for comp'lt.
III l23 129 lN
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Advice to Young Men by MIR. Hur.
0H defte,
New York Tribune.

Robert j. Burdette, Of the Bur.
liHgtog Hawkeye, delivered a lecture
entitled Advice to a Young Man" at
Association Hall last night, before an
audience which was limited only by
the capacity Of the house. The lect.
nre, although an old opp to Mr.. Bur
dette, was a peW one To- most OF hi,
hearers. If rounds OF applause and
peals Of laughter we're indications Of
approval, Mr.. Burdette was certainly
successful in bis effort Of last evening
II have had q great deal Of advice
he said, given me by older peopl,
than myself. In many instances
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\. gS 1H.l a,1l.ssssse',sYgw9}

The money market rules easy, and
borrowers are able to make better
terms than havo been ruling during
the past ten or twelve months. Indeed,
ii is openly stated that choice paper is
in demand among some Of the banks
at 6 per cent interest, Uneurrent
securities are alse indemand at firm
figures, Exchange is to to &c of buy
ing and par selling o. the East, and
fc off buying and par selling on New
Orleans. 40t G.ia
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The subscription price Of the
DAILY PUBLIC LEDGER is S6 per
annam and boo sOr month for less
than one year. The WEEKLY
LEDGER is q per annum-pOstags
free. Payable in advance invaria-
bly,. ehlis
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Our Progress

As stages are quickly abandoned
with the completion Of railroads, SC
he huge, drastic, eathartio pills, com,
posed of crude and bulky medicines
are quickly abandoned with the intro.
duction of DR., Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets" which are sugar,
coated, aud little larger than mustard
seeds, but composed of. highly concen
rated vegetable extracts, By drug.
gists.
Music books, magazines, illustrated
papers, etc, bound at the PUBLIC
LEDGE N'Qdery, ID Madison street.
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. The tide Of travel is southwark.
southern Journals record long lists Of
persons arriving BY railroads. Cur
steamer lists, We understand, are Of
much use 70 persons who are9t he9ith
resorts ia the Gulf States aRd ~
California. Aud. by the way, In the
Pacific Statos, nothing in the papers
is read with such regularity aud avid
Itv as the daily list Of passengers du'
West, which is telegrAphed iroia
Omaha 10 Ogden. woe
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Entered at the Postofice in Memphis, Tenn.
as second-class matter.
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Nav Orleans Nall daily J2.s5 pm 1910 am
SGFdis acoom'n, Except
Fteisht train ears p'g'sl $50 m 7.t0 pm
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City time) - -
Through Express, daily ll.W p.ms ll.N Am
Loo Il Mail < Exp'ea,d'lyI S.l6 Am. 800 pm
Eomervillo Accom- dat'n
dsily (oxoept Bundayl.al 40 p.md 6.W Am
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Memphis ana Oharleafom.
Lnlvn, ARRrvn,
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y 0regafys Attorney
il6 ~ Us 13i
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Memphis and Lt<tIe ROCK.

IS. T.. FlNLEy, Ticket Agent.
A. Y. STEVENS. Pas, agent. ".
2T Main Street.
Sharp County record., 1883-08-09

not go to the public houses at first for love
of iquor-~very few people like the taste
of liquor they 60 for the animated and
hilarous cOmpaniorship they find there,
which they discover does 50 much to re.
press the disturbing restleSsneSs in their
breasts. See to it, then, that their homes
compete with public places in attractive
ness. Open your blinds by day and light
bright fires at night. Illuminate your
rooms. Hang pictures upon the wall.
Put books and newspapers upon your ta'
bles. Have music and entertaining games.
Danish demons of dullness and apathy
that have SO long ruled in your household,
and bring in mirth and good cheer, In
vent occupations for your sons. Stimu-
late their ambitions in worthy directions.
While you make home their delight, fill
them with higher purposes than mere
pleasure. Whether they shall pass boy
hood and enter upon manhood with refined
tastes and noble ambitions, depends on
you. Believe it possible that, with cxer-
tion and right means, a mother may have
more control over the destiny of her boys
than any other influence whatever, ,-Ap'
rleton's Journal.
Sharp County record., 1883-08-09
HOW TO SAVE BOYS.

Women who have sons to rear ard
dread the demoralising Influences of bad as
soe etes, ought to understand the nature of
young manhood. 1t is excessively rest
less. 1t is disturbed by vague ambitions,
by thirst for action, by longinggs fer ez
element, by irrepressible desires to touch
life in manifold ways. If you, mothers,
rear your sons 80 that their homes are as
ISOLATED with the repression of natural in
stlpcts, you will be sure to throw them in
me society that in some measure can sup
ply the need Of their hearts. They will
Sharp County record., 1883-08-09
HEALTH ALPHABET.

The Ladies Sanitary Association, Of
toudon, gives the following simple rules
FOX keeping heath, which we find copied
ia the SQnitariant
4 5 soon as you arc up shake blanket
and sheet;
B -attor be without shoes than cit with
wet feet .....
Children. if healthy, arc active, not
still;
D. amp beds and damp clothes will both
make you i'll;
Eat slowly and always chew your food
= well;
T -reshen the air in the house where you
dwell;
Garments must never be made too tight;
Homes should be made healthy, airy,
and light;
It you wish to be well, as you do I've
no doubt,
Just open the windows before you go
cut;
Keep the rooms always tidy ard clean !;
L. GU uuSl UL tId AuIuLyLAO AOVCA DC SCOh'
Much illness is caused BY the want of
pure air;
Now, to open the windows be eve7 your
care; ,..
Old rags and old rubbish should never
be kept;
People should see that their floors are
70 well swept;
Quick movements in children are
healthy and right /
Remember the young cannot thrive
without light
See that the. cistern is clean to the
brim; ,s< 49,,
lake care that your dress is all tidy
and trim;
Use your nose to fnd if there be bad
drain
very sad are the feyerS that come in its
train a
Walk as much as you can without feel
ing fatigue
N--erxes could walk full many league.
Your health is your wealth, which your
wisdom must keep;
zeal will help a good cause, aho the
good you will reap.
Sharp County record., 1883-08-09
THE TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE.

July l9, at noon, from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, the members of the telegraphio
brotherhood. to the estimated number OF
1000, struck work because of neglect
on the part of the principal telegraph COM
pany, the Western Union, to notice their
demands for an increase of pay, reduc'
tion of hours of labor to eight, an in
creased rate for oyer.work, and an equal.
cation of compensation for employees Of
both sexes. The sight in New York city
at the principal Offices, when the strike
occurred, was remarkable. Several hun,
dred operators. male and female, marched
quietly out of the building when the sig
nal was given, and took cars up town to
attend secret meeting. Other operators
not connected with the brotherhood were
employed to fill the gap as far as was
possible and officers of the company who
had been graduated from the instrument
sat down to tables end furnished up their
half forgotten skill.
In other cities the strike was less seri-
GUS than in New York except perhaps
Chicago, where the operators OF the Grain
Exchange joined the strikers and brought
stock business to a standstill. But reports
from many cities and large towns showed
that the immediate effects of the strike
were not sufficient to bring business under
the telegrahic system to an end recruits
and volunteers rapidly pouring IN, and
served at least as makeshifts,
The average pay for commercial opera
tors in the United States is S54.45 per
month average for commercial operators
in Canada is $37, ,49 per month; average
for commercial operators in the United
States is $3.50; average for railroad op"
sratOrs in Canada is S29'l2.
The demand for an increase OF wages
TO the amount of 10 per cent, if conceded,
with the equal payments of male and te-
male operatives, the reduction OF the hours
Of labor, and extra payment of Sunday
work, has been estimated to compel an
extra cost to the Western Union Telegraph
Co. of ct least Sl,500,000, and to amount
virtually to an increase of compensation
TO the operatives of about 40 per cent.
1t is alleged on behalf of the Western
Union Telegraph Company that these de-
mands are excessive; and they will not
accede thereto.
1t would be difficult to find a more able,
Intelligent and industrious body of people
in The world than these telegraphers.
The ouietude with which they have con-
Quoted their strike, and the unanimity Of
their ideas in respect to their demands,
afford ground for the inference that they
know what they are abOht. The public
will rejoice to see their wages increased
and their hours Of labor reduced, even II
the price for sending telegraph messages
are slightly increased. Scientific Amerl-
can.
Sharp County record., 1883-08-09
NOTICE.-No. 243.
U. S. LAND OFFICE, LITTLE Rock, ARK, !
July 10, 1888. !

U. S. LAND OFFICE, LITTLE Rock, ARK, !
July 10, 1888. !
Complaint haying been entered at this
Office, by Martha Vaughn, against VIM.
L. Vaughn or his legal representatives, for
abandoning his adjoining farm, Home
stead Entry No. 1908, dated Dec. 29,
1881, upon the sw Or sw or, sec. 5; ne ne
or, sec. 7, and NV Or NV ar sec. 8, town
ship 10 west, range 5 west, in Sharp
county, Ark, with view to the cancella'
ton Of said entry the said parties are
hereby summoned to appear at this office
on the seth day of August, 1888, at lO3
a. NJ, to respond and furnish testimony
concerning said alleged abandonment.
Notice is also hereby given concerning
said alleged abandonment, that testimony
will be taken before T. J. Davidson, a
Notary Public, at his office, in Evenin
Shade, Sharp county, Ark :, on Aug. %
1888, commencing at l p. n. Said I. }
Davidson is hereby empowered to take
such testimony at such time and place
above named. &. &. KELSEY,
374l Receiver.