The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-08
THE ooRN II LONGER.

Memphis refugee are returning daily
and express aston Imunt at seeing the
stay-at-homcs lookiu. SO fresh and healthy.
a prominent Engl..h cotton buyer, just
come back from his annual pilgrimage to
Liverpool, rcmarke II never saw the
Memphis people loo,ng 20 well. DO you
think IL is the wH'r'' AMI il may be
that il Is the atl,aan water which pro-
duced 80 marked gu effect. Should this
happy thought e, away from home IL
may bring US a BIZ crowd OF halLsick
people every summer from oil points
north, south, cas-, AMI vest, 10 drink Of the
eixer Of life, the spanking aricsian water
Of Memphis. One hing peculiar about
this water is tlui Il docs not mix well
with whisky; il gives the whisky a bluoish
tiugc something like a well prepared
glass OF ahaintiie.- This 80 struck q Ncll4
known lawyer few DAYS since that lac in
quifcd ol the bagkeypcr, "Nhat IN the mat
ter with your whisky at IL the iron Ia
the water" was the rfply. "Thcn give
me some whisky without water" said the
man Of law, 81 will take my iron sepa-
rate" But IL il fact il gives the whisky
a blue tingc and slight flavor not by any
means disagrreiblc but unusual, 10 that
many who formerly drank toidcs now
take their whisky plain aud straight,
which. indeed, Is thr best wny 20 drink IL
under any and I'LL circumstances, and so
with the aricsian water, drink Il plain and
straight and without ice.
The introduction Oi This water into gen
crul Use 10 replace the muldy.lo3kng stur
known ~ "Wolf river third best has
bycn quite factor In aid Of Temperance,
bu, not Of prohibition. An immense
amount Ol water Is now drunk by all
classes oi people, thousands OF whom
formerly paironizcd other beverages. Wolf
riycr water Is responsible for the Increased
consumption 81 lager beer in this city.
People bad Ia drink some liquid. aud beer
saT the cheapest AMI least intoxicating
that could be- bad md that WAS effective in
ai.ayiug thirnt. and the interesting qucs-
ton nov Is, vii ihu Increasing use Oi nric-
s.an water win back the beer drinkcrs?
fuiuH statistics will furnish the ilrts and
figures iDr tie solution Of this puzzle. Why
should MT the city government place
drinking fountains IN thc streets aud
other public places throughout the city
lyf tbr benefit ~ tho thirsty LIT the city
iltbcu answer this question Il they can or
~ dosife.
There u one thing that tho merchants
along fr1nt sir,oi aud Towards Row
should use cndcavor 10 prevent, remarked
public-spinied gentleman, yesterday.
and that Is the usc IT their awnings and
rooh by people ior liz, purpos, OF stealing
a view u The Fall 0i Paris. That dis.
play has been brought 20 Memphis
through the ouil-y u nearly s2O,OlO. is
worth three times the price Of admission.
aud no citizen should lend himself Ia any
scheme 10 divert money from the lcgiti.
mate gate receipts. Rather should they
by every means In their power STRIVE 10
swell the attendance, and thus guarantee
similar but perhaps superior displays In
future years. 1nE ArpEAL seconds the
motion with all the enthusiasm Ia is COM
position. Those tcntlomcn WHO have nut
their shoulders ~ the wheel solely 10 build
mp tho city, and IN 20 doing tho business
OF every other man ~ we'll ~ their own.
will have about M they eau do 10 escape
alive. aud the public should aid aud en-
courage them bys the most liberal patron.
agc pphslulc'
II appears that President IIaddcn can
not show himself IN public without oxcit.
ing mcrrmcnt among those who behold
him. Last night, when he stepped upon
the stage 10 introduce tho opposing can
didaics for Governor, who wcro here for
spccch.making, the audience evidently
understood his position, rs pcals Of laugh.
ter greeted him. After stomming the tide
by proclaiming that III am not a candi.
dato yctjGnwhilc," the Taxing District
President proceeded and casod ont grace
fully from under one Of his best ciror,a
Mr.. MADDEN deals out humoroi the quaint
and original style 80 frequently that Il d
expected from him on any and every occa-
sion, aud he generally comes TO time.
Memphis at one time numbered among
her citizens a widow, TAT, fair and forty,
who could como nearor bursting her cor.
sOt stays In fts Of laughter over well do.
livcred piece Of humor or specimen of
grotosquoness than amy ono 10 DO found in