Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-14

| through mentioned and Sketched 1.-THE
celebrated gate Of the Eagle" There
is precious little to see, and when one
| goes a thousand miles he must see
something. Adjoining Castle Brig
ham, Mr.. John Young, eldest son of
the President, has a museum of things
curious said to be found in the valley.
/ paid fifty cents to view the institu-
tion, and have 40 hesitancy in pro-
nouncing it a fraud. A few old
monkies, an old camel, a few
little bears, some cloths and fossils
make up the wonderful collection. The
superintendent told US that his biggest
and ugliest monkey had died only the
day before; that his name had been
|" Cullum," we inquired why Cullum?
"What, don't you know him? he is the
man who has introduced the bill
against polygamy." We suggested
that he must be a very clever fellow
then, as we couldn'tSee what a man
wanted with more than one wife, and
(speaking for the benefit of several
young ladies who stood around the
monkey cage) we surely thought every
woman was entitled to an entire man
to herself. WhereupOn the eldest of
the party bridled and remarked that
she didn't want dRy!
Brigham has a theater, which we
visited. 1t was much like any other
similar place, with a fair sprinkling
of good-lnoking girls. To see one fell
low come in with two or three Wo-
men, however, was very suggestive.
The fellow who kept the hotel was
a bandy-legged little Dutchman. The
dining-room was looked after by;three
young women. With all the ingenuity
we possessed we were not able TO get
out Of him the number of his wives.
AT the photograph gallery we asked
to see the picture of Mrs. Young. An
album with twenty or thirty pictures
was produced. In addition we were
shown a dozen or two pictures of the
Misses Young, all grown and mar
riageable, some quite handsome.
I. The first thing that attracts ones
attention in the street is the peculiar
ity of the signs over the doors of the
business establishments. For in
stance, a big board shaped like a
tombstone, is emblazOned with the
picture of a straw beehive, and the
all-seeing eye. Around these two
emblems are the words Holiness to
the Lord, ''and beneath, ''Zion's. Coop
erative Mercantile Establishment"
This, no doubt, is to point out TO the
saints where they are to trade. 1t
looked very ridiculous to see the
Cooperative signOver asmau cobbler's
stall, and an equally diminutive
candy stand. Over several very good
looking places we failed to see the
sign. These were GENTLE shops or
were owned by backsliders. Ten per
cent. of the earnings of the people
must be paid to the head of the
Church annually, which the Nor
mons insist is strictly accounted for,
and it is this money, in the hands of
n man which has increased the pop
ulation of the valley so rapidly. The
railroad has been of no benefit to the
Mormons. Formerly they found
ready sale for their surplus hay and
grain to the thousands of teams trad
ing to the territories farther West;
now they only provide lodging and
food for the few travellers who stop a
day, and supply the few troops that
are stationed in their vicinity. Upon
the whole it is a small, uni~nteresting
place. From Ogden westward we
sweep over deserts, down the Hum
bOldt river, to the eastern slope of the
Sierra Nev2das. Fifteen minutes
will suffice until you come to the
mountains. Then you will see some
very handsome scenery, mountain
and gorge, lake, river and pine tree.
For thirty miles on the eastern slope
you are shut up in snow sheds, very
much like being in a long tunnel. Up
to the summit you go drawn by two
engines, and down to the plains Of
California. You pass by a few places
where mining is still being carried on,
and you pass over some ground for
merly the richest in California, but
now worked out and deserted.
To sum up the trip which has been
SO much extOlled in railroad adver-
tisements, for beauty, grandeur,
ETC., l have this to say: From
Memphis to L~ynchburg is much
0 beautiful and interesting
If you happen to miss that abom-
inably dirty, leaky and generally I'M
comfortable sleeping car L was once
doomed to on the Memphis and
Charleston railroad. You can see
more for much less money, and enjoy
more comfort.
The first place you see of any i'm
pOrtance in California is the capital,
Sacramento, which is by far the hot
test, busiest place you are likely to
fall in with, unless it happen that the
Southern Pacific railroad shall be
built, and you take it in your head to
stop at Fort Yuma. But there is no
place Of real importance in California,
except San Francisco; there is all the
State. Everything centers there, and
it goes 10 a very good place. L visited
this place first in 1913, and found a
village somewhat resembling the an
Gent and much. dilapidated county
seat of Shelby county, Raleigh
square with a dozen houses about it.
In 1869 l found it a splendid city, a
New York of 100, 900 inhabitants. But
it is not my purpose or intent, even if
L had the time, to attempt a descrip-
ton of this city of the Pacific. We
are bound to China, and let US depart
therefor.
Before leaving San Francisco 1 spent
a month in investigating the Chinese
in that city, endeavoring to find out
in what way they could be made use
full to us here in the South. | found
them to excel in every branch of USE
fulness. BY their aid the ladies of
San Francisco have been redeemed
from the thraldom- of Biddydom.
MEM.-One of the counts in the in
dictment against this Asiatic pauper,
this yellow mongrel, is that he has
cnanlonfnl these xyaFfrTnrrn AAAr7nl
sometimes high-tempered females,
hence he should be expelled that
State, and be forbidden to come.
Query.-Have the people who employ
servants no rights; must they be COM
PEELED to submit to extortion, bad
service and bullying? Who dis
charges good servants?] He has made
the. manufacture of wooden cloth a
success, which was before q failure
the capital invested in the business
having been almost a dead loss. This
capital was rescued to the State, and
the wool grown there must no
longer be carried around Cape Horn
twice, and pay profits to-a dozen par
ties before the grower of the wool may
get a coat or a blanket. California is
the first wool-producing State in the
Union. By manufacturing her pro-
ducts millions will be saved to her
annually. She cannot do it without
cheap labor, and the Unions want no
cheap labor; hence the millions must
go elsewhere. Two thousand Chinese
cigar-makers are onstantly employed,
who keep not less than two million
dollars a year from going to foreign
Are these two millions of any
account? The same number of shoe
makers hold another pair of millions
in San Francisco; but that is nothing.
And so l found them in every place
where steady work was to be done.
How l wish the Cinnamon could all
be taken out of San Francisco, and
put into Memphis. 1 wish we had
the wooden factories and cigar
makers and shoe shops, and all
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