Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-19

Sut II they wish to make money, that l. an
other thing. That Is why / object TO the
title OF the lecture: s. Practical >ilk-Culture.'
Had it been the Breeding or Raising Of
SikroTHlS," / should not object, although /
should then deplore the confusion OF mind
bound TO result from many people not being
able to understand the distinction between
amusement and business. The matter ought to
be started right, owing to the general ignor-
ance Of the public about the matter. To most
cocoon Is cocoon. In the commercial
world, there is no such thing. All rests upon
the guilty OF the cocoon. | am the more IN
terested in this matter. because l am associ-
ated with some gentlemen in the Corinth
Silk COMPANY. Of COrinth, Mississippi. We
propose TO have reels and buy the cocoons.
We do not wish to disappOint the public, and
cannot buy cocoons from the Usage orange or
the rlorlls lsutioallls. Enough silk Is lost in
training inexperienced reelers with good CO.
cOons, and We cannot purchase cocOons that
the most experienced reelers could do next
to nothing with. Raw silk from cocoons OF
Usage orange, at best, would not be worth but
3 or IS per pound that from the best varie-
ties OF iaorlss alba, or white mulberry, s. to 50
per pound. We desire the public TO be in
formed in time. As business men, we desire
TO give satisfaction. We do not care to have
a reputation for extortion, and We cannot
afford TO lose money. Besides, We have
raw silk, and we cannot sell silk from ossge
orange. Silk-culture Is beautiful, lucrative
and light work, and very simple; but you
can't grow figs on thistles. You can't feed
COW on shucks and expect rich milk. Nor
can you get good silk from the Usage orange.
II Mr.. McKittrick thinks so let him send
some cocoons TO France and he'll sOOR learn
the difference. NJ. B. HILLYARD.
MOBILE Ala. February IA, 1852
To the Editors of the Appeal;
As it is through the generosity of the
APPEAL that our society is allowed this
space, / cannot fill il up with beautiful figures
or rhetorical sentences with which to adorn
my subject, for surely the word temperance
needs no establishment 1t stands In Its
pure beauty a jewel, needing no setting but
| the human heart, and when there 1t sheds a
| luster over the whole body. Let man be
poor, uncouth and even ignorant, yet if he is
| temperate he commands respect from the
most refined and intelligent; and no general
| IN all the annals of history is more OF hero
| than the man who, at every corner of the
| street, passes one Of the gilied saloons, and
yet Is brave enough to go by. To him say
say God bless him, and my blessing Is echoed
! by every mother, wife and sister IN this
| glorious land. Now, men OF Memphis,
| write to you. The aim of our society Is to
] crush the monster of intemperance, that has
and is desolating so many homes, and we
want you to help US. We do not propose
| to do this by woman's strength. We are
not strong minded, but the love We
bear our fathers, husbands and brothers
makes us strong enough to try, and if you
will help us we will succeed. 1t will take
time, but it must be done. Either man or
rum will be the victor. Like an insidious
enemy, it is stealing into households and
claiming for its victims our own sex. Look
at the report of a physician in one OF the
Western cities, and read where he says in his
practice alone he can count twenty families,
in fashionable society, where females are vic
TINS of intemperance. This could not have
been said twenty years ago, and if war is not
waged now, what do you suppose can be said
twenty years hence? These are facts, and
while "facts are stubborn things" they can
not be crushed; but, perchance, may arise
some day to confront you, and then you will
. find, too late, our appeal to you remained
unnoticed. Again | say to you, will you
help US, men of Memphis, by your deeds and
actions to gain the victory. W.T.. s.
MEMPHIS, February II, 1881