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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-18
NOn.ResidenI NOl1ne.


No. y209 In the Chanoery Court of Shal.
by county, Tenn.--Ihe State Of Tennessee
vs. W h Butler OF al. S''''
1T appearing, from sherifrs return in this
4 cause that the DEFENDANTS David Mc9Tu-
Peter Pearl and Maggie Bowlss. are not tn
he found in hiG county. 10' "
II is therefore ordered that they make the.y
appearance herein, atthe courthouse Of Shell.
By county, In Memphis. Cenn., on OF before
the first Monday In June, 1899. and nIeSd.
ansEsT OS ,aemur TO complainant amended
bull nled herein OF the same win be taken
Tor confessed as TO them and set for heaTiSe
Ssx,pertei S and that 9 cory Of this order 10 p1b'
the Public LEDGER. 'A' ~
This 18th day oi Apyil, 1858.
R. 4. BLACK, Olsss and Master
Rl AZ Bradley, d, Q. \ M,
NV Hampton,sol for eOmpl't.
24Sble1
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-18
TwO Braud.New sprlng Ronneis

Nefs
Two new aud pretty spring bonnets
are the COrday and Bonne Mannan,
the latter being . small bonnet with
rows of pleated lace around the brim,
giving il much the appearance Of a
cap The crown is close and covered
with velvet, with a jeweled buckle
and noddiDg aigre tia set al one side.
This model is becoming to iaunty
looking, round, rosy faced girls, who
wear their hair in furry waves over
their forehead, The COrday is much
tho same shape, but has loose crown
An elegant bonnet in this style Is
made OF dark emerald green velvet,
the soft Moorish crown being Of velvet
and the brim of the same, put on
smooth and bias and yelled with two
rows Of gold lace An emerald studied
CLASP fastenS cluster Of golden wheat
heads which fall over the left side Of
the hat.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-18

Miss Agnes Langtry, sister of the
Lily's husband, made up With the
beauty and they parted on good terms
before she sailed on the City Of Rich
mond last Monday. That story about
the young lady having caught beau
was slanderous
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-18
New Kind of Entertainment.


The latest invention in the line of
entertainments 10 chat known as the
1pelestiaI Party" The door of the
hall or vestry which is TO be the scene
OF the festivities is marked off into
orbits and numerous young ladies.
handsomely and fancifully dressed to
represent the planets, such as Ceres.
hygela, Astr@l, Vesta, Ariadne, Flora
and "erpsichore, revOlve and rotate
through these orbits AROUND a young
man dressed 10 fame c0lored habiliS
ments 10 his satellites in poetry and
prose. Smith College has the honor
OF having originated this unique style
o. entertainment, which tekec place
when ihe young LADIES celebrate hays
lpg unishod the studs Nfastronomy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-18
The WeaIher.

WASHINGTON, April l8.-For the
South Atlantic States, fair weather,
northeast to southeast winds and high
or barometer on the coast; stationary
or 4 slight rise in Temperature.
For the Gulf States, increasing
clogdlnsse end local rains in the west
portions warmer, south 70 west winds,
and lower barometer.
For ienressee and the Ohio valley,
increasing Cloudiness and local rains;
warmer, southerly to southeast winds
during the rest Of Wednesday, ard
lower barometsg,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-18
NOn.ResIdenf Nofioe.

No. S299 MIN the Chancery Court ofghaIbv
county, Tenn.-The State Of Tennessee vs
W Il Butler ct al, ''
Tappearing from Sheriff return In this
J. cause that the defendants, Ms. 4 a vii.
hford, John Gage and Jacob VoArhies. are
not TO be found in his county, @'s
ltisthereiore ordered that they make their
by county, IN Memphis, Tenn, on or before
Nhe Rrst Monday in June. 1885. and plead.
answer .or ,demur to complainant amen Nd
bill NJ tiled herein, or he same viii Ia
taken for confessed as to them and set for
nearing ex-n9rte, and tAai a COPY Of this
order pe publiShSo onoe q week, for fo.u
sqcceasl1e yeeEs, IN the Pablic Ledger. VA
4ais nlh day Of April. 1888.
A cOpy-Attest:
n. AYBERT ] BLAcK, c aniM.
" " nA| fsoh, sol for eomp'I. E2ls s. eC
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-18
Prohibition I'M IIIinni.

CHICAGO, April lS,-TsrOaghout
tllinGis yesterday forty-eight cities
and towns voted upon the liquor dues
ton and in balloting for muuicipal
officers. { Seventeen declared for pro
hlbiVOn gF aptisliaeaSe shirty.one
declared fog license, and At the latter
six were fOf high license. -Four
towns ignored the saloon question and
voted on straight political issues,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-18

TWENTY felens, among them several
of the very worst in the State, have
escaped from the lessees in Phillips
county, Ark inside of the past three
months, and it is a question Of doubt
with many in the vicinity whether it
wouldn't be better to pardon criminals
than to lease them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-18

The town of Batesville, on upper
White river, is now connected with
Little Rock BY railway through a
branch with the Iron Mountain road,
1t was opened to public travel last
Monday
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-18

The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
othce d and blank book mandatory, I3
Madison street, ,execut IS every GLASS Of
such work in good style and at low
rates.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-18
MAS mic NOTICE

special commu ,ieation of ANGE, o
be held tonight, lwEDNE EsDAYj isth/N
inst, at Sa'elook, for work in the Masters
Degree; Visiting brothers traternalIy and
cordially invitd. By order Of INV
~ I. j. GRAHAM, W. NJ.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-18
AdmInistraIor,s NofIoe.

HAVING qualified ss administrator Of the
IL estats ot &. 1, Jones, this therefore ia To
notify all persons having claims against said
late to present them. duly Brobated, within
tne ni. time prescribed BY law, and those owing
406o d. +. GOODYEAR. ADM
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-18

:, Rossini's beautiful oratOrio, "statst
Mater" will be rendered at St. Peter q
church Thursday evening. Tickets
a. q mansiord's, Peabody Hotel and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-18

Music books, magazines, illustrated
papers, ETC., bound at the PUBLIC
LvDaE ? hiDdery, l3 Madison street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20
THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
Brother Gardner Explains the Cause of the
Workingman's Disoontent.

Brother Gardner Explains the Cause of the
Workingman's Discomfort,
Detroit Free Press.
How does your club stan on de working
man question:
Brother Gardner read these lines from
letter on his desk, and, after looking around
upon his audience, replied:
who am de workingmao? He am 4 ma
chinist, carpenter painter, gazer, car-buid-
er, molder, woOd-sawer or Whitewater.
He works for wages. De amount of wages
am determined by de need Of his services by
de price of what he helps to make, by de
demand fur it, and by de profits his EN-
ployer makes. A contractor Kin no mo pay
a carpenter 81 a day dan de carpenter kin
pay seventy-hve cents pound fur butter.
DE law OF supply an demand doan' fix de
rate of wages altogether. A man kin be wuth
only sartin sum at any craft. Working
men realise dis as we'll as philosophers, De
workingman has just as far show as de
merchant. Supply an demand regulate
prices, an goods are with only so much to
any consumer
81 has no tears to shed ober what am
termed de condishun of de laborin' classes.
De boy who sots out to larn a trade betters
himself instead of sacrifcin' anythin'. De
man who am airnin So day ought to lib in
S2-a-day style. If he kin arm mo- let him
spend mo-. II he can't let hin'be satisfied.
De average workin' man Ibis in a comfort
able cottage and has it comfortably fur
nished. His Condishun, as dey call it, am
robust health, sound sleep, plenty to eat, a
good fire, children in school, an a pipe an a
newspaper arter supper. De workin' man
has no business buyin' what he cannot afford.
An what has popped up in de last score
O Vars to make de iaborin man discomfort
ed? l tell We, my friends it is de spirit O.
false pride dat am playin de ole bow wild de
man who has to work for his money. He
wants to appear better off dan
he rally is. He wants a house
better dan he kin afford. He wants to
furnis it better dan he kin afford. His
daughter mus have an organ or palmer his
son war fine cloze, an his wife walk out in
garments nebber intended fur her. 1t takes
mo- dan gein' wages to keep up dis false
show. l doan believe dar am one workin'
man in fifty who am satisfied to lib wdin
his income. Ii de man was satisfied his wife
wouldn't be. 1t has got so dat de daughter
of a laborin' man am ashamed of the fack
1t has got so dat gals consider it disgrace to
do housework. 1t has got so dat sons of la
borin' men want to spend money fast, an
sunthin has got to drap When de daugh-
ter of a Whitewater an de wife OF a wood
saver mus have fu-lined cloaks de con
dishn of de laborin' classes am sunthin' dat
no one man kin tackle. Let us purceed to
purceedins,"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20
Little Feet.

Two little feet small. that both may nestle
In one oaressing hand
Two tender feet upon the untried border
OF life's mysterious land.
Dimpled and soft, and pink as peach tree
blossoms
In APTils fra grant days,
How can they walk among the brery tangles
Edg1ng the worlds rough ways?
These white rose feet along the doubtful future
Must bear wOman's load;
AiasI since woman has thB heaviest burden
And walks the hardest road.
Love for awhile will make the path before them
All dainty, smooth and fair
VIII Gull away the bramble, letting only
The roses blossom there.
But when the mothers watchful eyes are
shrouded
Away from the sight of men,
And these dear feet are left without her guild
ing,
Who shall direct them thenq
win they go stumbling bliudly in the darkness
or sorrows fearful shades,
Or ind the upland slopes of peace and beauty,
Whose sunlight never fades2
How shall 1t be with her, the tender stranger
Fair-faced AID gentle-eyed,
before whose unstained feet the worlds rude
highway
Stretches so strange and wide
All! who may read the future? For our darling
We Grave all blessings sweet.
And pray that He who feeds the crying ravens
VIII guide the babys feet.
Florence Percy
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20
Couldn't Be Expected To.

Detroit Free Press.
Two ladies entered a Fort street car one
day recently and took seats beside lady
we'll known to one of them. She gave her
friend an introduction, and directly this one
remarked:
II think 1 saw you at the - Street
Church one Sunday, several weeks ago"
YES"
you seemed to be as much Disguised with
the sermon as l was, for l saw that you were
terribly uneasy"
Yes" again.
'Did you ever hear a worse preacher in all
your life?'
well, perhaps"
81 never did, and l haven't been there
since"
The conversation then ratified off on some
other subject, and by and by the two ladies
got off.
81 wonder why she didn't agree with me
about that preacher queried the one who
had blasted him.
why, how could you expect her to?
She's that very ministers wife,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20
A WOMAN'S REASON.
Why Sweet Gladys Wept, Until the Man in
the Moon SObbed from sympathy.


Chicago Tribune.
God pity me!''
Gladys McNulty, usually so proud and
composed, and who moved about in the little
world of those who knew her with the state
ly grace of a New York Post editorial. sanl,
on a fauteuil as she uttered these words and
sobbed as if her shoestrngs would break. In
the lindens that lined the entrance to Brier-
ton Villa the robin redbreasts were trilling
their merriest lays. And yet, lying there on
the fauteuil, whose velvety surface is not
more soft than her cheek, Gladys McNulty
is sobbing away the hours of this beautiful
June morning and ever and anon there comes
from between her white lips a low, desparing
moan that is pitiful in its sad intensity. But
finally the cOnvulsive sobs that are racking
her dress-wast grow fainter, and in a little
while she sits up, the pink suffusion Of a
blush telling all too plainly which side she
had been lying on.
And as she sits there, gazing listlessly into
the middle of next week, her mother, a
pleasant-faoed woman, enters the room.
why are you weeping, Gladys" she
asks.
The girl does not answer, and strive as she
may to keep down the sobs that are yelling
up from her heart the effort is in vain, and
again the pretty face is believed with tears.
But an instant later she has conquered
her emotions and looks bravely up at her
mother
Il will tell you, mamma" she says, "the
that you cannot go to the matinee to-mor-
row."
and why may not go?'
Because" answered Gladys, in voice that
is hoarse with agony, 81 have concluded to
take it in myself"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20
Lightning-Rod Profits.

rhilade phia Record.
Il have seen the time l could make $50 a
day putting up lightning-rods. Drive up to
a house and talk to a man about rodding his
barn at so much foot, and he would figure
that it would cost, say, SIG, and he would
sign an order Before the ink was cold I would
have seven or eight men, with ladders all
over that barn. They would go over it like
cats Oh back fence and put their points on
every corner and conductors down every side.
The farmer and his family would look on in
Amusement, and be so pleased with the i'm
proved look of the old barn that they would
not kick at the number of points. Then we
would go of without collecting the bill,
and in about a week our collector
would come along with a bill for
1887 At. and the farmers note, all signed,
and demand the pay The farmer might
faint away, but he had to pay it. Oh, of
course, if he seemed hurt, we would throw
off the odd cents, just to show Christian
spirit But the condemned newspapers have
kept talking about highway robbery under
the disguise of lightning-rod peddlers until
it is as much as mans life is worth to go
through the country on a lightning rod
wagon. Actually, they chased me out of
Dodge county two years ago with dogs At
least thought they were after me, butt
found out after got out of the country alive
that it was pack of hounds belonging to
Van Brunt, of Horizon. after a fox. But
want to say to you, in confidence that when
l heard those hounds and saw the men on
horseback no streak of creased lightning
ever made better time than [ did with that
lightning rod wagon"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20

Ton tress found in old folio of wycherly.)
Some dead girls hair! All. who can say
II next q fond neart once it lay;
Or, cast with cynic jest aside.
Was after used-since some deride-
To mark this rare old vicious playl
HAPPY its owner had her day
OF rOut, intrigue and passions sway,
Whose latest subject priced with pride
Some dead girls halrl
Or vet, perchauce a curled roue
Came, sOft-shod, seeking his pure prey:
Paywrights, We know now men have lied,
How weary hearts, betrayed, have sighed,
Haa this her 2auge-tress flung away
Some dead girls hair2
John Moran, in Life,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20
THEN AND NOW.
Mrs Popperman Regales Her Husband with
Comparisons.


My dear" said Mrs. Popperman to her
husband last evening, II was looking over a
bundle OF old letters to-day, and found this
one, which you wrote to me before we were
married, when you were young and senti-
mental"
what does it say%'
"Pll read it,
Sweet idol of my lonely heart: If thou
wilt place thy hand in mine, and say, dear
love, I'll be thy bride, We'll fly away to some
far realm-we'll fly to sunny Italy, and
meath soft, cerulean skies Wen bask and
sing and dream of naught but love. Rich
and costly paintings by old masters shall
adorn the walls of the castle III give thee.
Thy bath shall be of milk. A box at the
opera shall be at thy command, and royalty
shall be thy daily visitor Sweet strains OF
music shall lull thee at eventide, and warb-
ling birds shall wake thee from thy morning
slumber Dost thou accept? Say yes, and
fly, oh! fly, with me-"
And | few" said Mrs Popperman. "But
if had been as fly as l am now, l wouldn't
have flown"
why not, dear"
"Why not? Have you done as you prom
ised in that letter? When we were married,
did we fly to sunny Italy and bask meath
soft, cerulean skies or did we go to Hobo
ken and spend two weeks fishing for cells on
the edge of the wharf,
"Well, yes"
''And how about the pictures? You know
very we'll that every rich and costly paint
ing in this house is chrome from the tea
store"
"Wen"
"'Thy bath shall be of milk Do battle
in milk? Do battle In milk. or is it like
pulling teeth every morning to get ten cents
out of you to buy milk for the baby?'
"Kinder."
royalty shall be thy daily visitor The
only daily visitors have are the book agents
and clam peddlers."
'Taint my fault"
Sweet strains of music shall lull thee at
eventide. The only chance l have to listen
to sweet strains OF music is when you and l
go out walking at night and follow a monkey
and hand-org around the block"
"Oh, am so sleepy"
81 don't care if you are. Where are the
warblng birds you promised me? l hear
Mrs. Magnis's Growing roosters next door
every morning. Perhaps they are what you
meant"
"Well. never mind"
"But 1 will mind. L was to have a box at
the opera Where is it? The only time
go to an opera is when you get bill posters
tickets TO a dime museum"
ITS too bad"
sit is really too bad And then you said
we'd talk and dream of naught but love.
Since l married you we've talked and dreamt
of naught but rent. Goodnight, sir" and
Mrs, Popperman turned out the gas and
jumped into bed, leaving Mr. Popperman to
bark his shins against the bureau in trying
to grope to bed in the dark.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20
The Ho,neMard Road.


Who thinks that he and those who think with
him
Have entered on the highway Of the Lord,
And every other soul is wide astray,
Has read has route frem eff an ancient scroll
He understands at heart no more than one
30 widowed, torn and rotten with the years
That he must patch, ere read, the gaping holes
Gnawed by the tooth of time from out the text,
With shreds of thought from his own shallow
brain.
The soul that thinks OF Gods eternal rest
AS some grand city walled against regret,
80 it but enter into burgher's rights
From which a fellow mortal shall be barred,
Not simply seeks a loving Fathers house,
But fain would find a pompous, kingly court,
Where lip-born praise shall win the courter's
ends;
To be in place above their fellows set,
Like those who lolI through lives of languid
ease
And for their earthly elevation pay
The fefage OF a sycOphantic knee,
Nor care that all the path up which they
crawled
hVas paved with suffering, crushed and broken
hearts.
NhO thinks of ever-rislng smoke of He'll
As insense in the nostrils of the Lord,
BIAS bat a COMMON sculion's mind and taste,
whose thoughts are level with his life,
Deeming the odors from his foul domain
Fdere rare and sweet than all the rich perfumes
Exhaled from flowers in salon vases set.
No ladder runged with moonbeam rays of light
Hoo frail in earthward plant and sKyward rest
70 bear aught save a aream-bern angels tread,
Shall scale the rugged steepe the soul must win
That looks with upward gaze towards its rest;
Nor by the winding paths OF Babel tewers
Shall man rise DER the wrongs and sins of earth,
And their most sure, just pu uishment evade;
But by the carven stairway of his deeds,
Wrought on the rock-rbbed walls OF circun-
stance,
To help his fellows climb to heights he seeks,
whose peaks above the clouds of earthly wrong
Overlook an ever-peaceful land of rest,
Therefrom approached, not by an edge-sharp
bridge
Hung Ger yawning hell like AL STRAIT,
But by roadway, plain and buttressed strong,
Built by power which his imperfect deeds
Has wrought to perfect cubes, and piled in piers
That will not culver to his toilsoms tread
When he shall pass with his full pilgrim pack
And all his earthly burdens loaded down.
Ben D. House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20

Two summer idyls: ~ An humble boy,
with Shining pail, Went gladly singing
Adown the dale, To where the cow with The
brindle tail On clover her palate did Regale.
An humble bee did Gayly sail Far over the
soft and Shadowy vale. To where the boy
with the Shining pail, Was milking the COW
With the brindle tail. e. The bee lit down
on the Cows left ear; Her heels flew up
through The Atmosphere-And, through the
leaves of A chestnut tree, The boy scared
Into Eternity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20
OneRs.

As, ere the storm. silence fills the world,
No blade is stirred, no banner is unfurled
In conscious field or wood;
SO, all the morning, hushed and tranced with
fear,
seemed to see a messenger draw near,
Whose errand was rot good.
] turned, and 10! within the open door
The ono deemed beet with Derils sore,
Close by me, smiling, stood.
IL
know net why II said that summer night
The heart in me should be so weudrous light,
30 sweet each moments breath;
Assurance kind greets me from every star;
Tho all-gathering breeze, that hastens from
afar,
How glad a thing it SAITH
That was the night my friend beyond the seas
Within q tent beneath the oIlve-trees,
Turned his blue eyes death
Edith M Thomas In November Atlantic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20
why Burdette Don't Visit St. Johnsbury,

chicago News.
Robert J. Burdette, the humorist has
never been invited to make a second appear
ance in St Johnsbury VT The first and
only time he was billed for lecture there
several prominent citizens, including Mr..
Fairbanks, the scale manufacturer called on
him and told him there was a religious re-
vival in progress in the town, and they ex-
pressed the hope that he would omit every
humorous feature from his lecture, for fear
his fun might distract the minds of the
young people from religious subjects. Mr..
Burdette promised to comply with
their request, and when he APP
peared before an overlooking house
that evening he carefully eliminated from
his lecture every sentence and word that
could possibly be suspected OF conveying an
idea of humor or levity. The occasion was
more solemn than a watch meeting. The
people came to laugh, they stayed to frown,
and finally went away to swear. Burdette
was voted q three ply, four-story fraud and
the emotions awakened by the failure of his
lecture were of such an unchristianly and
permanent nature that the religious revival
of the town dated its decline from that very
night And nowadays, whenever Burdette
has occasion to 90 through st. Johnsbury, he
stops just this side and walks around.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20

sat down outside and waited patiently until
his rival came and was smilingly received
He says it's hard if it is fair.
Some young ladies called on a married
lady to get thorough knowledge of prelim
airy arrangements for marriage estate. Among
other things asked about was feather-beds
and picking geese? She explained the
process, when one of them innUcently asked:
Mrs. D., do you scald the geese?'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20

SOcOrrO On. NJ. } News.
That which gladdened the heart of the
weary print came last night in flowing
bowl of egg-nog sent by the kind instinct of
Floyd Shaw, who always feels for the poor
laboring man. Here's to your good health"
and your kindness is only exceeded by your
good looks
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20

ChipIey (Ga) Leader.
A certain young man went to call on a
young lady. and seeing her cross the hall in
a Mother Hubbard he supposed by her APP
pearance that he had called too early, and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20
DANDRUFF

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She hair.
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