Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-29
MAIL SELECTIONS.
An Act OF lmprOpriety-Building Fires
on Cold MOrnings-A TWO-Minute
TrOtter-FrOm Fort Yuma to
MaricOpa Wells.
DIR. Deems on Observation-Disclosures OF
al-Card-PardOned in Advance
"A Tragedy which Outstrips
Fiction, Etc, Etc.
An ACT ofImproprIety.n

An "Act OF improperly"
A young gentleman OF Sheen, near Man.
chester, offered, with his mothers consent,
to help pupil teacher with her lessons in
the morning. He said she would not be
awake early enough, and she offered to tie
a string to her foot aud let the end hang out
OF the window, so that if she oversight herself
be might pull it. He WAS up the earlier and
pulled the cord, and Rev. T. f Heygate,
holding that this was an "act of impro-
prietY," refused him the sacrament. The
bishop of Lichield declines to interfere, as
1t does not seem that the case admits of any
authoritative decision.
From Fsrt Yuma to lIaricOpn Wells.
The work Of extending the Southern Pa
cltc road from Fort Yuma to Maricopa Wells
a distance of one hundred and sixty-seven
miles, was begun at Fort Yuma last week
and will be pushed forward rapidly. 1t is
expected that fifty miles of the road will be
completed by January, and a rich agricutu-
raj section reached. Early in the spring the
line Will have been laid to MGricopa Wells
Large quantities of rails, ties, and other rail-
road material, are arriving daily at Yuma for
the extension. Many of the Yuma Indians
were employed in the construction of the
read across the California desert last year,
and were found to be good workers. En-
ployment is to be given them in continuing
the road from Yuma eastward.
DR. Deems on Funerals.
DR. Deems, of the Church of the Strangers,
New York, Is called on to attend more funer-
ais than most clergymep, and is panied TO
see the extravagant display which Is fire.
queDtlY INDUCED in by those who can least
afford it, He says: "The Methodist clergy
men in Washington have done a sen
slble thing IN uDitedly protesting
against unseemly displays and unnecessary
expenses at funerals. 1t is suggested that
the general distribution of Grape and gloves
be dispensed with, and that only the nearest
relatives of the deceGsediwear m lutn;pg; also
that the usual exhibition of flowers be given
up, and that the number OF carriages be re-
duced as far as possible. Now let the minis
tiers OF other cities follow suit and the ex-
pense of dying can be materially reduced.
In New York the cost of fashionable funer-
al is from three hundred dollars to fifteen
hundred dollars" In Rochester, Pittsburg,
Chicago, and several other large cities, the
clergymen have taken action similar to the
protest of the Washington clergy.
A Two Minute TrOtter.
Chicago Tribune: "Mr Bonner never al
lowed Dexter to trot race after he pur-
chased the king of the turf, and it is not
likely that he could have added anything to
his laurels If he had been allowed to ma ke
Hopeful, Great Eastern and several other fast
horses have beaten Dexter's best time. Now,
however, Mr.. Bonner has purchased Ed win
Forrest for sixteen thousand dollars, which
is said to be the most remarkable trotter In
the world. He trotted at Hartford in 2:l419.
The theory Of many horsemen that the fast
est horse would be large horse is sustained
by this early performance of Forrest. He is
sixteen hands high. AT the same time be is
handsome aud we'll proPortl ned. Some
thlpgs which would seem extravagant about
any horse are said about the performances of
Forrest, and yet old trotting men tell US they
are perfectly true. For instance, so careful
paper as the Spirit Of the Times, in an ac-
count of Forrest trotting at Hartford, says
of one quarter: IT ever a tWo-minute gait
was struck by trotter, it was by Edwin For
rest during this quarter. Either all the
trotting men must have lost their heads, or
the horse has no equal.
Building Fires on Cold Mornings.
Letter to the Ne,o England Farmer: "If
we will go into many farmers kitchen,
about five o clock on cold winter morning,
we shall too often see the woman of the house
sitting Icy the stove whiting slavngs with
dull knife with which to start the fire. Now,
as ones happiness for the day depends in
great measure on how the day is begun, you
will easily see what an annoyance It Is to
white shavlngs in a temperature down to
zero. This unpleasant task can be easily
avoided by two hours work in the fall, before
the ground is covered by snow. Let the
farmer 22d his hired man take team, with
rakes and baskets, into the woods, and rake
together fifty bushels of pine needles, and
haul them home and stow IN some dry place
under cover. These are among the best
hnalings there are for starting a FIRE
quickly. I haze used them for twelve years,
and should not know now 10 80 without them.
l adopted the practice, when / hrs6 began
using them, OF arranging my stove the night
previous, so that in Che morning | had moth
ing TODD but to light tie fire and get back
into bed again, all of which can accomplish
Ia ten seconds. In fifteen minutes the room
will be comfortably warm, so that we can be
gin the day without any draWback.
Adventure of a Postal Card.
WASHINGTON, November "a "A striking
illustration of the extent and excellence of the
arrangements for International mail service,
which have resulted from the postal union, is
given in an ohic;al publication received by
6Gr superintendent of foreign mails from the
Berne central bureau. A resident of Chen
nitz, Saxony, mailed at that place, at seven
o'clock IN the evening, on the twenty fourth
Of May last, a postai-card addressed to him
self, carrying the request to all postmasteFs to
dispatch it successfully, and without loss of
time. to Alexandria, Singapore, Yokohama,
San Francisco and New York. and thence to
Chemnltz, his object being to win a wager
that, with the existing postal arrangements,
the circuit of the world could thus be made
by postal matter Within one hundred and
twenty days. The request vas complied with,
and the card arrived In Chemnitz from New
York on the one hundred and seventeenth
day after the date of the original mailing.
The postmaster general ct Germany has
caused this card to be photographed, and
transmitted a copy to the Berne international
bureaus, with the remark that ii it had been
posted one hour earlier it would have accom-
plished its journey il nsaety-sIx days instead
OF one hundred and seventeen
Pardoned I'm Advance.
The following very peculiar excuse is now
offered cOnce- ming the Presidents action in
The case of Carey w. Miller. 1t will strike
an ordinary mind that if the President can
use a pardon before CONVICTION, or even in.
dictment, grand juries and courts might as
we'll be abolished. Attorney General Devens
Is aEihcrity for the statement that an exam
ination of the records shows that the friends
of Miller applied to the President to issue
him a pardon TO save him from criminal
prosecution. This was done after the bank,
from which Miller had been accused Of en-
bezzlipg, had been paid the amount lost
through him. This request for pardon was
indorsed by large number of influential
citizens of Indianapolis. The President,
might justify TIE Exec2!iye interference, con-
Guided to postpone action until further in
vestigation could be had So he simply,
through Attorney General Devens, instructed
the district cttorney not to present Mlller's
case to the grand Jury &C. the present. Such
action, in all manner of cases, i taken al,
most every day throughout the country. The
President intended no interference, aud did
rot interfere in the least with the Indianapo-
lis grand jury. That body stlll mad tie same
right TO investigate the case, as it had been
formally presented to them by the district-at-
torney.
Tragedy which Outsteps Fiction En-
acted at Port Washington, Ohio.
Cincinnati special. 2lst: 1.-The Port Wash
ington murder Is developing into one of the
most remarkable. crimes ever committed in
the State. Men have killed the seducers OF
their wives, but this is the only instance on
record In Ohio where woman, the mother
of seven children, has killed another woman