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The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-27
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

The present river and harbor bill carries
| appropriations for two years, making the
amount for each year little over $11 ,000,-
900.
A TERRIBLE collision occurred en- the
Norfork and Western Railroad, on the 22d,
between a freight and material train, kill
ing both of the engineers, one fireman and
/ five of thetcrsw. Both engines are COM
pIetely wrecked and seven cars de-
| lnolished.
THERE is a good deal of talk at Washing
ton among members of Congress as to
what the fate of the river aud harbOr bill
will be when it gets to the President. All
the best authorities, however, agree that
the bill will become a law.
The first bale of new cotton, which was
received at Houston, Texas, on the Goth,
was sold for % "a cents per pound. The
sale was made at public outcry. Fully
seventy five members of the Exchange
we're present and christened the first
bale" with several gallons of champagne.
! The cotton cIassed strict miGdling.
A SYNDICATE has been formed at Laredo,
| Texas, composed of some of the leading
citizens and outside capitalists, for the pur-
! pose of buving all the vacant blocks from
the City of Laredo. The title to the town
site rests in the city government. The pur-
chase amounts to 100000
SEVEN cases of yellow fever were re-
ported at Plant City, Fla, on the 22d.
SOUTHERN Illinois farmers are complain
ing of ravages of chinchbugs, which they
claim are more numerous and destructive
than ever before.
Two black demons wrecked the limited
passenger train on the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad at Blue
Springs near Chattanooga, Tenn, on the
10Th, and il they are not Iynched they
have their NJ cks in a mouse which will
soon be frightened 10y the law.
SERIOUS damage has been done to crops
in Oktibbeha county, Miss, from the very
heavy rains Of the past week. More water
fell during the night of the 2lst than has
fallen during the same length of time in
that section in years. The crops are still
very fine aud the prospects are better than
for many years.
DIRT aud disease find their victims in
New Orleans, where, in fifty cases Of diph-
liberia in June, twenty -four died.
RECENT revelations in connection with
the dressed beef monopoly has caused
good deal Of comment by cattlemen at st.
Louis, and "a movement has started TO call
a convention to be held in ST. Louis during
! the coming fall.
CASHIER Haas, of the Capital City Bank,
OF Atlanta, Ga, who followed the default
ing bank president, Nelson, to Canada,
! telegraphed his bank on the 22d that hs
had made a settlement with Nelson
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-27

tne spirit, dwindles che earth into insig-
nifcance, and swallows up the soul with
the thought OF Heaven o yo who have
been going about from place TO plnuD e1-
pecting to find in change Of circumstances
something to give solace 70 the spirit,
commend you, this morning. 20 the warm
hearted earnest, practical common sense
religion of the Lord Jesus Christ There
is no peace, saith my God. for tho wicked"
and as long as you continue In your sin
you will DO miserable. Come to Christ,
Make Him your portion, and start for
Heaven, and you will bo a happy man
you will be happy woman.
Yet, nv friends, Notwithstanding all
these inducements to q spirit Of content
ment, I have to tell you this morning the
human race is divided into two classes
those who scold and those who get scolded.
The carpenter wants to be any thing but
carpenter. and the mason any thing but
mason, and the banker any thing but
banker, and the lawyer any thing but n
lawyer, and the minister any thing but
minister, and every body would be happy
IL he were only somebody else. The
anemone wants to be g sunaower, and
the apple orchards throw down their
blossoms because they are not tall cedara,
and the scow wants to be q schooner, and
the sloOp would like to be q seventy-four
FOUNDER, and parents have the worst chill
uEeu LhaJ ever were, ana every pouy uAA
the greatest misfortune, and every thing
Is upside down, or going to be. Ahi my
friends, you never make any advance
through such spirit as that You can
not fret yourself up; you may fret your
self down Amid all this grating OF tones
/ strike this string of the Gospel harps
'Godliness with contentment is - JAS
gain. We brought nothing into the world,
and Il is very certain wc can carry moth.
ing out; having food and rainont, les ua
therefore be content"
Let us all remember, IL we are Christians,
that we are going after awhile, whatever
be our circumstances now, to have a glor-
ious vacation. As in summer we put or our
garments and go down into the cool sea 70
bathe, so we will put of these gar
ments Of flesh, and step into tho
cool Jordan. We will look around
for some place to lay down our weRrn0ssi
and the trees will say: :" Come and rest
under our shadow;n and the earth
will say: Come and sleep in my BOSOM"
and the winds will say "Hushl while I
sing thee a cradle hymn;n and while six
strong men carry us out TO our last reSting
place, and ashes come to ashes and dust 70
dust, we will see two SCARED feet standing
amid the broken soil and lacerated brow
bending over the open grave, while a voice,
tender with all affection and mighty with
all omnipotence will declare: II am tho
resurrection and the life; he that believeth
In Me, though he were dead, yet shall he
live" Comfort one another with these
vvorda
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-27
BEING AN ANcEsToR:
The Least Satisfactory 0f All the Bless
inEs bestowed On Mankind.

The Least Satisfactory 0f All the HtoSaa
ings bestowed On Mankind.
OF all the benefits and blessings which
fame may be supposed TO confer upon man
kind IL IL difficult TO think Of any thing
which brings TO the houored individual
less satisfaction than the glory OF being nm
ancestor Posthumorous honors must AL
ways be regarded as barren unprutitR-
bic, but in the case OF most of them there
is some faint foretaste in anticipation.
Whatever a man has done, he has not only
the satisfaction of actual achievement,
but he may enjoy the hope, more or less
tangible, that some time his merit may bo
recognized and due credit be given 70 him
by posterity, although his contemporaries
deny his need of praise. In tho case OF
descent, however, the men who appreciate
the fact that they arc founding families
are so few as not to count In the argument;
while no precicnce yet vouchsafed 70 or
dinarY mOTtRls can put nm individual In
possession Of the knowledge that century
or two after his grave is filled in he will
become famous as the grcatgrcat- great
grandfather of poet statesman or
hero.
And when ono comes to think Of u, IL 10
doubtful II one deserves any especial credit
for being an ancestor. Even the principles
OF heredity hardly Justify ono IA attribut-
ing a mans greatness or his virtues too eE-
clusiVely to his forbears, aud, In any case,
the remoteness OF an ancestor from the
glory Of his descendants makes IL difficult
TO regard him In any way out as iiRmcnt
of the brain. There is shadOwy unreality
about the whole troop Of progonitOrs which
renders them at best little moro than mere
names; and indeed ancestors are mostly
fictitious beings. creations Of the brain
conveniently fashioned To suit the taste OF
whoever devises them, and then ticketod
with the misappropriatcd name OF some
defunct worthy, probably as unlike thiA
false image as possible.
There arc plenty Of people whose only
exhibition Of imagination In In this direc-
tion, and their conjuring up Of fictitious
forms is generally the most effective whom
IL is least conscious The bygone person
ages whose names arc applied as labels 20
the fanciful creation Of tho ancestor
maker would doubtless have been sum.
GENTLY astonished could they have seen or
foreseen what their alleged prcscntlments
would be like. Indeed. it is 70 be feared
that they would have been keenly pricked
by unavailing remorse, because they In
human perfection Of these shadows, Ane
perhaps that Is one Of the compcnAatiOna
90 be set down as balancing the PrivAtiOR
OF getting no satisfaction in being an Rn.
cestor. IL Is Just as well, after al, 70
know nothing about IL. Our descendants
will not know US, and, looked at in large
sense, no human being Is even really hon
ored as an ancestor at all, but at most lends
his name TO a 6Rment Of the brain Of some
later generation - Boston COuDieT.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-27
HAsTE AND WORRY.
Two objectionable Mental Sins Agnim
the Stomach.

Two objectionable Mental Sins Against
the stomach.
There are two mental sins against the
stomach, which bring about terrible rum
ming account, the full payment Of which
often compile ely ruins US. These arc haste
and worry None Of us are entirely guilt
less in these respects. We tell children
that IL is "bad manners'' to eat fast; wo
Hken them 70 pigs when they do it;
but have often questioned whether they
were half as much 70 be blamed as either
the mother who could not find time % eat
her own meal because she was full Of care
for others, or the father whose one thought
is TO swallow his boiling coffee and got
through his steak or chop I'm time 70 catch
the train.
How many homes there are in which
breakfast is, in reality, scramble, hur-
riedly prepared, hurriedly eaten and hur-
rfediy digested; while dinner in the middle
OF the day, in q house where there are
many children, is scarcely less 40 as far ne
the mother is concerned, and the evening
meal finds every body too tired 70 care 10
lingcr over IT, or there are constant calls
upon the mother for her attention This ID
bad In itself but IL is ten times worse when
worry, anxiety or excitement adds It's
quota TO the disturbance.
American women suffer from nervous
dyspepsia 70 a distressing extent; and
they very seldom stop 20 consider how
largely IL Is due 70 their own fault or in
discretion. Just 10 the extent 20 which
they hurry and worry they are distinctly
blamable; and where Is the woman who
does Leitherl Certainly she is rarely
found in the working or professional
classes. The homes in which peace and
quiet reign az meal times, in which food IL
slowly eaten, and the practice OF cheerful
conversation persisted ia. are few indeed I;
and still less frequently met with are those
In which rest for all who are actively EN-
ployed, precedes or fellows the midday
meal DemOTest's Afqrfhtg
TIE great cheat and deiusion sot before
every generation IS simply this tradition,
that there is any thing like real, FgcStag.
tiai rlea-Rra II, ain A II fha~su
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-27
The era..hopper war in dInne.ota.

FERGUS FALLS, Mimi, July 20.-The
grasshopper war at Perham cont nues
unabated- Although over 10000 bushels
have been caught, the farmers are still
catching them at a lively rate. None TO
speak Of have flown of. A lot rose up
and few five or six miles, and when they
ahghted the farmers caught forty five
bushels of them They are confined to
small area, and every grasshopper caught
means one hundred less next year. They
will catch nearly all there are, and, mas
much as the hOppers have not laid their
eggs yet there is hope of wiping them
entirely out Last Monday night over one
hundred bushels were caught in one held
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-27
IN BRIEF.
Complied from Various sourooa.
coNGREssIoNAL rRncEEnrNns.

CONGRESSIONAL pROCEEDTNG9s
In the senate, on tse 18th, the Fisheries
treaty being under consideration, Messrs
Chandler and Pugh occupied most Of the dav
in set speeches on tho subject......In the
House the whole day was .cvoted TO the Tar q
BILL which made unusual progress. The es-
sentially tarid features OF the bill were I'm
ished, and the administr4tv portion OF 81 was
passed upon, and considerable progress wa,
made ia the internal ror@nue portions The
aevent'6i elNe'day's proceedinss waB the defeit
of free-whisky amendment 20 the Internal
Revenue law,
IN the senate. on the I7th the passage or the
Government workmen's Eght-Hour law was
ahe feature OF the days proceedings. In
ahe House consideration OF the Tarin bill was
continued aim st 20 completion, only few
paragraphs that had been passed over in
Normally remaining to be considered, and these
were expected to be taken up and finished on
IN the Senate, on the 18Th, discussion OF the
DILL for the admission o; Washington Territory
into the Union was the chief feature OF in
tercst OF the days proceedings. The bill finally
went over without action. In the House al
most the entire days session was devoted to liz.
cussion Of the tarin. The cotton-tie clause and
the glass schedule, which had bsen passed over
Informally, were disposed OF, but after the leaf
tobacco paragraph had been roSohod and dts
cussed awhile. the Republicans nlibnstered
and left the House without quorum because
the Democrats declined ~ Rnord them more
time for debate, and the House adjourned with
out finishing tSc tob. eco pnrnuraph
IN the Senate, on tho 18Th, several bills OF
m nor tnTy ydrthnCH were taScn from the caien-
dar and passed, There hours were spent in
cOnsif srtpE the nomination OF Samuel J. Blge-
lov. 60 he District Attorney for New Jersey,
-NhiCh vigorously opposed by Senators
EEsTts aud Edmunds. and finally rejected. Mr..
FUller's nomination for the Chief Justiceship
was not taken M ..... la thu House considera-
aion OF the Tariff bi in comm ttee OF the whole
was compile cd. AID the bill was reported to the
House, whore further considerat on Of IL was
postponed until the s1st, at II 80 a. m.
IN the Senate, on the 2Dth, the confirmation
Of Mr. Fuller 20 be ChietJustce OF the Su-
promc Curt OF the United States was the
PRINCIPAL transact on OF the days proceedings.
-..... In the House the passage OF the amended
River and Harbor bill 10y the adoption OF tho
conference report was the event OF the days
proceedings. heated discussion in censuro
and defense OF the President occurred between
Messrs. KilgUur Uf Texas, and SpinOla. Of New
York.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-27
4 Rich cold DIscoverY.

IsHPEM1NG, Mich. July 21.-The ri chest
discovery of gold ever made outside OF
the COmstOck lode, was made at the Lake
Superior Iron COmpany's shaft seven
miles from here. yesterday morning
Three hundred pounds Of quartz, carrying
free gold at the rate of over sixty thou
sand dollars per ton, was uncovered by
one blast, and brought into the city,
where it is creating the widest excite =
ment. Some very rich discoveries have
been made before at this shaft, but Moth
ing like this. The quartz brought out by
one blast is worth fully ten thousand dol
lars.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-27

TIE great cheat and delusion sct before
every generation IS simply this tradition,
that there is any thing like real, Fgettag.
tial pleasure lp siu. = T. 4. ChapR
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-27

THE meeting Of Emperor william and
the Gar at Cronstadt, on the 20th. is said
70 have been extremely cordial They
will confer upon each other the title OF
Honorary Admiral
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-01
LOCAL NOTICES

MrurHIs Steam Laundry. 22i Second a.
BRrNELrY LUMBER Co.. l2l Jefferson IT.
CirrzrNs' Steam Laundry, Nos. 20 and
% Bealo street. Tel 305 for wagon TO call.
PANTS made 10 order IRON 50 up. i.
Menkc, tailor, 40 Monroe street
LrE LuNBER Co., $50 second street,
sash, doors. blinds, shingles, holdings
All sizes CRATE baskets, fronts and fcnd
crs. also heating cooking stoves, for sale
cheap at Gabcy's. Telephone 2'1.
&. r. IiorrIKiss. skilled matchmaker
Difficult add complicated watches ! es
pccially solicit No. $3.50 Main street
PuRg and white ~ the Hover WHOSE
name Il hears ap the biscuits raised b,
Lily Baking Powder.
DEAs 4 Lazy COrTEE AND sricE Ca
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-01
rxpcnscs of the Judicial Bench.

WAsuNoroN, Oct. 3l.-Attorncy-Gen-
eral Garland has submitted the estimates
Of appropriations for the department OF
justice for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1890 TO the Secretary OF the Treasury for
transmission 10 Congress. These estimates
are about 500, 900 in excess Of the appro-
priations for the present fiscal year. The
principal items Of increase are the esti-
mates for the support Of United States
prisoners, which is So, 900 greater than the
appropriation for the present fiscal year;
the estimates iorspccial assistant attorneys,
which shows nm increase Of OF so, 900, aud
the estimates Tor regular fees OF the United
States district attorneys, which show an
increase OF SIS, 900.
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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-01

The people Of Atlanta are talking about
the extension OF the Kansas City road to
that city. The Constitution OF last Tuesday
says:
"Will the Kansas City, Fort Scott &
Memphis build to Atlanta? is still a lead
ing and important question with those
who are interested in the railroad future OF
Atlanta.
Gas the Constitution has already stated,
there is not only possibility, but strong
probability that the magnificent system,
OF which the Kansas City, Fort Scott d
Memphis and the line to Birmingham is
an important feeder, buildingto this city"
Said prominent railroad man yester-
day:
'The Constitution is quito right in saying
as il did yesterday, that the question OF
extending the Kansas City, Fort Scott IL
Memphis road TO Atlanta from Birming-
ham is full OF interest to our people. This
is very important road and is backed by
wealthy and liberal company. Ii is GER
tain that this road will be extended TO At
-ata, provided the Atlanta 4 Florida road
Is completed to Brunswick, so rs not only
TO give Atlanta free outlet to the sea, but
also allowing the Kansas City Fort Scott
d Memphis the same outlet. ! know the
latter road is anxious to come TO Atlanta
and make the connection ! speak Of, but
they will not come TO Atlanta TO be bot
tied up here 10y the Terminal combina-
tion."
"Then you consider the extension Of the
Atlanta q Florida to Brunswick very im-
portant natter"
81 do, most assuredly. Whenever this
is done, Atlanta, on the Kansas City, Fort
Scott Il Memphis road, would have an
other direct route to the great western
markets, and get the control Of an enor-
nous additional amount OF traffic and
travel from that direction"
"There are other important roads?'
Certainly. The Constitution, time and
time again, has demonstrated the immens,
importance OF the Marietta & North Gcor
gia TO Atlanta, with its extensions north
and south, but it would profit us little
without the completion OF the Atlanta
Florida to Brunswick, the natural contin
nous outlet OF the Marietta q North GeOr
ga TO the sea. ESl
"With the State roads kept intact, fire.,
from all alien control, the Marietta d Nortl
Georgia extended east via Knoxville an.
Bristol, and 20 Atlanta, and the Kansa
City, Fort Scott & Memphis brought {,
Atlanta and these great lines connecte,
with the Atlanta & Florida, what a mag
nifcent system Of roads would he tributar!
10 the interests OF Atlanta, making her th,
greatest and most independent center o
traffic and travel in all the south"
you have certainly figured out a stronl
situation for Atlanta"
'Not line stronger than the facts war
rant But every sensible man will ut one
see that IL depends, after all, upon In
completion OF the Atlanta 4 Florida roa,
20 Brunswick, and prudent policy 10y tn
Legislature in regard 10 the fate OF the Stat
road. The opening Of the Atlanta x FloI
ida TO the sea at Brunswick is the solution
On this hinges the question which mo.
concerns the city Of Atlanta"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-01

A Paris, Tex, special says The fat
tcrine prospects Of the early completion
OF the Memphis, Little Rock 4 Indian Ter.
r,ory railroad from Little Rock TO Hot
Springs Is heard with deligh, by the people
OF Paris. The roads charter calls for line
from Little Rock 10 the line Of the Chcctaw
Nation, and there Il will be met by the
Paris. Choctaw q Little Rock, which is
chartered from Paris 20 and through tie
Choc,aw Nation. There ia every reason
90 believe the entire line from Paris 10 Lit
lie Rock will be completed In less than
twelve months. at least W much IA prom
ised by the officials.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-01
sltle.Irnci<eft.

Peg-Leg Williams has been appointed
agent Of the Southwestern Immigration as
sociation, OF Texas.
General Freight Agent Sargent, Of the
Kansas City, Memphis x Birmingham. ar
rived in Birmingham Tuesday night in a
special car, with General Manager Nettle-
ton and General Passenger and Ticket
Agent Lockwood.
&. II. Nettleton, general manager Of the
Kansas City, Memphis ~ birmingham
railroad, and j. f. Lockwood, general pas
senger and ticket agent OF the same road,
were expected IN Birmingham Tuesday
night on important business.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-01
tm,o,,an, Meeting n, Little Rock.

There was join, meeting OF the Board
Of Trade and Merchants Freight Bureau
held in Little Rock late Tuesday afternoon
for the purpose Of considering matters Of
importance TO the Little Rock trade. Mr.
u. X. Clerk, chairman Of the National
Travellers Protective Association, was in.
,roduced and briefly explained the pur.
poses Of his order. Ills particular object
was 10 Get for the sou hwgslor travelling
men the Interchangeable 1900 mile tickets
xiyen the travelling men north Of DE Ma
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-01
An ImporIanl Circular.

Commissioner Slaughter Of the South.
.gn Passenger association. has issued the
following important circular
THE Louisville d Nashville Railroad
company, having withdrawn from the
Southern Passenger association, and Ger
lain companies, members Of the associa-
lion, having requested relief from the
penai rule under Article XVII OF the ar.
iclrs Of agreements on business compeii.
i've with said company. Il is hereby or.
Lrrsd that al business between Mont
rsmcry, Ala. birmingham, Ala, Flor.
rru., Ala. and Nashville, Tenn, and all
,...n,s ua and north OF west Of the Louis
EtlcN Nashville railroad, New Orleans,
in., So Lexington, n.y., and Newport
. Meas y Mississippi Valley company, Lex
,ng,on. Ny, 10 Norfolk, Va, and all busi.
nrs between Nashville, Tenn, and oil
t,oinis in Florida. be relieved Of all penal
rul,a OF the association