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Fat or Lean Pork.

Breeding for lean meat is the title of
bulletin No. 10 of the Missouri Agricul-
taral society. Previous bulletins have
shown that quite marked effects had
been produced on the relative proper
tions of fat to lean in pork by different
methods of feeding; that albuminous
food gives us lean meat, while carbona-
ceous foods like corn or corn meal n
crease the proportion of f"t. The latter
experiments registered in bulletin No. 10
accord fully with the results of previous
trials, and indicate that so far as the pig
is concerned we have it largely in our
power to elect whether our pork shall be
mostly grease or sweet nourishing lean
neat. The late trial was with four
pigs, one lot being fed on ship stuff and
blood, the other on vorn or corn meal.
Hoth lots w!igLed about like, but the
pigs fed on ship stuff and blood, highly
albuminous food, had about forty per
cent. more lean exclusive of bone than
thu lot fed on corn meal. Much care
was taken to separate the lean from the
fat, two whole days being occupied in
cutting up a single pig. Professor San
born reminds farmers that the s'block"
is no test of breed influence in" the
character of uncut meat unless measured
by the character of the food given, and
that msnagers of fat-stock shows should
recognize this fact wh"n arranging their
premiums and requirements. Feeders
will learn from these experiments that if
they -"ould increase the palatability of
pork for American taste they must feed
tn.ir pigs on something beside clear
meal OF corn. Milk, apples and roots
from the farm, and wheat middlings
from the markets mixed with meal will
produce better grade of pork, while at
';,c same time the cost will be dimin-
ishcd.
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The Bar Room as q Bank.

You deposit your money and lose it.
You deposit your time and lose it.
You deposit your character and lose it.
You deposit your health and lose it.
You deposit your manly independence
and lose it.
You deposit your self control and
lose it.
You deposit your home comfort and
lost it.
You deposit your wife's happiness and
lose it.
You deposit your children's happiness
and lose it.
You deposit your own soul and lose it.
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"Nsan,ma, are You a Christinn!"

While holding meetings in an opera
house in Western city, 1 asked all the
children who believed that they were
Christians, and who had the evidence OF
it q showed them what that evidence
was), to hold up their hands. With
many others, beautiful little girl sitting
by her mother, with smile upon her
face, held up her hand. then asked
this question: think the Holy Spirit
led me do do it-"How many of your
parents are alive to the love of Jesus2
Were they and you to die today
would you meet them in Heavcn?"
That little girl quietly turned to her
mother, and said, "Shall l hold up my
hand mama2 Are you Christian2"
mo, I am not Christian. Do not
hold up your hand"
The child burst into tears saying:
s'Mamma, do not want to go to heaven
if you are not to be there"
The weeping mother said to me in the
inquiry meeting: "My child's words have
broken my heart! o what shall I do to
be saved7 My darling child is on the
way to heaven, and am not!'
told her how she, too, could be made
''alive unto God;" how he who raised
Lazarus to life, and who died on the cross
for US, could save her if she would only
trust Him. We prayed together, and l
could but hope that she was led to see
how God, for Christ's sake, who suffered
. so much for U.S. could forgive her all her
sins, and make her living, happy Chris
tian, like her beautiful little daughtcr.-
E. P. Hammond, in EOangelist.
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TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
A Fatal Defect.

Gone of the queerest cases I ever heard
Of" said the story-teller in the smoking
car, "is down in our town. There's a
man there who has peculiar defect. I
know him well. He's a draughtsman,
and an accomplished man. He can draw
anything he is asked to draw, with a
solitary exception, and do as good job
of it as any man in the country. But
that one exception lost him his situation,
his wife, his friends, and his reputation,
and now it is killing him. Isn't it
stranger"
every. But what is that he can't
draw"
GA sober breath. CHICAGO Herald.
Twelve Presidents Who Favored
Temperance.
The Buffalo Courier says: The Hon.
E. G. Dclavan secured the signatures of
a number of the presidents of the United
Sta;cs to a declaration against ardent
spirits as drink. In 1862 Mr. Delavan
wrote as follows: "The certificate of
twelve Presidents I deem interesting as
well as instructive. When I obtained
the signatures of the first three, about
thirty years ago, by personal visit to
each, the movement against alcohol as a
beverage was confined to distilled spirits;
then the impression was general that fer
mentcd drinks were safe in moderation,
but science has since settled the question
that alcohol is exactly the same poison
in what are telmed fermentod drinks
as in distilled; that, indeed, in both it
is formed by fermentation, and that
there would be no impropricty in calling
all kinds of intoxicating drinks ardent
spirits. Pure brandy is distilled from
wine. and should be called distilled
winc.'' The following is the declara-
ton, with the signatures:
Being satisfied from observation and
experience, as well as from medical testi-
mony, that ardent spirit, as a drink, is
not only needless, but hurtful, and that
the entire disuse of it would tend to pro-
mote the health, the virtue and the hap
pincss of the community, we hereby ex-
press our conviction that should the
citizens of the United States, and especi-
a ly the young men, discontinue entirely
the use Of it they would not only pro-
mote their own personal benefit, but tho
good of our country and the world.
JAMES MADISON, E. TAYLOR,
ANDREW JACKSON, MlLLARD FILLMORE,
JOHN @. ADAMS, JAMES K. POLK,
M. VAN BUREN, JAMES BUCHANAN,
JOHN TYLER, ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
FRANKLIN PIERCE, ANDREW JOHNSON.
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HousehOld Hints.

Prepare the wicks for tallow candles by
sleeping them in coul oil. They make a
bright light.
Put silverware in paper bags and tie
the top with string, and it will keep
bright as new.
In cutting corn-bread, do not forget to
hold the knife perpendicularly. that the
epongy interior of the loaf may not be
crushed into heaviness.
TO remove the tops of fruit jars that
cannot be started by hand, dip = cloth
into very hot water and apply t. the out
side of the cap; this will cause it to ex-
nand
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RELIGIOUS LESSONS FROM THE OREGON

RELIGIOUS LESSONS FROM THE OREGON
The Rev. e. 3. Smith, of the St.
James Protestant Episcopal church: The
ship is the most human work Of man and
olually the divine work If God The most hui
man because it is so like the human body. But
how were its parts so perfectly combined in
two ways: by man, who during long centu-
ries studied the physical laws of the Creator,
and by God subtly guiding man. The many
overlook the fact that ships are as distinctly
the works of God as trees or rivers or oceans
Man has simply been doing what God planned
for him to do. Now, there is something in
that slnken Oregon like the generations Of
the past. Every present generation is brought
into its inh eritance in the arms of the genera
tion vanishing. Reformers making it better
for posterity to live and then as their work
is done vanishing. The Son of God in saw
ing the world leaves the world. But lcok
not only at the dark side but also at the
bright side. See Christ's willingness to do
50 long as He lived to see the redemption of
mankind. Look at the joy Of parents as life
@bbs away if only they see their children
happy. This is the parable OF the sinking
ship There is also tie parable of the saved
traveller. We sail on the sea OF life Our
bodies are the ships in which our souls are
passengers. God brought every one safe to
Shore from the sinking Oregon. The ship
alone was lost. Shall it be 50 with you, my
brother?"
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THE JUST DEMANDS OF MISSION WORK.

The Rev. Dr. j. N Fitzgerald preached in
the Central Methodist Episcopal church on
the subject of Missions" He said in part:
Many persons, when asked to contribute to
missionary work, consider that their dona'
tions are to be expended entirely in foreign
missions, and say that there is plenty of room
for all their donations and labor at home. II
that is candid remark. a fair hearing should
be accorded to it; but if it is merely an ex-
cuse to get out of making contribution to
the work, it should not receive the slightest
recognition. This society, in the Methods:
church, reaches to all classes Of people at
home and abroad. In the home mission one
may specify to what particular departmental
it he desires his contribution to 60. 10 the
Indian, or to the Chinese, that race which
has responded to the proverbial saying:
"Uncle Sam has room enough to give us all
g farm" have come to this country, an have
been t7rannized and brutally treated in
manner the like Of which has never occurred
before in q civilized country. Others want
their contributions to 60 to helping the work
of raising Up th blacks; others to the Ger
mans: others to the Swede, Swiss or Scandi-
nayjan. In all these braR'hes of home and
foreign missions this society has workers.
But if YOU cannot decide upon which particu-
lar department in which you wish to put your
money. place it in the general contribution,
and little will be sent to help tho worker in
all parts Of the world.
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WHAT TRUE LIBERTY rs FOR MEN.

Dr. Hall preached in the Fifth Avenue
PRESBYTERIAN church on "True Liberty" He
said There are various kinds of freedom.
We may think Of it on the social and politi-
cal plane. and then we may have freedom
from tyranny Oron the moral plane and we
have freedom from bad habits of living. Or
on that of spiritual life, and we have deliver
ance from sin and from the fear that hath
torment. We are citizens Of the United
States, and it is common to say we are
free But we know that there are forms of
bondage that are entirely compatible with
our free institutions. We know how
ring may worm itself around community
and put it under bondage. A judge may
manage to get himself into a place from
which it is difficult to dislodge him, who may
be bribed to defend tie guilty and oppress
the innocent. If men are slow to acknowl-
edge such bondages as these, it is not strange
that they will not acknowlede their state of
moral bondage It is through Jesus that true
liberty comes. There are spurious forms OF
freedom. A young man throws of the re-
straints Of home life and even Of society, and
travels over the world with no check upon
the indulgin of his tastes and of his lusts. Is
he freea Is he not rather q slave to his pas
sions3 A man makes money getting his OBJ
iect and throws off the straints Of honesty He
is not free. Everything that is good has its
counterfeit. Never confound the counterfeit
with the reality. We hear good deal about
the region of law. No matter how good you
are socially you are in the grip of Gods
law. Hei infinitely just, and if you are not
penitent. His law of death will be enforced.
The spirit Of life in Christ Jesus can make
you free from the law Of sin and death.
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THINKING THAT LEADS TO UNBELIEF.

DR.. White, of the West Twenty-third Street
Presbyterian church, took his text from He
brew xii, 1916. He said in part: "Men from
intellectual pride sell their birthright by
turning away from God and protesting to
find cd among the philosophical idols of
the day. The te nptation comes in this form:
II wish to prove my intellectual vigor l
must not accept anything upon trust;
must demand that everything be explained
must not accept anything as true that cannot
be proved by the successive steps of logic or
demonstrated by ths exhibition of scientific
experiment. The old faith Of my fathers Is
very simple and very comforting, but NUT
not be nlised by any unexp.a ned instincts
Of my nature, n " de uded by any pretended
revelation from the unseen world. 10 be
sure thousands Of women and children aud
of silnple-minded men have accepted this
faith in God and Christ with 'ut any very
searching intellectual examination, but re-
quire proof.
"Now, all this is very we'll if it is tho honest
utterance of man who truly desires to know
the truth and who with every ia 'u!ty
awakened proposes fairly to examine the evil
dences for Christianity; such hvn st seeker
will be aidsd by God. But alas! too many
are poses ed with INTEL 'ctual vanity while
they have neither intellectual strength nor
intellectual honesty. Ihey near or one anu
another prominent scientist VIII amuses him.
self as an unbeliever; Or as the expression
now IS, m agn 8 ic, or positivist, and it
flatters their vanity to say that with su b we
take our stand. They MAKE no original in
vestigation They make no earnest study Of
evilsn ,es. If they rea h anything upon the
subject it is upon the destructive side They
sneer at the idea thai any now thoughts can
he given them that will support the old faith.
They withhold a sent an pose as unbeieverS,
and think it sIea IS we'll for their intellectual
independence that they are dis 'iples Of this or
that SCIENTIST. Now, 10 one more than ap-
proves Of inlspsn lent thought-of al earn
est determination to lie able to give reason
for the hope that is in one. Irejoioe to KNOW
that any maa is holsstly asking for proof,
even of the highest divine truths, but 1 do
say thas for any man from intellectual van,
ity, from desire to appear to understan
what he ha, never really studied, from an
ambition to call himself by the name of this
or that great master, to turn aside from the
faith of his fathers, to shut h S eyes 10 the
signs Of Gods presen 9. to steel his heart
against the inhue ice of the Holy Spirit IS to
sell his birthright for mess Of pottage."
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A PILLAR IN THE TEMPLE.

The Rev. W. F. Price, of the NJ adison Ave.
nue. Congregational chur, h: g. Him that
overcometh will make p liar in the temple
Of my God We classify men as wise and
foolish, happy and miserable. grasping and
generous, but the btst Classification is on the
basis of their attitude toward sin-are they
yielding 70 n or Struggling against itf Many
who Struggle fall because thy t have IL no .
fixed: It is necessary where it is and useless
anYwh re else Tie day when it was he%n
is forgot on. Men and women are coming in
a"d gcin, out of the temple daily asking
strength from g d and then huryng back
into the world TO use it for their own selfish
en- s.; but tn, pillars OF the temple remain.
T ICY came il TO stay, AMI they go no more
out There are men who love tn ,ir country
berauss of h, advantages she gives than,
and others for her own sake. The latter
class are the pat. lots. tn sir names 60 down
in h:st,ry, never to bs lost or forgotten.
Some study. solely for thu ADVANTAGES
with education will give them others Tor
the sake Of truth alone. These arc
enrolled a the great scholars Of the world
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-01

away by recent rains. The body was
in a highly decompOsed condition,
so much so as TO make II impossible
10 determine its sex. The fine quail
ity of the clothing that enyeloped the
remains indicated that its parents
were people Of means, but no clew
to its identity was discoveaole.
AT the Central Baptist church a
series Of deeply interesting services
are now in progress, under charge Of
George @. Needham, the evangelist,
whose work has b en- so successful OF
late in Virginia and Texas and the
Northwest. Mr.. Needham is not an
ordained minister, but only a lay
member OF the church, like Moody
and Sayforl. His preaching strongly
resembles these two eyangelists, and
by many of his hearers in this city he
is esteemed the peer OF either OF
them. The public are cordially in
vited 10 attend the services, which
are he'd at 4 o'clock and 1880 o'clock.
Seats are fee, no collections are
taken, and the discourses are entirely
unsectarian. The 'Seco d Coming OF
Christ" was the subject Of two power
ful sermons yesterday.
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Non.Il, aJlIent NOiiep.


No. sl2D r. DIN the Chancery Court Of
shelly county Tenn --Ths state Of Ten
res 80 and County % Shelby vs. Frank
u mmrrmhn ct nj.
Il aTpearinT from he bill which issworn
70 IL the canss hat thu de endants, C0tne,
IA. A Venken, Rachel d Monken and II B
fisffn A o., are Re- idents o. th State OF
New York; ihAt Remb ~ Ire eyant and
sAllis Trtssy ~, heirs Y Ire evant' de-
ossEsd, are ,, eide Il Of tho STATE OF Louis,
isnn; that o = iierms u, jr,, 10 a resident q
he s ate Of Y oridA aud thst they are oil
non-fes dfnu Of he state Of Tenn ssee.
Ard that the re- idences Of Bird et u rvey,
Eiiszb. ID feheiemsn, Bridget hoobo' Adam
srihs Tybgon, Elizabeth Quinl n, W, Il
Mar D. John AID hAfles L kaW, II
OWso, j.. e. pr,i On, II Mich war
Geld. Michael Quinl n, bridget Kelly, John
b .Wlllsms and = VI ans his VIE an !
hHsbnn5, Kirmau. yrA II lbaiue Fr6t,h,
Mary u Lsmf, Cornelia 4 b bour and q
Brrbour, her husband, Chris Murray Oeo
NOssyooid, X N Foltcr, Y X Faint lPsrnn,
d Bsrn e., Mary w L vingston and ch Id;
Tsn nance unknoWn, ihos O'Malley, ard
" my NJ the atove par'ita are dead thrir
uaknosB heirs or GOV tsses' aTo unhnowa
ana cannot he ascertaired after dutgent
,raytrv And the names and 70 idet CO. OF
the heife ~ aeviefees Of WIN loi or, de-
eTssed, Martin W Cav. Of Ellsn FiiIp trick,
doosassd Of J W Mathews, deceased q
Dlloo. jr., decta'ed, are unknown end can
not bs = z rtAined afer diigent inquiry
This b liz 6led 20 collect tx due he
ftaie and county on various lots belongings
10 the above D rtlos and 20 others
II IL thefeoro ordered lhl ther naf 9
thar appe ,ra1ee herein. at the Court Houso
o. Rhslhy COZ MY. In Memphis, 10 y on or
T. Or the hTst Monday m MAJ, leSoi End
tisad, snsst r ~ dem ~ o. mplainant htI,
o. ths ,, me will talen for ooniess'd as to
1,sp, MI set ~ hsnring * ptfte; and that
4 cauy u this afdor be published o 90 =
gesk, Tor fnaT sutcbfa We " oEs, 10 the hp-
tsal. This3stday Of March, 1855.
AZ Mob wv RLI., Clerk and Master.
RvH, y. was, Deputy Q. and N;
Lee Thornton, Solicitor tor complainant
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Nonresident Notice.

No 6oqS R. DIN the Chanosry court OF
S elbv county. Tebn.-Sttte Of Tennessee
for its own use, etc, vs.. Ruth Tildsby,
ct I'll
this cause that the defendant. Joseph g.
EAston and Nj B. Merriman are res dents
of the Stnte Of Missouri; tn Manan Still
man. the Metropolitan Nat,on4i Bank,
Joseph N. Myers and the AmoIi IN MISSION
AIRY Association are Al resident. OF New
York; that Julia and W B. p. Matte ave
re idents Of the st to Of Arkansas; that
David nrd Abraham Mack, JOse bf hn,
mi Flishman, or the surviving partners
Of ack Bros. and B0hn, are re idents OF
Ohio; that ,ina d, lin on is resident OF the
District Of COlum bia; that Annie 4. ara ).
A. Kirbg and P. Thurman are sidents
OF Mississippi, aud that the Southern u ~
list Theolog cal seminary is resident Of
Kentncky, and ali nor re idents OF the State
of Tenne- ee; ani hat Jennie A. r her,
iIzie Fisher, Kate Y sher, HarrS she-,
Nellie Fisl err, 1hom Fisher, Jen T. hlsh-
or and Maurice Fisher and Geo. y Stull are
All uon-res idents OF the State Of Te ne'tee,
and I'll 1 the names and plao OF residence
Of tho heirs Of Rranci Q. south worth. made
parties on account OF ute est 10 west half
lot 26, Cooper sub division that the names
and places OF residence OF the hei Of lsh IN
q. soaIcy, made part IS on account 81 ter
est in lots S. land ID, ElTod sub division
that the names and aoes OF residence oi
the be re Of Andrew Ten I'd, trustee, and OF
the be ire Of CArolipe Ratio end OF the heirs
Of r. O. Grupdy. and the. heirs Of Joseph
Tate. colorod, made parties on account Of
In crest 10 part Of lets / and 4, block ~,
Causey street, are all unknown ana cannot
be asoettaino after diligsnt inquiry,
IL IL therefore ordered, That All parties
make their appearance b rein. at the court
house IL Shelby county. In Memphis, Tenn
| on or boiore the fret Monday in May, 1885,
| and plead, ansWer or demur to complain nj
bill, or the sane will re ken for confessed
| L.. uuA - heorlUo Daftn. and
| tha' A oopy Of this order DO publish ed once a
Neet, for four successive weeks, IN the
Memphis Appeal. luis Slst day OF March,
| 1885.
| A oopy-Attest:
ST MCDOWELL, Clerk aud Master.
By j. n Br,dlcy, Deputy y. ana M
F. u. aud @ W, Heisksll, Solicitors for
| complainant. as"
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ADDITIONAL RIVER NEWS.

NV OnLEAHa, sareb 3i.-Eight--
Departed: X. 3 Hsyef aad bsTgee, 81
Louis.
OAIRo, Msrch 81 -kisht-RiveT 80
feet 0 incl o, on TIE gsnse and rising
WIa'her cloudy sDd cold.
EvANsvILlH, March 3i--HiRht- River
rising, with - feet inch on The gauge.
Wos'ber miserable. spoSirg I'll day /;
thermometer S8 % f0'
CnONpATi, March 81 -Hight--RlVer
20 ieet 8 incbJB on The gauRe end rising.
Westbpr W.T. Ard oo.deT. DEPARTED
James w Gae, Memphis; Charles Nor
gan, New Orleans.
Lou wILl b, hArcb "a Might River
rising, Nth 4 issi q inches 10 the canai
sBd " ieei iDehsa o. u falls. Bnsi'
nees i.ir. NestbsI cloudy aud ia ly.
ind ca.iBs mo's rain. AIuysd Golden
Grown, New 0hsana
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The Pride of the Mis-.
sissippi Valley.

A New York drummer, who trav-
els over the entire country, was
Dragging about the advantages Of
living in Gotham, but he had to ad-
NIT that in the Misit Clothing Par
lors, 262 Second street, Memphis has
the best and cheapest clothing house
in the United States, He also had
to concedo that the Memphis girls
are the prettiest in the country and
that the men here, as general rule,
are better dressed than those OF any
American city.
Memphis men can afford to dress
well. The Mis6t Clothing Parlors
gives them the advantage of buying
fine merchant tailor's clothing at
about one-half its actual value.
The Mis6t Clothing Parlors be-
lieve in Dragging when it has some
thing to braG about We have been
busy during the past two months
hunting up bargains for Spring. We
now have our Parlors packed with
beautiful new goods. Better sill,
our prices are wonderfully low.
Come quick and inspect these hand
some goods.
Remember, all alterations to in
sure a perfect fit done free Of charge
by a first class tailor.