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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-01

recently in London was burnt on October
10Th az Dresden. The ceremony was preform-
ed IN the furnance recently invented for buri-
al purposes by Herr SieI1sns, and the relatives
Of the deceased lady, permitting strangers to
De present, q large number of scientific men
attended the experiment. When the COM
pRny had com pIied with Herr Slemen's re-
was placed in the chamber OF the furnace; SIX
minutes later the cofin burst; five minutes
more and the flesh began to melt away ten
minutes more and the SIX Teton was laid care I;
smother ten minutes and the bones began to
cru,nble. Seventy-lve minutes afi er the in
uoducts on Of the coffin into the furnace, ali
that remained OF Lady Dixie and tie coffin
were six pounds of duct placed In an urn.
lhe brtoher-in--law OF the deceased was pre-
q 1T
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-01
COTTON PRESS!

ReyGoId's Improved RevOly-
Ing Screw Cotton Press lie on ex.
hibitiOns and for sale, at 1876
Maia street send sor circular.
JO6sA 1EANOGUk, agent.
sienPilla. 'sena.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-01

RENEMBER the election take place
on Tuesday next, the third Of Novem-
Der. Be ready and sure to vote.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-01

THE attention Of those WHO favor Mr..
EtheUlge and the company who with
him are endesvoring 20 ruin the Demo-
cratic party and play into the hands oi
the Radicals wiz find the proof Of that
fact in the following ticket, which lie
being distributed TO the Radicals Of Tip
ton county "a The regular ticket OF that
party;
REPUBLICAN TICKET,
For Governor.
HORACE MAlNARn,
For Congress.
u.A.NJNN.
FOR state Senate.
EMEisSON ETHERIDGE.
foT Representative.
CALVIN PACE
That spegizs for ITSELF and tells the
s.oyofEfheri5- e Company belt5rand
more rlaiuly ,aaL any words Of ours.
a-.lgr dee IS here plainly set down as
he EtadicsI nominee frr The senate.
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ROCK CITY
PAPER MANUFAGFURIKG co.,
NAsnvILLE, Tenn.

w E Make A SPECIALITY OF NEWS
PAPER. and are furnishing, in addition to
the Nashville papers, the Appeal and Ava
Ianehe OF Memphis, besides many others.
We will be glad TO correspond with Pub.
fishers in regard TO their supply OF paper.
octS n. SCOTT, Pest.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21
The Egyptian Capital.

Bayard Taylor writes from Alexan-
dria, Egypt, to the New York Tribune 4:
In the elder streets, and especially in
the native bazars, all is gay. diversified.
Oriental. The faces, costumes and dia-
lects of Syria, Tripoli, and Tunis are
mixed with those of Egypt, and even
group of wondering Desert Arabs are a
daily sight. l saw several this morn
ing, evidently very much puzzled by n
collection Of large children's dolls in a
shop window /; their faces were an inter
esting study. But with what a simple
dignity they Wore their ragged bur
nOOses! What fine, statuesque grace
in every deliberate movement or gest-
ure These pictures, which meet you
az every tur2, give to the newer portion
of Alexandria, which is INTELLECTUALLY
like Leghorn or M~arseilles. a semi
Oriental character. Of its 225,OO0 in
habitants, at least 100, 600 are of Euro
rean blood. 1t has more than doubled
in twenty years, and the rubbish of I'M
finished or demolished buildings meets
your eye wherever you g.. The bank
ing capital Of the city Is estimated at
3d., 600, OO0-not much less than
that of New York, where, however, the
amount of business is not always an
avidence of the basis upon which 1t is
carried on. Where everybody rode on
donkeys, in 1852, there are now superb
equipages, and the rich merchants are
building up a suburb of sumptuous
villas and gardens at Ramleh, four or
five miles to the eastward of the city.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21
Process OF Cremation.

Prof. Brunette gives the details of
the apparatus that would be required
for the process of incrematiOn. After
having made several experiments on
the human subject, in which the bodies
were burned in the retOrts of gas manu-
factories in closed receptacles, and
with access of air, he first satisfiedhim-
self that the complete and perfect per-
formauce of the process would be i'm
possible under all ordinary circum-
stances. In the first place, there is re-
quired an oblong furnace of fire-proof
! bricks. having ten holes below, by
means of which the intensity of the fire
can be regulated. The upper part of
this should be followed to receive the
coffin, and over this a dOmed cover is
to be placed, by which the flames, rs in
q reverbatory furnace, may be directed
upon the body. Within the coffin is a
metal supporter-table on which the
body rests, fixed by thick iron wire.
The operation embraces three periods
the heatingof the body, the spontaneous
combustion, and finally the %incinera-
ton of the soft parts, and the calcina-
ton of the bones. During the first
per'Od, and about half All hour after the
pile of wood in the furnace has been
lighted. the combustion of the body
commences. 1t give off a large guam
tity of gas, and the management of the
rcverbatory part of the furnace is of
great Importance. If the wood has
been well arranged, two hours suffice to
produce perfect carbonization. During
the third period, the air-holes being
opened, the carbonized mass is collected
and placed upon a fresh plate, and the
heat is now urged to the utmost /; a
fresh supply of wood is inserted. BY
means of this arrangement, at the ex-
pense of about $50 pounds of wood,
complete incremation-that is to say,
incremation of the soft parts and cal
cination of the bones-may be effected
in two hours. When the furnace has
cooled, the cinders and bones are col
lected and deposited in a funeral urn.-
London LdRcct.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21
Soaring of Cannibals.

Magruder's oldest boy came stagger-
ing through the door of the kitchen the
other day with his face as white as the
reputation of n of the early martyrs.
When his mother, i'll great alarm, asked
him what vas the matter, he said he
thought he must have caught cold
somehow. But, as he proceeded to the
window the next moment and began to
permit his breakfast to come to light,
The explanation vas not regarded as
perfectly satisfactory, and the old lady
instituted an investigation upon her
own account. In the first pocket that
she explored she discovered a plug OF
tobacco from which a m%outhful had
been removed ; and then, as the cause OF
Henry's illness was evident, she pro-
ceeded to hunt up Henry's father for
the purpose of getting him to remon-
strate with the culprit. When Magru-
der arrived he went to the closet and
selected a favOrite bed-slat, and, APP
preaching Henry, he sternly asked
"What d you mean by chawin' ter
hacker? Haven't l told you often
enough to let that Ornery stuff alone?
I've half a mind to bang thunder out o
you. What d you mean, say?'
81 was only tryin' to scare off the
cannibals," blubbered Henry. - don't
want to chew tobacco. l only wanted
to keep 'em from eatin' me. I'll cross
myheart to it."
"Cannibals ! cannibals !" exclaimed
Magruder, "what are you talkin'
about? Commere to me this minute |!
Harriet, the boys crazy; that ter
hackers shattered his intelleck. Tell
me what you mean, quick, or Ill sLake
the sawdust out O. you"
81 saw it in the paper" said Henry,
"and l thought maybe they'd ketch
me some time and I'd better get ready
for 'em. l was tryin' to chew SOS I'd
get soaked with tobacco. If you don't
believe me read that" and he fumbled
in his pockets until he produced the
following extract from a health journal ::
"It is said Of the cannibals that they
will not eat the flesh of a tobacco
cbewer, because it is SO highly charged
with the taste and odor Of tobacco"
When Magruder finished the para
graph he said "Wel, I'll let You off
this time, but, mind me, don't you
chaw that stuff agin. No cannibal is
goin' to eat you any way. and, if any
of EN- come foOlin' around here, you
call me and I'll smash 'em with this yer
bedslat."
Then Henry rose from his couch and
went out to hunt for the plug of to-
bacco which his mother had tossed
through the window. 1t seems to me
that those health journals are demoral-
izing things.-Mdr Adeter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21

WONDERFUL Gown the trial of a
cause, during the recent term of the
Circuit Court, which grew out of the de-
tentiOn under the Estray laws of a colt,
and In which LeGrand Byington was
plaintiff, the question hinged upon the
point whether the fence that surround
ed the field in which the colt was found
was a lawful one. Byington was on the
witness stand and insisted that the
fence would resist anything but a lorna
do and COW owned by MI. Whistler.
1.-The cow" he said, would place her
head under the top rail and throw it
sky-high," and when reminded by the
counsel that he was under oath, he re-
piled with considerable vehemence, II
know it, and l say she would throw the
rail out Of sight.'-Lowd City Repub-
Lc1n.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21
The Shirt that Opened Behind.

A man in Greenfield, whom We will
call William, got up the other morning
and proceeded to put OF a shirt which
his wife had just made for him, after a
new pattern. As she stood at h mir
ror curling her hair, she heard a sup
pressed sound, half way between a groan
and an oath, and turning round, said,
laughing" Why, my dear - shut
up !" he CALCULATED. "You are a born
fool ! Never let a attempt to fit
a shirt; she can't do it it is n of the
impossibilities p "But, William" de-
p~recatingly. Don't you talk-let me
talk! Do you think I'm going down
town in this rig? A pretty disposition
you've got - Just because l happened
to find a little fault last week with your
ironing, You must 60 and make me a
shirt without a bosom |! Such malicious
conduct, madam, is objectionable.
Shut up, / say won't hear a word T!
When a starched shirt front is the only
finery that IA man INDUCES in, is he not
excusable for being particular in regard
to that, 1 should like to know? And
this thing sets like the mischief. Look
how baggy it is in front and 1t feels be
hind as if there was a board bound
across me y walking up and looking in
the glass, hitching up first one shout
der and then the other, after the indie
scribable ANN of men trying q new
garment. His wife dared not speak,
but bringing a good-sized mirror from
the next room, she held it up behind
him for a moment ; and, %perceiving by
his chop-fallen expression that he saw
the point and the front, she ran down
stairs to settle the coffee and see that
Bridget had set the table economically.
As William walked down to his Office
that morning, he said to the first friend
that he met 81 tell you, Tom, that
little wife of mine is a born genius.
Look at this shirt, now /; she cut and
made it all herself /; no COMPOUNDED but
tonholes to bother a fellow. Just send
your wife up for the pattern" And it
was by the way of Toms wife that
Lizzie first knew that William vas
pleased with his shirts.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21

"We have had boots a year old that We
have oiled with it, and the leather was
soft. smooth and water proof to the last
time they were used. W. apply it clear,
without heat. A little lampblack might
be used on old leather, but is seldom
necessary on new, as the oil itself seems
to keep the backing on. and d
the leather black and of fine appearance.
Those who have been annoyed with
hard, cracked, w~ater-soaked boots, the
surface of the latter rough, without
backing, and the leather shrunken and
wrinkled, so as to chafe, gall, and 9th
erwise punish the feet, will find castor
oil, we'll applied, to be satisfactory. We
have used it for wagons and buggies,
and find it is every way superior. 1t
Will wear longer, lubricate better. and
is less Objectionable than anything we
know Of"
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21
Statistics of Intpmperancp.

The testimony of competent Judges is
decided in the opinion hat the use of
ardent spirits is hurtful to health and
long life, and the old-fashioned calcula-
tons of Nelson, in his "Vital Stats
ties" are confirmed by the researches
of the General Life Office. According
To these estimates, the probability of
death among drinkers between II and
40 years is ten times as much as among
the whole population between Al and
60 years. four times as much and
among habitual tipplers over 60 years
of age, twice as much as among the
people at large. In England, 1S5O-59,
more than 5000 cases were reported of
men who had literally drank themselves
TO death. Nelson has given us his in
vestigation of GIL ~tipplers; that ont
of 1000, 5S.4 die annually, while ont of
1000 inhabitants of the same age only
10 die. Thus the mortality among
drinkers is three times as great as in
the community at large. He has car
ried ont his calculations into all ages,
and shown how this chronic self.murder
marvelously diminishcs the expectation
of life. The highes. point as to num-
bers is found III the years lS5l-6O, which
report 1872 men and A women intern
perate out of 10000, in England and
Wales, and which reckon the diminu-
ton in the rate of expectation of life
accordingly. This last statement is
most startling. and shows a falling.off
In the probable term of life for each ten
years, from 20 to GO and upward, of re-
spectively 2S. %, IL, 10 and 5 years,
with fractions, and amounting to the
fearful percentage, respectively, of 81,
3S, 40, 81 and 63 per cent. of probable
life. as compared with the population.
Surely strong drink is slow fire, and in
is voluntary madness and
chronic suicide.-Dr. Samuel Os9oOd,
in Harper's Magazine for Nay.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21
Arbitration VS.. War.

A lynx aud a wildcat were stealthily
approaching from opposite directions a
doing pheasant. The lynx, however,
vas rather before the wildcat, and bad
but just secured his prey, when his
rival put in an appearance, and the fol-
lowing angry discussion took place:
Wildcat-"How dare you poach on
nv ground? I've lived here all my life
and that birds mine"
Lynx-''I don't care. l caught it,
and l mean to eat it."
Wildcat-"You shan't."
Lynx-"I will"
A terrible struggle then took place,
but although they both fought desper-
ately for a long time it proved to be a
drawn battle.
The wild cat then said, '.Suppcse We
call in the lion and accept arbitration in
the matter?"
agreed" said the lynx.
just fancy their mutual chagrin when
they found that in the very thick of
the fight a neighbor had slipped nm
observed away with the prize.
"Oh!" said the lynx, "why didn't
we think of arbitration and mutual
concession before the battle? We
have gained nothing by the war; we
have lost what We fought about, and
inflicted injuries on ourselves which
may take a long, long time to heal.
Yes, it is certainly better to settle diff
~ferences by arbitration rather than by
war"
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21

The Duchess of Edinburgh is indig-
liant because she is not allowed prece-
dence IN the English court over the
Princess Beatrice. 1t is stated that a
letter has been received from the En-
peror Of Russia, complaining that the
state kept up and position made for his
daughter are not such as he had a right
To expect On the occasion of the
Windsor review the Duchess was obliged
to sit in the royal barouche with her
back to the horses, which vas remarked
by all as = singular affront The Queen
insists that her daughter Beatrice Is en-
titled to'precedence over Alexandrowra,
and viii not yield her position.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21

VINEGAR BrrTERs.-The great merit
of VINEGAR BITTERs has made them the
leading medicine of the day, and re-
spectacle druggists everywhere write
Tiny are the best and most popular
preparation an the MARKET" They
have stood the test Of public opinion
and won confidence. They sell rapidly
because they cure. II you are sick you
want reliable medieine. VINEGAR BIT
TIERS commend themselves To the ailIng
aud afflicted, "a they are deficientin one
thing alone, viz: the stimuidyt that
unduIy excites the brain, and creates a
morbid thirst for spirits There is no
phase of Indigestion, Biliousness. Nerv-
Disease or Physical Debility in
which they will not effect a cure. In
valids who are wasting away from want
of proper action in the liver, stomach
and bowels, will find them a constifu-
tionat specific, and a fountain of vitality
and vigor as refreshing and exhilarating
as a cool, gushing spring Of water to
the parched and fainting traveller IN the
desert. Al
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21

No TINE FOR SWEARING" Catch
me using a profane word in the presence
of ladies'" said a laxative STRIPPING,
with a shade of down on his upper lip.
"There's a time for all things"
No sir, there isn't a time for all
things. No law, human or divine, ever
set apart a time for swearing. A pro-
fame expression is a sin and an abomi-
nation, utter it when and where you
will. AS for ladies, yes, I'll grant you
it is well to be and act our best in their
presence. We cannot be too true, too
pure, too honorable, if We want to stand
upright before a good woman or a good
girl-yes, while I'm about it. I'll add,
or before a little mite of a girl-baby,
with her soul fresh from heaven.
l only know of one other before whom
we ought to be just as particular, if not
more so. When He is not around, my
boys, you a safely do just about as
you please. But when you're in His
presence-and, to my thinking, we're
all there, or tlereabouts, pretty much
all the time-have n care Don't offend
the deepest love, the whitest purity, the
grandest honor of all.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21

RESULTS OF OvERwoRK.-A recent
writer on the subject of sleep mentions
a curious case Of a literary man who,
for nearly a year, while intently engaged
in a favorite study, restricted his period
of rest to four hours n day. and fire.
quently less. At the end of that time
the everlasting of his mental powers
was manifested in n curious way. He
told the pin. stefan that, though still
able to MAINTAIN n connected line of
reasoning, he found that as soon as he
attempted to record his ideas on paper,
the composition turned ont to be a It's
sue Of arrant nonsense. When in the
act of writing, his thoughts flowed So
rapidly that11e was not conscious OF the
disconnected nature of what lie was
writing; but as soon as he stopped to
read it over he was aware how COM
pletely he had misrepresented his con
ceptions. If the language happened TO
be at all Ineligible, it was SURE to have
no relation to the idea he wished to ex-
press. Thus, wishing to obtain a book
from a friend, he found that instead Of
the request, ne had written the prayer
of Socrates, as gwen by Plato.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21

THERE is nothing a woman is more
deeply concerned in than her white
washing, or nothing she is SO conceited
about as her own efforts in that line, if
it doesn't "streak." To keep it from
"~streaking" is her highest ambition,
and when she has succeeded, every
oma within a mile is dragged in to
see it, and her unfortunate husband is
forced to admire it until he hurts his
neck. Every woman has a natural de-
sire to see her husband ~whitewash.
When she has a job of it on hand she
invariably p%roffers it to him with a
strong expression of doubt in his ability
to perform it, a distrust he hastens to
confirm with cheerful alacrity. Mans
antipathy to whitewashing arises mainly
from having at some time or another
stepped on the handle of a full brush
reposing across a pail and thrown
about two quarts of the mixture over
himself and the furniture, besides tip
ping over the pail, and emptying its
contents in his shoes. -Danbury NcUs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21

THE railways Of Massachusetts, car
RED IS, l26.3Sl passengers over their
roads in 1863. "a. 12l. 532 in $50. 3D.
sic. SIS in 1871. 36,059.663 in 1872 and
A.. 39S, O01 III 1873. The number ear
ried last year is eluai to more than
t~wenty-eight rides for every man, wo-
man and child IN that State. OF passen-
gers carried since 1s6S, lis have been
fatally injured. and of employees. q
have been killed while engaged az work
on trains. During that tine pa per-
sons have been run over and killed
while walking or lying upon the track.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21

A VETERAN.-The Pekin Gazette is
the Oldest journal In the world. 1t is
printed on q large sheet of yellow silk,
and appears In the same form with the
same kind Of stuff as it did a thousand
years ago. The only change is in the
writer's.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21

The most s~tupendous enterprise on
the continent for the relief Of human woe If
the National Surgical Institute Of Indianapo-
lis. Ind. 1t has capital stock Of $500. 600,
with over fifty surgeons, assistants aud in
strument makers. Who are constantly EN-
ployed in giving relief to thousands OF suffer
ers annually. They treat a. specialties
crooked feet. legs. spines and all other human
d~eformities also paralysis. chronic diseases
piles, fis;ula ard catarrh. Send for circular.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21

IT takes about six quarts of onion
seed per acre. And a writer IN the Al
bany (ahtirator says onions should
never be thinned
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21

REFERRING THE DEITY TO A POLIrrCAL
DOCUMENT during the Mexican war,
which the Wings of that day opposed, a
Democratic divine. of the Hard Shell
Baptist persuasion, was once addressing
the Throne of Grace in the presence of
a hickory-shirted congregation, in a
hoop-pole region of Kentucky. After
going through a hearty anathema of the
Wing organization, he continued {:
"Oh, Lord, Thou canst not believe one
word uttered by these traitors to their
country /; they are liars and blasphem-
ers, back-biters and slanderers ; and it
is not true, oh Lord, that we began
this war our enemies. the Mexicans,
began it by crossing the Rio Graude
into our territory all of which, oh
Lord, Thou wilt find set forth in the
late message of our President, James
h. Polk, to which l refer Thee.
Amen"
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21

PuLssuoxs PER MISrTK-ys.el's
Veterinary Pathology gives the fol-
loving rs the number of pulsations in a
minute, in q state of health, in the n
aforementioned animals:
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21

SPAIN.-The war in Spain, like the
war in Cuba and in all Spanish coun-
tries, is interminable. Queen Isabella
was depOsed in June, 1868. and the war
has been raging ever since, and with no
more prospect of al early termination
than five years ago. The Carlists are
stronger now than they have been since
the contest begun, and the Government
seems powerless to subdue them. The
fact is, Spain is only tit for an absolute
despotism or an oligarchy. That is the
only form Of government for which the
people have any respect. The result is
that civil war in Spain always descends
to brigandage, the "troops" fighting on
the side which pays best or permits the
greatest license. The wars in Spain,
forty years ago, Owe the Carlist success
sion, became so atrociously inhuman
that civilization was at last aroused,
and the nations of Europe had to bring
it to a conclusion by force. The present
war will have to be closed, perhaps, in
the same way.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21

THE NORTHWESTERN HORSE AL Co. s
:. Finished Nail is the best in the world.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21
THE GREAT FAMILY MEpICrSE.-D

THE GREAT FAMILY MEDICISE.-Dr.
Without Anti-Periodic or Fever and Ague Ton
&c No case Of incurable Chills has vet present
ed i,relf where this scientific and safe medicine
has been employed. No case has been found
20 obstinate A. to resist its prompt and ma--
terly action. No man has been so reduced BY
malarial influences but with It's nee has come
up perfectly reconstructed. Nopill- or purgs-
tive required with this medicine. WHsELoCK.
FISLsY 4 Co, proprie,or-. New Orleans. For
sale by all druggists.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21

WORK for Evsyyb~dy Coed Wages
.ssn wanted Fsd p.rfie.isrs free
Address " A. Henderson & Co, CieYe-
land, O., or g. Lo2is. La.