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Cure for Love Of Liquor. |,

At festival at = reformatory institu-
tion, recently, . gentleman said, Of the
cure of the use Of intoxicating drinks
- oVercame the appetite by recipe
given to me by old DR.. Hatfield. one Of
those gold old physicians who do not
have percentage from q neighboring
druggist. The prescription is simply
an orange every morning d half hour
before breakfast. Take that, said the
doctor, 'and you will neither want
liquor or medicine I have done SO
regularly. and find that liquor has be-
come repulsiye. The taste of the orange
is in the saliva of my tongue, and il
would be as well to mix water and oil
as rum with my taste. .''-Herald Of
Health.
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want hedn't thought it worth while to
light lamp for q beggar-girl. And
presently the door opened, and in strobe
JACK himself, a-whistling of g The girl
l left behind me-" He hedn't wrote
Sibyl he was coming home for Thanks
giving; and jest as she was about to cry
out for joy, forgetting all her rags,
somebody in the next room rustled for
ward, all shining in silk and lace, and
puts her two arms around his neck, and
says, " Dear Jack, I've been watching
for you all day; why didn't you come
earlier?" And the two didn't see no
body but each other there in the dim
light, but Sibyl sees them both-sees
Jack with his arms about his cousin
Bertha, sees him kiss the hand upon
which he slips a shining ring, and hears
him call her his own sweetheart, and
swear that he loves her with all his
heart. And Sibyl sits, stunned and be-
wlldered like, minute after the two
lovers hev gone laughing and whis-
pering up the staircase, a-listenine
to the echo of their happiness, and
then she creeps out like stricken crea-
ture, and when Mrs. Rhett comes down
to see the Thanksgiving beggar, the
place is all dark and empty, and the
flre has burnt down to red coal, and
it is showing fast outside. The way of
it was, poor Sibyl dragged herself along
without seeing the way she went, with
out feeling the snow in her face, and
then she dropped down of sudding on
ner poor face, and the snow kept falling,
falling, and covering her as the robins
covered the babes in the wood with
leaves; and there'd been no Sibyl Jones
by morning if it hadn't happened that
Matt Morris he'd bin to market, and
fairly stumbled over beggar-woman,
as he thought, lying at one side of the
road, he having got out of his ox-cart to
warm his feet a-walking; and never
onct guessing it was Sibyl, he lifted
her into the cart, and wrapped the
robes about her, and hurried home for
dear life.
Here's Thanksgiving beggar for
you, mother" says he; q where's your
campfire bottle?'' f
"Why, it's Sibylp' says Mrs. Morris,
when they come to put her to bed.
" Run for the doctor.'' But she was
clean out of her head with a fever or
somewhat, and the doctor wouldn t hear
to her being moved home. And so, you
see, what with Matt's goodness and
Jacks cruelty, it came about that from
being a Thanksgiving beggar she be-
came q Thanksgiving bride-only that
happened matter of five years later
HdTper's Bdzdr.
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A W0man's Wounded Pride.

l have an interesting neighbor She
always seemed to me one of the few
perfectly happy and contented women.
She had a delightful home; wore lovely
clothes; had her phaeton, and hus-
band that matched the rest of her fur
niture. W
stepped over to see her one morn
ing last week, and found her weeping
bitterly. She was sitting in a rocking
chair, and held a newspaper in her
hand. From behind the handkerchief
before her eyes, there issued, every now
and then, smothered sob. -
"Why, Alice Genevra THAT was her
name ], what is the matter?' l ventured
to inquire.
She did not answer at first, but pres
emily became calmer, and ventured to
tell me her trouble. ftss
"You know Harry and I have been
to the city," .ts
"Yes.'' ALI sorts of improbable things
were imagined.
s'Well, we stopped at the - House.
Before we were married, / had every
thing that I desired. If do say It
myself, never lacked for attention,
and really had come to the conclusion
that was of some social importance.
Now, what am I? An object-som
thing to be classed in with the lbs.,. and
the hhds., and the pkgs."
Her tears began to flow afresh when
she handed me the paper, and I saw
among the list of Hotel Arrivals, ss1Ir.
Harry Brown and W.T." That was it.
wounded pride. It did have rather an
Insignificant look; but I offered her
such consolation as could, and, find
ing that my efforts were unappreciated,
withdrew. Chicago Tribune. a
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What He Was.

They sat and swigged his beer until
they were well soaked, and calculated
that there was just enough locomotive
power in their legs to take them home.
They started out and one held up his
fingers and said: !lss8 ~.
Kaiserlicher, slate them to me!''
"Vat You sayp Dond ! told you
'boud dat kind ov peezness yonst ahead
ov this time?'' T.
"Well, it's all (hic) right take it OF
in the mornin' so0n's come down town,
(hic) old feller!" aa isgA
You shnst come right away back
agin, now! Ven You tole me put dem
down on dad shlate, mine leetle poy he
gone by dem publick skools. unit he
dakes dot shlate for do his 'ridmetick
sums, unit I don'd do dot way some
more!" ~ ttG .4 4tss setiA ssf
"Oh, don't make such q racket about
tits all right-all right!" grandly
exclaimed the hummer. 81
sVell,. 7 shust seen 'boud dot! I
wants you extinctly to undershtood dot
l hafe redoosed dis peezness down to q
cash bazis, goot gollaterals or fghd,
BY sheminy, unit dots de kint ov prize
box what I amt"
And Kaiserlicher planted himself at
the door and didn't leave until he had 8
pocket-knife, two shirt studs, Q nickel
plated corkscrew and . half plug Of to-
bacco as collsteral. Atlosto C0sstita-
ton. Si .'s,i ~. Ss !.
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NUMBER 43.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

SOMEBODY asked German what he
was doing. ..Vell, !" he replied, ..shoost
now am doing holdings, but have
made arrangements to 60 into piziness. -
"Glad to hear it. What are YOU going
intoP" 'sVell, goes into partnership
init man." s'Do you furnish much
capital?n .sNo, doesn' t put in no gapi-
tai. = ''Don't want to risk it, eh?'' "No,
but l puts in de experience ;, s.And he
puts in the capitalp'' "Yes, dot is it.
We goes into piziness for dree years
he puts in the capital, put in de ex-
perience. At the end Of dree year
will have de capital and he win have de
experience!' m4y
BARNUM has been leeturing at Chi
cago, and he tells the following story:
In his museum q gentleman and daugh-
ter stood gazing at the Siamese twins.
The Snowman said they were the most
remarkable phenomenon in the known
world, were born in Siam, etc.
"Brothers, / supposeP" remarked the
gentleman, interrogatively, still looking
with wonder at the tied-ups. "Yes
sir, brothers; natural brothers, too
said the Snowman. |" My DEAR" said
the visitor, relgiously, turning to his
daughter, "think of the goodness of
Providence in thus linking two natural
brothers together instead of two
strangers.
AS he came out of Woodward Ave-
nue. gate the other night and walked
slowly up the street the boys heard him
saying to himself: 81 know she loves
me, and know can never love any
one else. Let's see, it's November now.
On the 1st Of January I'll walk into the
Office and tell old Skinflint that must
have $25 per week or I'll quit. He'll
say quit and be darned, and III go and
see Tom and have him see Jim and get
me into bank at q hundred per week,
and then I'll buy q house and lot, ask
Jennie to marry me, stick up my nose
at that old bunker Of q father, fill the
yard with vases and statuary, have sill
yer stair-rods and French mirrors, and
I'll show this town what is what.-De-
tyoW Free Press. ss7@ss'ea s'
A MINISTER In Arran, Scotland, dis
coursing of the carelessness of his flock,
proceeded as follows: "Brethren,
when you leave the church just look
down at the dukes swans, and they'll
be sooming about, an aye docking
doom their heads and laving theirsels
wi the clear water till they're a.
drookit; then you'll see them sooming
to the shore, and they'll gle their wings
a bit flap and they're dry again. Now,
my friends, you come here every Sab
bath, and I lave you a. over wi the
gospel till ye're fairly drookit wit.
But You just gang AVA hame, and sit
doom by your fireside, gle your wings a
bit flap, and ye're as dry as ever again. .
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4 srn1x1xo instance Of the fatal pov

4 srRIxINa instance Of the fatal pow
Or of drunkenness to accomplish the
ruin Of Of . onces respectable family,
WIS sesn at Denbigh, In Wales, the
other day, whom John Simon, the par
ish clerk, was found dead in his chair
in the kitchen. At the time Of the, in
inquest his widow was so drunk. that
she could not give her evidence. In
their house there was no bed nor bed
clothes, and the parents with their Ave
children were Obliged 70 sleep tn one
room on rags stuffed with shavings.
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IN consequence Of the ravages Of the
squirrels IN the forest Of the Swiss can
ton of st. Gall, the municipality has
been compelled to take Measures for
the radiance Of the pest. In the COM;
munes Of Ragatz and Pfaffers one franc
is offered for each squirrel captured,
dead or alive.
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THANKSGIVING BEGGARS.

Lor, your Thanksgiving beggars amt
nothing new! We used to rig ourselves
npin old rags when was gurl, and
many's the good laugh we've he'd when
some OF the neighbors was took in by
Us, and filled our baskets with Thanks
giving fare. Your spelling matches ain t
nothing new neither. We used for to
hev em out to Pixies Clearing, Jest for
recreation like; cold winter evenings
they warmed you up bit, and begOt
many heart-burning, I'll warrant. In
the summertime, you see, we could hev
angger in the barn, if Ben had his vio-
m mended; but winters there WANT
nothing we could do but jest. get to-
gether and cultivate our minds with the
spelling book, for we couldn't dance in
the school-house on account of the
seats. Seems to me l can see Sibyl
Jones now waiting ON the sittee for to
nechose on one side or t'other; for,
you see, Jack Rhett, Square Rhett's
son, used to come and join us while he
was studying with Parson Paul to keen
up with his class at Yale the wear he
was rlsticated; and the way of it was.
ne always led one side of the spelling
match and Matthew Morris. Farmer
Morris's Matt, led the other; and there
sat Sibyl as still as a mouse, only her
hands working together under her
snawl-for the school house want al
ways a. warm as love--and her two
eyes a.giittering, glittering; and p'r'aps
y wouldn't be till there wasn't nobody
% s.se isit to choose that young Rhett
would say, saucy enough,
well, now Ill take Miss Sibvl
Last, but not least,'' Matt Morris
would call out. For the truth was, Matt
would hev chose her furst himself.
ont he knew that she wouldn't do anv
%ln2 s-spelling against Jack Rhett, and
nv she'd sooner be last with Jack
van hurst with anybody else. That's
.sAt ! call self-denial, or else l never
esle ossthe thing. But, you see, Jack
~ sasserplaying sort Of fast and loose with
o'9i; he hankered after her pretty face
spa pretty manners, but he couldn't
9alse bring himself to overlook the
OoeW0O0 0QuAIV 000tt b son
!o Farmer Jones's daughter, specially
FARMER Jones was q ne'er-do-welf,
snd luved his own cider barrel better'n
su the rest Of mankind. Now with
aaahew Morris Il was different, as
My body knows. He loved Sibyl Jest
- 9erse6, and II didn't make no odds
g MIN who or what herfather was, SO
lg - she was nobody but herself.
nat then he was only a farmer's SON
anmself, and p'r'aps be didn't know no
ssIter. Well. we kept up the spelling
.a1ches pretty much all winter, and
Smetimes Rhett would choose Sibyl
g :. very furst, and then again he'd con-
slse not to choose her at all, and she'd
! s that cut up by it--for Sibyl never
: asa much proper spirit-that she'd be
- mrst to miss on words that q baby
sooId spell, and Rhett would. be sure to
aagh and chaff her till the tears was
Sss ready to gush out of her two dove
yes, for the rogue knew it was all his
"ofK. Heavens only knows why she
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--F I. 4 = =
Who pipes upon the long. green hill,
Where the meadow grass isdeep;
The white lamb bleats, but followeth on
Follows the clean, white sheep.
The dear white lady in yon high tower
She hearkeneth in h;r Sleep
All in long grass the piper stands.
Goodly and grave il he; hS8
Outside Of the tower. at dawn Of day,
The notes Of his pipes ring free.
Athought from his heart doth reach to hers
Il ''Come down, o lady TO me-" -.
She lifts her head, she dons her gown;
All! the lady is fair;
She ties the girdle on her waist.
AID binds her fiaxen hair,
And down she stealeth, down and down.
Down the turret stairs.
Behold himi With the flock he won.
Along yOn grassy lea.
"My shepherd lord. my shepherd love,
: What wilt thou, then. with me?
Ny heart is gone out of my breast.
And iolloweth on to thee"
eaas II. *~~ ~~N
The white lambs feed in tender grass;
With them and thee to bide.
"Hoy good H. i were !" she saith at noon;
aOi well is me-, !" she saith when day
Draws On to eventide.l
Hark! hsrki the shepherds voice. Oh sweet
Her tears drop down like rain.
"Txke now this crook, my chosen, my fere.
And tend the flock full fain;
Feed them, o lady, and lose not one. =
TIL shall come again."
Right soft her speech: "My will is thine.
And my reward thy gracei"
Gone are his footsteps over the hill.
Withdrawn his go0dly face:
The mournfll dusk begins to gather,
The daylight wxnes apace.
III.
On sunny slopes, ali long the lady
Feeieth her nock at noon;
She leads it down to drink at eve
Where the small rivulets Groom: fs+
Al night her locks are wet with dew.
= Her eyes Outwatch the moon.
Beyond the hills her voice 10 heard.
She sings when light doth wane;
NY longing heart Is full Of love.
Nor shall my watch be vain,
shepherd lord. see him not;
But he will come again."
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The white lambs feed in tender grass;
With them and thee to bide.
"How good It were, she saith at noon:
Albeit, the meads are wide."
ssOi well is me-, she saith when day
Draws On TO eventide.l
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THE ABOVE PLAN


may be understood more fully from the
following statement: There is about
100000 in excess of $5,OO0,00 Of the
city debt. The July statement does not
show the interest upon the coupons,
which bear seven per cent, and Of which
there are several hundred thousand, and
the payment on which has been in
arrears for several years. Nor does it
show the liability to the wsterwolk5, for
which suits have been brought and judy
ments rendered on portion of them.
This contingent liability is claimed to
be so, 900 or SS0,OG0. Now let the city
debt in excess Of this S., 100000 be re-
tired by the delinquent taxes and other
nominal assets, the L. st statement show
ing more than one M lion delinquent
tIxes. BUTT is believed edthatI OF more than
fifty cents on the dollar, it, indeed, that
amOun' ,can be realized from that SQUIRE,
as large portion @! these delinquent
taxes run back through aperiod OF TWEEN.
ty years and embrace large lot ofprOp-
eTty exempt from execution, errors and
iDsOlvencles. Fifty cents in the dollar
Will be large per centage, il 1t cRn be
realized. But if this can be done, then
the debt remaining to be adjusted is S..
0N,0O Now, scale this S., 600 coo one
third, 4. e. deduct from it 81, $3.50, ,666,
which will leave So, ,335, 1888 to be adjust
ed. Fund this amount in 800 bonds,
making 80, 1888 bonds, due in thirty
years with interest payable on the bonds
drawn as per schedule here exhibited.
One OF the objects in making the bonds
$lO0 each is to make them all the more
easily transferable, and IS there are a
great many who have ledger balances
less than $1,000 it is believed they
would fund in these bonds.
Another object is that when these bonds
have been drawn, after that to make
them receivable for every species OF city
Indebtedness. Now let there be annual
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we surrender very much of our space
Fr-day to the report OF the majority OF
,no Committee on navel affairs, concern
ING alleged :sbUses in the navy, which is
signed by ell the Democratic members
Of the committee, and by Mr.. Burleigh,
q RarubIican. The latter says in note
that he signed the report ss read, bellev-
inc if TO be in accordance with the evil
Jepee taken and substantially just, hus
zast he hss no sympathy with 30 much
.sf the report as is of partisan chSrsc'
t.r., A Synopsis Of the minority,
Messrs. Harris Of Maine, Hayes, and
DanfoSd, was published in yesterday g
APPEAL. 1t will be seen from the ma
5aritv report that there is wide dis
crerapcy between It sEd the minority,
ylich lie not reconcilable upon any the
orv Of carty difference, and 1t cAAno'
fail 10 strike aur readers as coming 10
the shane of ths "lsst straw" necessary
10 break down PH6ilc conhnence ~
Grants administration SRd he hepuo'
licsn patty.
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COLONEL WILLIAM HANDY, Of Mis-
sissippi, made telling and conciliatory
speech at the Democratic ratification
meeting held at Philadelphia onS atur-
day las, in concluding which he said
0In the name OF Mississippi, 1 say to
YOU, here is my hand and heart for re-
Cancellation, prosperity and genuine
peace. The unfortunate wsr is forever
ended, let no one disturb its sad memo
ries. Let the dead past bury its dead,
and in the memorable language OF Gen.
ersI Grant: Words spoken to the ear, and
broken to the hope, violated by him in
spirit and letter, Let US have peace "
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BLUFoRD WILSON, late solicitor OF
the treasury, was yesterday examined
before the house committee on whisky
trials in st. Louis, particularly In regard
TO the connection Herewith Of Babcock.
Mr.. Wilson sustained previous state
ments as to "Bab's" guilt, and, on the
authority OF General Porter, he charged
the President with being guilty Of a
liaison with the woman known es the
"Sylph," whose nOntD1e de plume be-
came a signature for both M'Donsld
and his associate Bai cock.
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Excess ofLabiIitles over Fssets:s3 zoe, s9i az
To liquidate this debt, and lift from
our shoulders load which beaIs heav-
lily uE IN US, retarding our progrc g and
interfering with our growth, the follow
ing Ia been sugg~ oted by Mayor Flip
pen for the acceptance of the bOndhold-
els. Iti1 worthy the consideration Of
our finaDcieI5, from whom we would be
happy to hear touching its feasibility:
PLAN FOR SETTLlNGTHE DEBT OF THE
CITY OF MEMPHIS.
Let city debt in excess Of $5, 600, 900 be
retired by delinquent taxes, etc. The,
from S., 10000 deduct One.ihird, Ieav-
ing S.. 333 1888. Fund in 500 bonds,
making SO, 333 bonds, due in thirty
years, interest payable when drawn as
per schedule below. Now draw annu-
ally, paying four per cent. on mum.
bers drawn, using not Iess than $40, 900
yearly for first ten years, $l5O,O0O for
second ten years, and $l6O,OOO for last
ton Uaaro
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MANTON MARBLE, formerly of the
Nsw York World, is spoken Of SIS
probahle candidate for governor OF New
York. The New York Herald, referring
70 the fact, says of Mr. Marble that "the
,ress ;,g New York, without distinction
Of party, will besr witness to his ability,
his patriotism, his fine executive, busi-
ness training, his clesrness of mind, his
integrity, his devotion TO the b. 81 inter-
ests OF his party aud the r. public. :
II elected, New York would have a
governor worthy Of the name-s man
who would do well every duty that the
office involved, and whose admiaistra-
ton would rebound TO the credit OF the
Empire State.n
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pOTtance

THE Clarksville Tobacco Le0J has no
sympathy with such men as Savage and
Dorsey B. ThOma', and says OF them
that they are disorgsnizers. They are
not working as Democrats, in harmony
with their party. Neither are they
working for the best interest of the State.
One is candidate for governor; the
other, We think, would be happy TO go
TO the United States senate. Both are
mistaken. Il
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AT caucus OF the Democratic men,
bers of congress in Washington last
night, the question Of repeating the date
of the resumption OF specie payments
was, after discussion, voted on, with the
result OF about fifty members for repeal,
and twenty-five against This, however,
does not afford test Of the result in the
house, as not one-half Of the Democratic
members were prssent at the Caucus.
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WHY was not General Clusters heroic
death promulgated TO the army and
to the country at large in an official
way from the war department at Wash
ington? Did the lsmeated general and
his heroic companions not deserve the
recognition due him and his brave band
in the eyes Of the Administrations Or,
was the Hamburg sffair Of more inn
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MARRIED.

EDMONDSON-FORD-A the residence OF
the brides father, Washington, ID. c., July q
1876, Mr.. REES b. EDMoNDSON, of Mem phis
Tenn, and Miss REBECCA LOUISE daughter OF
W. G. Ford, Esq. No cards.
A lovller bride never graced the nuptial
altar than Miss REBECCA L. FORD, formerly OF
this city. Beautiful in person, cultured in
mind, and of graceful, winning and accom-
plished manners, she was the pride of our so.
ciety and the delight of her friends. Moving
with her fathers family TO Washington, she
shOne with undimlnished luster in the refined
and fashionable circles of the gay capital,
and now only relinquishes her reign TO be-
come the wife of one of our most gallant.
gifted, and successful lawyers, Colonel REEs
b, EDMoNDsON, OF the Memphis bar. May the
sunshine OF social hsppiness follow bride and
groom through life, and the roses of rscIpro-
cal love crown them with its perpetual bloom
and frgrance.
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to the demands Of the people, to reform
THE GROSS ARISES

existing in this regard, and congress- by
several ensctments, to-wit, in March,
1867, in June, 1855, and in May, 1872,
provided among other things: First,
that the master W0fkmen in the various
navy-ysrds shou!d be men skilled in
their several duties; secondly, that no
officer or employe OF the government
should require any workman in any
navy-yard to contribute or pay any
money for political purposes, and that
no workman should be removed or dis
charged Oh account OF his political opin-
ions; and thirdly, thstlsb0rers should be
Continued on second pageJ
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A CORRESPONDENT Of the Charleston
.J,urRaL Of Commerce, a member Of the
Galveston cotton exchange, writes that
the Texas cotton crop will be eight hun
dred thousand bales, and will be at least
five thousand bales in excess Of last
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DIED.

MESSENGER-On NJ Wednesday, July 26, 1875,
RANDoLPH MESSENGER, son of L. f. and NJ. ] .
Messenger.
Friends and acquaintance are invited to at
tend his funeral this (FRIDAY) morning, at
lOO'clock, from the residence 1874 Elliott street.
ELhIO1ur-In this city, at 80 pm, July q,
$50, Mrs. LAURA A. ELLIOTT, formerly of Ma
ron, Alabama. lSelma and Marion (Ala) pa
pers please cOpy.l
The funeral services will take place from
the residence, No. 3Ol Adams street, this (FRI-
DAYl afternoon, July 2Sth, at O'Clock.