Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-21

/ distilled corruption Is injected into the
pure blood Of Infants, carrying NOT only
It's own essential disease, but with It
| humOrg and diseases still more fatal and
| disgusting. The subject Is hateful, and
the word sickening. The superstition Is
running the health OF the human race.
The anti-yacoinators have no interest in
| this matter but 8 purely philanthropio
one. always, Of course, excepting ateW
charlstans, who seek notOriety by having
their names in print But the cause Of
health is a sacred cause. There Is no hap
piness, 40 progress without It; and we
shall never give up the good fight so long
as we can use 8 pen or control q newsps-
per, until compulsory vaccination Is aboi-
isbed. and compulsory bathing estab-
lished.
"A great deal has lately been said, by
telegraph, of the fast tYpe-sstting OF very
fast cOmpOsitOrs in different parts Of the
Union, competing for a prize in the shape
of a silver stick, to be presented to the
fastest" by Mr.. Menemin, proprietor OF
/ the Printers Circular OF Philadelphia.
one of the 'shands'' on the New York Sun
is so far ahead, he set over $500 ems IN n
| hour, Of "test copy" in Horace Greeley's
/ frigbtful handwriting. Memphis has not
entered this field of competition, although
she can bOsst of as many fast compost
tors" in proportion, as can be found else
where: but one OF the most accomplished
i of her lob printers, who does not ct any
time set much type, being foreman Of
| Boyle & C~hsmpman's Job Office, last even
ing, within the last working hour of the
| dRv. set up l708 ems solid nOmparel, re-
print COPY, making q very clean proof.
! Everything considered, we think this fete
| Of Mr.. Frank VsnHorn, jr., as worthy Of
| record, as the best that has reached US.
If the strangely solemn snd majestic
music yesterday affected multitudes to
I tears, there were little incidents now and
/ then occurring only the more ludicrous
| because of the reverentisl awe inspired
by the deeply resounding melody An
/ Overgrown gawky youth, probably four
| teen or fifteen years of age, was the Six
] foot banner bearer OF q delegation, He
| not only bore the heavy banner, but 5
! carpet-bag. he was the best carpst-bsg-
| ger we ever saw While he moved down
| the streets the winds twisted his heavily,
] suuarely-constructed flag, and the pers-
piratiOn believed his shirt collar, which
was at last converted into paper paste.
Tired, he evidently was, and at length he
grew hungry. He never ceased TO sing,
and at intervals he would chuck a half
moon section of a huge biscuit between
his molsrs and grind sway upon It, and
grind out "Old Hundred" in jerks, and
hts, and snOrts and strands that Waa al
together interesting. When the hre-bell
sounded and the steam-hre engines came
rushing and shriekiDg down the street
our hero blew a blast of terror or amaze
ment that sent biscuit crumbs every
where. He dropped his nag, threw his
Carpst-sack at an auCtiOneer in full-blRst
at the corner of Main and Madison and
broke for the Charleston depot. He was
not seen any more.
An experienced steamboat engineer
/ Euw~g rhgf 50 M fuTn nr1ntfRo4 man hHUa the
same theory about steam boiler explO-
| siOns; that il is q bar to travelling on
| steamboats,, because no one knows one
| minute where they will be the next,
Find the cause, and there can be 3 pre-
ventstive applied aud safety secured.
Let Congress pass an act authorizing the
/ inspectors to receive q written opinion of
the cause Of explosions from all practical
steamboat engineers. Then let there be q
committee of practical engineers and
! scientific men appointed to examine
/ these written statements, and experiment
upon them. Congress spprOpriates thou
sands of dollars experimenting on en-
gines of destruction, cannon, etc. There
certainly would be no objection to an APP
/ preparation for this purpose. We re-
spectfully ask the merchants, steamboat
owners and AL good citizens TO help us IN
this matter. 1t is time there was some
thing done to stop such horrible destEuC-
ton OF life, We suggested some time
sgO that the Chamber Of Commerce
should commend this matter to the at
tenliOn Of Congress. Let it be done neXt
Monday afternoon.
It would be difficult to estimate the
vast benefits that have accrued to US from
the English Bible. II has, not insptly,
bsen characterized as the foundation Of
our civilization, the motive and incentive
to all the quickened life and energy that
distinguishes us as q nation from all 9TH
ers, It brings hope in periods OF de-
spOndency and despair and consolation in
sorrow and distress, and snfOrces the doc
trine Of the resurrection Of the dead, " |
which taken from our common creed
would leave US without a future, rob US Of
our faith in Gods iustics and induce the
chaos out Of which the book Of books has
called order, love and peace. The dispen-
satiOn of such q bOCk is a work TO engsge |
the best minds and ths most devoted
hearts. It is e work as much
greater than that of the preacher OF the
word, as the whole book is greater than
any one ext from it. None of u read
srs who nave had the pleasure and profit
ed by reading the report Of the Shelby
County Bible Society, can fail TO have
been convinced Of this. The lsbOrs of
Mr.. Thomas, the agent of the Society, |
would alone set at rest any doubts on that 4
point. Not to hundreds but thousands
has he carried the precious Word OF God,
invariably accompanying il with prayer
and such good words IS the life he has led
would naturally inspire. Working silent
and quietly Mr.. Thomas has conferred
society by thirty years OF labor
an ~incalculabls benefit, turning men
from bad to good and inducing them TO
obey the "lsw Of the Lord" which is the
charter Of all our rights. We are
of rha vgIuR Of Mr.. TbOmae' ef- i
forts, at least in part, and therefore this
paragraph, by which we hope to enace any
wrong impression a previous one, jokose
in it's nature, may possibly have made.
AS the agent Of the Shelby County Bible
and as a citizen of unblemished
character, Mr.. Thomas is entitled to the
confidence and good Offices Of the people
Of every part Of q common country.
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