Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-19
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
GsnitO-UriDary Surgery.

To the Editors of the Appeal
l wish to do simple justice to an expert il
| genito-urinary surgery, DR.. Thomas 5
| Easton. 1 do this with pleasure to my bodily
self, and do it intelligently, as l have long
| been suffering from structure and only re-
! ceived permanent and radical relief when
| placed myself under his treatment a few
weeks ago. / will further state that | have
seen him operate successfully and effect per-
manent cures in at least dozen cases
| through his decisive manner of operating. /
| do this for the benefit of others whom !
know have long been sufferers and who,
upon inquiry, can learn my name from you,
when will be ready to substantiate the state
ment made. Very respectfully,
The Late Bishop william M. wightman.
To the Editors OF the Appeal:
The APPEAL of yesterday contained tele-
graphic notice of the death of Bishop William
NJ Wightman, of Charleston, South Carolina,
one of the bishops of the Methodist Church,
South. Bishop William NJ. Wightman was
a native of South Carolina, and at the time of
his death was about seventy-four years old.
He was of large, influential family in that
State. He received in early life very lib
eral education, went early into the ministry
of the Methodist Church, passed through all
the positions of the church from the circuit
rider to bishop, and was for many years pro-
fessor and president of colleges. He was a
very great man, perhaps the most cultured
of all the Methodist bishops, and was pull
pit orator OF wonderful power. Bishop Wight
man was elected bishop by the general con-
ference of the Methodist Church at New Or
leans in 1866, and filled the Office with great
acceptability His health was bad for nearly
a year before his death No man was more
beloved by his church than Bishop Wight
man. The itinerant system OF the Methodist
Church extends to bishops as well as pastors,
hence he was known by the entire Methodist
people IN the South, and his wonderful abil-
ity greatly appreciated. R. I. NJ.
MENEHIs, February IS, 1852
silk Culture tn the south-A Difference
of Opinion.
To the Editors Of the Appeal:
SIRs-I see in your issue of the 10th in
slant a report of Mr.. p. Wallace McKit-
tricks lecture on practical Silk Culture in
the South" | rejoice to see this gentleman
taking 50 much interest in silk culture, but !
must object TO the title or caption OF the
lecture, "Pfae.ic1l Silk Culture" This gen.
ueman makes this statement: "In avoiding
these more tender leaves that of the Usage
orange, m. b. h., and using only the older
and hrmer ones, especially when the worms
are large, consists the whole great secret of
raising silkworms on this plant, and if care
be had in this respect there will be no appre-
Usage orange leaves compared with
the white mulberry grant that
if raising the sHtrorps be the
only object, the Usage orange can be used;
although, even then, the worm Soon degen-
crates. But to state that there Is "no appre-
ciable difference in the silk crop from Usage
orange leaves compared with the white null
berry" is a most fatal misapprehension of
facts and ! can't permit the statement TO go
unchallenged. So far from there being no
appreciable difference, there is every posi-
bic difference in a practical view and to a
practiced or practical eye.
First-There is the all-impOrtant and prsdomt-
nGnt consideration of the quality of the silk The
silk from the Usage orange is valueless from an
economic point OF view 1t viii not pay reel it
earn wages at it, and no fldtor would purchase il
for com mercial purposes
second-T6e cocoons from the Usage orange viii
not yield anything Ike as many yards of silk
those from tAe p.oper mulberry.
Third-The quality Of the WORN VIII deGe ne
rate from the food Of the Usage orange.
1t seems to me that all these are vital con-
siderations. A comparatively ineXpert eye
can distinguish a cocoon from an inferior
mulberry or from the Usage orange and one
from the best mulberry. II the ladies of the
South desire to raige the silkworm merely
as a recreation or pAstime, they can make
on the leaves OF the Usage orange;