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Self TOrtures.

1t is difficult to realize that there exists
in our enlightened Republican land a
people so barbarous, so saturated and
stepped in superstition and ignorance as
those Spanish residents of New Mexico,
of whom writers from time to time give
US such startling accounts, and whose
queer little villages dot the whole length
of Cucharas valley. Here, during the
penitential season, is enacted the real
tragedy, and not merely theatrical rep
resentation of the Crucifxion with all its
attendant horrors. The details of these
fanatical ceremonies are sickening. The
poor wretches fast until they are scarcely
able to stand, lash their naked bodies
until they resemble raw beef, and then,
having prolonged this torture for weeks,
upon the last great day, "Holy Friday"
they take upon their backs heavy wooden
crosses, and, if their strength holds out,
stumble along, blind-folded, to "the sum.
nit of an arduous hill" Some fall ex-
hausted from the long season Of fasting
and torture and the loss of blood before
the height is reached. There the moan.
ing penitents are bound to upright
crosses, the strong cords buryiDg them
selves into the mangled flesh. They
are left hanging here until life seems al
most extinct. Many, it is said, perish
under the torture, and are secretly buried.
Mrs. Helen Hunt, resident at Colorado
Springs, and well known through the al.
Iantic, says "In the spring of 1876 four
Of these penitents, young men, died from
the effects OF the tortures. One of them,
running for three days under the cactus
scourge, lay all Easter night naked upon
the threshold of a church. Easter morn
ing he was found there dead" A cor
respondent has lately written the Phil.
Press a full account Of their horrible
usages and customs. The Laramie Senti-
mel, the Las Vegas Mail, and many other
Western papers corroborate the account.
But let US not be disturbed; let us con-
tinue to spend and be spent in building
up fine churches to sit in ourselves at
home, and in sending missionaries to the
uttermost outpOsts Of Africa as pabulum
with which to fatten the poor cannibals.
Those New Mexicans arc too near home
to be interesting. Wretched relics of
medieval Spain, they are a section of the
sixteenth century in the Old World trans
ported into the New, where they have
gone on sinking, under our indifference,
further and further into squald, igno-
rant and degraded state, as the centuries
pass by. They are nothing to US; we
would get no thanks for interference
of all things, "thanks" is such laudable
reward to strive for. While these bar
barous customs have disappeared from
slow old Spain, they still live in our own
progressive country.-LouisUiIIe Courier
Journal.
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What Happened.

very respectable kao-''o'
Dicd week before last 100 Ilmhuo'o",
4 remarkable accident happened TO hm'
Ne ue. hung head down from q hanym
limb
The ROYAL Lion made proclamation
For IA, Of A,,iu. and lum'uNtton,
Which lrdto a vuriou, demonstration
The elephant acted as 1t he were drunk
-Ic stood ON hi, head, hc lrod Oh biz trunk,
An over sensitive sbciorJl'a
Declared that the shock would surely hII
her;
Afri.ky, gay and frolic'omc Ape
Ticdup his tail with yard OF Grape,
The Donkey wiped his eyes with his cars
The Crocodile he'd a bucket Of tears;
The Rhiaocegos gorcd young Giraffe
Who had the very bad taste to laugh,
The H,ppopotamuS pulled and blew
TO show his re. pcct for the Kangaroo;
And sad but indignant ChImpanzee
Jnawed all the bark from the banyan tree
st NicholdS,
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Buffalo Strategy.

The buffalo COW seems to have little
maternal instinct, differing in this respect
greatly from the domestic COW. When
frightened, buffalo COW will abandon
her calf, and running away, leave it to
be protected by the bulls, who, to their
honor, seldom forsake their charge. An
army surgeon once saw an admirable IL
lustration of this paternal care.
One evening, as he was returning from
days hunt, his attention was attracted
by the curious behavior of six or elghI
bufialoes. Approaching them, he saw
that they were all bulls. They stood 10
close circle, with their heads outwards'
At some twelve or fifteen PAGES distant
sat, in couccntric circle, dozen large.
gray wolves, licking their chops, as IL
impatiently waiting for supper. -
In few minutes the circle OF Duils
broke up, but keeping in acompact Dooy
walked off towards the main herd, hall d
mile off. To his amazement the doctor
saw in the center of the guardian bulls
little feeble calf, newly-born and hardy
able to walk. After going a hundred
PAGES, the calf lay down, aud the oaiis
agaiu formed protecting circle about IT.
The wolves, who had followed on each
side, sat down and licked their chops
The doctor did not wait to see the enu,
it being late, and the fort distant; but nS
had no doubt the bulls brought the eau,
abandoned by its mother, safely To 'n'
herd
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AMUsEMENT.--Human nature needs
amusement. The finest growth of the
world is fed on mirth, and without humor
the race could not live. The buffers
which protect US from the jolts and shocks
of life-which lubricate the wheels Of our
otherwise inflamed activities are the
jokes of the day; the sly raps We give
each other and the quiet nudges of fun
which tickle the ribs Of our jollity. How
can such large department Of human
wit and humor supply be left unoccupied
by Christianity; yea, be entirely sur
rendered to the enemy 1t could not be
under any fair Interpretation of its duties
and true application Of its principles. l
maintain that Christianity should under
take the supply and direction of the
peoples amusements, so that the mirth,-
loving element of our population should
be fed in way and under such circum.
stances as to administer to the innocence
of character and the elevation Of society
at large, and not to debauchery. 1t is q
shame that the members of our churches
have to seek their amusements and the
education of their minds and their emo.
tions in comedy and tragedy both, in
oratory and music alike, in fiat disobedi-
ence Of an unwritten and imperative law
in their churches which bans without
discrimination the defamation of the
noblest poetry, and the vocalization of
the most perfect music Of the WORLDLY.
II. II. Murray.
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second wife, an American lady. The
Booth brothers all resemble each other
in fact, they are almost fac Stmiles.
Edwin Forrest Booth WAS born near
Baltimore, and was named after Edwin
Forrest, and received an excellent educa-
ton, His RtchelIeu and Lago are most
masterly pieces Of acting. His concep-
tion Of Hamlet is such as to render it the
very finest impersonation Of the part ever
rendered in this country.-7roy Times
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AN elephant got in the way of rail
way train in India. "The brute turned
and fed on seeing the engine, but was
speedily caught. The buffer beams of
the engine being very low, the beasts
hind legs were taken from under him,
and he was forced to sit down, as it were,
with his hindquarters against the smoke
house door, which was red-hot. The poor
beast managed to keep his fore feet 60
ing, though hustled along faster than ever
he had gone in his life before, and in a
few minutes the train came to a stand
still and he got away, He moved off the
line at the double, uprooted a clump OF
bamboo, then wreaked dire vengeance on
a tree, and was last seen rushing through
the Jungle, tearing and smashing every.
thing in his path. He was sadly cut aud
burned in the hindquarters, and will
probably never be of use again."
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Mr.. Schcll's Splendid Shot.

AS the fast express on the Lake Shore
stopped at Berea yesterday to take water,
the passengers saw in corner of a rail.
fence, summing itself, large snake
When the engineer blew off stream Of
Kissing, hot steam, the snake suddenly
coiled itself up as if to jump at the brake.
man, who stood with his back to the rep.
tile. Col. Robert Downes, who was in
the parlor Car, saw the dangerous position
of the brakeman, and with a cool presence
of mind lesped from the car, grasped a
fence rail, and proceeded to strike at the
snake.
By this time the ladies in the car were
screaming, and the other male passengers
had jumped out to help the colonel. The
snake had lodged Colonel Downes' first
blow by dipping its head, then suddenly,
to the horror of every one, sprang from
its coil, head foremost upon the platform
of the car, and, the door being open, glid.
ed with fiery eyes aud darting tongue
straight into the car. Several ladies
nearly tainted and the screams of the
frightened passengers brought Superin-
tendent Newell who had revolver, from
the rear car. Mr.. Newell is a good shot,
having served through the Mexican war
but the screams of the lady passengers
seemed to unnerve him, and his first shot
missed the snake, which now coied itself,
with head rect,ready to spring in among
a half fainting group of ladies.
Luckily, as soon as Mr.. Newell fired,
and before the snake could make dead
ly spring, Mr.. Augustus Schcll, of New
York, drew revolver and shot the snake
dead. Quiveripg moment, its head
fell, and the dead body lay lifeless on the
floor of the car.
On measuring the snake it was found to
be seventeen feet and seven inches long,
and had fourteen rattles in its tail and
four rattles around its neck. 1t was a
rare species ofrattlesnake or uicus sndkina,
thought heretofore by naturalists to be an
extinct species. Our readers can place
the largest credit to this account, as we
gained our information from one of the
passengers who saw the snake die and
afterwards measured it. Mr.. Eli Perkins
is the passenge nger.-CIepeland PLaindeaIer.
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CoCKRoAcuEs. - Cockroachcs, IL aP'
pears, have become exceedingly nnmsi
Gus in some parts of France. % giiehS .h.
GUS is the plague of these insects that .n'
people have adopted some singular "a
pedients for relief. Toads have been ~ nt
troduced into not only the gardens W. '.S
the dwellings, and ladies are said TO nave IO
even made bets of toads for the proIeo'
ton they afford. But one of the best re,
rults of the plague is that the peoPtto
have taken to the rearing of the nlgI.
ingales as an ally against tho cO'A-
reaches.
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To sweeten the breath, pour few drops
Of tincture of myrh into wine. glass of
water and gargle the mouth thoroughly.
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ONE hundred and fifty thousand coa, .
lars have been thrown away in the S'lin' S
ofthe London masons. 1t Is at an emu
and they are of course beaten.
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BEHIND time the back of a clock.
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Relics OF By.gone Black Hills Miners.

Sioux City Iowa) Journal: Mr.. Witcher
gave US an interesting account of the evil
dences recently found, that men had gone
into these mines years ago, but never came
out OF them. Accounts have been published
IN the Black Hills papers, but never in any
paper outside of the Hills. In Rutabaga
Gulch, between Deadwood and Bald Noun
tain, an old tunnel has been discovered,
thirty feet into the side of the gulch, evil
IDENTIFY made years ago. About forty miles
above Deadwood an ancient stone cabin has
been found, and evidences that it was built
by party of brave adventures, who, satis-
fed with the richness of the country, boldly
penetrated into the wilderness, Drawing the
danger from Indians and the severe winters,
and falling victims, most probably to the
former. In other places, broken picks have
been dug up, from an evident burial of many
years. The remains of what was evidently
log barricade have been found, the logs and
trees In the vicinity being filed with haden
bullets; while behind the barricade were the
skeletons of two men with bullet holes in
the skulls. These are believed to be the
skeletons of white men, who attempted to
defend themselves from the Indians, but fell
in the defense. Near the stone hut is a rock
on which is chiseled 1852" and a portion
of memorandum book was found with the
date 1852 still legible upon it.
but with the other writing defaced and
erased by time. In excavating for theater
at Deadwood few weeks ago the diepers un-
earthed bottle of Perry Davls's pain killer
six feet below the surface, and came upon a
place where there had been fire at the same
depth. Broken pick ex7a ar| hatchets were
also found there. Oh * Seen found,
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THE NATIONAL CEMErERIEs.

General d. B. Sacket has just made an
lnspective tour among the national cemete-
ries. His report contains much interesting
information. The cemeteries at New Or
leans, Natchez, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge,
Port Hudson, Memphis and Mobile were en-
braced in the inspection. He reports finding
all these cemeteries in irst-rate order. The
one at Vicksburg Is magnificent metropolis.
The citizens look upon it as a Yankee insti-
tuition, but they are nevertheless proud of it,
and strangers visiting the city are shown
through it the first thing. 1t is beautifully
terraced, and already three growths of grass
have been mown from it this season. In a
building on the grounds are preserved
all a.lcles OF value found on the
persons of the thousands who fell
victims to the siege of that city.
In this collection are watches, finger rings,
coins, knives, locks Of hair, and similar
trinkets without number, and some of these
may yet serve in enabling friends to identi-
fy the remains of their dead relatives. The
general gathered complete statistics of the
dead in all the cemeteries visited by him. He
learned that the Chalmette cemetery at New
Orleans contains the remains of II, 131 SOL
diers, of which number 673l are known, and
800 unknown. In the cemetery at Mobile
only Sal bodies were buried, 745 of which
are known, and 80 unknown. At Baton
Rouge 2943 soldiers were buried, of whom
2459 are known, and 844 unknown. The
metropolis at Port Hudson is packed full of
the remains of darkies, who were led to the
slaughter by some laundering general. The
number inferred there is 1904, of which only
500 are marked known" The grounds at
Natchez contain 3098 bodies, and of these
the superintendent has names OF only 308, the
other 2780 being recorded among the "un-
known" But the greatest collection of dead
mems bones is at VIcksburg, where 16, 593
were buried, and of whom only 1903 are
known, the word unknown" being in
scribed on the headstones of 1903. At
Memphis, of the IL, 972 graves 5755 contain
''kuown" deposits and 1917 unknown. There
are 5225 graves at Mound City, Illinois, and
2463 of these contain soldiers who are known
and 1853 are marked unknown. General
Sacket speaks highly of the superintendent
of all these cemeteries. They are men who
are only eligible to the position by reason of
their having lost leg, an arm or head, or
all three of them.
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where claims had evidently been worked for
some time, and In some places new mines
suddenly run out, giving evidence that parts
of them had been worked by somebody in
the distant past. There are trails of trees
having been blazed, and these blazes show ey-
idence of having been made as long ago as
the date above given, or Whereabouts. Other
striking proofs are found of some civilized
people having twenty or thirty years ago
known something of the valuable mineral de-
posts in that country, and having, Sin the
mad pursuit of wealth." gone there to I'M
earth the treasures and lost their lives in do
ing so. Certain it is that they never came
out. Swift and sure the Indians swooped
down upon them, and left none of them to
tell the tale, while the imperfect relics and
marks of these expeditions alone point to the
fact that these men were there and that the
Indians wiped them off the face of the earth,
and for almost another generation kept the
secrets of the hidden treasures locked up In
the then almost impenetrable wilderness.
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Ont Of Tune

When the tones of a musical instrument become
harsh and discordant, we say 1t is out Of tune 4"
The same may be said Of that far more wonderful
and complicated piece of mechanism, the human
structure, when 1t becomes disordered. Not only
actual disease, but those far more common causes,
overwork, mental anxiety and fast living, may Inn
pair its vigor and activity. The best remedy for a
partial collapse Of the vital energies, from these
from other causes is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which is at the same time an agreeable and mind
cheering cordial and the best possible invgorant In
all cases of debility. 1t is an Incompatible stom-
achc and anti bilious medicine eradicates fever and
ague, and prevents subsequent attacks 1t remedies
with certainty and thoroughness bowel and kidney
complaints, dyspepsia, nervousness, rheumatic
troubles, and many other bodily ailments. 1t also
counteracts influences which predispose to disease
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ministration of the government; it is opposed
TO the Radical party, no matter whether it is
seen protecting rascals and rogues in preying
upon the people, or holding sovereign States
with bloody bayonets to earth, or pushing
through frauds and perjuries its defeated
candidate into the Presidency, or sending
forth its maniacs and murderers to revel in
the overthrow and anarchy of society itself.
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MEMPHIS APPEAL
TUESDAY, MAY 81, 1873.
TUESDAY,
NATIONAL COTTON EXCHANGE
REPORT.

Secretary Toof has handed us the repor
for the eight months ending April 30th o
the National cotton exchange, from which
we learn that the total net receipts at United
States ports up to that date, from September
LIST, were 4,0S8, 4S2 bales, against 1856, 751
the year before, and 3, 944, 04 in 1876. Tota
exports, 2,994,O5S bales, against 1892, 728
Stock at ports, 494, 1852 bales, against 574,'
I46. Total overland, direct from producers
$40. $40 bales, against 530,393, Total spin
ners' .akings for northern consumption, 997,
$50 bales, against 1 ,024, 245 last year.
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SENIOR ZAMACoA, Mexican minister at
Washington, says his advices from Mexico
show that the revoIutionists have utterly
failed, and have no support whatever in any
of the States of that republic
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ARRANGEMENTS have been made to deco
rate the Union and Confederate soldiers
graves at Jefferson barracks, near st. Louis,
Sunday. 1t has been decided to give the
occasion a religious aspect by selecting only
clergymen to conduct the exercises.
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RELIABLE help for weak and nervous sufferers
Chronic painful and prostratng diseases cured with
out medicine. Pulvermacher's Electric Belts the
grand disideratum Avoid limitations. Book and
Journal with particulars mailed free. Address
PULvERMACHER GALyANIC Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
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THE election for member of the British
house of commons for the county Down.
Ireland, resulted IN the election of Lord
Castlereagh, conservative, who received 6076
votes against his opponent, Andrews, liberal
who received 4701. The seat is thus wrested
from the liberals
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THE FAMOUS

MISsISQUOI SPRING WATER,
Which for nearly half century has wrought such
WONDROUS CURES Of KIDNEY DISEASE, DYS-
PERSIA and CANCER, may be had Of all druggists.
Its curative properties almost miraculous. For
pamphlets containing remarkable cures address
MlSSISQUOI SPRINGS, Franklin county, Vermont.
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A CARD.

To all who suffering from the errors and indis-
cretions of youth, nervous weakness, early decay,
loss of manhood, etc., will send receipt that will
cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary in South America.
send self addressed envelope to Rev. JOSEPH T.
INMAN, Station d. Bi6e House. Netu York.
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TO BRIDGE-BUILDERs.
OFFICE, CITY HALL.
WI MENrpuTa TENN NJ

MAYORS OFFICE, CITY HALL,
lM MEMPHIS, TENN. May ID, 1873.
az Sealed proposals will be received atrhis office
until IL O'Clock m. Friday, May 24th for building
ITO wooden bridges; one over the bayou on Second
street. the other over the east fork of the bayou
Calhoun street. Separate proposals must be made
for each bridge. Plans and specifications may be
seen at the Office of the City Engineer The city re-
serves the right to reject any all Of the proposals.
JOHN B. ELIPT',
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FRANK M'VICKER, the youngest son of the
well-known Chicago manager, ]. H. M
Wicker, and brother-in-law of Edwin Booth,
died In Boston, Saturday, of hemorrhage of
the lungs
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ROBERT PETIT, pay-director of the
United States navy, died in Washington
Sunday after a long illness. He entered the
navy in 1897.
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The Socialistic Labor party at st. Louis
INDUCED in grand picnic Sunday. The re-
porters failed to discover any evidences of an
armed organization.
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NOTICES..
Special Notice to Tourists.

THE Lake Superior Transit Company is running
Ten splendid Passenger Steamers between
Buffalo and Duluth and intermediate ports Five
saIlings weekly. For Information apply to
e T. EVANS. Genn Manager, Buffalo, N. Y.
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A Small Fire Attended with Serious
Injury to several Firemen.
Furnishing Traders with
Goods by Wholesale.

WINNIPEG, MAN, May ia trader
camped north of there. The Indians in the
vicinity all seemed friendly. Small bands
were coming across the boundary bringing
the spoils of their raids on Black Hills trains,
including many wholesale packages unbroken.
The Indians were so well supplied that the
trader made advantageous purchases from
Sithng-Bul of goods to sell in Manitoba.
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HAIR BALSAM.
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THE SANDSTONE FRAUD.

A Few Prominent Features OF Sher-
mans Meanness Shown Up as a Pre-
liminary to q History OF the
Fraud he has Sought to Per.
petrate on Memphis.
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The American social science association
met In Cincinnati yesterday, and will remain
in session all next week.
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A Lawsuit for Only S85, 1884, s3s.
The Kemper County Massacre a Tex,
for q Sermon at WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, May 19.-The services in
memory of the late Judge Chisholm, son
and daughter, murdered a year ago in
Kemper county, Mississippi, were held this
pal church. Rev. H. R. Naylor preached
short sermon before large congregation,
Mrs. Chisholm being present, and Bishop
Haven pronounced an eulogy, in the course