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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-04
MARRIED.

VANBHCKLIE-HORN the Gauit
House. Louisville, Kentucky, Monday, Sep
tember 2Sth, by Bishop Cayauaugh, Mr.. r.
VASBROKLIS, OF Memphis, and Mrs. s. (.
HoEEE, Of Brooklyn, New York. No cards.
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q Memphis and vicinity
suits, Costumes, Ciaaks,
Goods. Mourning Goods,
Itpss Velvets, Lace aud
Etc., viii take place on
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The negroes, as well as the whites, Of
South Carolina are demanding reform
IN the shape Of the dismissal Of I {
present election commissioners. A good
move. 1t would be a better one to de
s,rFaa No.
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II. MCMAHoN,
MEROH ANT TAIL0R
no. Sc UNION STREET.

Tsfn receipt o! an elegant stoek OF ENGLISH,
1 FRENCd and DOMESTIC GOODS, sol able
for the season, and Is prepared 70 make them
to order in the latest and most approved style,
south Of New York. Now is the time, gentle
men, 70 call and have yonr Winter euits made
up. Call and examine.
Repnembor-se Union Street.
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MempHais EluiIdi0g and Savings
Association.

UBE regular monthly meeting OF the Mem
DItis BnfHdfag and savings AssOeia-
lion will be held MONDAY EVENING,
Oct. 9Th, at 8 O'Clock, at the office OF the
Manhattan Life Insurance Company, No. Al
Madison street. 1he members are requested
10 nav their dues during The day, so as not TO
deiey the meeting in Ihe evening. The fines
win be positively and strictly enforced upon
date. BY order OF G. II. JUDAH, Pres't.
& ssrIT1zaf Secretary. Oct4
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OUR GLOVE DIPAEzEAEEJETT
VIII be found stocked with
d Gloves the Harris" Seamless Kid Gloves oq-
Kid
world.
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Thursday Next, tlG Oh Instant.
In UNRIVALLED LINE VELVET GLOAKS


Ladies' Misses
Infanrs VARIETY
OF style Color and 1afeFaI.
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KELLOGG is out in, long array OF
figures just to prove that, coming from s
earpetbagger, even they can be made to
lie. You see, the eaIpetbsggers can pre-
vent anything.
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III. D. i. SrEWART.
W, j. SMITH,
Chairman Republican E

Hon. Horace H. Harrison, recently
nominated for reelection 10 congress By the
civil rights negroes and white (skinl Of Nash
vile, was Wing before the war, Is q native
OF tennessee. aud once looked respectable.
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ESTABLISHED 1870

SPENCER, who is called senator from
Alabama, has been caught in another
fLsehood with a view TO blOOdshed in
t lat State. He is, OF course, carpet
b8gger.
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The following cases are set for trial
Monday, October 6Ih: 30, John Clihord and
Phil. Burnett 2gs A. W Day 3; 3s &, Louis ef-
feruor and Mile Ledbettsr; 4a4, Frank john
son 80, Henry Burnett; 40, Frank DAVIS; 81,
Joe AndersJns
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TI1HE annual meeting Of the stockholders Of
L the Masonic Temple, OF Memphis, will be
held at the Office OF The Secretary, room No.
Magnolia BLOCK, on Monday, October ), 1874,
from 10 O'Clock am to until O'Clock p m, TO
hear the report OF the officers and 20 elect
President and i've Directors BY order OF
II. H. HIGBEE, President
A. j. MHFELER, SecretarE. Ocfl
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TRUSTEES SALE.

DY virtue OF a trust deed made by T. C.
ID Eastman and James Archer, to me as
trustee. or the 9TH day Of November, ls5s,
which is recorded in book No. %, page 3e3 OF
the Registers records Of Shelby county and
state OF Tennessee, made 10 secure Gel tain
racelnfs which are unpaid. viii on
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Advices from the nOrLhefn p0Ttlon OF
this district give encouraging accounts Of the
numerous additions to Cause. II is conndent-
ly stated that IA Jackson county there viii
not be one hundred votes polled against lin.
The principal kadicals Of the county are all
workinR for him, and the ccioree men say
tney Wili vote for Cause and no one che. IN
dependence says she viii give him msjority
" OF about thirteen hundred. Repnpltcans
10 Woodruff divided between the candidates,
which will give Cause majority OF about
four hundred. Gross and Poinsett viii give
him huudsoms majority. Lonoke viii roll
In 20 the tune Of absout SIX hundred majority,
and Prnixte about seven hundred majority.
his election Il oOnceced By q majority OF four
thsusand-ssEas sive hin mere.
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IN OUR ribbon DEPARTMENT.

will Plain Fancy SASH
nd Neck Ribbons Also novelties sashes, scar
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Meeting Of Stockholders Of the Hem.
phis and Charlsst r. r. Co.

FTJHE annual meeting Of Stockholders IN the
II Memphis and Charleston Railroad Com
pany VIII be held in Meuphison Wednes zaV.
tho zth day Of October. 1874. On the sar1e
day, an election ior Nine Directors, to serve
for twelve months, and until thetr SUCCESSORS
are elected and qualified, viii be held IN Mem
phis, Tenn, and IN Huntsville, Ala Sfoc<-
holders VIII bepaszed free, on exdibiJiBz thefr
certidcstes Of stock to the conductors, for one
day before and one day after date OF said
meeting. NoperEon VIII be passed on proxy
JOHN D. RATHER, Prsaiasnt'
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HOuse-keepers will find attractions
HOUSE FURNISHING DEPARTMENT!

the shape Of Besehed Scotch Irish Geman and Bn Das n
Lunch Cloths with Napkins all eO Turkey Reds TOOet Bathing
Danssk,
and Brown Diaper Crash Etc. Etc; Quilts Countne Lace and Dnk
Curtains, Crumb Cloths
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7 Thnr.aar. M Noremher 5. 1s74.

vvithtn legal hours, sell at the Courthouse, In
Boltyar county, Mississippi, for cash, 10 the
bighasf bldder, the following lands known as
ihs Topp place. wing In said county, VIII All
m seetions Is and IS esst Of bogue Falaya, and
Ali al section S6, except the east ealf OF the
southeast quarter east OF bogue Falaya, al In
fovrnrhiD ~ range7. Said lands and the i'm
nroVemsnts, thereon viii be sold for the pay
nmant OF the first Of said notes, which is passed
dna and uepaid, and for the costs Of this
frI,sf. ths balance Of the proceeds 10 be ap-
nlied 10 toe payment Of the REMAINDER Of
saia notes, which become due upcu the non
ravu,ent of aay note. Tbs title Is believed to
81 rerfect, but conYey only as trustee.
These are among the beat ana most elevated
lands IN the County-about SO acres cleared. a
portion OF which wns in cultivation last year.
Two settlements on the land, also ginhouse
and machinery, houses, STA hies. ete,
This Oct0ber :, NIA
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FOR RENT.

A RESIDENCE in Chelsea, on street rail-
"a road. Good yard, stables, coal and wood
house, etc. The house IS furnished with gas
and water, aud is in all respects irst-class
residence. Apply TO
~ v MfTf-HF FTJ er3 Third II
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LAW REPORTS.

Uufsed States Cfrcuig hzd District Couri
Hon. CauuHIIs y. FriEs. Presiding.
Yesterday was consumed by the clos
ing argument Of General = uunes in the case
of Allen a. al vs. wright ct al. ID is expected
that the sdmifalty ana bankrupt cases will
De called Monday morning.
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II. T. TOMLINSON,
RESIDENT AGEsT,
II Madison Street, Memphis,

WHO REFERS By PERMISSION TO
Stewart, Gwypne & Co., Wholesale Grocers
and Cotton Factors. $50 ana 35S Front st.
A. c. Treadwell & Bros, " holesale Grocers
and Cotton Factors, II Union st. srU
Hin, FontaiDe & Co, Wholesale Grocers and
Cotton Factors, $50, S62 and 36l Front Sc.
Rice, Stix & Co., Wholesale Dry Goods, sle
Main Ct
Menhsn Brothers, Wholesale and Retail Dry
Goods, 259, 26l and 26S Main st.
B. owenstein & Bros, Wholesale and Retail
Dry Goods, 2f2, pa end 2s8 Main Sc.
B. Bayliss & Co., Cotton Buyers and Commits
sion Merchants, 3S5 Front st.
All Eosses fairly and promptly adjusted
and nnld at Ihls aZencF.
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24l AND 24a MAIN SFREBT, COB. JEFFERSON.
CLOTHING! CLOTHING!
Visit rs and Citizens are Invited to Carefully
Inspect our Stock

The stagnation in business In the Eastern markets
has given opportunities to make LARGE CASH
PURCHAsES under the favorable conditions and
enables to offer patrons goods exceptionally
Low Prices
We have deferred announcing the arrival of NEW
GOODS until our entire stock in and arranged
exhibition. We are now prepared with a large and
unusually well selected exceIled
in any market embracing every article for gentlemans
complete outfit.
Our stock of Gent1emen's Ciothins. for Fall and
Winter in medium and fine goods surpasses in 1T
style and make. anything offered by heretofore. We
manufacture stock, pay no manufacturing
profit, buy exclusively CASH thus enabling us to
offer extra inducements in prices
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COTTON PRESS!

Reynolds Improved ReEoIv.
Ing screw Cotton Press Is on ex-
hibItIon, and for sale, at 100
R1ain street, send for circular.
JOHN EAEOGUE, Agent.
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Trustees Sale Of Lands In Bolivar
County, Mississippi.

ny virtue Of a deed Of trust TO W. r. Gun
II nfnrharn, Trustee, recorded in deed book
& mage 339 in the Chancery Court Clerks Of
fce Of Bolivar county, Mississippi, made Ian.
noTv 4 isTS. by George r. Austin and Nolaey
peel 10 secure the payment oftheir four PROM
issory noes of that date for $3.50 $50 sS770 and
sfy70, respectively, pay ahle % M. J. Wicks and
Is 7 'NertIn the fifst OF which notes has been
transferred 10 owen Meriv ether, and by yir-
ne ~ INV appoinment as trustee, vice W. r.
Cunningham, resigned, TO execute said trust,
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TIHE Grand Lodge OF the Inde. ..svass...
4 pendent order of Immaculate 9SfEtz=st,sssE =
was II session last week at Nash 1t<Ess5Issas
Vile, Tenn. Five Lodges were rep 7'1zHfsss-
resented in the Grand Lodge.
]. L. EARNS, &. NJ.
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X U ~ NJ n MI 60 K q w,
Managers Southern Dept,
Nn 10 W hifatnIl street ArIANrA "a
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IN OUR WOOLEN DEPARTMENT.

VIII stylish w
English French German Cloths
PROOFS.
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ARKANSAS
The Promise og Good things 10 Come
Dsmocrztic MnjOEEtiss ain Pros
peotu."
From the Llttle Rock aszette.l

From the Little Rock Gszette.l
Benton county promises 250O msiori-
ty for the new constitution and the state
ticket; Washington, 500; Boone. l2oo; Carroll,
so: d sdison, loo; Marion, ,70J; lizard, sN CraT-
ford 100; and Sebastian 700. Other counties
In the northwest In proportion. In eastern
Arkansas we VIII carry every county except
perhaps Crittenden, and even that may gofor
our cause. Indeed, there viii not be four
counties IN the State-we do not believe more
than two-Whsch VIII 60 against the consn-
tuition. Our msiority can safely De sci down
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DUB FANCY GOODS & NOTIQN DEPARTMENT

VIII be found loaded pe
Won Vn n ads Toilette Novelties IN Point Point Applique Msl3e Rs
BEADED Laces Spanish Ysk CuDy and qiPue Beaded Ce Beaded
Cmes stitched and Embroidered Han0kerehie
eepuonable while imported
ngs and insertions in Linen Swiss NansOOk Null Cambria unsurpassed
variety, excellence and chespnes
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GRAND. OPENING
FALL&VINTER 1YGo9lS
B. LOWENSFEIN B BROS.
Sr opsa1g afs Is Easy % 3 sts t5' Wa
Publishing & hs'e; & 60OP9 & &a9sis s5 De oala9 Gods
Dank TuHa frHs re- &c. yi Ef take I sad
Thursday Next, tlG al instant.
9 o1 TsGh h oGSsfoq w will exhibit line Variety
nen A Wa s y BleSt sS p fp sFy 7 Il m III other ] Ely
ss 1 g s ooadsRb @ a S @ 5 sy s85 a.
DUB CLOAK AID SUIT ROOM!
and beauty i' '-iey
Imported s.% S2iIHTs % s s:I. 3 3
Sleeveless Pausrk. ~
accompanied by guidance putting Makgp,
AN UNRIVALLED LINE VELVET CLOAKS
Ladies Misses and Cndrsn,s Braided saeques
style, Color n Material
o--
OUR MOURNING GOODS DEP?

useful fabrics including Mianae Cloth Cloth Cloth
apOr Rep De Syre Irish POns Lyons PoplDs
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U. z. MITCHELL,s SCHOOL
No. 3O2 Third Street.
MASONIC aEMPLE.

ENGLlSH, COMMERCIAL AND CLAsSI
IL CAL courses taught. For particulars ap
nlY Al H3 Third street. seq
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BLANKETS and FLANNELS

In all eoos and grades
AND PLAID andtO ours
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-07-25
THE DEVIL OUTDONE.

Old Nick came up to the earth one day,
And into Washington wended his way,
And having some hours to spare for calls,
He thought he would visit our national
halls.
On arriving there he crossed the sill
AS discussion was hot on the Salary bill.
Now Old Nick, as everybody knows,
Has power to change both himself and
clothes,
SO, spying Senator's vacant chair,
Presto, change and he was there!
And he said, as his eyes DER the assembly
"wonldnt I make splendid Congress-
manY'
The bill was read and the devil sat there,
Tilted back in his easy chair,
With no particular interest in it
Till there came Il pause of about q minute;
And in voice that was full of dread
The back action" clause of the bill was
read.
Old Nick sat up, with interest new,
TO sec see what the honorable t?) body would
For surely" said he, "they havnt sunk
so low,
That they can press that bill clear through;
1t surely must be some hdeous joke,
Or my imps have overdone their work"
The bill was read and the ayes were called
Ana the devil sat there like one appalled,;
For the bascst thing which he ever saw
Was this wholesale theft under guisc of
law.
ITO look any further there is no use,
For of all mean things this beats the
deuce.
"For thousands of years have 1 WANDERED
round
Trying to see if there could not be found
In the universe Il lower level
Than that which is occupied by the devil!
NV search is frutless by sea and land
Till met an American Congressman.
"Ifmen like these are to Congress sent
I'll turn my chances for President
Old Nick left town that very day
But he was heard to mutter as he passed
away;
IN let that Forty Second alone,
For if I don't they'll steal my thronc!"
--N0duiray DrmOc3ut.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-07-25
PONCE DE LEON's.rOUNTAIN OF LIFE,

From q sketch of Central Florida.
written by Mrs. E. E. Long, of Florida,
and published in the Tallahassee Flori-
dan, we take the following:
It was en- route to Suwannee Old
Town that Gen. jackson and his troops
halted beside the famous fountain of
Ponce de Leon, now miscal!ed the Wa.
kulla Spring. The line of march made
by the Spaniard confirms the SUPPOSE
ton that this was the spring sought by
the adventurer, and its curious character
is quite sufficient to have given it dis.
tinct renown. What makes it marvel
of nature is its great depth and exceed
ing transparency-a transparency great
er than that of the atmosphere, as
evinced by seeing the smallest object at
near 200 feet below, and in passing
over its unrippled surface in floating
skitf the novel sensation of being sus-
pended between skies is produced.
The Ponce de Leon fountain, to be
seen to advantage. must be visited ON O
still, sunshiny day, without breeze, and
with the sun as near his meridian as
possible. From beneath rugged, jag
ged, grayish limestone precipice, and
from dark, yawning, unfathomable
abyss, springs the fountain, spreading
into a circular form of several hundred
yards, forming the Wakulla River. The
water is not particularly cold, and does
not in its taste betray any of that mys-
teal power we would like to establish,
1t is the ingredient of lime that gives
transparency and masnifying quality
to the spring. The smallest coin, and
even pin, can be seen twinkling
through its depth, enlarged at every
turn, until it rests on the rocks below,
and as like object could not be seen
through the atmosphere at the same
distance, this conclusion "a reasonable.
Nothing but actual observation can give
ali idea of the picture. The MOSCOW.
cred stones jetting irregularly from 200
to near 400 feet below, where they CEN
ter around boundless depth; the fex-
ible roots and grasses all bathed in rain
bow hues; the numerous fish, eels, and
even alligators sporting in their element,
refiecting the same prismatic coloring,
and the gentle dreamy, gliding over the
depths of aqueous transparency, accom-
panied by the music of the warble.
throated mocking-bird, making it with
its kaleidoscope changes more like q
fairy scene, and we lose for q time our
sense of the earth. Dense hammocks
of eversreens, magnolia, bay laurel,
interlaced with the grapevine, clematis
and ever-graceful jessamine, with their
varied tints of leaf and blossom, soft
ened by veil of gray moss, affords q
fit setting for so curious gem, suggest
ing magnificent opal.
This spring is supposed to have
subterranean connection with Lake
Jackson, which has twenty miles or
more north of it, and more than once
in the memory of man the waters have
escaped from the lake, except at its
greatest depths, leaving it an extensive
meadow, much priced as pasturage by
the land owner Of the surrounding plan
tations" i''''
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-07-25
Turning the Tables.

Women are so incomprehcnsible"
said Major Arkwright, composedly
smoothing down his moustache, Il de-
clare to you, George, the longer I live
the less l am able to understand their
freaks and fancies."
"Ah," said Mr.. Alonby, taking his
cigar out of his mouth "You think,
then, that upon the whole their ma
lures are more cnigmatical than those
of men,"
My dear fellow, there cannot pos
sibly be doubt on the subject" the
Major answered breaking into a hearty,
mellow laugh that did credit both to
the breadth and capacity of his lungs.
He was tall, splendidly made man,
with jet black whiskers, hazel eyes,
and teeth rs white as freshly cut slice
of cocoanut. George Alonby was the
average hight and size of mankind, vet
beside the Major he looked small and
slight. There are yet left in this de-
generate world some sons of Anak, in
spite of hot-house culture, clubs and
champagne snppers.
Only think, went on the Major
sc but here we are. I'll let Marcia tell
the story for herself"
And Major Arkwright opened the
door with his latch-key, and admitted
his friend into bright little house,
full of canary birds and winter-bloom-
ing geraniums, hanging baskets of ivy
and japonica. Through a marble
paved vestibu!e they entered an octa-
gon-shaped room, hung with futel
draperies of gold colored silk, pretty
wood-tinted carpet on the floor, and
chairs, sofas and fauteuils stand around
exactly as if they were made to be used, ,
and not for mere show.
Marcia Arkwright, the Majors beau
tiful sister, sat at little table copying
in water colors bunch of white car
nations, tied up with feathery fern
leaves and one or two blades of grass.
She, too, was dark, with jet-fringed
brown eyes, straight, serious features,
and fresh bright color on her cheeks,
only shade lighter than the "twin
cherries of her bow-shaped lips. Yes,
Miss Arkwright was very handsome,
and so Mr.. Alonby had long thought,
in the secret depths of his masculine
soul.
I've brought Mr.. Alonby in, Mar
cia," said the Major, his eyes winking
mischievously, "for you to tell him
why you don't go to the oratorio, to-
night"
Marcia looked up, smiling, yet little
confused.
DO you want to know the real
reason, Mr.. Alonby?" she asked.
Certainly, Miss Marcia, if it is
agreeable to you to tell me-"
Well, then, to speak the honest
truth about it, it is because the mil
liner has not sent home my new suit"
Nonsensew
"Not nonsense at ALL" gravely dis
sented Miss Arkwright. 81 assure you,
Mr.. Alonby, am too genuine wom-
an to wish to appear in public in Co.'S
tune which, to say the lea b. is de-
cidedly passe."
And you would actually lose the
delicious music of Handel, married to
the more delicious voice of Sebastiani,
just because your dress isn't according
to the latest modest burst out the Ma
jor. For goodness sake, why don't
you put on shawl?"
"Could 1 wear q shawl over my
head, Meg Merrilies fashion, you un-
reasonable Harold?"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-07-25

STATISTICS OF Draw PoKEn.-What-,
ever may be the result of observations
OF the transet of Venus, they cannot
compare in practical utility with the
benefit that can be derived from the
table of "poker probabilities" An
able statistician has, with inanite labor,
compiled table whereby the changes
and chances which may occur in a game
of poker may be told at a glance. For
instance: 1886. 96O different hands can
be dealt with pack of cards; 1,3O2,--
$40 will contain less than pair and
1,276 ,42O one pair or more. The latter
hands divide into ,O98, 24O of one pair,
123, ,532 of two pairs, 81, ,912 of threes,
5,1OS flushes, 3,744 fulls, 624 fours.
and 40 straight fushes. With the
table in one hand and your cards in
the other, it will take a very smart man
to get the best of you in your little
game of draw. If, in the course of Ca
974 deals your adversary holds two
straight flushes, look at the table will
convince you that something is wrong,
and if fours are played on you more
than once in 4, 1872, instead of drawing
your cards, " draw" your revolver and
call" for the police, and when they
take him you take the pool.-Inter-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-07-25

IY'" You lie like q gas-meter," is
the favorite emphasism in Albany at
present.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-07-25
THE GENERAL BLACKMAILING NUI-
SANCE.

In communication to the Philadcl-
phia Ledger, some facts are given in re-
gard to "charitable begging by the
agent of business firm, who receives
commissions Oh sales, and collects bills
without remuneration, which certainly
show that philanthropic work is often
conducted upon very unfair principles
Not a week passes, he tells us, that he
is not asked, and in many cases com
PEELED, to contribute for various objects.
He gives these instances:
l called upon customer for bill of
S. (my own profits being forty cents).
He paid it, saying, " Now you have my
money, l want you to buy something of
NO." and handed me n ticket for a
church festival, price sevcnty-fve cents.
replied that l could not afford it. but
he interrupted me with: " Enough said
that will do, and bought no more of
me. Number two l called on for 81.
He handed me SG -Oand picnic ticket,
saying that every man he dealt with
must take one. l begged to be ex-
cused, having previously taken one from
another party; neither did like the
word " must" Take your choice" he
replied; ga ticket or lose my custom"
II shall endeavor to make living with
out it," rctorted, and babe him good
morning. Number three was a gentle
man (now out of busincss). He bought
to the amount of $12 monthly. When
ever he paid me bill, his daughter, q
lass of ten years, would hand me card
which stated that Sissy Jones (name,
of course fctitious) was authorized to
collect for our mission fund" Expos
tulation was useless. Young one stuck
by me; parents stood by, elated with
pride at the begging propensities so
early developed in their offspring, and
ten cents l had to pay. About every
three months the mother came out in
full force, with radiant countenanco
and handed me book which stated
that Mrs. Salle Jones was authorized
to collect for building fund" Fifty
cents always; twenty-five cents rarely
satisfied the amiable lady.