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A NOBLE LIFE.


What is a noble life7 Loi some men scheme
TO gather wealth till life is but a dream
OF riches; Midas-like their touch behold
Transmitting even grosser things to gold
Their clutch grows closer their boards increase
And only with their breath their labors cease.
They diel Their fellowmen some splendid gain
From their vast treasures hope, but hope in vain
Their memories shall be comprised in this lile:
They lived, waxed rich, but died and made no
sign.
What is a noble life? Lol some men toll
To conquer fame in many battle broll,
Shed blood, waste treasure, deal in wounds and
death;
Build sudden empires. scattered with breath,
Or fix despot frmer on his throne,
or hurl one theme and mount u as their own;
Till with thy brothers blood they stain the
ground;
And those, too, die; and after many days
The senseless marble speaks their only prsisel
What is a noble life? Some men grow pale
They struggle with strange lore, and heap amain
Maryels of wisdom In their wearied brain;
Entombing aye vast treasures of the mind,
The hidden meaning OF all things they find,
Or seek to find, and as they deeper go,
Keep still jealous guard en- all they know,
Till, fallen with the weight Of knowledge in the
racei
They wither like the leaf and leave no trace,
Wisdom and wealth and fame are glorious things,
And each may grace q life to which IL brings
It's treasures TO be shared-not garnered pelf-
No life is noble with good of self
Whose on earth noble life would live
Must toll to aid, and gather still to give;
Succor the weaklipg, smooth the rugged ways,
And wise bounty sweeten all the days
He hath with man; 30 laying down his staff,
A noble life shall be his epitaphf
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PERSONALS.

Mr. BLAINE has accepted an invitation OF
Com. ] acobs, of Boston 10 travel through the
the South ip the spring. The private vessel
Blaine will be used for the part of the jour
ney which is made by sea.
TIE literary societies Of the University Of
Kansas, at Lawrence, have united in inviting
Col IngersolI TO address them at their COM
ing commencement. The Kansas City Jour
nal says some feeling has been aroused by
this.
Ma. W. w. AsroR, the American minister
TO Rome, has organized an American club in
that city for the purpose of sfording facili-
ties to visitors. The rooms Of the club
house are well furnished, and include read
ing, billiard, card, dress and conversation
rooms.
Missouri bee-raiser has Just transferred
his l50 hives to Florida that his bees may
keep busy all the winter in that land of
flowers; and on the Mississippi there are bee
boats that carry hiYes up and down that
river 10 keep pace with the blooming OF
flowers.
INTELLIGENCE has just been received OF
the death at Tucson, Ariz of Samuel Everett
Hoar, who was graduated from Dartmouth
College In 1858. He ia suppo ed to have
been dead several years. but the last part of
his life was 90 obscure that his classmates
had lost trace oil him.
A GANG of confidence men hanging about
the doors and steps of the capitol at Wash
ington, selling alleged tickets OF admission to
the building, and oiherwise swindliDg
Stranger, ie q Disgrace 10 the nation. These
rascals should be driven away or required TO
60 inside and join the regular lobby.
TIE heroic statue of John z. Breckin-
ridge, to be placed al Lexington. KY, should
be something worthy of distinguished
name, and bear good comparison with the
impo.ipe monument erected there in honor
Of Henry Clay. We understand such statue
is being prepared by Richmond sculptor.
A coFFEHoUsE has been opened in Con-
stantineple as center OF gospel work. On
its outer walls is printed in Arabic: "Come
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THE CENTENNIAL CASE
CAPT. TOM DAVIDSON ACQUITTED, BUT PILOT
JOHN KING CONVICTED.

JOHN KING CONVICTED.
ST. PAUL, MINI, January 30.-The trial
of Capt. Tom Davidson and Pilot John KING,
of the steamer Centennial, on the charge OF
killing Frank Collins, by running the steamer
over boat in which Collins and other were
fishing, off the point of Lake City, on the
18th OF June last, which has been in progress
during last week at Wabash, before Judge
Start, resulted in the acquittal of Capt.
Davidson and the finding by the jury of
verdict OF manslaughter in the fourth degree
against Pilot John King. The trial has ex-
cited a good deal of interest all along. the
river, and much sympathy Is expressed for
the old pilot, who has sailed the upper Mis-
sissippi since 1852, at the verdict, and this is
the first charge that has ever been brought
against him. His ounsel moved for a new
trial, and a stay of proceedings was granted
pendin, the motion. Manslsughter 10 The
ioui Tn degree is punishable iby imprison-
ment in the Sale prison two years,
or in the county Jail one year, or by foe OF
$1,000, or by both such foe and imprison-
ment. The State showed that three small
boats were anchored off the point, in which
were parties engaged 10 i,hins; that the
steamer backed out from Lake City and
headed up stream, directly in the path where
the small boats were situated. Two OF them
pulled up their anchors and rowed 10 place
of safety behind The point. Oae of them, in
which were three men named l. ,nguist, Bush
and Collins and son OF Languist, was
struck by the Centennial AMI Collin, was
drowned, the other three being picked up by
the other small boats. On the part of the
defense it was sh-wn that the pilot was in
charge of the steamer. King noticed the
movement of the small boa's and took ii for
granted that all we're getting cut OF the way,
fnsrf s,nta al anil h.. nhnr
line of the unfortunate boat, brought il 10
contact with the steamer aud the skiff was
run down, resulting in the drowning Of C,l-
liua
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srLvEE rACrs AND rANcIEs.

The agony of the "dollar-of-our-fathers
people since the exposure about the silver
coinage, made in the report TO Congress OF
the Secretary of the Treasury, and the COM
ments that the report excited, has been great.
That report shows that while $27,772,000
were coined during the year, the people had
taken less than 81 100000 more into circu-
lation than they had the year before. He
reported also that Al 10000 of these dollars
lying al San Francisco sis useless, the call
for silver dollars for use as money there is
little" So impossible it is 10 induce the
people to take these coins that The treasury
requires another vault to be constructed 10
store them in out of the way, and yet on No
yember 1st there were stored in the public
vaults tioo thousand four hundred tons of SiiUer
coinsl Monstrous! Yet the "silver men"
try, in despairing sort OF way, to Justify
all this, and TO assert that the coming of the
S27 600 900 year of the useless Jumps of
metal ought to go on. The silver mining
interest got up the whole "dollar-of.our-
fathers" craze, and monopolistic interest
in Congress supported it as protection"
prevent it going up and down in the market
as the prices OF lead and iron go up and
down. But it jumps and falls notwithstand-
ing, so that while the bullion in silver dol
lar was worth less than eighty-two cents
little while ago, it is now worth a fraction
under eighty-four cents. The most des-
perate excuses are alleged for this state of
things, and for the failure Of every prediction
made by the dollar-crazed when Congress
was so absurd as TO pass the bill for their
manufacture. The most outrageous reasons
are invented and unsigned why We should
still go on heaping up more tons OF coins to
Join the 240G tons already on hand. The
master reason has been discovered and pub
lished by the Salt Lake Tribune, which is, of
course, staunch supporter OF the silver
mine interests. 1t immortalizes itself by
perpetrating the following: "Some brilliant
genius in the East has finally decided that
mining is legitimate business; that when
dollar taken from the stubborn rocks costs
dollar in the extraction, still there is saw
ing, because the gathered wealth of the world
has been increased by one dollar. That is
right sensible view. Had the wise man
read the Tribune, he would have found that
fact out years ago." That is stroke
of genius, certainly, and the Tribune may
well be proud of inventing it ''years ago"
The protectionists claim that their monster
tariff has made all this vast country bloom
as a rose. The Tribune knows better; it was
done by the silver dollars and the mines
they came from. AS paying silver dollar
for dollars worth Of silver yields profit,
we think sons of our readers might, from
that fact, invent a nice way OF gaining an
honest and an easy living.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In the French Deputies Brought to .
Sudden Termination by the
Serious Illness OF
One of the Ministers-An Appeal for Aid
by the Starving People Of Ire
land-Foreigu Notes.

PARIS, January 30-Gen. Csmpeuou mas
accepted the Ministry of War. Admiral
Jourequi5erry, in complying with the re-
quest OF President Grevy, has agreed to con-
duct the Ministry of Marine pending the APP
pointment of his successor.
TAKEN SUDDENLY SICK.
Fallieres was seized with sickness while
defending Fabre's bill prescribing pretenders
to the throne, and the sitting was suspended.
Alter the session Failieres tainted. CoDges-
ton of the brain is feared. Debate was adj
journed until Thursdsy.
Previous 10 lh- illness OF Fallieres, Re-
pault, Republican, spoke strongly against
Floquefs proposition, also the governments
measure, declaring that such attacks on lib
erty would not be approved by the vote Of
whole people.
A member of the Chamber shouted: "You
are an Oflesnist"
Rsnault replied: "Since the Count De
Paris mas gone to Frohsdorf the Orleanist
party had died"
The excitement was increased by Renault
pointing TO the dilemma which would arise
should the Congress OF the two houses, des-
pite the proposed law, nominate a prince for
president of the republic. Rensult said he
admitted the governments right for defense,
but not persecution.
Fallieres said that if the web OF intrigue
which at lea=t by silence encouraged the
princes had not been woven around the gov
ernmenps representatives, the question of
rendering the security OF the country com.
plete would still have arisen; but as matter
Of fact, advantage had been taken of the
liberty enjoyed under the republic to attack
the government, which was founded on na-
tionsl sovereignty, and must depend upon
tsslf for its preservation.
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MEMPHIS APPEAL
WEDNESDAY, ;: JANUARY 81, 1888
THEvALuE OF FREE ExOn.NeE.

Why the South should voluntarily hold
itself dependent upon the North for articles
it can produce mere chesply at home is
question every Southern agricultsrist, and
also those who are not sgriculiurists, would
do well to reflect upon and discuss with their
neighbors. Why, for instance, should the
cOtton-grower buy Northern-grown corn,
when he can grow the corn on his own ground
and have it lie ready for use in his own crib?
And why should not the Southern cities have
sufficient Of their cotton manufactured with
In their own precincts, instead Of sending
their cotton North to be spun there and re-
turned to them in goods they can manufac-
ture for themselves? II the Southern peo-
pie can pay the North for raising and
Smelling corn, and for spinning and
weaving the Southern-grown cotton, and
pay dealers profits and the expense of
freights and handling, and hauling besides,
then they can afford to grow or make these
materials at home. The same is the cass
with many other articles. Where nature has
given TO the North what cannot be raised or
produced with advantage in the South, and
the South what cannot be produced in the
North, then necessity and good sense require
that the two shall exchange with each other,
and the system OF free trade among the
States, that casts no impediment in the way
OF this exchange, but allows the citizen his
right Of buying where he can buy the cheap
est and selling where he can sell the dearest,
faVors such mutual exchange between the
different sections of the country. The AP-
PEAL recently had an editorial article show
i5g how greatly the South, in the way OF
necessary or unnecessary exchange, is de-
macs Of the articles it consumes, and, singu-
larry enough, because it did 80, that fact is
taken az q proof that this paper is opposed TO
q suitable and reasonable exchange OF
commodities between the States. The
Chattanooga Times, referring to the above
mentioned editorial, gravely says: "Still
the APPEAL furiously demands the abroga-
tion OF the very system which has raised the
North to independence OF England and all
the world, and made il the dictator Of the
Anu Vi the COutlucul.
On the contrary, the APPEAL ardently sup
ports the system OF free trade between the
States, which assists to secure so much indie.
pendence 10 the country. This independence
is not absolute, however, for there is natu-
raj dependence Of North upon South and
South upon North, and both upon foreign
lands for what each advantageeusly pro-
duces that the other does not. The Times
adds to what we have quoted above: "Under
the AfPEAL's scheme Of tariff for revenue
only, the South would be still more and for
ever dependent on the North and foreign
countries than it now is" This shows that
eur contemporary uses the word "independ-
ence" without the necessary limitation we
have pointed out above, and the APPEAL's
position is that if freedom of exchange
works so well within the States, it would be
wise to extend it beyond them, so as 10 Sc
cure The laroest posaible amount of benefits.
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LITERATURE.
MRS. oLIPHAST ANSWERS BISHOP wuBEl
FORCE AS TO THOMAS CARLYLE-MoRLI
AND M'MILLAN's.

MRS. oLIPHANT ANSWERS BISHOP wMBER-
FORCE AS TO THOMAS cARLYLE-MoRLEY
AND M'MILLAN's.
LONDON, January 29.-Mrs. Oliphant has
joined the ranks Of Protestants against
Bishop Wilberforce's indiscreet reminis-
ceuces. She has no faith in his Converse
ton with Mrs. Carlyle on the subject of my
Life of IrriEg, to the effect that l did not
understand him at ALL with further remarks
on the loveliness of his character las il
had misrepresented that), and the conclusion
that L was marrow and jealous, and greatly
the cause of submitting him (Irving) to his
foes" Mrs. Oliphaut declares that she
does not believe that Mrs. Carlyle ever said
anything of the kind. "Tbe Carlyles," che
adds, "are at present, think, most unjustly,
the sport of every scribbler, and any kind OF
mud will stick that is thrown at their dese-
Grated house. But ], for one, believe ia
what know OF my honored friends rather
than what an analy wing biosrapher may de.
duce, or an irresponsible disrist jot down
through the fumes Of careless talk. Ny con-
ception of Irvins's character was drawn in
some respects frdm the inspiration Of Mr..
Carlyle herself, 60 much so as TO offend and
annoy friends On the other aide; and / kent
back the letter shesErote me on the publica-
ton Of the book from the number of her le,-
tiers which sent Mrs. Froude, on account Of
the too exubersnt praise sud report OF hr
husbands appreciation which was conveyed
in il. The cynical reader will say, perh APPS.
that this is no reason why Bishop WILDER
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ON TO OKLAHOMA.
The Column to Take Up Hts Line OF
March ON the LIST of February.

KANSAS CRY, January 30.-The Okla
homa colonists, who for some weeks have
been engaged in the work of organization
here, left for Coffeyville, KS, this morning.
The party consists of thirty men. They go
by train to Cefeyville, the rallying point,
and there will meet Capt. Payne and his
party from Arkansas City and delegation
from Rich Hill, besides individual members
from other places. Ga February LIST the or
ganized advance is to be made from the rem
devious into the Indian Territory to the
Oklahoma lands. The would-be celonisis
state that they do not apprehend interior
ence on the part of the government, bat in
case military force is sent toeremove them
they will retire, spf then return to their
camping zs soon IS the troops are Withdrawn.
Materials have been provided for the found
ing OF town to be called Boudinot City,
and press provided for the publication Of a
newspaper. Their hopes that the govern
meat will not remove them are based uEon
The fact that it has made grants in that
country 10 railroad corporations, and as the
present colony is larger than any that hiss
hitherto been formed they are sanguine Of
success in the enterprise.
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The Political Affairs OF Ireland More
Complicated Than Ever.

The New York SUMS cable letter to-day
says: "The more rapidly and surely the
government progre sses toward the repression
OF crime in ireland and the determination of
the Assassination Society the stronger be-
comes the National party. The result of the
Mallow election has been received with dis
may by the English Conservatives, who have
all along entertained certain beliefs of their
own to the effect remedial legislation was
producing in Ireland. 1t is now obvious that
the next general election must witness the re-
turn Of a great Nationalist majority, more
aggressive, vigorous, audacious and expert
enced than ever before, and TO
whose vigorous assaults the parliament
tsry system can offer no prolonged re-
sistance. Preceding agitations have been
feeble compared 10 that now on foot 10 Ire
land, aud not at any time has the question
of home-rue assumed so serious an aspect.
English Liberals admit that in the face of
recent events home rule is inevitable, and
that the chief question in the present emery.
ency is not how it shall be avoided but how
best it may be conceded. Conservatives call
openly for the absolute suppression of the
Nationalist representation In Parliament,
for the exclusion Of all Irish members from
the House OF Commons, and the temporary
disir Inchissment OF Ireland. No compro-
y,
OF 30,000,000 OF people agsiust 5,00O,0 900.
Either home rule must be granted or the
English people must stand by and see their
entire Parliament system wrecked. That
such should be the actual language of Con.
sentative journals, shows, in striking way.
TO what a stage the persistency of home rule
3gitation has attained. A year or two since
such view would have seemed an impossi-
bility, but to-day il is the natural result OF
the temper and attitude of the Irish people.
The government ia daily doing more aud
more 10 elm mate from the Nationalist party
all stain OF responsibility for, or completely
in, Irish agrarian or socialist crimes. Folly
absolved lherefrem in the eyes OF the En-.
glish people, and pursuing resolutely the
course which its leaders have marked Out,
success cannot be long delayed. II is a ques-
ton now 80 vital aud SO fully recognized in
its force and urgency that it can be driven
out Of Eoglish legislation only by tue ar
bitrary interference of force. Nothing short
of the most desperate methods of repression
can affect it, and that English Tories should
openly advocate a Re sort to the practices OF
Russia in Poland is conclusive evidence OF
the nature of the situation. There will be
very little difficulty in presenting the Irish
question in its best light during the coming
session. Mr.. Davitt and Mr.. Healy will be
in Jail until August. The government will
make strenuous effort to put the new mem
Der from Mallow with them, and, vita such
testimony to the freedom Of speech, the
starvation statistics of the West and the
hopeless condition of the land question, the
Irish party will not lack argument"
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DOGGED BY DETECTIVES.
THE EXPERIENCE OF WASHINGTON BANKER
- MYSTERY

WASHINGTON, January S0.-Mr. ]. w.
Thompson, a banker of this city, has
been at the head of committee OF citizens
who have been the means OF disclosing the
rascaliiy of the detectives here, VINO, by q
conspiracy with thieves and burglars, have
been engaged in a system of compromising
felonies for some years past. He is evident
ly marked for vengeance, as i. has been dis
covered he is constantly Swallowed wherever
he moves by one of these detectives. When
ever he leaves the house in the evening he is
followed, and upon his return the same mys-
terious individual may be seen DIGGING his
footsteps near, or at a distance, according as
his movements are observed. Who it is fol-
lowing Mr.. Thompson canuoiI up to this time
be discovered, but his friends have become
anxious about his personal safety, and means
are being taken 10 probe the mystery.
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TELEGRAPH
And Telephone wires TO b Abaied s a
Nuisance I'm the Larger cities.

NEW YORK, January 30.-As soon IA the
weather will permit, the Western Uuion
Telegraph Company will, it is said, begiu
laying under Broadway, tube about three
miles 10 length, large enou h to contain 200
wires This lie not done under compuloiou,
but voluntarily, the heavy losses incurred
from severe storms 10 recent winters having
served to convince the company that the
time has come when it is expedient to put
its wires-in cities atleast-in the ground,
out of harms way. 1t is not an experiment
merely. Electricians have long been OF the
opinion that the thing is feasible. Expert
,ence sbroad has confirmed their views as to
the practicability Of a method OF disposiDg
Of the network of wires dem anded by mod
ern tslegraphing, in such way IS not 10
dis6gure and cucumber the streets or endan-
GER life
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THE STAGE.
THE PRODUCTION OF HAROLD" AT COLOGNE
AND DRESDEN = MADEMoIsELLE NJ
ToUCHE"

THE PRODUCTION OF HAROLD" AT COLOGNE
AND DRESDEN -" MADEMoIsELLE NJ
ToUCHE"
PARIS, January 9.-Madcmoisele Nftoucle,
a comic vaudeville, in three acls and four
scenes, BY Henry Meilhac and Albert Mil
lsud, music by Herve. was produced Friday
at the Theatre des Varieties before bril-
liant audience OF leading fashionables, promi-
nent Ltterateurs, journalists and artists
Among the latter was Mile Mauri, COM
ple,ely restored to health. In the first act
the scene of the convent passed off WE'LL
Mile. Judic obtained great success in the
norceau on the harp, which she plays ad-
mirably. The second act was extremely gay
and full OF animation. The charming coup
lets OF "Csbet and Babel" will attain as
great popularity as the song Of "The COL
one." The third act was not a. successful.
Judic il on horseback, disguised as a soldier,
with an amusing crdnerie. 10 the fourth
scene the charming love passages assured
the success of the piece. Judic had sn ova-
ton. Nerves music is lively and spark
ling. II is said that the character OF ''Celes-
tin" was suggeste by the early career OF the
emperor himself.