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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-02-26

VI ERsAILLEs, February 25.-When
Ex-Pr esident Thiers entered the asse mbiy to-
day, h. was greeted with a perfect ovation
from u ie member Of the left, in consequence
OF his etter, published yesterday, stat Ing his
convict len that a republic is the only form OF
govern uent for France.
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Killed by Her JealOus Lover.

NEW YORK, February rs This sifteT-
noon Policeman John Doyle, OF the fifteenth
precinct, shot and Instantly killed Miss Law
Ter, No. S3 Soutil-Fifth avenue, with whom he
had been in company for some time. 1t is
said the officer was insanely jealous OF the
young lady, and to-day after geJt inv very
drunk we1t to her residence and en- Las.ed in a
quarrel, during which he drew a revolver and
shot her through tn head. The murderer
was arrested and lOcks d up.
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MARRIED.

JACKSON--February 25th, at
the Central Methodist Church, by f. C.Slater,
DID,, Captain W. G. CANNON and Miss KATIE,
daughter of Captain D. F. Jackson, both of
this city. No cards.
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PROBABILITIES.

WASHINGTON, February 25.-For Thursday
IL the New England States, easterly winds,
falling barometer, cloudy weather and snow.
For the middle States and lower lake re-
gion, W inds backing to northwest,w with cloudy
weather and occasional snow.
For the middle Atlantic and south Atlantic
States. rising barometer, poTthwesterly winds,
cloudy and Clearing weather.
For the Gulf States, northerly winds, rising
barometer, partly cloudy and clear weather.
For the Oh1o valley, diminishing north
westerly Winds, and rising barometer, fol-
lowed by falling barometer and southerly
W .nds
For the upper lake reeion and northwest,
} 4lling barometer, southefly winds, higher
temperature, aud cloudy or partly cloudy
weather.
s.The lower Ohio and Mississippi rivers con-
linus 10 rise slowly.
g1Cantionary signals are ordered for Port
and, EastpO t, and Boston, and continue a6
Woodshole, New London, New Haven, New
York, Sandy Hook, Long Branch, Alta tic
City, Peck's Beach and Cape May.
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Weather Report.
SYNOPSIS FUR THE PAST -FOUR


WAsHINGToE, February 20, l a.m.-The ba-
rometer has risen, but fallen again in New
England, and has steadily fallen in the Mid
die States and extreme north west since Tues
day night. The temperature has fallen slight
ly in the Ohio valley, but elsewhere IL has
generally risen. Northeasterly winds, with
England. North winds, with cloudy weather
and snow prevail in the middle Atlantic
the South Atlantic States, Ohio valley and
lake region. Southeasterly winds, with cloudy
weather, prevail In the extreme northwest.
the sOuth west
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-02-26

OUR supreme court has not yet agreed
upon the question of the constitutional
ty OF the tax upon lawyers.
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A sociated Press Reports.I
n Couufv Traaau Per X a hhen

OMAHA, February 25.-J aeob Hoff-
ma q, tseasurer of Staunton couIlty. Nebras-
ks, was robbed OF one thousand and eighty
doll AIS, cash, and a seven huL ldred dollar
draft in bagnio in this city las night.
r,,Ee rs,S Ree~Dtsov, an tr,a E,-ench An.
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= - = ,oseyS
that.our distilled LIQUORS and wines cost S6Fzs-
O0O COO more per annum, than cur hour, cotloh
and wooden goods, boots and shoes, neWspa-
pers, job printing, etc. Inc eornespoA -enS
adds:
There were 10000 licensed liquor saloons 10
the United States, each having lestlmateaJ
forty daily custoInors, making 5,6OO,oOO drink
ers who. it is estimated. spent their money
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ADDITIONAL RIVER NEWS.

METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.
SIGNAL SERVICE UNITED STATES ARMY,
MEMPHIS, TENN, February 25- 1874.
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WEDNESDAY.


New YORK, February 25.-Tne Full
ton street prayer-meeting has engaged in the
cause OF Temperance in a special manner, and
yesterday prayers were offered for the deliY-
erance of this land nom the power of rum;
that the IRE kindled by women may sweep
FROM OF the earth the crime of making
drunkards.
sTURGIS, MICH.
STURGIs, February 25.-The temper
auce movement is a triumph. The ladies OF the
town, under the skillful leadership OF Mrs. 4.
W. PendletOn, have to-day succeeded in clos
Jog every saloon and drinking establishment
on All kinds, the ssloon-keepers haviB e igned
. contract to hereafter abstain from the busi-
ness so long as they remain residents here
The druggists have also given bonds to sell
erlv in accordance with law. Il Is regarded
es 4 great success in the temperance cause,
and an law-abiding and order-loving citizens
are jubilant.
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
coId1MBUs, February pa temper
.,.se ,neefina was held this evening at Town
street Methodist church. preliminary 10 be-
oinning an active campaigp, ana was largely
sffended. maiiOn 70 Rppointa con- M tIee
to conier with the general asseinoly teiati se l
TO holding pray er- meepl g ID Iiie iCsotS ~, ~
lie sfateho1se this evening was Opposed o.
Mrs. Mcclellan, chief OF tbe oIoe. % soJ1 ~
L uplars in Ohio, on the ground that IL Wou!a
interfere with The meeting at the CITY halI
this evening, 10 be addressed py MI
John Russell, OF Detroit. The iabe. pro
hioltion candidate for vice PRESIDENT
and herself. Mrs. W. +. Caggshau suggested
that, IS ar. Russell had maize his 2ppoiut-
ment to speak here long before sh1s move
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WAsHINaToN. Fehruary 24-As b

linfnary to the temperance crusade promised
on Saturday next, notices similar TO the fol-
lowing nave been served on several resbap-
sake or your own spiritual welfare ana Tor the
preservation from ruin OF our husbands and
sons that you abandon the lninol al @ anu
wicked business Of selling intoxicating
liouors. We will be at your place of business
10 pray with You next Saturday. Come with
rs. and we will do you good, ard NAY God
have mercy on your sO1l-
s.Bv order OF the committec..
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-08-01
The Fate of Old Women Among the
Colorado River Indians.

The life of an Indian maiden is blithe
and merry for few years, but when
she becomes O wife she is soon broken
down with the pains of motherhood and
the heavy labors which fall to her lot,
and she soon becomes wrinkled, garru-
lous, cross, scolding, in fact an old hag.
OF course such hags are not pleasant
company in camp, and in the belief Of
the Numa such old hags grow uglier
and meaner until they dry up and
whirlwinds carry them away, when they
are transformed into witches aud lest
such fate should befall old women,
they are taught that it is their duty to
die when they are no longer needed,
and if they do not die by natural means
in reasonable time, they rapst commit
suicide. This they seem very willing to
do rather than to meet that terrible fate
of being, transformed into witches and
being compelled to live in snake skins,
and wriggle about among the rocks,
their only delight being to repeat the
words of passersby in mockery. l once
saw three old women thus voluntarily
starving themselves. l rode up to what
was almost deserted camp, the three
old women only remaining, sitting by
the fire and intently gazing into the
embers. They seemed to heed not my
approach, but sat there numbling and
groauing until they rose, each dragging
up her weight with staff, and then
they joined in sidewise, shutting, tot
tering, senile dance around the fire,
propped up by thnir stats, and singing
a doleful song. Having finished which,
they sat again on their heels and gazed
into the fire, and / rode away. On COM
ing to the new camp OF the tribe the
next day, and inquiring of Chui-at-au-
peak, their chief, why these women
were left behind and what they were
doing, / was isformed they had deter
mined to commit suicide, fearing lest
they should be transformed into witches.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-08-01
A Popular Comet.

The World has received information
that the comet is very popular among
young lovers, and they never tire of the
heavenly hunt, but endure with aston.
ishing resignation the constantly recur.
ring collisions consequent upon the sud.
den movements of their heads in oppo-
site directions. Now and then the
young fellow is sure he sees it, and then
in the excitement of the moment he
passes his arm about his companions
neck, and with his hand under her chin
raises her face toward that of the starry
armament where he thinks he has dis
covered the celestial wanderer. Full OF
enthusiasm the girl remains gazing in
this position long and earnestly, the
silver moonlight Illuminating her coun-
tenance with radiance that gives to
every feature an angelic charm, and
suggesting the idea that she herself
might be beautiful star, moulded into
human form and sent upon the earth for
the delectation of mankind. But at this
interesting point of the search the voice
of sleepy and unromantic father pen
etrates the shadows of the garden
ia a-a-ne it is ten O'clock" and the
charm is broken.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-08-01
Thin Out the Fruit.

Ii this important matter has not al.
ready been attended to, it should be
done without delay. There is no ex.
cellence without labor and care, and
this is particularly true of fruit grow.
ing. Daily vigilance is indispensably
requisite in order to insure success.
In horticulture, sound Judgment is re-
wired, and nerve sufficient to execute
its commands. When the time arrives
for thinning out fruit, it must be done.
We know that excessive production il
always at the expense of both quantity
and quality, and often results in seri
ously impairing the vitality of the tree.
We agree with Mr.. Mehap, that zone.
half the trees which bear fruit every
year would he benefited by one hall
of the fruit taken off rs soon as it is
we'll set /; and the overbearing OF tree
will in few years destroy it."
But it requiles courage to thin oui
fruit as it should be. AS rule, the
fruit should be thinned ont 80 that
when fully grown, they will not touch
each other. Indeed, il would be still
better to thin out peaches 80 that the
distance between them should be from
two to four inches. In the latter CASE
the result will be that what fruit is al
lowed to remain on will be of large size
and usually of fine color, ard will com
mand ready sale in market at higE
and remunerative figures. In no in
stance is fruit so good when the tree ol
plant is overloaded, nor will it attain
its proper size. The price obtained il
always much less, the customers dissat
isfied, and vour trees suffer therefrom
--RurdI World.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-08-01
Mules ana Women.

/
Some unknown party writes me
follows: ~
"Mr. M quad pleas advise me in ,on
next colum what to do with. kickiDt
mual-Shell pound him or not
"my wife is also trecherous as thu
mual / believe her tongue is hung OF
the middle and flies at both ends
al. L. p"
No, sir, don't pound yonr mule. J
know it is customary for owners ol
mules to commence on the animal al
sunrise with a crowbar and pound hin
until bedtime, but l have always found
kindness more successful. Seek to gain
the friendship of your mule, and as
soon as you succeed you can do any.
thing with him. When you go into the
barn in the morning, have kind word
for him, instead Of knocking him down
with the neck-yoke. Ask after the
health of his family-show bIm that
you are interested in his welfare-be
civil aud yet dignifed, and as soon as
that mule fiass out that some one in
this cold world loves him he will be a
different mnle.
ALI mules kick, my dear sir, just as
all men love to hold a fat Office, but
there's a remedy for it. Get an old
stove boiler, fill it with bricks, and hang
it by rope 80 that it will just swing
against the animals heels. Every time
he kicks it will fly back, like the pen
dulum of clock, and the patience of
the most enduring mule will, in time,
wear oat / tried this once, and the
mule kicked twenty-four days and
nights before he surrendered, but after
that you might iun steamboat on his
heels, and he wouldn't raise hoo'.
Feed your mule we'll. / know Of
farmers who row keg of nails or an
old sap.p into the manger, aud ex-
pect mule to grow fat on such forage,
but it embitters their feelings and
makes 'em more set in their ways. OF
course don't say that you must feed a
mule on fried eggs, currant jelly, raisin
cake, and the like of that, but don't
expect he can fe ed on rails and feel en-
thusiastic all the time.
About your wife. Don't try to stop
her from talking unless you want to kin
her. It's natural for woman to talk,
sir. My first wife used to nearly kill
nae, but l now remember with strict
grief how deliberately planned her
death. I bet $40 that she couldn't
keep right on talking for three weeks,
and she commenced. l had to. go away
from home, but she was woman that
wouldn't lie, and I trusted to her honor.
| returned home at the end of three
weeks. There was no Que around the
honse. bnt ON ehair where | left my
dear wife sitting, was corset. dress,
a dozen buttons aud back comb-the
last sad relicts of my loving partner.
She had talked herself to death, and
as | began to weep the ,rset spoke up
and said:
Come down with that little ten dol
lars, if you please" NJ. QUAD.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-08-01
THE EARLY BIRD.

DAintily over the dew-vet grass
Trpped blue-Sysd Milly, the farmers lass,
Swinging her milkpsil to aud fro,
AZ she murmured a lnye-song, soft and low.
Many a suiiOr Milly had,
From the tquire's sou TO the herdman's lad;
But she smiled on all with merry glance
And gave each wGoer an equal chance,
Now faithful D)nald. the herdsman's lad,
The more he loved her the more was sad
"For what with the squires son" thought he,
"She never will turn thought to mel"
But down in the meadow he raked the hay,
When Milly went singing along that way.
He wa'ched her pass and she cried, in jest
"Tis the early bird you know the rsst!"
Then suddenly Donald grew 80 bold
That the old. old story was quickly told;
And blue-eyed Mlly was nothing 10th
On that summers morn ng TO plight her troll
"Oh foolish Donald " she cried, in glee,
TO wait 80 long for hint from me u
Then merrily over the dew wet grass
ripped Donald and Milly, his own sweet lass.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-08-01
London's Poverty.

A London correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer says: every day I
meet the most pitiable looking objects,
imploring charity only by their looks,
for they dare not reach forth hand.
Begging seems to be poor investment
here. They don't get rich and retire
like they do in America. l never saw
such squalor and wretchedness in my
lifetime in America as / can see in Lon
don streets in one day. don't like
the extremes here. Here the PAPERS
are bowling because the government
does not expend more money in buying
paintings for the national art gallery,
while under the very shadows of that
magnificent edifce people are writhing
in poverty. Another thing that strikes
me are the innumerable charitable in.
stitutions / see on every hand, all sup
ported by private charity. They have
asylums for cripples, blind, the aged
and the orphans. But there is no chari-
ty in English law like there is in the
Ohio statutes. These people are cared
for here only when they cannot care for
themselves, and often not then while
the broad humanity of our law gathers
the young under shelter--not merely TO
shelter, but to educate and nurture into
manhood and womanhood and useful
citizenship. The subjects Of English
charity 60 from the asylums TO the
grlveyards, while they iD,our couptrY
go from this kindly shelter intcoAcffv9
and useful life, and repay an hnnGled-
fold the money expended for their COM
fort by the state"
mcoLyud cotLESrlGN
LAWSON MeGHEE Ll5RAHT
kNnxuILAE z. 1rNMrc6rf
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-08-01
The Bamboo Tree.

Probably this tree subserves more
purposes of usefulness than anv other
in the whole range of nature. The In
dian obtains from it part of his food,
many of his household utensils, and O
wood at once lighter and capable Of
bearing greater STRAINS than heavier
timber of the same size. Besides. in
expeditions in the tropics under the
rays of vertical sun, bamboo trunks
have more than once been used as bar
rels, in which water much purer than
could be preserved in vessels of any
other kind, is fresh for the crew. On
tbe western coast of Southern Asia,
the bamboo furnishes all the materials
for the. construction of houses, at once
pleasant, substantial and preferable TO
stone, which the frequently recurring
earthquakes bring down upon the heads
of the owners. The fact that the bam-
boo is hollow has made it eminently
useful for a variety of purposes-it
serves az measure for liquids, and il
fitted with lid and bottom, trunks
and barrels ave quite frequently made
of il. Even small boats very often are
made of the largest trunks, by strength
ening them with strips of other wood
where needed. In one DAY they OBJ
tain the height OF several feet, and with
the aid of microscope their develop.
ment can be easily watched. But the
most remarkable feature about the bam-
boo is their blossoming. With all this
rapidity of growth they bloom only twice
in a century, the flower appearing at the
end of fifty years. Like other grasses,
they die after having borne seed. The
highest Of the bamboo is the Sammot.
In tracts where it grows in the greatest
perfection, it sometimes rises to the
height of one hundred feet, with a stem
only eighteen inches in diameter at the
base. The wood itself is only an inch
in thickness.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-08-01
The Cradle of our FASHIONS.

The word milliuer" is derived from
the name Of "Milan." Millinery for
soma centuries was synonymous with
fine dress goods of Milan manufacture.
n is still the most fashionable city in
Italy, and is the center OF its silk busi-
ness. From 1865 till 1859, Milan and
Lombardy were ruled over and plun-
dered, first by the Spaniards, next by
the Austrians, then for time by the
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-08-01
MARYVILIE, TENNESSEE SATURDAY, AUGUST l. 1874

French, and after them again by the
Austrians, until liberated by the battle
of Magenta, whioh restored it 10 the
Italians. The wealth and beluty OF
the city, and the wonderful fertility of
the surrounding country, have always
rendered it an object OF cupidity and
longing desire TO foreign powers.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-08-01

--"It is an exploded theory" says
one who speaks with knowledge, "tbat
women dress t0ploase the men. They
dress to please or spite each other. Any
girl Of sense and experience knows that
it is as easy to break a mans heart in a
80 muslin, neatly made up, as it is in a
$500 silk costume made by man-dress-
maker" It is, in fact, a great deal
easier. The natural charm OF young
girl is often destroyed by excessive
dressing. Men like tasteful and not
extravagant toilets; and the rivalry in
dress among women is not to catch q
bean, but to mortiiy an enemy.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-08-01

"A Shreveport editor, being asked
wether Byron wrote certain line, re-
piled that he conld not say that Byron
wrote it, as he did not see him write it,
but The line Was to bo found in olA Of
Byron's poems. Evidently something
had happened to teach that editor eau
ton a.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-08-01

A peddler calling on M old lady to
dispose OF eome goods inquired of her
II she could tell him of any road on
which no peddlcr had travelled. eyes, "
replied she, I" know of one, Vyd that g
he road to heaven"
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-08-01

--"Sad thing TO lose your Wife, said
n friend TO Vermcnter who TODD at
the grave OF hn wifou "Well, bolera-
bly, sad" replied the mourner, "but
thep, her clothes just fl my olden girl. "
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-08-01

The young lady who mistook bo tie
ot,mucilage for hair oil has be@p' t9o
stuck upHt6g0 TO any parties since,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27

CHESTER. Friday evening last,
Mrs. Jennie M. Pratt, while walking
near the hotel building in North Chester
slipped and fell upon the ice. receiving
severe injury, it is thought, to the spine.
Mrs. Pratt was formerly of Brattleboro.
The Amateur Dramatic Club will,
give entertainments on Thursday and
Friday evenings, March 9th and 9th, in
which will be included the drama of
" Neighbor lakewood" The occasion
promises to be of much interest.
Postoffice matters have excited con-
siderable comment and attention in Cbes
ter of late, as by the new arrangement,
the mail for Chester village South Street,
remains at the depot an hour or two,
before being received at the village as
formerly.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27

WINDSOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
At the Windsor county temperance con
vention last week, Samuel A. Weston Of
Chester was nominated for county COM
missioner. The report of Lorenzo Rich
mond, the commissioner last year, show.
ed the sales of the several agencies in
the county to amount to s15, 201.96.
The county committee are Luther o.
Greene of Woodstock, William M. Pin
grey of Perklnsville, and Guy E. Ora
ham. Town Committees were also ap-
pointed. those for the south end of
the county being as follows: Chester,
Hardy B. Woods and A. B. Martin !;
Reading, W. G. Bamentt; Springfield,
Geo. w Foggett; Plymouth, rs. Brown !;
Andover, Benz. Taylor; Weston, G. w.
Wiley; Cavendish, Clark I'll. Chapman ;
Ludlow, f. G. Robbins; Weathersfeld,
Hysen Henry Windsor, T. B. VIM !;
West Windsor, d. F. Hemenway.
A motion to call future convention to
nominate county officers was discussed
and withdrawn.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27

SPRINGFIELD.-Mr. Louis Boise ha:
purchased one of the houses just below
the covered bridge, OF Mr. Geo. Kimbal
for $1,000.
Springfield has always been noted fol
much inventive ingenuity and patents
and Mr. F. Batchelder and j. E. Grow
have now bought an interest in patent
milking STOOL" and are making ar.
rangements for their manufacture.
The Baptist society at North Spring.
field hold festival Friday evening Of
this week, at which Mrs Noble of Ches-
ter will give a reading.
The cold folks concert was to have
been given on Wednesday evening Of
this week, at the Town Hall.
Arrangements are in progress for an
Organ and Orchestra Concert to be Civ
en- during the first week in March, at
the First Universalist church. Over
lures for organ and orchestra will be
prepared expressly for the purpose. So
los, quartettes, and the Hallelujah and
other choruses are to be performed by
the choir. Miss Nellie Brown, the or
ganist, has Just returned, having been
absent taking course of instruction on
the organ, prepared to play pieces rem
dered by the best organists in the city.