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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08
THE MEMPHISAPPEAL
the BURNING OF SElTTLE


Thirty million dollars have gone up in
smoke at Seattle and n city destroyed
Thus We see that the world has learned
nothing rs to the extinction Of fro since
Chicago was laid in ashes eighteen years
ago Il Is true that the great conilagra-
ton caused better organization and moro
CAREFUL equipment OF city fire departments
overy where, but the iire-Gend delie, such
Improvement. and there are thousands Of
cities, towns aud villages in the land today
that are liable to destruction the very iirst
day that the wind Is right ltwould seem
that the immense stake Of property
owners and insurance companies count
less millions Of monoy-would long
ago have developed method OF
fire prevention, but II i not So The risk
OF fire u just as serious 10 the property
owner today rs ever Il was, aud science
has done nothing by way Of producing a
preventive. Not long ago Mr. Atkinson
stated to the students OF Cornell Uniycr.
sily that a New England chemist had sue
eccded in making luid compound which
rendered wood incombustiblc, aud that Il
could be produced 40 cheaply az to rcndcr
Unavailable for fire protection. lie male
.hc announcement with a great flourish Of
uumpc,s, proclaiming that this chemist
vn the man whom the world had %
long sought lie hailed him a. one
VI The greatest Of bcnciactorl Aud vel
he might II his solution be a success. But
since, We have heard nothing Of this chem.
it. ih ough be may be ready to confer thi,
boon upon humanity. IL sio be hoped
that Il Is not another case OF missing
ingredient" II l. idle 10 talk Of dispcns.
Ing with wood in the building Of house.
10 long as an adequate ire.prooi subsii.
iuie, cheap enough. b, not provided.
This chemist that Me-. Atkinson discoy.
cred Is the man for whom mankind Is
waiting. II Mr. Atkinson has no, been
misled. II is always melancholy
matter TO note tho theory upon
which nremen proceed whenever
house gots ablazc. Their chief business
Is 10 oonGne the flame, 10 prevent b, from
spreading, and therefore the burning pro
perry is offered up ~ sacrifice 10 the IN,
fend, by way Of Precipitation, for the bcnc
III Of the property adjoining. What IN,
fire leaves uninjurod, tho water ruin.
The scientific mind should be able 10 dc
velop a better mode Of procedure thal
this. OF course. the very existence Of III
insurance companies Is the particula
evidence Of the iutility Of the effort
that have been made to remove ia
risk Of fire from propcriy-ownorship. Bu
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08

apart from these reflections and turning to
a consideration OF Seattle, the world is
sure 10 have laid before it shortly another
evidence Of that sort OF American pluck
which was revealed in the rebuilding OF
Chicago. We have no doubt that within
two years there will be scarcely a vestige
Of the iire-wrack remaining in Seattle. The
city will be quickly rebuilt, and in much
more attractive fashion than prior to the
burning. AS rule, the 6re-fend is
an improver
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08

AND now it appears that the Grand
Jury Of Cambria County, Pa, will have
some serious work in connection with the
Youngstown horror The readers OF The
ApPEAL will remember II TO have been
distinctly stated, Immediately after the
news came Of the breaking OF the dam,
that 1t had been regularly inspected every
month by the engineers Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad and pronounced safe. II is
now developed, by expert inspection, that
the dam was but little more than an en-
bankmont Of loose earth and the only Won
der is that II did not break before. The
laws Of Pennsylvania are. we believe, very
rigorous in holding careless inspectors per.
sonally responsible, and it may be that
criminal prosecutions will follow. Dread
full must be the state OF that man who Is
conscious OF neglect Of duty involving so
terrible a calamity.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08

Prom the nufialo Courier
The New York S,m, which Is fond Of
making surprising statements, says 1--WE
do not believe that u marriage purely for
money really ever happened" Tho
daughter Of distinguished Massachusetts,
author married one Of tho wcaihicst men
In Rhode Island, n member OF one Of the
ruling families OF the state, when he was
far advanced In consumption. The story
goes that when the young woman am
nounced her engagement TO a friend the
latter, referring TO the proposed bridal
tour, exclaimed: why, he won't i've 10
get across the ocean," "lf he'll only 1--we
to got up TO the alar that Is oil ! will AK, y
is reported 30 have been the placid re-
pOnsc OF the prospective bride.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08

made since the limited was put on the
road was by Engineer King, who covered
the distance Of I4S miles, between Fort
Wayne and Chicago, making eleven stops,
in 100 minutes, pulling one combination
smoker, a dining-car and three seepers,
and II averaged speed Of nearly fifty-four
miles an hour. Yesterday this record was
broken, when Engineer Christie pulled the
train from Fort Wayne to Chicago in 40
minutes. Some parts Of the road were
covered at the rate Of sixty-fve miles an
hour, remarkable performance when the
weight OF the limitedexpress is considered.
The best long run was from Hamlet to
South Chicago, fifty-seven miles, in sixty
minutes,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08

other public places reference 10 him as
White Wings" II is heard every day.
what do You think OF White Wings"
or when Is White Wings going to
begin 10 turn out the Democrats2" are
some OF the questions heard, and It is
white Wings this" and "Whito Wings
that" No one seems to know how this
peculiar term for the President arose, and
as yet there Is only one explanation for 1t.
This is that the President, when oyerrun
with oiiice-seekers and wearied with their
opportunities, particularly with those OF
the platoons OF Indianians, calls in 'Lige
and insists that 'Lige shall sing white
Wings" for him. Others say that tho
name was suggested by the extraordinary
whiteness OF the Presidents face.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08
Alabama White Cnp-.

Special Dispatch TO The Appeal
BiEmSGuAM. Ala, June Last night
as John Cox, a white citizen OF Jones Mill,
near this city, was going home from work
be was encountered by a number Of
white masked men, accused Of false deal
ings, laid across a log and severely beaten
with sticks. The men told him they did
it for the public good, that they were self
appointed defenders OF justice. Cox swore
out warrants for some OF them today and
John Massie was arrested. He acelaims
he was not implicated.
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why He wanted 20 Move.

From Texas nutingL
Jack Borrowit-I think I'll have TO move
next week, Mrs Pancake.
Mrs Pancake-Why, Mr.. Borrowit,
haven't I always treated YOU with the
greatest consideration? II your money
wasn't ready, I've been willing TO wait a
day or two.
81 know il, ma'am; but you've put in
the room above me family with two
small children, aud next door man who
PLAYS the banjo"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08

IT is to be hoped that the city authors
ties and the railroads will not come to
blows. The clergymen, who carry the
gospel OF peace, should become central
over Broadway.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08

EVANSVILLE. Ind. juno 7-Hiycr y feet &
Inches aud rising. Weather clear
NEW ogLTANs Ia. June WEATHER clear
aud warm. Arrived Commonwealth. Cincinnati
LOUISVILLE. Ky. June 7.--i,ivcr falling with
icct inchcs on the falls aud ~ feet inches In
the canal Weather hiir and warm
81 LOUIS. No, iunc7 River ialliug. With ~ 10
feet % the gauge. Weather clear aud warm AZ.
rived. Belle Memphis, Natchex New South, Ia
ducah nvimrtei Cherokee Memphis, New south.
laducah; W. ~ Cherry. 1onnou@eo River Eagle
No. airo.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08
Approprlately Named.

rfnm the ritsburs Chronicle
The druggists have organized baseball
club, remarked the Snake Editor.
What's H. manner" asked the Horse
Editor.
"Ihe Qnlnlne."
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08
HORRORS ADDED.
Railroad. Tyrone division Of the clearael

Railroad. Tyrone division Of the Clearfield
branches.
"West-Train No. 3, leaving New York
at s o'clock pm, and Philadelphia at
1915 o'clock tonight, with sleeping car to
Sunbury, and train No. /, leaving New
York at o'clock am, and Philadelphia
at 1850 am. tomorrow Saturday, will
run to Pittsburg via Sunbury and Drift
wood, with same connections as above for
Erie, Mount Union, Altoona, Huntington,
Hollidaysburg, Bald Eagle Valley Rail-
road, Tyrone division and Ciearfeld
branches"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08
Caused by "a Broomstick.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Lecturer on Phrcnology cautiously 10
man selected by audience for free oxamin-
lion)-Maried, presumed
Man-Ics.
Lecturer with conildcnce) MANY OF
the protubcranccs, ladies and gentlemen,
which We find upon the heads Of persons
in various walks OF life may be passed as
having no chronological significance, as In
the case Of the gentleman whom | am
now, etc.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Charles L. Adams.

quincy, Mass, June Mrs. Charles
F. Adams, widow OF the late Hon. G. +.
Adams, and mother Of Hon. John Quincy
Adams, and Charles +. Adams, president
OF the Union Pacific Railway, died last
night, aged eighty-one years. Three chill
dren survive her in addition TO those mem
tioned-Brooks and Henry Adams, and
Mrs. DIR. Henry +. Quincy.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08
Following ,hs Ola Liac..

TfUm Inc T1-iIn IUnTIVT-
SMITH notice that the telegraph line.
men take the advice Of tho old philoso-
pliers In business
John-Ilow u thal7
smilh-Thcy begin at the bottom and
work up.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08

From an Exchange.
Auciioncer--''IIcrc Is very fancy car.
pet-irom the room Of 4 regular dude,
should say. What am | offered for it2''
Pairon-"Whati Is the bare patch in il2"
Auciionccr-"sh,th that Is the only torn
spot yisible-right In front Of the looking.
glass"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08
A saeer PROM the IIab.

Yrom Texas siitlu-.
Bostonian-" Many prominent New
Workers going TO Europe this season."
New Yorker-"Yes, the steamers are
crowded with prominent New Workers"
That's what I expected when the Can
adams threatened 10 oxtradilo delaultcrs
In the future.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08

From the ChioaFo HgfAld
Been fishing. eh, Chaunccy9 How
many did you ealehl'
Caught about fity black bass, which
weighed five pounds apiece. bushcl or
two Of trout, and oighiccn-pound pickcrel
and
"Shadcs Of George Washington And
you one Of the Centennial oraiosy'
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c.nI.In.i I.e Too MANY.

Prom the Chicago Tribune
"This heading, French Duel-A Man
Hurt DOESN'T illl ont the line by about
thrcc-quariou Of an ineh," sung out
Slug ~.
''Fil out tho line with exclamation
points," Numbered the foreman.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08
me public schools Of water valley.

Special Dispatch 10 The Appeal.
wArER VALLEY, Miss, June The
public schools u this city closed yesterday.
They have been under the supervision Of
Prof Frank r. Elliott, Of Nashville, Tenn,
during the past year, who has given entire
satisfaction for his admirable adminislra-
ton. There has been an attendance Of
nearly five hundred pupils this session.
and In their examinations show wonderful
progress made under the able corps Of
teachers. There were twenty-Ono gfadu-
aics. nineteen OF whom were young ladies.
Prof Preston, State superintendent was
present, and took part In the oxamina-
tiona
4 grand concert will close tho exercises
tonight, 10 which already ak hundred
tickets have been sold for the benefit Of
tho jefferson Davis Library. The diplo-
mas are a masterpiece OF art, and were
engraved and printed in Memphis.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08

From Texas hlliluTA
Poct-"lt h very difficult nowadays for
all Of us poets 10 get our works widely cir
cuaicd among the people"
Critic Yes. the groccrs and butchers
who sell cheese and sausage prefer paper
that has not been printed on"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08
Pas, rlms o. . ws.,ss. Road,

Prom fcrt Wayne undl special
The engineers pulling the limited eh'
press on the PillsbuT, Fort Wayne n
Chicago Railway have for some time been
attempting TO surpass each other In the
speed Of their trains Tho fastest time
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08
CnrrcniI.Iirrnfnrr.

From the darlington Pre- Prcs.
llc-Do you read the current fiction Of
the day.
she-Not very extensively, / am
ashamed to say. However. 1 did wade
through Robert Elsmefo," and int nd to
read this pigs in Clover" that everybody
Is talking about
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08

We invite the attention Of the Cotton
Exchange OF Memphis to the communica-
ton OF the Farmers Alliance OF Madison
County, Mississippi, printed in another
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08
Aa,etienatr l.,...

Prom the Tide
waggs-r wish YOU wouldn't make such
ailcctionato pies. Mrs. skimplcc.
Landlady-AiIeciionate pics Pray, what
kinds that7
why, that berry p,csso thin that the
crusts are actually stuck on each other"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08
rres,den, narr,.o.,. Nickname.

Prom the New Nufk sun
In some unaceountable way New York
ems have got a very peculiar nioksamo for
President Harrison since his visit. One
hears now In tho corridors Of hotels aud
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08

From The TERN ilautc ExpfcsA
The Leading Lady-Do you believe In
the supernatural, Mr. Ro,cius1
Tho Walking Gentleman ntvsr saw
one act natural yet
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08

Tnr intelligence from Rome, printed In
another column, TO tho effect that Il Is 70.
garded a. possible In Europe that Cardinal
1ibbons may succeed Pope Leo Is very
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08

interesting. A very strong showing is
made Of the reasonabeness Of the propo-
sition
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08
TO CONTRIBUTORS AND CORRESPONDENTS

We solicit letters and communications upon sub
jccis of general interest, but such must always be
accompanied by the uamc aud address OF the
writer, a. guamnicc of his good faith and re-
pousibility. No notice can b. taken VI unony
nous communications
Communications for publication must he written
on one side Of the page only, ana, with oil other
matters connected with the editorial department,
,hould be addressed 10 the Editor Of The Ap.
zeal Memphis, Toun.
We cannot "a a rule. undertake 10 return articles
not found suitable for publication.
OUR NFW YORK OFFICE
Eastern ofnco Of THE APPEAL. No, 70 Tribune
Building. New York }. l. Van Dorn Special
lIftoru Agent
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Pine Tor BerIin Payetnents.
nl.nr TeInrrnn..

American yellow pine Is great iayoriie
for wooden pavcnents In Berlin.
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Cotton Region bulletin
MEMPHIS, Tenn, June :, 1859.
TIE MEMPHIS APPEAL

J. w. BYRAN, seTt Signal rorps, Q. S A.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-09
NOT ENDED YET.

The announcement from Philadelphia,
that as the natural gas decision was merely
on a preliminary injunction, the Supreme
Court reserves its opinion until the final
hearing appears to minimize the import
ance of the decision. The public is still lett
to conjecture the grounds of the ruling; but
the plain intimation that a further hearing
on the question of a permanent injunction is
expected. allows the inference that the de-
cision was merely as to the propriety of a
preliminary injunction in such a case. On
this view the case is still open for the full
trial and final decision. What the ruling
of the Supreme Court would be on a per-
manent injunction is one of those things
that can be found out in but one way. The
temper of the Allegheny people is decidedly
in favor of pushing that investigation by
carrying the case as far as it will go.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-09
THE GIST OF THE MATTER,

The facts stated by Judge Cooley in his
speech at Boston yesterday, that the period
in which there had been least complaint as
to the operation of the interstate commerce
law was the period during which its pro-
visions were most thoroughly observed,
shows the true inwardness of the present
cutlery against that enactment.
The law carefully preserves the legitimate
rights of railroads. The long and short
haul clause tends to prevent the insane cuts
BY which railroads seek to destroy each
others Legitimate competition, while the
prohibition of pooling preserves legitimate
competition. But it interferes with the
grand corporate object of forcing dividends
out of the public on watered stocks; and it
is against that check, as we'll as the prohibi-
ton of private rebates for the enrichment of
inside parties, that the railway attack on
the law is now made.
THE DISPATCH has stated this aspect of
the case several times: but it is encourag-
ing and significant that its position is cor
roborated by an authority of Judge Cooley's
standing.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-09

the virtues of the divining-rod as revealing the
position and depth of subterranean water
courses. Mr.. Latimer elaborated a theory con-
Meeting the operation with electricity, and
claimed to have discovered certain important
laws which govern it.
The virtues of the divining-r rod in one form or
another, we're believed in for ages, but in a les
Ser degree as scientific knowledge became more
widely diffused. The magicians of ancient
Egypt had their rods, with which they endeav-
ored to counterfeit the miracle of Aaron.
The superstitious use of a divining-staf
is mentioned by Hosea. Classic history
has its examples, as in the wand of
Mercury. Even the scepter of Mon
archs is supposed to have sprung from
the same source as the divining rod. The belief
in the mystic power of the rod is now reduced
mainly to the search for water, though not
wholly so, as we see in the case of Mr.. Stears,
who claims to distinguish iron as well as water.
More than one theory has been preached in
order to place the operations on a scientific
basis. Among others Dr.. ROssiter Raymond,
of New York. who has read a paper on the sub.
lect before the American Institute of Mining
Engineers, goes into the question at great
length. Summing up the evidence, he inclines
to the theory that some persons are peculiarly
sensitive to damp and cold, and that the pres
ence of water beneath the surface of the
ground may affect them in a peculiar manner.
In support of this view he refers to the state
ment of the Able Ameretti, the member of a
family containing several water-diviners, who
says that the sensation experienced by the hold
er of the divining rod is one of cheat or cold"
Perhaps many will be disposed to take refuge
in the conclusion of Faraday and other scien-
tisIs that the phenomena of the divining rod
are no more to be relied upon than those of
table turning, and are simply 1.-THE result of
mental influences wrongly directed" The
phrase admits of a sufficiently wide interpre-
tation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-09
NEW PRESIDENTIAL RIGS.
Jeffersonian Simplicity in Style, but No
Limit to Price.

<iiii ~ ifNCs
CHICAGO, January s The first plum of pat
ronage secured from the incoming national ad-
ministration has fallen to Indiana and Chi
cago. The son of the President-elect made a
flying visit to Chicago yesterday. In company
with a salesman this morning, Russell Harri-
son inspected the swell vehicles at Studebaker
Brothers warerooms on Michigan avenue, and
then gave the final instructions in regard to the
putting up of the regal rig that will grace the
stables of the next administration.
Only those carriages which will be in imme-
diate demand by the incoming Presidents fam
lily were ordered. The new rigs will be a
landau at s., 900; brougham at 81, S00. Instruc-
tons given are that everything shall be fur
nished as plainly as possible. No gilt trappings
either on the harness or carriages will be al
lowed. The General will not have so much as
his initials penciled on the door of the
brougham. The landau will be his state car
rage, and will have the regulation leather seat,
with body finished in black. The brougham
will have the main panel finished dark green,
with quarter panels, boot and holdings in
plain black. The gearing is to be dark green
with three stripes of black. The interior trim
mings of the landau and %hrougham are to be
of green cloth and lace. The mountings are
ebony and silver.
Mrs. Harrison makes no request at all in re-
gard to the arrangements of the inside of her
carriages. The landau and brougham are to
be shipped direct to Washington for use in the
inauguration. The above.irm, whose main fac
tories are at South Bend, has the order for
furnishing the entire Presidential stable. 1t
seems that among all the numerous live stock
presents sent in generalthere are no two horses
alike, and son Russell is now engaged in Scour-
ing the State for a pretty matched team.