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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-06-08
A MOney.NIakinR RIemorr.
Philadelphia Item.


George Harding, Esq f, the distin-
guished Philadelphia patent lawyer, is
remarkable for retentive memory.
On Saturday Mr.. Harding rode
down to Wall street, New York, in a
Broadway omnibus. A beautiful
young lady got in and handed fifty
aents to the attorney, requesting him
to hand it to the driver.
with pleasure" said Mr.. Harding.
at the same time passing the fifty
cents up through the hole to the stage
man.
The driver made the change and
handed forty cents back to Mr.. Hard
ing, who quietly put it away In his vest
pocket, and went on reading a moving
machine brief. Q
Then all was silence.
The young lady began to look ner
vously OF Mr.. Harding for her change.
"Uan it DO possible that this is one of
those polite confidence men we read OF
in booksl" she thought to herself.
Then she looked up timidly and
asked Mr., Harding something about
the Brooklyn ferry.
"Oh, the boats run very regular
every three minutes" replied The in.
terrupted lawyer, trying to smile
Then he went on reading his brief
DO the boats run from Wall street
to AGtoria2" continued the yount
lady.
II don't know, madame" replied
Mr. II, petulantly. II am not resi-,
dent Of New York. I'm q Philadel
phisl."
"Oh, yes"-(then a siIence),
Mr.. Harding again buried himsel
in his brief while the young lad,
ahemmed and asked him what the far
was in the New York stages.
Why, ten cents, madame, tel
cents"
But gave You fifty cents to Civ
to the driver" interrupted the younI
lady, and"
"Didh't he return your changer /
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SAVED ONLY TO BE LOST.
A Story that Ends SO Sadly as 10
Cause the heart to Drop
With q Dull Thud.
Chicago Tribune.

NulNAbO
kiss me, darling"
Richard Irwin had toiled slewly anG
YEARLY up the two flights of stairs
which led to the poor abode, and
looked long and lovingly into the pale
but beautiful face of the girl who had
given up parents, home, and every
thing that had made life happy, tc
become his wife. And as she stood
there, her soft, white arms twined
lovingly around his neck, and heI
deep hazel eyes appraised to his, he
saw that she had been weeping, and
around the wan, dropping lips, that
in the happy bygone days we're Sc
often raised, pOuting merrily the
while, to be kissed by his own, there
were traces of pie Richard Irwin
shuddered as he drew the 1.-THE, yield
ing form still more closely to him, and
he wept bitter, scalding tears Of pain
to think that his wife, Clytie Stiggins,
Boston born and bred, a girl who
habltually read Emerson, and whose
essays on the theory Of horizontal
cleavage in red sandstone was only
excelled by her paper on the fauna OF
the pliocene period, that she, so proud
OF noble lineage, should be reduced
to eating pie in the morning. And
while he was wrapped in these painful
reveries, Clytie raised her head from
kis bosom. All one glance told her
all
"You are suffering, my darling" she
said. Can you not tell me, your own
true wife, of your gnawing sorrow?"
1t is nothing" Richard replied,
kissing her tenderly.
LIE mon pie, tool" he murmured,
in hOarse, agonized tones, as his lips
left hers. "My Cod this is terriblel"
Just then a noise as if some one
dragging himself slowly and YEARLY
up the stairs was heard. Presently it
ceased, and a messenger boy kicked
open, the door, and walking up to
where Richard Irwin sat, handed him
a telegram. Richard tore open the
envelope with trembling hands and
read the message-the boy looking
over his shoulder to see that every
thing was all right.
Thank Godl" we are saved, Clytie, u
he said in low, broken tones. Your
dear father is dead-and all, all hi,
extensive and profitable mackereI
fishery is yours-and mine"
Yes" family murmured the girl
kneeling beside the chair on which
her husband sat. I'VE are saved
Riehard-saved by acanthopterygiar
fish Of the scomberiod family. IT.
body is fusi-form, its first dorsal fiji
is continuous, and its branchiostesa
rays are seven in number"-and then
looking up suddenly, she saw that thu
man she loved so we'll, and for whom
she would have sacrificed her life, wa
lying cold and pulseless across thu
chair.
She had talked him to DEATH
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A Talk with the Ola Man.
Florlda Timed Union.

Florida TmeE-union.
Stepney Willobat sat in old Colonel
brakes front parlor waiting for Miss
Gussie, whc was twisting her crimps a
little tighter and powdering her face,
in her little back bed room up stairs.
The old gentleman came in the back
way, looked into the parlor; where he
seldom found .himselt-it was a little
too good for him-aDd discovered
Stepney. The old man did not notice
the youths embarrassed salutstion,
but came in and seated Himself.
"Ain't you got no work to dor"
asked the well to do old despiser OF
good English. II sh'd think this
time O. day you'd be at something
that is, if you do any work"
IL was calling ou--on Miss Gus
sic, replied the youth.
"Yes, I've seen you round here be-
fore in the past three or four weeks,
or six months, or so; are you thinkin'
you're courtin' my girl, or how is it?'
IL beg your pardon; | am very
fond of Miss Gussie and"
well, sposin' you are, that's that
-" the old gentleman tried to convey
the meaning that's all right" without
saying; what he meant was, that may
be all right" but he continued:
What have you got to support wife
on? What do you doH What's your
business7"
II belong-that is, sir, yes, l am a
member of the new professional cham
pion nine now, sir, and stakeholder
to a limited extent If we have the
success hippOdroming which l antici-
pate, l expect"
The box toed parent rose, and so
did the professional, only he rose
higher than the old man did, and as
be descended the Colonel caught him
again, this time on the fly, and put him
rapidly toward his home base.
He never told his love.
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Friday. July Q, 1883,

during legal hours. at the southwest corner
Of Main and Madison streets, in the city Of
Memphis (now Taxing District Of Shelby
county, in Shelby county, Tennessee, offer AZ
public outcry, and sell for cash, to the highest
bidder, certain lot Of land in the County Of
Shelby and State Of Tennessee, near the city
Of Memphis, being in lot No. 80 Of Il s Tod's
plan for. Willoughby Williams, which is
described in the quit claim deed from viii
loughby. Williams TO James NJ PrOvine, duly
recorded in Book No 70, page 400, of the
Registers office of Shelby county, Tennessee.
The let's hereby conveyed being lots Nos. ID
and u Of Provinces subdivision Of said lat
No. 81, lying on the south side of the la
grange or Memphis and Selma RAILROAD
Broadway, If extended,) and between ne
fernando road and Frank avenue, begin nine
at the intersection Of the Lagrange Rallrosd
anil Frank avenue, and running thenc 90 south
IS 3 100 feet; thence west $50 feets thenoe
north to the Lagrange road Isl Ai0 feet.
thence with said road 2l1 $40 feet to the Be.
ginning and being part Of the land vested IN
said Sarah A. Provine by decree in the Chan-
Gerry suit Of J Amauett vs.. Sarah A Proylne
ct al; also lot No. Is, Of said Provinces sub
division, south Of and adjoining said lots
Nos. 10 and y and fronting 40 feet on Frank
avenue BY depth Of $50 feet.
" lOs SIMON sTURM, Trustee.
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Comic JOurnalinnn.


Some superanuated dried up old
fossils are shaking their wise heads
and deploring the increase of connie
papers throughout the country, de-
olaring that there is too much levity,
and that unthinking minds are led
away from the deep and abstruse
problems of life, in consequence OF
which the rising generation will not
be fitted to grapple the great questions
Of the day. 1t has been said that every
coed, honest hearty laugh draws a nail
from ones coffin, and if this be true,
the humorous editors are the foes oil
the undertakers. The man who In
life's journey can see, even in disaster,
something to laugh at. is more to be
envied than the wise-acre who can
never see the silver lining to the dark
cloud. After wAding through stories
Of embezzlement, politics, scandals
prize fights and crimes, as depicted in
the daily press--which may be called
the dark side Of liie--it is a reliet to
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The NuezCansI,
Special to the Now YORK Herald.

Special TO the New York Herald.
PARIS, June AT a meeting Of
the S1ez Canal Company to-day a
proposal made by Count de Lesseps to
examine into the project for the con-
struction of second canal across the
Isthmus, was adopted unanimously
NJ. de Lesseps assured the meeting
that the English directors were giving
loyal assistance, and prophesied that
another canal would be built. NJ. de
Lesseps stated that improvements
now being made at q cost OF 5000, 00Of
would suffice for a traffic Of ten mil
lion tons yearly. The company had, a
year ago, decided to undertake the
building Of a second route. They
could accomplish this within the linn
its of their own lands, but could do
the work much more rapidly and con-
vsniently if the Egyptian government
would grant fresh concessions. He
said the negotiations for obtaining the
aid of England in this object was pro.
ceeding favorably.
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Il possIblef Here, driver the lawyer
continued, dropping his brief and
pulling the strap violently, why the
dickens don't you give the young lady
her forty cents, sir-forty cents, sir,
forty cents"
II did give her. the change. |
gave forty cents to you, and you put
it in your pocket" shouted back the
driver.
ITO mel" said Mr.. Harding, feeling
in his vest pocket, from which his
fingers drew forth four ten ceRt
pieces. Gracious goodnessl madame,
| beg ten thousand pardons; but
but"
"Oh, never mind, said the young
lady, cycling him suspiclously; you
know lady in wicked city like New
York has to look out for herself. It's
no matter-it wasn't the forty cents;
but before left home mother eau
toned me against polite confidence
men, who look so good on the outside,
but"
Goodness gracious my dear wo-
man |" exclaimed Mr.. Harding, while
all the passengers eyed him with sus-
picion. II assure you"
But the stage stopped, and the
young lady, holding fast to her porte
monnaie, got out and fed into the
customhouse, while Mr.. Harding went
on filling up in this form:
Goodness graciousl Did you eyerP
D, Lord what shall l dO?" etc.
The lawyer got so excited that he
went back to Philadelphia in a hurry.
He even forgot to take a big fee in a
moving machine case. He says he'd
rather pay ten thousand dollars than
to let the Philadelphia fellows get
hold of the story.
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True Pizen.
Arkansaw Traveller.

The other day when the train rob-
bers, under sentence of death, arrived
in Little Rock, a large crowd of people
gathered around to look at the cele-
brated murderers. One old fellow
with long hair and face that told OF
free indulgence, paid no attention to
the train robbers but stood inspecting
another criminal.
why don't you look at the train
robbers2" some one asked.
"Oh, blame the train robbers" he
replied; I'm plasterin' my gaze on
this feller."
What did he do?"
stole a boss, that's what he done
You fellerB act like you amt got mo
Judgment, goin' wild over a train rob,
Der when thar's a boss thief in The
neighborhood. 1t don't take nothin
these days to draw a crowd. an
with the young bucks the boss THE
is sorter gone down. but with IN,
old timer he's true pizen, lemme tel
you"
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Tuesday, June 20, 1883.

during LEGAL hours, at the soutbwa.,..
2! MAIN and Madiqon streets, In tSn' c ovsn
memphis, Menu, offer az public nntcrn
Seli ier cash TO the highest bidder. 20, "
lot OF land In the city Of Mann is 0oI ~.
taxing DISTRICT, In Shelby eonntv n Mo
being part Of Block No. g, as shown a ~ II
map Of that part Of the city known o1 y
rlcBering and designsted In John q ~ ~ ~
sSbdiyision Of said Block No. "a az ~ 2aih ~
10, situated on the south side OF t ~ y
suneet, ana having front on sa san.S
~ yeorgia street of 30 feet and oyts a z
back soHthwardly between psrSllss@ s s;tacll
Iignt angles to Georgia street leo 49,, ~ ~
sliey, being part Of land conveytd ~ 70
spears BY John 9 saint, BY deed :, = aogl
nOe Ok no, 70, page 4b9. Of the R.ei.fe,5su ~
81 onelpy county, Tennessee, Aiso ~. -
;n. Ia 9! l9t No. ~ immediasely aS y.
ing SAID lot No. IL, and having fpb,, a1lei
sontn side Of Georgia street ~ Is ~, s9n
ssSxnhnding eopthwardly between n sii.i',,aL
10y ieet " the aboyepamed ailer av s. lt
peaIt q lot No, 10, which romaint a iras "
tpefeirOin the portion conVeyed g. M Si. az
Meta BY decd recorded in Boet M "a ~ y
=, OF said Ksgistor's Office 40 ~ ~
- SIMON STUhct T,,,,l
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He Admitted That There Was No
Place Like Home.
The Drummer.

"You seem in bad fix" said phi
lauthropist to a man sitting on the
curbstone looking much depressed in
spirits. .,
mot so awfully bad as l might be, +"
was the reply.
Have you no hOmeP"
"0h, yes; I've got one"
why don't you go there, thenW
Because don't want to. b"
But you should, for the poet says,
be it ever 50 humble there's no place
like home."
Aud right The poet was, too. | was
at home not at an hour ago and the
house was turned upside down, all the
beds out of the window, and the fur
niture in the corners, and my wife
with a dishrag around her head and
the children so dusty you cOuldn't
clean EN- with feather brush, and
tho hired girls raising Sam Hill and
four niggers beating carpets, and
The paperhangers at work and the
window cleaner with hose turned on,
and no dinner and no prospects Of any,
and the deuce to pay generally-oh,
YOU aud the poet are shoutin and you
are mighty right, too, there's no place
like home.
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plOk up The AfkanalH TfaYal0r, Tha

pick DO The Afkanasw Traveller, The
Eye, Cheek, The Drummer ef any
other Of the humorous papers, and
forget life's troubles and trials for a
moment by gazing upon the ludicrous
side of it. If on going into house
we can see the comic papers of the
day upon the table, we will guarantee
that peace, harmony and good will
abide there, and but few chickering's or
quarrels occur, for merry heart
doeth good like a medicine"
Lite is too short not to be nationally
enjoyed, and the man who cannot
smile because he sees 30 much to de-
plore, is miserable himself-hsted
while living and despised when dead.
Heaven save US from the man who
never laughsl
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Saturday, June 8, 1883,

within legal hours, at the door of the court
house in said county, in the Taxing District,
sell at public cutlery, to the highest bidder for
cash. the following described land in said
county:
Beginning on the south line of county lot
525 aud 80 feet east of a stake standing
25-10O chains east of the southwest corner OF
said lot 525, and running thence east 100 feet
more or less to tho southeast corner of lot No.
Of Graham's plan of county lot 525; thence
north $50 feet: thence south S9degrees west 100
feet more or less; thence south $50 feet to the
beginning.
Reference is made to Book Ill, page 500, in
the Registers office of said county, for copy
of the trust deed. All equity of redemption
barred The title believe to be good, but |
make no warranty.
WV GOODWIN, Trustee.
Memphis, May Is, 1888. 85 IS
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A Model Country Maiden.
Townsville (Gs } Times


One Of those modest, industrious,
Independent girls, whose real merits
are perhaps not known beyond the
circle of her limited acquaintance in
her neighborhood, was in town the
other day. She bought wagon from
Messrs. Finn & Mcintyre, paid half
cash and will make enough cotton
herself to pay the balance this fall.
She is about seventeen years old, has
the flush of health on her sunbroWned
cheeks, frank, open, pure woman's
countenance, a Hebe in form, aud
better looking than half the girls
whose dollhouse existence forbids
them taking stroll across the fields
in the glorious sunlight.
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PSALMS.
REVISED

HEAR this, all We people, and give ear
all We invalids of the world, Hop Bitters
will make you well and to rejoice.
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8. Be thou not afraid when your family
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Liver Complaint, for Hop Bitters will
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4. Both low and high, rich and poor
know the value of Hop Bitters for bilious,
nervous and rheumatic complaints
8. Cleanse me with Hop Bitters and
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6. Add disease upon disease and let the
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I. For all my life have been plagued
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8. He that keepeth his bones from aching
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9. Though thou hast sores ,pimples, freckles,
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Hop Bitters viii remove them ali.
10. What woman is there, feeble and sick
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II. Let not neglect to use Hop Bitters bring
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IL. Keep thy tongue from being furred, Thy
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13. All my pains and aches and disease go
ike chat before the wind when use Hop
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IA. Mark the man who was nearly dead
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Is. Cease from worrying about nervousness.
general debility, and urinary trouble, for
Hop Bltters will restore you
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aOnr FLAG h StiII There.n

Mr.. s. B. LongfellOw, Augusta, Me-, east
side river, writes US under date Of April Is,
1888.
ITO whom 1t may concern. This may. GER
THY that two years ago was very badly af-
which extended through the system and laid
me up for weeks, so that could do no work.
had the most skillful physician in town,
who gave me no assistance. Hearing of Hunts
Remedy, | got a bottle, and half Of 1t cured
me entirely, so that have been we'll ever
who was afflicted much as l was, and It re-
stored him to health. / can truly say Hunts
Remedy has been Of great and indispensable
worth to me-"
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ELM GROVE, n. Cdr. G. N. Rober
son says 81 prescribe Browns iron Bit.
tiers and find it all il is recommended
70 he -
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Trustoa,a anIa

HNDBR and BY virtue Of a dead ~ =.
~ executed 70 me as trustee by Gorns ssi
Ann ward and Th0mas Ward, on M y 5th \ !.
Of July, 1853 and recorded In BooS M y
page z4S Of the Registers ofIlee NJ Sbsil
COUNTY, tennessee, TO secure to the Manu-
Rsiialng and Saving Association the pa,
ssSS dssd o ~ am indehtSdness mentioned
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HNDER and by virtue of two deeds Of
~ trust executed to me as trustee by Sarah
A Provine, on October u. 1875, and April II,
Ivy, and RECORDED in Book No. ia, page
Of the Registers office Of Shelby county,
Tennessee. to secure 10 the Bluff City Build
ing and Loan Association the payment Of GER
tain Indebtedness mentioned in said deeds Of
truat I will nm
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Fits. Fits. Fits.

successfully treated by Worlds Dis.
peusary Medical Association. Ad,
dress, with stamp for pamphlet, Bufa-
10, N, Y,
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New Advertisements
THE SUN ONE MILL MILTON
LANGUOR AND LASSTTUDE.

so COMMON IN THE SPRING. IN
DICATE TORPID CONDITION OF
THE LIVER AND A SLUGGISH
ClIROUILAT1QN' OF THE LIFE CIV
INC, FAsuIpS; A TEASP00NFUL
OF TARtANT'S aELTZER ape
RlENT IN A GLASS OF WATER
HALF AN HOUR BEFORE BREAK
FAST WILL GENTLY RELIEVE
AND REGULATE THE LIVER
QUICKEN AND PURIFY THE CIR
OULATION, AND IMPART NEW
LIFE AND VIG0R TO EVERY
FUNCTION OF THE BODY. ALL
DRUGGISTS HAVE IT,
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xvEr,. A. -ROLGH ON CORNs."
Az tor Wells Rough on Corns.
q. Quick, complete, permanent
nfs. Corps, warts, bunions.
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Nervous debility. the curse of the
American people Immediately yields TO
the action Of Browns Iron Bitten.
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"THE BEST TRUSS"

DR.. ]. W, Gurley:
Dear Sir-Justice 70 you and humanity Il
the incentive which causes me to write these
lew lines. AS see you advertise ''The Best
truss ever worn, and as | have tried hun
dreds without finding any permanent relief,
determined TO try yours. Over three years
ago / applied to you, at which timc Il was
almost Impossible for me to do any work and
Wnat did caused me great pain. had lost
thesh, poor appetite, my weight being only
10y pounds. After you fitted me with your
Best Truss" began to improve, regained
my appetite, health restored. have been able
day weigh 2l5 pounds. Can take of the
truss and the hernia does not come dewn.
do cheertully recommend il to those suffering
as did Very respectfully yours,
IT. A. MCNAB,
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Diseases Of the Eye, Ear,
Nose and Threat.
SIGHT RESTORED.

For the beneit Of those that are in dark
ness, l will state that was blind about two
years. had my eyes operated on in Augusta,
Ga;, without any benefit whatever, i heard
Of DE-, Gurley's success, and made up my
mind to Try him. On the fourth day after he
operated. my sight was restored. / can
cheerfully recommend him to suffering hu-
manity and those in darkness.
Bradley Mills. S. C. y
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trustees Sale.

hinder and by virtue of trust deed exc
~ cuted TO me April 10. 1873, by W.
Prescott, to secure L. B. Mcfarland in the
sums therein mentioned; and under the order
of the Chancery Court of Shelby county, en-
tered May g. 1888, in the cause of l.. b. Nc
Farland VS.. VIM. Allen ct al, reviving the
order of June IS, 1882, in the same cause, de-
fault having been made in meeting the pay
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KEOKUK, IowA.--Dr. Z. E. Fuller
says: 81 have used Browns Iron Bitters
in my own family with excellent results. ..