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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-30

AN Anti itualist Convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Church has been
called to be held at Chicago on the
18th of June next. A large number
of clergymen have signed a vigorous
protest against the new teachings of
Bishop WHITEHoUsE, Drs. DIX, De-
KoyEN and others as being " maehina-
tons and devices that are employed
for unprotestantizing this Protestant
Episcopal Church, corrupting her doc
trine, debasing her worship, and over
turning her long-established rites, GER
emonies and usages." The call for
the proposed Convention is signed by
a large number of the clergy of that
denomination, in all quarters of the
country, and is addressed to the Evan
gelicai Clergy and Laity of the Church
throughout the United States.
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The Great Meteor.

A brilliant meteor was observed in
Philadelphia, ABOUT eleven O'clock, on
Thursday evening, May Goth, and was
noticed from several widely remote
positions in the United States. Ac-
counts have been received from New
York, Hartford and Boston. The
meteor is described as fully as large as
the famous meteor of 1859, and as first
red in color and afterwards green. In
Philadelphia, it appeared to shoot
across the heavens from southwest to
northeast, leaving a brilliant trail,
casting shadows in the street. The
same appearance is described at Hart
ford, where the meteor grew rapidly
from the size of a star to a large ball
of fire. The Boston account says the
color was scarlet, and the size that OF
a underground cannon ball. The
New York account varies from the
others in the direction of the fight OF
the meteor, which, it is reported, shot
across the horizon at a point ten de-
grees northwest of Affair, moving
over an acre of thirty degrees in a
northwesterly direction. However, as
the time during which the phenOme-
non lasted did not occupy more than
five seconds, great accuracy of descrip-
ton cannot be obtained except from
.practised observers.
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THE New York HOrld says one of
the best Illustrations of the practical
operation of the theories of the pro-
tectionists, is seem in the effect which
the present tariff has upon the shoe
trade. A few years ago the Lynn
manufacturers were able to compete
with other countries in the shoe trade
for Cuba, Mexico and South America;
but, under the practical operation of
the protection theories, the cost of
every article which enters into the
manufacture of shoes has increased to
such an extent that they cannot be
made at prices at which they can be
exported. The result is, that our shoe
manufacturers have almost entirely
lost the foreign trade in that article,
and that the Lynn factories are obliged
to remain idle one-third of the year.
Such are some of the blessings of pro-
lection which the New York Tribune
so zealously advocates.
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Dat's wOt 'suect.

In the olden time, when the plant
ers were lesSthOughtful for the spirit
ual than forsthe. corporal health OF
their slaves, Col. Ramsey saw his boy
Dan (aged forty going one morning,
Bible in hand, to church. Knowing
that Dan was nOtaperson with strong
literary proclivities, the Colonel said
"What are you doing with that BIZ
bic Dan-yOu can't readit?"
"No, massa, can't 'zactly read 'em,
but l can spell 'em out a little"
What's the use of spelling it out?
You can't understand it any way.
The Bible, for instance, says that the
very hairs on our headare numbered.
Now you haven't any hair on your
headAnothing but wool. What do
you say to that?"
"Yes, massa, 1 'spect OATS so; but
l spell out one little verse, which say
dat on las day de sheep dey will go
one side and de goats on fodder. Now
de sheep has de wool, but de goats dey
got har, Just like white folks; and ]
'spect dey amt gwine to be saved
OATS WOt / 'spect."
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Blue vs.. Black Ewes.

Who has not heard of the weakness
of blue eyes? Yet Baer, an eminent
German physician and o~culist, says
that they r capable of supporting a
much longer and more violent tension
than black ones. The strength and
duration of the sight depend on the
different color of the eyes, and that
depends upon the greater or less de-
gree of clearness of the pupil, as the
defects of sight depend on color more
or less dark. q 1t results that in this
point of view blue eyes are infinitely
better than black. The former, there
fore, possess In aBmore eminent de-
gree than the latter the perfections
adapted to their functions, DIR. Baer
also remarks that black eyes are more
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at our injury, by the use of what it
eonfesses in its second paragraph is
only hearsay. We hope that, for its
own sake and for the sake of the dig
mites and pr~oprieties of the press, the
Ledger will do us the justice to with
draw, what we are inclined to believe
was penned in anger and without the
consideration, charges of so grave a
character, if to be published at all,
which we deny, deserve. With this
we have done, and shall have no more
to say on the subject.
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WE learn that the Grand .Inrv


WE learn that the Grand Jury OF
the Criminal Court are examining the
bonds of u county officials, and that
they have already pronounced up
on those Of one of them as in
sufficient because of the already
pronounced opinion Of the Circuit
Court, as to the capacity of one of his
bOndsman. When they get through
with the county officials, the Grand
Jury proposes to look into the bonds
of those of the city, and to pay special
attention to the Constables, only two
of whom, it is said, are bonded ac-
cOrding to law. Lp this much-needed
labor they have the good wishes of our
citizens.
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an! 81 1a jeUnesse saUdit-Si Ia pielles Sc
POWvdit!"
There sat an old man on a rock
And unceasing bewailed his Fate
That concern where We all must take stock
Though our vote has no bearing nor
weight;
And the old man sang him IN old, old
song
Never a voice so clear and strong
That it could drown the old mans long,
For he sang the song "Too latei Too
late!"
"When we want, we have for our pains
The promise that if we but wait
Till the want has burned out of brains,
Every means shall be present to safe;
While we send for the napkin the soup
gets cold,
While the bonnet is trimming the face
grows old,
When we've matched our buttons the
pattern is sold,
Andeverything comes too late-toO latei
Z" When Strawberries seemed like red
heavens
Terrapin stew a wild dream
When my brain was at skies and sevens
Ifmy mother had folks and ice-cream,
Then / gazed with a lickerish hunger
AL the man anu lrult-ilOHSef-
But oh! how / wished / was younger
When the goodies all came in a stream
ii a stream!
- I've a splendid blood horse, and liver
That it jars into torture to trot;
My row-boat's the gem of the river
GOut makes every knuckle a knot!
I can buy boundless credits on Paris and
Rome,
But no palate for menes-no eyes for a
dome
Those belonged to the youth who must
tarry at home
When no home but at attic he'd got
he'd got.
"How l lOnged in that lonest of garrets,
Where the tiles bakedmy brains all July,
For ground to grow two pecks of carrots,
Two pigs of my own in a sty,
a r~ose-bush-a little matched cottage
Two spoons-lOve-a basin of pottage:
Now in freestone 1 sit-and my dOtage-
With a wOman's chair empty close by
close by!
" Ali now, though / sit on a rock,
Ihave shared one seat with the Great;
1 nave sat, knowing naught of the clock,
On Loves high throne of state:
But the lips that kissed and the arms that
caressed
To a mouth grown stern with delay were
pressed,
And circled a breast that their clasp had
blessed,
Had they only not come too late!-tOo
Iatpf
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What Made Train a woman's Rights Man.

a little incident occurred while
Train was in Australia, which illus
trates one phase of his character. A
possible President was about to be
born to him, and George Francis was
unwilling to spoil the child's pros
poets of succeeding Washington by
forcing it to catch its first streak of
sunshine among the savages of Ocean
lea. 1t was mid-winter, and a ninety
days voyage. but Train suddenly
shipped his wife for Boston. The lady
was alone, and the voyage was q
temptuous one; but, after narrowly
escaping shipwreck, she landed safely
in this country. Here the child was
born, and-'tuds q girl This mis-
take IS to sex, however, viii have no
material effect on the child's Presi-
dental prospects, if Train and Mrs.
Cady Stanton succeed in their revolu-
tionlLPackard's Monthly for Nag.
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The Grey and the Blue in Cuba.

1t is estimated that twelve thousand
ex-Confederate and ex-United States
soldiers, well armed and equipped,
have left this country and joined the
forces of Cespedes in Cuba, and are
under the command of Jordan, Stead
man, Ransom, Henningsen and 9TH
ers. 1t is said as soon as a junction is
formed with the insurgents the chief
command of the whole Cuban army
will be conferred upon Jordan or Hen
ningsen, both of whom are able and
experienced Generals.
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A WASHINGTON special to the New
York Times says Secretary boutwell,.
proposes to have the returns of the
sales Of confscated property in the
Southern States oyerhauled, as it is
rumored that some of the United
States officials have neglected to pay
the receipts from sales into the Treas
ury. 1t is believed that it may pos
sibly appear that some of the United
States officers have purchased confs-
Gated property sold under their au-
thority at low prices, and then failed
to account for the scanty proceeds.
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TIE result of the recent French
elections, Notwithstanding the sleep
less vigilance of the Emperor and his
agents, appears, from the published
reports, to be a victory for the Liber-
ais, who will enter the Corps Legisla-
tiff, or lower house of the French Par
Lament, with double the strength
they had last year. Those of that
party, like JULES FAvRE and the his
torian THEIRS, who have been de
feated, belong to the Conservative
wing. All the more extreme mem
bers of it have been elected, a fact that
must conveying a foreboding signii-
canoe to Napoleon, when coupled with
the recent emeutes throughout the
Empire.
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the face, eyes, nose, and chin, all human
like. The ears were long, round, and pro-
tuberanf, resembling the ears ofthe canine
species. The scalp, which commenced az
the posterior part of the head, ran down.
ward, terminating at the top of the sa-
crum, or small of the back. The bocy
was natural in its formation, except the
limbs were very large at their upper eX-
~treukties. and tapered down very small,
Viz yerv small hands and feet. This un-
Rral and wonderful deformity was
kOrn dead -
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Ruskin m IUdas-

John Ruskin, in "The Crown of
Wild Olives" characterizes in his
trenchant style those who like to
make money as imitatOrs of Judas:
We do great injustice to IscariOt in
thinking him wicked above all COM
mon wickedness. He was only a
common money lover, and like all
money lovers, did not understand
Christ; couldn't make out the worth
of him or meaning of him. He didn't
want him to be killed. He was hOr-
rOr-struck when he found that Christ
would be killed; threw his money
away instantly and hanged himself.
How many of our present money
seekers, think you, would have the
grace to hang themselves, whoever
they killed? But Judas was q COM
mon, selfish, muddle-headed, pilfering
fellow; his hand always in the bag of
the POOR, not caring for them. He
didn't understand Christ, yet he be-
lieved in him much more than most
of us do; had seen him do miracles,
thought he was quite strong enough
to shift for himself, and he, Judas,
might as well make his own by per-
quisites out of the affair. Christ
would come out of it well enough, and
he have thirty pieces. Now, that is
the mOney-seeker's idea all over the
world. He doesn't hate Christ, but
can't understand him; he doesn't care
for him-sees no good in that benevo-
lent business, but makes his own little
fob Of it, at all events, come what
will. And thus out of every mass of
men Won have n certain number of
bagmen-your "free first" men,
whose main object is to make money;
and they do make it, make it in all
sorts of unfair ways, chiefly by the
weight and force of money itself, or
what is called the power of capital;
that is to say, the power which money
once obtained has over the labor of
the poor, so that the capitalist can
take all its produce to himself except
the laborer's food. That is the mod
ern Judas way of " carrying the bag"
and "bearing what is put therein"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-30

-Theregulations heretofore in force
relative to what is termed "hand.
baggage" Of passengers entering the
United States from Canada by the
Great Western Railway of Canada
have been abrogated. From and after
Tuesday last no inspector of customs
will accompany trains from Suspension
Bridge to Detroit. Prior to the de
parture of any train from the United
States a local custom officer shall at
tach certain stamps to the baggage of
through passengers. If at the port of
arrival OF such train it shall appear
that such passenger has travelled con-
tinuously through in the designated
train, and there is no suspicion of in
tended fraud, the customs officer viii
pass such baggage; otherwise the bag
gage shall undergo inspection as If it
belonged topers0ns coming from a for
eign territory.
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THE Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
says it continues to receive &m all
sections of Georgia most discouraging
accounts of the cotton crop. The on
tinued cold nights and the recent cold
winds which have prevailed through
out the entire eastern and middle sec
tons of the State have caused the
plant to die, and in many localities
the crop has been plOwed up and re-
planted in corn. There can be no
longer the slightest doubt that the
crop is at least twenty to twenty-five
days later than usual, and that the
stand is generally very deficient. If
the season should become more favor
able, at an early day a fair crop may
be made, but this is quite uncertain.
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Last of the Gaines Suit.

Mrs. Gen. Gaines will arrive in New
Orleans tomorrow morning. In that
city, on the 1st of June, Justice Wayne
is to sit and order the enforcement of
the mandate of the Supreme Court
affirming Mrs. Gaines right to her
immense and noted estate; a man
date which Judge Durell has unac-
countably refused to obey, and
the order to execute which being final,
will, in the opinion of the lady's at
torneys, result in such offers of liberal
compromise by the defendants as the
plaintiff will accept; it being, she
says, merely her wish to have her.
rights recognized, and to overturn the
millions of interest which have ae-
crued from it through illegal
appropriation of her property. The
Supreme Court, at its last sitting, di-
rected Judge Wayne to enforce its de-
cree as he proposes to do in June, and
the end of the CAUSE cete6re is Proba-
bile.
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subject to cataracts, and he also OBJ
serves that out of twenty persons
with black eyes there is hardly one
satisfied with them. In this particular,
at least, blue eyes are better than
black.
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Tri- Weekly United States Mail Line.

VISITORS to the celebrated Hot Springs. of
' Arkansas, viii find this a very pleasant
route. The boats are new, the tables good and
staterooms clean. Passengers are landed at
Little Rock in time to take the stages for Hot
Springs on the third morning from Memphis.
The elegant passenger boats of this line
leave Memphis for Little Rock as follows:
Steamer THOMAS II. ALLEN,
REESE Master
Tuesdays, at 5 o'clock pm.
Steamer W. A. CALDWELL,
Thursdsys, ats o'clock pm.
Steamer OZARK,
II. Master
Saturdays, at O'Clock pm
Making direct connection at LITTLE ROCK
for FORT SMITH, with the following boats
hat leave Little Rock Tuesdays, Fridays and
Sundays, at 10 O'Clock IN.
FORT GIBS0N--.---Johns R~Podburn, Master
Master
Thus making three trips a week from LITTLE
ROCK to FORT SMITH, and connecting at
Fort Smith with the steamer
FORT SMITH. Rowland, Master
For Fort Gibson.
Through bills of lading given for freight TO
and from New Orleans, Memphis, st. Louis,
Louisville ana Cincinnati.
Freights delivered at destination, at all
stages of the river, without storing or other
delay.
Any persons desiring to ship by this line
from the North, East or West to any point on
the Arkansas river, should have their goods
consigned to MEMPHIS \ ARKANSAS RIv-
PACKET COMPANY" at Memphis fofice 304
Front street, Mosby Block.) Those shipping
from New Orleans should consign TO Mem
phis and Arkansas River Packet Company"
at Napoleon. JOHN ID. ADAMS, President.
I. A. KENDIG, Agent,
myl Office 3i Front street, MOsby Block.
and ST. Francis River Tues
day Packet.
Helena, Mariana, Madison and W%Ittsburg.
The new aud elegant Sidewheel Passenger
Packet,
SAINT FRANCIS,
Capt. +. Il. Bowman-..--JSam c. Paine, Clerk
MILL leave Memphis for HELL W%A
w ENA, L'ANGU1LIE and ST. E
FRANCIS RIVERS every TUESDAY, at 5
O'Clock PM.
LARRY HARMSTAD, Agent.
febl9 pa Madison street.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
From Harper's Magazine.l
TOO LATE.

"Akg 81 Ia jeunesse sduait-Si Ia VielIes Sc
p~oWvdit!"
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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-04-07
The Piano Kaleldoseope.

Any one who has a square piano
forte may, in a few minutes, prepare a
most interesting optical exhibition by
converting the top of the instrument
into Kaleidoscope, in the following
manner, says the American Artisan:
The front portion of the top of the
piano is turned back on its hinges
over the main portion to an angle of
sixty degrees or less, and supported
in that position by placing under its
edge book or other suitable prop !;
and the cloth cover is then placed
over the portion thrown back, in such
a manner as to close the opening be-
hind it. A triangular tube OF the
whole length of the piano is thus
formed, the portions of the top form
ing the bottom and front sides, and
the cloth cover forming the third or
rear side Of the tube. A small table
or any other convenient stand is
placed close to one end of the piano,
and two candles or small lamps are
placed upon it, one on each side of
the mouth of the tube. In such posi-
tons their lights are not visible
through the opposite end of the tube.
Any article having gay eolOTed
AA=UANo a pun ~ EuCl - u tltctt vi GtAi-
pet, a shawl, a quilt, a piece Of eOlOred
embroidery, or a bunch of bright
colOred ribbons, is held up to the light
in such a manner that they shine up
on that side of it which is toward the
tube, and is moved about in as great
variety of directions as possible /;
and a person looking through the
tube from the opposite end viii see an
almost infinite variety of beautiful fig
ures, such as are seen through an
ordinary kaleidoscope, only on a much
larger scale. The exhibition NAV be
amusingly varied by a person presen-
ting his face to the lights and moving
his head about and grimacing, or by
two or three persons moving their
hands and fingers at the ightened
end of the tube. Almost any article
or object moved about the hghtened
end OF the tube will produce an effect
which, if it be not positively beauti-
full, will, at least, be grotesque or
amusing.
1t might be supposed that only a
new polished piano would be suitable
for this exhibition, but even with an
instrument on which the polish has
lost much of its briIlianey. a very
beautiful exhibition may be obtained.
The entertainment may be enliven-
ed by the playing of the piano during
the exhibition, and moving the OBJ
ject in time with the music.
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selections for a Newspaper.

Most people think the selection OF
suitable matter for a newspaper the
easiest part of the business. How
great an error. To look over and over
fifty exchange papers daily, from
which to select enough for one, espe-'
cially when the question is not what
shall, but what shall not be elected, is
no easy task. If every person who
reads a newspaper could have edited
it, we should have less complaining
Not unfrequently it is the case that
an editor looks over all exchange pa
pers for something interesting, and
can find absolutely nothing.
Every paper is drier than a cOntri-
button box, and yet something must
be had-his paper must be out with
something in ii, and he does the best
he can. To an editor who has the
least care in what he selects, the wri-
ting is the easiest part of his labor
Every subscriber thinks the paper is
printed for his own benefit, and if
there is nothing that suits him, 1t
must be stOpped-it is good for moth
ing. As many subscribers as an edi-
tor has, so many tastes he has to con-
suit.
One wants something very smart
and something sound. One likes an
ecdotes, fun and frolic, and the Hext
door neighbOr wonders that a man of
sense will put such stuff in his paper.
Something spicy comes out, and tie
editor is a blaekguard. Next comes
something argumentive, and the edi-
tor is a dull fool They never reflect
that what does not please them viii
please the next man; but they insist
that if the paper does not suit them,
it is good for nothing, and viii stop
it right of.