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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-12
9IEMPHIS APPEAL
FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1873.
DEMOCRATIC JUDICIAL TICKET.

For TIE state at Large.
JAS. w. DEADERICK,o OF Hamilton.
PETER TURNKEY, OF Franklin.
For the Etstcy-z DiriSi0n.
ROBERT M'FARLAND. OF Ham blen
For The Middle DiviSl0rl.
WILLIAM r. COOPER. OF Davidson
For TIE Western DivisioEa.
THOMAS }. FREEMAN, OF Gibson.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
SherF,
q. l.. ANDERSON.
Proo4se ossrJ Judge,
y. n X. RAY.
County Trustee,
y. j. RAWLINGS.
Chdnoery Court Judge,
GEORGE w. WINCHESTER.
Circuit Court Judge,
ROBERT HUTCHINSON.
Criminal Court Judge,
L. Ii. HORRIGAN.
Attorneys General Criminal Court,
q. w. GORDON.
AttorRev-Ge.eroG Bartlett Circuit Court,
GEORGE G. DENT.
Clerk Stesbg County Circuit Court,
ED WORSHAM.
Clerk Bartlett Circuit Court,
FELIX N. JONES.
County Register,
j. A. STREHL.
Cri inqL Court Clerk,
N G. Perkins.
County Court Clerk,
ROBERT j. BLACK.
CoHstdbJes-Ftth District.
m. t. GARVlNE
THOS. CARNEY.
GOtStdble-EOurteenth District.
II. n. MALLORY.
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ST. Louis, July IL: The coroner's jury. who
have been investigating the killing of Depu-
ty-Marshals Connors and Neville, in East St
LOUIS. On Sunday, June 30th, have rendered
a verdict exhonerating the Metropolitan po-
lice officers, Wallace and Yerger, who did the
shooting, from all blame, they being in the
discharge of their duty, and, in the opinion
of the jury, in defense of their lives.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-12

Lewes, Del. July IL: The brig Kremlin,
Captain Haskell, from Cienfuegos, with SUI
gar, was sunk by the steamer Golden Grove,
Yesterday. drowning the captains wife and
Seaman Charles Smith.
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FIGHTING FILTH.

The selection of officers for the Azor really
seems providential, for not one sailor in a
hundred would have taken the unceasina
pains to secure health and cleanliness that
Captain Holmes and his mates, Messrs. Horne
and Thatcher, did. One OF the greatest OBJ
stacles that they had to contend against was
the wonderful indifference displayed by the
passengers themselves on the subject. 1t was
only by the most unremitting begging and
driving that they could be induced to clean
up around their own berths, and in many in
stances even those means failed. So it was
throughout the passage. They were not re-
bellious or i'll -natured, but their inaction APP
peared to result solely and simply from
profound Indifference and aversion to trouble.
Early on the trip the steerage had begun to
assume the appearance OF the plantation
quarters so familiar to all southerners. Scraps
of rags, bones, pieces of bread and chunks
of rice lying about; dirt and grease about the
floors; 'piccaninies" crawling about over it
all, and the old man or woman sitting around
munching, smoking and jawing. Against
all of these things did the officers perpetually
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pIcTt1REso,5E SCENES ABOARD.


Nearly every night there were strange but
earnest prayer meetings between decks. The
long, low apartment, with its crowded banks,
was dimly lighted. About each OF the three
lamps, placed against the two matches and
the foot of the foremost, was clustered
group of men bending over tattered hymn
books and singing with full strength. From
the semi darkness around came voices OF all
varieties, joining in the camp meeting re-
frain, while the haltdressed forms OF men
and women were dlmly to be seen I"anng
forward, listening and participating ne
benches were crowded with others similarly
engaged, and the children slept soundly
through it all, bundled up in a wonderful
diversity of weys in bed. The ladder and
doors and windows of the main hatch-house
were crowded with other faces and forms,
and at the foot of the former stood the
preacher. When the hymn was finished all
heads were generally bent in prayer, the de-
votions being led either by the minister or
some prominent man. The preaching was
launched into the darkness when the time
came, most of the preachers audience being
invisible to him. On almost all of these occa-
sions | was ferventy prayed for, one brother
revealing by a little extra plain language the
probable inspiration of his petition, when he
said in tones of passionate pleading: "Bless
the reporter. Oh! help him not to write any
lies to Thy glory and advancement of Thy
work" Though the grammatical construc-
ton of this sentence rendered it somewhat
du bious, it was easy to discern its meaning.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, Sth: There is an air
OF mystery and suspicion about the death of
Edwin Rusk, of Covington. Mr. Rusk is, or
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With short allowance of water, with food
of poor quality and without physician, it Is
not strange that the death rate should have
been so large. There were two births during
the passage For the deaths that took place
aboard of the Azor the Eberian Exodus as
ISOLATION are in the main responsible. Their
deception, their bad faith, their mismanage-
ment, their falsehoods and evasions led to
the long delays IN Charleston, to the impecu-
NOUS condition of tic smigrants, and with
sickness and death of more than score OF
the ignorant and thoughtless people who
hoped to find in Africa more freedom and
ease than they knew in the south.
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IN THE AZOR TO AFRICA.
The Voyage from Charleston to Liberia
Sufferings and Pleasures of the Pas
sengers-Births and Deaths by
the Way.
Causes of the Heavy Mortality, Want of
Proper Supplies and an Incompetent
Physician-Scenes on Board
Prayers for the Reporter.
Special 10 Che New York Herald

Special 10 the New York Herald.J
CHARLESTON, s. c., July "a full and
interesting account of the voyage OF the ne
gro emigfsnt bark Azor, hence to Monrovia,
was received hero to-day from Mr.. Williams.
the special correspondent OF the Ne'os and
Courier, on board, AMI Will be Published to-
morrow. The letter gives particulars OF the
strange and sad events briefly mentioned In
the cable telegram from Madeira, and BRINGS
before the public with strong, yet tender
touches. the hight and dark sides, the MN
gied tragedy and comedy OF the Azor's terri
Die voyage When the vessel was only two
days out it was discovered that the provisions
generally were bad and unfit for use. There
was a superabundance of meal, Hour and rice,
and a good quantity of pork and salt beet;
but the -four was coarse and black and the
meal only ft ''for hogs to eat" There was
meat enough, but it was not meat supplied
by the Exodus ASSOCIATION. With the excep-
ton of five barrels the most belonged to the
stores of the emIgrants, intended for their
support in Liberia until their first crop should
be made. This is bad beginning, as it is
mentioned by Mr.. Williams that the emf
grants are entirely without money. How
they will live IN a strange land pennlless, as
almost all of them are, and helpless, as are
too many of them, it remains to be seen. The
emigrants proved TO be docile and obedlent,
but it was !mpraeticable to make them spar
ing in consuming food and water, and I'M
possible to make them tidy and cleanly in
their habits. They would take no exercise.
Some of them did not venture on deck du-
ring the whole voyage. Cold water they re-
garded with holy horror. Between decks in
the morning there was as much drt and con-
fvsion as can be found in any crowded negro
howell on the Carolina coast. Captain Holmes
and his officers caused the whole ship to be
regularly swept and scrsped, and required
the bedding and clothing to be aired and
L.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-26

II is almost impossible for careless farmer
70 be prosperous. How often do we hear of
some unexpected failure in the financial world I?
We look for the cause of this disaster, and
find that the merchant was engaged III unprot
table trade, or perhaps some faithless clerk
has robbed his master The failue Is due to
any one of a dozen causes which proper over
sight might have corrected When the mcr
chant has realized the ambitious dreams of his
earlier mercantile career he neglects those
habits of business which insured his success,
and failure is the result And it is the same
in any business or occupation. But win an
unsuccessful farmer, lack of success Is sun
more directly traceable to carelessnesS OF the
man himself. Carelessness in farming Is man
ifestcd in many different ways, each seemingly
unimportant,
The careless farmer is careless of his own
personal appearance, Indifferent TO the wants
of his family and negligent OF his stock FER
sonally, he is deficient in spirit and enterprise
AS to his family, it satisfies him II his WE
does all the hard drudgery, and asks few fav-
ora His children must not care for education,
for society, to leave the farm, or for anything
except to wait upon his pleasure. His crops
are planted, cultivated and harvested in slip
shod sort of manner that leaves only q small
margin for profit His stock is inferior, and
he loses few head from disease every spring.
His tools Gfh he has improved tools soon decay
from exposure to the elements and negligent
use. He has less stock, lighter crops, and more
debts than his more careful neighbor Such a
farmer, however, does not continue contracting
debts and liabilities until he can go no farther
and there is an extensive failure involving
hundreds of other business men, but he buys
something he does not need perhaps top
buggy or a machine), or he hires some one to
do work that he could do himself. He has
not the money to pay down and gives his note,
which is as good as cash. However, when the
note is due, his creditor must wait a few days,
and this is repeated so frequently and always
by asking more days of grace, so that at last to
secure his debts and obtain credit he must
mortgage his stock, and a chattel mortgage is
followed by mortgage on his farm. There
are many other reasons why farmer should
fail. He may have been unfortunate, perhaps
he has lost some stock from accident or dis
ease His crops may have been light and
growing lighter. He may have occasionally
sold his stock or crops in an untavorable mar
ket These are all apparent reasons for his
failure, but back of all this is the man him
Self-COuRtrU GeRtleWQB,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-26

An English writer, speaking Of Pompeii,
says: one house in POppeii had evidently
been in state of repair when the volcano
storm buried it, Painters, and decorators, and
cleaners were masters Of the situation The
household goods were all in disorder, and the
family, if not out Of town, must have been un-
dergoing that condition Of misery which spring
clcsning and other like injections invariably
entail Painters pots and brushes, and work
ingmcn'S tools were scattered auOui: 'elltalc
sp5:- " whltewaSh starred wall and floor
Such domestic indictments H. pots and ket
ties had lccn huddled up in = corner all by
th,uls,tr-. ami the cooa was i.swherr Din
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ner, however, had not been forgotten. A soli-
tary pot stood simmering Gf it ever did sim
meD on the stove. And Start not, for it is true)
there was bronze dish in waiting before the
oven, and on the dish sucking pig; all ready
to be baked. But the oven was already en-
gagged with its full complement of bread so
the sucking pig had to wait And it never en-
tered the oven and the loaves were never TAX,
en- out till after n sojourn of seventeen hundred
years They had been cooking ever since NO
vembcr "A, A. D. 70 NJ. Floreli has them now
in his museum ut Pompcii, twenty one of them,
IA Their hard Of course, and black, but perfectly
prcsnrvnl
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\ letter from Lima Peru, to the san Fran.
cisco Chronicle, describing a Sunday entertain.
mcnt at the Plaza de Acho, gives an account
of u bull-hglr and n huh and bear fight, and
concludes with the following sketch of a fight
between lioncss and four bull dogs, and Of
an incident not noticed in the programme:
"Thc cage was now turned, and we saw Il
large tull-grown lioness of ferocious aspect,
while at the same moment an attendant APP
pca:y' leading by a cham four small dogs of
the huil species. They were Immediately let
into thc cage, and with fierce growls instantly
sprang on their foe 1t would seem almost
imp D,siblc for four such insignificant animals
to il victorious in an encounter with an Cnor-
mos, lion, but the result showed how mere
hr, ,OrCc falls a prey 10 cunning stratagcm.
The audicnCc were now worked up To fever
pitt Of excitement and hundreds sprang into
the .rna to obtain a closer view of the combat.
TIL, soldiers were now ordered to clear the
arcnl. and charged with fixed bayonets on the
crowd, woundng several in their efforts to
force them back. This so Infatuated the mob
that knives and pistols were drawn, and a
fierce encounter took place between the mill
tary and the rabblc, resulting in the killing OF
several of the former The soldiers were first
ordered to fire into the air, but this proving
futile vOlley was poured into the mob, kill
ing several and wounding others. ThcCrOwd,
threatening dire vengeance, rctrcated, leaving
the space clear, and thus giving the spectators
an extra performance not down in the bill, and
which appeared to be heartily enjoyed by them.
During the excitement caused by the col.
lision between the soldiers and the mob, the
fight between the lion and the dogs had ended
in the latter being victorious, and rs We looked
toward the cage we saw the dogs standing over
their PROSTATE foe, tapping its blood and ap.
parentIv little the worse for the encounter,
though subsequently three of them died from
their wounds This closed the entertainment
and the enormous ihrung of spectators lett the
Plaza de Acho well pleased with what they
had witnessed.
Receiving an irritation TO spend the even.
ing with the family Of my lady friends, glad.
" accented and was soon cnscOnSed in their
hospitable mansion. The conversation natur.
ally reverted 10 the scenes We had that day wit
messed at the Plaza dc Acho. The ladies stout
| " defended their national amusements, al
though | pointed out the fact that such bar.
barous spectacbeS did not tend To elevate the
morals of people, and Instanccd the bloody
affrav between the military and the mob;
still they were uaconvinced, declaring that nc
country in the world afforded such exquisite
entertainment. as their own beautiful Peru.
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.dxire To students.

SIT up To the table when you read; easy
chairs abolish memory. DO not read the same
book too long at one sitting. IL you are really
weary of one subject change 1t for another
Read steadily for three hours day ior hVcc
DAYS IN the week the use ot wet towels and
strong coffee betrays ignorance al how 'oread
Test the accuracy Of your work ~ ~oon q, YOU
have learnt them. Never read sitter midnight
DO not 20 to bed straight from your books
Never let your reading interfere with exercise
or digestion. Keep clear hrld, = good spPe'
lite and cheerful hearf,--Bs''asi -idySsoF.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-26
SErinkage of Corn.

In answer TO the question of How much
does corn lessen in weight by keeping dry,
when compared with its weight at the time OF
husking 2" the superintendent of the Pcnnsyl-
vania experimental farm answers as follows:
"In the fall of 1870 Thomas NJ. Harvey put
400 pounds of sound corn Gears in a lathed
box to test its shrinkage 1t was weighed and
boxed Nov. Is, quite ripe and dry. This was
late for huskipg you will notice. November
90 one box was shelled out and made bushels
2712 quarts by measure, or 322 pounds o.,
and averaged sol ounces 10 the bushel; Cobs
weighed 70 pounds So ounces, making the
total loss 2pounds 1 = ounces. The next box
was shelled March 30, following, and made
bushels and 8 ounces, or 29S pouh0s ounces,
averaging Sc pounds 1-6 ounces per bushel
the cobs weighed "a pounds and 10 ounces
making loss of AS pounds II ounces or ri
per cent on the grain and Il loss Of 1l12 per
cent of corn and cobs. This result would
have been quite different if the boxes had been
filled with early husked, large cobbed corn
| have had larger ears that lost 30 per cent
from the time they were first husked till thor
oughly dried" An experiment with unShell
ed corn by another party resulted As follows
1875, November Is, put in crib % bushels
ears, weight, 1876 pounds 18th, do, weight
1880 pounds 18th, do, weight, 1,9i0-35 %
pounds per bushc when cribbed August 3
1876 it weighed out of crib, 81 bushels OF
1910 pounds for each draft put in crib. Each
bushel of cars now weighed "a L pounds, max
ing loss in bulk lS.j per cent, and in weight
% Nor -
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GOOD BOOKS FOR ALL.

For sale by 0SMAN Il HAPEMAN IS La Sale ST.. ouavs
Iis Any Of these Books will be forwarded by mail post
paid, on receipt OF price:
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FARM AND GARDEN.
Correspondence.

We shall be glad to receive, for publication
in this department, short and pointed commu-
nications from farmers, gardeners, stock-rais-
crs and others, on any topic of general inter
est to agrlculturists The name and postoilice
address should accompany each letter, not
necessarily for publication, but as guaranty
Of good faith. Ii is our purpose TO open this
column to Il free exchange of experience and
opinions between its readers.
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Trc 2~c2er soil tor the Gala lily is richest
loan and peat. swell mixed. When growing,
you cannot give the plants too much water.
in the window. If The plants are set in sau-
Ger kept constantly filed with water they will
he the better for H. In summer the plants will
grow well and flower protuSely out of doors
in fnnL
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-26

The quickest way 10 improve our pastures
when short OF manure, is to top-dress them or
pasture sheep for a season, as these animals
will cxtrrminate such weeds and grasses as
COWS VIII not eat. 1.-THE pasture cannot be
given up 10 sheep, pasture AS many sheep as
COWS. and 1t will he found that the pasture will
sustain as many cows a. when they were pas
tured alone while The fertility of the pasture
will allow RI increase in cows of at least ten
NOR cont nnInIallX
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-26

The subscriber offers for SO Acres Of Improved Land
with good flowing well situated three miles east OF Buc
lev station on the Illinois Central Railroad. Ia iroQum'
county Illinois This land will be- sold cheap In one or I've
lots Terms orc-sf cash. she haanC" u suit purCil-,r-
Buckley H.. jSr. /. 1871 ELI SIRANN.
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CLEAN PEOPLE

hcrseEeepers, Builders Painters, remember that keep,
large stock Of nrre Leads, Paints, OILS. |arnishes Pam
brushes. and all Suds OF material for painting viii
be undersold. +. GRlGGS.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-08
Doctors, SUN and Air.


The air of the rooms we live in is
more or less alive with germs. Sunlight
with air will kill them, sunlight without
air won't kill them; consequently sun
light and ventilation are essential con-
ditions Of health, and there must be at
least two hours of sunlight TO produce
effective results, 1t is neither necessary
nor desirable to allow the seorching sun
to pour through our windows all day
long, but we must have enough of it to
keep our homes sweet and fresh, or We
must suffer the consequences. We may
keep our houses open till ten O'Clock 10
the morning, and then close them during
the heat Of the day, reopening them 10
the afternoon when the noontide feryors
are over. The amount of good round
doctors bill for attendance on case OF
diphtheria or typhoid fever will amply
suffice to put wire-netting over all our
doors and windows, SO that no trouble
some insect can find entrance, while sun
light and air may freely distiil upon us
their blessings.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-08
Do Fish Sleep /?


The editor of the Fishing Gazette
profsrs some little testimony bearing
upon the interesting query whether fish
sleep. At il his opinion that the front
sleeps at night and, a. proof, he states
that, when entering his fsh-house al
night in summer time, he has observed
all the fish in the tanks lying metionless
on the slate bottoms, and has often
watched them thus for some length Of
time. Their slow respiration and ana
Joyous movement of the fms indicated q
diminished action Of the heart and q
state of rest, similar to thst of the human
being ia sleep, On striking light while
the fish were In this qaiescent condition,
they would start Is If scared, and fly
about wildly, exhibiting the same
alarmed feeling that Q man not uncoms
noply does when suddenly reused from
profound slumber.
This evidence refers to fish in an arti-
fcial state |; but the writer believes that
it applies equally to those which are
wild 10 their nstive waters. 1--WE may
safely come to the conclusion" he
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-08
A Queer Case.

Whatever may have been George Pea
body's views of the laws of Nautilus, the
trustees in charge Of tho London lodging
houses which bear his name are unwilling
to Jet rooms to married couples who have
more than four children. The difficulty
is in compelling the tenants when once
in possession either to iimit the number
of their oaspriDgs or toquit the tenements
when the minimum OF four il exceeded.
A poor woman who had received notice
to quit after the advent of her fifth olive
branch resolutely refused to CO.; the re-
suit was . row, and an appeal to the
magistrate. The woman argued her csse,
however, much better than might have
been expected. She declared "they
wanted to expel her 10 the name OF the
Queen twoyeaEs before her time was up,1
and she scornfully intimated her disbelief
that q Her Msjesty, who was the mother
Of nine blessed children" could have
authorized such unwarraatable ipterfers
ence with the privileges OF . Britiah
matron. The magistrate prudently dis
missed theesse as beyond bis Jurisdiction
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-08

out indorsement or collateral at all: on
no other security, indeed, than a fair
business and an honest name. The
effects Of this extraordinary operation
were of commensurate public impor.
lance. In spite of the most frightful ard
accumulated military and political ca.
lamities, and the gradual environment
OF the French capital by the German
hosts, the trade and labor of France were
preserved and even stimulated; and it
was altogether owing to this patriotic
and most spacious audscity that, in a
period Of special and terrible trial, no
noteworthy or industrial failure occurred,
and that France was afterward enabled
to provide for the payment, without
serious difficulty, of an indemnity in
tended permanently to crush her, and
which excited by its magnitude the as
Constituent of the whole world"
Mr.. Schuker's remarks: TT remains
to be added that at the date of MIR.
Balch's recital of these facts to me In
1874 only about &c, 900 of the great adj
vances made, as above stated, were still
unpaid, and this small sum was due
from the unsettled estates of deceased
debtorsi"