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Father Hmhhards.

The other day, when old Mai. Sol
man announced his readiness to pro
coed in the direction of church, his
wife appeared wearing a Mother Hub
bard dress. The old man intently re-
garded her few moments and asked
MARY, what sort of a coat do you
call that you have on?7
ITS a Mother Hubbard, Jeems."
Air you goingI to wear it t
church ?"
why, certainly, Jeems. The
Mother Hubbard is all the fashion.
well, I'm glad to know it. Just
wait till | get ready and I'll 60"
The old man went out into The
kitchen, took two meal sacks, cut Tho
bottoms out, sewed the tops together
and put them on in imitation OF
pantaloons. When he returned his
wife uttered a loud cry OF astonish.
ment.
Gracious, Jeems, what's that?"
"A father Hubbard
you are not a-goin' to wear them
sacks to meetin', are you?"
Yes; I've got to be fashionable tc
keep up with you. I've got as much
right to wear these meal bags as you
have to 60 in that bran sack"
"l'll take it off
"All right; off goes the Father Hub
bard" And turning away he added
TO himself: only one way to beat a
woman, and that is by agreein' with
her. IF it hadn't been for the Daddy
Hubbard Id been in mighty bad
fix
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-10-12

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-A Chronicle re-
porter was told by Mr.. Alfred j.
papin, of this city, that his nephew had
thamost obstinate case of innamma-
tory rheumatism which batfled all
kinds of treatment until st. Jacobs Oil.
the great pain-conqueror was used.
1t cured the young man, and he recon-
pents it as the greatest cure for pains
III tha world.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-10-12

Ice cream being of high tempera-
hlre impairs the teeth an ! predisposes
Them to decay. Young man, cut this
ont and show it to your girl il you
want to save money.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-10-12

BY OUR OWN Observation-Disclosures
ity judges humanity by itself, Men
are sometimes accused Of pride merely
because their accusers would be proud
themselves if they were in their
places"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-10-12

Dear me-" said good old lady on
Fiftb avenue the other evening, how
his craze for chaze for china is grow
mo Here's a New York club that is
naying $4,000 for pitcher.
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lie NAV have been little crooked, re- re-
markejtbs undertaken mourfnully, over the
remains H 4 bed bank cashier, but guess
can s,mieHlen him..
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-10-12

San Clemente, an island near Venice has
a lunatic asylum containing coo women
The majority Of whom were brought there
by unhappy love.
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PRAYING for PanA.

| AfeW nights ago a well known cit
be- of Detroit, Mich, who has been
viking for some time in the down
wad path, came ont Of his home and
stared down town for a night of en-
rolal with some old companions he
halromised to meet. His young wife
had besought him with imploring eyes
togend the evening with her, and had
reminded him of the time when even
lug. passed in her company were all
too short. His little daughter had
cug about his knees and coaxed in
her pretty, wilful way for papa" to
tel her some bedtime stories, but habit
was stronger than love for wife and
child, and he eluded their tender ques-
tining by the special sophistries the
father of evil advances at such times
from his credit fund, and went his
wav But when he was a block from
his home he found that in changing
his coat he had forgotten toremoye his
wallet. and he could not 90 out on a
drinking bout without money, even
though he knew that his family needed
it that his wife was economizing each
day more and more in order to make
up his deficits, and he hurried back and
crept softly past the windows of the
little home, in order that he might
steal in and obtain it, without running
the gauntlet of either questions or ca
resses. But something stayed his feet;
there was a fire in the CRATE within
forthe night was chill-an it lit up
the little parlor and brought out in
startling effects the pictures on the
wall. But these were as nothing to
the picture on the hearth. There, in
The soft glow Of the freight, knelt his
little child at her mothers feet, its
small hands clasped in prayer, its fair
head bowed and as its rosy lips utter
ID each word with childish distinctness,
the father listened, spellbound to the
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-10-12

The first theatre ever opened in this
country is said TO have been at Williamsburg,
Va, in l1.2 .
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Young mddle-aeed or ola d men affections fleet
if'm nrt,oa debility or k dta,nps for large
.aoa.ajiaess. with two ssa MEDICAL AZ Asso-
tie'' NoptDs pl5.FfENsAHh
tAiluS Buffalo n. l.
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Always too broad The road to ruin.

OwENToN, Ky.-Rey. J. W. Waldrop saws.
Blown Iron Bitters greatly relieved me OF
general debility and INDIGESTION
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Silver the fashionable metal---saye in
stde dollar shape.
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Baseball becomes popular because it
ia a very striking and catchy game.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-10-12

Writing a wrong is the forger',
work
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Now I lay me down to sleep,
pray the Lord my soul to keep;
If | should die before l wake,
pray the Lord my soul to take"

Sweet petition The man himself,
who stood there with bearded lips shut
tirbtIv together, had said that prayer
once at his mothers knee. Where was
that mother now? The sunset gates
had long ago unbarred to let her pass
through. But the child had not fin
ishpd: he heard her God bless mamma,
mana and my ownself" then there was
! nause. and she lifted troubled blue
ewes to her mothers face.
God bless papa" prompted the
mother, softly.
God bless papa" lisped the little
one. !,
.And-please send him home sober. :
he could not hear the mother as she
said this. but the child followed in a
clear, inspired tone:
~God-bless papa-and please-send
bim-home- sober. Amen" Mother
and child sprang to their feet in alarm
When the door opened SO suddenly, but
tbey were not afraid when they saw
Who It was-returned SO soon; but that
night when Mamie was being tucked
nm in bed after such romp with papa
che said in the sleepiest and most con
tented of voices:
aMamma, God answers most as quick
As the telephone, doesn't he?
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1.voo,. .,,ueelstiaener, the only in wen
ion b ~ aten' oId boots as straight as he"

N,,v, ia English hangman; Jasl
d q. ns.sr taiIed aer sor'oI he didn't bat
g ..,'. t'' Well Eli with the suspensiono OF g
good mani. Others,
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Adirondack Murray is soon to lecture o1
AmnrIean llNnrce.
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One of Jersey pretticst wild flowers is
called moousHne
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The M who bit into .tr,, green agsr an ,bu3
teuHs.l wilma WIS face, Twas ever '''''7
" thla IA sour.
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"Roaia1 Pun ,E9, Bitters have given universal
Eatisfiet,s. y
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WOMAN AND TIE BABY.

WITT, nuzzIe the little child is in the domestic economy!
the mother gives other lite and strength TO support the life
of her blessed little young5tcr!
H. fbe child kicks, and laughs and crows!
How he cdd grows and heavier and heavier every day
And vet lifts HIM and tose him and plays with him. and takes
care If Kim by day and by NIGHT
IS any wonder the mother breaks down? Her back aches Her
st ak her. Her liver bad Her blood is n and she says she
feeTy Yes yes pooryvcry poorly Give mother bottle OF
B, 52 Bly She needs the IRON her blood, which that will
r &c She must have strength she will be confirmed cid invalid
Brg Hop Bal7s helps and weary women INTO new life,
cheer6Ioess and vgor. Tell all the mothers you know
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Young hdes should not Z, ! i Sang on ms
I, ,. ,llah d.l from the eiiee' q : 'as
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LYDIA :. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.


For al thoac Painful Complaints ard Weaknesses
40 coipmcntc our best female population.
A Medicine for Woman. Invcntedby woman.
Prepared BY Woman.
The Greatest Ne.ai Discovery Since the Dawn Of story.
r-ltrevire7 the drooping spirits, invigorntes and
hara3ses he organic functions gives elasticity sns
rmnas to the step restores the natural ustre to tho
ere onl p1ntion the pale check Of woman the fresh
ro3asot life'a piiu- and carly summer time
. y Physi1iana uso Il and Prescribe Il Freely ~Gs
Itremeees fsiutncss natuency. destroys all craving
Tor stilont and relieves weakness Of the stomach.
Ttst feeling Of BEARING down. causing pain, weight
spl backaehe, is avay permanently cured by its use.
Fcr The cure Of Kidney Complaints Of either sex
this Compound ia unsurpassed.
fynrA +. P1NKuSw's BLOcD PURIFIER
Blnoi and -te tone and strength to the system, OF
man oman Or child. Insist on having It,
Both the Compound aud blood Purifier arc prepared
AZ 3 and 235 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass. Price OF
either ST. Sis bottles fer S. Sent by mail in the form
OF pills, or Of ozenges receipt Of price o. per boz
for either Mrs pnkham freely answers all letters Of
iuquiry Enclose Bet. stamp. Send for pamphlet
No family should be without LYDIA T. PtNBHAMs
LIVER PILES They cure constipation, bihousncsA
end tofpidity Of the liver. % cents per box.
8g-sOld by all Druggists.-sa N
T9Tza1aG ~
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sQurrzr a No. . foot in a No. 6 shoe.
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T1Tz2G4G ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-18

even at Moscow. the Euglish coal and
the American kerosene are cheaper
than the Russian. Our canals snd
railroads don't pay to the government
the cost Of keeping.
Your coal mines, your methods OF
boring for oil, your grain elevator
and your agricultural machines h ve
been studied by Russian cOmn.is-
sloners. Besides tbe government our
various companies occasionally send
agents here to study different branches
Of trade and industry.
Tom what | have learned here I
snall have to urge my government To
withdraw altogether from the railroad
business, leaving it in the hands Of
private persons. AS to the canals. l
have no remedy to suggest but a radi.
cal reform Of the Official manage
meHt
u don't believe that the autocrat
can profit by adopting the ways and
means OF a republican people, but cur
people can. The greatest evil Of the
autocratic system il that the govern :
ment interteres with private under4
tskings, thus thwaFting individual
energy. Nov they have realized that
that system is running the business Of
the country. and in order to remedy
the evil they want to study and to
Initiate the methods Of business here.
But that is BEGINNING from the end. :"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-18

CoNTRIBUTIONs for the relief of th,
sufferers by the foods in Europe ar,
being made 10 this country with
promptness and a liberality which i,
most gratifying and eommendable.
The work OF charity in Cincinnati
goes on with unexpected success, O
very large sum having been raised
The Germans have contributed TO-
ward the relief Of their distressed
brethren in the Fatherland with ;
generosity truly characteristic and
deserving all praise.
The losses by the foods reach 81
immense aggregate. The bOuseless
homeless, and utterly destitute in the
flooded regions Of Germany Austrii
aud Hungary number many thous,
ands. The necessi y of the adoption
Of prompt measui es Of relief need not
therefore, be dwelt upon. The cause
Of charity never had a worthier object
than in the present instance, and III
success was never more to be desired
- Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The Germans are moving in Mem
phis as well, and they will be liberall!
aud heartily seconded by native borr
citizens and other nationalities. Whel
Memphis was in distress the Who'll,
civilized world contributed to her ro
lief 1t would not be 20 sible to re
turn all VIC received in kind or in dol
lars and cents, but we can reduce tn
debt by going to the aid Of ou
suffering fellow men wherever found
The Germans of Memphis receive,
substantial aid from the Fatherlan,
in the dark days of 1873, They pro
pose now to send something in the wa,
Of substantial aid and sympathetic eK
preston to the Aood sufferers Of tha
country. Our fellow citizens Of Ger
man birth or extraction are a law
abiding, taxpaying, liberal hearu,
people&snd all classes will no doub
find it a pleasant duty to aid them il
their commendable movement lie
us remember that in the hour OF pub
lie calamity every man is our broth eF
Let us all contribute something, mucI
or little, according TO circumstances
and realize that it is more blessed e
give than to receive.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-18

The money was expended mostly
around Boston barber, and the people
Of Massachusetts, got the full benefit
Of it at the time. It was taken
from the Treasury and went
into circulation among the tax
payers. This was an advertisement
for Boston, which increased the
commerce Of the city and proved q
profitable investment. As a matter Of
dollars and cents, II paid Massachu.
sets to make this outlay. 1t was
casting bread upon the waters with a
string tied to it, and certainty of an
early return. Massachusetts, contract
Ors and merchants held one end OF the
string, and hauled in the returns at
their pleasure. The claim will not
pass Congress, although it hiss
stroHg advocates outside 0i the Oid
Bay State. After this it will not be
surprising to hear Of a bill being intro
duced in Congress to pay Massachu-
setts for throwing the tea overheard,
for erecting Bunker Hill Monument,
preserving the old elm tree where
Washington teok command of the
army and for furnishing Ben Butler
to capture and govern New Orleans.
What would this country be without
Massachusetts, anyhow?
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-18
WILL Street.


NEw YORK, January 1.-THE
stock market opened strong aod l!
per cent higher for Memphis and
Charleston-and sA3 per cent higher for
the remainder of the list. During the
first hour the market was active aud
irregular, but in the main strong, and
prices recorded an advance Of tai per
cent, led by Omaha and Jersey Cen
trail, but at ii o'clock Q partial re ac,
tion took place. Richmond and
West Point, however, advanced | J pei
cent. Wheat BaIc lower aud less
active
Money. a. per cent; prime mer
camille paper, 5la6l per cent; bar sill
yer, lO9b, Exchange Is steady s
S2l for long, and S6l for sight
Governments strong. States englected
Railroads generally higher.
Stocks - The market continues
strong. st. Joseph preferred sold ul
2 per cent.
Government Is extended, 1923; AS
il3G Is, ll9l; 3s, 1898; Pacific 6s o
'95, l29.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-18

MASSACHUSETTS presented in the
House Tuesday claim for s239, coo for
coast defenscs during the late war
The bill was discussed and defeated
1t, however, furnished an opportunity
to develop the fact that the Republi.
cane, who have heretofore voted
against Southern claims of all and
every character, were for the Masaa.
chusetts claim.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-18
Garland's Election.

The election Of Senator Garland By
vote tina. was unanimous-excepI
three cast for his brother-has already
been announced. Perhaps the follow.
ing editorial from the Gazette, which
appeared Tuesday morning, had some
thing to do with it.
Many Democratic members of The
General Assembly were elected
pledged to vote for Senator Garland
There was DO opposition to our dis.
tinguished Senator in the local can
vases. The Democratic State Con-
vention Of June last, by rising vote,
adopted without one dissenting voice
a resolution delaring Senator Gar
land to be the choice OF the De-
mocracy OF Arkansaw as his own
successor. No such formal action
was necessary in view of the popular
approval Of his course in the United
States Senate, but the convention DO
sired to emphasize popular sentiment
regarding the statesman whose ser.
vices have so honored the State. Ia
addition to every Democratic vote,
every Republican and Greeuback vote
should be cast for Senator Garland
The opponents Of Democracy in the
General Assembly can afford to rise
above petty partlsanship, unite with
the great majority and elect him by
unanimous consent.
The Republicans did a very graceful
thing in voting for Garland, although
their opposition would have amounted
to nothing practically. In voting fol
him they not only carried into effect
the will Of the people, but recorded
their own spirit Of tolerance and self
respect. In this the Republicans Of
ArkansaW, "the coming State Of the
South, " are ahead of their brethren
in Tennessee. Nothing of the sort
occurred Tuesday at Nashville.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-18

Or the twenty-six new or reselected
Senators to be elected, and whose
terms will begin on the 4th Of March
next, the following have been chosen
Morgan, Of Alabama; Beck, Ken.
tuckyi Lamar, Mississippi; Anthony
Rhode Island; Butler, South Caro-
linai Garland, Arkansaw; Matt W
Ransom, North Carolina Isham G
Harris, Tennessee; Salisbury, Della
ware; VIM. ?. Frye, Maine; aud Gov
Cullom, of Illinois, to succeed David
Davis. Randall L. Gibson has beer
chosen to succeed Kellogg, of Loui
siana; James +. Wilson 10 succeed
MeDill, Of Iowa; James N. Dolph t.
succeed Grover, Of Oregon; Riddle
berger to succeed johnson, Of Vir
ginia; and Ex-Governor Colquitt t
succeed Barrow, now serving th'
fragment Of Hills term, from Georgia
These results give seven new member
and ten old ones to the next Senate
Ballotings are in progress in the Mas
sachusetts, Minnesota, Michigan
| New Jersey and Nebraska Legisla
lures, and the results may be an
nouuced 10 this is.ue.
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eoing vas urged as an excuse for the

going was urged as an excuse for the
offer.
Mrs. Fuller happy at tae recovery
Of her nephew. lett with her charge by
yesterdays noon train for Chicago.
The return of the prodigal will be
greeted with the killing Of the falted
calf. The aged father who has long
mourned him as dead, may be pictured
as hitting up his voice in the words Of
The patriarch Nov let me die since
| have seen thy face, because thou art
yet alive" The fraudulent claim will
be defeated, and we hope strict JUS
tIce meeted out TO those who have
attempted to deiraud the widow in her
atiiction.
Aud 80 this romance In real life
for the truth oiwhich the Democrat
youches will en- like the old fash
ionod novel at the close Of the seventh
volume-virtue triumphant and vice
punished
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-18
GABLE NEWS.

BERLIN, January 1s,-The imperial
bank has reduced the rate of discount
from 8 to 4 per cent.
GENEVA, January ia great
land slide IS reported az occurring ia
the valley of Bauerges. The village Of
Marais was completely destroyed BY
an enormous mass Of earth, rocks, snd
trees, which were dislodged by the
recent snow storms. Its movemep.
upon Marais was gradual, aud the in
+habitants were able to effect hasty
escape. The movement Of the mount.
ain still continues
PARIS January Is lit is asserted
that search warrants will be issued fol
domiciliary visits to the houses of sew
eral intimate friends Of Prince j Jerome
Napoleon.
TRALEE, January 1S.-The local
workmen refuse to erect scafold fol
the execution Of Poff and Barrett
who are sentenced to be hanged fol
the murder Of Thomas Brown. Mar
wood, the executioner, has arrived
accompanied by carpenters from Dub
lin, who will construct the scafFold
Upon the arrival Of Marwood at Lin
erick, on the way to Tralee, the police
bad great difficulty in protecting hin
from the crowd Of people at the rail
way depot.
PARIS, January i8. = PFesiden
0reyy regards Floouet's proposal, pro
hihiting the presence in France Of
Algeria Of any member Of the former
French dynasties, as tyrannical. Il i.
expected that Prince Napoleon will
be expelled from France to day, anc
that decree expelling pretender
to the throne will be issued imme
diately afterwards. 1t is reporte,
that the Orleans Princes are preparinl
to quit France if fnecessary.
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A Russian On Our WAYS aud
Means of transportation,

tracts from New York Sun.
Mr.. Bozkrovof, a Russian engineer,
is in this city. lie said to a reporter:
Our government ordered me to study
vour ways and means Of transporta
tion. We have a costly system of
canals uniting our seas, the Baltic,
the White the Caspian, and the Rlsok ,
we have many great navieahle rivers,
aud, be ides, we have built tens of
thousands Of versts OF railroads, and
yet transportation 10 our country is il
itsiniancy Thousands oftons OF grain
rot annually at our railroad stations,
for there are no stores. In the south
ern part of Russia there is abuldaBee
OF fish. meat, vegetables and other
provisions, ye. IA The northern part Of
the country the people cannot afford "a
buy those provisions, for the sos, Of
transportation puts Il. beyond their
means We have plenty Of coal aud
kerosene, but at st. Petersburg and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-18

A STEAMSHIP went to sea through
Eads' jetties, without detention, on
yesterday, drawing an inch less than
twenty six feet, and yet there are
inhabitants Of this great county who
want people to believe the ietties have
not be-sfted the commercial marine
Of the West and South. The old
style, when it was the fashion for fifty
or sixty sails to be detained by an
obstructed bar at Southwest Pass,
often many weeks at q time, and
when it was a heavy drag for a
ship Of seventeen feet draft to cross
the mud Jumps, would doubtless suit
the fOssilites better than the present
improved way