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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29
Notice to Contractors.

CEALED PROPOSALS for the rebuilding
- OF tho County jail ut SOmervilie, Tenn. |,
are hereby advertised for. Contractors do
string 10 bid for this work will please fls
their proposals with the Clerk Of t1@ County
Court Of Fayetts Counts or or beiOIe NOM
that the brick, and other material now on
tho grounds, including walls, so far as they
are sound, will be used n the rebuilding,
and bids are asked for on thai basis. Plan
and specifications will be shown contractors
The county expects to pay for the work -
CASH not in warranty. and contractorsw
regulate their bids ac ordingly. Right
reject any and ell bids is reserved.
JOHN J. sTEGER, Chairman
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29
. w. N. HALDEMAN,
President Of the Great LOUISVILLE co.,
RIER-J0URNAL CO., tells what
he knows Of
Wintersmith's Chill Cure.
oFFICE OF THE GoURIER-JoUEEAt,


DR.. Wsntersmiih--Sir: waive rule have
observed for many years, the value of your
remedy prompting me to say in reply 70
your request, what l know Of your Chill
Cure, The private assurances Of its efficacy
I had, and the good results of Its effects
had observed on Mr.. X. W. Meredith, who,
for more than fifteen years, had been FORE
man OF ny Office, induced me 10 test II in
nv family. Tho results have boon entirely
satisfactory., The first case was Of two
y~ears' standing, in which | believe every
known remedy had been tried with tempo
rary rslief-the ohills returning periodically
and with seemingly increased severity.
Your euro broke them At once, and there has
been no recurrence Of thom for more than
six months. The other case was Of q milder
FORM. and yielded, more readily to other
remedies; but the ohills would return at in
tervals until your medicine was used, since
entirely disappeared. From the oppOrtu-
nifty have had TO judge, do not hesitate to
express my belief that your Chill Cure 10
valuable specific, and performs all you
promise for it. Respectfully
49,, ,,urrn W: n. HALDkMIAN;
Vile, Ky.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29

MEMPHIS Steam Laundry, No. 224
Second street. Calls and deliveries
fran
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29
LnYIgne's,

In Odd Fellows Building, is the place
TO buy bats, boDnsts aud hair goods.
Superior goods and low prices can al
ways be had there.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29

In Odd Fellows Building, is the place
to buy hats, bonuttJ and hair goods.
Superior goods and low prices can al
ways be had there.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29

Tonight IN Wfsc0tle VIII be pro-
duced, and by special request The
Bridal TTop will be given tomorrow
evening. This change OF programme
will be follow by Princess Of 1rebi.
soade Friday evening, The Mitado
at New Years matinee and Chimes Of
Normandy at night, thus closing the
engagement.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29
nnn,f Hend This.

Chew "Horee Shoe Tobacco. The
best and cheapest navy goods in
America,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29
MOl,dsy Gifty.

nothing more useful, inexpensive or
acceptable than a box of Colgate's
Cashmere Bouquet Soap.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29
D1fy's RurODeau Hotel.

Corner of Adams and Main streets. Rooms,
500, 75c and 81 per day; American Plan.
81 per day: First class Restaurant in the
Hotel; }. NJ. DUFFY 90 years with Pea
hodv HotaI. pronriotor
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29
meteorological Report.

meteorological Report.
MENPHIs, Tenn, December 2s, 1886.
Time. Bar. Ther. Wind. We'th,
700 am. so 344 ESQ NE. Foggy
$500 pm. 1927 26,0 N, Olo'dy
1000 pm $50 305I $50 J N. lThr'ng
Maximum temperature, 20.
Minimum temperature, 20.
Ozone, IL am, l..
Rainfall, Ola.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29
FOR SALE.

WE OFFER FOR SALE on favorable
w terms large plantation in Bolivar
county, NJ ISIS. recently improved with new
post, plank and wire. fences. Twenty-Five
10000 feet Of lumber in stacks, $4,000 new
cypress boards all ready to construct more
buildings. A good storohouse and excellent
stand for a mercantile business. This plan
tadon is improved with view to subdivis-
ion. will sell all or q part, according to
wants Of purchasers. Plenty of labor. Ne
gro tenants have applied and are daily APP
plying to rent st g. For full particulars
apply to TUOS. III. ALLEN u GU.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29

MEMPHIS Steam Laundry finish col
lars and cuffs equal to new.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29
Priddy House,

formerly Commercial Hotel,)
Cor. Front and Jefferson Sts., Memphis, Ten n
]. ii. PADDY, Prop'r, Of Richmond, Va.
Transient rates, 81 so to 80 per day.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29
GaafOn'a Hotel.

W. Il. BINGHAM.....,....MA
European plan. Enlarged and refurnished
Prices according To eize and lOca-
ton of rooms.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29
y. w. vOEGELI 81 co,
Stockholders Meeting.

MEMPHIs, TENN, December 10. 1886.
To the President and Directors of the Mem
phis City Fire and General Insurance Co. !:
.Gentlemen-We, the undersigned, Stock
holders in the Memphis City Fire and Gene
raj Insurance Company, respectfully ask
that you call a general meeting OF the stock
holders of your company, in the next ton or
fifteen DAYS, for the purpofe of taking into
consideration the advisability Of going into
the banking business, and such other matters
of interest to the company as you may soc
proper to bring before them.
We are, very respectfully.
r. Dudley tTGyser, p. Kallaher,
II. j. Black, j. W. Clapp,
X. J. Black h Co., NJ. @. Pearce,
!. Il. eitkell, John Overton, Jr.
In accordance with the abovo request. II
general meetiog Of stockholders is hereby
called, for the purpose indicated, to assem-
BILE at tho Office OF tho company, No. 10 Mad
ison street, in Memphis. Tenn, at IL O'Clock
am, on December 81, 1855.
By order of the Board Of Directors.
NAPOLEON HILL, President.
Attest: Henry j. Lynn, Cashier.
Memphis, Tenn, December Ia. 1886.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29
KRISS KRIKGLE'S WIDOW.
What the Jolly Old Soul Has
To Say To Memphis.

Dds- There is nothing in either An
cient or Modern History to prove
that Kriss Kringle ever had wife,
and therefore, as he is neither dead,
nor never was married, it is impossi-
bic for him to have widow.
But it is possible, and it is true
that the MIsFIT CLOTHING PAR
LoRs, 262 Second street, are making
special CHRISTMAS OFFERS in
fine Suits, Pants and Overcoats.
Do You Want An 0vercoat?
Every one is anxious to save as
much as possible when buying. The
Overcoats you get at the MIsFIT
CLOTHING PARLoRs are cheap, be-
cause they are not only low in price,
but also high in quality.
OVERCOATS for the man with but
a few dollars.
OVERCOATS for the man who
wants fine drets.
OVERC0ATS for everybody and at
eyerybody's prices.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29

MEMPms Steam Laundry finish
shirts specially Tor evening wear.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29
PeahnstX HOTEL.

c. 3. GALLOWAY 4 ....PROPRIRToR
Rates 81 30 and % per day. according to
size and location of room-Speoisl
rates made.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29
ADJUSTMENTS.
Tn. mikndo er yapan.

Gilbert and sullivan's opera The
Mikado was the attraction presented
last night by the Adelaide Randall
Bijou Opera Company. The opera
was considerably beyond the reach OF
the possibilities Of the company, but
they managed tn get through credit
ably by introducing quite an amount
Of burlesque business, which amused
the audience exceedingly. Mis-
Adelaide Randall is a pleasing little
actress, who POSSESSES q sweet and
cultivated voice and makes quito an
attractive "Yum- Yum" Many of the
popular airs were nicely, II not strong
ly rendered by the leading people in
cast, which was as follows:
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-05-06
The Professor Dusting Rugs.

Speaking of the music we hear in the
spring, reminds the Historian of the car
pets they beat in the spring, ira LA
and of the singular experience. of his
friend, Professor Y, an excellent eduts
tor and profound student, who does not
spurn a reasonable share of homely
household duties that fall to the lot OF
every head of a New England family of
moderate circumstances.
The other morning, when the profess
sor was in his den deeply absorbed in the
contemplation of an aostruse subject, his
wife opened the door and called softly
to him:
My dear, could you help Us in our
house cleaning by beating just three rugs
that you'll tin1 out under the south win
dow of the parlor? If you will, please
take them one at time out into the
back yard, and beat them and hang them
on the line, and Iii be so much obliged" :"
The professor arose, seized bis most
serviceable walking stick and went out
into the yard. still deeply absorbed in
the learned meditationS that had Occu+
pied him in the house. He took one OF
the three rugs from under the parlor
window, transferred it to the back yard,
beat 1t long and manfully, and hung it on
the line. When he came back for an
other rug he was still too much ahsorbt
cd to notice that there were still three
rugs under the window; and when he
had beaten another, and had hung that
out, and had come back again, and there
were still three rugs under the window,
his meditations never switched off from
the subject of their concentration to the
regular and mysterious renewal of the
third rug.
And so he kept on, beating those three
rugs and neditating, until the morning
wore to midday; and the professor be
gan to grow hungry; and when the yearn-
ings of appetite ac ually brought his
COHlcDpldLlOu uOWu LO SuuluHdIy GDluSS
it occurred to him to look at the clothes
line, and there he counted no less than
sixteen rugs all beautifully beaten-a
charming vision of the Orient!
If he had been in the next house at
that moment he might have heard the
remark:
II wonder what 10 the world Mrs. Y.
has been putting her rugs out of the
window one at time all the morning
for, for the professor to beat"
The prudent housewife knows how to
utilize to domestic advantage all the
forces and dispositions of her husbands
naturalization Record
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-05-06
Vegetable Clothing.

About two hundred years ago the gov
ernor of the island of Jamaica, Sir Thos
Lynch, sent to King Charles II. of Eng
land a vegetable necktie. and very good
necktie it WAS. although it had grown on
a tree and had not been altered since it
was taken from the tree.
A gentleman who witnessed two na>
tives manufacturing this lace, thus de-
scribes it. A. tree about twenty feet
high and six inches in diameter, with a
bark looking much like that of birch
tree, was cut down. Three strips Of
bark. each about SIX inches VIDE and
eight feet long, were taken from the
trunk and thrown into stream of VA
ter. Then each man took d strip while
it was still in the water, aud with the
point of his knife separated thin layer
of the inner bark from one end of the
st.ip. This layer was then taken in the
fingers and gently pulled, whereupon it
came away in an even sheet of the en- :
tire width and length of the strip of
bark. Twelve sheets were thus taken
from each strip of bark. and thrown into
the wa;er.
The men We're net Though yet, how
ever, for when each strip of bark had
yieldrd its twelvs sheets, each sheet was
taken from the water and gradually
stretched sidewise. The spectator could
hardly believe his eyes. The sheet
broadened and brUddened until from a
close piece Of material six inches wide,
it became timy cloud of delicate lace,
over three feet in width. The astonish-
ed gentleman was forced 10 confess that
no human-made loom ever turned out
lace which could surpasS in snowy whi e.
ness aud gossamer- like delicacy thai pro-
duct of nature.
The natural lace is not so regular in
as the material called Illusion,
80 much worn by ladies in summer; but
it is IS soft and white, and will bear
which is not true of illusion.
In Jamaica and Central America, among
the poorer people it supplies the place of
cloth, which they can not
afford to buy; and the wealthier classes
do MT by any means scOrn it for orna>
mental use. The tree is commonly call
ed the lace-bark tree. Its botanical name
is Lagetto lintearia.-C. J. Russell. in st.
Nicholas for May.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-05-06
GRANDFATHER'S WATCH.

Grandfather's watch is battered and old,
Innocent quite of jewel and gold;
Poor and commons and Worn and cracked,
Much like grandfather's self, in fact.
Yet its wheeZy voice. has cheerful
sound,
And the child as she listens in wonder
bouLd
To its mystic tales of departed times,
Is smiling as though at IA pleasant rhyme.
What are the tales the old watch tells?
OF seventy years it counts the knells;
Years. whose every setting sun
Was marked hy labor faithfully done.
With primitive form and clumsy skill,
And clumSier help when the works went
i'll;
Yet serving their time as best they can
This is the story of watch and man.
Many fall has the old watch hushed,
Many blow has the old man crushed.
Meddled with, tinkered and sorely tried,
At last rejected and thrown aside
For modern rivals, all science and gold,
Useless and crippled, deSpised and old.
Under cloud and under ban
This is A story of a watch and man.
But there's reverse to the picture sad !;
Human hearts they can still make glad.
The watch in its dented silver case
Can bring smile to the fair child's face.
The mans all battered and silvery, too,
With moral can cheer both me and you,
MARK or time as well as we can =
This is the lesson of watch and man.
Atlanta Constitution.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-05-06
He Called Me Whitaker"
Youths Companion

Youths Companion.
Hero wOrshipers have better time of it
than the heroes who have to submit to their
worship. The latter Including all distinguished
mem are largely at the mercy of class of ad-
mirers who are too obtuse to see any violation
Of good manners or taste in their pursuit of
interviews and autographs.
William Warren tells delicious story about
st. Louis man who went east last summer,
and hunted up the poet Whittier. He found the
quiet old Quaker poet trying to hide from civil
lization in a farmhouse near Nahaue He had
gone there to escape just such bores as the st.
Louis man was.
At first he declined to see the visitor, saving
that he was not feeling strong, but the Missouri
man was so persistent that at last Whittier
yielded, and he was admitted. He pounced
upon the poet, and nearly shook his arm from
the socket. He declared that he adored the
poets works-in fact, he read nothing else.
He asked Whittier to write his name fsw
hundred times on a sheet of note paper, that he
might distribute his autographs among his
friends, and it was all the poet could do TO keep
the impetuous visitor from cutting the buttons
from his coat to carry away as mementoes.
"And all the time, said Whittier pathetiesl-
ly as he told his adventure, "he called me
Whitaker"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-05-06
True to His Principles.
Chicago Herald. !

Chicago Herald.
"a few weeks ago." said a drummer, 81 told
you little story about Schumacher, the Ohio
oatmeal king who has just been ruined by
fire, sacrificing several thousand dollars rather
than break his rule of refusing to employ man
who drinks liquor. Since then have been in
Akron and seen the ruins of Schumaeher's
great mills. A few days after fire two men
from Cincinnati called on Schumacher. They
said they had heard that in the cellars of the
mills was vast quantity of grain damaged by
smoke and water, and they had come with the
intention of buying it. The matter was talked
over, and a bargain finally struck. The men
drew their check for the purchase price, a sum
running into the thousands, and we're Just about
TO hand it to Schumacher when one of them
happened to remark that they would be able to
make good deal of whisky out of that grain.
"'Do you want this grain to make whisky
Off inquired Schumacher, stepping back few
feet.
"'Yes; we are distillers in Cincinnati
"'TheR, gentlemen, you cannot buy any grain
of me. 1 have no grain to be made into whisky
GoOd-day, sirs.'
"And Schumacher gave every bushel of it to
teamsters, expressmen, draymen and poor fam
lilies keeping cows, to feed their stock on con-
ditiOn that they would haul it away"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-05-06
Grains of Gold.

Everything is worth seeing once.
Too much gravity argues a shallow
mind.
Life without laughing is a dreary
blank.
Fortune, not wisdom, human life doth
sway.
The first and worst of all frauds is to
cheat oneself.
A fretful disposition takes the frag-
rance out of ones life.
Peace in a sinful course is one of the
greatest curses.
God gives us our daily bread, but by
means of our daily work.
The purse had better be empty than
filled with other peoples money.
Nome grows better by hearing of good
things, if he keeps en- doing lad ones.
If we must know the right in order to
do it, it is equally needful to do it in or
der to know 1t.
Think not that you are the only one
who has 10 endure and who breads the
hardships of lite.
Nature has sown in man seeds of
knowledge, but they must be cultivated
to produce fruit.
The sky is blue ten times where it is
black once, so do our joys oGtnumber
our sorrows.
The appellation of gentleman should
never be affixed to mans circumstan-
ces, but to his behavior.
Silence never shows itself to so great
an advantage as when it is made the res
ply to calumny and defamation.
There is often room for more courage
of speech-cOurage not so much to main
tain opinion as to confess ignorance.
If there is right thing to be done, and
We seem to pass through wrong things
on the way to it, there's another way to
it and a better one.
Do not dare to live without some clear
intention toward which your living shall
be bent. Mean to be something with all
your might.
You may labor against vain glory till
YOU conceive that you are humble, and
the fond cOnceit of your humility will
prove to be pride in full bloom.
Put your foot down where you mean
to stand. and let no mali move you from
the right. Learn to say NO." and it
will be more use to you than to be able
to read Latin.
The man who treats his fellow as a
mere means for the supply of his wants,
and not as a human being with whom
he has to do, is an Obstructing clot in
the human circulation.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-05-06
Church Directory.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. R.
i Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, IL; evening
service, Z. Sabbath School, 800 a.. m. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday p.m.; gen.
eral prayer meeting: Wednesday pm.
Strangers welcome to all services.
NJ ETUODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
NlRev. W Ii. Haskell, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II am; 7p.rn. Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday Z
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday Z p m.
Strangers are cordially invited to all our
services.
I United PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
u Rev. Thomas Bslph, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 IN. Public worship: II am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday of
each month, pm Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, pm.
District prayer meetings. First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, pm. Young women's prayer meet
ing: Second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-05-06

IT is given out that the President will
stand by Attorney General Garland and
retain him in the Cabinet, whatever may
be the result of the Pan Electric inves>
legation, on The ground that the admins
istratiOn would suffer worse scandal
by his dismissal than by his retention.
Mr.. Cleveland seems to think that no
matter how Mr.. Garland may be impli>
Gated, the findings of the committee will
be void unless the Executive sanction is
given to them by the dismissal of the
Attorney General, and that his reputa.
tion can be saved by keeping him in of
flee. This is queer logic, but quite in
keeping with the modern Democratic
idea of reform.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-05-06
THE YOUNG SAMSON.
BY EDGAR FAwCETT.


In ZOlah dwells no youth like him..
So fleet of step, so firm of limb.
His long gold hair as bright as dawn;
His throat is like a stag's for Drawn.
With artless fancies, bOyish hopes,
He rOams the cool Judean slopes.
AT doors of tents, when he has passed,
Where swarthy idlers moved or massed,
The murmured words his ears have won
That praised him as a Manonh's son.
A babe whose birth, ere yet it fell,
The Lord of Israel did foretell,
By sending down, in mighty grace,
The angel with the star-like facel
Grim soldiers that across their wine
Growl curses at the Philistine
Will soften, if he come by chance.
The eyes where turks the wOlfish glance,
And mutter low with smile or nod:
'Tis he-the NaZarite to GOdp'
But day by day the carless child
Will wander far, will wander wild.
He does not dream what webs of doom
Are weaving on the failure loom.
He only knows the peace intense
That brOOds DER bOundless innocence,
Yet sometimes he will shrink and COVER
With wonder at his own strange power.
For once a vast, loose rock had rolled
Where grazed a shepherds frightened fold,
And he, with one hand, caught it up,
And tossed it ike an acorn cup.
And once, half tired, against an oak
He leaned, when 10, its huge frame brokel
And, gayly, once a stone he threw
That pierced the clouds and died from view,
Independent.