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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-18
Saturday, September IS. 1850,

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in the Taxing District Of
Shelby county, Tennessee, to-wit;
An undivided two-ffths (2-5l interest in
and to 2 lot, or parcel Of land conveyed BY
more particularly. described as follows, to-
street, in the city Of Memphis, Shelby coun-
'TD" Of original d. Z. No. sos, and boun dsd
as follows; Beginnins on the north side Of
Poplar street q 4 F3int or post, the north
west corner Of lot conveyed by Watt O.
Bradford TO N. II. Stout, and which is now
occupied by said ". II. Stout; running
thence westwaTdly along said Poplar street
isrty (40) feet TO another point, the north
west corner Of lot conveyed BY said Brad
ford TO johnson, and said corner being, as Is
understood, about S72< feet from the south
west corner Of said original lot; thence at
right angles TO Poplar street $50 feet or 8
inches; thence ina nOrthwesterly direction
about 40 feet inches 10 q stake which stands
at point whence line l74ls feet In length
and parallel TO said west line OF eaid lot
would strike the beginning corner; thence
with the last described line to the beginning
point-the house number OF said lot being
3l2, and being the same lot conveyed TO Jas.
MaydWell By Watt Bradford in leS0; The
said conveyance being recorded in Record
Book AZ, pages and 10.
Terms of Sale-0n q credit OF SIX months;
note with good security required Ihis Au-
S. Il. MCDOWELL, Clerk and Master
By II. II. Walsh, Deputy Clerk and Master.
CAN'T H Patterson, Solicitors. sat
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-18
CHANCERY SALE
R EAL ESTATE.

No. 6OSl, r. D.-Chancery Court OF Shelby
county.-H. j. Eckerly, Admir-, etc., VS..
Missouri Wilson, ct al.
pY virtue of an interlocutory decree ioI
ID sale entered in the above cause on the
29th day of July, 1886, M. B. 81, page IA,
l will sell st public auction, to the high
est bidder, in front { the Clerk and Master .
office, courthouse OF She BY county, Mem
phis, Tenn, on
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An Artist in Peach Stones.

There has been sculptor in butter,
who has made sleeping Venus out of
Orange County rolls, and even a sculp-
tor in oleoH6rgarine, a sort of Rosa Bon
heur, who has made an Alderney cow
out of "dairy oleo." On the sidewalk in
Brooklyn, near the Fulton Ferry, is a
sculptor in peach. stones He takes the
rough pits of peaches and apricots and
carves them into all rls of beautiful
shapes.
He makes them into rowboats, caskets
aud baskets. One basket of peculiar
shape and color is made from the pit Of
Maryland peach, another altogether
different is made from the pit of Cali
fornian peach, and still another from the
pit of Jersey peach. Other odd trinkets
are made lay him from apri OF stones and
some which are pure white and look like
ivory are made from the ivory nut, which
comes from Panama and South America.
The old man has his pieces of minia-
ture sculpture displayed on card. He
wants to populari; e art and so he makes
it cheap, for he sells any two of his works
for five cents. He is deaf and unable to
hear word that his customers say, but
he understands them all and replies to
questions in words that he does not him
self hear.
He has been carving peach-stones for
sixteen years and used to make 81 day,
but now the tickle public has left peach
stones for plaques, and he seldom makes
more than 81 day.-NeD York Journal.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.
Think much, speak little, write less.

Think much, speak little, write less.
A young man idle, and old man needy.
Better it be done than wish it had been.
Report is quick traveller, but not a
safe guide.
A wise man changes his mind, but a
fool never.
The greatest glory of free-born peo-
pie is to transmit that freedom to their
children.
Conscience is great ledger-book, in
which all our offenses are written and
registered.
Those who act right walk with the
stars, and with all the deepest processes
of the universe.
Education is the only interest worthy
the deep controlling anxiety of the
thoughtful man.
Rural recreations abroad and books at
home, are the innocent pleasures of q
man who is really wise, and gives for
tune no more hold of him than Of neces.
sity he must.
There is room for the exercise of char
ity everywhere-in business, in society
and the church; but the first and chiefest
need of it is at home, where it is the salt
which makes everything sweet, the aroma
which makes every hour charming, and
the divine light which shines starlike
through all gloom and depression,
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Farm and Garden Notes.

Milk being complete food, it cannot
be produced unless complete food is
given the cows for that purpose.
It is best to water pants in the even
ing. Make q few holes around the plant
SO as to allow the water to run down to
the roots.
Do not feed breeding sows very largely
on grain. They may be kept in good
condition, but it should be done by more
bulky or partially green food.
Road dust may be gathered easily now
and store for use in poultry houses,
stables and outhouses in winter, where
it will be worth much more than its cost.
The following are said to be the
symptoms of hog cholera. Dropping
ears, low-hanging head, diarrhpa, yom-
iting, rapid breath, and an aversion to
light.
Stake up the tomato plants, and do not
allow the vines to fall on the ground.
The light and air should be allowed to
enter between the boughs freely, and
careful watch should be kept for the
large green worm.
Cabbage worms are a dread, but they
may be disposed of by hand picking the
first brood before they pass into their
perfect state. atcr on dust the centre
of the leaves thoroughly with mixture
made of one part of pyrethrum powder
to five parts of pls ter or dry earth.
To protect watermelon plants from
bugs South Carolina grower recon-
mends charcoal dust, or coal kiln dirt,
busting about pint over each hill when
the plants are young. lie states that he
has used the method fifteen years, and
always thus protects his p ants from
bugs.
Do not work too closely in the melon
hills after the vines have begun to run.
Manure may be now applied with advan-
tage, but it should be we'll rottcd and
spread around the hills on the edge of
the running vines. Work with the hoe
in front of the vines and not among
them.
For mulching gooseberries and cur
rants no material is better than the short
clippings from the lawn. :. 1t lies closely,
keeps down weeds and promotes needed
cooiness to the soil. As for cueumbers
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Sufferings Of the Red Man.

A Cheyenne, Wyoming, correspondent
of the Denver Tribune writes: Adriccs
from Fort Washakie, in the Shoshone In
dian reservation, are to the effect that
the Shoshones, who for twenty years
have been the friends of the whites, aid
ing the government in fighting the Sioux
and other hostile tribes, are almost starv-
ing, while the Sioux are provided abund-
anlly. The reservation is thirty miles
square, and it contains 1900 Indians.
The buffalo are extinct, the antelope are
exceedingly scar, e, and the indians are
compelled 10 subsist on jack-rabblts and
prairie-dogs, which are also scarce.
Every spring large numbers OF Shoshone
children die of starvation. The supplies
which are furnished by the Government
arc so meagre that they last only few
weeks. The pretensc of teaching these
Indians farming is ridiculous, rs only
one farmer is there attempting to teach
them, and the seeds which arc sent are
usually eaten for lax of Other food.
The total amount of potatoes sent for
seed was not enough to plant twenty. five
acres, and about enough wheat was fur
nished to sow one hundred acres. En-
tcnsivc machine V was sent, which is TT
terry useless, as there is nothing TO useit
on, and the Indians are ignorant of its
uses. Washable, chief of the Shoshoncs,
is sixty nine years old. He is infirm and
destitute, but he has held the tribe
friendly to the Government. Should l.c
die there is sure to be revolt, and he is
almost out of patience. Their rcscrva-
ton is far from the railroads Two COM
panies of white infantry and one con-
pany of colored cavalry are at Folt
Washakie. The Indians would be able
to clear out the country quickly, and a
revolt is expected if something is not
done shortly to relieve these starving In
J;opo
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Doctoring the MaOris.

Twas told that real medical mis-
sionary would be likely to do an immense
deal Of good in New Zealand, on account
of the great fancy the Maoris have for
being doctored. They do not mind pain.
If you give them one mustard plaster
they are not contcnted; they must have
one on every part that feels uncomfort-
able, and have been seen with as many
as five or six on at once. They are par
ticularly fond of having their teeth
drawn; that is their delight; and when
tooth is out they take it outside the
house, and get stone, and hammer away
till it is reduced to powder. They
quite enjoy this revenge upon their old
enemy.
"I want You to pull out this too.h," q
Maori said one day to Mr.. Taylor.
"Therc is nothing the matter with it. !"
"Ycs, there is; it gives me great
pain"
1T is not your tooth gives you pain,
it is something else"
'But it is my tooth, and you must take
it out. 1 suppose you tell me you won't
because you can't"
And he roared so loud to show how
bad the pain was, and got altogether so
excited, that at ast the missionary agreed
to take the tooth out on the full under
standing that it was done simply to
please the patient.
There he sad afterward, ''you see
it is as I said; there is nothing at all the
matter with it."
Then why did you touch it'" asked
the tiresome invalid. "You say it is
quite good, and yet you took it out. Put
it in again"
What was the good of reasoning with
the man2 "Open your mouth, " said the
missionary, ':and Ill see what l caa do. -"
And; strange to say, the tooth went back
into its place, and does not seem to have
given its owner any further trouble, while
the missionary gained great credit with
the natives for being able, not only. to
take tech out, but 10 put them back
again! But it is little wonder that when
the man turned round and said: Now,
then, take out this other one; it must be
this one huats me-" the request was
steadily refused. GliapSes Of Maori
Land."
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Queer People.

There is a certain class of men who
delight in attempting the dangerous and
impossible. They risk everything to win
the applause of crowd.
One MIN leaps over Brooklyn Bridge
and the popular vote is that he has tre-
mendous nerve If he had been killed
he would have been regarded as fool,
but since he is not corpse he is there
fore hero. Another doubles himself up
in barrel and takes his chances with the
rapids below Niagara. He seriously con-
templated going over the Falls, but as a
body was recently picked up which, after
the passage of the cataract was whirled
about for forty days before coming to
the surface to be buried, he wisely con-
cluded thai, not being able to hold his
breath that long, he had better let we'll
enough alone.
And now it is related that the steamer
City of Chicago passed dory in mid
ocean with two men in her. They are
headed for the land of the free, and if
they ever get here they will be stared at
indefinitely at a dime a head. It's a
queer world, and we are all queer peo-
p!e.-Nen York Herald.
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THcatan HammOcks.

'sFrom time immemorial, "says Consul
Edward II. Thompson, writing from
Merida, Yucatan, "hammocks have been
articles of use and barter in Yucatan. I
have found the remains of hammock
beams and hooks in the chambers of the
ruined cities, mysterious relics of past
civilization that lie buried in the depths
of the Yucatanean wilderness" He then
gives an interesting description of their
manufacture. He says Yucatan to-day e1-
po.ts more hammocks than any other
province in the world. They are made
entirely by hand and with the aid of few
primitive yet effe tive instruments. With
a couple of straight poles, a shuttle, a
thin slab of zapole wood, and pile of
hencquen leaves at hand, the native is
ready to accept contracts for hammocks
by piece, dozen, or hundred. The poles
are ii5h1:eed ih:.eed G certain distance apart, &C
cording to the required length of the
hammock. The thin slab of hard wood
is then rapidly fashioned with the aid of
sharp machette into "tonkas" or strip
per. BY the aid of this instrument the
fiber of the thick, feshy henequen leaf
is dexterously denuded of its envelope,
and wi|p of raspcd fiber is the result.
This is placed in the sun for few hours
to bleach. The fibers arc then separated
into ceitain number, given dexterous
roll between the palm of the hand and
the knee, and long strand is produced.
Two or more of these strands are then
taken, and by similar dexterous manip-
ulation converted into a cord or rope,
from which the hammock is made. The
cord is Grove" rapidly around the two
upright poles, and the shuttle is then
brought into play. This is generally the
women's work, and they do their work
we'll. The shuttle seems to move and
seek the right mesh with volition of
its own, and in very short space Of
time the hammock is made and laid
with its kind to await the coming of the
contractors After reaching the hands
of the merchant in Merida, the ham,
mocks, both white and colored, are each
classified in:o superior and inferior goods,
q d neatly and compactly bailed in lots
of four or FIVE dozen to the bale, duly
marked and forwarded to the United
States, which absorb most OF the entire
expectation. During the calendar year
of 1887 twenty-fou thousand hsmmocks
were shipped to the United States from
Yucatan. - Washington Critic.
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THE BORDER. TROUBLES.
The Feeling in Mexico Over the
Cutting Case.
An Interview with the Imprisoned
American Elitor.

"A City of Mexico diSpat"h says: Public
entim ,nt he re regarding the Cutting case is
still aroused, owing largely to the threats OF
war from the State of Texas, and there Is
general uneasiness lest International troubles
may arise from an unauthorized lnVa-
sion Of Mexican soil. In an inter-
view a European diplomat whose otfl-
cial position prevents the use of his
name said: 1.-THE United States and Mex
ico should certainly be able to settle the case
in dispute, even if they have to resort TO
friendly arbitrat on. 1t is certain that the
State of Chihuahua has as good right to
her peculiar code as has France, from which
country Chihuahua took her example. 1t
Is not likely that the United States. in
case of similar kind with France,
would make a -perenptory demand
for the release Of her citizens. The
United States's view Of this case will not be
liar law to thatiof Chihuahua obtains. Eng
Land does not recognize the divorce law OF
certain of the American States, but that Is
no reason for war 1t would be bad ex-
ample of republican institutions II two ma.
tions like the United S;a es and Mexico had
to resort to war to settle such case as that
of Cutting"
An American newspaper correSpon lent III
company with Samuel Field, a well-known
citi en- Of Dallas, Texas, saw Cutting, the
imprisoned American editor, in the Jail at
Paso del Norte, Mexico. 81 asked him, :" said
the correspondent, particularly as to his al.
legged circulation personally in Mexico Of
the article complained Of" He replied:
"Upon going over to the Mexican
side, on the morning Of the publication,
had in my pocket copy Of the paper, Et
Sentinel. I entered a corner cafe kept by
friend Of mine AMI casually handed him q
paper, tho only one I had This is all did"
The correspondent asked Cutting whether he
intended to appeal his ca to the Supreme
Court of chihuahua. He said that his attor-
new, q young Mexican student just out Of the
law school, had determined to do 80.
A general uneasiness prevails in Laredo,
Texas, over the uuprc tected situation OF that
city. Many Americans who have been So
journing in Mexico, some on pleasure and
others on business, are coming over to the
American side Of the Rio Grande in anticipa-
tion of trouble.
Governor Ireland, of Texas, says q later
dispatch, continues to receive cferS of vol
unteers for service against Mexico. The
Hermitage Guards, Of Nashville, Tenn, have
rendered their services
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NEWSY GLEANINGS,

RABBITS are becoming nuisance In Col
orado.
sewing machines
THERE are said to be now in Yellowstone
Park 5000 visitors.
VENEZUELA has been favored with blue
and rose colored hailstones.
A GREAT scarcity Of fish has existed re-
Gently in the New York market
THE new law in New York prohibiting the
employment Of children in factories will
force u. 900 children out Of employment
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A Strong Combination.

In the summer with its brightness, when the
world with lights aglow;
There proceedeth, in its splendor, the man.
moth combination show.
And the combination, it consisteth of j.
Ginger, and the fruit that is unripe,
And the acrobatic motions Of the fellow with
the "gripe."
Midday frolic!
Midnight collie!
When the earth is all SO silent, and is quiet
as mouse, .
This combinations has such a strength it
draweth many house.
-GoodaHs Sun.
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Somebody'e Child.

Somebody's child Is dying-dying with the
mother thinking Of the time when that dear
face will be hidden where no ray OF hope can can
brighten it-because there was no cure for
consumption. Reader, If the child be your
mothers heart before it is too late Tell her
that consumption is durable; that men are
living to-day whom the physicians pronounced
DESTROYED by the disease. DR.. Plerce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery" has cured hundreds:
surpasses cod liver oil, hypophosphites, and
other medicines in curing this disease. Sold
by druggists.
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Packing and Shipping Eggs.


Eggs, especially in summer, should be
not only sound but fresh laid. Stale
eggs, though apparently sound, are sure
to reach market in bad order, or will
change so rapidly that dealers lose money
on them. Always ship at once while
fresh. Use strong. stiff barrels. For
packing, use fine, kiln-dried cut straw
or wheat chatf. S me Canadian packers
use dry oat-hulls, which answer a good
purpose. Never use oat or buckwheat
chatf, and never use new oats. straw or
chatf, as they sweat and rot the eggs in
a short time.
Place first little long. soft straw or
hay, two or three inches in thickness,
evenly over the bottom of the barrel,
then about the same depth of packing,
then layer of eggs, laid upon the sides,
evenly embedded in the packing, with
the ends toward the barrel, about one
inch from the slaves. Cover the layer
with three-fourths or one inch of pack
ing, rubbing it well in between the eggs
with the hand. Cover the last layer with
about three inches of packing, and then
the same quantity of long straw or hay
as at the bottom, filling so high that the
head must be pressed in by lever or
other mechanical power, thus holding
the contents so firmly that they cannot
shift or loosen in the barrels.
In winter, to guard against frost, use
! more packing, leaving the eggs farther
from the sidls of the package. One of
the chief causes of failure in packing
eggs is using too little packing at the
top, bottom and sides of the barrel. Do
: not crowd too many into the package,
and never let the eggs touch each other
in the layers For an ordinary flour
barrel seventy dozen are quite sufficient.
Put about four and one-half do7en in the
first layer, and increase one.half dozen
to the layer up to six and one-half dozen
in the two middle layers, then decrease
at the same rate 1t is we'll to shake the
barrel gently after each layer is put in,
first placing light follower upon the
layer. The count should be carefully
made, and honestly marked on the bar
rel.- Cultirator.
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For o long time we steadily refused to pub
Of the public generally, the great majority
were manufactured to order by unprincipled
parties as means Of disposing Of their worth
less preparations.
That this view of the case Is to certain ex-
tent true, there can be no doubt.
At last, several years ago, we came to the
conclusion that every intelligent person can
readily discriminate between spurious and
bona fide testimonials, and determined to use
as advertisements few Of the many hundreds
of unsolicited certificates in our posses
sion.
In doing this we published them as nearly rs
possible in the ctlauguage used by our cor
respondents, only changing the phraseolosy,
smaller space than they would otherwise occu-
DIV, but without in the least exaggerating or de-
strpying the meaning Of the writer's.
We are glad to say that our final conclusion
an article having true merit finds favor with
me original Of every testimonial published
by us is on file in our office, an inspection OF
our assertion made above, that only the facts
are given as they appear therein, is true
But as 1t would be very inconyenient, Il not
impossible. for all Of our friends to call on US
iii there be such), to correspond with any OF
The parties whose names are signed TO our tes-
timonials, and ask them II we have made any
misstatements, 80 far as their knowledge ex-
tends, in this article. In other words, II we
have not published their letters as nearly YER
batim as possible:
E. T. HAZELTINE,
Proprietor Piso's Cure 70. Consumption
and Pi2o's Remedy for Catarrh.
We append a recent letter, which came to
US entirely unsolicited, with permission to
publish it: ,o ,ooe
DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. IL, 1885.
You may add my testimony as 20 the merits
of Piso's Cure for Consumption. took q
severe cold last February, which settled on my
lungs. They became liberated and were SO
painful that had no rest for two days and
nights. got bottle Of Piso's Cure for Con,
sumption. and was relieved by the time had
taken half O. it. Since that time have kept
Pisa's Cure in the house, and use 1t as pre-
ventivo, both for lung troubles and Group, ior
which can recommend 1t as the best medicine
lever used: and that is saying q great deal,
for have used at least twenty others, beside
about as many physicians prescriptions;
Piso's Cure for Consumption has never tailed
to give relief in my family. ,,,nn
0prinufcli ST.
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Some Things You Cannot Do.

draw conclusions with q cork
screw.
paint a moral or adorn tail
with q tin can.
eat your dinner with fork OF
You cannot lightning.
prevent grass from growing
on the road to economy.
mind your neighbors' affairs
without neglecting your
own.
-H-hitehdU Times.