Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-06-03
LITERARY.

thanost useful publications of Its class In
| the .euntry. 1t has done snd is dong
grkt deal to build up n,anufactures In the
Sch.
foMn CHEER end The Educator have
| beln united, apd the result is a periodical
by That much better; Home Cheer Is prignt
and interesting, and is generally full OF
god tb;ngs.
rhxs EourHRRN TRADE GAZETTE is trade
;o,ffial in the largest sense of the term.
l& takes cognizance of every branch OF
manufactures, and furnishes every month
an amazing quantity of news and OF sta.
tissues of trade growth.
THE OuRRENT will begin in June the pub
iication of q series of articles entitled
Among the Pines of Michigan compris-
ing sketches of camp and pioneer life,
which are not only graceful and pleasing
- pictures of seldom-recounted expert
ences, but also possess exceptional value
from their well arranged and presented
Information regarding the important luln-
b. interests of Michigan.
CDMnIssIoNER McWHIRTER is emphat-
ically the right man in the right place.
Hi1 speeches and addresses on the agricul-
tural and mineral resources of our State
are always meaty, full of substance and
| tangibilities. One of these before us, de-
iivered at the East Tennessee Farmers
ConEention at Knoxville, May 21st, is in
! scholarly way OF unusual value, and ought
| to have wide circulation throughout the
State.
| IL The Current, of June 7th (No. 25),
win appear q paper of national interest
e36tled "The Presidential Lincoln,
| in which the writer, an ex-journalist OF
rePute, ably argues that all existing bi-
| og4phies of Abraham Lincoln do him in
4 AL - l. L.
4 gfeat chiefly through political accident
fst5ef than inherently great, and at last
th<poss5ssor of a just fame that he "had
for4 generation been slowly, deliberately,
stufiously, earnestly building"
SALT LAKE FRUIT" is the title OF q
chr ling tale Of Mormon life, which gives
an Inside view of social life in Utah, espe-
cialy at Salt Lake City. The authoress
prasers to remain incognito for the present,
butthe publishers vouch for her that she
ha&occupied high position in Washing
tontircles, is thoroughly well qualified to
&rib upon the subject, and that the facts
narqted in the story all have their coun-
terp}lt in the well-atthsnticated expe-
rienAe of actual lives. Her aim Ii to help
} in 8moving the cancer OF Mormonism
from the body polite, consummation
mo<4deyoutly to be wished for. Sold only
, BY subscription by Rand, Avery Co.,
Bostca, Mass.
Ware In receipt OF q copy OF pamph-
At written by the Rev. P. Corigan, Q
. Cttt6ie clergyman of the Dlocese OF New
Jefsey, which has Tor its aim and end the
obtn.-~ from Rome for the Catholic
| clsreyaen OF the UJ:.,ited States representa-
7 | ton in NE election Of bisnoSss. MI Oor.
rigm saya that Rome is willing to grs.I II
] pfofded she bishops ask it. But Il Is
hardly to bs expected that the bishops
! whCnow possess supreme control OF epis-
copa nominations will relinquish or even
shs , their power; TO sny considerable ex-
, tent unless some influence is brought to
! besrby the clergy and laity. Mr.. Corri-
gan therefore makes an appeal to his
!, felloE clergymen and to the Catholic laity
I to sdtate tais matter and so create pu olic
, sentiment that to the bishops and the
Pops will be irresistibly conclusive of the
! mater. Mr.. Corrigan makes very strong
. andh very interesting argument, drawing
? freef from the history of the Church te
! justly and sustain the position he has &C
welltaken.
/ HoueHroN, MIFFLIN & Co., of Boston
/ have recently Published the strongest ar
! | gunent yet made for the protection fal
, lacy in series of lectures delivered a
3 Cornell University by Mr.. Ellis Ii. Rob
/
Yofk. and for many years a member o
/ tGeJ Committee OF Ways and Means IL
Congress-. Mr.. Roberts has evidentl,
' given the subject great deal of study
{ but wrong in his premise he is of cours
/ wrong in his conclusions. The constitu
: ton Of the United States makes provision
2 for the collection of tariff for revenu
3 only, and all our laws and theories of gov
: ernIaent are opposed to class Legislation
4 = L. r l.
8 To levy tariff for even Incidental protec
2 ton is to lcgislate for the protection of
I. class. A tariff should be levied first Of
: articles of luxury and upon wines, liquor
a and tobacco, and If more revenue is re
i quired than these will yield then upol
!. necessaries in 30 equitable a way as t
{ put the burden on every shoulder withou
: regard to the protection of manufacture
0 in few hands. This government was es
Q tablished for the greatest good of tn
8 greatest number, and in opposition to tn
0 government of England rested, especial.
D at the time of the revolution. Mr.. Rob
0 erts is ali wrong, and his book is only use
h full as showing how even the best talent
, may be perverted by bad argument an
/ a worse cause.
: THE June A1gazine Of Americnn Histor
d opens with an exquisite steel portrait Z
: Washington from the original miniatur
d painted by Mrs. Sharplesiin 1896, neve
!, before given to the publiA. The leadin
9 illustrated article is one of gIeat geners
+ interest, entitled ''Defenses Of Narragar
j set Bay, Rhode Island;" it is from fh
# ready pen of Gen. George w. Cullum, {
It the Corps of Engineers, United STATE
: Army, and gives complete history of th
II Notifications about Newport, with doze
q 4 q
r ticle gives breezy and timely account
s the Discovery of the Yellowstone Nation
It al Hark, for which every reader in th
# country will be grateful to its author, M
d P Koch, of Bozeman, Mont. Then follow
n a pleasant chapter on the curious histor
d of the rare and beautiful Sharpless mimi
d ture portrait of Washington, by its fortul
y ate owner and possessor, Mr.. Walton Y
b Evans, of New York. "The Rise of
r Mechanical Ideal." by Charles H. Fitcl
d is an essay of exceptional value and int
: est on the early manufacture OF freaxm
s in the United States, and is illu
t. trated with several interesting portrait
e Lieut.-Gen. Charles P. Stone, la
1t chief of the general staff u Il
% Khedive of Egypt, contributes rcadab
{, and delightfully."- informing paper, entitle
h "a Dinner with Gen. Scott in 1861
d showing the situation of Washington
8, that time. The "Private Intelligence
l. Papers OF Sir Henry Clinton are continue
y under Mr.. De Lancey's able editorshil
of 1.-TWO Unpublished Letters OF Lafnyet
IS to William Constable, of New York, a
rs contributed by Mr.. Henry Pierrepont,
he Brooklyn; and the five standing depaI
~ ments of notes, queries, replies, societi
ut and book notices are unusually entertai
i'd ing. 1t is strong and remarkably val
i'd able number of an excellent periodics
o, Published at 30 Lafayette Place, New Yo
le City.