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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-19
A jolly Cruise,

81 reckon il is 'EOut three years ago
C lmmanGed a steamer on the lake. One
q ~ | got sealsd orders to carry a lot of
Lie members Of the State government,
some of the legislative chsps, and l
DON'T know who all, out on 8 cruise, a
big drunk. OH JEFF Thompson yy83 one
OF the party, and l was Oget my orders
from Mi + -. (Here tie named o
prominent officer OF the United States
q engineer corps.) Well, sf.er We were
out and under way the major told me to
head for RObbins's bay, wnere they pro
posed making the end Of the canal. The
following morning, when the steamer
reached the bay, Msj)F - showed
me q big map all drawn with lire,
where he said ne wanted me to run the
boat aud to he2ve the lead, 'bIt,' SAYS
he, mo matter how shallow the water is,
you must always call out not less than
four fathoms. Then said I, 'msj0T,
you'll have to get another man to heave
that Lad, for id if Phi tell lie with
lead ljle.' Now, suppose they had
come down there to learn the true state
of the water, to report it to tue govern.
ment and the people, but that was
mistake. Well, knew a tOwbOst cap
tain that was aboard aud l told the lns-
j3r I would ask him TO throw the lead,
but he refused, 60 at last a tugbOat cap
tain was found and that lubberly cuss
sounded and called four isthoms, four
and a half a. d at that rate, sil over the
bay, when l knew plenty Of places
where there wern't hall thai water, and
that report went to Congress, a lie, from
beginning to end.-Ne1g Orleans Cor
respondent 50. Louis Republican.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-19
''Sllerman's Memoirs -

Charleston News and Courler.I
"shernan is revising his book as
'isst 80 the facts given by the press, and
"ObtSined from other sources will enable
Thin" So says an exchange. II is
now greatly to be feared by these who
are fam lsr with his statements and the
facts, that mis- book is likely to lose its
identity, or totally disappear, in the cub
shutting process Two Of these fscts, to
which public attention outside of Co
Iumbia has not particularly enough
directed, are hereby placed at his dig
poeaI, to wit: When the Columbia fire
companies turned out upon the first
alarm, for the purpose of endesvoripg to
save some one OF the numerous burning
buildings, they were STOPPED, and the
hose attached to each carefully chopped
to pieces, by gentlemen in blue uniform.
The second act is based upon one Of
own ''statementsn now I'M
der revision, derives its truth therefrom,
and is to the effect that dwellings of
prominent Confederate, and of these
only, were also ''ignited by the flying
fakes of turning cottoD,n though locst-
ed in some instances at a distance OF not
less than from three ID six miles from
Columbia,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-19
MEMPHIS APPEAL
=: MARCH 10. 1876.

WE AGAIN urge uponthe city author
tiles the necessity Tor an enforcement Of
the sidewalk ordinance, and that uni
formity be made special object. AS
they are now, tie sidewalks Of Memphis
are simply a disgrace to US.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-19
A BIRTH-SOSG.

BY ALGERSOS CHARLES swJSBUNE.
For Olrid FrcGcis Jhli1I RJsseni, born Sep
tender - iSij
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-19

"After this follows an address to any
king who should at later time notice
the inscription. This story is supposed
to have happened about B. G. 1900,
rather earlier than the supposed age Of
Moses; and as we know that the fame
Of Sargon reached Egypt, il is quite
likely that this account had eonnec-
ton with the events related in Exodus
H., for every action, wher once per.
formed, has tendency to be repeated"
We have had occasion to speak in terms
Of praise OF some OF Mr.. Smiths former
works, and we end our review of the
present one with the assurance that it is
Of even greater value than It's prede-
cessors. Scribner Il Co, publishers,
New York.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-19

decree
"TogAtherg' echo back the waves upon the
MexIc sea-
Together sing the sylvan hills where old
Atlantic roaTs-
Together" boom the breakers on the Wild
Pacific shores
Together" cry the PeOple-and "tog ther"
shall be
An everlasting chaIter-bond forever for the
free;
or liberty the signet-seal-the one eternal
sign
Be those united embIeDls-the Palmetto and the
the Pine!
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-19

OFT OF the dark sweet sleep,
Where no dreams laugh or weep,
Borne through bright gates Of birth,
into the dim, sweet light,
Where dav sill dreams Of E}gh',
Wal Q he slth taxes form on earth,
+ hite rcss OF spirit and flesh, red Lily OF love
WI 81 note OF songs have we
Eit for the birds and thee,
Toir nesting CUuehsd beneath the mother
dOvee
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-19

And we'll pant them still together-.or It's
yet the self same soil
Our fathers Yalor won for us by victory ard
toll,
On FIorida's fair everglades, by bold ontario's
food,
Kindred blood.
For thus 1t is they taught us W bO for freedom
lived and died,
justified
That God has Joined together by fiat all
divine
The destinies OF dwellers meath the Palm tree
and the Pine.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-19

Aye! wen plant them yet together-tho' the
cloud Is on their broWs,
And winds antagnnistic Writhe and wrench
the StalWart boughs;
Driving winds that drift the nations into gap
ing gulfs OF gloom;
Sweeping ages, cycles, systems, into worthless
of DOOM
Though the waves Of faction, rolling In tri-
timphsnt to the shore,
Are breaking down our bulwar6s with their
sullen rage and roar;
Serted ornaments Of ocean filing in line
after lire,
Washing up tie deepest foundations OF Pal
tnett6 and of Pine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-10
PHILADELPHIA in IVA.

Old Philadelphia during the sessions
Of the Continental Congress presented
probably more picturesque appear
ance than at any other time of her his
tory. A dense background of forest
threw her few busy streets into strong
relief; the river was crowded with ship
ping; the half-drilled troops of the new
army passed down High street from
time to time, drum and fife stirring the
long-sobered air; the vague electric ex-
element Of impending war was abroad,
and gave new meaning to ordinary
greetings, to even the boys play; there
was, too, every change and variety of
costume, as in a shifting panorama.
The Episcopalians and modish gentle
men of other churches appeared with
toupees powdered, satin knee-breeches,
velvet coats, and laceruff1es; fine ladies
wore hoops, high-tossing feathers, lawn
aprons, deep lace frills depending from
the elbow, and patches of every shape
on the face. A bevy of Quakers, in
their sad drab paduasoy gowns, passed
them, perhaps On their staid way to the
Yearly Meeting to give in their testimo-
ny against slavery, indorsing John
Woolman; or a stray monk from
Ephrata, in his white cowl and gown;
or an Indian, with his load of peltry; or
some countryman from Bucks County,
with tow trousers and pleated hempen
coats and leather aprons; or gang of
idle Barbary slaves, with their gay tur-
bans and slouching walk It was such
a scene that presented itself to the
Massachusetts and Virgins, delegates,
and gave to the lite town, in their I'M
used eyes, the air of capital city.
John Adams writes in his diary of how
he went to the Methodist and other dis
senting meetings.-Harper's Magazine
for M0V.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-10

if the orchards are properly cared for.
They..will not grow SO well on worn out
pastures, as on the virgin SOIL But we
find, to-day, on soils that are fed and
cultivated, apple trees SO vigorous and
fruitful, that nothing more can be ask
ed. Nor do we take any stock in the
idea that the old varieties are running
out. The Roxbury Russell has been in
the country from very near its first set
item ent, and in the east, the trees are
as vigorous and hardy, and the fruit as
perfect as they ever were. AS a long
keeping standard variety, there is no
better selection for this region. Plant
an orchard this spring. Plant only
standard varieties that are known to do
well in your neighborhood, and let the
varieties be few, and nine-tenths of
them the long keepers. Late winter
apples can be sold eight months in the
year. They almost always bring extra
prices in the spring.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-10
Population and Area of Brazil.

By partial census of the population
of Brazil, made in 1872, it was estimat-
ed that the entire number of inhabi-
tants was 1916, 1913. The number of
square miles contained in the 20 prov
inces of the Empire is 3,275, 1926. In
1850 the number Of slaves held in the
country was estimated at $780, 900 but
after the law for their gradual eman-
cipation was passed in 1871 this num-
Der gradually decreased. According to
an official return published in May,
1874, there were at that time only
1,016,262 slaves, distributed over the
whole Empire. The population of
Brazil is made up of an agglomeration
of many races. While it remained a
colony Of Portugal but few women &C
companied the emigrants to South
America. The earliest European set
tiers intermarried and mixed with In
dian women, and afterward an extern
sive intermixture of race occurred
with the Africans who were brought
into the country as slaves. In the
northern provinces the Indian element
predominates, while in Pernambuco,
Bahia, Rio de Janeiro and Minas the
negroes are numerous. Attheseaports
the chief part of the population is of
European descent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-10
A Woman RejOices in a Third Set Of
Teeth.
From the Boonville Advertise

At recent meeting of the Academy
of Science, st. Louis, several distin-
guished dentists had warm discus
sion in regard to the matter of a third
set of teeth, during which DR.. Engle-
man presented to the Academy the jaw
of an adult, showing signs of the same.
DIR. Forbes, most eminent dentist,
discredited thespecimen, and said that.
Notwithstanding he had heard of such
a curiosity, he, in his varied and long
experience, had never met with one.
The foregoing is given as a prelimin-
airy to fact that may astonish, and, at
the same time, please DR.. Forbes. In
this city there resided popular and
well known elderly lady who has a YER
liable third set of teeth. They are
well developed, and the lady finds them
2 great improvement on her teethless
gums of a few years ago. She had
noticed the coming of these teeth
several months since, and had remark
ed it to some friend, but knew not she
possessed SO great a curiosity until hav-
ing read, by accident, the discussion al
luded to in this article.
Considering this fact, directly and
automatically within our knowledge, no
dentist may further deny the phenom-
enon-if so it may be called a third
set of teeth. Verify, Boonville abounds
in wonders.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-10

made a collection of photographs.
which will Immediately be published.
Their route lay through the Hauran,
southwark, through Moab, and SO on to
Jerusalem. Among the important
places photographed, are Kuuawat, the
Kenath Of Numbers, xxi. AZ; Bos-
rah, the Moabite Bosrah of jeremiah
Xviii, "a, supposed to be distinct from
the Bosrah of Edom, mentioned else
where; Umel-Gemal, identified as the
Both-Gamul. of jeremiah Xviii, %;
Jerash, the Gerasa of Roman history;
and Amman, the Rabbath Ammon of
Scripture, and the Philadelphia of
Greek and Roman annus. The cities
are all within circuit of SO miles to
the east and southeast of the sea of
Galilee, except the last, which is more
distant toward the southeast
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-10
Snuff Dipping in Kentucky.
From the HopkinsYille Democrat.

Talk about the opium-eater or the
whisky-drinker; how much more are
they to be pitied than the lady who is
addicted to taking snuff? We believe
theat more snuff is used in Hopkins
vile than in any other place of it's
size in Kentucky, and its use is steadily
on the increase. Hopkinsville has a
reputation for pretty women; but how
long that reputation will last it's hard
to tell. Some of the prettiest wo-
men we knew ten Or twelve years
ago are now nothing but faded flowers.
Lips that once looked like ripe cherries
and for one kiss from which man
would almost give his right arm, now
look more like dried apples than any
thing else we can think Of The cheek,
once fully and rosy, is now sunken and
colorless. The chin, which looks long
er, now glories in a bronze-colored
stripe, which reaches down to the throat.
We were going down the street the
other day, and noticed lady coming
up. 1t was a windy March day, and
the lady's skirts were lifted a little
above her boot tops. We know, the
aristocratically arched foot, but hang
it What has become of the nicely
rounded ankle? 1t wasn't there. When
we got near enough to look into the
lady's face we knew that snuff had
done its work. Snuff is robbing wo-
men of their beauty and depriving
them of husbands. It is more harm
full than smoking and more repulsive
than chewing, and its use by ladies is
almost as much to be condemned as
the drinking of whisky by men; and
if the ladies have grounds to talk about
men drinking and smoking, they are
assured that such dipping in the eyes
of men is as repulsive as the smell Of a
two cent-a-half cigar Or sniffof "rife'
whisky to the olfactories of the fair SEX
We indulge the hope that there will
be an anti-snuff society formed which
will be a twin sister of our temperance
society. We have no idea how many
ladies in our city will take exception to
this article. If all that use snuff were
to get after us, we would call their
name Legion, but we are upheld in our
| action by some of the most sensible
mothers in town, in entering a protest
against habit, the adoption Of which
by a girl is almost as much to be dread
ed by parent as is the first taste of
liquor by his boy
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-10
Plant an Apple Orc hard.

We want more apple orchards in all
the older states, says a correspondent.
The old trees, once so bountiful, are
bearing less, and dying every year. On
many farms no successors are provided
for. We have occasionally surplus of
apples, as in 1874, when the orchard
does not pay much. But there is a
compensation to the fruit grower, even
in these years of exceptional abundance.
The cheapness of apples introduces
them into many families, where they
are generally used only as luxury.
They are SO VIII olesome and enjoyable,
that they become necessity, and are
more largely purchased in subsequent
years, when they bring double prices.
In 1874 apples sold for ST. SO per barrel.
In 1875 they sold for four dollars bar
rel. We know of a case in which a
family laid in, in 1874, sixteen barrels J;
in 1875, the price being so much high
er, the same sum being allowed for APP
pies, the supply was but six barrels. If
apples can be raised at a dollar a bar
rel, and pay expenses, the farmer who
furnished this family made eight dol
lars in his trade Of 1874, and eighteen
the past season. Thrifty families soon
become accustomed to apples, and they
take their place with flour, meat, and
butter, among the necessary family sup
plies, and whole crop is taken, even in
abundant years, at prices that pay
something. This is what snthe fruit
grower wants, steady paying prices for
all that he can raise every year, rather
than extravagant profits, which will in
duce everybody to rush into his special
ty. Apples are, on the whole, as likely
to be profitable as any fruit farmer
can invest In at the present time,
with the prospect of making
money out of them for the next thirty
years. They keep better than almost
any other fruit, and in all the northern
half of the country, they can be had, in
the fresh state, with very little diff
Guilty, every day in the year Our soil
and climate are admirably adapted to
this fruit. 1t grows in the greatest
beauty and perfection, and American
apples command very high prices in
the English markets. They are already
a profitable article Of export, and this
business has as substantial a basis for
increase as the export of American
cheese to European markets. The idea
that our climate has changed is a fc-
ton. Apples grow in our older States
in as great perfection as they ever did,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-10
Defective Cheese.

The cause of cheese becoming brittle
and strong in flavor soon after being
made is the development of too much
acid in the curd before putting it to
press. To avoid it draw off the whey
and put the curd to press when the
acidity reaches the exactly proper
point. Experienced cheese makers
know when this point arrives by the
taste. smell, and handling of the curd,
but it is impossible to describe these
sufficiently to make any others recog-
nize them. What is called the "hot
iron" test, however, will answer every
purpose. This is as follows: Take an
iron rod, such as an ordinary stove
poker, and heat it in the fire until It
will make water simmer Or "sizzle."
Then touch the curd to the hot iron: if
it is not acid enough it will not stick:
if just right it will stick, and when
drawn away will make threads, which
break when drawn out three or four
inches long; if too acid the threads
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-10
AGRICULTURE.
Seas enable Information for the
Farmer.
Value of Undertaking.

2. Z. Quin, in his work entitled
" Gardening for Profit" says a certain
German leased twelve acres of ground
near Jersey City for ten years, at 500
per acre. 1t was heavy wet land, and
after heavy manuring for three years
he could only make living. Some of
his neighbors, better posted, told him
he would have to underdrain it. AS
his lease had only seven years to run,
he was afraid it would not pay; but as
the only alternative he took the advice
1t took $50 per acre, only half what he
had paid for manure yearly. The re-
suit was at the end Of his lease he paid
$4,000 for the land and owned it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-10
Romance and Reality.
New York Correspondence Of the Washington
Capital.

New York Correspondence of the Washington
Capital.
The gamblers wife in the page of
fiction is heart broken female, whose
plain stuff dress covers a delicate,
shrinking form, who spends the night
IN watching for the return Of her lord
from the gaming table, and who kneels
before him On his tardy entrance, and
begs t'Robert" or William" with
streaming eyes, to cease to lure victims
to ruin and death.
The gamblers wife of reality, as at
tested by the daylight vision of Sun
day, is a plump, pretty and well fed
female, who wears dainty, high heeled
boots, pale yellow gloves on a small
hand, bites her roseate So box) lips
alluringly with pearly teeth H is
the best dentist in New York;, and
wears what may be regarded as the
uniform for "fast" ladies Ca black
silk dress, a jaunty round hat, diamond
solitaires, and cameps hair shawl. By
their rags you shall know them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-10
A Bridegroom ND a Tree.

From France, the land of romance.
comes a new and pathetic story. A
young man in the bloom of health and
vlgor was engaged to be married to a
oeauteous maid. The ingenious youth
mao one eye fixed ON the main chance.
ana arranged with the future father-in-
law that on the day of his marriage
certain "real estate should he trans
ferred to him." The memorable morn
ing arrived; the air was laden with the
perfume OF flowers, the birds sang, and
the villagers held festival similar to
those which we see in Italian operas.
The bridal party reached the chanel.
which lay ensconced among the
Evolutionary elms. Through it's church
yard meandered streamlet, whose
silvery ripples glistened in the morning
sun. Punctual to the time the cure
arrived and took a preliminary pinch
of snuff as he surveyed the people be-
fore him. Everybody settled into his
or her allotted place. The ceremony
was about to be commenced, when it
suddenly struck the bride that the
bridegroom was not honest. She
clasped her hands to her heart, and
with a piercing shrek, fell senseless.
Clear as a bell over the clamor that
ensued was heard the voice of the
father calling upon his friends and re-
lations to go in search of the missing
one. High and low they hunted, but
the game could not be found. At last
the "coon was treed," and they dis
covered the object of their search COM
fortably ensconced among the spread
ing branches of a lofty oak. On being
requested to descend, ne inquired off
they saw anything green about him."
to which those below, who had their
eyes on the surroundings, replied,
Plenty" In the midst of an inter-
change OF. violent epithets, he gave
characteristic remark somewhat to the
following effect: That "he'd be darn
ed if he would till that real estate was
transferred. While the bride was
thus bowed down in anguish, and the
bridegroom was. bowed. up in the tree,
the father-in-laW tore his hair, and
amid sobs and tears urged the unreason-
able nature of the request, but to no
effect. Finally the document was
brought forth, duly signed, and the re-
calcitrant bridegroom slid down the
tree. After the necessary repairs had
been made in his pantaloons withrentes
secured and his rents sown up, the
bridegroom adjourned with the rest of
the party to the chapel The bride re-
covered from her faint, the cure took
fresh pinch of snuff, and the knot was
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-10
Geographical Exploration i'm Africa.

Africa is, however, now the great
point of assault by geographical explor-
ers, and there come the most wonder
full revelations regarding the fertility
and beauty of various of It's extensive
regions, with curious descriptions of
its government and peoples. DIR. Mac
tigal, describing Wadai, in Northern
Africa:
fixes the population of the country
at about two and a half millions, and
says that the surface elevation Of the
land is from west to east, with an eleva-
ton of from 1000 to 1,5OO feet above
the sea-level. Numerous small streams
flow from the eastern heights, falling
into the two principal rivers, the Kafa
and Peaka. The country is divided
into seven Provinces the religion is
Mohammedan, and the King, whose
power is arbitrary, is looked upon as a
sort of divinity. The kings harem con-
sists of about 500 wives, and all hissons,
except the heir to the throne are
blinded with hot irons, duty performed
by the king of the smiths, who is also
the surgeon of the harem. The people
are skillful workers in iron, but given
to the drinking of an intoxicating beer,
practice which great efforts are made
to suppress. Spies are extensively en-
ployed for that purpose, and any man
upon whose premises the forbidden
liquor is found is punished by having
his Wife's head shaved. The king has
an army of 10000 infantry and 5000
cavalry, and the country is heavily
taxed for the support Of the king and
his expensive government. From Pop
a41ar Science Monthly for May.