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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-23
MEMPHIS DAILY APpEAI--TUEsDAY, MARCH 2l. 1885,

about suspended, andon the Board of
Trade wheat dropped 2 cents in as
many seconds. IL is said that the
truckmen and section hands are also
out, but this is not yet confirmed.
They did not resume work this after
ne,n, for the reason that business is
practically suspended. Orders are be-
ing sent to points beyond here by the
officials TO refuse psrishable freight.
Including the Miss ouri Pacific there
are fifty crews Of yardmen on eleven
roads engaged in this strike. Two
trains started out over the Chicago
and Alton road, but men from the sur
rounding groups jumped aboard the
cars and, applying the brakes, stopped
the trains in the lower yards, and no
attempt was made TO get them further.
A meeting OF the representatives, OF
all the roads is being held this after
neon to contider the situation. II is
reported tia, the most Of the packing
houses will close o.morrow. Plsnkin-
ton and Armor discharged ~one.iouTth
of their forces to-day. The great
smelling works at Argentine will also
be compelled to shut down. Large
quantities Of perishsble freight is now
on the trains in the yards awaiting
transfer or shipment, and the loss will
be great if they do not speedily move
it. As nearly as can ba a%scertained,
the strike was ordered by the switch
mems union because of complaints
that the agreement made last week
was not kept by some OF the roads.
One of the local members Of the Ex-
ecutive Committee OF the Knights OF
Labor, who is supposed to be well
informed, declares that the Missouri
Psc fc has nothing to do with the
present difficulty. The striking yard
men, he says, have gone out by the
order Of the switchmen's union, re-
CARELESS OF the TACT whether or no
thew helony 10 the KniOhtg of Labor.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-23
Texas Pacific shops mt Big Springs
Burned.

CHICAGO, Ill, March ga special
dispatch from Big Springs, Tex, says:
Last evening fire was discovered in
the oil-house and paint shops Of the
Texas Pacific railroad. Within the
space of five minutes the flames were
spread over the entire flooring OF the
large building, and before a dozen peo.
Dle had arrived 1t was evident no ef-
forts could save the building. When
the alarm was sounded the entire male
population of the town, and q large
portion Of the female, rushed TO the
scene, as everybody thought the flames
were rolling from the main shops and
round-house. The citizens turned in
and worked heroicAllv TO q v the
neighboriDg property Of the company.
Several bucket brigades were organ
lied, and the main shops we're saturat-
ed and saved. The loss to the Texas
and Pacific Company will approximate
i15. 600, owing 10 a large stock of oil
on hand which WAS not insured. There
is no doubt that the fire was the work
OF an iDcendiary, and great indigna-
ton prevails. The Knights Of Labor
are accused Of completely in the fire,
though this is all speculation.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-23
Engine "KiIIed" az DenisOn, Tex.

Engine "hllieu" AT Oen1sOn, Tex.
DRNIsoN, TEX, March %. At 2
o'clock yesterday morning the watch
men at the Iound-house we're sur
prised by the appearance OF about $50
masked men, who commanded them
to keep quiet. The watchmen, ten in
number, were taken up and &C rried to
the shop Office, where a guard was
put over them and they were ordered
TO remain. After placing The watch
men under guard the leader went to
the middle OF tie turn-tsble and said {:
Men, you know your duty, do it."
At that every man broke in the same
direction without the least bit OF noise.
In about five minutes the speaker re-
turned to the office and addressed the
the watcbmeD, saying: Gentlemen,
we are much obliged to you for your
conduct, and wish to return our
thanks. You are at liberty to go about
your business. Good morning." The
watchmen stepped out, and not a man
was in sight. They then discovered
that the passenger engine which was
to leave for F0It Worth this morn
ing had her steam cock open, the hose
was cut, Gre put out and "killed" en-
tiTely. In the shops tie men found
that a large stationary engine bad
been removed from its place, the water
let out of the tanks, hose cut, piss re-
moved and engines killed." 80 that
il will take several days to bring them
to life again. The damage done to
machinery was very great. Every
masquerader carried a large piece
Of iron or other weapon, 30 as to be pre-
pared for a combat IL the watchmen
resisted. The watchmen, seeing the
size OF the mob, knew 1t would be
useless to resist and 30 allowed them
to do what they would. The celebrity
and quiet with which the work was
done showed that the men had been
we'll trained and instructed. The
watchmen have no idea who they
we're, and those that were masked
were strangers TO them. Master Me-
chanic Clark and Foreman Fiedlar had
heen working ali last week making
pins for KILLED" engines and bad
about enough OF them. They had
water carried to the engines and wood
placed upon them 50 thai in a very
few minutes they could bring them
into the yards, and, with the aid OF
officers, iun out a freight train. But
now things are in a much worse cou'
dition than when the engines were
first killed. The excitement ran high
this morning when the news OF the
raid became fully known. The aspect
of the strike is growing worse and
worse in DenisoD, and the me alb.
sorbing topic Of the day is the strike.
Business men, laborers, professional
men, in tact everybody is being keenly
hurt financially in the long continued
strike,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-23
Bridge burning ON the Iron Noun,
tain,

LITTLE Rock, ARK March %
About . O'Clock this morning the
north bound Iron Mountain railway
passenger train was stopped at a long
irestle two miles South Of Little Rock,
owing to the discovery that the tIestle
was buraing. L. was soon destroyed,
and the train was unable to proceed
further. Il is believed that the fire
was the result OF incendiarism.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-23

drawn up by Cove. Martin and Mar.
msduke Of Kansas and Missouri, re-
s%pectively, intended as a basis for the
settlement Of the strike on the Mis-.
s0uri Pacific railroad, together with
Vics-P President Hoxie's acceptance OF
the same, with qualifications, was pre-
scented last night to the Executive
Committee Of District Assembly No. l
of the Knights Of Labor. The Gov
ernors called in person upon Martin
lroDs, chairman Of the committee, and
urged the acceptance Of the conditions
by his committee, which, soou after
ward, was called together to discuss,
informally, the conditions inserted by
Hoxie into the agreement. No
was taken last night, the mat.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-23
Manhood Restored

REAuDYf RKE-A victim OF youthfnlimprudenoe
Manhood. Ao., having tried IN vain every Known
remedg has discovered simple mgansofsel-cuea
AddroR J.HREEgES. GCaethAmSA~heH keE
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-23

nEAFNESS-Its CAUSES and CBRE,t!
- Gre who was deaf tWenty-eieht yeafs
Rated Nv most of the noted ~specialistsoi
- d ) With 70 benefit CuRKD ENsEIFii
three months. anj since thsn hundreds q
others By same process. Aplsin, eimpleand
succaFsfni home treatment address y, 3.
PAGE, ~ East 18th St.,k New Rork City:
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-07
Maud 3. Training to Beat Her Own
Record.

New York, July 26.-John Muir.
ply took his weekly trip up to Mr.
Robert Bonner's farm, near Tarry
town, on Saturday, to give Maud
s. a spin in the course of her reg
ular work III preparing for the
coming trial, in which Mr.. Bonner
expects she will be able to beat
her own record OF 2.0S 3-4, the
best in the world. Mr.. Murphy
jumped into the sulky and, after
giving her a jog of two or three
miles, said: "This mare is a-fly.
ing. / think I'll have to let ont
for a quarter to take the rough
edge off, She was sent away,
trotting as true as a die. She flew
over the ground and made the
quarter in the wonderful time Of
80 IL seconds, 2:02 gait. Every
body present, including her own
er, was delighted at her speed
The fact that she had made quar-
ter mile week before in 81 L
seconds, a 2:06 gate, shows that
she could trot a quarter In these
low figures whenever she was
called on to do it.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-07

"Speakin' of q productive sol, y
said the man from Kansas, "the
half has never been told. A few
weeks ago my wife said: why,
John, b'leve you've took to
CROWN again. l measured myself
an I hope Gabril'll miss me in the
final round up If | hadn't CROWD
six inches in two weeks. l
couldn't account for it for some
time, till at last,I tumbled to the
fact that there war holes in my
boots, an that internal soil got in
thar an done its work. Did you
see that boy that was with me on
the street the other morning.
Well, about six months ago my
wife sat our six.months old kid
down on the plowed ground to
play, an gents I'll be dog goned II
but you wouldn't believe that il
l told yeu. Yes, it is a wonderful
country, gents; / could set here an
hour relatin' actual facts, but |
must run over and do some trad.
in. I've got to buy a Ratchet to
shingle my barn with. | left my
hatchet out over night last week,
an in the morning 1t was a full
grown ak. Goodbye
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-07
Heavy Mail Robbery,


st. Louis, July 30.-The Post
ofice Inspectors OF the postal
division between this city and
New York are now looking for the
author of the first important mail
robbery on that. division. The
theft occurred nearly month ago,
but the amount of money lost was
so large that the inspectors have
taken unusual precautions to keep
1t secret. A poatal clerk who
knows the facts. however, has
made them public, and they are as
follows: The postal car which
left New York for st. Louis June
2Sth had among its mail a pouch,
No. 1853, for st. Louis, which con.
tanned about $4,000 in money and
drafts, bonds, checks and other
valuable paper and property, val
ued at $4,000. At Pittsburg the
far west mail was transferred,
passing into the hands of Chief
Clerk James Fsrald. The train,
as usual, made a short stop at that
place, and also as usual the chief
clerk signed receipts for the vari
GUS pouches without inspecting
them, the time being too short 10
do so. During the run to Indian
apolis he found that he had re.
ceipted for the ST. Louis pouch
which was not in his possession
and which probably had not been
turned over to him with the rest
OF the mail. He Immediately 70
ported the robbery, and the de-
tectives have been working Oh
the case ever since, without as yeI
having made any arrests. It il
believed that the pouch was stoler
between New York and Pittsbure
by one or number of clerks who
have since then left the service.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-07
sClATiCA.
From the Lancet.)


Prof. Max Schuler, of Berlin, is
convinced of the superiority Of
messages over other measures
employed in the treatment of sci.
atica, aud relates his experience
of fifteen eases--all in males, and
except In one or two instances
(which were traumatic) due TO ex.
posure TO cold. Most of the cases
were dealt with from the first by
massage but in n few instances,
electricity, vapor baths, etc, had
been fruitlessly employed prior to
coming under his care. The
modus operaDdi is as follows: The
patient lies Oh the unaffected side
with knees and hips slightly flex.
cd. The course Of the sciatic
nerve is rubbed from below up
ward, partly with both thumbs,
partly with the ball of the little
finger or thumb; sometimes struck
with the closed fist, sometimes the
muscular mass over the nerve
pressed and kneaded with both
hands. The pain evoked by these
manipulations soon passes away,
and after a short time becomes
less and less at each sitting. The
nenralgic pains very soon abate,
diminishing after severe and
painful massage, then recurring
with less severity, aud gradually
disappearing entirely. The power
of walking improves after each
sitting. On an average the treat.
ment lasts about two weeks and a
half, but in one case nine days and
IN several from ton to fourteen
days sufficed. One patient aban-
doned the treatment afttr five
days, owing to the pain caused By
| it, aud tried without relief a fort
nights course of electricity and
yapor baths he then returned TO
the massage treatment, and was
cured In two weeks and q half.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-07
A Crack Bear Fight.
ICheyenne Leader.I

Cheyenne Leader.
Several days ago Hendrick, the
hunter, was camped on Bear river,
in Colordo. With him was young
tenderfoot just from the East.
Trapping was pretty good and the
two men let the meat supply Of
the camp run down until there
was nothing left but dn trappers'
phrase coined for city society
"sow abdomen" So one evening
the hunter and the tenderfoot
started out after fresh meat.
They soon found it, for scarcely
q mile from camp they ran on to 9.
whole family Of grizzlies, half q
dozen IN all. AS the bear family
showed a decided inclination for a
closer acquaintance. the introduc.
tien at once took place, the rifles
of the hunters serving as masters
Of ceremonies. Though the men
fired as fast as they could, and
bear after bear was knocked
down, the brutes rose to their feet
again, and tho bruin family still
came on. The rifles kept up their
lncessant crack, however, and al
distance of twenty yards the old
she bear, the leader of the family
fell to rise no more. Forty shots
had now been fred, and with only
three cartridges left between them
the hunters were glad to see the
remainder of the savage family
party turn tail and disappear
among the surrounding rocks and
bushes.
On examination eight bullet
holes we're found In the old she
bear, FIVE of the eight having lodg
ed In vital parts. The next morn
ing the hunters took the bloody
trails leading in various direc
tions, and in an hours time all the
remaining bears we're found dead
making six bears bagged In Q
bunch.
During the fight the wounded
brutes INDUCED frequently in theil
singular custom, called in hunter
and trapper parlance, Shaking
up" Whenever a bear was strucl
by a bullet it would at once seizt
one of it's companions, and 9
rough.and tumble fight would en-
sue. The old she bear on severa
different occasions grabbed hel
cubs and tossed them high in the
air, catching them as they fell ant
numerically chawing them. Il
: was to this singular custom that
the hunters probably owed theil
lives, as it delayed the progress o
the ferocious family until tb'
deadly rifles were able to check i
, entirely,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-07

"If | was to live my life over
again." said an American defaulter
as he cooked his feet in the Office
Of a Montreal hotel, "l'd be law
yer instead Of a cashier" "For
why,n was asked. "Well, | EN-.
bezzled $1,000 end am an outlaw
and an outeast. Ny brother-in'
law, who is a lawyer, managed an
estate so that it put him S4S,00C
ahead, and they have just elected
him Mayor of the town and go'
him TO join the church. | advise
young men to think of these
thiDgs.r-WaIl Street News.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-07
TO LITERARY ASPiRAsT.


Literature, like the ministry,
medicine, the law aud all other oc-
eupations, is cramped and hinder
ed for want of men TO do the work,
not want of work TO do. When
people tell you the reverse they
speak that which is not true. If
you desire to test this you need
only hunt up q tirst-class editor,
reporter, business manager, fore
man Of shop, mechanic or artist
in any branch of industry and thy
to hire him. You will find that he
is already hired. He is sober, in
dusffious, capable and reliable
and is always in demand. He
cannot get a days holiday except
by courtesy of his employer, or Of
his city, or of the great general
public. But if you need idlers,
shirkers, half-instructed, unambi.
tious, and comfort.seeking edi.
tors, repoters, lawyers, doctors
and mechanics apply anywhere.
There are millions of them to be
had at the dropping ofa hsndker-
chief.
The young literary aspirant is a
very, very curious creature. He
knows that if he wished to become
q timer the master smith would
require him to prove the posses.
sion of good character and would
require him to promise to stay in
the shop three years-possibly
four-and would make him sweep
out and bring water and build fires
all the first year, and let him learn
to black stoves in the intervals.
If he wanted to become a mechan.
ic Of any other kind, he would
have to undergo this same tedious.
i'll paid apprenticeship. II he
wanted to become a lawyer or a
doctor, he would have to do fifty
times worse, for he would get
nsthing at all during his long ap.
prenticeship, and in addition would
have to pay a large sum for tuition
and have the privilege of boarding
and clothing himself. The litera.
ry aspirant knows oil this, and yet
he has the hardihood to present
himself for reception into the lit
erary guild and to ask to share ito
high honors and emoluments with.
out a single twelve months ap.
premiership to show in excuse for
his presumption.
He would smile pleasantly If he
were asked even to make so sim,
pie a thing as a ten.cent dippel
without previous instruction in
the art; but, all green and igno
rant, wordy, pompously assertiye,
ungrammatical and with a vague
distorted knowledge of men aud
the world, acquired in a back
country village, he will serenely
take up so dangerous weapon as
pen aud attack the most formi
dable subject that finance, com
Aerce, war or politics can furnisl
him withaL 1t would bsrlaugha
BILE II II were not 40 cad aud pitis
ble. The poor fellow would no
intrude upon the tin-shop withou
an apprenticeship, but is Willing
to seize and WELD with unpractic
ed hand an instrument which i
able to overthrow dynasties
change religions and decree tn
: veal or woe of nations.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-07
A New Version Of an Old story.
[Clarksiale Banner.l


When the Lord made Adam, he
said: "Here is a splendid brute.
He is more beautiful than a pan.
ther, more subtle than a serpent
but he is a brute-all brute.
His heart will never feel a throb of
love-his eye will never be dewy
with the sweet sacredness of a
tear. But | have finished the
wretch-given him life and limb.
Now if l turn him loose he will
rob every birds nest in the gar
den, and make all the other ami
mails miserable. | don't want to
go over him and polish him up,
but | will make something that
will tone him down. So he took
one of Adams cleanest ribs and
scraped of everything that was
gross and beastly, and took it TO
the river and washed it through
many waters and purified and per.
fumed it, and from it made the
sweetest of all his works, and call.
ed 1t woman. Adam was rough
cast. Eve was the perfect work.
manship of the Almighty Power.
And when she was turned loose,
barefooted, without corset, bangs.
or hustle, ,-she was the daisiest lit
tie darling that the angels ever
looked at. When the Lord put
Eve in the garden hs said, "Don't
bother your dear little heart about
these other ANIMALS, they are all
quiet aud well behaved. You may
pet the lion and caress the tiger ;
you eau ride the polar bear, and
make necklace of rattlesnakes
but watch that two.legged thing
| have called Man-he'll be in
some devilment in less than an
hour" Aud so he was. He sent
Eve for some apples to make
dumplings for dinner, and when
he was accused of taking The fruit,
just lied ont of it like a little man
aud said-"The woman she gave it
to me-" And Eve, like SO many
Of her daughters since, kept her
pretty little mouth shut, took the
brute's sins upon herself, and
never said a word. But grand.
mother was vindicated--bless her
devoted soul. The Lord knew
who was to blame, and he "drove
the man out" Of the settlement.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-07
Long asa RsfOrner.
washington Letter. /


Talking about reformers,n said
Burleigh, the other day, "John b.
Long, of Massachusetts, beats
them all. Hes the rarest old re-
former in the House of Represen.
tatiyes, and If can get a chance
III show him up, blank me, he
needs it. When the river and har-
bor bill was under consideration
Long pestered the life out Of us
all to make an appropriation for
the harbors of Sciiuate aud Poe.
asset, in Massachusetts. Now, il
there are two places on this whole
blessed earth where no harbors
are needed, these are the ones.
They don't raise down there any.
thing but beans. Bat Long hung
on so and pleaded so hard that
the committee gave $4,000 to each
place. Long got mad because we
didn't give him more, aud lay
down on me until | moved to
make 1t $4,000. The committee
kicked like a lot Of steers, but |
finally got the amounts raised in
each case. | knew all the time
that It was a dead waste of money,
and that neither place ought to
have dollar, but for Longs sake
jammed 1t through.
"Aud then, blank him, when the
bllf came up In the House, what
do you suppose that man Long
didf | was never so completely
floored in my life. After all the
fnsslng and fretting aud working
he had done, and after getting us
to put in $4,000 for his blanked
old bean farms, he got up in the
house and voted against 'em-vot
ed against his own appropriations,
aud everything else, and made a
speech denouncing the committee
for spending public money Tor
worthless objects. He's fine old
rcformer. Now, ain't he | was
SO mad that if I'D had a chance
would have moved that the appro-
priation be used to fill up his
blanked old frog ponds, and to
bury him there with the rest OF
the rubblsh.D
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-07
WHY THEY MARRIED.
Reasons Given hy a Number e: Bsnsdists in
New Yofk fsxn.
It'd BIts.l

We lately sent out postal cards
to the married men of a small
town in Western New York with
the inquiry, "Why did you marryp
We give a few of the responses
That's what Pve been trying
for eleven years to find out.
X.n
married to get even with her
mother, but never have. W.
"Beeanse | was too lazy to work.
Ivy
Because Sarah told me that
five other young men bad pro
posed to her. C.n
"The old man thought eight
years courtin' was almost long
enough. b."
III was lonesome aud melancholy,
and wanted some one TO make me
lively. n. B.-She makes me very
lively. Dr.
Il was tired OF buying iee.cream
and candles, and going to theaters
and church, and wanted q rest.
Have saved money. j. or
"Please don't stir me up J.'
"Becauss | thought she was one
among thousand now | some.
times think she is n thousana
among one. E.r
"l think it was because ! was
cross eyed; now | am afflicted
with two pairs OF cross eyes daily.
PETER.r
"Because | did not have the ex.
pciience | have now. G.p
''rho governor was going to give
me his foot, so L took his daugh.
ter's hand. H.
III thought 1t would be cheaper
than breach.of promise suit.
A.C.n
"That's the same fool question
that my friends and neiehbors ask
me. G. H."
"Because | had more money
than | knew what to do with,
Now I have more to do than /
have money with. b. d."
IL wanted q companion Of the
opposite sex. p. S.--Sbe is still
opposite. A."
"Don't mention Il. F.n
"EIad difficulty unlocking the
door Mt night and wanted some.
body to let me IN. BoB.'
IL was embarrassed, and gave
my wife the benefit Of my name
30 that could take the benht OF
her name signed to a check.
5oRoGGsn
"Because 1t is just my luck.
p. J.r
81 didn't intend to go to do IL.
81
II yearned for company. We
now have it all the time.
KARL.n
slave exhausted all the figures
In the arithmetic to figure out an
answer to your question between
multiplication and division in the
family I'D distraction in addition,
the answer Is hard to arrive al.
o1D NAN"
81 married to get the best wife
in the world. SIMoN.n
because | asked her if she'd
have me. She said she would.
think she's got me. BLIvINs."