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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-25
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
brutal Outrage by Negro Mur-
derer CapIared-Other News.
lsPEC1AL TO THR APPEAL.l


BIRMINGHAM, ALA, September a.
Meager accounts reached this city of a
brutal outrage by negro on white
woman near Longview, Shelby county,
yesterday. The negro was arrested,
but got away, and last night there
were numerous squads OF armed men
riding to capture him again. 1t is said
he almost killed his victim.
Sam Lee, negro accused of killing
his wife near Wheeling, has been
caught at Rising Fswn, Ga, and
Sheriff Truss has gone there tonight
to bring him back.
Mr.. r. Lorenz, Mayor OF the town
Of Ionia, Ia, is here and brings news
of a big 81 Louis house preparing to
plant extensive iron pipe works here
in the spring. He came down to see
about getting materials made here for
water works for his town.
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE PRESIDENT ATTENDING TO
CURRENT BUSINESS.
To Form a National Medical and
Surgical Society Appoint
ments General News.

WASHINGTON, September 24.-The
President was kept pretty busy today
rec swing visitors and attending to
current business. Among those who
had intsrviews with him during the
day we're Secretary Lamar, Acting
Secretary Drum. Acting Attorney
General jerks, First Assistant Post
master General Stevenson, Assistant
Secretary Thompson, Solicitor McCue,
Senators VOORHEES, and Mcpherson,
Lieut.-Gsn. Sheridan and Commits
sioner Coleman. The afternoon re-
ception for general visitors was at
tended by about fifty persons, mostly
ladies.
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PROF. E. E. BARNARD, of the Van
derbilt University, dubbs Prof. Wig
gins fraud and charlatan, and the
New Ofleaus Times Democrat says that
mis- latest prophecy was sent out as an
advertising dodge to help his almanac
and secure for it wide circulation,
and it denounces him as humbug.
But he has, nevertheless, got his
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-25
The Hog Cholera.

WASHINGTON, September 24.-Lste
information received at the Agricul-
tural Department regarding the condi-
tion of hogs is that in Illinois and In
diana cholera prevails generally. In
the former State heavy losses are re-
ported in several counties. In Ohio
and Michigan the condition of the
animals is fair. In some parts OF Wls-
consin farmers are afraid to keep hogs
on account of cholera, and reports
from Iowa are OF similar character.
In some cases cholera, pink eye and
measles are reported from Missouri,
and in Nebraska the condition is con-
siderably below the average. Kansas
and Kentucky hos are generally in
good condition.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-25

IT is very significant of the future
Of Memphis that merchant from
West Plains and another from Thayer,
Mo-, made their appearance upon
our market. yesterday, and expressed
themselves surprised by our facilities
and advantages. They promise to be
not only customers but ardent friends
of Nennhis.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-25

The nephews and niecas of the late
Samuel ]. Tilden having determined
TO break the will of the deceased
statesman, are fighting for time and
contesting it's probate. and they ara
right. 1t is an unjust will and on
grounds of sound public policy alone
it ought not be permitted to stand.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-25
Appointments in Abeyance.

WARRINGTON, September 24.--The
Star says: 1t is learned that the Presi-
dent will not appoint Chief Of Engi-
neers or a Surgeon General of the
Army until after the return of the
Secretary of War. No appointment of
a Disbursing Clerk of the War Depart
ment to succeed the lac Mr.. Lawton
will be made until the Secretary re-
turns. 1t is very probable, however,
that VIM. s. Yeatman, at present
fourth clsss clerk in the Quartermas
ter Generals Office, will be promoted
to be Disbursing Clerk, although there
are number OF other applicants.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-25
Pleased at the Removal OF the Chiri'
cahuas.

WASHINGTON, September 24.-The
Acting Secretary of War has received
a dispatch from the Indian agent at
the San Carlos Agency stating that the
renewal of the Warm Spring and Chi
ricahua Indians is cause Of rejoicing
to the Indians left there, who are re-
lieved of their fears of attack and are
afforded batter opportunity for ac-
curing habits of industry.
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Sustained by the Madrid Govern.
meut.

WASHINGTON, September 24.-Con-
sui General Williams, at Hsvans, in
reply to an inquiry from the Secretary
of State, confirms the report that the
Madrid government has sustained the
Cuban authorities in their refusal to
carry out the treaty arrangement as it
is understood in this country, making
mutual concessions to American aud
Spanish vessels trading between Cuba
and this country. THIS will probably
lead to O correspondence between
this government and the Spanish au-
thorities to ascertain what the latter
mean and ultimately to the snnul-
ment Of the arrangement, or the con-
clusion OF a new one.
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!. ". MILLER,
JOHN MIC. MARTIN,
j. L, HARRISON,

Chief Justice Tom E. Cooper, OF
Jackson, arrived this morning, and is
at the Gilmore. He brought lot of
college girls from Jackson and Vicks-
burg.
Nearly 1000 bales of cotton have
been received here since September
1st.
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mirable system here inauguratsd and
maintained

WIIaUI9 5ysVSII HeI0 IHhukuIAV5u HHu
maintained.
Resolved, further, That in the death
OF this wise and patriotic citizen, whose
rare understanding saw other needs
for government than the mere preser-
vation OF order, to the end that wealth
might be accumulated, this college
and the Stste have sustained a loss
that is we'll nigh irreparsble, while we
have thus lost friend aud co-worker
whom we cannot cease to mourn.
Resolced, That 10 the sorrowing cir
c'e in the now desolate home OF our
departed friend our heartfelt sympathy
be extended, aud that copy hereof
be transmitted to the family at Pass
Christian.
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Virgins stands 20 His prediction.

Atlanta Constitution; Bsit & anxious
to get both sdes OF this momeutous
question, the Constitution dispatched
on yesterday to Prof Wiggine, at his
home in 0ttows, 0nta'io, asking if he
still stood by his predictions as pub.
lished in the New York Herald, and If
he had anything 10 add for the warn
ing or consolation of the region which
sits above the path Of his projected
subterraneau disturbance. The Pro.
fessor replied:
OTTAWA, ONT, September %, 1886.
To the Editors of the Constitution;
The earthquake wave that visited
Charleston and your region August
30th has moved eastward, and from
it there can be to you no future dan
ger. The shocks there yesterday
were caused by the sun moving across
the celestial equator, There is posi-
lively no danger fom earthquake in
your latitude east Of the Rocky noun
tains, except on Wednesday next,
aud even then the force will pass
westward on a parallel south OF you.
The greatest danger is to Central
America, South America and Cali
fornia. The forces that create the
earthquake will cause a great storm
with high tides both in ths north and
south Atlantic on Wednesday next,
which, however, will not be felt in
forty degrees Of the equator. This
storm was foretold in the New York
Tribune May 10, 1886,
z. STONE wIGGINs.
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TeAting Her Sneed.

WASHINGTON, September 24.-The
Navy Department is now informed
that the steamship Atlanta has not
gone to sea, as was supposed, upon
her trial trip, but is making short
trial in Long Island Sound to test her
speed.
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NInnex fnr ChnrIestnn.

PORTLAND, ORE, September a.
The, committee appointed by Mayor
Gates to solicit aid for Charleston will
telegraph $2500 tomorrow.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-25
Appointments by the president.

WASHINGTON, September 24.-The
President today appointed Douglass
Tyler, of Virginia, to be principal
clerk on private land claims in the
General Lsnd Office, and Thomas F.
Pettus, OF Mississippi, to be United
States consul at Ningpo, China.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-25
Homo Fro,n England. .

BosToN, MASS, September a.
James Russell Lowell was passenger
on the steamer Pavonia, which a.
rived here today from Liverpool.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-25

THIS is to give notice that all citi-
zens troubled with coughs or colds
should procure bottle Of DR.. Bull's
Cough Syrup and take it at one.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-25

OFFICIALS Of the United Slatds Treas
ury, of the Baltimore Custom House
and Postofice, indorse Salvation Oil,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-25

Ma. EvARTs is reported as describing
the state dinners under the Hayes
regime by saying "wster flowed like
rhannnapnan
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
Gathering Seed Corn.

Here is the result Of the experiments Of Pro
fessor w. c. Latta, of Purdue university, in
gathering seed corn. 1t will be well worth
bearing in mind next iall, when the corn is
ripening. Professor Latta writes:
Every year our farmers suffer great loss
from defective seed corn-a loss which is just
as unnecessary as it is great. We may some
times console ourselves with the thought that
we have done all we could, and that our mis-
fortunes are the result Of causes beyond our
control. Not SO in the case Of poor seed
corn, for it is the result Of ignorance or care
~lessness. Now that many farmers are facing
the unpleasant prospect Of having to buy seed
corn at a good round price, it may be al
oyportune time to call attention to the fact
tL.at it is not only possible, but easy, for every
farmer to produce his own seed corn. The
secret Of success lies in gathering the corn
sarly enough to get it well dried before severe
freezing weather comes. The corn may be
gathered very early--even in the roasting
carr stage; and If it is hung up in a dry
room, Or loft, in which the air can circulate
freely, it will cure and grow with certainty.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

We commence blowing the latter part Of
March Or the first Of April, using q sixteen
inch OF fou~rteen-inch plow for two horses.
There is no need Of blowing more than four
inches deep. When we get thro Ugh blowing
we are ready to go to planting. Don't havfi
to harrow, drag, roll and mark of the ground,
but go to work with a two-horse drill, which
drops the corn, one grain in a place, ten or
twelve inches apart just es the corn ID
coming up we give It a good narrowing.
Some, however, never touch it until it is
large enough to pillow, and then use the Guilt
vator. Our success depends mainly on the
first blowing, and it pays to do it well, If
only three OF four acres is cultivated per day.
Our aim is to not leave a weed the first plow-
ing. Three plowings are all we ever get to
give it, and very frequently it is 1laid by the
second, for it keeps fellow busy togtve forty or
sixtyacres OF corn three good plowings before
it gets too large to pillow. Forty-ave acres Of
corn is an average crop here for one team
some cultivate as high as eighty.
Some time in August we go over our corn
with the hoes and cut all the weeds out we
can find. If this is practiced year after year
it will require one-half less c~ultivating I'd
keep down the weeds.
| raised on an average sixty-three bushels
of corn to the acre, planted and cultivated as
above described, except it got but two plow-
ings. Some of you try our plan, and don't
kill yourselves trying to "tend" twenty or
twenty five acres Of corn.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
LoW-Necked Dressos.

The fashion of wearing low-necked dresses
at dinner has become so pronounced that the
moralists begin to issue weekly essays against
this revival, as if it had never been done
before. Our v~irtuous grandmotL.ers woulc
be astonished to hear that their ball dresses
never cut high were SO immoral and indie
cent. The fact remains that a sleeveless
gown, cut in a Pompadour form, is far NOR
Of a revelation Of figure than a low-neckeG
dinner dress, properly made. There is M
line of the figure so dear to the artist as thai
one revealed from the nape Of the neck to tn,
shoulder. A beautiful back is the delight o.
the sculptor. No lady who understands thu
fine art Of dress would ever have her cow
cut too low; it isugly, besides being immodest
The persons who bring discredit on fashion
are those who misinterpret it. The truly
artistic modiste cuts a low-necked dress tx
reveal the fine lines of the back, but it Il
never in France cut too low in front. Thu
excessive heat Of an American dining room
makes this dress very much more comfortable
than the high dresses which were brought il
several years ago, because a princess had q
goitre which she wished to disguise. -Harperi
Bazaar.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
BoYssGlRIs


Look on yOnr map and find Now Guinea
You viii see that II q a great island lying Of
the northeast coast Of Australia. Il Is larger
than the state Of Texas, containing an area Of
500,OOO square miles. Il Ia 80 miles from
Australia. Another name for the island Il
Papua, and the people are called Papuans.
They are the least known Of any race upon
the globe. They are negroes, but there are at
least two races OF these-a light aud a dark
They have flat noses, and their hair Is frizzled
out around their heads ina great brush. Ths
women cut their hair of short.
The men hunt and fish while the women do
all the heaviest work, such as raising corn
and cutting wood.
One curious fashion these people have Is
that OF building their houses in trees. They
are built Of long grass supported by frames.
Tn thick grass keeps all rain out. They get
into these queer houses by means Of ladders.
Once up there, nobody can modest or attack
them very easily. The houses are built as
places Of safety in time Of wal or against
robbers. But if the enemy should set fire to
the tree then down would come tumbling
houses, people and all. Those that were not
burned would be strangled with smoke.
New Guinea or Papua il a very fertile
country. All the rich fruits and ~luxuriant
vegetables of tropical countries, such as ba-
nanas, oranges, lemons, bread fruit and
c%ocoanuts grow in the greatest abundance.
The country is believed to be very rich in
minerals, too.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

Jaunty jackets, a little longer behind thar
the short-backed ones Of last fall, will be worT
for spring. Single-breasted jackets, with re
vers turned back with large buttons and thu
corners Of the fronts rounded instead O.
pointed, are the newest style. They art
either close or half fitting. For common
wear they are made Of the dark, woody
cloths. The back is sometimes plain, some
times box plated, but is always cut loos
enough to allow for a full hustle. Ores
jackets are Of smooth cloth or velvet in yari
Gus colors-tan, bright red, copper red, etc
They are always braided in black, and orna
mented with cord, frogs and gimp. These arr
to be worn over light summer toilets, fol
driving, etc.
Short NANTES will continue to be worn fol
dress wraps, because they do not conceal the
handsome costume with which they are worn
The paletot front is the new feature in man
ties, and is made in pointed sack shape, fitted
by a dart M each side, while the back is thai
Of a short mantilla, and the sides have flow
ing dolman sleeves, or may be turned under
to form the square sleeves so familiar in the
visites now worn. Black, tan color, ecru and
moss green are the colOrs seen in dressy man
ties, and beaded fabrics are much used in
colors as well as black. Entire mantles are
made of ietted ~grenadine lined with black,
gray, copper red, Or green, and the trimmings
are frills Of French lace on the edges, and
beaded passementeries arranged in V-shapt
i'll the back and front, and also in a shorter V
on the sleeves from the shoulder to the elbow.
Medicis collars with lace frills inside trim the
neck. For early spring there are short man
ties of black frise velvet, the latter with cop
per red ground made with full vests Of sof
repped silk set in V-shape, while the velvet o
the garment is pushed back beside the vest
gathered on the shoulders, and held at tn
waist line by a ribbon belt that is sewed il
under the square sleeves. The collar j
turned over in Byron shape, and there ar
turned-back cuffs; the edges are iinishe,
with beads, but otherwise these wraps ar
untrimmed.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
Things to Do and to Know.

Saltpetre viii not rot stumps.
The freeze has killed the Florida boom for
a while, it is feared.
Niagara county, N Y, last year produced
100000 barrels of apples,
President NJ. p. Wilder recommends the
Washington strawberry apple as next in
value to the Gravenstein.
The late terrible weather has destroyed
great numbers Of quails. Whole coveys have
been found frozen to death.
One Of the delights Of country life, in the
winter, is derived from having plenty Of
evergreen trees about the country home.
It is claimed by an Iowa wool grower that
five tine-wooled sheep can be easily kept on
the feed required by three co~arse-wooled ones.
Get out the manure now before you are
driven with the spring work, if you have not
done 50 already. It loses little by evapora-
tion and washes.
Commercial phosphate manures are very
valuable for old pasture lands and meadows.
The production Of milk takes the phosphate
constituents out Of the soil.
There is a great craze now over the
progressive chrysanthemum. What the
gardeners will finally develop from this
flower it is hard to say.
Miss Eleanor Ormerod, the British govern
ment entomologist, declares that in England
itself the English sparrow is a national agri-
cultural pest, and must be got rid Of.
The yellow Persian powder, or pyrethrum,
mixed with Scotch snuff, will kin ticks in
sheep, e~ffectually. Dust in, IN places about
six inches apart, with a powder bellows.
Take equal parts Of the snuff and the powder.
The Japan chestnut will prove d valuable
addition to the nuts Of this country. But do
not mistake il for the spanish, which IS Ia
its inferior. The shoots Of the Japan chest.
I nut tree are smaller than the other. and IL
leaves are mi % brQad
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

Bonnets for the spring are being made Of
embroidered tulle, of repped uncut velvet,
and of tulle combined with plush or uncut
velvet. There are small capotes without any
other trimming than a high diadem Of diff
ferent material and color from the crown
very often the diadem is Of beads; sulphur
colored and amber diadems are very popular,
for even now the elegant bonnets for the
spring are seen with dressy toilets at the vari.
Gus theatres. Some of the capotes are shaped
like a tiara, and others almost remind one OF
the pointed head dresses of the Fifteenth cen
tuy. Shapes remain very high, and when
they are not very high in themselves the
property is conferred by the trimming. 1t is
affirmed, however, that for morning and
walking hats shapes will be less eccentric, and
that ribbons, a profusion of ribbons, will be
the sole trimming. The fact is, ladies are
growing a little tired Of wearing upon their
bonnets an pathological cabinet Of stuffed
birds.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

A skilled anatomist has written something
which goes far to prove that the position
taken by the mind cure people is correct. lie
tells us that a leg or arm may be cut off OF
even torn to pieces, but unless the brain is
conscious Of it no pain will be felt. EAperi-
ments have been tried in this direction with
pigeons that have had certain portions Of the
brain removed. There were no indications
that they were conscious of pain when
pinched or cut.
The mind cure people say that diseases are
the outward expression Of thought, for in
stance; gloomy, unhappy, wicked or worry
ing thought, makes illness. A weak will sue
cumbs to such thoughts. A strong will shoves
them off and declares it will control the body.
The body shall not control the mind, but the
mind shall control the body, and it shall be
well, because the mind wills it.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

Different cities have their own peculiar
method OF butchoIink food animals ut their
abatoin The method employed al the qea.
Union stock yards 10 Jersey City seems "a
commend itself as the easiest and most no.
mane. The principle on which the slaughter
Ing Il done 4 very simple When an animal
Is turned heels up and head down the blool
rushcs IN a great tide 70 the brain Held IN
this unnatural position the pressure Of the
blood becomes 20 great that the animal /.
shortly %stupeHcd. Then its throat can be cut
and II viii scarcely be conscious Of main or Of
anything else. The blood all running to the
head, too, gushes out IN great torrents whe,
the throat Is cut, and the beef is thus easily
and eifectually bled.
A strap Is attached to a cows hind Leg. lust
around the ankle. A windlass Is wound ND,
which hoists her hind quarters in the air, BY
a belt over a pulley. BY the time her hind
feet are in the air and her nose lust touches
the floor, the s~tupefaction occasioned by the
congestion of blood upon her brain has SO far
progressed that she is ready to have her
throat cut without knowing it.
So far as a looker-on can Judge the process
is painless. The same method is employed by
skillful poultry s~laughterers. A turkey is
hung head downwards, its wings being bound,
till the congestion takes place. Then with a
sharp knife the fowl is quickly bled by ali in
cision made in the roof of its mouth.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

Electricity develops only on the surface Of
conductors.
A chemist has discovered q product Of coal
tar $50 times sweeter than sugar.
An American living in Kobe, Japan, has
engaged thirty very skilful Japanese ivory
carvers to introduce the art into this country.
1t is thought that a dozen shots from the
new German bomb, charged with dynamite
shells, would destroy the strongest f%ortifca-
tions in the world.
In filling boilers cold water should never be
poured directly over that portion of the
boiler which is in contact with the fire. 1t
fractures and blisters the plates.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

"fsa upusF= Iilai alasm la sAa s0.les
Iin#
orfaihcf thcy bloom in apiaf summer
ana early autumn Hero b llst. Hiilh Is 8
very good one, ol flowers 70 piau1 about s
country home. Many can De obtained if6n
slips. others grow from seed, which can y
got from friends Or bought cheap from any
good scotsman.
BY al means have some, II You cannot havg
all Of them. They viii cover up every defect
about o house, and make it look, no matter
how ugly IL Is, as II it was set IN the center Of
a bower Of beauty We have made the list
small so that IL will be In reach OF the means
and strength Of all our readers. Ladies and
girls, we call your attention especially to Il.
Animals -Alyssum, ageratum, astera,
balsam, candytuft, Gamma, calliopais, con-
volsulus minor, euphorbia, lobeIla, mignon.
cite, marigold, pinks, pansy, phlox drum
mondl, petunia, tropeolum, verbena, zinnia.
Climbers. -Hyacinth bean, scarlet runner,
morning glory, ipomea, balloon vine, sweet
pea, t~hunbergia, canary flower, pe~rennialpea
P%erennials. -Alyssum, gold dust, aquilegia,
yellow, white blue, etc. Digitalis, delphinum,
honesty, cypress, linum, pyrethrum, rocket,
Sweet William, waliaower.
You will also want some Of the Towering
shrubs that help to make life a poem.
Among these the most desirable are the
scarlet SALIVA, the deutzia, the spirea and the
syringa. Do not omit, either, the exquisite
old fashioned, sweet scented honeysuckle.