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THE McNRELY roc.

An accurate and strikingpen pict-
ure Of the enterprising Journal
ism OF our tines.-Moral Take
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NO MORE CONSUMPTION.
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ANoLD FRIEND.

The Oxford Democrat enters upon
its afty-arh ycar.-An estao-
hshed County Institution. The
Democrat Tor 1880.
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STATE or MAINE.

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NOTICE.

ss<plea c. neArisssr ha,ins nsslssd ne IN vii,
isE thai hpsk q dspcslt nnmtsrst 1tos. issued d
HIN ~ tke south Paris ssvlns Hank. has bsea losf
notics hsrrby Tiven thai N ssii nissinT deposit
JAY nan. sdsplosidissk q dspo.ii VII b :ssssa
- kiM-
dfo. A. WILSON. rn.s.
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ssisksnlnx The blood All renew.
lsg thai AZ eon> telling ssi sore
ness q ne stenseh. A Q ned.
sls< &c chlitrtn. h has ~ e.,1sl.
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act - ne tsss<. n never fslls 10
slss inst..i rell<f uksa tirecti.ns
are striccy ts.lsvet. fsspsrsi ~
NoevAr hEDIcfsn Co. Scrvsy,
Ma Sold ~ eli dssl<p. wko.s.
sis vi. n. PQklxs, Pws:ssd,
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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05
FOR SALE.

Tho Millinery Duslnoss OF the Into Mra.
Il. schumann. 3a2 Main stroot,
IL offered Tor sale. stock fixtures aud good
WIZ The Tall stock, comprising all the
lato novelties IN millinery, is complete,
ana contains everything needed In a first
class retail millinery business.
The stand IL one OF the oldest In Mom.
PMS and nm opportunity is here offered 10
purchase select and valuable established
business. Until the business is sold.
special low prices will be- made On all
goods.
fRrp ScnuMANN,
3S2 Main street
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s"ioo"Lccrcrs snd Liquor Dealers.

You nrc hereby notified ihai tho State
aud municipal law requiring a saloons
nnd places whcrc liquor l. sold a. close ON
days Ut clcciion from sunrise 90 sunset will
bc most riudly enforced in ibis city on
next Tuesday, the Oh inst, that being
election day. No liquors viii bc sid or
given away on that day from sunrise until
sunset. Ni0laiors VI this law will bn
promptly arrested and dealt with M the
law directs. W g. DAVIS.
Chief 1T Police.
Memphis. Tenn, Nov. Q, 1883.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05

Ifum iho lhllndclphh Horufi
Western Railway Superintendent
What shall ] name thc nov pasuupor
vain We are going 10 put on? II slous al
every station except Grubb's Lane.
fnsideni-Call II the Lightning Tx.
prez.
=, Bnt The old train that stops ut al sta.
uone, including Gubbs Lane. il known
"a Tic Lightning Express"
ven, cal tho now train tho Cont.
mental ikar."
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05
TO THE CITIZENS AT LARGE.


~ 'NhNo ihh IN your Hat,
which VIII enable you 90 pay your election
bots ana save from siOlt0 sl.51 by buyina
your tine Derby and al grade. ui stcis1n
hats Of Herman Crohn. the halter. No.
SNli Main sinci. opposite Gayo-o Hotel
a campaign cap incc 10 every purchaser al
q grnllumnn's hnt.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05

We viii have nclircncirs on nlc.
DAVE. KAUFMAN,
Importer u Wines, Liquors and Cigas,
No a. Madison Strcct.
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areat IlrsInrIInn

IN "Dummond's Natural Loaf' Tobacco.
u you buy "llouc Shoe" ami Natural
Lear together, you save cents pcr
pound. Try H.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05

rrNoyrn nv Tiu as oF COCAINE.
And Il stimulates and promotes The growth
81 lhc hair
bum,us llayoung extracts aro tho
lUsL
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05

DEMOCRATIC aud Republican Campaign
ecafs given away hy thc Grat Under.
wear 1nl Scarf House. Thompson Il
stevens. No 80 ~cc1nl street.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05
lisIlnr ,in,, hni.l,i.

,,,IiI tsi. Afhple l-yN An inrumho dyspcrtle Il
lns,is,l .h rpnniliilnr tniside" Mculif rhrr,5.
rs,,,. ~ ,lslaig ulinin thtco mouths ~
efuggLL 80 hsh'ef'
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05

W sou uiirf from lHu.Hu... uf Che i1vlis
A'"uItl, Hurrf will mrIr eurr yop
irWar ~ uuuni,r'.Iis anil OBS lur tI.r srp
gine hriI,ic prepared by d. J q. a. sI,rgr,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05

ii"N we lNfnN q Uf IfHf
She r'Idci into ,hg ollice and quietly ap.
irgrhvd The editors drsk.
have written poem" shc BEGAN.
wen exclaimed thc editor, with a
LOOK Hnl tone iniouiri 10 auuihilaio: but
thc Non.in.t ann'l.laig worth q cent, aud
resumed
Harm and"
"oh' interrupted the cliiur with OK.
tmaofdinury gna''y "y0u don't know l1o
relieved ! levi A rorm written un ,.sur
fathers harm, ch' vas ninI a ua.
written on paper uud tlai yuu Wanted nal
10 publish Il. II ever happen to dn,,
post your fathers barn ~ s.op and r3d
The poem. Good afternoon. mI.s"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05

lu q N. Calbnath. No. 40 Madison
street feut your houses and collect your
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05

Mas. !. II. SlNrra, teacher Of German
uayoso hotel At homo from 2toa
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05

FISH blankets cleaned aud soft finish
guaranteed by Memphis steam Laundry.
unlcl wagon 10 call Telephone n.
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Al,irr IA ,lnihnr.

sotiD silver Ia great variety, nj Hughes
& llallcrs, 353 Main ftfccL
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05

NrA window toHtiiug ayfup should always "
utg'l GOT rhillrun ieuihhg ID soothcs The ohili
t.lens iho gums lisis ~ pain. curcs wind cola
tud u the lysi UmniY iuf diaffhuA &c bJttla
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05

Miss Fannie Nav can Lo found IN her
Nudio, No. 81 Madison, Wcdncsdays.
Thursdays and lnjSys tom lOull 3
o'clock.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05
ELECTION AFFAIRS.
A FEW POINTERS FOR THOSE WHO
MUST GUARD THE BALLOT.

Abstract OF Provisions as Set Forth in
the Revised Code OF the United States
Looks Like 1t Must Be Fair, Square
Contest.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05
CHINA, GLASS AND oUEENsWARE.
FLOYD & Co.
81 MAIN sTREEI.
81 MAIN STREET.

we desro 10 call especial attention of COUNTRY MER-
oANI TO our large and varied HOLIDAY GOODS
PLACE YOUR ORDERS EARLY to insure prompt attention
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05

WIZ ." found hn excellent remedy f,r
SICK headache. CnHfr's liuio ItHr rIa
Th1u.ands 0f lett.r from pulp.p Who b4,e
used Item prove Ibis fact 'rry thrm
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05

, lrsr received d fnc car Of dmy mules.
Call and sre their.
u. H. CtNRgr a Co,
Corn Union nn Third Str,rts.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05

VIZ have taken the agency Tor the Mud
River Coal, which u decidedly the best
coal ever brought here except Pittsburg.
Mo usuH ,,IIur
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-05

One Chickena 7socaves upright new o,orsuns SCALE ~
with DESK u" bo aSS SsI Rnns S
On exhibition s saS @ ss :%. ''''
ono 1%S9a SsS SS weight q os f S ss pssa
Of exhibition ins s%; G 81 Es .,., '''''
AIS "A .: a. a ss S
a'SS s''' G'ff II; ; ssP COMFY
Ono N' COR oS at waaaa Co Music Rooms SOS Main street: 500
O'' N' sshi at wanian Co na; Rooms sos Main street $50
".% ai S'S @laSa Co Music Rooms sos Main street 5000
Co. M1. Rooms sos Main street 1900
wiaann Co Music Room; sos Main street 1880
fs fDsy n S %s.Sd Ss sa Po e S i
Can '''' Hs:a Iy95s SIS a" . 10000
One ''1 SS @ ' h sSS T Ss,a" and 1880
One El5ise b sewing Machnose skele
Roger; % Co.'S $50 Second street; TI'~ 600
One Domestic No. Family Sewing MaclneCompe style and
exhibition Rogers ,ii.oa Co So second street cooO
ga so S e A M ss td@sn, S COCO
Two Pairs lone Star" All Wool Fine White size 1874
Can store q: to si Main st $500
-Four Pain. Lone Star" All Wool Fine White ia
il Ianc ao: Retail Store az to- $500
-Four lS Diamond Valley al Wool Fine White Blankets size
10 81 SG Sc %n street $500
a%1 a saiily Go1T;Sy So Main street 1900
Memphis ssIilcy company; SO Main street 1900
@ "isiiS Sc. ss Company 50 Main street 5000
' 3"1 'a w DIV; company $50 Front street; $500
' :,l i"1'S % %3 @ Company @ Front $500
One S&s ' a o 1 Pe a Fi2" o s .s s asss
Ga exhibition second street '"'" 1000
one onf ofs' niaker Wagon axes wheels spring 1000
On exhibition Woods a Woods soonds treL' WV
On exhibition 8 WOOL s;sca I street '''~ ZOO
On exhibition Wo5i W.iS sii ss:Sd street goo
ono afI1s u sii wind r Se en- % &c Hss Street 800
Lanes @ TSS sTf H 4%S J W. Sns y $500
Silver Hunting saemuni American w,,b oooo
On exhibition at C. L. Byrd & ain suet 1900" -""' |
Ono Gents silver Hunting semHnd American 90 m
GA exhibition At C. J. Brd & 2aO MANI tr,t -"'' |
one etntsslNcr OItnicc American Ign
Ca tNhbi.0a at T. L. Byrd & Street WV |
One Boys Silver Hunting wind
WATERBURY Watches each 81 - .o |
ON exhibition L ri & Co.'S 800 Main Street "''"~ i@Oo
One IIuuisou, Iron Frame Clock tFiencll . ,soo |
on exhibition ct e. l. Byrd Main STREET ' low
Beautiful WoolF Frame Clock French, .. ,,o.
Ga exhibition at C. Ia Byrd Co.'S Mains street ' low
Ono Beautiful Wood Clock (Fronch).
On exhibition at G. l. Byrd & Co.'S street ~ O'
Ton Onc-lay Lover Alarm Clocks leach. ON,
On exhibition a. Jet Palace gI street. $1,000 "''
Two BuG CITY Cooking Stoves, No l. $50.
exhibition H. WtT Manufacturing
Two Luh ~ Cooking larrc Nc. each
On H. Wetic
One Grand mul City Cooking
On eAhu9 At H. Wttu Manufacturing
No |
On exhibition at n wi Manufacturing Comnys SO Main Street '
One Ladies French Duck Trunk Handsome .. I'm
. On exhibition rs Levys SIS Main WV
49, JIoa a s Isyys us Main sissl ""''''"""'" 800
Each yearly Subscriber who fails to get one of the allow
ne publication OF best Literature. full list of Literary
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Each yearly Subscriber who fails Of the
publication best Literature full to shedb
The St. Johns herald., 1888-08-02
The Real Give Away.

II say. old fellow" said Blakely, meeting his friend Harry D. on the street, Il saw you and Edith pass each other yesterday without sign of recognition. I thought vou were engaged?"
 "I thought so, too sail Harry, with a deep sigh. but that's off"
 "IIowis lhat?"
 "Well, it's ali owing to those in- fernal fashions some Of the women wear now-hat, coat, vest, collar, and shirt front, for aii the world like those worn by the male sex. They'll make a raid OF our panta- looms next"
 T don't quite un,ierstand-ex- pluia"
 Well, you see, quietly entered Bob Greer bags law office about dusk one evening, and saw Bob sit ting behind q desk with his back toward me. I stealthily approach ed, gave him a vigorous and fnmil- far slap on the shoulder, and cried l: T have come for you old man! You must go with me down to Hatch ley's. Lots of gay girls will be there-that pretty little blonde you were mashed on in the ballet at tho Blank Theatre-and I'm going for the plump variety singer-the one I had out to lunch the other night, when we all got little uproarious, you know. Come. what dye say? Is ita go?' and l tilted his hat down over his eyes, and that settled it."
 "How settled it? Did Bob give you away to his cousin Ed th?"
 "Naw, it wasn't Bob at all. Ii was the charming Edith herself, dressed in tailor-made, masculin ish suit, and the arctic look she gave me as she swept out of the office without word, told me that my matrimonial hopes in that quar-
  ter were everlastingly blasted. Well, so long. '-Drake's Magazine.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-08-02

While Mir. Donnelly is tangiing himself in snar.ed cipher 10 prove that Mir. Bacon wrote Mr. Shake spears plays, let us prove it in a simple way.
 Take the word Hamlet" Con- slider that Hamlet means a little ham. Consider again that ham is a correlative of Bacon, and there you are. It's easy when you know how.-Judge.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-08-02

Visitor (to convict)-What gre you in for, my friend?
 Convict-Bank burglary, sir.
 Visitor-I suppose you must find your present position very hum l. iating.
 Convict-Yes. very. When we march to meals, sir, I'm always sandwiched in between two alder men boodlers.-The Epoch.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-08-02

CT cer-You say that your wife, Uncle Rastus, supports the family b taking in washing?
 Uncle R; sm ls-Yes, sah.
 Groccr-Well, don't you feel little as shlmed al times!
 Uncle Ramus-'Shamed? No, sah; dere's nothin' 'degradin' bout takin' in washin'. Ise proud ob de ole 'oman.-New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-08-02

Subscriber (to editor)-I don't see anything in your paper to-day about the heroic act of Smith, who saved the life of Brown at the risk of his own.
 Editor-No; it was crowded out to make room for an account of the cowardly manner in which Jones took the life of Robinson.-Life,
The St. Johns herald., 1888-08-02

Ministers Wife Sunday morn ing)-Is it possible, my dear, that after all you have said about Sun day newspapers, you are reading one?
 Minister-You ought to know me better than that Ma,ia; this is last evenings paper.-rhe Epoch.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-08-02

Wife-Why, how late you are !! thought you were neger coming homel What made you stay so long?
 Husband-Don't reproach me womanl Be thankful that 1 am here so soon, Why, T. left the grounds at the end of the twelf. h inning, with the score tie Thii k of that Howell Citizen.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-08-02

"Why, bless your heart, Erasmus, dis yere fotygraf aint like you no how. It makes yer look ten years older dan you is."
 Oats all right, honey. l need mt git annuder tooken for de nex' ten ears. See !"-Free Press.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11

made at the vineyard, as they, by their
own processes, are able TO extend the vol
ume of the product into cheapness itself,
and thereby obtain what they are other
wise unable. to buy.
The amount of grapes used fresh in the
towns is found to be greatly increased by
offering them at growers prices.
BOILING INTO SYRUP.
A very healthful article of diet may be
prepared by ordinary boiling of the juice
or must of the grape. Cheaper syrup may
be obtained by this means than by any
other. Many years ago when grapes were
very low, growers found an important out
let by this means; the same being sold
through the trade in jars and kegs for
family and domestic use. Large quantities
of this product are annually consumed IN
sweetening ports, sherries, angelicas, etc.
Means Of disposing of the surplus, other
than the above-named, will suggest them
selves to the growers of grapes in various
sections, and it will thus be found that it
needs only proper appreciation of the
value of our grapes for purposes other than
wine making TO convince grape-growers,
wine makers, dealers, all alike that the
plan indicated for reducing temporarily the
yield of wine, thereby improving values
is not only possible, but entirely feasible.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11
The Confederacy and Free Trade,

Slavery never was the actual cause of
dissension between the North and South,
though it was always resorted to, as an
available pretext. In the opening chapter
Of Destruction and Reconstruction" by
Richard Taylor, Lieutenant General in the
Confederate Army, the author says that
"the Missouri compromise of 1920 was in
reality truce between antagonistiu rev.
enue systems, each seeking to gain the bal
ance of power" and that "the notification
directed against the tariff" In the course
of letter to a Northern friend, which was
published, this same General Taylor said:
" We made two great mistakes Had we
avoided them we should have conquered
you. The first was, that we did not sub
stantially destroy the protective features
of the tariff in the winter session of 1857
and 1858, by an act which provided
rapid sliding scale to free trade. We
could have passed such law and held it
tight on you till it closed the furnaces
workshops, woolen and cotton mills and
steel and bar iron works of the whole
North and West, and scattered your work
men over the prairies and territories
When the war was ready for you, you
would not have been ready for the war
You could not have armed and equipped
and put in the field large army, nor built
a large navy. You would have been with
out supplies, machinery and worlmen,
and you would have been without money
and credit"
That it is the determination of the Dem
ocratic party, as at present organized in
the Executive and Legislative Departments
of the Government, to inilict upon the
country the most fatal results that could
flow from sliding scale of tariff duties, is
proven by the terms of the Presidents
message and the provisions of the Mills
bill as it was given to Congress fresh from
the hands of its trainers. Its evident de-
sign was not to promote symmetry Of pro-
lection and the prosperity of the entire
country, but to maintain the industries of
the old South, which may be conducted
by unskilled and ignorant laborers, and to
reduce the people of the North to the
level of the masses Of the people of the
South, by closing the furnaces, work
shops, wooden and cotton mills, steel and
bar iron works of the whole North and
West. y Wm. d. Kelley in august Forum.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11
HYDRAULIC Lifts in Canals.

A recent Conference on Canals and In
land Navigation, held at the British So
ciety of Arts, London, in the course of a
paper read by L. +. Vernon Harcourt, NJ.
|. G. E., the author stated that the adop-
ton of hydraulic lifts for connecting two
reaches Of canal, where the difference of
level is considerable, appears to be grow
ing in favor at the present time. The
though a single lift, with two counterbal-
ancing troughs, lifted and lowered eight
ton barges vertical distance of forty-six
feet on the Grand Western Canal many
years ago, it was subsequently abandoned.
The first hydraulic lift was erected at An
derton, in 1875, for connecting the river
with the Trent and Mersey canal. The
difference of level is 50k feet; and the
barges are raised or lowered in two
wrought-iron troughs, 75 < 509 feet, with
five feet depth of water, each resting on a
central hydraulic ram, three feet in diam
eter, working in two hydraulic presses un-
derground, which can be connected at
pleasure, making the troughs counterbal-
ance one another. One trough accordingly
ascends as the other descends, the motion
being impaired by removing six inches of
water from the lower trough; and only
the final lift of about four and a half feet,
required when the descending trough
reaches the water in the lift pit, has to be
effected by hydraulic power. The whole
lift is accomplished in two minutes and a
half, and one 100-ton barge can be trans
ferred from the river to the canal, and an
other from the canal to the river, in eight
minutes, with an expenditure of only six
inches depth of water over the area of one
trough, and the power required for the
final short lift. A similar lift, on a some
what larger scale has recently been opened
at Les Fontinettes, near St. Omer, on the
Neufosse canal, in place of fight OF five
locks, which were inadequate for the
traffic. The hight of lift is forty-three
feet, and each trough is 1922 by 1S9 feet
containing depth of six and half feet oil
water and weighing 700 tons, and accom-
modates barges of 300 tons On the Canal
du Centre, in Belgium, there is rise o.
220 feet in distance of only five miles
and this is to be surmounted by four by.
draulic lifts similar to, but still larger than
the two Just described.--Americon Engineer
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11
PEACE AND WAR.

They shall beat their swords into plow-
shares, and their knives into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lit up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any mese"-
Isaiah ii. 4.
In red,tiled, moss-grown courtyard of quaint
old German town,
Eager for the scattered bfead-crumbs conc the
pigeons circling down.
Fearless they of any evil, needing not passc-' $
tread;
Surely this the home of quiet and of lasting
peace, l said
Yes, but few years since the courtyard echoed
with the sounds of strife,
And the stones with blood were redeemed
blood of many brave young life.
so too, is it ever with u.s. Peace to War is forced
to yield,
And the quiet home of rest becomes the noisy
battlefield.
Yet, why should it ever be so Git, If but the
time were near,
When the plowshare and the pruning hook shall
Danish sword and spear
When the nations shall determine that the art
of war shall ceasei
When all men shall live as brothers with the
world for aye at peace
-Gi Wsdtherly, in The QUiper for Aa0ilst