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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-25

THEY sre washing of the outside Of
the capitol at Washington. A .cotem-
porary thinks it would be q good thing
IL the process could only be extended to
the inside. "Yes," says the Lynchburg
N'yinidn, "but withdrawing, simply
to hide the many stains that are there,
would not be the thing. A thorough
cleansing is what lie needed"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-25

LEVI P. LUCHEY, Grants private sec
Rotary, is in st. Louis at the same hotel
as Ben Butler, Avery's lawyer, it is sup
posed to watch the progress Of the
trials, and telegraph to the Washington
branch Of the ring when lightning is
about 70 striker
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-25
AND DEALER IN
SOLID GOLD R0IDs,
80. 80 Second street. memphis, Tenn.

WATCHES, Clocks, SpectacIes and Jewelry
w OF every description, and of best quality,
manufactured and sold at prices from five to
nifty per cent. below Main street Prices Plain
Gold WEDDING and ENGAGEMENT RINGS
Is carats nne, at 81 SO per pennyweight, and
all Styles OF Erncy Rings in proportion. Oul
facilities for manufacturing are unequaled in
the city. Bring along your old Gold, Silver
and Precious Stones, and get cash for them or
nave them manufactured to suit your taste.
Call and be convinced, before purchssing
elsewhere, that low rents and home manu-
factuTe are essential TO good bargains. FAR
ocular attention given to repairing of fine
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, and satisfaction
guaranteed. School Medals, Badges, Seals,
Jewels, stencils, Etc, a specially. Jewellers
and others should CONSULT THAYER before
sending their difficGIt Jobs to Eastern cities
any piece OF jewelry matched or duplicated
on short notice. Oct1a
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-25

IT MUST be gratifying to the members
OF the Methodist Episcopal church, sou.h,
10 know that the Vanderbilt university at
Nashville is an unusual success. 1t has
now enrolled four hundred students.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-25

The Montgomery Advertiser and
Mai says that from present appearances
the vote for the new constitution Of Al
albania will reach ninety thousand, and
that against il thirty thousand.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-25
EEMPHIS APPEAL
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER s5,:Is75

Ex-Governor LETCHER, Fitzhugh
Lee, A. H. II. Stuart, and Representative
Goode are among the candidates for the
United States senatorship in Virginia.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-25

GRANT has never, so far, gone back
upon bis friends. He sticks to them at
any cost to the public treasury. The
latest instance Of this we find in the
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-25
FROM the "Old North State" there
comes TO us in the columns Of the Pee Dee
Herald, published at Waynesborough,
the following handsome compliment:

We are not given 10 indiscriminate "puIf-
ing" nor are we paid or even expected to say
this; but we do say that among the most dig
mined, sound, staunch and conservative pa,
pers OF the day, with principles as firm and
tmmutable as The eternal foundations Of the
Bluff City itself, stands the Memphis AP-
PEAL. We are proud OF 1t as a southern jour
nal.
We thank our cotempOrary, and shall
endeavOr to be always in the way Of de-
serving such compliments.
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Rare and Valuable Books, House.
hold Furniture, Etc,
Fo n - "a Il IA.

HAVING determined to break up house
IL keeping, L offer for sale my Library of
Miscellaneous Books, Household Furniture,
Etc. The collection of books is probably the
finest, for It's size, in the State and is hardly
surpassed anywhere. 1t embraces many of
the best English editions OF STANDARD and
popular works, by the best authors, in the
most elegant and substantial binding. The
books are in good order and well preserved /;
and many OF then, being very rare, are sell
dom found in the book stores, and, when
found, are only 20 be had at high prices. They
are the collection OF years, having been Sc
lected, from time to time, from the stocks of
the leading book stores of the principal cities,
and afford rare opportunity to those having
taste for good reading, and who msy wish
to crafty 1t at a moderate cost. L wish to sell
the entire collection together, and to one pur-
chasing in that way bargain will be given :;
but II 1T cannot be sold as whole IL will be
divided to suit the wants OF purchasers. The
collection can be seen at my residence, No.
80 Second street, by any one who may desire
to purchase. The ladies are specially invited
TO examine IT; they will find In 1t many books
TO suit their taste, some of which they cannot
always get. If not sold at private sale within
short tune, the books and furniture will be
sold at auction, OF which due notice will be
TtYeD- . r. ". SMITH.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-10-02
The Metric System.

An effort is now being made to have the French
metric system of weights and measures brought
into universal use. This system is based upon an
unvarying standard of measurement. The unit of
the whole is the metre. which is little more than
thirty-nine of our inches in length, and is the one
g n-miiliOnth part OF the distance from the pole To
the equator. All the other measures of weight
and capacity are derived from this. The gram is
the weight of a centimeter of distilled water. and
q litre is a cubic decimetre. The tables are ar
ranged in decimal rotation, exactly as American
money is computed. The advantage of this system
over tina. in present. use is readily seen. 1t is easy
of requirement, not difficult to be remembered,
and will be found most convenient when put into
practice. The present system is exactly the OPP
posite in all respects, and the proposed change will
be found beneficial to all. Another advantage to
be derived from the adoption of the metric system,
is that the United States will then be in unison with
the usage of most civilized nations. The system
is now used by the French, Germans. Spaniards,
Italians, Portuguese, Dutch, Belgians, Mexicans,
Swiss, Austrians. Danes, Grecians. British in India.
BraZilians, and a majority of the civilized inhabi
tants of South America. IL has also been legal
lied in Great Britain and in the United States.
The adoption OF it in America remains entirely
with the people, and it is hoped it will soon be
accomplished. A circular is being sent to all parts
of the country, and is being extensively signed by
architects, engineers and builders, who promise to
adopt the system in their professional labors after
the 4h of July, 1876. II this is done, it will be an
important step toward the general adoption of
the system by the whole people. The change OF
necessity will be attended by some disadvantages.
All the standards of measurement must be thrown
aside as worthless, and new ones procured in their
place, and for a time great confusion and loss will
result from the change in prices, etc. But the ad-
vantages which will be ultimately secured will
more than compensate for any temporary incon-
> Yenience.
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MEMORANDA.

REPoRr OF SHIP MARiANsE kGTTEBoHN, WHITNEY,
N.s-ER-Left Enierbury Island July Sab with a load Of
IIano Cor Queenstown During the voyage encountered heavy
SaIes in LAT as . :, when the vessel sprung aleak, and had 10
6uI for this port for repairs, arriving on Saturday, sept 20.
REpoRr OF HAWAIIAN TRADING SCHOONER GIOVANNI
API.SI. DoRIry. MAsTEK.-Sai,ed from Honolulu, April 18th,
n, The Arctic Ocean. Had strong winds mostly TO the Fox
ISiands NAV 18th, went through the Ounimak Passage IN
-on1Danv with bark Florence. Made the ice May 18th, in lat
sS,Is e6SI0 n. longitude ia 2G. Arrived at Ployer Bay,
lime stb. Experienced fine weather during June and The hrst
a. n JuIv. strong soulheEIy winds during the middle and
iaIte. parf Of the season. July 18th, whilSin company with
rtls h,rk Arctic. king at anchor IN Wainwright Inlet, q STRONG
south-Gess gale sea the ice in, which drove the Arcte ashore.
A0er tosingb both anchors I succeeded In working the schooner
a1t a. soon as the ice broke up l went back, and found the
Arctic in IL feet of wafer. Captain Whitney had dischaIseu
avervthing 70 get her of. July z9fh, ] sailed from POINT bar
row and next day fell in with the Arctic, working northward,
Cantain Whitney having succeeded in getting her eli without
;niary. Had souiheriy winds TO Plover Bay. and sailed thence
Ssotsmber LIST. arriving at Honolulu, September 3Oth, hav.nS
had light variable winds the whole passage. saw whsiesh'ps
\ = rep1rted below on July 25th, and none since
Illinois. 400 bbls whale and 40 bbls valIUs James Allen,
700 bbIs Talrus. Arctic, 140 bbls walrusi Java, $50 bbis wal
M Triton. $50 bbIs walrus; Onward. 6S2 b6s walrus; Des-
mond. go bbls walrus; Helen Mar, $50 bbls Talrus; CHowiand,
90 bbIs waIrus; A Barnes, 900 bbls Yalrus; 81 George, ITO
bSis whale and 1000 bbls walrusi Europa, go Dds WaInsi
n Iiybf 23O bbIs sperm and 20 bbls whale The Indians re-
norf camilla, in st Lawrence Bay, with 5 right whales
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RYSIPELA

IA disease has prevailed of late among the ma
jtives, and to n limited eEtent among foreigners
also, which is said to be n mild type Of erysipe-
las. 1--WE notice in our New Zealand exchanges
that it had become almost epidemic there, and
illusions to it arc not %inlrequent in California.
1t is a painful disease-dangerous too, when it
attacks the hsad-and requires skilful medical
treatment but in this, as in most other dis
eases, there is no uniform mode of treatment.
The doctors differ, and some of them are not at
all certain whether it is infectious or not. The
general impression however is that it is infectious,
to delicate and sensitive persons, having in their
own constitutions q tendency to this class of dis
ease. Such should be cautious in approaching
any one afflicted with it. Having hunted up
some authorities upon the nature and treatment
of erysipelas, or st. Anthony's Fire, rs it is some
times called, n few remarks upon the subject may
not be out of place.
This disease is generally super6cial-that is,
affecting only the skin and most usually attacks
the face, ears, and head and sometimes only the
hands, feet, and legs. 1t occasionally becomes
deep-seated, and may gather and break. 1t is
characterised by a shining red infammation of
the parts affected, accompanied by q fever, with
more or less swelling, and q distressing irritation.
1t is apt to form a number of little blisters.
which, in bad cases, run together, forming 4
scab. When the face is affected, the eyes will,
perhaps, be closed, and the patient will suffer
great pain in the head, thirst, restlessness, and
perhaps delirium. 1t is not apt to form blisters
on other parts of the body.
This disease undoubtedly arises from humors
and impurities in the blood, which state of things
may have been induced by arrangement in the
function of digestion. 1t also arises from wounds
Medical advice shonld be obtained at once. The
treatment will probably commence with an
emetie, and perhaps some anti-acid. such as
magnesia, or chalk, or bicarbonate Of soda will
be used. Great Importance is attached to the
vapour bath or ~steaming. If the face is affected,
some doctors steam the parts over a decoction of
bitter herbs some battle with warm water and
dredge with -four some put the -four on dry
while others battle With alcohol and water, and
then cover with -four. a famous American cure
is n poultiee of cranberries and doses of bnrdock
root, sassafras bark, and elder-hower tea. The
patient should he confined to a comfortable tenn
perature, and great care should be taken that
there is no exposure to cold.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-10-02

Cruiser. the celebrated horse whom John Rarey,
the famous horse tanner. brought under control M
ISL. after everybody else had given up the job,
and brought from England 10 his farm az Grove
port. Ohio. has Just died here IN bis Esd year
From a most vicious brute be became 80 gentle
that the people around The farm used 10 make 4
great pet Of him. and his colts were noted Tor
their kind disposition. In accordance With the
directions Of Mr.. Rarey's will. he was given The
kindest care in his old age.
4 Mr.. Sheboldt. who lives now in Lucas county
o., but Is a naive of Bohemia, has what might be
called a baked Bible. Il was formerly the prop
efty OF his grandmother. a very deyont Protestant,
who was the victim Of a good deal Of religious
persecution. An order was passed by the govern
ment ordering the seizure Of every Bible for burn
ing. When the old lady saw the officers OF the
law approaching the house TO search it, she wrap
ped the book in a batch of dough ard deposited it
in a hot oven. Il was thoroughly baked before
she dared 10 take it out
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VESSELS

French corvette Iniernet lefI Auckland Msy 10th, 10 cruise
en- route. Was at Tahiti Aug. 9th.
Haw bk r @ WyIe, from London, TO Haekfeld & Go, sailed
June 25ih.
German bk Cedar, from Bremen, TO Hackfeld & Co, sailed
May 18th, and Is now due
Am ship syren, I'm Boston, to Brewer g. Co, sailed June 22d.
Brit blk AgIais, I'm Liverpool, TO Il III Davies, sailed June 10.
Am ship Gafherer, I'm Philadelphia, with Goals 10 u ; Gov
eTnment, sailed June 18th.
Brit str Macgregor, I'm sydney, 20 Brewer & Go, due Oct Is
p = Vasco de Cana, FIN San Francisco, due Oct 10.
Haw bk W c Parke, I'm Puget Sound, to Haekteid q Co, due
am bk Clara Bell, I'm San Francisco, sailed sept IL
Rrie stmr City Of Melbourne, I'm ; Francisco, due Oct ~
Am bk Garibaldi, from Portland, en- route for China, IS about
ibAe-
Z AN b. MARY Belle Roberts, from San Francisco, to H.. Hack
f.d a Co. is due about Oct g.
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DEPARTURES .

Sept. 25-U 3 flagship Pensacola. Rear Admiral } J Ahmy
for Coast Of Mexico.
2s-TahiIian Blk Ionia, Lovegrove, Tor Tahiti.
25-Schr Manuokawai, Ralauao, for Moloaa, Kauai.
25-Sehr Warwick, John Bull, for Kalaupapa, Molokai
25-Sehr Fairy Queen, Kaaina, for Hanaiei, Kauai.
26-H ID NJ 3 Peterel, CoOkson, for a cruise.
27-SGmr Kilauea, MaTchant, for Mani and Hawaii.
27-Scfr RamaiIe, BoIIes, for KOoa and WaImea.
2s-Schr Nellie Merrill, Crane, for Lahaina, Mani.
2s-Am bk Herbert Black, Treat, for Portland, Oregon.
2s-schr Ka Mol, Reynolds, for Kahului, Maui.
2s-Sehr Hattie, KaIauan, for Roloa & Waimea, Kauai
29-schr Jenny, Uilama, for Kona and Kau, Hawaii
29-sehr Juanita, Dudoit, for Maui and Molokai.
29-Schr Mile Morris, Lima, for Kaunakakai, Molokai
29-Schr KHAN, Ahnihala, for Maliko, Maui.
3O-Schr Prince, Beck, 70. Kona and Kau, Hawaii
30-sehr Mary Ellen, Mana, for HanaIei. Kauai.
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w NJ
FRIpA ocroRER l. 1s-s.

FRIDAY. OCTOBER !, 1875.
~ arrivals from foreign ports daring the week have been
september 25th, Hawaiian schooner U1ama. from the o.,no
islands, American ship Marianne Nottebohn. from .ea. n
disire==, last from guano Islands; 2sh, American bark Herter,
h'Aek, ron sydney, en- route for oreg0nj 30th, Hawaiian
trading schooner Giovanni APiani, from the Arctic.
The departures have taen-25,h. Pen.aeol,. eoas. n v.,s,..
Ionia. Er Tahiti 18th. Peterei, to cruise; 2sth. Herbert Black.
Tor Oregon.
"1SEani Apiani. brings news from the vhalers cruising
found below.
Inc Clara Bell with the mails IRON San Francisco. Is sup
posed TO be seventeen days out to-day
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PORT OF HONOLULU. II. I.
ARRIVALS.

Gent. 25-Sehr Mary Ellen, Mana, from HanaIei, Kauai.
25-Sehr Ka Moi, Reynolds, from Kahuiui, Maui.
25-Haw schr Uuama, English, 81 days from Guano Is
25-Am ship Marianne HOttebohm, Thos. G. Whitney,
from sea in distress.
2J-Schr PueOkahi. Clarke. from Hama, Maui
2G-Schr Nettie Merrill. Crane, from Lahaina, Maui.
25-schr Juanita, Dudoit. from Makena, Maui.
26-Sehr Kamaie, BOHes, I'm Waimea & Kooa, Kanai.
2G-schr Prince, Beck. from Kona and Kan, Hawaii.
2G-Schr Jenny, Uilama, I'm Kona and Kau, Hawaii.
2G-Schr Hattie, Nika, from Waimea and Koioa, Kauai
27-Schr Kinau, Ahuihala, from Maiko, Maui.
2S-SchrA Annie, Kalauao, from Wailua, Kauai.
2s-Schr Mile Morris, Lima, I'm Kaunakakai, MOlokai.
2s-Am Blk Herbert Black, Treat, 43 days from Sydney.
3g-Haw VII sehr Giovanni Apiani. DOrity, 20 days fnm
PIover Bay, with $500 lbs VIII bone, 1900 lbs wal
rus tusks, 34 fox skins, $50 gals VIII oil, 8 bXs
japanese goods to Chas Long.
Oct. I-Schr Warwick, John Bull, I'm Kalaupapa, Molokai
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The Herzegoyinians have defeated the IurhS III
N obstinate engagement, and the TtTquiS, a Con-
sfantinople newspaper, thus expressed itself:
THE situation in Herzegovina is becoming grave;
insurgents have attacked Trehigne, burning and
pb;sag DaImatians and Montenegrins are endeav-
or;nG IN destroy communication between Mostar
and hevicine 1900 Dalmatians and Herzegoyin-
- DsImatians are also aiding the insurgents
With money and provisions. The presence Of a
Servian corps on the frontier also seems TO iurhish
me insurgents encouragement
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-10-02

Az UxPoRrUSATE JoKE--M. 7; Bowden, q
sobool teacher at st. James, La, filled a pocket
In advsrtising imitation of greenbacks, and
when somebody at the village store offered to bet
on something he drew out a handful Ths saying g,
Make it $500 and I'll take YOU inc mos %
money. and laughed at the joke. Not SO Kari
Ablberg, an ignorent Sweede, who regarded Le
bills as genuine and the amount as q Ioltl. np
shibero euticed BoWden into a stable, murdered
rim Nth a shovel. secured the worthless roll OF
naper. hurried the body, and lied"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-10-02

WHEN THE Legislature meets in April next We
propose to again agitate the subject of the water
supply of Honolulu for the present, we shall
only briefly allude to n plan which has been sug-
gested, and by which it is thought the difficulties
in the way of getting a full supply OF moderately
pure water for the city may be obviated.
1t is well-know#, We apprehend, that a large
part of the upper valley in which the Nuuanu
stream has it's sources is Crown land, and is held
by private parties on a long lease. Now ii gov
eminent were to extinguish that lease by the
payment Of the round sum that is demanded for
it, there would still be an annual rental to pay
to the Crown. And then, having removed the
cattle nuisance from the upper part Of the valley,
we should find several other cattle owners farther
down, whose lands extend on both sides of the
stream. So that, buying out these also, and get
ting rid Of the cow-pasture altogether, would
prove a rather expensive operation.
The plan which is suggested-and We believe
that something similar was mooted several years
ago-is to enclose a tank, by means of dams, at
n point some three miles above the present re-
servoir, to be connected with the latter by a ten
inch pipe. The tank to be provided with q gate
for periodically clearing out the deposit of silt.
This plan would preserve in store all the water
ever to be needed by the city in any emergency
of fire, or in the driest seasons when the springs
might fail. And it would at once reconcile us to
our water goblets, while the cows might continue
to roam over the valley at their own sweet wills.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-10-02

EVERYWHERE, all over the world, the present
year has been marked by meteorological eccen-
%tricities, and in this respect these Islands have
been no exception. Besides the unusual or I'M
seasonable weather, floods and hurricanes have
been reported in Europe and America. Now the
cause of all this irregularity, we read in late
papers, is traced back or rather up to Jupiter.
Star-gazers will perhaps notice something pecu-
liar in the appearance Of this planet, especially if
their attention is called to the subject. Jupiter
is, in fact, passing through some stupendous
changes, such as biologists say occurred on this
earth before the ancestors of Adam lived and
such is the intimate connection between the two
orbs-though SO far separated by space-that
our own atmosphere is now agitated in sympathy
with the commissions above us. This, at any rate
is the explanation given in Europe and America
for a season made memorable by deluges and
earthquakes, and for want of a better it may be
accepted rs the true one.
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An IMMENSE amount OF ivory is daily consumed
in the workshops Of Europe and America, though
a short supply and correspondingly high prices
both for the crude and manufactured articles have
now for many years characterized the industry.
Great as is the quantity Of this material now en-
ployed in different countries. the continent of
Africa furnishes seven-eights OF all that is worked
up by the artisans of various nations-sueh as
toys, and c~rucifxes in France, heather
gods, boxes. and fans in India and China, billiard
balls, boxes, miniature plates. chessmen, keys for
pianofortes, and various other musical Instruments,
fans, combs, folders, dominoes, and q multitude of
other things in England, Germany, and the United
States. Though ivory and India are commonly
associated together, it appears. in fact, that very
little Of the former comes from the latter. II is
said that the most costly tusks, or portions of the
tusks, are those which are used for billiard balls,
and the latter has of late become a very important
item of manufacture in America. a tnsk of ivory
weighing seventy pounds and upward is considered
by dealers as Arst-class.
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THE PACIFIC
OOmmrrtlalAobertiser


WE ARE indebted to His Excellency the Min
lister of Finance, for a copy Of the Collector Gen
erals report of statistics of his Bureau for the third
quarter of the present year. Although the re-
port shows 4 decrease in some articles Of our
domestic exports, there is in others an increase /;
with an increase in the total valuation of $780,
1852 over the corresponding period Of last
year. and an increase for the nine months Of
S9I,7327S This is certainly very encouraging,
inasmueh As sugars are now invoiced so much
lower than i~ormeriy-simply at what they are
sold for. Considerable quantities of wool, hides.
tallow and sugar are OF hand. awaiting shipment.
Two NEw joint-stoeL associations for the Guilt
walton and manufacture Of sugar have recently
been chartered by government, to be known res
sPectively as The Wailuku Sugar Company
and 1.-The Princeville F:sntation Company
These corporations are esti iisLsd on the princi-
pie of limited liability, the chaE,er of each con-
tanning Q clause to tile effect shae q no stock
holder shall individually be liahle for the debts
Of the corporation beyond the amount which
shall be due upon the share or shares held or
owned by himself The formation on compan-
les on the plan indicated is a promising feature
in the prosecution of our staple industry. While
the limited liability clause Brecludes the possibi-
lity OF the complications often arising in a reg
ular partnership connection, the fact of the stock
being held by individuals scattered here and there
through the community will have the effect to
make more generally felt the tide of prosperity
which we predicate is in store for the sugar
business Of the country.