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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-15
MEMPHIS Daily AppEAL--THURsDAY, APRIL Is, 1856.

YOU that we will meet you in the courts,
do not speak rashly or ill-advisely.
have taken counsel from the best legal
minds of the United States. We are
prepared ID face you before the courts,
and now await your action in the mat.
ter. This is no threat.
l PLAY NO GAME OF BLUFF OR CHANCE.
Ispeak for 800, 900 orgsnized men, who
are ready to pay out the last farthing
in order that justice may prevail.
You have it in your power to make
friends Of these men by acting the part
OF the man; by taking this matter in
your own hands. Will you do 30, end
end this strife in the interest of hui
manity aud our common country? 1t
is your duty TO brush aside every OBJ
stacle, assert your authority and take
this mater in your own hands; settle
every grievance, restore every man TO
his place, except those who have been
engaged in the destruction OF proper
ty or who have broken the laws. Will
you do this2 You can then make
rules and agreements with your men
which will forever preclude the posi-
bility of another such disa trous con-
fiiCt as this enc has proved itself to be.
l remain, very truly YOURS,
". P0WDFRLY,
G. M, W., X of L.
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OCCUPATIONS OF MnMAN

The Influence OF old cushions, old
preiudices and old superstitions linger
and insensibly influence human &C.
hon, even after wider knowledge
and an increased reverence for the
suggestions OF reason have become
common. We see this lingering OF
the influence Of exploded notions
prominent in the treatment of women.
When we buy an article at store, a
chair, hat, or walking-stick, we do
not inquire whether it WIS made by a
man or a woman. II the workman.
ship displayed in the article be salts
factory, tina, is all we desire 10 know
about it. Even il We know that il is
Woman's workmanship we do not
claim that we should nav
less for il on that account
We Judge the product by its
own merits, not by the SIX, color OF
nationality of the person whose skill
and industry made it. Why then
should the manufacturer insist upon
paying the woman whose toll he EN-.
ploys lower wsges than he would pay
q man for precisely the same work 4?
Does reason and common senss justify
the distinction? Plainly the custom
OF underpaying women is a survival
OF past ages OF ignorance-a survival
that remains in defiance Of the ad.
vanced reason and intelligence of the
present day. The contradiction to all
common sense is still further mani
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FERDINAND WARDS WORK.
How His MOther-In-IR Trusted
Too Much in Him.

CHICAGO, ILL, April 12.--One OF
Ferdinand Wards rascally business
transactions, in which his mother-in-
law was his victim, came TO light to-
day in bill filed here by Mrs. Mary
Green against Ward and his wife.
Mrs. Green says Ward married her
daughter Ella in 1877 and became one
OF the members OF the family. He
represe nted he had exceptional facil!-
ties for investing money, and she in.
trusted large sums TO him, part oil
which, he said, was invested in thirty.
three certificates of the New York
Produce Exchange. In Nav, 1881,
Ward proposed to Mrs. Green that if
she would convey ce tain property in
WrightWood for the nominal consider
alton of $4,000 to his wife, he would
advance $4,000 for a very sdvan-
tageous investment, and his wife
would secure the 500, 900 by his wife's
note and mortgage. Mrs. Green sub
sequently signed an assignment of the
bond and mortgage to James d Fish
and Endorsed aCheck of Fish to her at
Wards re quest, but without knowing
what she signed. Soon after the con-
veyance 10 Mrs. Ward, some of the
land was sold 10y II. @. Batcheller,
Wards legal adviser, from which
Ward received S1S 9S1.
Some Of the land is still unsold, and
has been claimed by Ward ard his
wife to belong to Mrs Green's daugh-
tar Mary D. Green. Ba'cheler, how,
ever, has levied an attachment on the
property on the ground TIA t belongs
to Ward. Mrs Green cloims ne hae
no right 10 the Land, aud shc ssks that
it may be conveyed t. her, tree from
the lien from BaiChs,ler's attachment.
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Est-d when women are excluded
nom occupations for which they are
fully competent on no other grounds
than that they are women. II
they can perform the duty as
well as a man can, why should
we make any more objection to re-
ceive their service than we make
about keeping an article in store
that woman'p hands have made =?
P a My the liz gering influence Of old
world pr 1dice, and not that of
reason, is the basis that prevails over
common sense. 1t is singular thing
that the English, who are commonly
accused OF nsrrowness and prejudice,
are apparently going beyond our
selve', who boast OF our free dom fIom
the domination OF mere custom and
traditionary notions in this matter of
woman's work. The following, which
we copy from London paper, ought
to set us thinking upon the question
Of woman's availability in the lines
Of service from which stupid rejudice
has 80 long excluded Der. "Miss Jex-
Blake, MD, writes in the Timss to an
nounce that the Scottish Colleges
Of Physicians and Surgeons Of
Edinburgh and Glasgow have
Just decided to throw open
TO women their coDjoint examinations
and triple qualification in medicine,
surgery and midwifery. Every one
interested in the subject is no doubt
aware that the Irish College CT Physi-
clans opened is examinations and
diplomas to women Immediately
after the passing Of the Russell. Cur
ney Enabling Act in 1876, but it is + OF
30 generally known that the Irish Col.
lege OF Surgeons also opened its doors
last year, and that at the latter college
women are now freely admitted to all
the medical classes, with separate al
rangements for practical snatomy only.
The University OF London, the Royal
University Of Ireland and the Victoria
University have a'so opened ali their
examinations and degrees to women.
Medical education is now, therefore,
available to women both in London
and Dublin, and she hopes that classes
will within q few months be RI Opened
in Edinbur0h."
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Sudden Changes.

If the body receives daily a proper
amount OF nutrition, and daily exnele
the WORKOUT parts, health ia the Ger.
tain conf equence; but, by a sudden
change OF weather, the pores Of the
skin may not perform their office well
and matters are retained which should
have passed off by that avenue. All
causes which impede inRensible per.
spiIation are frsught with danger, be-
cause matters which should have
passed away through the skin are re-
turned again into circulation. Brand
reth's Pills will remove all impurities,
from whatever cause they may come
curing pain, Inflammation and colds
arising from above cause in a few
hours.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-15

ALBANY, n. Y, April IA memo
rial meeting of both houses of the
State Legislature in honor of the late
Horatio Seymour was held tonight in
the assembly chamber, Gov. Hill pre-
siding. Appropriate resolutions were
passed. Letters of regret from Presi
dent Cleveland and ex-Govs Cornell
and Tilden were read, and the Hon
Erastus Brooks delivered the memo
rial address on the life and character
and services of the illustrious dead.
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JACKSON, TENN.
Gen. Campbell Urged for the sena.
tOrshiP-The. Supreme Court.
ESPECIAL TO TIE APPEAL

JACKSON, Tenn, April 14.-Strong
petitions are being numeroHsly signed
in this city and various other adioin-
ing towns, urging Gov. Bate to appoint
our distinguished fellow-citizen, Gen.
A. W. Campbell, to fill Howell E.
Jackson's place in the United States
Senate. He is prominent candidate
for Congress from this district, how
ever, and it is thought he would not
accept the position if rendered to him
by the Governor.
The Supreme Court is engaged ON
the Gibson county docket, and prob
ably will discontinue calling this week
and commence on the Fourteenth Cir
cult in the order named in the statute.
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upon an individual. Ia this, as 7
have said, the real issue is between
you and the laws of the land. Itmav
be before you ara through these laws
will efficiently advise you that even +
IS an individual citizen, am not be.
yond their care. Very respectfully.
JAY GOUIn
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A $4,000 stallion.

RACINE, Wis, April 14.--To-day j.
|. Case sold his celebrated stallion
Phallas Chief to c, G. Lyiord of Min
neapolis. Mimi, for $4,000.
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THE LAWS OF THE LAND.

Your order has already defisd these
laws in preventing by violercs this
company from operating its road. You
held then this company should not
operate its road under conditions pre-
scribed by law, but only under condi-
tons prescribed by you. You now
declare in effect that hold my indi-
vidual property and rights not as
other men held theirs, but only at the
peril Of your lett ng loose irrevocsbly
after o'clock your order upon
me. If this is true of this
company and Of me, it is
true of all other men and companies.
II go, you and your secret order are
the law, and an American citizen is
such only in name. Already for
weeks your order have, in your attack
upon this company, not hesitated to
disable it by violence from rendering
its duty to the public, and from giving
work and paying wages to men at
least three times your own number,
who, working as they were by your
side, were al lesst deserving
OF your sympathy. Having
pushed this violence beyond
even the great forbearance OF
the public, aud found in this direc-
ton cause to hesitste, you now turn
upon me and propose that the wrongs
you have hitherto inflicted on the
public shall Culminste in an attack
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-15
WAR DECLARED ON GOULD
FORMAL DECLARATION OF HOS
TILITIES BY The
Knights OF Laber, Through Grand
Master POWderly-Mr. GOuld's
Reply.
POWnERLN TO GOULD.

New YORK, April lathe follow
ing correspondence is self-explana-
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SCRANTON, Pa April Il, 1856,


SCRANTON, Pa, April II, 1856,
2O'CLOCKP.M.
To Jay Gould, ESQ, President Missouri Pa
ci6c Railroad
DEAR SIR-The event OF the past
forty-eight hours must have demon
strated to you the necessity OF bring
ing this terrible struggle in the South
west TO a speedy termination. You
have the power, the authority and the
means to bring the strike to an end.
l have done everything in my power
to end the strike. The gentlemen
associated with me on the General
Executive of the Knights have done
the same. Everything consistent with
honor and manhood has been done in
the interest OF peace. No false notions
Of pride or dignity have swayed us in
our dealings with you or the gentle.
men associated with you. In the con-
ference with you on Sunday, March
2Sth, ! understood you TO meant that
arbitration would be agreed to. The
only method OF arbitration that was
discussed was in line with that sug-
gested in the letter which | sent
you III tllN lihiC VI Jul DDdih lllN NtAN
previous. There was nothing paIticu-
lar agreed upon, as you well know.
You said that in arbitrating the INST
ter the damage sustained by the com
pany during the strike ought to re-
ceive consideration. ! said to YOU
that it would no. be the part OF wis.
dom to brig that question up in the
settlement of the striks. VIII IL |
called upon you again that evening
you had prepared, as the result of
your understanding OF the mornings
interview, a letter which You in
tended to give to me- That letter in
cluded a telegram to be sent to Mr..
Hoxie, and in that telegram you said
that the damages which bad been
sustained by the company would
be proper subject for the Arbitra-
ton Board to discuss The latter part
of the letter or telegram You agreed to
strike off after we had talked the mat
ter over for some time, and | left you
as you were about to go to your nom,
to rewrite the letter which you after
words placed in the, hands OF Mr..
Mcdowell to be given to me, for | had
to leave ut that time in order to keep
an appointment at the hotel where |
stopped. The sta ement which you
have since made to the effect that you
had prepared that Litter before |
called,
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MIR. GOULD's REPLY.

"NEw YORK. April IA, 1886.
t. V. POwdsrly, Esq, g. W. M. X. OIL:
DEAR SIR-At II o'clock today / re-
ceived from Mr.. William o. Nc
Dowell, whom you brought with you
to our recent conference, letter in
which he says: BY yesterdays mail
/ received a letter written by Mr..
Powderly, addressed to you, inclosed
in letter addressed 10 me. With
this hand you the letter addressed
to you by Mr.. Powderly and a copy CT
Mr.. Powderly's letter to me, inclosing
the same The following is a copy of
the letter Mr.. Mcdowell sent me as
co ming from you:
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Pay no attention to such talk; no
man who has tie interest Of his coun-
Try at heart would harm hair of vout
head, but the system which reaches
out on all sides, gathering in the mil
lions Of dollars Of treasure and keen.
ing them out of the legitimate chan
nels OF trade and commerce, must die.
and the men whose money is invested
in the enterprise which stock gamb-
ling has throtlled must make com
mon cause with those who have been
denied the right to earn enough 10
provide the merest neCesssries Of life
for home and family. When saw 10
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-02-03
DEMOCRATIC ITEMS.

The Republican journals which
are SO indignant at the refusal OF the
Supreme Court of Ohio to 60 behind
the returns shouldlmoderate their rage.
The year 1876 furnished an eminent
precedent for such action.-N. y
World.
Civil Service ESaminer-H
profit of two millions of dollars can be
realized from thirty years in Congress
at a salary Of S5, 900, how much can be
made as acting Vice-Presidcnt in three
years at salary of $4,000? Applicant
Il am sorry, sir, but / have never
studied political economy.-N. Y. Sun.
"Those who expect me to an
tagonize the National Administration
will be disappointed. That Admins
tration needs no defense at my hands.
1t is administering the Government
wisely, safely, successfully and to the
satisfaction OF the people. OF Presi-
dent Cleveland's honesty, courage and
true Democracy there can be no ques-
ton. l had the honor OF being asso-
ciated with him in the State Govern
ment for two years, and our relations
were and have ever since been of the
most pleasant and cordial character. l
respect his sincerity of purpose, his
sterling integrity and party fealty. -
Governor Hill, at the late Ne,o York
banquet.
-Governor Hills view of Civil
Service reform is that of a prac teal
man, not of the closet theorist. He
declares the selection of public servants
on the GROUND of merit to be the safe
guard Of popular rights; but he also
points out that this does not conflict
with the principal, indispensable in a
popular Government that heads of de-
partments and others charged with the
execution of administrative policies
should be men in accord " it'll the CHIEF
Executive or administrative officer in.
trusted for the time being with the ex.
ecution Of the popular will expressed
through the ballot box. The Civil
Service statute. as he views it, applies
solely to official places calling "mainlJ
for clerical ability or other expert
qualifications which competitive exam
nations may determine. 7. Sun
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81 ALEXANDRIA. LOUISIANA, WEDNESDAY,, FEBRU AIRY

control of the Government from the
Republicans into their own hands; and
this desire must be respected now and
furthered by every justiiable exertion
possible on the part of the Democratic
Representatives. The fact that Mr..
Cleveland regards himself as in some
way the chosen Magistrate of the whole
people, and in consequence as not hold
ing precisely the same relations to the
Democracy as Democrats elected by
narrower constituencies, should not
lessen a whit the intensity of that
party's Senators in their devotion to its
principles, or weaken their determine
ton to stand inlmovably for their
party's rights against the assaults Of
its enemies. They must fight for the
Democracy and against the humbug
pretensions of the Republicans at every
opportunity that is afforded.
In such contest they will have the
people at their back.-M. z. Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-02-03

A Maiden school-mistress thinks that
some Of her pupils compositions are fun
nier than anything OF Mark Twain's. From
an essay on Fashion" written by boy OF
twelve, she cites the following:
sensible people wear sensible fashions,
and insensible people insensible fashions"
Another hopeful of hers, writing on the
subject IA Rainy Afternoon, evolved from
an inner consciousness deeper than
that of Josh Billings, the following sent
ence:
"It rained hard, and I could not 60 ow-
doors, and SO went outin the shed and sod
some wood"
In little straw frame on the mantle is a
sentence from the pen OF her youngest and
brightest, given in answer to the request:
write, in twenty words, q definition OF
MAN." 1t reads thus:
"Man is an animal that stands up; he
is not very big, and he has to work for a
iving."-Boston Record.
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CONGRESSMAN BELMONT.

Why the Friends of the "Plumed Knight
Arc Fiery Mad at the "Young Polo
Player" from New York.
With signal faulty the followers OF
James G. Blaine expose their sores by
making an cutlery against Perry Bel
mont's receiving the craftsmanship OF
the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
They will never forgive him for having
made spectacle of Mr.. Blaine when
he appeared as witness before the
Committee on Foreign Affairs in 1882.
It is easy for Mr.. Reed, of Maine, to
say that Belmont achieved prominence
only "when a great man like Blaine
condescended to wipe his boots upon
him. but the fact remains that Bel
mont came out of the encounter with
honor, while Blaine's reputation re-
ceived no tarnish only because it was
already so darkly spotted. Through
out his examination in that investiga-
ton Mr.. Blaine played the part of a
bully and braggart, and continually
sou ght to evade discriminating himself
by insulting his examiners. Instead of
answering pertinent questions he de-
livered TRADES against the impertin-
ence and boyhood of Mr.. Belmont.
But the young member of Congress
stuck to his points with a dog
ged persistence that provoked Mr..
Blaine to pitiable rage. One thing
Mr.. Belmont could not ascertain, and
that was what became of some of the
records of the State Department rolat-
ing to the Chili-Peru affair, which had
disappeared. They have never turned
up, and until they do Mr.. Blaine must
rest under the suspicion of having spir-
tied them away with the same purpose
as induced him to appropriate the Null
ligan letters. That investigation, in
which Mr.. Blaine was held upon the
gridiron of cross-examination by the
"young polo player" disclosed the
fact that as Secretary of State he had
sought to take advantage of the wal
between Chill and Peru to further the
settlement of q baseless private claim.
To this end he dismissed a faithful min
lister and appointed one after his own
heart who took with him two sets Of
instructions. For more than six months
tsthe most pressing service" of Amer.
lean diplomacy in South America was
prostituted to the benefit of pri'
vate claim; and the ultimatum Of
the United States represented to be
that by no treaty of peace should there
be a cession of territory to Chill by
Peru, in disregard of the rights of Mr..
Landreau, an alleged American citizen.
Throughout the investigation Mr.:
Belmont showed familiarity with the
subject and grasp of the principles in
foreign relations remarkable in SC
| young man. He has had two years
experience since on the committee o.
which he has been appointed Chair
man, and in all his acts has proved him
self far more active and intelligent
man than it's ex-Chairman-ex-Gov
ernor Curtin. This, to be sure, is no
very high praise, for superiority ovel
the war Governor of Pennsylvania doe!
not infer high qualifications for such ;
post. But in certain quarters Belmon
will never be forgiven for batting tn
bull of Maine until he tlourished hi
tail in the air and beloved like a calf
-Chicaq0 NeWS.
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p,TA AND POINT.

its a curious fact that rich relatives
are apt to be distant ones.-Burti1,gton
w. Free Press.
When you see 9 woman meekly
obey her husband you can be sure of one
or two things-she is either afraid OF
him or is working him for new bonnet
The way to prevent a young wife
from threatening to Ego back to
mamma" is to invite mamma to come
to you. This is not a homeopathic
remedy.-DetroI Free Press.
ga genuine patriot" said an cleo
ton orator recently, must at all times
be ready to die for his country, even
though it should cost him his life!"
CThundering applause -Chicago 7'7o-
Nne.
An employer who had been annoyed
by the tardy habits of one Of his work
men greeted him one morning with the
SALVATION: "Good evening, sir; where
have you been at work to-day?"-N 7.
Herald.
81 like smart women we'll enough"
said Henderson, "but wouldn't care to
marry woman who knew more than l
did" '.And 3d." suggested Fogs, ''you
have been forced to remain single. v
Boston Transcript.
-Bagley-'I can not buy this cook.
book. It is not practical enough"
Agent-"Not PRACTICABLE No, sir. ]
observe that it gives no less than sixteen
different ways. to cook beefsteak." "a
very good feature II don't agree
with you. would much prefer one
way to get beefsteak. "-Philade!ph'a
Cali.
New Yorker ito Boston young wom-
an)-..Shall we take a bobtail car, Miss
Penelope?'' Miss Penelope What is
'bobtail' car, Mr.. Smith," New York.
er-"One drawn with a single horse and
without conductor. Don't you have
them in Boston?" Miss Penelope-"O.
yes; but we call them Darwinian cars. "
N Y Times.
LIT is curious custom the Japanese
have, my DEAR" remarked husband.
"of taking their shoes off when entering
house. " 1.-THE custom is curious, re-
piled the lady, ''in the fact that it is
practiced at all hours instead of at night
only" and her husband said, "YesP''
with rising infection, which was about
all that he could say.-Tsras S!ftt'sgs.