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ST. CECILIA ACADEMY

On Mount Vernon, near Nashville. Tenn,
A Boarding School for Children and Young Ladies'.
T OCATION surprisingly beautiful ard healthy
IL Educational advantages not excelled by any
other educational Institution Not secaran pupils
religious opinions not interferred wi b. Prices re-
duced to SUIT the times. Studies resumed on the
First Monday in September. For circulars address
Superioress of the 81. Cecilia Academy, near Nash
uilla
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Wood Wanted for the Destitute.

UNARMERS and others are urgently requested to
II send in donations OF wood for the destitute
citizens of Memphis. Those living he II should
haul It to 81 South court street. to j. C. MACCABE,
Commissary. Parties being at a distance. on or
near railroad, can have it delivered free, by haul
Ing to any way station.
C. + CONN,
JAS. S. PRESTIGE,
WIN. WILLIS,
Committee.
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The Virginia Agricultural and Mechan-


AS eight professors, beautiful farm shop
Il with steam-driven machinery, and daily drill.
The vacation coming In winter suits southern stu
dents. Board is from 81 to SIS month"; and tuition
fees by aid OF the land scrip fund.- only $50 per half
year Apply for catalogue to c. L. l.. MI NOR. II. A.,
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NOTICE.

The different associations and others.
who are expecting money by express.
will call at the office, No. 3S North Court
street PW. CONNELL
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CLOSING RATES

Yesterday Of cotton aud gold: liverpool cot
'on, 6 I'D. Memphis cotton, 10 Use. NeK
Orleans cotton, 10 5-4e. Nero York cotton
II Sic. Nsio York gold, 100 II
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NOTICE.

a LII those interested In the fate of Memphis are
u requested to subscribe as many cords Of wood
possible for the purpose Of dsinfecting the city.
Our four lines of railroads respond to The cell. and
will carry all subscriptions to the city free of charge
THOS. CJJBBINS
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WE HAVE REMOVED

OUR business Office to Germantown, Tennessee,
at which place communications by mail or tele-
graph, may reach us. HILL. F0NTAINE Il co.
To The Knights of Honor OF Memphis.
MEMPHIS, September 8, 1873.
BROTHERS: Out of twenty members comprising
your Relief Committee only three remain on duty to-
day. If possible come to our aid; we need your
assistance in looking after our sick and their fami-
lies. j. B. ALDRICH, Vice. President,
80 Union street.
C. +. AARON, Secretary.
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Owing to the Prevalence of Yellow Fever
A and around Memphis. we have temporarily
CO., 541 Broadway, New York, where all communi-
cations should be addressed to us, and from which
point we will be pleased to ship goods to all Of our
friends who may desire anything in our line
As soon the Board of Health may decide that 1t
is safe to do so, we will open in Memphis full
stock of Fall and Winter Clothing made exclusively
for the Southern Trade, and continue business as
heretofore. SCHWAB & co.
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COReeVilIe, Miss.

Special to the Appeal
CoRLIERvuLE, September 12.-We are
spIely afflicted here. Four deaths in the past
"a hours.
S. d. Mangum, one of our prominent mer-
chants, died yesterday. Mrs. DR.. A. Webb
and daughter, Willie, died of yellow fever
yesterday within an hour of each other. Mr..
Fall Jones, a prominent young man, died
last night. We have five or SIX more down.
Some will not live through the day.
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MAR RlED.

MEUX-RAINES,-Att the residence OF DR.. Basker-
vile, at Horn Lake Depot, Miss, on "Wednesday,
September 18th, at 51a O'Clock. Mr.. W. L. Meux to
Miss Annie Raines, all of Shelby county, Tenn.
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NOTICE.

TTAvING established an Office as Cotton Factors
IL and Commission Merchants In St. Louis, our
MIR. Y. N Estes will conduct the business, and Is
prepared to receive shipments of cotton, and to
meet the wants OF our customers and frieEds.
Our house In Memphis is still open.
ESTES DOAN HCO.
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Leaving on hand ........... S6,5q6 90
The public will easily perceive the urgent necesstI
for further contributions II the committee is TO con-
nnue the much needed relief
We copy the above from the Boston i'd
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A dministratrix Notice.,

Administratrix Notice.
TITO all whom It may concern: Having qualified as
l. administrator OF the estate of the late Edward
T. Freeman of Shelby county, Tennessee, notice
Is hereby given that all parties indebted must come
forward and settle; and those ivtng claims AGAINST
said estate should present them, within the time
prescribed by law or they will he forever barred.
Aug. q. 1913. LIZZIE A. FREEMAN. Adm,X.
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DIED.

AGER-At Raleigh, of congestion Of brain, Sam
Ager, aged % years.
Lite Rock, st. Louis and Cincinnati papers please
copy.
FISHBR-Monday Sept. 9th, in his 49th year,
Patrick Fisher. Reyuiescdt IN pace.
Iuks papers copy and send bill to Appeal.
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POstOMce Notice.

TTNHE following is from W. j. Chase,who. owing to
the illness of Colonel Knowton is in charge Of the
Memphis Postofice, ordered that,
No mail matter be placed in the route boxes.
Country offices hereby ordered not to send post
office orders to this Office.
All parties sending or expecting letters will have
to go to the office as the carriers have left.
W. j. CHASE, Postmaster pro tenn.
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EDUCATIONAL.

WESLEYAN FEMALE INSTITUTE.
STANTON, VIRGINIA.
A NY one who desires to educate his daughter
u thoroughly, on the lowest terms and least ex-
pense in of the first schools for young ladies' in
the United States write for catalogue to
REV. DR.. VIM A. HARRIS, President.
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Having No Assistance Whatever
WITH sick family, our store will be closed until
further notice. W. N. WILKINSON Il co.
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Virginia Female Institute.

STANTON. VIRGINIA.
Rev. r. b. PHILLIPS, Rector, assisted by full corps
of experienced officers. The 34th annual session
will commence Sept IL, 1878. Buildings spacious
with gas and hot and cold water. Heated by steam
Extensive grounds. Patronage from lQ states
School hrst-clsss. Terms reduced. Seven churches
within three minutes walk For catalogue address
the Rector.
HTNEVERSITY OF VIRGINIA-Sesstol
q begins on the FIRST OF OCTOBER, and continue
nine months. The Institution is organized on IT,
elective system, giving the student free choice Of
studies, With full courses In the Schools of tho Acs
demic Department and In the Schools OF Law Nee
icine Engineering and Agriculture. For catalogue
apply to the Secretary of the Faculty P o. UniVeI.
silly OF Virginia. JAMES T. HARRISON, MD,
Chairman OF the Faculty.
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STATE NATIONAL BANK.

STATE NATIONAL BANK.
MEMPHIS, TENN, September 7, 1878.
THIS Bank will be open during the epidemic for
transactIng General Banking Business. Any bust
intrusted to US will receive special attention
j. A. HAYES, Cashier.
To Our Country Friends and Customers.
WE are still, open, and hope to remain so during
this frlghtful scourge. We will be under especial
obligations to those of our customers In the country
who are Indebted to and who will make us liberal
remittances, either by mail or express
A vACCARo x CO.,
324 Front street
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THE FEVER ABROAD.
Grand Junction, Tenn.

Special to the Appeal
GRAND JUNCTION, TENN, September II.
-Drs. Pulliam, Jones, and N H. and e.
Pre- witt, who visited all the sick this even
ing, report thirteen cases of fever. We are
greatly in need of money and nurses There
was one death last night, and we expect two
more tonight. The town is almost deserted.
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NOTICE.

MEMPHIS. TENN, September IL, 1878.
IR. B. B. CLARKE Is hereby appointed Treasu-
WI rer of the Citizens Relief Committee, during
the Illness or Mr.. John q. LOnsdale, II.
CHAS. G. FISHER,
Chairman CitiZens's Relief Committee.
The reports for the 10th will be furnished to-mor-
row. r B. CLARKE, Treasurer.
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NOTICE.
ON accoGnt of yellowfever our store will be closed
~ until further notice.
BROOKS NELLY h CO
NOTICE.

OWING to the prevailing yellow-fever and want of
efficient help. compelled to close my store for
the present. VIII resume as soon as possible.
John LILLY
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-03-28

There are so many bright spots in the
life Of farm-boy that sometimes think
| should Ike to live life over again; |
should almost be willing 10 be a girl If it
were not for the chores. There is great
comfort to bov in the amount Of work
lac can get rid OF doing. 1t is something
astonishing how slow he can go ON an
errand-he who leads the school a race
The world is new and interesting to him,
and there is SO much to take his attention
OF when he is sent 10 do anything. Per
hsps he could not explain himself, why,
when he is sent to n neighboF's after
Yeast, he stops 10 stone the frogs; he is
not exactly cruel; but he wants to see If
he cau hit EN- No other living thing
can go so slow as a boy sent on an errand.
His legs seems TO be lead, unless he
happens to espy q woodehuck in adj
joining lot. when he gives chase to like
a deer; and il is n curious fact about
boys, that two viii be great deal slower
about doing anything than one, and that
the more you have TO help you on piece
OF work the less is accomplished. BOYS
have a great power Of helping each other
to DO nothing; and they are so innocent
about il, and unconscious. 81 went as
quick as ever / could, says the boy.
His father asks him why he didn't stay
all night, when he has been absent three
hours on ten-nQnute errand. The sar-
easm has no effect ON the boy.
Going after COWS was q serious thing
in my day. / had TO climb hill which
was covered with wild strawberries in
the season. Couldan boy pass by those
ripe berries? And then, in the fragrant
hill pasture there were beds Of winter
green with red berries, tufts OF colum-
bine, roots Of sassafras to be dug, and
dozens of things good to eat or 10 smell,
that could not resist IL sometimes
even lay in my way 10 climb tree 10 look
for a crows nest, or 10 swing in the top,
and to try If could see the steeple Of
the village church. II became very i'm
portant sometimes for me TO see that
steeple, and in the midst Of my inyesti-
cations the tin horn would blow q great
blast from the farmhouse, which would
send cold chill down my back in the
hottest days. / knew what it meant. 1t
had frightfully inpatient quaver in it,
not at all like the sweet note that called
Us to dinner from the hay field 1t said:
" Why on earth doesn't that boy come
home, it is almost dark, and the cows
amt milked2" And that was the time
the COWS had TO start into brisk pace
and make up for lost time. / wonder if
any boy ever drove the COWS hoIae late
who did not say that the COWS were at
the further end Of the pasture, and that
" Old Brindle was hidden in the woods
and he couldn't find her for ever 80 long,
The brindle COW is the boys scape-goat,
manya time.-CharLes Dudley Warner,
IN Being a Boy"
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RrAlns and Skulls.

The average weight Of the brain of n
fish, compared with the weight OF it,
body, is as 10 5,66s; that of reptile,
] 10 1921; bird, l 70 2l2; q monkey,
/ to go; horse, l 10 76S. The average
weight of the brain Of man, compared
with that of his body, is ordiBnrily as
TO 80. Cuvier, the celebrated French
naturalist, had the heaviest brain on re-
cord; il weighed sixty -four and one. third
ounces. The next heaviest was that Of
Daniel Webster, which weighed sixty.
three and three-quarter ounces; and
the next was the brain of Ruloff the
Binghampton (N. Y murderer, whioh
turned the scales at fiftyn nine ounces.
After the death Of Mr. Webster il was
discovered that his brain was diseased.
The cavity of his skull contained one
hundred and TWENTY-FIVE cubic inches.
while the cavity of RulofTs Uranium
measured one hundred and twenty cubic
inches This latter fact IN am argument
in favor of the theory that, however
much the brain may be the organ OF in
intelligence, we cannot Judge a mans
morality from the weight of his brain or
the size of his skull. l.-Professor WtLiidDt
Hammond.
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Music at the Paris Exposition.

Gen. Torben, United States consul
general at Paris, has transmitted 10
Governor Mccormick, commissioner.
general Of the United States 10 the Paris
exposition, full details Of the proposed
international musical festival, which is
TO take place in connection with the e1-
position The invitation 10 participate
IN these entertainments has already been
accepted by England, Italy, Spain,
Sweden, Norway, Prussia and other Eu-
ropean nations. All lists Of authors, and.
so far as possible, the names of the pieces
Of music TO be performed, must be sent
in as early as the lst of MAY. The
French eommissioner-general, however,
reserves the right to revise the lists If he
shall find il necessary for the purpose Of
excluding anything calculated to pro-
woke political manifestations or to wound
national sensibilities. Changes in the
programmes or additions to them may
also be made after the lst Of May by
permission Of the commissioner-gener
No applications viii be received by the
French authorities from individuals or
associations, unless presented through
their respective commissioners-gener
No question will be- raised as 10 the na-
tionality of the performers. They win
be regarded as representing the country
undeF whose flag they are presented.
The Grande Sale du Trocadero, which
viii accommodate nearly five thousand
people, as well as a smaller concert room
in the same building, viii be placed at
the disposal Of the performers free Of
charge. The receipts OF each concert
will belong to the nation by which it is
given +: but from these receiUts mnst be
paid all the incidental expenses, except
those pertaining to the police arrange
ments, which will be assumed by the
French government.
Each country must provide for its own
wants with respect 10 orchestral or other
The music of living composers can be
presented only by the nations to which
they respectively belong, but out of re-
gard to the exigencies Of those countries
which have been relatively unproduc-
tive Of music, the works OF dead CON-
posers may be selected at will by any
nation
Applications will be made for reduc-
tion Of the rates OF transportation for
persons and material from the French
ports TO Paris, and the suspension Of the
rights Of authors and editors will also be
by the French commissioner
general
The main objects sought in giving
this festival are variety OF musical COM
position, excellence Of execution and the
of character and sentiment as
translated in music. The French au-
thorities are earnest in the desire that
the United States may be represented
with an ample programme.-NetC York
Herald
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CHANGE Of Ultimate.

Yesterday morning forlorn cricket
that had been tempted ont Of doors by
the warm weather of the preceding
days was shivering along the streets
looking at q cheap secondhand ulster
and wishing that he were home, when
he met wasp that had been locked ont
during the fall house-cleaning.
"I am almost frozen, said the cricket,
"my hands are fairly numb with cold. "
put them in my coat-tail pockets, "
replied the wasp, eheerfully, "and warm
'1em."
The cricket did so, and the wasp i'm
mediately warmed him with the i'm
proved heating machinery located in the
after part of his system. The cricket
merely paused to remark that there ap-
peared to be cayenne pepper manu-
factory in the neighborhood. crawled
under the plank walk to die, while the
wasp, who was fond of his little joke,
went away singing merrily, "Come, come
away to the try-sting place. ."-Burling-
ton HdtOkeye. iI-.
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Old Faithful

Argus Was an old Watchdog, and be-
longed to farmers family IN Albany,
Y. Il Having long outliyed his useful
ness (as il was presumedl, his owners
had determined 10 put him out of the
way, and had several times disposed
Of him, they thought, but he had always
returned 10 them alive and we'll.
Finally q neighbor called one day,
with his rifle in his hand. He had been
out after a fox One Of the boys laid
in with him 10 take Argus ont IN the
woods and shoot him. The old dag was
always crazy to follow gun. he lay
in the shed and heard the conversation,
and when, finally the riheman called 90
him, he got up and followed him out, =
followed him around to the rear Of the
barn, and there disappeared.
Ii would seem that he understood eI-
actly the meaning Of the compact which
had been framed against his life. At
all events, he disappeared. and for six
DAYS we saw him not, though two or
three times we fancied we could detect
his tracks, where he had been at the
swill-tub during the night.
The seventh night OF the dogs alb
sence was the night Of Saturday. Dur
ing the day soap had been made and
boiled down, and a heavy baking done
in the old oven. Somewhere past mid
night all hands were aroused by the
barking and bowling, and whining and
scratching of old Argus. We knew the
voice, but we We're determined not 10
let him in. He redoubled his cries and
his scratching upon the door
At length the head of the family, in
his wrath. took down loaded musket,
loaded for hawk, threw up q win
dow of the sitting-room. No sooner was
the sash raised than the old dog came in
with a bound. and without stopping to
see what his reception was 10 be, he
leaped through the door opening from
the great kitchen out into the wash
room and wood-shed, where he howled
and scratched like one possessed.
John and ] knew that something must
be wrong outside, SO we unfastened the
door, and as we opened il the dog
bounded out to the shed, where there
was a great wooden box half filed with
ashes.
But we had to go no further TO learn
NAAAN "hH NhN AAAAttNA. hf NhtAA AtA1
filed with smoke, and sharp cracking
broke upon our ears. The ash-box was
on hre, from Goals which had been care
lessiy thrown in during the afternoon
before, and the fire had taken 90 the dry
pine partition between the shed and
wash-room, and had made its wuy al
most 10 the roof.
A smart wind was blowing, and in ten
minutes more the fire would have been
beyond our control, and those ten min
utes would have been given 20 the
enemy but for the dog. As It was,
having water handy, we put out the
fire with only the loss of an ash-box
and part Of the partition; bnt the ex-
perience gained was worth more than
that.
Grand old dog He had crept to the
house TO satisfy his hunger from the
poor swill-bucIet fearing death if he
were discovered; but when he found
danger 10 the family danger which
he must have comprepended, instantly,
and completely thought no more Of
self; 10 save those whom he had loved
became his sole object, and how he did
it we have seen. BE sure there was no
more thoughts OF killing that dog, nor
of giving him away
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Facts and Figures About New York.

( New York city's population is about
/ LOO, 600. The number Of families
/ living in the city is fS5. .7S9 dwelling
houses, 81, 200; housgss containing three
| or more families are classed as tenements
and number 20, 200, with population
of 10000. OF this number 523, ,l9s
were born in the United States, while
| forty different nationalities supply a
foreign population Of 4l9,094. During
the past year there were 30, 600 mar
riAges, 81, ,OOU births, and 30, ,709 deaths.
The total value Of property within the
city limits IN set down as 81, l0l, 092, ,0a8,
paying taxes 10 the amount Of S32, ,000,-
900.
There are 4s9 places Of religious wor-
ship--one church for every 2.045 of the
population. There are as Sabbath
schools with an attendance OF ll5, $40
pupils. 122, 997 children are instructed
in the public schools at an expense OF
nearly "a, 900, 600 A careful estimate
gives ten thousand children living in the
streets uncared for.
OF drinking saloons, licensed and
otherwise, there are 1874, absorbing
about $50, ,0O0,OOO year, while the
total cost Of supporting the 4s9 churches
is less than SO, 900, 900 per annum. This
would give each boy and girl in the city
capital OF 5000 TO start life with. To
these saloons is chargeable seventy-five
per cent, Of the pauperism and crime Of
the city. The city authorities the
commissioners OF public charities and
correction-require S5O0,OO0 annually
/ 4 - II ~
almshouses, hospitals, and prisons.
There were 92, $50 arrests by the
police during the past year. OF the
Al, $50 persons committed to the city
prison, 1856 were Of intemperate
habits. nsf
The police stations lodged 1885, 1874
persons; %. 1872 outdoor poor were
relieved. -Nctc York sam.
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An Old BuIIfghter,s Struggle.

The London Times Madrid CORES
pondent gives this incident Of the
bullfights which made q part OF the
festivities following the marriage Of
the King Of Spain Casas, commonly
called Sslamanchino, is q veteran
niatador, seventy years of age, who,
having figured in Queen Isabella 9
marriage festivities, wished, although
lie had long retired from tho field,
to appear in Fridays and Saturday a
bullfights. He appeared dressed in
blue, embroidered with silver; his gray
hair was gathered into q knot behind
and over his pure white shirt waved a
long, red cravet. On the fourth bull
being let loose he advanced toward
the royal box to request permission TO
encounter it. All the tOrreros cluster
ed round him TO protect him. The
bull in attracted toward Salamanchino,
who holds his scarlet mantle in one hand
and his sword in the other.
The struggle commences, but Casas
Is old, he Is not firm on his legs, his
muscles are not supple. his arm is not
sure. Twice the bull throws him down.
He is thought TO be dead, but he is up
again and returns to the fight. There
is cry of {" Fserdl and poeket-hand-
kerchiefs are waved to stop him /; but
the obstinate D1atGdor wishes to win a
last laurel. Fortune however, is,
unpropitious seven times he attacks
the bull, seven times he misses t.. Ac-
cording to custom, after seven unsuccess.
full attacks, the bulls life is safe, and,
shaking its streaHhers may fe-enter the
R0Ril . amid the applause of the spec
,.fars while, ON the other hand its nm
brtunate c0mbatant is hissed.