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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-17
Wanted Daughters.

IAauhhN lThfeler.
Nov that we are engaged" said
Miss PottleWorth, come and let me
introduce you to papa"
u believe have met him, replied
young Spiesle.
But IN another capacity than that
Of sOn-in.law."
"Yes-but I'd rather not meet him
to night.
"Ob, you must, and despite the al
most violent struggles Of the young
fellow he was drawn into the library
where a large, red faced man, with .
sqlint in one eye and an enlargement
Ct the nose, sat looking over a lot Of
papers IM
Father, said the girl.
Hub, be replied, without looking
up.
(" wish 10 present to you
WHAT he exclaimed, looking up
and catching eight Of young Spickle
Have you the impudonce to follow me
hereg Didn't | tell you that would
see you tomorrow"
Why, father, you don't know Mr..
Spiekle, do your"
81 don't know bis name, but, DIN
him, know that be has been 10 my
olhce three times q day for The past
week With a bill. know him well
enough. can't pay that bill to night.
young man. Come to my office to-
morrow. a4l
II hope" said Spickle, That you do
not think so i'll Of me. Ihave not come
to collect the bill you have referred
10, but"
THE devil Got another One?q
You persist in Misunderstanding
me. | did not come to collect a bill, |
can come 10 morrow and see You about
that. Tonight | proposed 10 your
daughter, and have been accepted.
Our mission is to aequaint you with
the tact and to ask your consent to our
marriage.
SWELL" said the old fellow. "is
that all? Blamed 4 / didn't think Won
had a bill Take the girl, If that's
what you want; but say, didn't |
tell you to bring the bill to my Office
tomorrow" IL N
ayes. sir"
We'll, you needn't. Our relations
are different now. | wish | had a
daughter for every bill collector in
town
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-17
Blessed BeneractOrs.

When board Of eminent physicians and
chemists announced the discovery that by
combining some we'll known valuable rene
dies. the most wonderful medicine was pro-
duced, which would cure such a ide range Of
diseases that most all other remedies could DO
dispensed with, many we're skeptical; but
proof Of Its merits by actual trial has di :
PEELED all doubt. and to day the discoveries
Of that great medicine. Hop Bitters, are
honOred and blessed by all a. bsneiac-
tors These BtteIs are compounded from
Hons, Buchu, Malt, Mandrake and Dande-
lion and other oldest, best, and most valua-
BILE medicines In the world and contain all
the best and most curative properties Of all
other medicines, being the greatest Blood
Purifier. Kidney and Liver Regulator, and
Life and Health Restoring Agent on earth.
No d ssase or i'll health can possibly long
exist where these Bitters are used, 90 varied
and perfect are their operations.
They. give new life and yigor TO the aged
and inhrm. To all whose employmenls cause
irregularity Of the bowels or urinary organs,
or who require an Appetizer, Tonic and mild
umulAnt. these Bitters a. invaluable, bein z
highly curative, tonic and stimulating, with
out Intoxicating.
NO matter what your feelings or symptoms
are, what the disease or ai'ment is, use Hon
biuers. Don't wait until you are sick. but
II you only feel bad or miserable, use the Bit
ters a once. II may save your life. Hundreds
have been saved by so doing. evs500T6u
will DO paid for case THY will net cure or
help.
Do not suffer yourself or let your friends
suffer, but use and urge them to use Hog
Bitters.
Remember. Hop Bl,ters Is the purest and
best medicine ever made; the "Invalid'p
Friend and Hope" No person or family
should be without them.
Il WIS troubled for many years with geri-
Gus Kidney and Liver Complaint, Gravel,
etc; my blood became thin; / was dull and
Inactive; could hardly crawl about, and was
an old worn out man all over, and could get
nothing 10 help me, until / got Hop Bitters,
and now l am a boy again. Ny blood Is pure,
bidneys are all right, and am az active as q
man nf 30, although l am u -FATHER.
For ten years my wife was confined 70 her
bed y it'll such a comp icaiion Of ailments
that DO doctor could tell what was the mat
ter or cure her, and | used up small fortune
in humbug stuff. Six months ago / saw q U.
5 flag With Bop Bitters on n, and / thought
! Wou d be a fool once more, and | tried IL,
but my folly. proved 10 be wisdom, and two
bottles cured her,the Is now as we'll and strong
as any mans wife, and II cost me only two
dollars. W., Detroit, Mich.
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music FOR THE mULE.
The Unhappy Hybrid UnfoIds
q Tall.
mi. FleId md Rarn, Nor. Q.

A traveller through the towns of tho
cotton States cannot fail TO note thu
great number and high quality OF th,
mules, and to wonder at the fact thai
oil OF them, without exception. hay,
their tails closely shaver.
More than fifty years back the prac
tlee Of surreptitiOusly shaving The tails
OF horses at camp meetings aud other
places OF amusement became such 4
nuisance in Virginia as to call for leg.
islation for its suppression, and nov
the statutes Of the Old Dominion. anC
probably some other States, make Il ,
felony for any one to clip the caudsI
appendage Of any horse save his owD.
Why a shaver tail should be de.
gra ling or injurious to horse and moi
10 his half brother, the mule, Is onf
OF those things which no fellow can
find out.
WilliamShuf, a distinguished horse
trader from the blue grass country
about Lexington, and noted for bis
horse sense, GA being asked the
reason for this apparently wsnton
Disagreement OF the mule, seriously
answers that il is a sanitary preoaution
to insure the health OF the animal. and
the same reason is given by other
parties who have been consulted We
don't believe u word of it; it's more
probably device Of lazy groom 10
escape the labor and possibly danger
OF eombing out the burs. Or is Il a
Whim Of that tickle jade, fashion
Which made our grandsires wear pie
tails, put the martial mu staohe on Tho
upper lips Of our young preacbors
and would-if it eould-put Bang
and a bnstle on tho Venus OF Mediei
herself2 0''i
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BALTIMORE's SOCIAL SCAN
DAL.
How Mr.. Williams Interfered in
the Marriage OF His Daughter
With sir Henry Herbert.

A Baltimore special says; 1t is ru'
mored that the engagement Of Miss
Rebecca Williams, the Baltimore
heiress, aud Sir Henry Herbert, mem
Der OF Parliament and owner OF the
Muckross estate in Ireland, is "oh,
and that the groom elect will not 70,
turn to this country again. twill be
remembered that the marriage was to
have taken place tomorrow at 81
paul's church, this city, and that
nearly thousand invitations bad been
issued. Last night it was formally
announced BY the brides family that
owing to Miss Williams having been
injured while horseback riding the
nuptials had been deferred until Jan
uary, and that Sir Henry Herbert had
departed for Europe to attend to some
business matters and would return
about Christmas.
Friends of Herbert say the brides
father insisted upon his daughter
making over property to him prior to
the marriage, to be held 10 trust for
her sole use. To this Sir Herbert
objected, and it is said a stormy time
was had at the Williams mansion on
Thursday evening last, which resulted
in Sir Herbert bidding adieu to his
afianced and leaving that evening for
New York, from whencs he sailed
yesterday on the steamer Britannia
for Europe. The statement that Miss
Williams was injured is also denied,
and Herbert's friends say that such q
report was only circulated by her
lamily to suppress the scandal.
The brides father is receiving all
the blame for the affair and it Is al
legged his opposition to the wedding is
his objection to permitting his daugh
ters estate, worth $4,000, passing
out Of his family. II is also said that
Sir Herbert is a poor man, that al.
though he is the owner Of the Muck.
ross estate it is heavily mortgaged and
his income is quite small.
In conversation with an intimate
friend of Herberts to day yeur cor
respondent was informed that Herbert
was DESTROYS that the bride elect
should retain sole charge of her prop.
erty, but was opposed to her transfer
riDg it TO her father
us the marriage indefinitely post
pOned2 asked your correspondent.
Not exactly" was the reply; you
can rest assured of one thing, that
Miss Williams and Sir Herbert will
marry, Notwithstanding the fathers
opposition. Sir Herbert left 10 an
ger, but | understand that arr
rsugements are now being made
for Miss Williams to Join him,
and before a month passes they
will be man and wife" In connec-
ton with the gossip as to the post
ponement Of the ceremony, the fact
has been recalled that MIR. Williams
son, who married against his fathers
will 9 year ago, is not on speaking
terms with his father and charges that
be was induced to visit Europe in the
hope Of breaking of the match, and
that while under undue influence be
was persuaded to sign a paper whereby
be reiinquished all his right to an
estate worth $500, 900 in consideration
Of a yearly sum Of $500.
A suit to set a side the deed Of trust
is now being tried in court here, The
entire affair is q mysterious one, and
is he chief topic Of conversation in
social circles.
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Some Pumpkins.



Among the many excellent products
o. Talbot county soil there is none
That exeels the pumpkin 10 lis line
unless 1t be "geneWine articklo oy
possum and later" Several of our
youthful citizens we're discussing poll.
tics, religion and the general state Of
the Republic in front Of our Office The
other evening whom all of a sudden
the remarks drilted pumpkinward and
all hands let in to tell pumpkin yarn
and We ave EN- as fellows:
Yarn No. l. BE- General NJ Betbune
lie once knew a patch Of pumpkins
plantedlon a steep hillside in Talbot
county, and the pumpkins grew "a
large that nne would occasionally
break loose from the vine and roll
down the hill with such force as h
break loose a whole wagon load N
pumpkins, with which it would come
~ 1 contact on its descent from The
Yarn No. ?. By Major f. r
Smith. He knew man in Talbot
county who once said that old Uncle
Dick Ammons, who lived near Ccn
treville, planted a pumpkin patch
close 70 cotton field Of his neiehbor
and that the vines of the pumpkin
patch grew so tremendously that thew
climbed the neighbor's fence In.
y4ded his cotton Geld and sctually
destroyed three and half acres N
cotton cotton ey the luEuriance Of ItEe
Yarn No. 3 BY General Boti,upe
A scrap from bis own experience. H.
ssys he can prove il By lots Of wit
nosses; He planted one year ono.
twelfth Of an acre in pumpkins. His
'amily gathered and ate as sQuashes
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-17

Ay AAb8
The eminent actress Emily Rigl,
who is very popular in New York city,
and who will play the leading part
here Monday night in the Planters
Wife, is by birth anAustrian, and she
has slight accent which causes many
to think her French. Her father and
mother were both singers, her mother
being a Hungarian, and Miss Rigl
came to this country with her family
in the FIRST Black Crook" troupe in
1866. Emily was ballet girl of IL
years, and her sister was a premiere
danseuse. The actress is described as
possessing strong, fine features and
dark complexion. Ia an interview
printed in last Thursdays New Or,
leans PiCayuno, the lady say;
never liked to dance. In Amers
lea ii is not a profession Of much
hsnor. One might be an artistic, yet
everywhere she is known simply as q
ballet dancer. Naturally, | tried my
best, and danced my best, and now |
am thankful for all those cruel, hard
years of pantomime study; but | hated
TO dance, My first appearance in New
Orleans was in 1867, when the BLACK
Crook" was first presented here, and
after which | danced all over the
country, and kept at il, never dream
ing Of any other profession, until IA
Then | was dancing At Days Thester,
in New York, and Mr.. DAILY insisted
on my taking a role IN new play.
My accent at that time was very bad,
and at first the idea Of acting appeared
= huge joke to me. Finally | consent
ed, and went TO studying aud succeed
ed. | have had good luck, but it was
only through hard work, and after
ward / made my best success at Wal
lacks in The Child OF the State, "
and in The Galley Slave" BARLEY
Campbell having written the part Of
;he Italian goman for me.
Abiding to the playing Of slow
music during the most thrilling scenes
Of the Planters Wife" Miss Rigl
said.
must admit that | do not like il
myself. 1t is unreal unnatural; but
it is one Of the features OF the Amer
ican stage which will always exist, |
must believe. At the Theater Fran.
caise, in Paris, they have no music at
all, not even between the acts, to dis.
tract the attention OF the audience
from the play, and probably there
they would consider music during the
exciting portions Of play an inlru-
sion and distraction not to be en-.
dured
She makes a wonderful fall At the
end Of the third act Of the Planters
Wife, and she said oft.
never particularly practiced it. OF
course my long training as a danseuse
makes all manner OF posturing abso-
lutely easy to me, and sometimes, when
| get intensely interested and excited
during the play, | often feel myself
stretching to my fullest height, or 10
other words, standing on the very
tips Of nay toes When | first prsc-
-ticed stage TALL | invariably quietly
sat down. | soon learned to simply
let 70 OF myself.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-17
A HIgh standard.

The New York Tribune says: Once
more We are informed that the Wash
ingtoh Monument is going to be the
tallest thing on earth, lOfiier than all
the Pyramiis, or all the cathedral
spires. But is that the best monu
ment great Nation can rear to the
memory Of It's first President? Can
the science Of this century do nothing
better than to pile up stone higher
than the PhAraohs OF old Egypt Can
the civilization and art Of this age find
no worthier work than this meaning
less aud ugly stone post; which lacks
all the grace and beauty, the skill and
the sacred symbolism OF the cathe-
drals. and equals them only in height
There is but one monument to Wash
ington that is worth rearing by this
Nation. When we can elect Presi.
dent go lofty, unselfsh and grand in
character as to be worthy Of his seat,
after century Of development, and
when the Nation can elect him with a
deoency OF conduct, a purity Of sui
trage, and patriotism OF purpose
that shall prove that the people Of
the nineteenth century have risen
above the people Of the eighteenth,
that will be true and imperishable
honor to the name OF the Father Of
his Country. Otherwise, pile Of stone
6ill not show muoh progress.
The Democratic party can furnish
such man, one worthy by reason Of
lofty, uaselfsh character to succeed
Washington, but we cannot think Of
more than dozen prominent Repub-
licans that would Gil the above meas
ure. The next Washington, or even
Jackson, viii be q Democrat.
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Thrown ARainst a Cnb.

some four monihr aso. while doinr some
ahifting, / was thrown against the cab 81 my
engine and my back vas severely Injured. II
sdected my Kidneys, and was II The tins In
iueh Pain that had to let my fireman take
the engine. found after getting home that
my water was Affected from the srain and
vas almost the color Of blood. Ny wife ad.
yissd me to use Hunts Remedy. which we
had used before for other troubles. l sent to
Bisselfs drug store for a bottle, and after
using Il a short time the painsin myl back
and kidneys were fast diaapDearihs. The
second bottle cured me completely and can
most heartily recommend Hunts Remedy to
the many Of my railroad companions that
ind are troubled so much with kidney trOu-
blss. Respectfully yeufs,
HESRY McGIxSIs,
Engineer, N c&:HRRR.
Rnma \ Y I,r. q 1ala
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-17

The public has been repeatedly
assured that the jstties below New
Orleans are a failure. This seems to
come from the minds OF interested or
preiudiced persons. Facts speak
louder than the assertions of cranks.
When the largest steamship in the
world except one can 90 through the
jetties successfully with more bales Of
cotton aboard than we're ever before
carried TO sea from New Orleans, it
is about time for the croakers to dry
up and tackle something else that the
people know less about. The Plea.
yune Of the 18th says Through the
magnificent channel provided by the
jstties, the steamship SilveIton went
safely to sea Tuesday night at $40,
carrying a larger number Of bales Of
cotton than any vessel ever before
carried away from this or any other
cotton port in a single cargo. No
mishap occurred. The Silverton,
which drew % feet 2 inches aft and
p feet 6 inches forward on leaving
the wharf, and the Rochester, which
drew rs feet 3 inches, last January,
are helargest drafts yet taken through
the jetties. The City Of New York
went to sea this month drawing
26 feet, aud the Egyptian Mon,
arch drawing "A feet 3 inehss.
These facts fully demonstrate that our
port ranks second to none in the
Bnited States. The Silvertons cargo
is worth word. She carried out TO-
6ls bales Of cotton aud other matters,
making the whole equal to 1880
bales. The average weight Of the
cotton was 4S0 pounds. The minor
cargo was composed Of 1904 tons oil
cake, 10000 pips slaves, $50 hogshead
slaves and 24,l2S bushels corn. The
Silverton is owned by the India Rub.
Der, Gutta Peroha aud Telegraph
Works Company (limitedl, Of London.
With the single exception Of the
Great Eastern, she is the largest
freight carrier aaoat. She has been
engaged 70 lay the new cable for
james Gorden Bennett, of the New
York Herald, and j. W. Mackey, Of
California
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-17


Post-onice order iorsLoO viii buy
three bottles OF BoNKoCINE, the only
harmless vegetable compound ever
offered which positively cures and pre-
vents the coniagion oinrv and all 70.
nereal diseases.
The constant, perevenng and uni
versal use Of this reI.,edy would effect
uRlly wipe out all yencreal diseases
from the face Of the earth. @. and @.
can neither be contracted nor exist
when It Is used, because It destroys by
mere contact 1t allays all pain, sub
dues the Inflammation and promotes
quiet slumbers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-17
Eminent ~. Louis Physicians
Say;

NUIutH'8 LII uIu HttI IOnIC Is
very agreeable article of diet, and par
ticularly useful when TONES are required,
as it 4 tolerated when other forms Of
animal food are rejected. In Diphtheria,
Ague, Malaria, Typhoid Fevers and
every depressing disease, lis use is most
advantageous. We have prescribed it
with excellent success" J II Leslie, NJ
D. G 2 Copp NJ D; S B Parsons, II D;
X A Vaughan, NJ ID; Drs S L and j G
Niedelet VIM Porter, NJ d, and many
Others. Remember the name COL
nENIs-taka no nthar
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-17

TIE Knoxville people are naturally
jubilant over receiving the railroad
shops Of TIE entire East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad system
The old shops located at that place
although said to be the largest in the
South, are inadequate to the great in
crease Of business. One hundred
acres Of land, known as the Armstrong
tract, a mile north Of the city, has
been purchased for $4,000 for the
new shops The old ones around the
depot will be entirely removed. Its
inferred that the main shops Of the
entire system Of over 1000 miles, in.
eluding the Memphis and Charleston
railroad, will be concentrated at
Knoxville. The place has many ad
vantages, natural aud artificial, as q
railroad center, in high, healthy
region, and within easy reach Of iaex.
haustible iron and coal fields, marble
quarrieS and forests.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-17

MEssRs. ]. ]. and S. NJ. Wealth
erly, worthy young men Of Jackson,
have bought the Bolivar Bulletin.
They are both practical printers and
will, no doubt, make the Bulletin a
live paper and a success.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-17

For the benefit Of those desiring to
emigrate to Dakota and localities in
the Northwest and fer West, the Chi
eago, Milwaukee & g. Paul Railway
Company has published an illustrated
pamphlet Of twenty pages, full Of com.
mon sense facts and valuable iniorma.
ton and statistics, which will be sent
rec Of charge, by addressing A. v. II.
Carpenter, General Passenger Agent,
Milwaukee, Wis. ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-17

THE salary Of the Governor Of Ten.
hessee is only $1,000 per annum, aud no
perquisites The duties Of the ofice
have been greatly increased by late
aets OF the Legislature, making the
Governor a member Of the Funding
Board, and requiring various other
labors not heretofore expected. Its
almost as hard work as editing news
paper. not many editors Of daily
papers could afford to take the place
TOR the mere matter Of compensation,
and they have learned long ago that
glory will not buy a beeisleak or pay a
weeks board in Nashville any.
where else
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from that patch before they were ripe
at least 400 pumpkins, and he gath
cred from the same patch 400 more
large ripe pumpkins, making 800
pumpkins 10 all from One-twelfth of
ar acre.
Yarn No. 4. By T. c. Belyeu, who
came up just as the last pumpkin yarn
rolled down the hill. That's moth
ing" says Tom; Il once owned a
pumpkin vine in a garden Of mine,
and from it We ate about 80 or 100
small pumpkins as squashes and then
gathered 90 large ripe pumpkins after
frost of the same vine. This was
100 pumpkins from the vine.
Coughs. IEoarseness. Sore
Throat, etc, quickly relieved by
BRowS's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs. A sim
pie and effectual remedy, superior to all
other articles for the same purpose. Sold
only in boxes.
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A we'll known uilroader write. as

A well known nlilroader writes a.
follows:
ATLANTA, FRR'Y p. 1854.
Bonkocine Co.: 81" Earlyin JanuaryI
commenced the use Of BONKoCINE
for bad case Of G. which had bafled
the SKIN tnd medicines OF Eve phyzi.
cians,end three bottlesr cured mesound
and we'll Host no time, used no other
remedy and DID not change my diet
II lisa blessing to those whose paths arc
not bright"
Discard MI oapHu,es, oopabiG, etc. and
use that which never fails, and win
keep you cured Ter life by acting asa
preventive.
One bottle si.S0 or three TOT 500
Sold by druggists. Expressed on 70.
neipt prize.
MliKOCISE CO..
iSl6whilehAll Street,
avan's. ~
For sale by s. MANSFIELD & co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-17

Donald, Of Indiana, for President.
A good nomination, Judge. We do
not at present think Of a better one
that could be made.
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ais MAIN and 81 ADAMS sTREETs.
On SalurdaY. neoemI,er

Vn Saturday, December /, 1853,
az o'clock m, in front Of the courthouse.
m main street, Memphis, will sell al hub.
v suction, 70 the. highest bidder for eash.
!ne sioiloN ing described lot Of land. situated
u oneipy county, Tennessee, In the n rtion
.1ereot known as Fort Piol ine. I'd bopnd.
"a as iollows' wit: BeRinniug at the north.
east corner Of Fourth and Division stTsets,
.a,R thence east 900 Get toa stake; thence
ieet; thence east 70 Fiflh street 2o0 fest,.
snence north with Fifth street 80 feet; thenee
West 70 Fourth street 400 feet; thence foutb
WIN Fourth street 80 feet to the point Of Be.
sell under deed Of trust executed 10 mn
~ Il furgeson, which Is recorded In ths
Register office Of Shelby county. Tennss-
see, in Record Book No. lO3. psse Isl. and
p request q the holders Of the notes SOC ured
Equity Of redemption waived.
90 10 LL JK VERNON. TrusEae N
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nnRNRTr,n llnf,n,1Dp

Tho Best and Cheapest Hair Dressing
1t kills danduf, ,allays irritation, and
promotes a vigorous growth OF the Hair.
BurBetps FiaVOrIng EXTRACTS
are, Invariably ACKNOWLEDGED the purest
and be.i.