The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-15

Daily paper and magazine subscrp tions..... l 6j
Clothing for myself at 500 per annum......... 20
Clothing for Elizabeth, at sl60 per annum..-. 80
hundrics for me. which included 10 cents n
day for car fare, an occasional cigar, repelB
on boots and clothing, triiing loans 10 i'm
pecunious friends and down town lunches
90 week ......... 10 %
sundrics for Elizabeth representing car fares,
caramels, dentists bills, new piano music,
piano tuning, %
HOUSE - W
sum loual W
am bookkeepcrin large retail estab-
lishment on salary of 500 month, and
1t will readily be conceived that the dis
crepancy between that amount and the
sum total OF our expenses was very Sc
rious affair ind Iced, and yet we tried to be
economical, dressed plainly, and allowed
ourselves very few indugences in the way
Of books or amusements; and Elizabeth
did the housework herself, in order to save
eNpensc--poor child!
sit Is all that horrid rent, F" she sobbed.
at eats up every bit OF the nice balance
we might have. Ii we only had little
home Of our own, John, or dared defy So
cicty and live in a tcntl'
The door bell sounded loud, impera-
tive summons. ! resigned my task OF try
ing to console Elizabeth and opened the
door, TO be greeted by Tom Holbrook's
smiling face. lie looked questioningly ut
Elimbcth's fearful countcnance.
Hope I'm not intruding John? Can
just as well step in another time"
Ills tone was 50 insinuating and II was
so evident that he suspected some dis
agreement between my wife and me- that
Elizabeth and both laughed outright, ~
we could well afford 90 at any suggestion
q Il. =. -. L. Ill
Gar from il, Tom," / responded gayly
at is only question OF figures, mere
matter OF expense that we've been troub-
ling our heads over. Elizabeth" added,
in u sudden access Of tender wrath, "Fm
going 10 confscate that little account book
oi yours, and II YOU ever dare TO keep an
other III burn II TO ashes"
Tom had listened 10 my explanation
with eyes that frightened.
"Why. my dear fellow, | ran down 10
see you tonight with proposition that
bears ON that very question"
Elizabeth was all attention in n moment.
Tom had thrown himself into an easy
chair aud proceeded TO make his words in
telligiblc.
"0f course you've both heard Of the
great discovery made over in Berkeley the
other day. No2 Why, man, it's the big.
gcst find In California since the days OF
the gold placers. An old farmer over there
took fancy into his head 20 have an an.
alysis made OF some qucer-looking sand on
his ranch, and IL proved 10 be genuine
pOuuolanal"
"rozzuolanal What is Il, anyhow" in.
terrupicd my wife, who, like all women,
never viii let a man tell a story in his own
way.
"Pouuolana Is species Of volcanic sand
similar 10 the earth in which the Roman
catacombs are excavated," amiably NJ.
spondcd Tom. at IL largely composed oil
silica, in n condition 10 be easily acted
upon 10y the calcic hydrate with which II
Is mixed, and II also contains various aka
lies and oxide Of iron, all OF which unit
in forming a substance that hardens under
water"
"But don't understand what Il is goot
for, insisted Elizabeth.
"Don't understand IL makes the harl
est and most durable cement in the world
A house built Of Il could be tossed up b,
an earthquake and rolled down California
street hill without 30 much as cracking II
IL Is absolutely fire proof and impcrviou
30 water. Houses built Of II are standing
TODAY on the side OF Vcsuvius tina
have resisted the wear and tear OF centu
rics. From lis easy extrication aud simpl,
preparation Il constitutes building ma
tcral rs moderate in cost as Il is Juubl
In nature, and lis adoption will revolution
Inc the style OF building in the city. Fare
well 10 such architectural anachronisms n
certain costly Mob Hill mansions, will
ilimsy wooden structures surmountin
massive stone foundations"
"lIut how does that affect your | anx
iously inquired. II should think that
being in the building line, II would natu
rally be disadvantage
Tom interrupted me, the eloquent on
thusiast resolved into u practical bnsincs
man.
"Smply IN this way. At the first viii,
per Of the thing my partner and wen
over and effected lease Of the ground f.
ten years."
"isn't Il q risk"
s"Not bit OF It.. We are working on
sure basis. The thing is no experiment
OF course people are always distrusiul =
new projects, no matter what their exec
lenccs. They want frt 10 see a test made
aud II any one IL 10 be bitten each ma
would rather Il should be his neighbol
Now We intend 10 give the business
boom right away, 20 get people interestc
at the outset, and we have concluded m
partner and THAT the best way will b
20 put up a sample building and thro'
Il open for the inspection OF the publ,
lie has n lot In a central location down o
Loavenworih street, and We shall erect
cottage there n real beauty OF architecture
snug and compact, with the latest In
proyements in plumbing, ventilation, an
, the like. oh, ! tell YOU. he cried, carrie
away by the enthusiasm OF the momcn
cit will be n regular little daisy Of hous'
and no misiakel"
We smiled approval and waited turtle
developments
"well, you see" continued Tom, "u
next thing Is who shall occupy the hous'
As you know very well, I'm not ma
ned man, and my partners wife wonldn
give up their pretty home at the Missio
Tor dozen pozzuolana mansions. Win
we need Is somc nice quiet family who.