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MKNPHIs, TExy.. Nav IS. laes.

MEMPHIS, TENN, May Is, ls6S.
Editor Memphis appeal. While en-
gagged in support of the Lost Cause 4"
| had the misfortune to lose one of my
limbs After the close of the war de-
sired to become a Mason, and so ex-
pressed myself to several friends, who
were members of that body. l was in
formed that man with a permanent
physical disability could not be admitted
to membership. have never made an
application to be admitted into any
Lodge, owing to the representations that
had been made to me by several friends
In a recent conversation with a Mason
Of some prominence, l was told that
there was no such regulation or law
There appearing to be difference of
opinion on this subject I will esteem it
j great favor if you will state through
the columns of your valuable paper
whether there is such law or not.
ENQUIRER.
We do not sec how any Mason could
have told Enquirer that one who had
lost limb could be made Mason. 1t
is an iusuperable bar.
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Editor appeal At the May meeting
of Lodge No. -, a Masonic
question arose upon which there was
such diversity of opinion as to cause
the Lodge to withhold its decision for
the present, and was ordered by the
Lodge to ask your opinion touching the
matter.
That you may fully comprehend the
case, will state that member of this
Lodge in good standing and Cup with
his dues, applies through the Secretary
to have his name expunged from the roll
of members, positively refusing a demit,
and stating that he wished his connee-
neetion with the Order severed, assign
ing no reason therefor. Hitherto the
Brother has been one of our most zeal
Gus, punctual and faithful working
members; his walk in Lodge, Church
and State has been, and is yet, with this
exception, most exemplary.
Now the question arises, Can any
subordinate Lodge absolve a Brother
from his connection with the Order ?
Can the Lodge, merely at his request,
without charge or an ofense, order his
name expunged from the roll of mem
bers? Has a Lodge the right to ask or
demand of any member his motives for
withdrawing Is there any other
method known to Masonic law or usage,
of voluntary withdrawal from Lodge,
except to demit ?
Please answer the above questions
through your columns at an early day.
By order of the Lodge.
Respectfully and fraternally,
-, Secretary.
The application of the Bro. in ques-
ton can not be any more than to be
dropped frnm the roll of members, and
released from the obligations of mem
bership of the Lodge.j That is simply
to insist on demitting from the Lodge
He cannot ask the Lodge to absolve him
from his obligations as Mason 1t has
no power to do so. But it has the
power to accept his demission, and he
will upon that cease to be a member Of
the Lodge. If he desires no certificate
of the fact of demission, he need not
take it. Our opinion is, that Bro in
good standing always has the right to
sever his connection with the Lodge,
and need assign no reason for it. That
connection is a voluntary one and no
Lodge has any right to insist on retain
ing an unwilling member. But no man
can cease to be a Mason by his voluntary
act, so as to be released from his obliga-
tions as such.
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An APPEAL ron LIGHT.

We have received the following letter
from a very worthy Brother, j S. MUIR
row, Indian Missionary. We shall do all
in our power to comply with his request,
and can assure others that any donations
Of books which they can make him and
the Choctaw country will be well be-
slowed
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Nom Resfefegss Notfca.

In the q. cult Court OF Shelby County,
J. g. Harvey VI. @ 8. Morrison,
IT appearing from afids-.rs Ia tl.hs eaass thaa
the defendant, e :. Morrison has removed
nom Inc state CT tenness9e 50 that the ordin-
ary process g laN cannot be served unon hsln !.
II Is tsegefsre ordorsd that ne make ais ap-
psaraPec herein, A Ehe CourthOuSe IL the city
Of AeIaphis, Tsnnesses, within the nrst three
days Of tee Circuit Court. to be held At the
Courthouse on the frurth Monday IN NAY .
1913. and plead, answer OF GeIauT 10 cnFn-
platnantB OIL, or the same VIII be taken
for confessed as to him and set TOR hear
ing exparts, and that a COPY OF this order h,
published once week for four successive Wseas
Ia The Memphis Post
A copy-Attests
n. D. I. STEWART, Clerk.
Haynes stockton = Haynes. Solicitors foe
oom PtsaRsRh aP2 laTa8
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THE BELLS OF ALOYsIUs.
Pronounced Al-o-e-sus.


BIZ ILL.,. BRO. BENZ. B. FRSNCH, SD.
List TO those bells this sacred morn,
Swelling, like holy prayers, TO Heaveni
What feelings of those chimes are born
What z OriOus hopes to man IRE given.
His thoughts rise 10 the throne OF Jesus,
With those sweet tones from Alsysius-
I've r0amed at muTky midnight's hour,
When solemn silence reigned around me,
And neither moon nor stars had power
To break the untOWaTd spell that bound me,
When, in sweet chimes, like joys that Please
us,
Rolled out the bells of Alloy sizes.
Oh blessed bells of kilvery mould,
Your tones shall cheer full many u dwelling,
And warm 1ull many a heart that's cold,
Your ringing music Ger them swelling.
Their prayers shall reach the throne OF Jesus
With those sweet tones Of Aloyslus.
hear those bells al mornings prime,
hear them r cath the nOontide's blazing
But m.ost love the evening chime,
VIII n they the Vesper hymn are raising,
When aIi should bend The knee TO Jesus
While ring those bslls of a oysius.
Ring on, sweet be.ls-ring on and on,
Till comes that time. for told, mileulal
I'LL sin. snd Wo, and pain are gone,
And man exults In Us perennial.
Then shall " Inv kiDgd m come" Lord Jesus,
And jOy-bells ring from Aloyslus.
Written Sunday morning, March :, 1867
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Trustees Sale.

4 , :
~ me executed by Charles Pfannsn stiehI, on
the I'd Cay OF March. 1876. and duly recorded az
the registers office OF Shelby county, Tennes-
see, in Record Book No 81, part second, pages
los and los and 40 and III. viii, o.
EOnday, she Eighteenth (lS) OF Nay, 1888,
Between the hours OF 10 am. and . m, on the
premises, sell at public sale, 20 the highest bid
der, Tor cash the following described property
A certain par el Of land situate, lying and be-
she by aud the state Of leLDesSea, and de-
scribed SIS follows tO-git; Being part OF Ilot
numbered three hundred and seVsnty-Onts (S7Il,
es designatei upon the original plan Of lots Of
thu town OF Memphis, which part OF sid lOt Is
thus bounded Beginning Al the northeast cor
ner OF lot formerly known as George CroIa-
wells thence east with Jefferson street. 6fty-
eight t58) feet to It's intersection with Third
street thence south with IhiFd street one hun
dred and fOTty-Cight (l4s) feet six 10 inches to
another a ley thence With said ally one hun
dl ed and foTty-eish (liS) feet six (6) inches 20
another alley thence north With aid last al
ley tn rty-six 1851 feet to the south boundary
line of the Cromwell lot Aforesaid thence east
with said boundary line ninety go feet and six
t9l inches to the southeast corner Of the afore-
sid CrUmwe lot thence north with The east
boundary line OF said Cromwell lot one hun
d. ed and twelve iil2) feet and six (6l inches 70
the said beg. nning-tOgether with all the ap-
Of Trust was executed to secure he payment OF
certain prOmisSoTy notes to Edwin ". Lehman
for the balance OF the purchase money. Re
demptiOn waived. Title perfect, 6ut sell only
Trustee. J. G. JOHNSON, Trustee.
Mem Dhis April -. isS8 ap25 ID
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MASONIC INTELLIGENCE.
ANOTHER VET.

The St. Louis Froemasoa has quoted
from an address read by Bro. Albert
Pike. in February. 1858, before the
Grand Lodge Of Louisiana, to prove the
intention of the Supreme Councils to
assume jurisdiction over the Blue De-
grees. 1t would have been more Ma
sonic to quote the following from that
address:
e No one of the three Rites can with
any justice look upon the other as a
heretical sect for there is no sectarian-
ism in Masonry. We may well rejoice
that there is in our country no actual
and open hostility between the Rites
and that if there is no miOn among
them, there is at least peace. That for
tunate state of things is in very great
measure owing to the wise course pur-
sued by the legitimate authorities of the
Scottish Rite, the two Supreme Councils
for the Northern and Southern Jurisdic-
ton Of the United States, in waving in
favor of the Grand Lodges, their right
Of administration of the three first de-
grees a concession made for the sake
Of Peace and Harmony, which a true
Mason cannot fail to honor and appre-
ciate.
I,pass from that to speak Of Ameri-
eau Masons in general. If our Brethren
imagine that those to whom they apply
that distinctive name, desire to exclude
them from sharing the Government of
the Order, to rule it for their own inter
ests, or according to their own preju-
dices, l can safely assert, so far as the
Masons Of the Scottish Rite are con-
cerned, that they do us the most cruel
injustice On the contrary, it is our
most earnest desire to see a hearty and
frank union Of all the Masons of that
Rite. in which all distinctions of Ian
guage, race and blood shall be as if they
had no existence. Our ambition aims at
nothing higher and could have no object
more noble than 10 effect that union.
Our hands are ever open and ready to
clasp theirs We are content, for the
sake Of peace and unity, and because we
think il right and a solemn duty which
we owe to Masonry and Masonic law, to
leave the symbolic degrees to the Grand
Lode, and acknowledge the Supreme
Council at Charleston as our superior,
accepting for ourselves a subordinate
position. We know that in this great
country the Scottish Rite can only sue
coed by being at peace with the York
Rite that out Of Louisiana our recruits
must come almost wholly from the men,
bers Of that Rite, who will not BY unit
ing with ms, be any the less devoted to
what they regard as the parent Of all the
Rites. and that to which they owe their
first and perpetual allegiance Even in
Louisiana it Is so. as far as American
Masons are concerned We do not wish
10 shake that allegiance. We could not
do it If We would. We would not at
tempt it, because to do so would be to
build up against ourselves barriers at
the portals Of every State but this and
even here to confne our prosperity to
those only who speak a language other
than English
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FouRrH-coNTINUiTY.

Power is also continuous, i. E., as it
receives from one it expends on an
other, and from this to yet others, con-
tinuously, ad ia6aitWm, For illustra-
ton, the sound and jar along the shores
are bifurcated combinations of the power
exerted by the hull Of the boat cleaving
the current and starting the waves, which
is the exact power of the paddles imping-
ing on the water, which is the precise
power of the crank connected to the
paddles, which is the power of the at
taehed piston, which derives its power
from the concentrated reservoir of the
boiler, which is thus collected by the
confined vaporization of water, which is
effected by the combustion of fuel, which
was produced by solar action, (f wood,
late production if coal, millions of years
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Creditors and Nom Resident
Knfaep


In Chancery Court Of Memphis, Tennessee.
No. PAS n. X. DIV. y. Wilkerson, et al-.vs.
The Franklin Insurance and Banking Com
pany, ct al,
In this cause IL appearing that defendants JO-
seph +. limbs, John +. Meyer and Louis Fusz
dents Of the State Of Tennessee: It Is therefore
ordered by the Court, that they make their APP
pearauce herein, on or before the nrst Monday
in May, 1898, and plead, answer or demur TO
for e.5nfessed 10 them and cause set for
hearing ex parte. 1t is further ordered that all
persons claiming to be creditors, or having any
character OF demands, against the Franklin
shall Immediately come into this Court and
have themselves made parties 20 this sutt, and
file their claims with the Clerk and Master,
with proper evidence OF re same. that they
the assets OF said Con pany, 20 be distributed In
this cause and that c.spy OF this order be
publish "A in the Memphis Daily Appeal for
three 81 months nom this dste.
4 eopv-attsst: A.ALSroN, c. and NJ.
r ]. BLACK, d, c, and II.
Esstes. Jackson a McDaviIt, aud 4 Burke Pick
EFT. Solicitors mill 2n
Ia the Dist1ict Court Of the United states, for
the District Of West Tennessee. In the mat
Ter Of Abraham Brandt, Bankrupt. In ban Z.
rzptcy, District Of West Tennessee
TO whom 1t msy concern;
The undersigned hereby gives uoffca Of
bis apo ntInsnt as assignee of Abraham
brandt OF memphis, in the county OF shelby
aud state Of Tennessee, within said district
who has been ad;udged ban kruDf upon his
own petition, BY the District Court OF said
district
Memphis. Tennszsse. the d day Of June.
-. WILLIAM 7. CIROnE. Assignee. Etc
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Cotton was quiet in Liverpool st the
opening to-day Uplands lO5 to I'D, Or
leans lit to llgi. vt the close the mar
ket was heavy; Uplsnds sfl )at and on
spot lOid, Orleans lid. Sales 5000 bales.
In New York at the opening the market
was dull and prices unchanged, and at
noon the market was irregular Low
Middlings 27c, Middlings 29c, and at the
close was weak, with moderate demand
Middlings 2s3c. No sales given. Weeks
sales 5000 bales; receipts 1920; for ex-
port AS; stock 65 coo; weeks receipts
at all ports In the United States, $500
bales. Our market was quiet with no
inquiry. All desirable lists are out of
market, and prices are Irregular, so much
so that we subjOin no quotations.
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THE RETORT COURTEOUS--BY
A TYLER.

In the last number Of the Bulletin de-
Grand Orient de France, just received,
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Trustees Sale,

DURSUANT 10 a deed OF trust sxecu Ell TO
/ the unders gaed, TruAee. by John Il. Wag-
ge1er, on the 2jGh day OF October, 1875, aud now
II record IN Cdtenden county, Ars ansls, for
the purpose OF raising money with which TO
psy OF two certain prOmissOry notes OF that
date, and the interest," thereon, they being for
the sun OF s.. as =. each due on the 2jtn day
Of october, 1857 vi interest from date at ten
tiO} per can't. per annum ; and further, 90 raise
mOuey with which 10 pay on the inteI est u pom
about S4,lb1 at ten per cent per annum from
"a 18th day Of October, 1856 said So, l67 ing
the amount Of various other notes not due but
which bear interest from dat, pay bic an
nusly, making an aggregate sum OF about
$500 OF principal and interest due; now,
therefore, viii, as such Trustee, on
Saturday, the 10th Dsy OF June, 1858,
At Mound City, In said county OF Crittendeu
at the front COR OF tae hotel, proceed to sell
at pOblic al ton. 50 much Of the following
descr bed property Rs will be necessary to pay
the said notes and interest due. to-wit: J he
Mound City Tract, supposed 10 contain about
80 res, about four miles and a half above
Memphis, and known as the southwest gu artsr
Of section n, the southeast quarter OF frac ional
section q, anu Nos I AID OF {. spilImsn
grant tseetiOn 81, and the tract conveyed by
Hopper TO Cheek and all the land belong ng 10
said Mound City Tract slsO The 80 Rm6Oat
r costa and The ferry privilege, which pa ses
with the land, the boundaries of which " III be
gwen on the day of sale
a y T.YI ~ Trnssaa
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L E G A L.
Commissioners Sale.

Sta'e OF Mississippi, Washington cOunty-In
ChaHcery, May Term, lsdk.
No. lt}-BaTtley, Johnson & Co, W. 7. d. Ell
Hott etals.-Injunction ana Attachment Bills.
DURSUANT 70 decree Of the Chancery
i Iourb of the county OF Washington, state
OF N si-siPpt, rendered in the above entitled
cause on the lsth day OF May, AID, 1865 the
undersigned, Com issfOneT, will sell, at the
door OF the Courthouse of said county. 70 the
highest bidder, bet Eeen ths hours prescribed
by la ~, on the
Tenth Day of August, A.D., 1858,
All tie right, title and inters.t Of the defend
ant, John K. WOOdOurn, as the sole SUI vtving
helr-at-laW ana deytzee of John WOODBURY.
deceased. and in hi3 own right In and TO the
following descri Ded iaud, tO-Wit All OF sec
lion number three, all OF traction al section
ssveIt en-, ly ing south OF Roe Lake ditch, be-
Ing continuation OF the section line between
sections two and three slsO the wet b IF OF
the northwest quarter and the west half Of the
southwest quarter of section eighteen, all in
township seventeen, range nine 80 west con-
tanning Ia all about nine hund -ed aud tOar and
Washing on, state OF Mississippi. Terms OF
sale as follows, TO- wit: ONE-THIRO % CASH
10 lance IN one and two years, bond AID sscu-
fity being required from the purchaser and a
event the purchaser fails 70 pay the bonds ex-
Gu ed By hin, or either one Of them az maui
Fity, the undersigned, Commissioner, is al
thOriLsd, upon application from any parry in
teIe ted, to ex pose the said Lands for sale anew
for the amount 50 due and unpaid
viii also Offer for sale, az The same time, al
the uOor OF the Courthouse OF said county, 70
the highest bidder. for CASH, between the
hours Prescrib' by law. all the rgh's title and
interest Of The defendant, John r Wood burn,
N and 10 the following described lanss, to-wit (:
The southeast quarter AID the east half Of the
north vest quarter OF sect. u twenty. one, in
township seventeen, range nine west In said
county Of Washington and state Of MIskis-
sippl. e. J. COMSTCCK,
ia daW & I'd GommFss{Ouar
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The uaders gned sreby gives notice OF His
appointment as assignee Of ~ m. p. Rag sud Il
husstu ha-laDd aud J. D. Mickle 81 Mem
phts, In the county Of Shelby sud Sta.e %
tennessee, within said District, who have heels
adJudge Bankrupt upon their own petition
by the District Court OF said District.
Menphis, Tennessee, the l0th day or June
AID, 1858 j. W. WE5I1OTT -
lell IS IS ASSIGNEE F,re
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In the District Court OF the United StaIes. for
the District OF West Tennessee. In the mat
Ter OF Wm. b Ragiand, ?. Rus ell Ragiauh
and O. ID. NJ exile, BAnkrupts. IL bauz1uot :
District OF West Tenness~s-sz.
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" ANNIE CHAMBERS KErcHUN

For the Sunday Appeal
BIRTHDAY GIFTS FOR MY DAUGH-
TER.
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POWER.
WHAT whence whittier
For the Sunday Appeal
FIRsT-DEFINITION.

For the Sunday Appeal
FIRsT-DEFINITION.
The word time means duration, moth
ing more, nothing less. Distance means
length, extension, no more, and no less.
Speed or velocity signifies both time and
distance, for we cannot define or con-
ceive of speed without considering GER
tain distance in a certain time, as FIVE
miles an hour, or three hundred feet per
minute. Pressure expresses force,
weight, without regard to speed OF mo-
ton, as the weight of rock or the grav-
ity of my pen.
But Power involves and eomprehends
them all, and though in its etymology it
is not a compound term, rale, or male,
or bene-diction, yet in its Specification it
is compound, comprehensive and com
pick. 1t denotes distance, time and
pressure that is, given pressure or
force going a given distance in a given
time, and each is eoequal element with
all the others. Hence, in its physical
aspect and significance, Power is com
pounded of pressure and speed, I'd est, a
given pressure doing given distance in
a given time.
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the District OF West Tennessee. In ths nnaf-
ter OF a emas PA dicIt. Bankrupt. IN Rank
ruptey, Mstrict OF West Tsnnessee-ss
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THE Undersigned hereby gives nOitss ofkis
sppot1tme As asst nee OF horp Is PAygfietf ~
Memphis, In the county Of SHELBY AID state o.
Tenne' see, within Id District, VINO has been
so9ndged Q bankrupt up n his own petition,
Memp his, Ienn-i The 5.h Gay Of June, A
T., $50. WILLIAM Y. CIRODG
leb Is - Assignee. etc.
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NOTHING Equal TO IT.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

As it has been demonstrated for many
years that matter is indestructible, so it
is lately proven that power or motion is
indestructible that power may
be and is communicated, transmitted
through infinite channels, in infinite va
rieties and by infinite metamorphoses,
but is never destroyed nor created. 1t
existed before in some other nature or
condition, and is only transmitted into
some other form or manifestation, and
bears all through its many and multitu-
dinous transformations absolute indie
strnctihilitY.
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in the District Court OF tie United states for
the District OF West Tennessee. IN the mat
ter OF Klein q Vol, Bsnkrupts- N Bank
ruptcy, District OF " est 1eunesaee-ss
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The undersigned herebT gives notes Of his
appointment a. assignee OF Robert T. g. Kari
ofMempnts,in tbs county OfShalhy aud state OF
ennessef, within SAID District who has Teen
adjudged BankrupG Upon his own Detifion
BY the District Court OF said d strict
hemDhiE, Tennessee, the slh day OF luna
AID. lSba WILLIAM Y. C1kODE,
telO u q Assignee, Ete-
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In the District Cont OF the United States, for
the District OF West Tenn see In the matter
OF Alexander II Merri I Bankrupt. In bank
ruptcy, District OF West Tennessee
To, U f1,r, II mo a,,.,ar-.
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sECoND-coMpUrATIoN.

To find the power of any engine, ma
chine or operation, We have only to null
tiply the pressure into the speed, and
then divide by whatever standard may
be adopted for practical conception, ex-
preston and application. As familiar
standard, the horse power is universally
adopted; and $4,000 pounds pressure,
with the speed one foot in one minute, is
the tested and recognized unit. In short,
the pressure in pounds, multiplied by the
distance in feet per minute, then divided
by $4,000, gives the number of horse
power Such is the accurate computa-
ton of physical power. As for PSYCHE
cal power, which We shall be led into d.
rectly, We have as yet no means of cal
culating but the time will come when
we shall be able to compute that with
the same precision, for, as Prof. Hitch
cock says, my faith in the advancement
and expansion of the human mind is pro-
found. The standard to be adopted,
however, will not be 4" horse power" for
though the physical diferentiates into
the metaphysical, the amount developed
in the latter can not be expressed by
any term confined alone to the former.
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In the District Court OF tue United states. for
the District OF West Tennesses. In the mat
ter OF Robe 7. q. p Z Bankrupt. In hank
ruptcy, District Of Wesc Tenaessse-ss:
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The undersigned hereby give notice % their
appointment as assignets Of X elm & Wolf
OF Memphis, In the county OF Shelby and
state OF Tennessee, within said Disfrirt
who have been adjudgsd bankrupts upon their
own petition, by the District Court OF said Dr.
trict.
Memphis, Tennsssse, the 4th day OF June.
A. D. 1855. WILLIAM y. CIRODE,
OSCAR WCOLDRIDGE.
les y Is Aysigf,ees- &c.