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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-17

DETROIT, February 16.-The forces that
have SO long stood faithfully by Senator
Ferry having formally dissolved, the ballot
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Election Notice.

TINE Annual Meeting OF the Stockholders Of the
L Memphis Gas Light Company will be held at
Memphis, Tenn, q harsday. March n. IssS,
to elect Seven (7) Directors to serve the company
the ensuing year. Election from 10 O'Clock am.
to O'Clock pm. JOSEPH CRAIG, Secretary.
Memphis, Tenn, February l, 1888
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The life-saving boat and e7ew of eight
from Cleveland, under command of Capt.
Godwood, arrived to-day and sss to work dis
tributing relief. The Newport Odd Fellows
organized to-day, with view trpaying spe-
cial attention to the wants Of the members
of the order, not only now, bat until the
course Of business is re-established.
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WANTED.
For Texas and 81. Louis Railway Co.
1900 TELEGRAPH POLES

DOLES 70 be Is feet long. 5 inches at the top,
L and reasonably straight. Red cedar pre-
ferred although other wood will be taken into con-
sideration. First half OF poles TO be delivered on
or before March Is, 1883, and the balance or be-
fore April Is, 1883 or as much sooner as possible.
These poles may be delivered on the wharf at
Memphis, at Cairo. Ills, or East St. Louis, Ills.
NILT HARRY, Peabody Hotel
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CONGRESSIONAL.

THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL IN
THE HoUsE-THE TARIFF DEBATE.
WASHINGTON, February 16.-HoUse.-Th
House went into Committee Of the Whole on
the legislative appropriation bill. This was
done with the assent OF the Ways and
Means Committee, which agreed not to press
the tariff bill until 8 O'Clock, unless the
legislative bill be passed at an earlier hour.
Alter debate, the bill, as amended, passed.
smong the amendments agreed TO we're those
reducing the number of internal revenue
collection districts 10 eighty-two, and increas-
ing the hours OF clerical labor in the depart
men,s.
The House then went into Committee Of
the Whole on the tariff bill-l00 to fifty
one--lhe negative votes being cast by those
desirous OF taking up the whisky bill, the
pending question being the sugar schedule.
After a short debate the committee rose,
and Mr.. Skinner introduced a bill appro-
pristiDg $4,000 for the relief of sufferers
from the floods 10 the Mississippi and Ohio
river, aud Mr.. Wheeler introduced a bill
sppropriating 100000 for the same pur-
pose. Both measures were referred TO the
Committee on Finance.
Recess
Atlhe evening session Mr.. Willilts Mich.
from the Committee on Judiciary, reported
back the bill providing for an additional as
sociate judge for the Supreme, Cour OF Da-
kota. Referred 10 Commute, of the Whole.
The House then proceeded TO the consider
alton Of the bill for the allowance OF certain
claims known as Fourth of July claims)
reported by The accounting Office Of the
Treasury Department. The bill appropriates
$298,000. After discussion the bill passed,
and the House adj burned.
SENATE.
The conference report on the Japanese in.
demnity bill was presented, tnd alter discus
sion agreed to.
At 2 o'clock pm. the tariff bill was taken
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Mules and Horses.

Large stock OF white, Black and Red
Rusi-Pr0of Oats for sale, low TO the
tr AIDE. 4. q. BUCHANAN q co.
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KENTUCKY.
The Highest Poin. Reached at Lou

The Highest Point Reached mt Louis.
VILE.
LOUISVILLE, February 16-The river at /
O'Clock Pun. reached the highest point, forty.
four feet five inches, thirty-three inches
higher than the flood of 1882 Itisexpected
TO continue rising slowly till nishtfall, when
it is hoped the reeedipg will begin. No
casualties are reported for the day, nor ad-
ditionsl damage to property. Heavy con-
tribu,ions BY citizens continue TO pour in at
the depots of supply. There is no danger OF
any one suffering for food or clothing.
Louisville is determined that nothing shall
be left undone in aid of the distressed CHI
zens. A special to the Co,aisr-Journal from
Frankfort, says the Kentucky river at IL: 40
O'Clock pm. was still falling. The weather
here ia clear, very warm, with high shifting
winds, that will cause damage in the flooded
district, where there are many houses on
foundations very slight.
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Mayor of the City of New All


WABASH, February 16.-Much live stock
and growing wheat was destroyed by the
floods 10 this section. Total damage for the
pasi fen days, 100000.
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THE state DEBT.
The Democrats Of the Legislature, i'm
Caucus, Reconsider Their Former
Action as to the
State Debt Proper, and Adjourn to
Tuesday Night, When the Matter
win be Settled.
Special to the Appeal

Special to the Appeal
NASHVILLE, February 16.-Senator Sber-
rod presented petition from the farmers of
Fayette county praying for the enactment Of
law preventing stock from running at large.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
The committee to examine the condition
of the capitol reported that the roof was out
of repair, and recommended that the super
intendent of the capitol award the contract
for repairing the same to the lowest bidder.
NEW BILLS.
By Mr.. Burns: For the benefit OF the paupsr in.
sane of the State.
State tax for all purposes shall not exceed forty
cents each year. Lies over.
owners and furnishers of supplies the lien given
by law without the right to stay.
By Mr.. swafford: To amend section and 6 of
Of taxes N9-' loo -'' '' --'''' '''''n' 'O1e''0n
By MI; Adkins Cby ,request,: Providing for the
acknowledgment of deeds by private corporations.
By Mr.. Adkins (by requestl: Amending the laws
chartering corporations.
BY Mr.. Watkins: Providing laws by which
municipal corporations may surrender their char.
tiers.
By Mr.. 'Norment (by requssp: To establish
held elections under the of 1881 providing for
the repeal of charters of incorporated towns.
ny MI, ADKINS; senate resolution instructing
tennessee senators and representatives IN Con-
gress TO use their influence in sustaining the
plans of the Mississippi River Commission
By ME-. Swaford: Senate resolution that the two
Houses meet on the 10th instant TO elect register
of land Offices in land districts where the terms of
Office have already expired.
By Mr.. Williams: bill to be entitled, "An act to
compel sheriffs and coroners to be more prompt
in making returns of elections, and making the
failure 70 comply misdemeanor."
By Mr. Williamson: To repeal section s72 of
Thompson and Steger's Code.
By Mr.. Daniel: To amend act passed in Feb
ruary, 1866, regulating the paying out of railroad
taxes in the county OF Montgomery.
A number of Senate bills passed second
reading
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GRAND INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL CONCERT
Horsford,s Acid Phosphate,

promotes sleep when the nervous system is
overworked or worried by care and anxiety.
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INDICATIONS.
THE RED CROSS.

O6ciai Notification from the National
Association at Wa Washington.
WASHINGTON, February 16.-All asso-
ciated societies Of the Red Cross in the
United States were yesterday officially noti-
fed by the National Association, at WASH
ington, of the disasters on the rivers, and
have been requested 10 prepare for and take
charge of such contributions for the relief of
the Inhabitants az may be Forwarded 10 them
for distribution by their agents. Subscrip-
tions may be sent to James E. Beasley,
secretary of the society of the Red Cross at
Memphis; George w. Paxton, president of
the Red Cross Society, Vicksburg, and F. NJ.
Southmsyd, secretary of the Red Cross Asso-
citation at New Orleans. Mr.. M. E. Eogalls,
chairman of the Citizens Relief Committee
of Cincinnati, will receive subscriptions for
The Red Cross Society until the regularly
appointed agent of the association reaches
that city. The above notification is signed
by Clara Parton, president. The Board OF
Trustees, consisting OF Secretaries Folger and
Lincoln and the Hon. George B. Loring, are
in activesympatby with the movement.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-04
Gypsy Lore.

The day Of the week on which You
are born is tho best to commence busi-
ness. Fridays and Tuesdays are the
luckiest for women; though women fair.
" shulder over regarding FRIDAY u
lucky day. Sundays and Mondays are
the best for men. Never enter new
house or sign lease in April, June or
November. and avoid the 18th for any
kind Of an enterprise. The lucky days
for business are the three first days of
the moons age: for marriage the 1th,
9th and 18th. Ask favors on the ltth.
18th and 18th, hut beware Of the 10th
aud alst. These are all the moons age.
To answer letters. choose an odd day of
the month, IL travel ON land choc>ethc
increase. and for ocean the decrease of
tic moon. Start new buildings IN
March Don't marry on your birthday
or on any iaartyr's day.
(Which are some Of the most rromi-
nent signs of events, rs it were, that
cast their shadows before? ?" the reporter
asked. realizing that he was getting
enough points" to set up as fortune
teller himself
"Thousanls Of them.a answered Ce-
lio, hut I can't think of many now.
Here il one that l never knew to fail ]:
Ii YOU meet white horse, il You are go
ing on particular business, il means sue
cess. Ii it is piebald horse. il means
that whatever You have asked for will
be given YOU" Another: If pigeon
that does not belong to you flies III your
house il means success. Ii II rests on
bed. death Ii there are two pigeons,
there will he wedding. Never tell a
dream before breakfast The same
dream three times is friendly warming
Had William the Ill. and the Duke oi
buckingham paid attention to this they
would have escaped death as they did.
"Hew about cards? DO You ever use
them?"
Sometimes; but the planets and
stars have much more to do with rs. Al
we are horn we are controlled. Plane
tarv influence is thing the scientists oi
later days laugh at, but who ean sa,
| they are better informed than the as
trologers Of old. For myself lcpend
more on the science Of astrology thar
on cards, though palmistry helps out.
Washington Star.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-04
POLITICAL POINTS.

Congressman Leedom, of Ohio, is a
Democratic candidate for Sergeant at Arms
Of the next House.
A dispatch from Hartford, Ct, says:
aThe decision delivered in New Haven by
Chief Justice Park, Of the Supreme Court Of
Errors, that the black ballots polled by the
Democrats In that city in the November
State election are illegal, has created sens
alton in political circles all through the State.
The feeling is intensified tonight by the an
nouncement that Mr.. Cole, Chairman Of the
Republican State Central Committee. in
tends to take action calculated to place in
Office Republican candidates for State offices,
although they received the minority vote.
The black ballots in New Haven counted for
the Democratic candidates were about ZOO,
and throwing these out as illegal gives the
election to the Republicans.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-04

Not few are horn with an excessive
susceptibility Of the nervous system.
1t renders them, not only specially cap-
able of pleasure and pain and of quick
mental and physical activity, hut pecu-
iarlv liable to nervous ailments.
Others may suffer such ailments, il
the causes act long cnensh and strongly
enough: hut the slightest disturbing
causes are sufficient in the case of tho
former, just rs a brief exposure may re-
suit in consumption. where one has in
herited \ tnhercular tendency,
Among these ailments Il hysteria-
popular hysterics-the most terrible.
when severe. that can come tn Il Moaan.
not only for tho fearful suiieriags and
the little sympathy it ehelts, hut for
the bad moral qualities that often seem
to he developed by il,
Females are more subject To- it than
males in the proportion IL about
twenty to one--only because the merry.
ons element more strongly preponder-
ates in their constitution, while their
indoor and selentarv life does not give
them that tonghening which generally
comes Ia men from their emplnyments.
Allied to hysteria is catalepsy. dis.
ease in which the person became
wholly, or partially. unconscious, and
her limbs take ON waxea Stiffness and
remain in whatever position they are
placed. One form Of eatalcrsv is trance.
in which, While living perhaps arrarently
dead. wonderful visions are seen,
Other diseases are st. Nitus Dance
tchorcal. which has hecn described ~
"insanitv Of the mnselcs:a neuralgia of
various kinds, some forms of epilepsy,
spinal irritations and insanity.
As this nervous temperament, with
its countless possible ills. has hven in
hcrited from one or both af the parents,
special obligation Is placed upon tile
latter to check. from the first. the ;,e-
tivi,s Of their ehildtens' nervous sys-
tenn hy bringing them np to the simple
habits, to ample hodils exercise, proper
aclnaintaaees, practical AMI soher read
ing. instead III imaginative. hy guard
ing them against ., pastrs'. extrasagant
display aud sensnd i4lnlgenr.. and As
accassoming taem IL domestic duties
and to lniet anal Na'nra! euirlosmeat
III ho,iy and msad lo.ttts Caas. ID
| ion.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-04

were good many thousand words in
it, and the Docks and things were very
much impressed. saw that ] must do
something to keep my end up, 80 ! said
carelcssly to Bennett: Jim, IL that any
thing particular He says: We'll it's
a little dispatch one Of my fellows
handed me just now. Thought enough
OF it to bring il over here Very we'll,
! said; do you mind II ! duplicate It?
Not at all, says Jim. Well, then,
says to the clerk at tho window, inst
duplicate that. to the Houston Tele-
graph 1t broke the back Of the Hon-
ston Telegraph, but it made me solid
with the Docks"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-04
The Postal Card.

70 one denies that the postal card is
a great thing, and vet it makes most
people mad to get one. This is because
we naturally feel sensitive about having
our correspondence open to the eye Of
the postmaster and postal clerk. Yet
they do not read them. Postal employees
hate postal card as cordially as any
one else If they were banished, and
had nothing to read hut package of
postal cards or foreign book of sta
tistics they would read the statistics.
This wild hunger for postal cards on the
part of postmasters is all myth. When
the writer doesn't care Who sees his
message. that knocks the curiosity out
of those who handle those messages. A
man who would read postal card with
ont being compelled to by some strin-
gent statute must be little deranged.
When von receive one you say, Here is
a message of so little importance that
the writer didn't care who saw it. l
don't care for it myself"
Then you look it over and lay it away
and forget it.
So you think the postmaster is going
to wear out his young life in devouring
literature that the sender doesn't feel
proud of when he receives it? Nay,
nay.
During our official experience we
have been placed where We could have
read postal cards time and again, and
no one but the All-Seeing Eye would
have detected it, but we have controlled
ourself and closed our eyes to the writ
ten message, refusing to take advantage
Of the confidence reposed in us by our
Government and those who thus trusted
us with their secrets. All over our great
land every moment of the day or night
these little cards are being silently scat
tered, breathing loving words inscribed
with hard lead pencil and shedding
information on sundered hearts, and
they are as safe rs If they had never
been breathed.
They are safer in most instances, be-
cause they cannot be read by anybody
in the whole world.
That is why it irritates us to have
some one open conversation by say
ing: "Yon remember what that fellow
wrote me from Cheyenne on that postal
card Of the 25th, and how he rounded
me up for sending him those goods? 2"
Now, we can't keep all these things in
our head. It requires too much of a
strain to do it on the salary We receive.
A man with very large salary and a
tenacious memory might keep Yun Of the
postal correspondence in small Office,
but we cannot do it. We are not ac-
customcd to it. and it rattles and excites
us.-Larami Boomerang.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-04
Had Luck With The Hog.

colorel Grafton in the Arkansaw
Tfureler. "Gen'.emen. don't lloyc in
crossin' or ehangin' lie breed oh our
hogs. DE ole fashioned hag is plenty
good. oMs lie sa.laest time oh my lie
ter fine hog. was passln' a pen once
an' seed fine hog. III lle hadn't hee,.
a fine hog Iwonllenfer paid no ien;ian
to him. Wall, was rested on account
oh dat fine hog an sent ter dc reniten-
tiary fur year. Don't bring no fine
breed Of hogs inter dis neighborhood." |"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-04
FOREIGN NEWS.

The Pope gave $4,000 francs, on
Christmas day, to purchase beds for the poor
of Rome
In receiving the Cardinals, at Rome.
the Pope said the papacy was recognized rs
q great moral force and that the powers are
reknitting their relations with it.
McDermott, q well-known Nationalist
and ex-suspect, was remanded ut Sligo,
Ireland, on the charge Of using seditious Ian
guage at the meeting Of the National League.
The prisoner, during the speech, said the
gallows were reeking with the blood of i'm
nocent people condemned by drunken juries
and partisan Judges.
DAyIrT, in q speech at Wolverhamp-
ton, England, summed up the present con-
dition Of Ireland Is one Of famine. discon-
tent and coercion. He considered the pre-
vailing distress to be owing to the unjust
system of land laws, rack-rent and discour-
agement Of every form Of trade revival.
The remedy consisted in the turning Of a
great part Of the grass lands into cultivation
and the introduction Of a system Of loans to
oppressed tenants in order to enable them to
tide over the coming winter.
Soldiers walking the streets of Linn
erick Christmas night were attacked and
roughly handled by civilians and the police
were called upon to quell the disturbance.
The furniture warehouses belonging
to William Whitley, said to be the largest in
London, were destroyed by fire.
Great distress in Iceland from want
of food is anticipated during the winter
months
The six hundredth anniversary of the
House Of Hapsburg was celebrated through
out the Austrian empire, on the asth Of
December.
The chimney of factory at Brad
ford, Eng, fell, demolishing the building
Thirty-six employees were killed and fifty
were seriously injured.
Disastrous floods are again reported
in Germany and Austria In Baden, twenty
persons were drowned by the washing away
of q bridge.
The Russian railroads are said to
have ordered the discharge Of their Hebrew
employees, and the Senate has decided that
no court can authorize the transfer of land
to Hebrews
Great mortality has been caused
among sheep in the midland counties Of En-
gland by heavy rainfall and floods
The steamer New England was
wrecked in the Clarence river, New South
Wales, the passengers and crew all perish
ing
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-04
DONGS OF CONGRESS.

There was nothing done worthy Of men,
ton in either house Of Congress at the ses-
sion on Dec 3 There was q little personal
controversy in the Senate between Messrs
Hoar and Beck, while the Pendleton Civil
Service bill was under consideration,
which caused slight ripple of excitement
at the moment. but it was soon forgotten
Shortly thereafter both the Senate aud
House adjourned over the holidays
Upon the reassembling Of the Senate after
the holidays on Dec. q, debate recon-
menced on the Iendleton Civil Service bill
Mr. Beck said he would sooner see any son Of
his breaking stone on the roadside than seek
ing u department office. Mr.. Hawleys
amendment to prohibit the solicitation of
political contributions by one Government
officer from another was rejected by Is to -.
A new section was adopted forbdding the
retention in Office of any person h:ibltaailv
using liquor to excess The bill then passed
by 81 to:5 The noes were Messrs. Brown, of
Georgia. Call, Of Florida, Jonas, of Louis
lama, Mcpherson, Of New Jersey. and Nor
gan, of Alabama The bill provides for u
board of three Commissioners to pass upon
the qualifications of persons desirous OF en-
tcring the public service. A chief examiner
is also appointed to act with the board
and travel around the country arranging
ations Appointments are To be distributed
pro rata among the States, according To pop
ulation Political predictions are to be
ignored In making selections, aud those ap-
pointed must not be addicted to the ex-
cessive use of ardent spil.>. Neither Sen
ators nor Representatives are allowed To
recommend any one to the board, except in
| the way OF certifying to the character or
residence Of applicants There was no
quorum in the House, and an adjournment
| to Dec 81 was voted.
The Edmunds bill to prevent Government
officers or employees collecting from or pay
ing TO each other money for political pnr-
poses was taken up by the Senate on tho
| 18th ult Mr.. Beck offered q substitute To
prohibit Federal officers or employees from
contributing money To any person tor polit-
| ical uses The latter proposition was voted
down, and the former was passed
The Senate, by vote Of :. to u, resolved To
| take mp the iItz John Porter case. and con-
slider II unfinished business from day To day
| until disposed Of All OF those voting aye
We're Democrats, except Messrs Cameron,
| OF Pennsylvania, and Miller, Of California
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-04
The Public schools and the Public Desire.

Nine-tenths of the children who at
tend the public schools are sent there
solely for the purpose Of getting simple
elementary instruction. They 60 to the
primary schools to learn their A b Cs,
to be taught to read and to write. They
are put in the grammar schools to be
grounded in arithmetic and geography
and history. That is all the instruction
that they have time for, all that can be
properly given them in the time they
can spend at school, and all they really
have immediate need for. The general
demand, tho vox populi, is for that sort
Of instruction, and no other. If the at
tention Of the average run Of pupils is
diverted from these simple, elementary
and essential branches Of study to
others which are more ornamental or
valuable only as foundation for
courses to be pursued subsequently,
their time is SO far wasted. and they are
defrauded Of their right.-Ne,c York
Sun.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-04
Romantic Tranlps.

4 mysterious fact concerning these
modern Enoch Aruens is that none Of
them come back rich; none return
handsome, strong or useful; all are in
condition that would justify poor
house or hospital in receiving them,
and if their original wives take them in
they will do so principally for the pur-
pose Of having some One on whom to
expand surplus stores Of iniments,
bandages, lotions and other comforts
for intirm persons. But il aged shifks
and malingners really must have some
one to take care OF them, Why do not
they apply at the nearest poor-honse
instead Of inhicting themselves on their
wives second Of third husbands. .-Ne,O
York Herald.